Terms of
Service.

1. Agreement and scope

These Terms govern your use of ghamaypepito.com, southsidestudio.ph, thumbai.com and related landing pages, forms, surveys, booking pages and client portals, plus services offered by Emeterio Pepito III, operating as Southside Studio PH (“we,” “us,” or “our”). By using the websites or ordering services, you agree to these Terms and the Privacy Policy. If you act for an organization, you represent that you may bind it.

Contact: [email protected]
Address: 3609 One Oasis Condominium Cebu, Cebu City, Cebu 6000, Philippines

2. Eligibility and acceptable use

You must be at least 18 and able to enter a contract. Do not use our services unlawfully; interfere with security or availability; attempt unauthorized access; submit malware, deceptive or infringing material; or use deliverables for fraud, abuse, unlawful surveillance or discrimination. We may restrict access when reasonably necessary to protect systems, users or legal rights.

3. Services and project agreements

Services may include discovery and workflow audits; website and web-app development; CRM, finance, operations and automation systems; AI-assisted applications; integrations, maintenance, consulting, training and one-to-one AI tutorials.

Website descriptions are general, not promises that every feature, integration, timeline or outcome is available. A proposal, quotation, order, statement of work or service agreement (“Project Agreement”) will define scope, deliverables, assumptions, timing, fees and acceptance. If it conflicts with these Terms, the Project Agreement controls for that project.

4. Audits and consultations

A preliminary audit is an initial assessment based on information you provide, not a guarantee of savings, revenue, feasibility, compliance or project acceptance. Recommendations may require further discovery. Provide accurate information and do not place credentials, card details, health information, government identifiers or highly sensitive data in a general inquiry form.

5. One-to-one AI tutorials

• Standard rate: PHP 999 per hour, unless a booking page or written offer states otherwise.
• Payment is due before the session or under the invoice terms.
• Sessions provide education and guided building, not guaranteed completion of a production app.
• You provide your computer, internet, accounts, API charges and backups.
• Recordings are made only with everyone’s agreement.

Rescheduling

You may reschedule with at least 24 hours’ notice. Later cancellation or rescheduling may be charged or treated as used, except where prohibited or agreed otherwise. If we cancel, choose a replacement time or refund of the affected session fee.

6. Fees, invoices and taxes

• Fees and currencies are stated before purchase.
• Deposits reserve capacity and become non-refundable once scheduled work begins, to the extent permitted by law.
• Invoices are due within 14 calendar days.
• Hosting, domains, APIs, licenses, transaction fees and taxes are excluded unless listed.
• Overdue undisputed amounts may pause work after reasonable notice.

We will not add material charges without approval. Mandatory consumer refund rights remain unaffected.

7. Scope, timing and your responsibilities

Out-of-scope requests may require a change order, revised quote or timeline. Timing depends on prompt access, content, feedback and approvals. You agree to provide lawful access and accurate inputs, maintain backups unless included, review deliverables promptly, secure rights to provided materials, and test business rules, calculations, permissions, automations and outputs before production.

You remain responsible for business decisions, regulatory duties, customer notices and appropriate human oversight—especially for financial, employment, health, legal, safety-critical or other high-impact use.

8. AI-assisted work

We may use AI for research, design, coding, documentation, testing, automation and training. AI can be inaccurate, incomplete or non-unique. We apply reasonable human review, but you must independently review deliverables for the intended use. Do not ask us to enter confidential or personal information into an AI service without authority and agreed safeguards. Provider restrictions or a “no external AI” rule must be written into the Project Agreement.

9. Intellectual property

You retain ownership of materials you provide and license them to us only as needed for the work. We retain pre-existing code, tools, templates, methods, generic components and know-how (“Background Materials”). Ownership or license terms for custom deliverables belong in the Project Agreement.

Unless that agreement states otherwise, after full payment you receive a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual license to use delivered custom work for your business. Third-party and open-source components keep their own licenses. No rights transfer until applicable invoices are paid. We may reuse general skills and non-confidential know-how. We will identify publicly launched work in a portfolio only with permission or express written authorization.

10. Confidentiality

Each party will reasonably protect non-public information identified as confidential or reasonably understood to be confidential, use it only for the services, and share it only with people who need it and have appropriate duties. This does not cover independently developed, lawfully received or already public information, or legally required disclosure. A Project Agreement or NDA may provide more detail.

11. Third-party services

Projects may depend on hosting, APIs, CRMs, payment processors, AI providers, plugins and platforms governed by their own terms. Their pricing, availability, security and changes are outside our control. You maintain required subscriptions and comply with their terms unless the Project Agreement assigns that responsibility to us.

12. Acceptance, support and maintenance

The Project Agreement defines acceptance, review periods, warranty corrections and support. If no period is stated, report reproducible material defects within 14 days after delivery. We will reasonably correct defects that cause material failure against written requirements. New features, preference changes, third-party changes, unsupported modifications and ongoing maintenance may be quoted separately.

13. Disclaimers

We provide technology and education services, not legal, tax, accounting, investment, medical, employment or regulatory advice. Except for written project commitments and non-excludable rights, sites, preliminary materials and services are provided “as available.” We do not guarantee specific revenue, savings, rankings, leads, funding, uninterrupted operation or error-free AI output.

14. Liability

Nothing excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded, including fraud or willful misconduct. To the maximum permitted extent, neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary or consequential loss, or lost profit, revenue, goodwill, opportunity or data.

Unless a Project Agreement states otherwise, each party’s aggregate liability for a service will not exceed fees paid or payable for that service during the six months before the event. This cap does not apply to unpaid fees, misuse of intellectual property, breach of confidentiality, or liability that law does not permit the parties to limit.

15. Claims, suspension and termination

To the extent allowed by law, you will defend and indemnify us from a third-party claim caused by materials, data or instructions you supplied or unlawful use of a deliverable, except to the extent caused by our breach, negligence or misconduct. We will notify you and cooperate; no settlement may admit fault or bind us without consent.

Continuing services may be ended under the Project Agreement. If none applies, either party may terminate for a material breach not cured within 14 days after written notice. We may suspend sooner for non-payment, security or unlawful use. Authorized work and non-cancellable commitments through termination remain payable.

16. Governing law and global users

These Terms are governed by Philippine law. Before a formal claim, both parties will give written notice and try in good faith to resolve it for 30 days. Subject to mandatory consumer rights and a different Project Agreement, courts in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines have exclusive jurisdiction. Urgent injunctive and eligible small-claims relief remain available.

Mandatory local consumer rights are not removed. If a provision conflicts with a non-waivable right, that right applies only to the extent of the conflict.

17. Changes and general terms

Revised Terms apply to future website or service use after posting and do not retroactively change a signed Project Agreement without mutual agreement. If a provision is unenforceable, it is limited only as necessary. Delay is not waiver. These Terms, the Privacy Policy and each applicable Project Agreement form the agreement for their subject matter.