Terms of service
These terms govern your use of the Sonderence website. By using the site, you accept them. If you do not agree with them, please stop using the site.
Agreement to these terms
By accessing or using this website, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated here by reference. If you do not agree, you should stop using the site.
This site is intended for visitors in the United States and is not directed to anyone under 18 years of age. If you are under 18, please do not use the site.
Who we are
Sonderence is the trade name of a sole proprietorship owned and operated by [Full legal name], with its principal place of business in Sacramento, California.
Throughout these terms, “Sonderence,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to that business. “You” refers to the person using the site.
You can reach us at elly@sonderence.com.
Permitted use of the site
This site is informational. It describes what Sonderence does and gives you a way to request a conversation about working together. That is the whole of it — there are no accounts to create, nothing to purchase, and nothing to download.
You may read the site, share links to it, and book a call. You may not:
- Scrape, crawl, harvest, or use automated tools to extract content from the site, except for standard search engine indexing
- Copy or republish the site’s content or design as your own, or use it to build or train a competing product or service
- Interfere with the site’s operation, attempt to gain unauthorized access to it or to any system connected to it, or probe it for vulnerabilities
- Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive the source of any part of the site
- Introduce malware or any other harmful code
- Use the site for any unlawful purpose, or in any way that violates these terms
We may restrict or block access to the site at any time, for any reason, without notice.
Bookings and third-party scheduling
Booking a call takes you to Calendly, a third-party scheduling service we use to manage appointments. Calendly is not operated by us.
Anything you submit through Calendly — your name, email address, availability, and anything you write in the booking form — is handled under Calendly’s own terms of service and privacy policy, not ours. We receive the booking details Calendly passes to us, and we handle those as described in our Privacy Policy. We have no control over how Calendly collects, stores, or processes your information on its own systems, and we are not responsible for it.
Booking a call is a request for a conversation. It is not an agreement to work together, and it does not obligate either of us to anything.
No professional advice, no engagement
Everything on this site is general information about the kind of work we do. It is not consulting, legal, financial, or technical advice, and it is not a recommendation for your particular situation. Do not act on it without getting advice suited to your own circumstances.
Nothing on this site — reading it, booking a call, or exchanging emails with us — creates a client relationship or a professional engagement. A client relationship begins only when both parties have signed a written agreement setting out the scope and terms of the work. Until then, no obligation exists on either side.
Intellectual property
The site and everything in it — text, layout, design, structure, graphics, and code — is owned by Sonderence or used under license, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.
“Sonderence” is our trade name. Our service package names, including Atlas [and: list remaining package names], are our marks. You may not use them as your own, or in any way that suggests we endorse or are affiliated with you.
You may view the site, print or save pages for your own reference, and quote short passages with attribution and a link back. You may not otherwise copy, reproduce, republish, modify, distribute, or create derivative works from the site or its content without our written permission.
Disclaimers and limitation of liability
The site is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.
We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of harmful components, or that the information on it is complete, accurate, or current. Content may change or be removed at any time without notice.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, business, or goodwill, arising out of or relating to your use of the site — whether the claim is based in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other theory, and even if we have been advised that such damages are possible.
Our total liability for all claims arising out of or relating to the site and these terms will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars ($100). This reflects that the site is offered free of charge and that nothing is sold through it.
Nothing in this section limits liability that cannot be limited under California law, including liability for fraud, willful injury to the person or property of another, or violation of law.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of certain damages. Where that is the case, the exclusions and limitations above apply only to the extent permitted.
Links to other sites
The site contains links to websites we do not control, including our social profiles and the Calendly scheduling tool. Those links are provided for convenience only.
We do not endorse, and are not responsible for, the content, products, services, accuracy, or practices of any linked site. Visiting a linked site is at your own risk and subject to that site’s own terms and privacy policy. Read them.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on this page and update the “Last updated” and “Effective” dates above.
Changes take effect on the effective date shown. Your continued use of the site after that date means you accept the revised terms. If you do not accept them, stop using the site. We recommend checking this page when you visit.
Governing law and disputes
These terms, and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or to your use of the site, are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.
Informal resolution first. If a dispute arises, please contact us at elly@sonderence.com with a short written description of the issue and what you would like to see happen. We will do the same if the dispute starts on our side. Both parties agree to try in good faith to resolve the matter informally for at least thirty (30) days before starting any formal proceeding.
Courts. If the dispute is not resolved in that period, it will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Sacramento County, California. You and we each consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waive any objection to venue there.
If any provision of these terms is found unenforceable, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the rest of the terms will remain in effect. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it.
Contact
For questions about these terms, or to send legal notices:
Questions about these terms can be raised before any engagement begins.