Welcome to StepBeep!

These Terms and Conditions explain the rules and guidelines for using the StepBeep website located at https://stepbeep.com. By accessing or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must stop using the website immediately.

This Agreement takes effect on the date you first access the website.

1. Cookies

StepBeep uses cookies to provide you with a more personalized and efficient online experience. By accessing https://stepbeep.com, you consent to the use of required cookies.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a web server. They cannot be used to run programs, deliver viruses, or otherwise harm your computer. Each cookie is uniquely assigned to your browser or device and can only be read by the server that issued it.

We may use cookies to collect, store, and track information for statistical, functional, and marketing purposes in order to operate and improve our website. Some cookies are optional and you may choose to accept or decline them. However, certain cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website and do not require your consent as they are always active.

Please note that by accepting required cookies, you also acknowledge that third-party service providers used on our website (such as embedded video or analytics tools) may place their own cookies, which are subject to their respective privacy and cookie policies.

2. License and Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, StepBeep and/or its licensors own all intellectual property rights in the content and materials published on https://stepbeep.com. All such rights are reserved.

You are granted a limited license to access and use the website for your own personal, non-commercial purposes only, subject to the restrictions set out in these Terms and Conditions.

You must not:

• Copy or republish material from https://stepbeep.com;

• Sell, rent, or sub-license material from the website;

• Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from the website; or

• Redistribute any content from the website, unless such content is specifically made available for redistribution.

3. User Comments

Certain areas of the website may allow users to post and exchange opinions, information, and other content (“Comments”). StepBeep does not pre-screen, edit, publish, or review Comments before they appear on the website. Comments do not reflect the views or opinions of StepBeep, its agents, or affiliates. They reflect only the views and opinions of the individual who posts them.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, StepBeep shall not be liable for any Comments or for any liability, loss, damages, or expenses caused or suffered as a result of any use of, reliance on, or appearance of Comments on the website.

StepBeep reserves the right, but not the obligation, to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments that it considers, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate, offensive, or in breach of these Terms and Conditions.

3.1 Your Responsibilities Regarding Comments

By posting Comments on our website, you warrant and represent that:

• You are entitled to post the Comments and have all necessary licenses, rights, and consents to do so;

• Your Comments do not infringe any intellectual property right of any third party, including but not limited to copyright, patent, or trademark;

• Your Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material, and do not invade anyone’s privacy;

• Your Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business, commercial activities, or unlawful conduct.

By posting Comments, you grant StepBeep a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, edit, and authorize others to use and reproduce your Comments in any and all forms, formats, and media.

4. Hyperlinking to Our Content

4.1 Organizations That May Link Without Prior Approval

The following organizations may link to our website without prior written approval:

• Government agencies;

• Search engines;

• News organizations;

• Online directory distributors, in the same manner as they link to the websites of other listed businesses; and

• System-wide accredited businesses, except for soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups, which may not link to our website.

These organizations may link to our home page, publications, or other website information as long as the link:

• Is not misleading or deceptive in any way;

• Does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and

• Fits appropriately within the context of the linking party’s website.

4.2 Other Link Requests

We may consider and approve link requests from the following types of organizations:

• Commonly known consumer and/or business information sources;

• Dot-com community websites;

• Associations or other groups representing charities;

• Online directory distributors;

• Internet portals;

• Accounting, law, and consulting firms;

• Educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we determine that:

• The link will not reflect unfavorably on StepBeep or our accredited businesses;

• The organization has no negative records with us;

• The benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink outweighs the absence of a direct StepBeep presence; and

• The link is provided in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page provided that the link:

• Is not misleading;

• Does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and

• Fits within the context and structure of the linking party’s site.

If you are one of the organizations listed above and wish to link to our website, you must notify us by email. Please include your name, organization name, contact information, the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our website, and a list of the URLs on our site you would like to link to. Please allow 2–3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may link to our website as follows:

• By using our corporate name; or

• By using the uniform resource locator (URL) being linked to; or

• By using any other description of our website that is appropriate within the context and format of the linking party’s site content.

No use of the StepBeep logo or other artwork is allowed for linking purposes without a valid trademark license agreement.

5. Content Liability

We are not responsible or liable for any content that appears on your website. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from all claims arising out of or based upon your website.

No link should appear on any page of your website, or within any context, that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, or criminal, or that infringes, violates, or advocates the infringement or violation of any third party rights.

6. Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right, at any time and at our sole discretion, to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our website. You agree to promptly remove all such links to our website upon request.

We also reserve the right to revise and amend these Terms and Conditions and our linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our website, you agree to be bound by and follow the then-current version of these Terms and Conditions.

7. Removal of Links from Our Website

If you find any link on our website that you consider offensive or inappropriate, you may contact us at any time to inform us. We will consider requests to remove links but are not obligated to do so or to respond to you directly.

We do not guarantee that the information on this website is accurate, complete, or up to date. Nor do we warrant that the website will remain available or that the material on the website will be kept current.

8. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

• Limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;

• Limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

• Limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

• Exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set out in this section and elsewhere in this disclaimer.

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