Terms of Service

Welcome to SocialWheel. By accessing or using our website, web tools, templates, and downloadable handouts (collectively, the "Service"), you agree to follow and be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

1. Permitted Use & Classroom Guidelines

SocialWheel is provided free of charge for personal reflection, academic inquiry, workshop facilitation, and educational instruction.

• You may use the interactive wheel in classrooms, seminars, corporate advising, and group discussions.
• You may print, convert to PDF, or distribute physical handouts generated by the tool for educational, non-commercial purposes.
• You must respect the privacy of participants. If you act as a facilitator, you agree not to force participants to disclose personal details or upload their finished wheels to public platforms.

2. Intellectual Property

The visual framework of the "social identity wheel" has roots in intergroup dialogue curriculum and educational models (such as those developed at the University of Michigan's Program on Intergroup Relations). SocialWheel respects and honors these pedagogical roots.

However, the specific digital codebase, visual design, custom wheel builders, styling, interface, scripts, and original content of this website are the intellectual property of SocialWheel. You may not copy, scrape, distribute, or host our code on another domain without our prior written consent.

3. Acceptable Use Restrictions

When using our Service, you agree NOT to:

• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the interactive wheel drawing components.
• Use our custom wheel builder to distribute threatening, abusive, or explicitly harmful materials.
• Impersonate SocialWheel or create visual frames that misrepresent your site as our official tool.

4. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. We do not warrant that the website will always be online, error-free, or compatible with every browser. Any identity entries you print or download are your responsibility, and we are not liable for data loss occurring due to browser crashes or local storage clears.

5. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall SocialWheel or its contributors be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of (or inability to use) the website, tools, or pedagogical models.

6. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service at any time. Your continued use of the website following changes indicates your acceptance of the updated terms.

7. Contact Information

For questions regarding these Terms of Service, please reach out to us via our Contact page.