Disclaimer
The information contained in this web site, and its associated web sites, including but not limited to FreeLegalAid, LawSurf, their operators, investors, and related entities is merely an aggregation of information collected and submitted by third parties as a service to the Internet community, and does not constitute legal advice. We make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained in or linked to this web site and its associated sites. As legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each case, and laws are constantly changing, nothing provided herein should be used as a substitute for the advice of competent counsel.
Terms of Service
This page outlines the Terms of Service (hereafter the "Agreement") under which the FreeLegalAid services (hereafter the "Services") and www.freelegalaid.com website (hereinafter the “Site”) are provided to you.
Please read this page carefully. By using the Site and/or Services, you are indicating your acceptance to be bound by this Agreement. If you're unwilling to be bound this Agreement, do not use this Site or use its Services.
By entering into this Agreement you further acknowledge your understanding and acceptance of FreeLegalAid’s information gathering, use and dissemination practices as outlined in our Privacy Policy, as defined below.
Please note that FreeLegalAid may revise the Agreement at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page periodically to review the Agreement, as it is binding upon you.
Privacy Policy
FreeLegalAid has no obligation to monitor the Site, or prevent parties not under FreeLegalAid’s control from obtaining information about you. FreeLegalAid does not collect information about users for sale or use by third parties. You agree that FreeLegalAid has the right to monitor the Site electronically from time to time and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental request, to operate the Site properly, or to protect itself or its subscribers. FreeLegalAid will not intentionally monitor or disclose any private electronic-mail message unless required by law. FreeLegalAid reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in its sole discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation of this Agreement.
FreeLegalAid cannot ensure or guarantee privacy for users. It is therefore recommended that this service not be used for the transmission of confidential information. Any such use shall be at the sole risk of the user, and FreeLegalAid and its affiliates and related companies shall be relieved of all liability in connection therewith.
When making purchases or other transactions through the FreeLegalAid Site or the Internet, you may also be asked by the Merchant, or information or service provider to supply certain information, including credit card or other payment t mechanisms. You agree that all information you provide any merchant or information or service provider through the Site will be accurate and complete. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you and/or other users of your account and credit card or other payment mechanisms at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You also will be responsible for paying all applicable taxes, if any, relating to purchases on the Site. FreeLegalAid is in no way responsible for any charges you or any user of your account incurs when making purchases or other transactions in this manner. FreeLegalAid will take reasonable measures to protect the privacy of your credit card information to the extent that the information is processed through the Site. FreeLegalAid will only use such information for the purchase of the Services on the Site.
You authorize FreeLegalAid to collect from any party and to retain all relevant information relating to your use of the Site, and you hereby authorize any party to provide us with such information. You understand and agree that unless you notify FreeLegalAid to the contrary by e-mailing us, you further authorize FreeLegalAid to disclose, on a confidential basis, to any party with whom FreeLegalAid has business relations all relevant information relating to your dealings with us and the FreeLegalAid Site.
When we license content from a third-party, we may be required to share your personal information with that licensor as a requirement of our license. However, we will not share your information unless we have been assured by the licensor that your personal information will not be distributed or resold.
Our Services
We offer consumers the ability to search for sites that MAY offer free legal information and/or services. We also offer third-parties the ability to pay to list their site with FreeLegalAid on the freelegalaid.com website. We do not evaluate any such listing, and make no guarantee with regard to such third-part or information.
Intellectual
Property Rights
Our Site (including but not limited to text, graphics,
images, logos, buttons, icons, software and other materials, not including the
specific downloadable audio content, hereafter "Content") are the
sole property of FreeLegalAid, and are protected by
All Site designs, copy, graphics and logos and certain other names or logos are service marks or trademarks of FreeLegalAid.com. In addition, the "look" and "feel" of the Site (including color combinations, button shapes, layout, design and all other graphical elements) are also protected by FreeLegalAid’s trademarks, service marks and copyrights. All other product and service marks contained on the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.
You agree to be bound by third party licenses of software or content that is available or part of the Site and to abide by the terms of use of any such third party software or content.
Acceptable Use of
the Site
The Site and its Services are intended solely for individuals that are searching for information that has been collected on the site. If you need legal advice, you should hire a qualified attorney. This site is only a directory of sites that may have law related self help and other law related information.
As one of the conditions of your use of the Site and Service, you represent, warrant and agree that you will not use (or plan, encourage or help others to use) the Site for any purpose or in any manner that is prohibited by this Agreement or by applicable law. It is your responsibility to ensure that your use of the Site complies with this Agreement.
Security Rules
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including, without limitation: accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access; attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding", "mail bombing" or "crashing"; sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting.
Use of any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activity being conducted on the Site, or taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Site's infrastructure is expressly prohibited.
Violations of these Security Rules may result in civil or criminal liability. FreeLegalAid will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.
Username and
Password
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information, username and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify FreeLegalAid of any unauthorized use of your registration, information, username or password.
Indemnification
By using the Services you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless FreeLegalAid from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from this Agreement, your breach of this Agreement, your conduct or your use of the Site and Services.
Release and
Limitations of Liability
You further agree to release FreeLegalAid from any claims, demands and damages (actual, consequential, direct and indirect) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with this Agreement.
IN NO EVENT SHALL FREELEGALAID BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, INCOME, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA, INNACURATE INFORMATION, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR ACCESS TO, OR THE INABILITY TO USE OR ACCESS, SITE AND THE CONTENT AND/OR ANY DOCUMENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT FREELEGALAID IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF THIS EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS HELD INAPPLICABLE OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN FREELEGALAID’S MAXIMUM LIABILITY FOR ANY TYPE OF DAMAGES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER.
Warranties
By entering into this Agreement you acknowledge that FreeLegalAid is simply providing a searchable collection of third-party information, and that it makes no warranties of any kind relating to the data, documents, or products.
Furthermore nothing on the Site shall be considered an endorsement, representation, assumption of responsibility or warranty with respect to any third party, whether in regards to their web site, products, technologies, services, business practices or otherwise.
FREELEGALAID DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ITS SITE OR SERVICES WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SITE OR ITS SERVERS ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, FREELEGALAID IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.
YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR USE OF THIS SITE AND THE INTERNET IN GENERAL. THE SITE AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. FREELEGALAID, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. FREELEGALAID MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE CONTENT, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS AND LINKS.
General Provisions
FreeLegalAid makes no claims that
the Content of its Site is appropriate or legal to be viewed by certain persons
or in certain countries. If you access the Site or Services from outside of the
Partial Validity: If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term.
Equitable Relief: You understand and agree that due to the nature of this Agreement, in addition to money damages, FreeLegalAid will be entitled to equitable relief upon a breach of this Agreement by you.
Governing Law: This Agreement is governed by the laws of the
State of
Entire Agreement: Except as expressly provided in a particular Legal Notice, Software License or other notices or Content published on the Site, these terms represent the entire binding Agreement between us, and our respective successors and assigns, and supersede any and all prior understanding, statements or representations, whether electronic, oral or written, regarding FreeLegalAid, the Site, or Services.
Digital Admissibility: You hereby agree that a printed version of this Agreement and of any other notice given in electronic form by FreeLegalAid or in the Site, which is based upon or relating to this Agreement, shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings and subject to the same conditions as other agreements, business documents or records originally generated, entered into, signed or maintained in printed form.