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Avoda Terms of Service

Issued January 1, 2026

Avoda Interactive LLC, and its subsidiaries ("Company", "Avoda," "us," or "we") is thankful for your business. These terms and conditions ("Terms of Service") govern your use of our digital properties, including but not limited to: websites, online platforms, mobile applications, web services, services, and products owned by Avoda (the "Sites").

By using our Sites and its services, you will be bound by these Terms of Service and the Company's privacy policy which can be found at avoda.co/privacy ("Privacy Policy"). If you do not agree to these Terms of Service and/or the Privacy Policy, you must not use our Sites or any service provided via it. Your use of the Company's Sites and Services (as defined below) means you agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement.

1. General

  1. Welcome to Avoda. These terms and conditions apply to the services available from and related to the domain and subdomains of the Sites, including, without limitation, connectbetter.co, any Avoda-owned or third party communication channels accessible from or related to the content of the Sites (together with the Sites, the "Services").

  2. For as long as Avoda continues to offer the Services, it shall deliver, update, improve, and expand the Services as it deems appropriate. As a result, Avoda allows you to access the Sites as it is and as available on any day, and it has no other obligations, except as expressly stated in these Terms of Service. Avoda may modify, replace, refuse access to, suspend or discontinue the Sites, partially or entirely, or change and modify prices for all or part of the Services in our sole discretion. Unless otherwise noted, all of these changes are effective once posted on our site or by direct communication to you. Your use of the Services following such posting or communication constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms and conditions of use.

  3. Nothing in these Terms of Service is intended to, or shall be deemed to, establish any partnership or joint venture between any of the parties, create an agency relationship, or authorize any party to make or enter into any commitments for or on behalf of any other party.

  4. Avoda does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Services. The Services are not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please do not register for or access the Services. While our Sites and Services are not intended for use by children, parents who upload personal information regarding their children do so at their own risk and pursuant to Privacy Policy. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe your child has submitted information to Avoda without your consent and is under 13, please contact us at support@avoda.co.

  5. If you are an institution or organization seeking to utilize the Services, you may provide your participants with access to the Services by registering for an organizational subscription. As noted previously within these Terms of Service, the Services are not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13. Please be advised, where an institution's registration for an organization subscription is to benefit its participants, AVODA RELIES SOLELY ON THE INSTITUTION TO OBTAIN AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CONSENT, IF NEEDED, FOR THE COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM PARTICIPANTS. If you are an institution, you represent and warrant that you (i) are not using the Services for anyone under the age of 13; (ii) have obtained all necessary consents required to enable Avoda to receive this this information from participants before allowing participants under 13 to access the Services, (iii) have provided such disclosures as you deem appropriate, which may include these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy, to participants and parents regarding how you share personal information with Avoda and how Avoda uses such information, and (iv) have all rights necessary to grant Avoda a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, transmit, distribute, modify, reproduce, display, create derivative works of, store and process participants' personal information solely for the purposes of (A) providing the Services as generally described in these Terms of Service, and (B) enforcing Avoda's rights under these Terms of Service. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Avoda and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, successors and assigns from and against any and all loss or damage (including reasonable attorneys' fees) resulting from any misrepresentation, or any non-fulfillment of any representation, responsibility, covenant, or agreement on your part, as well as any and all acts, suits, proceedings, demands, assessments, penalties, judgments of or against the Company relating to or arising out of the activities of you or your participants.

  6. If you are participating in or consuming content distributed through our Sites ("Program") by a content-publishing third-party ("Publisher"), including the use of assessments and other evaluations of user skills provided by that Publisher, you acknowledge and agree that the Program is intended only as a tool, and nothing is intended to replace you or your users' independent judgment. Avoda is not liable for any damages arising out of reliance on the information contained in or derived from Publishers' Programs or any hiring, promotion, or termination decision made directly or indirectly as a result of the skill assessments or evaluations made available through such Programs. You agree not to bring, file, or participate in any claim, suit, or complaint against Avoda as a result of any hiring or termination decision made by you or by any other person. You represent and warrant that you will use the Programs only in accordance and compliance with all applicable laws and government regulations, including, without limitation, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (the "ADA").

  7. Users acknowledge and agree that Avoda is not involved in the actual transaction between institutional users and their employees, contractors or candidates for positions, and Avoda has no control over the quality, safety, or legality of the institutions' hiring, promotion or termination process. AVODA DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY RELATED TO THE RECRUITMENT, HIRING, PROMOTION, AND TERMINATION PROCESSES, AS WELL AS THE NON-COMPLIANCE OF FEDERAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT OBLIGATIONS, REGULATIONS, AND GUIDELINES BY USERS.

2. Use of the Sites and Services

  1. You must not use the Sites for anything that is unlawful or is otherwise prohibited by these Terms of Service and/or any notices elsewhere on the Sites.

  2. Avoda advises that you seek professional advice before relying on any information on the Sites. Under no circumstances will Avoda be liable in any way for any information it provides on the Sites or through the Services, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any content and information, including but not limited to text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video or other material (also known as "Content"), or any loss or damage of any kind incurred in connection with use of or exposure to any Content posted, emailed, accessed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the Services.

  3. When using the Sites or the Services, you must not:

    • defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
    • publish, post, distribute, or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, offensive, or unlawful material or information;
    • upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights or have received all necessary consents;
    • upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer;
    • impersonate any person or entity, including without limitation any employee or representative of Company;
    • post or transmit, or cause to be posted or transmitted, any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain password, account, or private information from any other user of the Services;
    • run Maillist, Listserv, any form of auto-responder, or "spam" on the Services, or any processes that run or are activated while you are not logged on to the Sites, or that otherwise interfere with or place an unreasonable load on the Services' infrastructure or any third party websites or services;
    • decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to obtain the source code of the Services;
    • delete any author attributions, legal notices, or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded;
    • falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded;
    • advertise or offer to sell any goods or services or conduct or forward surveys, competitions, or chain letters, or solicit donations; or
    • download any file posted by another user of the Sites that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

  4. You will be responsible for withholding, filing, and reporting all taxes, duties, and other governmental assessments, if any, associated with your activity in connection with the Services.

  5. You represent and warrant Avoda that you are of legal age to form a binding contract or have the consent of your parent or guardian to do so. You also certify that you are legally permitted to use and access the Services and take full responsibility for the selection and use of and access to the Services. This agreement is void where prohibited by law, and the right to access the Services is revoked in such jurisdictions.

  6. If you are registering with the Sites as a business entity, you represent that you have the authority to legally bind that entity and consent to share any employee information with Avoda. If you are trading as a business, you must comply with and are responsible for all laws applicable to your business.

  7. If you link to the Sites, Avoda may revoke your right to so link at any time, at Avoda's sole discretion. Company reserves the right to require prior written consent before linking to the Sites.

  8. You will indemnify and hold Avoda, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, and employees harmless (including, without limitation, from all damages, liabilities, settlements, costs and attorneys' fees) from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of your or your employees' access to the Services, use of the Services, your violation of these Terms of Service, or the infringement by you or any third party using your account for any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.

3. Registration

  1. In order to use the Services, you will need to register and become a member ("Membership"). If you wish to access the Services via the Sites, your Membership is subject to Avoda's subscription charges set out in your subscription plan. In some cases, when creating a new organizational entity in our Services ("Organization"), members in this new organization will have a 14-day free trial to access and experience the Services, before being subject to charges. If you wish to change your subscription plan or add additional members to your organization, at any time, please visit connectbetter.co/organizations/settings/billing to make the appropriate change, which will take immediate effect. Changes will be subject to these Terms of Service (and in particular paragraph 4.2).

  2. Membership requires that you provide Avoda with information about you via our registration form. More information on our use of this information is set out in our Privacy Policy which can be found at avoda.co/privacy.

  3. When registering yourself as a member, or setting up a new Organization, you must provide true, accurate, current, and complete information. You are responsible for making sure this information is updated so that it is true, accurate, current, and complete. If any information provided by you is not true, accurate, current, and complete, Avoda has the right to cancel your membership and/ or inactivate your Organization, and refuse any and all current or future use of the Sites.

  4. Registration as a member requires a valid email address, your first and last name, and a unique username and password. We recommend that you log-off from the Sites when your session is complete to prevent unauthorized access to your information.

  5. You must not share your username or password. If you believe there has been any unauthorized use of username or password, this must be reported to support@avoda.co as soon as you are aware of such use and Avoda will, as soon as reasonably possible, cancel your username and/or password. We will work with you to have new credentials (username and password) issued to you.

  6. Avoda may, for security or other similar reasons, require that you provide information to us confirming your identity. In addition, we may also require that you change your username and/ or password or other information which facilitates access to this Sites or its Services.

  7. Avoda reserves the right to cancel your Membership access and/ or inactivate your Organization without notice if we become aware of any breach of these Terms of Service by you.

  8. Avoda will send you a confirmation email, following registration, to claim and setup your account, and this will confirm your Membership, allowing you to access the Services available via the Sites. You may cancel your membership at any time at connectbetter.co/organizations/settings/billing – see section 7 for details of cancellation.

4. Charges and Payment

  1. Charges are linked to the membership package to which you subscribe and the number of members in your Organization. The terms of your Membership are incorporated in these Terms of Service by reference as if fully set forth herein.

  2. Your Membership will automatically renew and you will be charged in advance of your RENEWED MEMBERSHIP START DATE until your membership is canceled. You may notify us of your wish to cancel your Membership at any time at connectbetter.co/organizations/settings/billing, but your cancellation will not take effect until the end of your current commitment period (which may be either a yearly or a monthly period). ADDITIONAL TERMINATION PROVISIONS MAY BE FOUND IN SECTION 7 OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE. Annual subscriptions will renew on the one-year anniversary of the start of your current annual membership term and will be effective for an additional year-long term unless canceled prior to renewal. Monthly subscriptions will renew on the one-month anniversary of the start of your current monthly membership term and will be effective for an additional month-long term unless canceled prior to renewal. Details of charges can be found at connectbetter.co/organizations/settings/billing. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES MAY CHANGE AND WILL RENEW AT THE THEN-APPLICABLE RATE. In the event of a material change in the terms of the automatic renewal, we will provide you with notice of the material change and provide information regarding how to cancel your Membership in a manner that is capable of being retained by you. All charges are in US Dollars. Any reduction in the applicable Membership price (for example, where you downgrade to a lower-priced package or reduce the number of members in your Organization) will take effect in your next membership payment period following notification to us of a request that affects billing. Any increase in the applicable membership price (for example, where you upgrade your package or add additional members) will take effect from the date of notification, where a pro-rata payment will immediately incur for the remainder of the current payment period, with the new full payment being made at the beginning of the following plan period. Your membership period begins on the date on which you register for the Services, or the date an applicable free trial ends, and finishes on the day before that calendar date the following period.

  3. Payment for all charges are payable upon registration or the relevant periodic payment date. You can pay membership fees by any MasterCard, AMEX, or Visa. If you wish to pay by ACH, please contact support at support@avoda.co for assistance in setting this up. Your payment details will be encrypted by our third party payment gateway vendor to minimize the possibility of unauthorized access or disclosure. After the completion of registration, or at the end of an applicable free trial period, you will be asked to provide credit/debit card details to continue your use of the Services. In the event that Avoda is unable at any time to obtain payment for any charges using your chosen payment method, Avoda may freeze your account until it has received payment in full.

  4. Your Membership may start with a free trial. The length and terms of an applicable free trial are set out in your account at connectbetter.co/organizations/settings/billing. The Company reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to determine your eligibility for a free trial, and to withdraw or to modify a free trial at any time without prior notice and with no liability. We require that you provide payment at the end of a free trial. At the end of your free trial, Avoda will automatically start to charge you for the membership package associated with your free trial on the first day following the end of the free trial period, and continuing on a recurring yearly or monthly basis, depending on the length of your subscription period. By providing your payment details in connection with the conclusion of a free trial registration, you agree that we can charge you as indicated herein. If a payment method is not provided by the end of a free trial, Avoda will inactivate the Organization the Memberships within it.

  5. Organization administrators have the ability to invite users to their Organization with limited access to the Services ("Guests"), to whom subscription charges do not apply, as would normally apply to a member. Guests will have the ability to access the Services through the Sites if an email is provided at the time of invitation, or as such at a later date. If an email is not supplied about a Guest, they will not receive an invitation email to the Sites, but members of the Organization will be able to interact with the Guest's account all the same. The invitation of a Guest into your organization and the personal information you enter in our Services about the Guests will be protected by our Privacy Policy (avoda.co/privacy), where the addition of such infurs you have the right to do so on their behalf.

  6. You may be eligible for a discount on your membership fees in accordance with any discount program that we may implement from time to time, or through the use of a promo code supplied to you by Avoda or an applicable Publisher. Avoda reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to determine your eligibility for any discounts, and to withdraw or to modify a discount program at any time without prior notice and with no liability.

5. Dealings with Third Parties

  1. Avoda is not an agent of any third party or any party named or linked to the Sites ("Third Parties") and does not have any authority to act for such Third Parties. Avoda does not control or endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such Third Parties.

  2. In certain situations, third party businesses may provide services that are available to you through Avoda Services. We do not control any such third party service providers. You agree that we are not responsible for the availability or content of any such third party sites, or the services they provide, which shall be governed by the terms and conditions or privacy policy of that third-party business. Your use of third party sites and services is at your own risk. You agree to comply with the relevant terms and conditions of any such third party service provider.

  3. Through our Services, you will have access to Programs distributed by Publishers. Publishers may engage certain individuals, or entities, as independent contractors to provide additional services, such as coaching, mentoring, or support services to you. You acknowledge and agree that Avoda does not control the work or the services provided by such independent contractors, is not responsible for their supervision or hiring, and that such individuals are not agents of Avoda nor do they have the power to bind Avoda. Avoda shall not be liable for the actions or inaction of any such individual.

  4. You agree that (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) Avoda, our officers, directors and employees, shall have no liability to you in relation to any dispute which you may have with a Third Party or Publisher, one or more of your customers, and/or any other users of the Sites.

6. Intellectual Property

  1. You acknowledge and agree that all Content provided on the Sites or through the Services, contained in sponsor advertisements or, presented to you by Avoda, its partners, Publishers, Third Parties, or advertisers, is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, or other proprietary rights and laws. You shall abide by all copyright notices, trademark rules, information, and restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Services, and except as expressly permitted herein, shall not use, copy, reproduce, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, upload, display, license, sell or otherwise exploit for any purposes whatsoever any Content or third party submissions or other proprietary rights not owned by you: (i) without the express prior written consent of the respective owners, and (ii) in any way that violates any third party right.

  2. You acknowledge and agree that you shall not store any significant Content in any form on the Sites, if you are fearful of potential misuse or infringement.

  3. Avoda does not claim ownership of any Content that you post on the Sites or through the Services. Instead, you hereby grant Avoda a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, worldwide license to use the Content that you post on the Sites or through the Services, subject to our Privacy Policy which can be found at avoda.co/privacy.

7. Termination

  1. Without prejudice to any remedy that Avoda may have against you, we may terminate or suspend with immediate effect and without notice, your access to and use of this Sites and your Membership if:

    • We do not receive timely payment under your subscription;
    • We reasonably believe that you or a member of your Organization have breached any of these Terms of Service;
    • We are unable to verify the accuracy or validity of any information provided by you or a member of your Organization;
    • Or we suspect fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity by you or a member of your Organization.

  2. Should you object to any of these Terms of Service, or any subsequent changes to them, or become dissatisfied with the Sites in any way, your only recourse is to immediately discontinue access to or use the Sites.

  3. You may notify us of your wish to cancel your Membership at any time at connectbetter.co/organizations/settings/billing, but your cancellation will not take effect until the end of your current commitment period (which may be either yearly or monthly). You will not be entitled to a refund for any fees already paid.

  4. You may notify us of your wish to reduce the number of additional members attached to your account or to downgrade to a different package at any time at connectbetter.co/organizations/settings/billing, but such reduction will not take effect until the end of your current commitment period (which may be either yearly or monthly). You will not be entitled to a refund for any fees already paid in respect of such users or enhanced package, in accordance with section 4.2.

8. Warranty Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

  1. Avoda has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you. You acknowledge that Avoda has no control over, and no duty to take any action regarding: (i) which users gain access to the Services; (ii) what Content you access via the Services; (iii) what effects the Content may have on you; (iv) how you may interpret or use the Content; (v) or what actions you may take as a result of having been exposed to the Content. You release Avoda from all liability for you having acquired or not acquired Content through the Services. The Services may contain, or direct you to websites containing information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. THE SERVICES, CONTENT, SITES AND ANY SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

  2. IN NO EVENT SHALL AVODA OR ITS SUPPLIERS, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE SITES OR THE SERVICES OR THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY (I) FOR ANY AMOUNT IN THE AGGREGATE IN EXCESS OF THE GREATER OF THE FEES PAID BY YOU FOR THE SERVICES PURCHASED THROUGH THE SITES DURING THE ONE-MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE APPLICABLE CLAIM; (II) FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER; (III) FOR DATA LOSS OR COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; (IV) FOR ANY MATTER BEYOND COMPANY'S REASONABLE CONTROL; OR (V) FOR ANY ACTIONS OF, OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY, THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER BUSINESSES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS PROVIDING SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

9. Amendment to These Terms and Conditions

  1. Avoda reserves the right to amend and alter these Terms of Service and any Content or information contained on the Sites at any time. In the event these Terms of Service are altered, Avoda will post the amended Terms of Service on the Sites. Changes will apply from the date of posting.

  2. If, after the Terms of Service and/or the Privacy Policy (avoda.co/privacy) have been amended or altered, you do not agree to their terms, you must stop using the Sites.

10. Miscellaneous

  1. While Avoda will try to provide you with uninterrupted access to the Sites and its Services, we may need to withdraw, modify, discontinue or suspend (temporarily or permanently) one or more aspects of the Sites where Avoda has a legal, technical, or other good reason to do so (including technical difficulties experienced by us or any Internet infrastructure). However, Avoda will try, wherever possible, to give reasonable notice of our intention to do so.

  2. Avoda reserves the right to withhold, remove and or discard any Content available as part of your account, including any Content contributed by you, with or without notice if deemed by us to be contrary to these Terms of Service. Avoda has no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any Content that you provide when using the Services.

  3. If Avoda fails to exercise or enforce a right under these Terms of Service, that failure shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

  4. If any provision of these Terms of Service is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that provision shall be deemed severed and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected. The parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision.

  5. These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of South Carolina, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. Both parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the United States Federal Courts, District of South Carolina.

  6. These Terms of Service set out Avoda's entire agreement and understanding with respect to the subject matter of these Terms of Service and supersedes any and all representations, communications or prior agreements (written or oral) made to you.

  7. Each party acknowledges that on entering into these Terms of Service, it does not rely, and has not relied, upon any representation (whether negligent or innocent), statement or warranty made or agreed to by any person (whether a party to these Terms of Service or not) except those expressly set out in these Terms of Service.

  8. Unless expressly provided in the Terms of Service no term is enforceable by any person who is not a party to it.

  9. You must report any violations of these Terms of Service to support@avoda.co.

End of Terms of Service

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns, please send us a detailed message to support@avoda.co or to our address below. We will make an effort to resolve your concerns in as timely a manner as possible.

Avoda Interactive LLC 801 W. Main Street Peoria, IL 61606

Effective Date: January 1, 2026 Version: 01.01.2026v01