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These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Soaring Heart Design Studio website, located at soaringheartdesign.com, including its content, resources, forms, and related online features (collectively, the "Website").

The Website is owned and operated by Soaring Heart Design Studio, LLC ("Soaring Heart," "Studio," "we," "us," or "our"), a Virginia limited liability company.

By accessing or using this Website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the Website.

1. About Our Services

Soaring Heart Design Studio provides brand strategy, visual identity development, graphic design, creative consulting, and related design and marketing services.

Information presented on this Website is intended to help visitors learn about our Studio, explore our work, and understand the services we offer.

Descriptions of services, processes, timelines, deliverables, and pricing are provided for general informational purposes and may vary based on the needs and scope of an individual project.

Submitting an inquiry, scheduling an introductory call, or communicating with the Studio through this Website does not establish a client relationship or obligate either party to enter into a professional engagement.

All paid client engagements are subject to a separate written agreement.

2. Client Services and Project Agreements

When you engage Soaring Heart Design Studio for professional services, the scope of work, deliverables, project schedule, fees, payment terms, intellectual property rights, revisions, and other engagement-specific conditions will be established in a separate Client Services Agreement and applicable Statement of Work or other mutually executed written agreement.

Those agreements govern the professional services provided to clients.

In the event of a conflict between these Website Terms and an executed client agreement, the executed client agreement will govern the applicable client engagement.

Nothing on this Website constitutes a binding offer to provide services at a particular price, within a particular timeline, or with specific deliverables.

3. Intellectual Property and Website Content

Unless otherwise indicated, the content on this Website is owned by Soaring Heart Design Studio or used with permission from its respective rights holders.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Website copy, graphics, illustrations, photographs, and visual elements.

• The Soaring Heart Design Studio name, logo, and brand identity.

• Original articles, resources, presentations, and educational materials.

• Proprietary creative processes, methodologies, and strategic frameworks.

• Website layouts, design elements, and original creative content.

All applicable intellectual property rights are reserved.

You may view, download, or print Website content for your personal, noncommercial reference, provided that you do not remove copyright notices, modify the content, or represent it as your own work.

You may not reproduce, distribute, sell, republish, modify, or commercially exploit Website content without prior written permission from Soaring Heart Design Studio or the applicable rights holder.

Permission to view our work does not grant you a license to use our designs, creative concepts, or proprietary materials in your own business or projects.

4. Portfolio and Client Work

Our Website may feature examples of projects completed for clients, including brand identities, marketing materials, presentations, publications, and other creative work.

These examples are displayed to illustrate our capabilities, creative approach, and professional experience.

Ownership of client-specific deliverables and other intellectual property rights is determined by the applicable client agreement and any relevant third-party licenses.

The appearance of a client's name, logo, or project on this Website does not imply that the client endorses every service, statement, or opinion expressed by Soaring Heart Design Studio.

You may not reproduce, adapt, or commercially use featured client work without obtaining permission from the appropriate rights holder.

5. Educational and Informational Content

From time to time, Soaring Heart Design Studio may share articles, creative resources, branding insights, design recommendations, and other educational content through this Website.

This information is intended for general educational and informational purposes.

While we strive to provide thoughtful, accurate, and useful guidance, information presented on the Website may not address the specific circumstances of every business or organization.

Website content should not be considered a substitute for individualized professional services or advice from qualified legal, financial, tax, or other professional advisers when appropriate.

We reserve the right to update, modify, or remove Website content at any time.

6. Free Resources and Downloadable Materials

From time to time, Soaring Heart Design Studio may provide complimentary resources, guides, worksheets, templates, or other downloadable materials through the Website.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, these materials are provided for your personal or internal business use only.

You may not reproduce, resell, redistribute, publish, or incorporate these materials into products or services offered to others without prior written permission from Soaring Heart Design Studio.

Downloading or accessing a free resource does not transfer ownership of the material or grant any rights beyond those expressly provided.

These resources are intended for general educational and informational purposes and do not constitute individualized professional advice or establish a client relationship.

7. No Guarantee of Business Results

Our goal is to help organizations build thoughtful, strategic, and effective brands.

However, branding and marketing outcomes depend on numerous factors beyond the Studio's control, including business decisions, implementation, market conditions, competition, customer experience, and ongoing marketing efforts.

Soaring Heart Design Studio does not guarantee that use of information from this Website, or engagement with our professional services, will result in a specific increase in revenue, sales, customer growth, brand recognition, or other business outcome.

Examples of previous work, client testimonials, and descriptions of project results are provided for illustrative purposes and do not guarantee that other clients will achieve identical or comparable results.

Specific representations and obligations associated with paid services are governed by the applicable client agreement.

8. Website Inquiries and Communications

When you submit a contact form, request information, schedule a consultation, or otherwise communicate with Soaring Heart Design Studio through this Website, you agree to provide accurate information and use the Website for legitimate purposes.

Submitting an inquiry does not guarantee that the Studio will accept a project, provide a proposal, or respond within a particular timeframe.

Please do not submit passwords, financial account details, sensitive personal information, or confidential business materials through general Website contact forms.

If you subscribe to our email list or request a free resource, you may receive communications related to your request and, where you have chosen to receive them, additional information about our services, resources, and offerings. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in those messages.

If confidential information is needed for a potential project, we can establish an appropriate method for sharing it.

9. Privacy and Personal Information

We respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how information is collected and used when you interact with our Website.

When you submit an inquiry, subscribe to our email list, download a resource, or otherwise interact with our Website, certain personal information may be collected and processed as described in our Privacy Policy.

Our Website also uses third-party services, including customer relationship management, email marketing, analytics, and advertising technologies, which may collect or process information in connection with your use of the Website.

Our collection, use, disclosure, and retention of personal information, along with the privacy choices available to you, are described in our separate Privacy Policy.

Please review our Privacy Policy to learn more about our information practices.

10. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our Website may use or integrate with third-party platforms that support its operation, including website forms, scheduling tools, customer relationship management, email marketing, analytics, and advertising services.

Our Website may also contain links to third-party websites, applications, social media channels, and other external resources.

These services and websites may be subject to their own terms, conditions, and privacy policies. Information about the third-party services we use to collect and process personal information is provided in our Privacy Policy.

Soaring Heart Design Studio does not control the content, availability, privacy practices, or security of third-party websites and services and is not responsible for their content or practices to the extent permitted by applicable law.

11. Acceptable Use

You agree to use this Website in a lawful and respectful manner.

You may not:

• Use the Website for fraudulent, unlawful, or misleading purposes.

• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website or its underlying systems.

• Introduce malicious software or interfere with the Website's operation.

• Copy, scrape, or systematically collect Website content for unauthorized commercial purposes.

• Misrepresent your relationship with Soaring Heart Design Studio.

• Use Website content in a manner that infringes upon the intellectual property or other rights of the Studio or third parties.

We reserve the right to restrict access to the Website when reasonably necessary to protect its security, functionality, content, or users.

12. Website Availability and Disclaimer

We make reasonable efforts to maintain an accurate, functional, and accessible Website.

However, the Website and its content are provided on an "as available" basis.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Soaring Heart Design Studio makes no warranty that the Website will be continuously available, uninterrupted, error-free, or free from security vulnerabilities.

We do not guarantee that all information on the Website will remain current or that every feature will be available at all times.

We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue any portion of the Website without prior notice.

Nothing in this section limits any rights or protections that cannot lawfully be excluded.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Soaring Heart Design Studio, LLC and its owners, employees, contractors, and representatives shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, this Website.

This includes, without limitation, loss of profits, business interruption, loss of data, or other economic losses arising from reliance on Website content or interruptions in Website availability.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

Any liability arising from professional services provided under a separate client agreement shall be governed by that agreement rather than these Website Terms.

14. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in our Website, business practices, services, or applicable legal requirements.

When changes are made, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this page.

Your continued use of the Website after updated Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

We encourage you to review this page periodically.

15. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.

If a dispute arises relating to these Terms or your use of the Website, you agree to first attempt to resolve the matter through good-faith communication with Soaring Heart Design Studio.

If the dispute cannot be resolved informally, the parties agree to attempt mediation in Loudoun County, Virginia, before pursuing litigation, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

If mediation is unsuccessful, either party may pursue available legal remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction, subject to applicable law.

Nothing in this section modifies the dispute resolution provisions of a separately executed client agreement.

16. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision shall be limited or severed to the extent necessary.

The remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.