BRF-LEGAL / Terms
Terms and conditions
These terms govern your use of departmentofinternetsecurity.org (the "site"), published by Departmentofinternetsecurity. By using the site, you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.
What the site is
The site publishes general cybersecurity awareness and education content. It is an independent publication and is not a government agency, law enforcement body or affiliated with either.
Acceptable use
You agree to use the site lawfully and not to:
- use anything on the site to access, test or interfere with systems, accounts or data you don't own or aren't authorized to manage;
- attempt to disrupt, overload, scrape at abusive rates, or gain unauthorized access to the site or its servers;
- submit content through our forms that is unlawful, harassing, defamatory, or contains someone else's personal information without permission;
- impersonate any person or organization, including us.
Our guidance is defensive. It's intended for protecting yourself, your household and the organizations you're responsible for.
Intellectual property
Unless stated otherwise, the articles, design, text and graphics on the site belong to Departmentofinternetsecurity. You may share links and short quotations with credit and a link back. You may print or share our checklists for personal, classroom, nonprofit or internal workplace use. Please don't republish full articles or sell our content without written permission.
Headlines shown from other publishers, and the articles they link to, belong to those publishers. Trademarks mentioned on the site belong to their owners.
Information, not professional advice
Content is provided for general educational purposes. It is not legal, financial or professional security advice, and it can't account for your specific situation. Threats and platforms change quickly, and while we work to keep content accurate, we can't promise it is complete or current. For incidents involving money, legal exposure or sensitive systems, contact your bank, a qualified professional or the relevant authorities.
Third-party links and services
The site links to outside websites and uses third-party services such as advertising, analytics and a newsletter form. We don't control those services and aren't responsible for their content or practices.
Disclaimer of warranties
The site is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose. No security step or product can guarantee complete safety.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Departmentofinternetsecurity and its contributors are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or any loss of data, money or profits, arising from your use of the site or reliance on its content.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of South Carolina, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute will be handled in the state or federal courts located in South Carolina, unless the law where you live requires otherwise.
Changes
We may update these terms and will change the date above when we do. Continued use of the site means you accept the updated terms. Questions can go through our contact page.