Terms of Use.

Welcome to the Oak & Rowan website (the "Site"). Please read these Terms of Use ("Terms") carefully. By accessing, browsing, or otherwise using this Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.

1. No Formal Agency-Client Relationship

Accessing this Site, communicating with Oak & Rowan via email, or submitting information through our web forms DOES NOT create a formal client relationship. An agency-client relationship is established only after a written engagement agreement has been mutually executed.

2. No Professional Advice

The materials and information provided on this Site are for general informational purposes only. Nothing on this Site constitutes specific technical, legal, or compliance advice. You should not act based on any information obtained from this Site without seeking tailored professional counsel regarding your specific digital infrastructure.

3. Communications and Confidentiality

Before a formal relationship is established, any information you input on this site is not considered strictly privileged. Please do not transmit highly sensitive proprietary information, trade secrets, or specific network vulnerabilities to us via this Site before a secure communication channel is established.

4. Intellectual Property & Acceptable Use

All content on this Site, including but not limited to text, design architecture, graphics, and code logic, is the exclusive property of Oak & Rowan and is protected by United States and international copyright laws.

You expressly agree not to:

• Reproduce or create derivative works from our content without explicit written permission.
• Utilize automated web scrapers, spiders, or artificial intelligence bots to extract data or design assets from this Site for training large language models (LLMs) or cloning.
• Attempt to breach the security architectures of the Site or deploy malicious payloads.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties

THIS SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. OAK & ROWAN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE CONTINUITY OF HOSTING SERVICES. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Oak & Rowan and its affiliates shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or related to your use of, or inability to use, this Site or any linked third-party architectures.

7. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and your use of the Site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding arising out of or related to this Site shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Michigan.