Terms and Conditions
Effective date: 2026-05-05 Last updated: 2026-05-05
PLACEHOLDER NOTICE. This document is a working draft authored by the operator for early-testing purposes. It is not legal advice and has not been reviewed by a Lebanese lawyer. Before opening the Apps to real paying users, this document must be reviewed by counsel familiar with Lebanese consumer-protection law and platform-liability law. Do not rely on this draft as final legal protection.
These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the Parallel mobile applications — “Parallel” (the consumer app) and “Parallel Instructor” (the instructor app), together “the Apps” — operated by Salim Meshref (“we”, “us”) as a sole operator based in Lebanon.
By creating an account or using the Apps, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Apps.
Contact: salimmeshref@gmail.com
1. What the Apps are
The Apps are a platform that connects skiers (“Consumers”) with independent ski instructors (“Instructors”) in Lebanese ski resorts (currently Mzaar, Faraya, Cedars, Laklouk, Zaarour). The Apps also let users track friends’ positions on a resort map.
We are a platform only. We are not a ski school, we do not employ Instructors, and we do not provide ski instruction. Each Instructor is an independent individual responsible for the lessons they offer.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old to create an account. If you book a lesson for a minor, you confirm that you are the minor’s parent or legal guardian and accept these Terms on the minor’s behalf.
3. Your account
- You provide accurate information when registering and keep it up to date.
- You are responsible for activity under your account. Keep your sign-in credentials confidential.
- One person, one account. Sharing accounts is not permitted.
- We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms (see Section 11).
4. Consumer terms (Parallel app)
If you use the Parallel app to book lessons:
- A booking is a direct contract between you and the Instructor. We facilitate it; we are not a party to it.
- Once you book, you commit to showing up at the agreed time and place. The Instructor’s cancellation and no-show terms apply.
- Pricing, lesson content, and Instructor qualifications are set by each Instructor. We do not verify Instructor licenses or insurance. You are responsible for checking these directly with the Instructor before booking if they matter to you.
5. Instructor terms (Parallel Instructor app)
If you use the Parallel Instructor app:
- You are an independent provider. We do not employ you, withhold tax for you, or provide any benefits.
- You are responsible for any licenses, insurance, certifications, and tax obligations required to teach skiing in Lebanon.
- You set your own availability, pricing, and lesson terms. You are responsible for honoring bookings you accept.
- Information you provide about yourself (name, qualifications, photos) must be accurate. Misrepresenting your qualifications is grounds for immediate account termination.
6. Bookings and payments
When the booking and payment features are live:
- Cancellation rules and refund policies will be defined per booking and disclosed to you before you confirm.
- Payments will be processed by a third-party payment processor. We will disclose the processor in the Privacy Policy at that time.
- We may charge a service fee on top of the Instructor’s lesson price; this fee will be disclosed at checkout.
- In the current version of the Apps, paid bookings are not yet enabled and any references to payment are forward-looking.
7. Safety and assumption of risk
Skiing and snowboarding are inherently dangerous activities. Injury, including serious injury or death, is a known risk of these activities, even with qualified instruction.
By using the Apps to book or provide ski lessons, you acknowledge:
- You voluntarily assume the risks of skiing, snowboarding, and being on the mountain.
- You are responsible for your own physical condition, equipment, and conduct.
- The Apps’ resort-tracking and friend-finding features (when enabled) are for convenience only. They are not safety devices, not emergency-locator services, and must not be relied on in an emergency. In an emergency, contact resort patrol or local emergency services directly.
- We are not liable for injuries, accidents, equipment loss, or other harm arising from ski activity, whether during a booked lesson or otherwise.
8. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Use the Apps for any unlawful purpose
- Harass, threaten, or impersonate other users
- Upload content that is illegal, defamatory, infringing, or harmful
- Interfere with the Apps’ operation or attempt to access data you are not authorized to see
- Scrape, copy, or systematically extract content from the Apps
9. Content you post
If you post content (profile photos, reviews, messages, etc.), you keep ownership of it but grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, display, and distribute it within the Apps to provide the service. You confirm you have the right to post any content you upload.
10. Disclaimers and limitation of liability
The Apps are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. We do not guarantee the Apps will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.
To the maximum extent permitted by law:
- We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages.
- Our total liability to you for any claim arising from your use of the Apps is limited to the greater of (a) the fees you paid us in the three months before the claim arose, or (b) USD 100.
- We are not liable for the conduct, qualifications, or actions of Instructors, Consumers, or any other user.
Some jurisdictions do not allow these limitations; in those cases the limits apply only to the extent permitted.
11. Suspension and termination
You may delete your account at any time (see the Privacy Policy, Section 7).
We may suspend or terminate your account, with or without notice, if:
- You breach these Terms
- We are required to do so by law
- We discontinue the Apps
On termination, your right to use the Apps ends immediately. Sections that by their nature should survive (Sections 7, 9, 10, 12) survive termination.
12. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms. If we make a material change, we will update the “Last updated” date above and notify you in-app or by email before the change takes effect. Continued use of the Apps after a change means you accept the updated Terms.
13. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of Lebanon. Any dispute will be resolved in the competent courts of Beirut, unless mandatory consumer-protection law provides otherwise.
14. Contact
Salim Meshref — salimmeshref@gmail.com