Terms of Use

Please read these terms of use carefully before using this website.

By using MySecurityDeposit.com (the "Site") or any templates, custom letters, or other materials available on the Site ("Materials"), you agree to follow and be bound by these terms of use (the "Terms of Use") and agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. In these Terms of Use, the words "you" and "your" refer to each customer, Site visitor, or Materials user; "we", "us" and "our" refer to Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. and "Services" refers to all services provided by us.

It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically. If at any time you find these Terms of Use unacceptable or if you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use this Site or any Materials. We may revise these Terms of Use at any time without notice to you. If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us through the Contact Us page of the Site.It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically. If at any time you find these Terms of Use unacceptable or if you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use this Site or any Materials. We may revise these Terms of Use at any time without notice to you. If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us through the Contact Us page of the Site.

You agree that by using the site and any materials that you are at least eighteen years of age and you are legally able to enter into a contract.

Please also refer to the Security Deposit Toolkit Disclaimer, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. (also referred to herein as MySecurityDeposit.com) provides an online legal portal to give visitors a general understanding of the laws pertaining to security deposits and to provide an automated software solution to individuals who choose to prepare their own legal documents. The Site includes general information on commonly encountered legal issues pertaining to security deposits. At no time do we review your materials for legal sufficiency, draw legal conclusions, provide legal advice, opinions or recommendations about your legal rights, remedies, defenses, options, selection of forms, or strategies, or apply the law to the facts of your particular situation.

Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. is not a law firm and may not perform services performed by an attorney. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc., its Materials, and its forms or templates are not a substitute for the advice or services of an attorney.

Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. strives to keep its documents accurate, current, and up-to-date. However, because the law changes rapidly, Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. cannot guarantee that all of the information on the Site or Materials is completely current. The law is a personal matter, and no general information or legal tool like the kind Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. provides can fit every circumstance. Furthermore, the legal information contained on the Site and Materials is not legal advice and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete, or up-to-date. Therefore, if you need legal advice for your specific problem, or if your specific problem is too complex to be addressed by our tools, you should consult a licensed tenant rights attorney.

Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. may refer visitors to a law firm for legal advice. At no time is an attorney-client relationship fostered or created with Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. through any such referral.

This Site and Materials are not intended to create any attorney-client relationship, and your use of Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. does not and will not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. Instead, you are and will be representing yourself in any legal matter you undertake.

1. Privacy Policy

Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. respects your privacy and permits you to control the treatment of your personal information. When you purchase the Security Deposit Toolkit to access certain portions of the Site or Materials, you must provide complete and accurate information as requested. You will also be asked to provide a user name and password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You may not use a third party’s account, user name or password at any time. You agree to notify Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. immediately of any unauthorized use of your account, user name or password. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. shall not be liable for any losses you incur as a result of someone else`s use of your account or password, either with or without your knowledge. You may be held liable for any losses incurred by Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc., our officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives due to someone else`s use of your account or password.

2. Ownership

This Site and Materials are owned and operated by Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. All right, title, and interest in and to the materials provided on this Site and Materials, including but not limited to information, documents, logos, graphics, videos, and images (the "Materials") are owned by Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. Except as otherwise expressly provided by Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc., none of the Materials may be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, uploaded, posted, displayed, transmitted, or distributed in any way and nothing on this Site or on any Materials shall be construed to confer any license under any of Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc.`s intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. does not sell, license, lease, or otherwise provide any of the Materials other than those specifically identified as being provided by Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc.

3. Limited Permission to Download

Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. hereby grants you permission to download, view, copy, and print the Materials on any single, stand-alone computer solely for your personal, informational, non-commercial use provided that (i) where provided, the copyright and trademark notices appearing on any Materials not be altered or removed, (ii) the Materials are not used on any other website or in a networked computer environment and (iii) the Materials are not modified in any way, except for authorized editing of downloadable forms for personal use. This permission terminates automatically without notice if you breach any of the terms or conditions of these Terms of Use. On any such termination, you agree to immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials. Any unauthorized use of any Materials contained on this Site or Materials may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

4. Links to Third Party Sites

This Site and Materials may contain links to websites controlled by parties other than Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. (each, a "Third Party Site"). Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. may also provide links to other citations or resources with whom it is not affiliated. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. is not responsible for and does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the availability, contents, products, services or use of any Third Party Site, any website accessed from a Third Party Site or any changes or updates to such sites. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. makes no guarantees about the content or quality of the products or services provided by such sites. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Third Party Site. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. of the Third Party Site, nor does it imply that Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. sponsors, is affiliated or associated with, guarantees, or is legally authorized to use any trade name, registered trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in the links. You acknowledge that you bear all risks associated with access to and use of content provided on a Third Party Site and agree that Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. is not responsible for any loss or damage of any sort you may incur from dealing with a third party. You should contact the site administrator for the applicable Third Party Site if you have any concerns regarding such links or the content located on any such Third Party Site.

5. Use of Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. Materials.

On our Site and through our Materials, we offer auto-generated letters. You understand that your purchase, download, and/or use of an auto-generated letter is neither legal advice nor the practice of law, and that each form and any applicable instructions or guidance is not customized to your particular needs. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use our templates and auto-generated letters for your own personal use. Except as otherwise provided, you acknowledge and agree that you have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any of the Materials in any manner, except for modifications in filling them out for your authorized use. You shall not remove any copyright notice from any materials available via our website. By downloading the Materials, you agree that the Materials you purchase or download may only be used by you for your personal use and may not be sold or redistributed without the express written consent of Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc.

6. Additional Terms.

Some Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. Services may be subject to additional posted guidelines, rules or terms of service ("Additional Terms") and your use of such Services will be conditioned on your agreement to the Additional Terms. If there is any conflict between these Terms of Use and the Additional Terms, the Additional Terms will control for that Service, unless the Additional Terms expressly state that these Terms of Use will control.

7. NO WARRANTY.

THE SITE AND ALL MATERIALS, DOCUMENTS, TEMPLATES, OR SAMPLES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SECURITY DEPOSIT TOOLKIT, INC. EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON- INFRINGEMENT. SECURITY DEPOSIT TOOLKIT, INC. MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: (A) THE SITE OR THE MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (B) THE SITE OR THE MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS; (C) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE OR ANY MATERIALS OFFERED THROUGH THE SITE, WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; OR (D) THE QUALITY OF ANY SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SITE OR IN RELIANCE ON THE MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. OBTAINING ANY MATERIALS THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND AT YOUR OWN RISK. SECURITY DEPOSIT TOOLKIT, INC. SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR INFORMATION.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION.

EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, YOU WILL HOLD SECURITY DEPOSIT TOOLKIT, INC. AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS HARMLESS FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE, HOWEVER IT ARISES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS` FEES AND ALL RELATED COSTS AND EXPENSES OF LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION, OR AT TRIAL OR ON APPEAL, IF ANY, WHETHER OR NOT LITIGATION OR ARBITRATION IS INSTITUTED), WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, OR ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CLAIM FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY VIOLATION BY YOU OF ANY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS, STATUTES, RULES, OR REGULATIONS, EVEN IF SECURITY DEPOSIT TOOLKIT, INC. HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, IF THERE IS LIABILITY FOUND ON THE PART OF SECURITY DEPOSIT TOOLKIT, INC., IT WILL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THE PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THERE BE CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE PRIOR LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

9. Compliance with Intellectual Property Laws.

When accessing Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. or using the Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc.`s document preparation Service, you agree to obey the law and you agree to respect the intellectual property rights of others. Your use of the Service and the Site is at all times governed by and subject to laws regarding copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property ownership. You agree not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any information or content in violation of any third party`s copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property or proprietary rights. You agree to abide by laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property, and you shall be solely responsible for any violations of any relevant laws and for any infringements of third party rights caused by any content you provide or transmit or that is provided or transmitted using your Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. user account. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. has adopted a policy that provides for the immediate removal of any content, article or materials that have infringed on the rights of Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. or of a third party or that violate intellectual property rights generally.

10. Personal Use.

The site is made available for your personal use on your own behalf.

11. Children.

Minors are not eligible to use the Site or Materials and we ask that they do not submit any personal information to us.

12. Non-English-Speaking Customers.

Certain materials on the Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. site, including but not limited to questionnaires, documents, instructions, and filings, are only available in English. Non-English translations of these Terms, as well as other terms, conditions, and policies, may be provided for convenience only. In the event of any ambiguity or conflict between translations, the English version is authoritative and controls.

13. Customers Needing Extra Assistance.

Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. aims to provide full access to its website and product offerings regardless of disability. If you are unable to read any part of the Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. website, or otherwise have difficulties using the Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. website, please contact us through the "Contact Us" page of our website and our customer care team will assist you.

14. Agreement for Binding Arbitration.

Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. does not anticipate having any disagreements with you, the user, regarding usage of the Site. However, if any concerns arise, please notify us immediately. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. will endeavor to resolve any disagreements in a fair and amicable manner. If it is not possible to resolve the disputes ourselves, you and Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. hereby agree that all disputes or claims between you and Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. of any nature whatsoever, including but not limited to those relating to use of the Site or the quality or appropriateness of the Materials, shall be resolved by binding arbitration before Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”). Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. prefers arbitration because it is usually less expensive and quicker than litigation and will allow us to resolve our disputes privately. You agree that, by using the Site or any of the Materials, you and Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. This agreement evidences a transaction in interstate commerce, and thus the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. This arbitration provision shall survive termination of this Agreement. YOU AND SECURITY DEPOSIT TOOLKIT, INC. AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. Further, unless both you and Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. Subject to the preceding provisions agreed to by the parties contained herein, the arbitrator must decide all disputes in accordance with JAMS’s rules and in accordance with California law, and shall have the power to decide all matters submitted, including arbitrability and legal questions raised by pleading or summary judgment motions. In the event any dispute or claim is determined not subject to arbitration by the arbitrator, all parties agree that their respective rights and obligations shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, as set forth in greater detail in the next Paragraph (entitled “Governing Law; Venue”). Furthermore, in the event any dispute or claim is determined not subject to arbitration by the arbitrator, all parties agree that any and all legal action or proceedings shall be instituted in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the City and County of San Francisco. You understand that you may consult with other counsel about the wisdom of agreeing to arbitration or to any other term of this agreement before accepting it, and you agree that, by using the Site or any of the Materials, you are voluntarily accepting this agreement.

15. Governing Law; Venue.

Any legal action or proceeding relating to your access to or use of the Site, an Application, or Materials shall be governed, construed, and interpreted in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of California, regardless of the conflict of laws rules of any individual state; and you reserve jurisdiction to the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the City and County of San Francisco. These Terms of Use expressly exclude and disclaim the terms of the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, which shall not apply to any transaction conducted through or otherwise involving this Site or an Application.

16. Copyrights.

All Site design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof, are Copyright ©, Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

17. Trademarks.

Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc., its logo, all images and text, and all page headers, custom graphics and button icons are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress of Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. All other trademarks, product names, and company names or logos cited herein are the property of their respective owners.

18. Right to Refuse.

You acknowledge that Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. reserves the right to refuse service to anyone and to cancel user access at any time.

19. Acknowledgement.

BY USING SECURITY DEPOSIT TOOLKIT, INC.`S SERVICES OR ACCESSING THE SECURITY DEPOSIT TOOLKIT, INC. SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS OF USE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM. Security Deposit Toolkit, Inc. is located at 649 Mission Street, Floor 5, San Francisco, CA 94105-4128.