Terms of Service
Effective Date: October 26, 2025
Welcome to KBC Grandcentral. These Terms of Service govern your use of our website and online utilities. By accessing or using our services, you agree to be bound by these terms.
📋 Terms Overview
Free to Use
All utilities are provided free of charge with no hidden fees or subscriptions.
Fair Use
Use our utilities responsibly and in accordance with applicable laws.
No Warranties
Utilities are provided "as is" for informational purposes only.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing, browsing, or using KBC Grandcentral (kbc.sh), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our services.
2. Description of Services
KBC Grandcentral provides a comprehensive collection of free online utilities including but not limited to:
Technical Utilities
- • Network analysis and diagnostics
- • Text processing and formatting
- • Code validators and formatters
- • Image editing and conversion
Calculators
- • Health and fitness calculators
- • Financial and business tools
- • Unit converters
- • Mathematical utilities
All services are provided free of charge and without the need for account registration.
3. User Responsibilities
You agree to:
- Use our services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms
- Not attempt to interfere with, compromise, or disrupt our services or servers
- Not use automated systems to access our services excessively
- Not attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or extract source code
- Respect intellectual property rights
- Not use our services to transmit harmful, offensive, or illegal content
You agree NOT to:
- Use our utilities for any illegal, harmful, or fraudulent activities
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems or user data
- Distribute malware, viruses, or other harmful code through our services
- Impersonate others or provide false information
- Violate any applicable local, state, or international laws
4. Intellectual Property Rights
Our Content
The KBC Grandcentral website, including its design, code, content, logos, and functionality, is owned by us and protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
Your Content
You retain ownership of any data you input into our tools. We do not claim ownership of your content, and most processing happens locally in your browser.
5. Privacy and Data Processing
Your privacy is important to us. Our data handling practices are detailed in our Privacy Policy.
Key Points:
- Most utilities process data locally in your browser
- We don't store personal information or utility inputs
- We use cookies for essential functionality and analytics (with consent)
- We comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations
6. Disclaimers and Limitations
⚠️ Important Disclaimers
No Warranties
Our services are provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
Accuracy Disclaimer
While we strive for accuracy, we make no guarantees about the correctness, reliability, or completeness of our utilities' outputs. Results are for informational purposes only.
Professional Advice
Our utilities do not constitute professional advice. Always consult qualified professionals for medical, financial, legal, or other specialized guidance.
7. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, KBC Grandcentral and its operators shall not be liable for:
- Any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages
- Loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses
- Damages resulting from your use or inability to use our services
- Any errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies in our utilities or content
- Personal injury or property damage related to your use of our services
Our total liability shall not exceed $100 USD or the amount you paid us (if any) in the 12 months preceding the claim.
8. Service Availability
We strive to maintain high availability but cannot guarantee uninterrupted service. We reserve the right to:
- Temporarily suspend services for maintenance or upgrades
- Modify or discontinue features with or without notice
- Restrict access to prevent abuse or maintain security
- Update these terms as needed to reflect service changes
9. Termination
Your Rights
You may stop using our services at any time. No account deletion is necessary as we don't require account creation.
Our Rights
We may restrict or terminate access to our services if you violate these terms or engage in harmful activities.
10. Governing Law and Disputes
These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with applicable laws. Any disputes arising from these terms or your use of our services will be resolved through:
- Good faith negotiation between the parties
- Mediation if direct negotiation fails
- Binding arbitration as a final resort
11. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Service from time to time to reflect:
- Changes in our services or business practices
- Legal or regulatory requirements
- Security or technical improvements
Material changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of our services after changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms.
12. Data Sources and Third-Party Attribution
KBC Grandcentral integrates with various third-party data sources and APIs to provide comprehensive information. We acknowledge and thank the following providers:
🍽️ Food and Nutrition Data
- OpenFoodFacts: Product information, ingredients, allergens, and nutrition facts are sourced from OpenFoodFacts, a collaborative database of food products from around the world. Used in our Food Barcode Scanner utility.
- TheMealDB: Recipe data, cooking instructions, and meal information are provided by TheMealDB, an open recipe database. Used in our Healthy Recipe Finder utility.
🌐 Network and Technical Data
- Public DNS Services: Our network utilities may query public DNS resolvers including Google DNS, Cloudflare DNS, and OpenDNS for diagnostic purposes.
- Geolocation Services: IP geolocation data may be sourced from various public databases and services to provide location-based network analysis.
📊 Data Processing
- Local Processing: Most data processing occurs locally in your browser to protect your privacy.
- API Calls: Some utilities make direct API calls to third-party services. These are clearly indicated in the utility interface.
- No Data Storage: We do not store or cache data from third-party services on our servers.
🙏 Attribution
We are grateful to the open-source community and data contributors who make these services possible. The accuracy and completeness of third-party data depends on community contributions and may vary. Always verify critical information with official sources.
13. Contact Information
If you have questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us:
Legal Questions:
General Support:
Website:https://kbc.sh
Last Updated: October 26, 2025