These Terms of Service are a legal agreement between you and Department 5, located at 5920 Spring Street, Buena Park, CA 90621, United States, concerning your access to and use of dept5.com and related web pages (the "Site").
01. Agreement
1.1 By accessing or using the Site, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.
1.2 The Site is intended for business and professional audiences in the United States. Access from other locations is at your own initiative and responsibility.
1.3 You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live, to use the Site or contact us about services.
1.4 We may update these Terms by posting a revised version. Continued use of the Site after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
1.5 Our Privacy Notice explains how information may be collected and used when you visit the Site or contact us.
02. Services and project work
2.1 The Site describes Department 5's digital production, motion, video, web, HTML5 display, AI-assisted production, localization, versioning, and related creative production services.
2.2 Nothing on the Site creates a client relationship, agency relationship, statement of work, estimate, quote, warranty, or commitment to perform services. Any actual project work is governed by a separate written agreement, statement of work, purchase order, NDA, or other mutually accepted project terms.
2.3 Portfolio examples, case studies, client names, platform references, and capability descriptions are provided for general informational purposes. Availability, timing, cost, staffing, process, and final deliverables vary by project.
03. Acceptable use
3.1 You agree not to use the Site to:
- Violate any law, regulation, contract, intellectual-property right, privacy right, or security requirement
- Scrape, harvest, copy, or compile Site content at scale without written permission
- Interfere with, probe, test, overload, bypass, or compromise the Site or related systems
- Upload, transmit, or attempt to introduce malware, harmful code, spam, or deceptive materials
- Misrepresent your identity, affiliation, authority, or relationship with Department 5 or any client shown on the Site
- Use Site content to train, benchmark, or operate a competing commercial service without written permission
- Remove or obscure copyright, trademark, attribution, confidentiality, or proprietary-rights notices
04. Site content and intellectual property
4.1 The Site, including text, design, layout, code, graphics, images, video, animation, audio, interactive elements, and related materials, is owned by Department 5 or used with permission and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws.
4.2 You may view the Site for personal or internal business evaluation purposes. You may not copy, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, display, sell, license, create derivative works from, or exploit Site content without written permission except as allowed by law.
4.3 Client names, logos, platform marks, campaign titles, and third-party trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on the Site does not imply endorsement unless expressly stated.
4.4 Some portfolio work may be shown in summary form, cropped, compressed, edited, anonymized, password-gated, or otherwise limited for confidentiality, file-size, client-approval, or presentation reasons.
05. Third-party sites and services
5.1 The Site may link to, reference, embed, or load materials from third-party websites, platforms, services, fonts, videos, hosting systems, and tools. We do not control those third parties and are not responsible for their content, policies, security, availability, or practices.
5.2 Your use of third-party websites or services is governed by their own terms and policies.
06. Site availability and changes
6.1 We may change, suspend, remove, restrict, or discontinue any part of the Site at any time without notice.
6.2 We do not guarantee that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, compatible with every device or browser, or free of bugs, viruses, or harmful components.
6.3 We may restrict or block access to the Site where we believe it is necessary to protect the Site, our business, our clients, or other visitors.
07. Disclaimers and limitation of liability
7.1 The Site and its content are provided on an as-is and as-available basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Department 5 disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, availability, and security.
7.2 Site content is general information only and is not legal, financial, technical, advertising-performance, security, or professional advice. You should not rely on it as a substitute for advice from qualified professionals.
7.3 To the fullest extent permitted by law, Department 5 will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, lost-profit, lost-revenue, lost-data, business-interruption, or reputational damages arising from or related to the Site.
7.4 To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for claims arising from or related to the Site will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US $100). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.
08. General terms
8.1 These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Courts located in California will have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising from or related to the Site, except where applicable law requires otherwise.
8.2 If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.
8.3 We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms. You may not assign them without our written consent.
8.4 These Terms, together with the Privacy Notice and any additional terms expressly posted on the Site, are the entire agreement between you and Department 5 regarding Site access and use.
8.5 Questions about these Terms may be sent to hello@dept5.com or by post to:
Department 5
5920 Spring Street
Buena Park, CA 90621
United States
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