The client agrees to hold harmless Mary K. Brown from any and all liability, penalty, loss, damages, costs or expenses, legal fees, or claims caused by or resulting indirectly from the client’s use of the editorial service that causes damage to the client or to any other party.  She will not be liable for any loss or delays, costs, and content or other errors associated with the documents provided by the client.  The client understands and agrees that he or she will not take legal action against Mary K. Brown for any reason. 

Mary K. Brown is not responsible for any loss of any document or part of any document.  She is not liable for computer or software failure.  She is not responsible for any unauthorized computer or software activity by the client.  The client agrees not to engage in any unauthorized or illegal computer or software practices.  Services provided are to be used only for lawful purposes.  She does not guarantee email transmissions.

The client is solely responsible for the content of the document.  Mary K. Brown is not liable for copyright infringement or intellectual property rights of any party that results from editing work on documents provided by the client. Mary K. Brown does not verify information or data included in the document provided by the client and will not be held accountable for content errors.  

Mary K. Brown agrees to edit the document provided by the client within a reasonable time and to the highest standard she can muster.  She agrees to charge the client only for time she has spent working on the document and agrees to be truthful in timekeeping.  She agrees to maintain high ethical standards in her business practices.  She maintains confidentiality and will not share or sell any information that the client has provided.  She does not guarantee results that a client (or the client’s employer or superior or any other party) may expect.

The client agrees to provide payment in full within 30 days of receipt of edited document and invoice.  Subsequent work will not begin until payment is received and check has cleared.

Mary K. Brown reserves the right to refuse or postpone editing work. 

The client, by entering into an agreement to use Mary K. Brown, Editing Services,  understands and agrees that he or she has read the above terms and is bound by them.  The agreement to use this editing service is considered to be underway once editing work begins on the submitted document.