Last Updated:  August 1, 2024

THESE TERMS OF USE APPLY TO THE USE OF THE SITE (AS DEFINED BELOW).  PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY.  IF YOU USE THE SITE IT MEANS YOU ARE ACCEPTING THESE TERMS OF SERVICE AND AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THEM IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF YOU SIGNED YOUR NAME ON THESE TERMS OF USE.

1. General.
   1. Parties.  These Terms of Use (these “Terms”) are a contract between you, the user (“you” or “your” or applicable variations) and Striaghtline.ai or an applicable affiliate (“Straightline”, “SLAI”, or “we”, “us”, “our” or applicable variations).  
   2. Applicability.  These Terms apply whenever you use www.slai.com or any of our other sites which link to these terms (the “Site” or “Sites”).  You must comply with these Terms when using the Sites.  
   3. Changes to Site and Terms.  We may, in our sole discretion, (a) change or discontinue any Content (as defined below) from the Site or any products or services offered through the Site (“Products”), (b) charge fees in connection with the use of the Site, (c) modify and/or waive any fees charged in connection with the Site, (d) and/or offer opportunities to some or all users of the Site. You agree that we will not be liable for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Site or of any Content or Product. Additionally, we may update these Terms from time to time by posting an updated version to the Sites.  Changes are effective upon posting to the Sites.  You can determine when these Terms were last revised by looking at Last Updated date listed at the top of these Terms.  
   4. Acceptance.  By clicking accept, or by using any Site initially or after a change to the Site or Terms, you are agreeing to these Terms, including modified versions of these Terms.  If you do not agree with these Terms or any modifications, you must cease using the Sites.
   5. Privacy Policy.  We collect information when you use the Sites.  That information is subject to our privacy policy found on the Sites (the “Privacy Policy”), which is deemed a part of these Terms.
   6. Other Terms.  The Sites may contain other guidelines, rules, instructions and other requirements (“Requirements”).  Those Requirements are deemed part of these Terms and you must comply with them when using the Sites.  
2. Children.  Use of this Site is not intended for children under the age of 13.  Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to register on this Site or use this Site (including any Content or Products).  We will not knowingly collect information from these children.  If you are a parent and your child has submitted personal information and you would like to request that such information be removed, please contact us at info@slai.com.  Any information submitted by a child under the age of 13 onto a public forum controlled by us will remain public until we have been notified of such publication and have had reasonable opportunity to remove that information where appropriate.
3. Registration. some text
   1. We may require that you register to use certain parts of our Sites.  Any information we collect in connection with your registering for a Site will be subject to the Privacy Policy.  By registering for any Site, you represent and warrant that all information that you provide is current, complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge, and you agree to promptly update your information on the Sites if any of it changes. You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all connectivity, computer software, hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of the Sites and all charges related to the same.  
   2. As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a username and password.  We may reject your username for any reason (e.g., it has been selected by another person, it impersonates someone else, it violates the rights of any other person or entity, it is vulgar or offensive, etc.).  In that case, you may continue to register by selecting a different username.  Your username and password are for your personal use only, and may not be used by any other person (e.g., you may not allow any other person, whether for free or for a fee, to use the Site using your username and password).  You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password and for any and all activities (including purchases) that are conducted through your account.
   3. You may review, correct, change, or update your registration information by visiting the My Account section of the Site.  If you have reason to believe that your password is no longer secure, you must promptly change your password by visiting the My Account section of the Site.
4. Site Ownership and Use.  some text
   1. All text, graphics, photographs, trademarks, logos, icons, user interfaces, sounds, music, videos, artwork, advertising, software and computer code (collectively, “Content”), including but not limited to the “look and feel”, layout, design, structure, color scheme, selection, combination and arrangement of the Content present on the Sites (“Site Content”) is owned by or licensed to us. Such Site Content is protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress and various other intellectual property and unfair competition laws.
   2. The Site and Site Content are intended for your personal use only.  Except with our express prior written permission or as permitted by applicable laws, you may not copy, distribute, reproduce, mirror, frame, publicly display, publicly perform, translate, create derivative works of, re-publish or transmit the Sites or Site Content (in whole or in part) in any way or through any medium for distribution, publication or any commercial purpose.
5. Third Party Sites.  The Site may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or operated by us (“Third Party Sites”), and these Terms do not apply to those sites.  Please consult the terms of use of those sites for the terms governing their use.  You acknowledge and agree that these we have no responsibility or control over the Third Party Sites.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing statements, you acknowledge and agree that:  (1) we have no responsibility for any Content, products, services, advertising, or other materials offered on or offered by Third Party Sites (“Third Party Products”), or for the accuracy or availability of information provided by any Third Party Sites; (2) links to or from a Third Party Site do not necessarily constitute an endorsement by or association with us of such Third Party Site or its Third Party Products, and (3) WE DO NOT CONTROL ANY THIRD PARTY SITE AND YOUR USE OF ANY THIRD PARTY SITE OR THIRD PARTY PRODUCT, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OR LIABLE FOR, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY THIRD PARTY SITE OR THIRD PARTY PRODUCT.
6. User Conduct Guidelines. The following terms apply to your conduct when accessing or using the Sites: some text
   1. you agree not to interfere with or disrupt the Sites or the servers or networks connected to the Sites, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Sites;
   2. you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purpose, any portion of the Sites, including through framing;
   3. you agree not to engage in any activity that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to a civil liability;
   4. you agree not to impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, us or our affiliates or our or their employees, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
   5. you agree not to interfere with any other user’s right to privacy, including by harvesting or collecting personally-identifiable information about users of the Sites;
   6. you agree not to use spiders, robots, data mining techniques or other automated devices or programs, or any manual process, to retrieve, index, catalog, data mine, download or otherwise reproduce, store or distribute content available on the Sites;
   7. you agree not to use the Site to create, transmit or distribute any Content in violation of these Terms;
   8. you agree not to engage in, or encourage or provide instructional materials relating to, any activity on the Site that restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Site such as “hacking,” “cracking,” “spoofing,” or defacing any portion of the Site.
7. User Generated Content. Certain parts of our Sites may enable users (including you) to provide content that will be publicly displayed (e.g., comments, likes, text, audio, video, etc.).  This content is referred to as “User Generated Content” and the parts of our Sites that allow for User Generated Content are referred to as “Interactive Areas”.  The following terms apply to your use of Interactive Areas and to User Generated Content submitted by you:some text
   1. You are solely responsible for your use of any Interactive Areas and you use them at your own risk, and for any User Generated Content you provide to Interactive Areas.
   2. By submitting User Generated Content to the Sites, you automatically grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide right and license to use, publish, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, translate, create derivative works from, incorporate into other works, distribute, sublicense (through multiple tiers) and otherwise exploit such User Generated Content (in whole or in part) in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed, and for any purpose, without payment to you or to any third parties. Additionally, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, you waive your moral rights in the User Generated Content and agree not to assert such rights against us. You represent and warrant to us that you have the full legal right, power and authority to grant to us the license provided for herein, that you own or control the complete exhibition and other rights to the User Generated Content you submitted for the purposes contemplated in this license and that neither the User Generated Content nor the exercise of the rights granted to us in these Terms shall violate these Terms, or infringe upon any rights, including the right of privacy or right of publicity, or constitute a libel or slander against, or violate any common law or any other right of, or cause injury to, any person or entity. You further grant to us the right, but not the obligation, to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or our rights in the User Generated Content by a breach of these Terms.
   3. You agree that you will not submit any User Generated Content that is Prohibited Content.  “Prohibited Content” means any content that (1) violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, including any statements which may defame, harass, stalk or threaten others, or which uses the name or likeness of an identifiable natural person without such person’s consent; (b) you know to be false, misleading or inaccurate; (c) contains blatant expressions of bigotry, racism, racially or ethnically offensive content, hate speech, abusiveness, vulgarity or profanity; (d) contains or advocates pornography or sexually explicit content, pedophilia, incest, bestiality, or that is otherwise obscene or lewd; (e) violates any law or advocates or provides instruction on dangerous, illegal, or predatory acts, or discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them; (f) advocates violent behavior or other illegal behavior, including promoting the use of illegal substances; (g) poses a reasonable threat to personal or public safety; (h) contains violent images of killing or physical abuse that appear to have been captured solely, or principally, for exploitative, prurient, or gratuitous purposes; (i) is protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or other proprietary or intellectual property right without the express permission of the owner; (j) does not generally pertain to the designated topic or theme of any Interactive Area; (k) contains any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional materials with respect to products or services, “junk mail”, “spam”, “chain letters”, “pyramid schemes”, or any other form of solicitation; (l) directly or indirectly suggests or represents that we have endorsed any User Generated Content; (m) contains a virus or other harmful or disruptive component or is designed to interfere with or disrupt the functioning of the Sites; (n) consists of promotional materials relating to other sites or online services which are competitive with us and/or the Site; or (o) is confidential information about a third party which you do not have the right to make public.
   4. You agree not to use any service, technology or automated system to:  (1) artificially inflate the page views that your User Generated Content receives (including pay-per-click services, web “robots” and any other current or future technologies), (2) post more User Generated Content than an individual could upload in a given period of time, and you agree not to direct any third party to use these services, technologies or automated systems on your behalf.
   5. We are not responsible for the accuracy or credibility of any User Generated Content, and does not take any responsibility or assume any liability for any actions you may take as a result of reading User Generated Content posted on the Sites. Through your use of Interactive Areas, you may be exposed to content that you may find offensive, objectionable, harmful, inaccurate or deceptive. There may also be risks of dealing with underage persons, people acting under false pretense, international trade issues and foreign nationals. By using Interactive Areas, you assume all associated risks.
   6. We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor User Generated Content posted or uploaded to the Sites to determine compliance with these Terms. Although we have no obligation to monitor, screen, edit or remove any of the User Generated Content posted or uploaded to the Sites, we reserve the right, and have absolute discretion, to screen, edit, refuse to post or remove without notice any User Generated Content posted or uploaded to the Sites at any time and for any reason, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any User Generated Content posted to the Sites at your sole cost and expense. We may use automated means of reviewing User Generated Content, in addition to human review. The decision by us to monitor and/or modify User Generated Content does not constitute nor shall it be deemed to constitute any responsibility or liability in any manner on our part in connection with or arising from your use of Interactive Areas on the Sites.
   7. If we, in our sole discretion, believes you have posted Prohibited Content or that you have used Interactive Sections in violation of this Section 4 (or any other part of the Terms), we may take any action we deem reasonable in our sole discretion, including:  (1) removing any Prohibited Content or portions of Prohibited Content or modifying Prohibited Content; (2) limiting your rights or ability to access Interactive Sections or submit User Generated Content; and (3) bar you from submitting User Generated Content in the future.  The burden of proving that any User Generated Content is not Prohibited Content rests with you and the burden of proving you have complied with the requirements of this Section (and these Terms) lies with you. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from posting Prohibited Content or from your use of Interactive Sections, including damages resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, rights of publicity or other proprietary rights or any other harm resulting from such a submission.
8. Improvements.  We welcome your comments about the Site, including recommendations on how to improve the Site, and recommendations for new features or functions for any product or service offered on or through the Site (“Suggestions”).  If you provide Suggestions, you agree that we are free to use or share your Suggestions, and we will not be liable to you and any third party for any use or disclosure of any Suggestion, and we will be free to use and exploit the Suggestion in any manner and use if for any purpose and in any medium, without compensation to the you.  
9. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability. some text
   1. THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND WE HEREBY WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.  WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, ON BEHALF OF US AND OUR SUPPLIERS, WE MAKE NO PROMISE, GUARANTY OR WARRANTY (1) THAT THE SITE BE ERROR FREE OR OPERATE IN AN UNINTERRUPTED MANNER, (2) THAT THE SITE WILL BE FREE FROM VIRUSES OF OTHER HARMFUL CODE, (3) THAT THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF DEFECTS OR THAT WE WILL CORRECT ANY DEFECTS IN THE SITE, (4) THAT ANY RESULTS YOU OBTAIN USING THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE, CORRECT OR RELIABLE, (5) THAT ANY CONTENT PROVIDED ON THE SITE IS ACCURATE, CORRECT OR RELIABLE, (6) WITH RESPECT TO ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED ON THE SITE, OR (7) WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN USERS OF THE SITE AND ANY THIRD PARTY SITES OR THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.  
   2. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, WILL WE OR ANY OF OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
   3. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMERS, OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU BY US OR ANY OF OUR SUPPLIERS FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO US DURING ANY THREE (3) MONTH PERIOD, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE SITES.
   4. REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION TO SITE SHALL INCLUDE ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, INCLUDING ANY SERVICES, PRODUCTS, CONTENT, FEATURES OR OTHER RESOURCES PROVIDED ON, THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE.
   5. Without limiting the generality of the above disclaimers, the information contained in or made available through the Site (including but not limited to information contained on message boards, in text files or in chats) cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained professionals in any field, including, but not limited to, financial, medical or legal matters. You should not rely on the Site for any such matters, and instead, should consult an appropriate professional, whether it be a physician, financial adviser, lawyer or otherwise.  
10. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the us and our affiliates and our and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of the use of the Sites by you, any Content provided by you, your violation of any legal requirement, or any breach of these Terms by you. We reserve the right to take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification under this section. In such event, you shall provide us with such cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.
11. Termination and Suspension. We may terminate or suspend your access to the Sites at any time and for any reason with or without notice to you.
12. Jurisdictional Issues.  We control and operate this Site from our offices in the United States. We do not represent that materials on the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access this Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
13. Governing Law and Venue. Any and all disputes, claims and controversies arising out of or in connection with your access to, and/or use of the Sites (including Site Content and any violation of these Terms), shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws and decisions of the State of California applicable to contracts made, entered into and performed entirely therein, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions. You irrevocably agree to the jurisdiction of such courts.  At our option, you agree to resolve any disputes through arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.  
14. Copyright Infringement Claims.  It is our policy not to include any content on the Site that infringes upon the copyright rights of third parties.  If you believe any materials on the Site infringe a copyright, you should provide us with written notice that at a minimum contains:  (1) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (2) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site; (3) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material; (4) information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted; (5) a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; or (6) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.  All such notices should be provided to our designated agent at [info@slai.com] and include the following in the subject line:  “Legal Department— DMCA Notice”.  
15. Miscellaneous. These Terms and any operating rules for the Sites established by us constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. The provisions of these Terms are for the benefit of the us and our affiliates and our suppliers and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. If any part of these Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, it will be replaced with language reflecting the original purpose in a valid and enforceable manner. The enforceable sections of these Terms will remain binding upon the parties. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.