TERMS and conditions

Terms and Conditions for the Use of the Website, Howarddesign.com

Welcome to Howard Design Group (“Agency”, “we”, “our”, or “us”).  Howard Design Group’s website (the “Site”) is operated by Howard Design Group and located at howarddesign.com. The Site is offered to the User (“you”) conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the “Terms”). Your use of howarddesign.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. If you don’t agree with these Terms, please do not use the Site.

Howard Design Group is a creative agency, based in Princeton, NJ. The purpose of our website is to provide information about our creative services, portfolio, and company updates to promote our business.

Privacy
Your use of howarddesign.com is subject to Howard Design Group’s Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices.

Electronic Communications
Visiting howarddesign.com or sending emails to Howard Design Group constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Intellectual Property and Usage

Ownership of Site Content
All content included on this Site, such as text, graphics, logos, images, branding, photography, downloadable materials, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Howard Design Group or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends, or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.

Portfolio and Case Studies
All case studies, portfolio pieces, and creative works displayed on this Site are the property of the Agency or are being used with the permission of our clients. They are being displayed for promotional and marketing purposes only. The display of client work on this Site does not constitute a transfer of copyright or any other intellectual property rights to the website visitor, or any other third party.

Limited License and Personal Use Exception
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site strictly in accordance with these terms. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Howard Design Group and the copyright owner. No portion of the Site, portfolio, or case studies may be reproduced, downloaded, or redistributed. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights of any Site content.

Prohibited Uses and AI Restrictions
You are expressly prohibited from using the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Site. Furthermore, you are strictly prohibited from using, downloading, or “scraping,” or otherwise acquiring any content from this Site—including, but not limited to, images, text, and metadata—for the purpose of training artificial intelligence (AI) models, machine learning algorithms, or any related technologies. Any unauthorized access for AI development or data mining is a material breach of contract.

Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services
Howarddesign.com may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Howard Design Group and Howard Design Group is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Howard Design Group is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Howard Design Group of the site or any association with its operators.

Certain services made available via howarddesign.com are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any functionality originating from the howarddesign.com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Howard Design Group may share such information and data with any third party with whom Howard Design Group has a contractual relationship to provide the functionality on behalf of howarddesign.com users and customers.

International Users
The Site is controlled, operated and administered by Howard Design Group within the USA. If you access the Site from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Howard Design Group Content accessed through howarddesign.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Howard Design Group, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. Howard Design Group reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Howard Design Group in asserting any available defenses.

Liability Disclaimer
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. HOWARD DESIGN GROUP AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME.

HOWARD DESIGN GROUP AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. HOWARD DESIGN GROUP AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL HOWARD DESIGN GROUP AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF HOWARD DESIGN GROUP OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.

Termination/Access Restriction
Howard Design Group reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in New Jersey in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Howard Design Group as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. Howard Design Group’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Howard Design Group’s right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by Howard Design Group with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Howard Design Group with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Howard Design Group with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.

Changes to Terms
Howard Design Group reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which howarddesign.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Howard Design Group encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.

Contact Us
Howard Design Group welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:

Howard Design Group
174 Nassau Street, #356
Princeton, New Jersey 08542

Effective as of May 22, 2026