Terms of Service

meganorlando.com provides educational information and resources relating to subjects that may include:

• Artificial intelligence;
• Human judgment and responsible technology use;
• Communication and conflict resolution;
• Mediation;
• Professional development;
• Wisdom traditions and personal reflection; and
• Courses, presentations, workshops, and related educational services.

Certain resources may be offered without charge in exchange for contact information, such as a name and email address.

All information and resources provided through this website are offered for general educational and informational purposes only.

Nothing on this website constitutes legal advice, mediation advice, financial advice, tax advice, mental-health advice, religious counseling, or other individualized professional advice.

Your use of the website or any resource does not create:

• An attorney-client relationship;
• A mediator-client relationship;
• A confidential or fiduciary relationship;
• A consultant-client relationship; or
• Any other professional relationship.

Do not submit confidential, privileged, sensitive, or client-identifiable information through the website, an email signup form, or any general contact form. You should consult an appropriately qualified professional before acting on information that may affect your legal rights, finances, business, health, or personal circumstances.

Megan G. Orlando is a California attorney and mediator. However, accessing this website, downloading a resource, subscribing to communications, or contacting Megan through a general website form does not establish an attorney-client or mediator-client relationship.

Such a relationship may be created only through a separate written agreement signed by the appropriate parties.

Information submitted before such an agreement is established should not be assumed to be confidential, privileged, or protected from disclosure.

The downloadable materials available through the portal are provided without charge for personal, educational, or internal professional use. You may:

• Download and retain one copy of a resource;
• Print copies for your own personal or internal professional use; and
• Refer to the resource for educational purposes.

Unless you receive prior written permission, you may not:

• Sell, license, sublicense, or commercially distribute a resource;
• Republish a resource on another website or platform;
• Remove copyright notices, author attribution, trademarks, or branding;
• Present a resource as your own work;
• Modify a resource and distribute the modified version;
• Use a resource to train an artificial-intelligence model or build a competing product; or
• Upload a resource to a public repository, shared database, course library, or document-distribution service.

You may share the link to the original resource page on meganorlando.com so that others can request their own authorized copy.

The website and its original content—including text, downloads, frameworks, course materials, graphics, worksheets, presentations, branding, and other resources—are owned by or licensed to Megan G. Orlando or HB 8 Solutions, LLC and are protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws.

Providing access to a resource does not transfer ownership of the resource or grant any rights beyond the limited permission expressly stated in these Terms.

All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

If you provide your email address, you may receive:

• The resource you requested;
• Information necessary to access or use that resource;
• Educational updates;
• Notices about related courses, workshops, presentations, or resources; and
• Occasional information concerning services that may be relevant to the subject of the resource.

You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the email. Unsubscribing from marketing messages may not prevent delivery of a resource you requested or other nonpromotional communications related to your request.

Commercial email communications will be managed in accordance with applicable law, including the federal CAN-SPAM Act. Federal Trade Commission — CAN-SPAM information.

Information collected through this website is handled as described in the website’s Privacy Policy.

By submitting information, you acknowledge that electronic communications and internet-based systems involve security risks. Although reasonable safeguards may be used, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Please review the Privacy Policy before providing personal information.

You agree not to use the website or its resources to:

• Violate any federal, state, local, or international law;
• Infringe another person’s rights;
• Transmit malicious software or interfere with website operation;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or related systems;
• Scrape, harvest, or automatically collect website content or user information;
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity;
• Submit confidential information belonging to another person without authorization; or
• Use the materials in a misleading, harmful, unlawful, or deceptive manner.

We may restrict or terminate access when we reasonably believe these Terms have been violated.

Some information or resources may discuss or demonstrate artificial-intelligence tools. AI-generated output can be incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, biased, or inappropriate for a particular situation.

You are responsible for independently reviewing and verifying AI-generated information before relying upon it. Human judgment should guide all consequential decisions.

No particular AI platform, product, or service is guaranteed to be accurate, secure, confidential, continuously available, or suitable for a specific professional use.

Unless expressly disclosed otherwise, references to third-party AI products do not constitute endorsements.

The website may contain links to third-party websites, applications, platforms, or services. These links are provided for convenience and information.

We do not control and are not responsible for the availability, security, content, privacy practices, accuracy, or policies of third-party services. Your use of a third-party service is governed by that provider’s own terms and policies.

We endeavor to provide thoughtful and useful educational information, but we do not guarantee that:

• The website or any resource will meet your particular needs;
• All information will be complete, current, or error-free;
• Access will always be uninterrupted or secure;
• A resource will produce a particular result; or
• Errors will always be identified or corrected.

Your decisions and results depend on many circumstances outside our knowledge or control.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its resources are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise. This includes, to the extent permitted by law, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and noninfringement. Nothing in these Terms excludes any warranty or consumer right that cannot lawfully be excluded.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Megan G. Orlando, HB 8 Solutions, LLC, and their respective contractors, service providers, and representatives will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to:

• Access to or use of the website;
• Inability to access the website;
• Use of or reliance upon a resource;
• Loss or unauthorized disclosure of information;
• Third-party websites or services; or
• Decisions made based on educational information obtained through the website.

For any claim relating to a resource provided without charge, the total aggregate liability will not exceed $100, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

These limitations do not apply to liability that cannot legally be limited or excluded.

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Megan G. Orlando and HB 8 Solutions, LLC from third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses arising from your unlawful use of the website, your unauthorized distribution or misuse of a resource, or your material violation of these Terms.

This provision does not require a consumer to indemnify us for our own unlawful conduct, negligence, or willful misconduct.

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue all or part of the website or any free resource at any time.

We may revise these Terms periodically. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Your continued use of the website after revised Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of those Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Material changes will apply prospectively unless the law permits otherwise.

This website and its resources are intended for users who are at least 18 years old.

By using the portal or submitting information, you represent that you are at least 18 years old and legally capable of agreeing to these Terms.

These Terms and any dispute arising from or relating to the website or its resources are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

To the extent a dispute may properly be subject to an exclusive venue provision, any legal proceeding will be brought in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction located in Los Angeles County, California.

Nothing in this section deprives a consumer of protections or rights that cannot lawfully be waived or of a venue available under mandatory applicable law.

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions will remain in effect.

A failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not waive the right to enforce that provision or any other provision later.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any additional terms expressly presented for a particular service, constitute the agreement governing use of this website and its free resources.

If you later purchase a course, consultation, mediation service, legal service, or other paid offering, a separate agreement or additional terms may apply.

Questions concerning these Terms may be submitted through the contact page at:

• Website: meganorlando.com
• Name: Megan G. Orlando
• Location: Los Angeles County, California