SENTOCO — Terms of Use

Version 0.1.0 · Effective July 1, 2026 · Last updated July 1, 2026

Summary

These Terms of Use are the contract between you and Sentoco when you use our product-information platform for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. They cover what you can and can't do with Sentoco, who owns what, how the service is provided during its free beta, how disputes are handled, and how the contract can end. They are governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines.

Please read these Terms carefully

By creating an account, or using Sentoco, you confirm that you have read and agree to these Terms of Use and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use Sentoco. Sections marked "For Brands," "For Professionals," or "For Project Owners" contain role-specific rules. The sections on acceptable use (6), AI features (8), disclaimers (12), limitation of liability (13), and dispute resolution (19) are especially important.

About these Terms
Definitions
Your account and eligibility
How you can use Sentoco
Role-specific rules
Acceptable use
Ownership and licenses
Artificial intelligence features
Aggregated data
Confidentiality
Fees during the beta
Warranties and disclaimers
Limitation of liability
Indemnification
Term, suspension, and termination
Law enforcement and legal process
Modifications to these Terms
Force majeure
Dispute resolution and governing law
General provisions
Contact

1. About these Terms

These Terms of Use (the "Terms") form a legally binding agreement between you (an individual or a legal entity) and Sentoco, covering your use of the Sentoco platform and related services (the "Service"). The Service is currently operated by the founder of Sentoco, pending incorporation of Sentoco Technologies as a Philippine company. Once incorporated, Sentoco Technologies will succeed to all rights and obligations under these Terms, and we will notify you of the update.

These Terms are an electronic contract. By creating an account, or using the Service, you acknowledge that you are entering into a valid and binding contract under the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 (Republic Act No. 8792), that your affirmative action is a valid electronic signature, and that Sentoco may retain a record of your acceptance (including your IP address, the date and time of acceptance, and the version of the Terms you accepted) as evidence of this agreement.

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy (and any acceptable-use rules in Section 6, which form part of these Terms), govern your use of the Service. Where there is a conflict, these Terms control unless a more specific signed agreement between you and Sentoco expressly overrides them.

2. Definitions

Account. The account you create to access the Service.
AI Features. Features that use artificial intelligence to draft, enrich, extract, or generate content, including the AI Product Page Generator.
Brand. A manufacturer, distributor, or supplier of construction materials that uses the Brand-facing part of the Service.
Brand Content. Product pages, photographs, datasheets, specifications, pricing, trademarks, and other content uploaded or generated by a Brand.
Content. Any content submitted, uploaded, or generated through the Service, including Brand Content, Project Content, and Outputs.
Input. The content (text, files, images, and metadata) you submit to an AI Feature.
Output. The content an AI Feature generates from your Input.
Professional. A licensed architect, engineer, designer, contractor, or other design or construction professional, or a firm practising those disciplines.
Project. A workspace, project, and its pages that you create in the Service.
Project Content. Pages, uploaded images and documents, messages, and other content submitted by Professionals or Project Owners to a Project.
Project Owner. A person or entity that commissions or controls a construction or design project, or their authorized representative.
Service. The Sentoco platform, including the Brand app (for Brands), the Web app (for Professionals and Project Owners), the marketing website, and all features and updates.
Sentoco, "we," "us," "our." The founder of Sentoco, pending incorporation of Sentoco Technologies, and, upon incorporation, Sentoco Technologies.
User. An individual you authorize to use the Service under your Account.

3. Your account and eligibility

3.1 Eligibility

To use the Service, you must be at least eighteen (18) years old and legally capable of entering into a binding contract. If you are agreeing on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, and "you" refers to that organization. The Service is intended for business and professional use, not for personal, family, or household purposes, and is therefore not a consumer transaction under the Consumer Act of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 7394).

3.2 Creating your account

You must provide accurate, complete, and current information and keep it up to date. You sign in using email one-time-passcode, Google, or Microsoft; your use of Google or Microsoft sign-in is also subject to their terms. You are responsible for keeping your sign-in method secure and for all activity under your Account. If you learn of any unauthorized use of your Account, notify us promptly at inquiry@sentoco.com.

3.3 Role-based identity on the platform

For Professionals — when you identify yourself as a licensed Professional (for example, a PRC-registered architect under Republic Act No. 9266 or a civil engineer under Republic Act No. 544), you represent that your license is valid and in good standing. Sentoco does not currently verify professional licenses, does not license the practice of architecture or engineering, and is not a substitute for the statutory approvals required under the National Building Code (Presidential Decree No. 1096) or any other law.

For Brands — when you create a Brand Account, you represent that you are authorized to upload and license the Brand Content you submit and to act on behalf of the Brand whose products you publish.

4. How you can use Sentoco

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Sentoco grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable right to access and use the Service for your internal business purposes. Everything not expressly granted is reserved. You may not:

resell, sublicense, rent, lease, or otherwise make the Service available to any third party, except as expressly permitted;
copy, modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Service or its software, except as permitted by law that cannot be waived;
remove or alter any proprietary notices, watermarks, or AI-attribution markings on the Service or on Outputs;
use the Service to build or train a competing product or model, or to benchmark it to create a competing offering;
use the Service in a way that violates law, infringes third-party rights, or breaches a contract you are bound by; or
engage in any activity prohibited by Section 6.

5. Role-specific rules

5.1 Rules for Brands

For Brands

You warrant that you own or have the right to upload and license all Brand Content you submit, including product photographs, datasheets, trademarks, and logos.
You warrant that your Brand Content is accurate, is not misleading, and complies with applicable consumer-protection, advertising, product-safety, and labeling laws.
You acknowledge that your published product pages are visible to Professionals and Project Owners, and, where you publish a page publicly, to visitors to the Sentoco website.
You acknowledge that when a Professional sends you an inquiry about a product, we disclose the Professional's name and the inquiry details to you so you can respond.

5.2 Rules for Professionals

For Professionals

You are solely responsible for the design, specification, and approval decisions you make. Nothing on Sentoco constitutes a statutory approval or professional service.
When you send an inquiry to a Brand, you authorize Sentoco to share your name and the inquiry with that Brand.
You may use Brand Content to prepare project documents, specifications, and deliverables for the specific Project in which the product is considered or used. Other commercial uses require the Brand's separate written consent.
You warrant that any images and documents you upload are your own work or content you are authorized to use for the purpose for which you upload them.

5.3 Rules for Project Owners

For Project Owners

You represent that you have authority to create and administer your Projects and to invite collaborators.
You acknowledge that content you contribute to a Project is visible to the other collaborators on that Project.
You are responsible for obtaining any consents required from third parties before you upload their personal information (for example, household members or minors).

6. Acceptable use

These acceptable-use rules form part of these Terms. You will not, and will not permit any User to:

attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system, network, or account, or to circumvent authentication, rate limits, role-based access controls, or security measures;
interfere with, disrupt, or damage the Service, including by uploading malware, launching denial-of-service attacks, or conducting unauthorized penetration testing;
violate any applicable law, including the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10175), the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10173), and intellectual-property, export-control, and sanctions laws;
upload content that infringes third-party rights, that is defamatory, harassing, or threatening, or that contains malicious code;
upload sensitive personal information (as defined in Section 3(l) of the Data Privacy Act) or the personal information of children under eighteen (18) without a lawful basis;
use the Service to send spam or to harass, stalk, or defraud any person;
share your credentials, allow others to use your Account, or create multiple Accounts to evade restrictions;
use AI Features to generate content that is illegal, infringing, deceptive, or defamatory, or to remove AI-attribution markings.

If we determine that you have violated these rules, we may act on a proportionate, graduated basis — warning, content removal, feature suspension, Account suspension, or termination — and may act immediately for violations that threaten security, infringe intellectual property, or involve illegal content.

7. Ownership and licenses

7.1 Your content

You keep ownership of the Content you submit. We do not claim ownership beyond the limited licenses below. You grant Sentoco a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable (to our service providers) license to host, store, reproduce, transmit, adapt, and display your Content solely to: (a) provide, operate, and secure the Service; (b) deliver features you request; (c) comply with legal obligations; (d) enforce these Terms; and (e) create de-identified and aggregated data under Section 9. We will not use your Content for our own marketing without your separate written consent (content you publish publicly may be referenced in the ordinary course of operating the Service).

7.2 Brand Content

For Brands — Brand Content remains the property of the Brand. In addition to the license in Section 7.1, each Brand grants Professionals and Project Owners a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to access, view, and use Brand Content through the Service to prepare documents and deliverables for a specific Project, and grants Sentoco a narrow license to display the Brand's trademarks, logos, and product names within the Service solely to identify the Brand's products (this does not imply endorsement or certification by Sentoco).

7.3 Project Content

For Professionals / For Project Owners — Project Content remains the property of the Professional or Project Owner who submitted it. Each contributor grants the other collaborators on the Project a project-scoped, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to access and use the Project Content solely for the Project, terminating when the Project is closed or the content is removed, subject to reasonable retention for compliance and backup. Moral rights under Section 193 of the Intellectual Property Code (Republic Act No. 8293) are acknowledged and are not waived, except to the extent necessary to operate the Service.

7.4 Sentoco's intellectual property

Sentoco and its licensors own the Service, including all software, interfaces, designs, templates, prompts, workflows, trademarks, and associated intellectual-property rights. We grant you only the limited right to use the Service set out in these Terms. Nothing transfers ownership of the Service to you.

7.5 Feedback

If you send us feedback or suggestions, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use it for any purpose without obligation to you.

8. Artificial intelligence features

Important. AI Outputs are probabilistic. They may contain factual errors, misstated specifications, or content inconsistent with actual product attributes or with applicable laws, building codes, and professional standards. You are solely responsible for reviewing, verifying, and approving AI Outputs before you publish or rely on them. For life-safety decisions, construction documents, and any matter that requires the signature and seal of a licensed architect or engineer, you must obtain a human professional review.

8.1 How AI Features work

AI Features use the commercial application programming interface of Anthropic, PBC (a United States corporation). When you use an AI Feature, your Inputs (document text, tables, and instructions) and the resulting Outputs are transmitted to Anthropic for the sole purpose of generating the Output for you. We do not include your personal account data in those Inputs. Further detail is in our Privacy Policy.

8.2 Ownership of Inputs and Outputs

You keep all rights in your Inputs.
As between you and Sentoco, you own the Outputs generated from your Inputs, subject to the licenses in Section 7.1.
Sentoco does not use your Inputs or Outputs to train its own models, and we have contracted that Anthropic will not use them to train Anthropic's models.
Because AI Outputs are generated from statistical patterns, similar Outputs may be generated for other users; you should not assume an Output is unique. The legal status of AI-generated content varies by jurisdiction, and you are responsible for understanding it where you use the Output.

8.3 Your responsibilities

You must not submit as Inputs any content you are not authorized to process (including sensitive personal information or third-party confidential information); you must review Outputs before relying on them; and you must not use AI Features to generate illegal, infringing, or deceptive content, to remove AI-attribution markings, or to reverse-engineer the underlying model.

8.4 Your choices

You can choose not to use AI Features, review any Output before it is used, and ask us to delete a specific Output.

9. Aggregated data

Sentoco may generate data about how the Service is used, including metrics, logs, and derived insights ("Usage Data"). Usage Data does not include your Content in identifiable form. Subject to applicable law, Sentoco owns Usage Data and may use it to operate, secure, and improve the Service and for other lawful business purposes. We will not identify an individual Brand, Professional, or Project Owner in externally published analytics without that party's prior written consent.

10. Confidentiality

You and Sentoco may exchange confidential information. Each party will protect the other's confidential information with at least reasonable care, use it only to perform this agreement, and not disclose it except to personnel and advisors bound by confidentiality obligations at least as protective as these Terms. Confidential information does not include information that is or becomes public without breach, was known without obligation before disclosure, is independently developed, or is lawfully received from a third party. A party may disclose confidential information if required by law, with reasonable advance notice where legally permitted.

11. Fees during the beta

The Service is currently provided free of charge during its beta. We may introduce paid plans in the future; if we do, we will give you notice before any fees apply, and your use of paid features will require your agreement to the applicable pricing terms. If we offer you specific beta or founding-partner benefits, those benefits will be confirmed to you in writing and will control over any conflict with this Section. Where future fees apply, they will be exclusive of value-added tax and other applicable taxes, and we will invoice in accordance with the National Internal Revenue Code and Bureau of Internal Revenue regulations.

12. Warranties and disclaimers

Each party represents that it has authority to enter into these Terms and that its performance will comply with applicable law. To the maximum extent permitted by law, and except as expressly stated, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that AI Outputs will be accurate, complete, or suitable for your purposes.

You acknowledge that construction and design work involves life-safety considerations and that you will not rely on AI Outputs for life-safety, structural, or code-compliance decisions, or any matter requiring the signature and seal of a licensed architect or engineer under Republic Act No. 9266, Republic Act No. 544, Presidential Decree No. 1096, or other applicable law, without a human professional review.

Nothing in these Terms limits any right or remedy that cannot be limited under Philippine law, including liability for fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence under Articles 1171 and 1172 of the Civil Code.

13. Limitation of liability

Please read this section carefully. It limits what Sentoco and you can recover from each other if something goes wrong.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither party will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, goodwill, or data, even if advised of the possibility. Except for the carve-outs below, each party's total cumulative liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service will not exceed the greater of (a) the fees you paid Sentoco in the twelve (12) months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) Philippine pesos five hundred thousand (PHP 500,000).

These limitations do not apply to: liability for fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence; either party's indemnification obligations under Section 14; breach of confidentiality under Section 10; breach of the Data Privacy Act or other privacy law; infringement of the other party's intellectual-property rights; or any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

14. Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Sentoco and its affiliates, officers, and agents from any third-party claim, and resulting damages, costs, and reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from: your Content (including any claim that it infringes third-party rights or violates law); your violation of these Terms or applicable law; your misuse of AI Features; or a dispute between you and another User, Brand, Professional, or Project Owner.

Sentoco will defend, indemnify, and hold you harmless from any third-party claim alleging that your use of the Service in accordance with these Terms infringes a third party's copyright, trademark, or trade secret, except for claims arising from your Content, your modifications or combinations, or your breach of these Terms. The party seeking indemnification must promptly notify the other, give it control of the defense (it may not settle in a way that imposes a non-monetary obligation on the indemnified party without consent), and reasonably cooperate.

15. Term, suspension, and termination

These Terms start when you accept them and continue until your Account is terminated. You may terminate at any time by deleting your Account through account settings. We may terminate for convenience on thirty (30) days' notice, or for cause if you materially breach these Terms and fail to cure within fifteen (15) days of written notice; we may terminate or suspend immediately if you breach Section 6 in a way that threatens security or third parties, infringe intellectual property, breach the Data Privacy Act, or become insolvent. We may suspend your Account or features if we reasonably believe you are violating these Terms, your Account poses a security risk, or we are required to by law.

On termination, your right to use the Service ends. We delete your Content as described in our Privacy Policy, except where we must retain certain records for legal, tax, or compliance reasons. The following Sections survive: 2, 7 (to the extent of perpetual or irrevocable licenses), 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, and any other provision that by its nature should survive.

16. Law enforcement and legal process

Sentoco will cooperate with valid legal requests from competent authorities, as required by applicable law, including the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10175) and the Rule on Cybercrime Warrants (A.M. No. 17-11-03-SC). Under Section 13 of Republic Act No. 10175, Sentoco preserves traffic data and subscriber information for at least six (6) months from the transaction, and will preserve content data for six (6) months (extendable once) upon a valid preservation order, disclosing preserved data only under a valid warrant. Where a preservation order or warrant permits, and we are legally able, we will notify you.

17. Modifications to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time, changing the "Last updated" date and keeping an archive of prior versions. Operational changes take effect on the earlier of thirty (30) days after we notify you or your next use of the Service after the notice. Material changes (for example, to the scope of our use of your data, liability limits, or dispute resolution) take effect only after at least thirty (30) days' advance notice and your affirmative re-acceptance; if you do not re-accept, you may terminate your Account without penalty. For changes required by law or to address an immediate security risk, we may act more quickly but will notify you as soon as possible.

18. Force majeure

Neither party is liable for failure or delay in performance (other than payment obligations) caused by an event beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, pandemics, war, civil unrest, government action, telecommunications or cloud/AI-provider outages, and cyberattacks despite reasonable security measures, consistent with Article 1174 of the Civil Code. The affected party must notify the other within seven (7) days and use reasonable efforts to resume; if the event continues for more than sixty (60) days, either party may terminate the affected portion of the Service.

19. Dispute resolution and governing law

19.1 Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles and excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

19.2 Internal redress

Before filing any formal dispute, you agree to first contact us at inquiry@sentoco.com and describe the problem. We will work with you in good faith to resolve it within thirty (30) days. This meets the expectation of an internal complaint-handling mechanism under Republic Act No. 11967 (the Internet Transactions Act of 2023), where applicable.

19.3 Mediation and arbitration

If a dispute is not resolved through internal redress within thirty (30) days, the parties will attempt to resolve it through mediation administered by the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (PDRCI). If mediation does not resolve the dispute within sixty (60) days of commencement, the dispute will be finally settled by arbitration administered by the PDRCI under its then-current rules, by one (1) arbitrator (or a panel of three for claims above PHP 25,000,000). The seat of arbitration is Makati City or Taguig City, Metro Manila; the language is English; and the award is final and binding and may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

19.4 Carve-outs and separability

Either party may seek injunctive or equitable relief in any competent court to protect its intellectual property or confidential information. The arbitration agreement in this Section is separable from the rest of these Terms, and questions about its scope or enforceability will be decided by the arbitral tribunal, consistent with Section 30 of Republic Act No. 9285 (the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004).

20. General provisions

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any signed agreement, are the entire agreement between you and Sentoco regarding the Service and supersede prior agreements. If any provision is unenforceable, the rest remain in force and the provision will be modified to the minimum extent needed to make it enforceable. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a financing, merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. The parties are independent contractors. Notices to Sentoco may be sent to inquiry@sentoco.com; notices to you may be sent to the email on your Account or posted in the Service. You will not use the Service in violation of any export-control or sanctions law. These Terms are written in English, which controls over any translation. The parties agree that these Terms and notices may be delivered and signed electronically under the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 (Republic Act No. 8792).

21. Contact

General inquiries and notices: inquiry@sentoco.com
Data-protection / privacy matters: privacy@sentoco.com
Address: Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Upon incorporation, we will update these Terms to reflect Sentoco Technologies' registration details and principal office address.

End of Terms of Use. Version 0.1.0. Effective July 1, 2026.