Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of These Terms

By accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not access or use the Website.

These Terms apply to your use of the Website itself. They do not create or modify the terms of any consulting engagement between you and Madd Ox Consulting. Consulting services, if any, are provided under a separate agreement that establishes the scope of work, responsibilities, fees, deliverables, confidentiality obligations, and other terms applicable to that engagement.

If there is a conflict between these Terms and a separate written consulting agreement governing a specific engagement, the consulting agreement will control with respect to that engagement.

2. What This Site Is

The Website is an informational website for Madd Ox Consulting, an independent consulting business. It provides general information about our services, capabilities, experience, and areas of interest, together with a way to contact us.

The Website is not a client portal and does not provide user accounts, login functionality, payment processing, or a system for managing active consulting engagements.

Submitting a message through the Website's contact form starts a conversation with Madd Ox Consulting. It does not create a consulting engagement, establish a client relationship, constitute an offer or acceptance of a contract, or obligate either party to enter into an engagement.

No consulting engagement exists unless and until the relevant parties separately agree to one, ordinarily in writing.

Information presented on the Website may change over time. We may add, remove, or modify content, services, or features without notice.

3. No Professional Advice

The content of this Website is provided for general informational purposes concerning Madd Ox Consulting's capabilities, experience, and services.

Nothing on the Website constitutes professional advice for a particular product, program, company, or situation. In particular, Website content should not be treated as regulatory, scientific, quality, legal, manufacturing, financial, or other professional advice.

The Website is not a substitute for advice obtained through an appropriate professional engagement in which the relevant facts, circumstances, requirements, and objectives can be evaluated.

Regulatory expectations and industry practices may differ by jurisdiction, product class, technology, intended use, and other circumstances, and they may change over time. Nothing on this Website should be understood as a representation or guarantee of what a particular health authority, regulator, notified body, customer, or other organization will require, accept, approve, or consider appropriate in a particular case.

Any examples, descriptions, observations, or statements concerning regulatory or technical matters are general in nature unless expressly stated otherwise in a separate written consulting engagement.

You are responsible for obtaining appropriate professional advice and independently evaluating information before relying on it for a business, regulatory, technical, legal, or other decision.

4. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the Website and its contents are owned by or licensed to Madd Ox Consulting.

This includes, as applicable, the text, written content, graphics, logos, branding, the Madd Ox Consulting name and marks, pattern artwork, photographs, illustrations, page designs, and other original materials appearing on the Website (collectively, the “Content”).

The Content is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws.

Subject to these Terms, Madd Ox Consulting grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable permission to access and view the Website and its Content for your own personal or legitimate business information purposes.

You may not, without prior written permission from Madd Ox Consulting:

• reproduce, republish, distribute, or publicly display substantial portions of the Content;
• copy, modify, adapt, or create derivative works from the Content;
• use the Madd Ox Consulting name, logo, or other branding in a way that suggests sponsorship, endorsement, affiliation, or partnership;
• use Website photographs, artwork, graphics, or other visual materials separately from the Website;
• remove copyright, trademark, attribution, or other proprietary notices; or
• use the Content for commercial redistribution, resale, or incorporation into another product or service.

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of any intellectual property to you.

If particular material on the Website is identified as belonging to a third party, that material remains the property of its respective owner and may be subject to additional terms or restrictions.

5. Acceptable Use

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in a manner consistent with these Terms.

You must not use the Website to:

• violate any applicable law or regulation;
• interfere with, disrupt, damage, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website or its underlying systems;
• probe, scan, or test the vulnerability or security of the Website or its infrastructure without authorization;
• introduce malware, malicious code, viruses, or other harmful material;
• attempt to circumvent security, access controls, or other technical restrictions;
• scrape, harvest, systematically copy, or extract Website content or information through automated means, except where expressly permitted by applicable law or by us in writing;
• use automated systems to place excessive or unreasonable demands on the Website;
• impersonate Madd Ox Consulting or another person or entity;
• use the contact form to submit unsolicited advertising, bulk messages, spam, or unrelated sales solicitations;
• submit information that you do not have the right to provide; or
• use the Website in a way that could reasonably be expected to interfere with its availability, security, operation, or use by others.

We reserve the right to take reasonable technical or other measures to protect the Website and its users from misuse, abuse, security threats, or excessive activity.

6. Links to Other Sites

The Website may, now or in the future, contain links to websites or resources operated by third parties.

Any external link is provided for convenience or informational purposes. A link does not necessarily mean that Madd Ox Consulting endorses, sponsors, or is affiliated with the linked website or its operator.

Madd Ox Consulting does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, privacy practices, terms of use, or other policies or practices.

If you follow a link to an external website, you do so at your own risk and should review the terms and privacy practices applicable to that website.

At present, the Website is designed not to link to external sites. This provision applies if that changes in the future.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Website and its Content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties or representations of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Madd Ox Consulting disclaims all warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, availability, and reliability.

We do not warrant or represent that:

• the Website will always be available, uninterrupted, or error-free;
• the Website or its underlying systems will be free from viruses, malware, or other harmful components;
• the Content will always be complete, accurate, current, or suitable for a particular purpose;
• defects or errors will be corrected; or
• the Website will meet your particular requirements or expectations.

Madd Ox Consulting may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Website at any time.

Nothing in this section excludes or limits any warranty, right, or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under applicable law.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Madd Ox Consulting and its owners, personnel, contractors, and service providers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, business opportunity, goodwill, data, or anticipated savings, arising out of or relating to:

• your access to or use of, or inability to access or use, the Website;
• your reliance on any Website Content;
• errors, omissions, interruptions, or delays in the Website;
• unauthorized access to or alteration of information transmitted through the Website; or
• any other matter relating to the Website or these Terms,

even if Madd Ox Consulting has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the total aggregate liability of Madd Ox Consulting arising out of or relating to your use of the Website or these Terms will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid to Madd Ox Consulting for access to or use of the Website during the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) US$100.

Because the Website is provided without charge, this limitation is intended to establish a reasonable maximum for claims arising solely from use of the Website.

The limitations in this section apply regardless of the legal theory on which a claim is based, including contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other theory, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability that applicable law does not permit a party to disclaim.

9. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Madd Ox Consulting and its owners, personnel, contractors, and service providers from and against claims, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to:

• your violation of these Terms;
• your misuse of the Website;
• your violation of applicable law or the rights of another person or entity;
• your unauthorized use of Website Content; or
• information or material that you submit through the Website in violation of these Terms or applicable law.

Madd Ox Consulting reserves the right to assume exclusive control of the defense of any matter subject to indemnification, in which case you agree to reasonably cooperate with that defense.

You may not settle an indemnified claim in a manner that imposes an admission of wrongdoing, liability, or an obligation on Madd Ox Consulting without our prior written consent.

This indemnification obligation applies only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

10. Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to the Website or these Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.

To the extent a dispute may properly be brought in court, you agree that the state and federal courts located in Massachusetts will have jurisdiction over disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Website, subject to any applicable jurisdictional requirements.

Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking relief in another forum where applicable law requires that the dispute be heard there or does not permit the parties to agree to exclusive jurisdiction.

11. Privacy

Personal information submitted through the Website, including information provided through the contact form, is handled as described in the Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy explains what information the Website collects, how that information is used, how long it is retained, and other matters concerning the handling of personal information.

The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference to the extent applicable to your use of the Website.

12. Changes and Contact

We may update or revise these Terms from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, our business practices, applicable law, or other circumstances.

When we make changes, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this page. The revised Terms will become effective on the date stated there unless otherwise indicated.

Your continued use of the Website after revised Terms become effective constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree with the revised Terms, you should stop using the Website.

If a provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions will continue in effect.

The failure of Madd Ox Consulting to enforce any provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of that provision or our right to enforce it later.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other policies expressly incorporated into them, constitute the terms governing your use of this Website.

Questions about these Terms may be directed to:

Madd Ox Consulting, LLC
Email: jaymeth@madd-ox.com