The agreement between you and us, written plainly.

01 Acceptance of terms

By accessing or using the Coolizi Cooling Ace website at any URL we operate, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, and our Disclaimer. If you do not agree to any part of these documents, please discontinue use of the site.

These terms apply to all visitors, regardless of how the site is accessed — through a browser, a feed reader, an archival service, or any automated means.

02 Use of the site

You may read, share, and quote from our essays for non-commercial purposes, provided you credit Coolizi Cooling Ace and link back to the original article. We ask that you do not reproduce entire essays without written permission.

You agree not to use the site to:

• Harass, abuse, or harm another person, including our writers, editors, or other readers.
• Submit content that is unlawful, defamatory, infringing, or misleading.
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the site, related systems, or networks.
• Use the site in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair our infrastructure.
• Scrape, mirror, or systematically harvest content or data without prior written consent.

We reserve the right to restrict or terminate access for users who violate these terms, with or without prior notice.

03 Intellectual property

All content on this site — essays, photographs, illustrations, audio clips, design elements, code, and the compilation itself — is owned by Coolizi Cooling Ace or our contributors, and is protected by copyright and other applicable laws.

Limited licence to you

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive licence to access the site for personal, non-commercial use. This licence does not include the right to resell, republish, or commercially exploit any content, nor to collect product listings, descriptions, or prices for competitive purposes.

Trademarks

The Coolizi Cooling Ace name, logo, and related marks are our trademarks. You may not use them without prior written permission, except as required to accurately identify our content in good-faith reference.

04 User contributions

If you submit comments, letters, photographs, pitches, or other material to us, you retain ownership of what you have created. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to publish, edit for clarity and length, archive, and promote that material across our channels.

You confirm that you have the right to grant this licence — that you wrote or otherwise created the material, or that you have explicit permission to share it. We do not pay for unsolicited submissions, but we do read every one.

05 Third-party links

From time to time we link to external sites for reference, context, or convenience. We do not control those sites and we are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices. Following an external link is at your own risk, and you should review the terms and privacy policies of any third-party site you visit.

06 Disclaimer of warranties

The site and its contents are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without any warranty of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components, or that defects will be corrected.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

07 Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Coolizi Cooling Ace, its editors, contributors, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your access to, or inability to access, the site — even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our total liability for any claim arising under these terms shall not exceed the amount, if any, you have paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim. As the site is currently free to read, this amount may be zero.

08 Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Coolizi Cooling Ace and its contributors from any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your breach of these terms, your use of the site, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

09 Changes to these terms

We may revise these terms from time to time. Material changes will be announced on this page with a fresh effective date, and — where appropriate — summarised in our newsletter. Your continued use of the site after a change has been posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

10 Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Oregon, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising under or in connection with these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Multnomah County, Oregon.

If any provision of these terms is held to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

11 Contact

Questions, concerns, or formal notices relating to these terms should be sent to the address listed on our home page. We treat every message as an opportunity to clarify something we have written poorly, and we respond as soon as we can — usually within a week.