Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of DWD-Information.org, including its public Resource Library, Learning Program, quizzes, downloadable materials, account features, and other content or services offered through the Website.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.

2. Educational and Informational Purposes Only

DWD-Information.org is an independent educational resource. The Website provides general information concerning Death with Dignity and Medical Aid in Dying laws and related subjects.

Laws, regulations, policies, forms, and practices vary by jurisdiction and may change. If you need advice concerning your own circumstances, consult an appropriately qualified attorney, healthcare professional, hospice provider, or other professional.

A Certificate of Completion from the Learning Program documents completion of an educational program only. It is not a license, professional certification, credential, or authorization to provide medical, legal, counseling, or other professional services.

3. Accuracy and Personal Responsibility

We make reasonable efforts to provide useful and accurate information, but we cannot guarantee that every item is complete, current, or error-free. You are responsible for independently confirming information that is important to a personal, medical, legal, financial, or other significant decision.

By using the Website, you accept responsibility for how you use the information and for the results of your own decisions and actions.

4. No Guarantees as to Results

We do not promise or guarantee any particular legal, medical, educational, personal, or other result from using the Website, Resource Library, Learning Program, quizzes, or downloadable materials.

5. Website Access and Account Security

We may modify, suspend, withdraw, or discontinue all or part of the Website or any service or material offered through it. We may also restrict access to portions of the Website when reasonably necessary for maintenance, security, administration, or other operational reasons.

If you create an account, your account is personal to you. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username, password, and other security information and for taking reasonable precautions when using a public or shared device.

Please notify us promptly if you become aware of unauthorized use of your account or another security concern. We may suspend or disable an account when reasonably necessary to protect the Website or its users, or when we believe these Terms have been violated.

6. No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

You may not use the Website for an unlawful purpose or in a way that interferes with the Website, its security, or another person's use of it. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, servers, or data; introduce malicious code; impersonate another person; or use automated means to disrupt or improperly extract content from the Website.

7. Intellectual Property and Use of Materials

Unless otherwise indicated, original Website design, text, Learning Program materials, quizzes, compilations, graphics, and other original content created by DWD-Information, LLC are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

You may use Learning Program and downloadable materials for your own personal, educational, or internal informational use. You may not sell, republish, redistribute, reproduce in substantial part, or present our original materials as your own without prior written permission, except as otherwise permitted by law.

Public laws, regulations, court decisions, government documents, and third-party materials remain subject to their own legal status, ownership, and terms.

8. Third-Party Links and Services

The Website may link to government agencies, statutes, organizations, healthcare resources, and other third-party websites. Links are provided for convenience and information. We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for their availability, content, accuracy, security, privacy practices, or services. A link does not necessarily constitute endorsement.

9. No Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that the Website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, current, complete, or error-free.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, DWD-Information, LLC and its owners, employees, agents, and affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or similar damages arising from or related to use of, inability to use, or reliance on the Website or its content.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

11. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless DWD-Information, LLC and its owners, employees, agents, and affiliates from claims, liabilities, damages, costs, and reasonable expenses arising from your unlawful use of the Website, your material violation of these Terms, or your infringement of another person's rights.

12. Legal Requests and Website Administration

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request. We may also remove or restrict content or access when reasonably necessary to administer the Website, enforce these Terms, protect security, or comply with law.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. The effective date shown at the top of this page indicates when this version became effective. Continued use of the Website after revised Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.