Terms & Policies for Centerline Studios.

1. Introduction

Welcome to Centerline Studios. These Terms & Policies outline the general rules, expectations, limitations, and protections governing the use of our website and services.

By accessing this website, submitting inquiries, approving proposals, electronically signing agreements, providing digital approvals, paying invoices, or otherwise engaging Centerline Studios for services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms & Policies.

If you do not agree with these Terms & Policies, please discontinue use of this website and services.

These Terms & Policies are intended to supplement any approved proposal, invoice, or signed service agreement between Centerline Studios and the Client. In the event of any conflict, the terms of the signed agreement shall control.

Failure to enforce any provision shall not constitute a waiver of future enforcement rights.

2. Services

Centerline Studios provides focused website design and front-end development services for small businesses and independent professionals.

Services may include:

• Custom small business websites
• Website refresh and cleanup projects
• One-page promotional or real estate pages
• Responsive layouts
• Content placement using client-provided materials
• Basic formatting of client-provided images
• Limited informational functionality

Centerline Studios does not provide:

• Legal advice
• Financial advice
• SEO strategy services or ranking guarantees
• Paid advertising management
• Professional copywriting
• Branding strategy services
• Hosting administration
• IT support
• ADA/WCAG certification services
• Enterprise software or large-scale SaaS development

Centerline Studios does not act as a legal, financial, regulatory, marketing, or fiduciary advisor to Clients.

Centerline Studios may utilize AI-assisted tools as part of internal workflows; however, no AI-generated output is guaranteed to be error-free.

Services and website access are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied.

3. Website Use

Users are granted a limited, non-transferable license to access and use this website for lawful informational purposes only.

Users agree not to:

• Attempt unauthorized access to systems or files
• Interfere with website functionality
• Use the website for unlawful purposes
• Submit malicious code, spam, or harmful content
• Use automated scraping, data harvesting, or crawling tools
• Copy, reproduce, republish, or commercially reuse website content without written permission
• Attempt to reverse engineer, probe, test vulnerabilities, or disrupt website systems or functionality

Unauthorized imitation or commercial reuse of Centerline Studios branding or presentation is prohibited.

External links are provided for convenience only, and Centerline Studios is not responsible for third-party content or policies.

Centerline Studios reserves the right to restrict or terminate website access for misuse or abuse.

4. Project Scope & Payments

Project scope, timelines, deliverables, pricing, revisions, and payment terms are defined within approved proposals, invoices, or signed agreements.

Requests outside the approved scope may require:

• Additional fees
• Timeline adjustments
• Separate written approval

Deposits and payments for completed work, reserved production time, or approved milestones are generally non-refundable.

Final files, transfers, or website launches may be withheld until outstanding balances are paid in full.

5. Client Responsibilities

Clients agree to:

• Provide accurate information and materials
• Maintain legal rights to submitted content
• Review work carefully before approval
• Communicate respectfully and professionally

Centerline Studios reserves the right to refuse or terminate services in cases involving abusive, threatening, discriminatory, or consistently unprofessional behavior.

Clients remain solely responsible for:

• Accuracy of provided content
• Ownership of submitted materials
• Business compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Their own hosting, domain, and third-party platform obligations unless otherwise agreed in writing

6. Intellectual Property

Clients retain ownership of content they provide.

Until full payment is received, all design concepts, drafts, development materials, and unpublished work remain the property of Centerline Studios.

Upon full payment, clients receive rights to final approved deliverables unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Centerline Studios retains ownership of reusable systems, workflows, templates, internal tools, and pre-existing intellectual property.

Completed public-facing work may be displayed in portfolios, case studies, or marketing materials unless confidentiality is agreed upon in writing before project commencement.

7. Third-Party Services

Projects may involve third-party platforms or services including hosting providers, plugins, payment processors, analytics tools, fonts, maps, or embedded content.

Centerline Studios is not responsible for outages, compatibility issues, pricing changes, policy changes, or failures involving third-party providers or services.

8. Search Engine Visibility & Accessibility Disclaimer

Centerline Studios may incorporate general best practices related to responsive layouts, semantic structure, and basic search visibility during development.

However, Centerline Studios does not guarantee:

• Search engine rankings
• SEO performance
• Website traffic
• Lead generation
• Business growth
• Accessibility certification or legal compliance

Clients remain responsible for ensuring their business complies with applicable laws, disclosures, and industry requirements.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Centerline Studios shall not be liable for:

• Indirect or consequential damages
• Lost profits or business opportunities
• Data loss
• Hosting failures
• Third-party outages
• Security breaches outside Studio control
• Technical issues beyond reasonable control

Centerline Studios shall not be responsible for delays, interruptions, or failures caused by circumstances beyond reasonable control.

Total liability shall not exceed the amount paid to Centerline Studios for the specific project giving rise to the claim.

10. Privacy & Data Use

Centerline Studios may collect limited information including:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Project details
• Billing information

Information may be used for:

• Communication
• Project management
• Billing
• Service delivery
• Website analytics and performance monitoring

Information may be shared with trusted third-party providers when necessary for business operations, including hosting providers, payment processors, scheduling tools, analytics services, or embedded content providers.

Centerline Studios does not sell personal information.

Reasonable measures are taken to protect submitted information; however, no online transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary for business, legal, tax, or operational purposes.

Users may contact Centerline Studios regarding privacy-related concerns using the contact information listed below.

11. Cookies & Analytics

This website may use:

• Cookies
• Analytics tools
• Performance tracking technologies
• Embedded fonts
• Maps
• YouTube or Vimeo embeds

These technologies help improve website functionality and user experience.

Users may disable cookies through their browser settings.

12. Governing Law

These Terms & Policies shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maine.

Any disputes arising under these Terms & Policies shall be handled in the appropriate courts located within the State of Maine.

13. Changes to These Terms

Centerline Studios reserves the right to update or modify these Terms & Policies at any time.

Updated versions will be posted with a revised effective date.

Continued use of the website or services constitutes acceptance of any updated Terms & Policies.

14. Contact Information

Centerline Studios
Maine, United States
hello@centerline-studios.com
(207) 615-1555
centerline-studios.com