Terms of Service

These Terms (also known as the Agreement) govern your access to and use of decidemymajor.com; all content, products, and services available at or through this website; and your relationship with all persons associated with the production and distribution of decidemymajor.com (collectively, “Services”, “DMM”, and/or “We”), including your legal rights. Our Services are offered subject to your acceptance, without modification, of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules and policies (including, without limitation, our Privacy Policy) of the Services. You agree that we may change, modify, or alter our Services at any time and without warning, and the Agreement will apply to any and all versions of our Services. By accessing or using any part of our Services, you agree to become bound by the Agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms of the Agreement, then you may not access or use our Services.

1. Minimum Age Requirements

Our Services are not directed to children. Access to and use of our Services is only for those over the age of 13 (or 16 in the European Union). If you are younger than this, you may not register for or use our Services. Any person who registers as a user or provides their personal information to our Services represents that they are 13 years of age or older (or 16 years or older in the European Union).

2. Responsibility of Visitors and Users

We also have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material made available through the websites and web pages that link to, or are linked from, decidemymajor.com or our other Services. For example:

  • We do not have any control over those websites and are not responsible for their contents or their use.
  • The existence of a link to or from one of our Services does not represent or imply that we endorse such website.
  • You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content.
  • We disclaim any responsibility for any harm resulting from non-DMM websites.

3. General Representation and Warranty

You represent and warrant that your use of our Services:

  • Will be in strict accordance with these Terms;
  • Will not be for any commercial use without explicit written permission from the website owner;
  • Will comply with all applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, all applicable laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content, privacy, data protection, and the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside);
  • Will not use the Services for any unlawful purposes, to publish illegal content, or in furtherance of illegal activities;
  • Will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party;
  • Will not overburden DMM’s systems, as determined by us in our sole discretion;
  • Will not disclose sensitive personal information of others;
  • Will not be used to send spam or bulk unsolicited messages;
  • Will not interfere with, disrupt, or attack any service or network; and
  • Will not be used to create, distribute, or enable material that is – or that facilitates or operates in conjunction with – malware, spyware, adware, or other malicious programs or code.

4. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy

As we ask others to respect our intellectual property rights, we respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or associated with DMM violates your copyright, please notify us.

5. Intellectual Property

This website makes fair use of some content from third-party sources. Typically, this content is offset by quotation marks, block quote, or otherwise indicated in some manner. All other content is protected by copyright to Decide My Major and the website owner. The Agreement does not transfer from DMM to you any intellectual property, whether that of DMM, a third party, or otherwise. All right, title, and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with DMM or the rightful intellectual property owner. Your use of our Services grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any DMM or third party trademarks. If you have questions about what constitutes fair use of our content, please contact us.

6. Changes

These Terms of Service, along with our Privacy Policy, are subject to change at any time and without notice.

7. Disclaimer of Liability

DMM hereby disclaims all liability for use, misuse, and lack of appropriate use of this website and the information it contains. The information is presented from the perspective of a layman, with no implication (explicit or implicit) of perfect content. The information was developed under good intentions, but it may be flawed, erroneous, and misguided. You are solely responsible for your actions or inactions, including but not limited to the use of the information presented here. By continuing to use the Services, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless DMM for all consequences that may come of your use of DMM and the information contained on the site, including but not limited to any and all losses, liabilities, demands, damages, costs, claims, and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to your use of our Services.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

Our Services are provided “as is.” DMM hereby disclaims all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. DMM does not make any warranty that our Services will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, our Services at your own discretion and risk.

9. Miscellaneous

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the United States of America, as well as any and all laws in the home jurisdiction of the website owner at the time any legal matter is filed. Any legal matter will be conducted in the home jurisdiction of the website owner.

If any part of the Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of the Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof.

For all any and all questions, concerns, or suggestions, please contact us.

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These Terms of Service were adapted from Automattic‘s Terms of Service shared on Github under a Creative Commons Sharealike license.