Terms of Use

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and by any applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use this website.

About the Company

This website is operated by Cooked Pork Social LLC, a Maryland limited liability company. References to "Cooked Pork Social," "Company," "we," "us," and "our" mean Cooked Pork Social LLC.

Scope of Website Use

This website is provided for informational, marketing, portfolio, inquiry, and business-development purposes. The Company offers creative marketing and related services, including branding, content creation, digital storytelling, consulting, website services, and other lawful business activities.

Permitted Use

You may use this website only for lawful purposes. You agree not to:

• use the site in violation of any law, regulation, or third-party right;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to the site, its hosting, accounts, or related systems;
• copy, scrape, harvest, mirror, or republish site content except as permitted by law or with written permission;
• introduce malware, malicious code, spam, or harmful automated activity;
• interfere with the site's functionality, security, or availability; or
• misrepresent your identity, affiliation, or authority when contacting the Company.

No Professional or Client Relationship

Viewing this website, sending a message, submitting a form, requesting a quote, or exchanging preliminary communications with the Company does not create a client, contractor, fiduciary, agency, partnership, employment, or advisory relationship.

No binding service relationship exists unless and until the parties enter into a separate written agreement signed or otherwise accepted by the Company.

Quotes, Proposals, and Project Discussions

Any timeline, estimate, package description, proposal, pricing discussion, or scope discussion presented on the site or in preliminary communications is informational only unless expressly stated otherwise in a final written agreement.

The Company reserves the right to reject inquiries, decline projects, revise pricing, revise scope, set payment terms, and determine project fit at its discretion.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, all content on this website - including text, copy, branding, service language, graphics, layouts, design elements, source code, visual assets, downloads, internal methods, templates, frameworks, and other materials - is owned by or licensed to Cooked Pork Social LLC and is protected by intellectual property and other applicable laws.

No license, ownership interest, or other right in any Company intellectual property is granted to you except the limited right to access and use this site for its intended purpose.

Client Deliverables and Ownership

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, clients receive ownership rights only in final deliverables that are specifically identified in a signed or accepted client agreement and only after full payment has been received.

Drafts, concepts, unused designs, internal files, source files, templates, strategy documents, systems, processes, and pre-existing Company materials remain the property of the Company unless expressly transferred in writing.

Portfolio Rights

Unless prohibited by a written client agreement, the Company may display completed or substantially completed work, project summaries, screenshots, visuals, case studies, and non-confidential descriptions of work for portfolio, educational, marketing, and promotional purposes.

User Submissions

If you submit inquiries, messages, files, feedback, concepts, or other materials through this website or by email, you represent that you have the right to provide them. You also grant the Company a non-exclusive, limited right to review, store, and use those materials as reasonably necessary to respond to your inquiry, evaluate a project, provide services, maintain records, or protect the Company's legal interests.

Do not submit confidential or proprietary information unless and until the Company has agreed in writing to receive it under appropriate terms.

Confidentiality of Website Communications

The Company aims to handle inquiries professionally, but unsolicited communications sent through the website are not automatically confidential, privileged, or subject to any non-disclosure obligation unless the Company expressly agrees otherwise in writing.

Third-Party Services and Links

This website may include links to third-party websites, platforms, software, payment processors, analytics providers, hosting providers, embedded tools, social media platforms, or other external services. The Company does not control and is not responsible for third-party content, availability, security, policies, or practices.

Your use of third-party services is at your own risk and subject to the terms and policies of those third parties.

Site Availability and Changes

The Company may modify, suspend, restrict, or discontinue all or any part of this website at any time, with or without notice. The Company does not guarantee that the site will always be available, uninterrupted, current, secure, or error-free.

Disclaimer of Warranties

This website and its content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis to the fullest extent permitted by law. Cooked Pork Social LLC disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, and any warranties arising from course of dealing or usage of trade.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Cooked Pork Social LLC and its owner, member, officers, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and service providers shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, business opportunity, or business interruption, arising out of or related to your access to, use of, or inability to use this website.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, if any liability is found, the total liability of the Company arising from or related to the website shall not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US $100.00) or the amount you paid directly to the Company for use of the website, whichever is greater.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Cooked Pork Social LLC and its owner, member, officers, employees, contractors, agents, and service providers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, and reasonable attorneys' fees arising out of or relating to your misuse of the website, your violation of these Terms, your violation of applicable law, or your infringement of any third-party right.

Compliance with Law

You are responsible for ensuring that your use of this website complies with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to you. The Company makes no representation that the site or its content is appropriate or lawful for use in all jurisdictions.

Electronic Communications

By contacting the Company through this website or by email, you consent to receive electronic communications related to your inquiry, project, or relationship with the Company, subject to applicable law.

Privacy

Your use of this website is also subject to the Company's Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to the website or these Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Venue

To the extent permitted by law, any legal action arising out of or relating to these Terms or the website shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Maryland, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

No Waiver

The failure of the Company to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not operate as a waiver of that right or provision.

Entire Agreement

These Terms govern website use only. They do not replace any separate client agreement, proposal acceptance, statement of work, invoice terms, or other written agreement between you and the Company. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and a separate signed client agreement, the client agreement will control for the matters it specifically addresses.

Changes to These Terms

The Company may update these Terms of Use at any time by posting a revised version on this page. The "Last updated" date will reflect the effective date of the current version. Your continued use of the website after updated Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Contact

Questions about these Terms? Reach us at rob@cookedporksocial.com.