These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of codestringers.com (the "Site"). Section 15 contains a binding arbitration agreement and class-action waiver that affects how disputes between you and CodeStringers are resolved. Please read these Terms carefully.
1. Acceptance of these Terms
By accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you may not access or use the Site.
2. About the Site; capacity
The Site is a marketing website and blog operated by CodeStringers ("CodeStringers", "we", "us", or "our"). It describes our services, perspectives, and case studies. The Site is not itself a service contract: any engagement with CodeStringers is governed by a separate written agreement (such as a Master Services Agreement or Statement of Work).
By accepting these Terms, you represent that (a) you have legal capacity to enter into a binding contract under the laws of the jurisdiction in which you reside; and (b) if you accept these Terms on behalf of an entity, you have the authority to bind that entity, and "you" refers to that entity.
3. Acceptable use
You agree that you will not:
- Use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law.
- Attempt to disrupt, overload, or impair the Site, its servers, or its network — for example through denial-of-service attempts, bulk scraping, or automated abuse.
- Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code from the Site, except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits it.
- Use the Site to send unsolicited communications, malware, or other harmful content.
- Impersonate CodeStringers or any person affiliated with CodeStringers.
- Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any security or access-control feature of the Site.
- Use the Site, its content, or any extracted text or media to train, fine-tune, evaluate, or otherwise develop an artificial-intelligence or machine-learning model, or to populate any dataset for such purposes, without our prior written permission.
- Engage in automated scraping, indexing, or extraction of Site content beyond what is performed by good-faith search engines using standard crawler protocols.
Normal browsing, sharing of public URLs, indexing by good-faith search engines, and reasonable use of our RSS feed (if any) are permitted.
4. Intellectual property
All content on the Site — including copy, designs, illustrations, code, logos, images, and the "CodeStringers" name and marks — is owned by CodeStringers or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws. All rights are reserved except as expressly granted in these Terms. The "CodeStringers" name, logo, and any related trademarks or service marks are trademarks of CodeStringers; you may not use them without our prior written permission, except to make fair, accurate, and non-misleading nominative reference to our company or services.
You may view, download, and print Site content for your own personal, non-commercial reference. Any other use — including republication, redistribution, modification, public display, training of AI/ML systems, or commercial use — requires our prior written permission.
5. User-submitted content
The Site does not currently accept user submissions, comments, or uploads beyond the contact form. Information you submit through the contact form is governed by our Privacy Policy. If we add additional submission features in the future, you will grant CodeStringers a worldwide, royalty-free licence to use what you submit for the purpose of operating and improving the Site, and you will be solely responsible for the content you submit.
6. Third-party links and content
The Site may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources. We provide these links for convenience only. We do not control, endorse, or assume responsibility for any third-party content, products, or services. Your use of any third-party site is at your own risk and subject to its own terms.
7. Disclaimers
THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, CODESTRINGERS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.
We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components, or that any content will be accurate, complete, or current. Content on the Site is for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal, financial, tax, or other professional advice.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
8. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL CODESTRINGERS OR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT ON IT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
TO THE EXTENT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE, OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US $100). The exclusions and limitations in this Section apply regardless of any failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy.
9. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CodeStringers and its directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Site, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any rights of another.
10. Compliance with laws; export and sanctions
You represent and warrant that:
- You are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country subject to United States embargo or restriction, and you are not on any United States government list of restricted or prohibited parties (including the U.S. Treasury OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list or the U.S. Commerce Department's Denied Persons List).
- You will not export, re-export, or transfer the Site, its content, or any technical data derived from it in violation of the U.S. Export Administration Regulations or any other applicable export-control or sanctions law.
- You will comply with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act 2010, in connection with your use of the Site.
11. Accessibility
We strive to make the Site accessible and to conform substantially to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. If you experience an accessibility barrier on the Site or have suggestions for improving accessibility, please contact us at legal@codestringers.com.
12. Force majeure
Neither party will be liable for any delay or failure to perform under these Terms to the extent caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, government action, labour disputes, epidemic or pandemic, failure of the internet or public utilities, or failure of cloud-infrastructure providers.
13. Modifications to the Site and these Terms
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Site, or any part of it, at any time without notice. We may also update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Effective" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after a change becomes effective constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.
14. Termination
We may, at our sole discretion, suspend or terminate your access to the Site at any time, with or without notice, for any reason — including if we believe you have violated these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including Sections 4 (Intellectual property), 7 (Disclaimers), 8 (Limitation of liability), 9 (Indemnification), 10 (Compliance with laws), 15 (Dispute resolution; arbitration), 17 (Assignment), and 18 (Severability and entire agreement) — will survive.
15. Dispute resolution; binding arbitration; class-action waiver
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. It requires you and CodeStringers to resolve most disputes through individual binding arbitration rather than in court, and it waives your right to participate in a class action or jury trial.
15.1 Informal resolution. Before initiating arbitration, you and CodeStringers agree to first attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute informally for at least 30 days after written notice describing the dispute, the relief sought, and your contact information is sent to legal@codestringers.com (or by us to the email address you have provided).
15.2 Binding arbitration. Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Site that is not resolved under Section 15.1 will be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by JAMS pursuant to its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures for disputes seeking less than US $250,000 in aggregate relief, and otherwise pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures, in each case as in effect at the time the arbitration is commenced.
15.3 Seat, language, costs. The seat (legal place) of the arbitration will be Delaware, USA. The arbitration will be conducted in English. Hearings may be held in person, by telephone, or by video as the arbitrator directs. Each party will bear its own costs of arbitration and its own attorneys' fees, except as otherwise required by the JAMS rules or applicable law.
15.4 Class-action and jury-trial waiver. You and CodeStringers each agree that any arbitration or proceeding will be conducted only on an individual basis. Neither you nor CodeStringers may bring a claim as a plaintiff or class member in a class, consolidated, or representative action. The arbitrator may not consolidate the claims of multiple parties and may not preside over any form of representative proceeding. You and CodeStringers each waive the right to a trial by jury.
15.5 Carve-outs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may (a) bring an individual action in any court of competent jurisdiction in Delaware for injunctive or other equitable relief; (b) bring a claim for infringement or misappropriation of intellectual-property rights (including copyright, trademark, patent, and trade-secret claims) in any court of competent jurisdiction; and (c) submit a claim to a small-claims court in the jurisdiction where the claimant resides, if it qualifies.
15.6 Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice within 30 days of your first acceptance of these Terms to legal@codestringers.com, including your name, the email address you used to access the Site, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. If you opt out, Section 15.2 through Section 15.5 will not apply to you, but the remainder of these Terms (including the governing-law provision below) will remain in effect.
15.7 Governing law. These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them are governed by the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., governs the interpretation and enforcement of Section 15.
15.8 Severability of this Section. If any portion of this Section is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder will continue in full force. If the class-action waiver in Section 15.4 is held to be unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim will be resolved in court rather than by arbitration, and the remaining claims will continue in arbitration.
16. Electronic notices
You consent to receive communications from us in electronic form, including by email to the address you have provided, by notice posted on the Site, or by any other electronic means. All notices we provide will satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. Notices to us must be sent to legal@codestringers.com, with a copy by mail to: CodeStringers, Attn: Legal, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
17. Assignment
We may assign these Terms, in whole or in part, to any successor (including in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganisation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets) without your consent. You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section is void.
18. Severability and entire agreement
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and CodeStringers regarding the Site and supersede all prior agreements on the subject. No waiver of any term will be deemed a continuing waiver or a waiver of any other term.
19. Contact us
Questions about these Terms can be sent to:
CodeStringers
Attn: Legal
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
legal@codestringers.com