Intellectual Property / Copyright Policy

Last updated: June 23, 2026

 

Intellectual Property / Copyright Ownership - Ownership of  Content:
Original works of authorship and AI content fixed in a tangible medium including but not limited to strategies, templates, materials, digital content, and literary works are the property of Simone McClellan (smcclellanhrpro.com). Reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication in whole or in part for commercial purposes without express written consent/licensing is prohibited, excluding brief, unaltered excerpts (no derivatives) for critical reviews or permitted non-commercial uses.  Any such brief, unaltered excerpts (no derivatives) for critical reviews or permitted non-commercial uses require a full and clearly defined attribution link(s) back to the original source.

Interpretation and Definitions:

Interpretation:
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.​

Definitions:
 

• Country refers to: California, United States.

• Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Simone McClellan (smcclellanhrpro.com), at Simone McClellan, Pismo Beach, CA 93449.

• Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

• Service refers to the Website. 

• Intellectual Property /  Copyright Policy (also referred as "Copyright") means this Intellectual Property /Copyright Policy that form the entire agreement between You and the Company regarding the use of the Service.

• Website refers to smcclellanhrpro.com, accessible from https://www.smcclellanhrpro.com.

• You means the individual or recipient accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
   

No AI Training: 
 

• Without in any way limiting the author’s exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this website/publication to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to generate text, images, audio, video, code, or any other media is expressly prohibited.  The author reserves all rights to license uses of this work for generative AI training and development of machine learning language models.

• No part of this website/work and content may be scraped, reproduced, distributed, or used by recipients―either directly or via third parties―to train refine, research, or develop artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) algorithms, large language models (LLM), text-to-image generators, or other similar networks, algorithms, or systems including but not limited to text, images, audio, video, or code―without express written consent.  See our full No AI Training Policy at www.smcclellanhrpro.com/noaitraining.
   

Permissions / Permitted Use with Full Attribution Clarified:

Brief, unaltered excerpts (no derivatives) for critical reviews or permitted non-commercial uses is permitted only with full and clear attribution links back to the original source; otherwise, any reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication in whole or in part for commercial purposes without express written consent/licensing is prohibited.
 

For commercial use permission requests and licensing inquiries:  Please contact simone@smcclellanhrpo.com with subject line:  Attention: Permissions Coordinator.

Restrictions / Prohibitive Use:

Reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication in whole or in part for commercial purposes without express written consent/licensing is prohibited.

For commercial use permissions request and licensing inquiries:  Please contact simone@smcclellanhrpro.com with subject line:  Attention: Permissions Coordinator.

Fair Use:

​The Company may use copyrighted material which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.
 

The Company is making such material available for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. ​The Company believes this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the United States Copyright law.​

If You wish to use copyrighted material from the Service for your own purposes that go beyond fair use, You must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

As Is / Use at Your own Risk:

All information in the Service is provided "as is", with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose.

The Company will not be liable to You or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information given by the Service or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. 

Links to third-party sites do not imply endorsement.

Limitation of Liability:

In no event shall the Company be liable for any damages―including but not limited to direct, indirect, or consequential damages―arising out of the use or inability to use this website.  See our full Limitation of Liability clause in our Terms and Conditions page at https://www.smcclellanhrpro.com/termsandcondtions. 
 

SEVERABILITY CLAUSE

 

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that specific invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall be severed or reformed and does not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions or that same provision in other jurisdictions―the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

Changes to this Copyright Policy:

We reserve the right, at Our sole discretion, to modify or replace this Copyright Policy at any time. If a revision is material We will make reasonable efforts to let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Site, prior to the change becoming effective to any new Copyright Policy taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at Our sole discretion. The changes will replace the then current Copyright Policy page and We will adjust the "Last updated" date at the beginning of the Copyright Policy page.  You are advised to review this Copyright Policy page periodically for any changes. Changes to this Copyright Policy page are effective when they are posted on the Copyright Policy page.  By continuing to access or use Our Service after those revisions become effective, You agree to be bound by the revised Copyright Policy. If You do not agree to the new Copyright Policy, in whole or in part, please stop using the Website and the Service.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions about this Copyright Policy, You can contact us by visiting this page on our website:
https://www.smcclellanhrpro.com/contact