Terms of Use

These terms of use set forth the expectations and obligations of people using this website. By accessing this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to abide by these terms. We may amend these terms from time to time, and your continued use of this website following the posting of any such amendments will mean that you accept and agree to the amended terms. As long as you comply with these terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited, and revocable privilege to enter and use the website.

Warranty and Disclaimer

This website, including any content or information contained within it or linked from it, is provided “as is,” with all faults, with no representations or warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of this site, site-related services, and linked websites.

Although we attempt to ensure the integrity and accurateness of the website, we make no guarantees as to the correctness or accuracy of the website. In the event that an inaccuracy arises, please inform us so that it can be corrected.

Content

All text, graphics, photographs, trademarks, logos, sounds, music, artwork, and computer code (collectively, “Content”), including but not limited to the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel,” and arrangement of such Content, contained on the website is owned, controlled or licensed by or to us with all rights reserved, and is protected by trade dress, copyright, patent and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws. All other trademarks, service marks and logos used in this website are the trademarks, service marks or logos of their respective owners.

Except as expressly provided in these terms of use or elsewhere on the website, no part of the website and no Content may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, or distributed in any way (including “mirroring”) to any other computer, server, website or other medium, for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without our express prior written consent.

Your Use of the Site

You may not use any web-scraping or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the website or any Content, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the website or any Content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the website, or any other systems or networks connected to the website including any Squarespace server, or to any of the services offered on or through the website, by hacking, password mining or any other illegitimate means.

You agree not to use any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper function of the website or with any other person’s use of the website.

You may not use this website for any illegal purpose, and you may not use it in a manner that: (1) infringes on any third party’s intellectual property or proprietary rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (2) violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; (3) is defamatory, trade libelous, threatening, unlawfully harassing, indecent, abusive, obscene, or contains child pornography; (4) spreads or has the potential to spread viruses; or (5) will materially damage, disable, overburden or impair the website or any other party’s use of the website.

Links to Other Sites 

This website may contain links to other independent websites.  These links are provided solely as a convenience, as such sites are not under our control. We do not accept responsibility for or endorse the content of any linked websites, including any information or materials contained therein. You will need to make your own independent judgment regarding your interaction with these websites.

Proprietary Rights

All copyrights to specific elements of the Content are retained by the copyright owners, with all rights reserved. No other use is hereby authorized. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner.

Privacy

By using this website, you acknowledge and agree that Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure, and that you understand and have read our privacy statement.

Violation of These Terms of Use

We may disclose any information we have about you (including your identity) if we determine that such disclosure is necessary in connection with any investigation or complaint regarding your use of the website, or to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, or the rights or property of visitors to or users of the website, including our customers. We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information that we deem necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. We also may disclose your information when we determine that applicable law requires or permits such disclosure, including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection purposes.

You acknowledge and agree that we may preserve any transmittal or communication by you with us through the website or any service offered on or through the website, and may also disclose such data if required to do so by law or we determine that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) comply with legal process, (2) enforce these terms of use, (3) respond to claims that any such data violates the rights of others, and or (4) protect the rights, property or personal safety of us, our employees, website visitors, and the public.

Governing Law

These terms of use are entered into in the District of Columbia and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with such laws, exclusive of its choice of law rules that would give rise to application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction.

Entire Agreement

These terms of use constitute the entire agreement between us and you pertaining to the subject matter of these terms of use.