Terms of Use | Lightly Coded

Not legal advice. This page is a plain-language draft written to match what this site does. Canadian consumer-protection rules and provincial law should be reviewed by someone qualified before it is relied on.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using lightlycoded.com ("the Site"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the Site.

2. About Lightly Coded

Lightly Coded is a web systems studio founded by Darrell Pardy, based in Alberta, Canada. We design and build websites and the structural foundations they need to be found in search and turn visitors into customers. Our work falls into four areas:

Website Design & Development — clean, fast, mobile-friendly sites built around business goals.
SEO Foundations — search-friendly structure, metadata, schema, and local visibility.
Lead Capture — forms, CTAs, tracking, and follow-up paths so an inquiry never falls through a crack.
AI Automation— agentic workflows for quote generation, scheduling, invoice follow-up, customer triage, and the back-office work that shouldn't be manual.

3. The Free Audit

The free audit is an opinion, not a guarantee. It is a goodwill review provided in plain English. It is not a promise of search ranking, traffic, conversion outcomes, or any specific business result. Acting on it is your decision.

When you request a free audit through the Site, you will receive a short written review covering first impression, SEO foundation, mobile and performance, lead capture, and a recommended next step. We aim to send it within the response window stated on the contact page, but we do not guarantee a delivery time.

4. Engagements and Paid Work

Anything beyond the free audit — a Starter Website Build, an SEO Foundation Build, a Lead Capture Upgrade, an AI Automation Build, or any other paid work — is governed by a separate written agreement signed by both parties. That agreement, not these Terms of Use, defines:

The scope of work and deliverables
Timelines and milestones
Pricing, payment terms, and refund rules
Ownership of code, content, and assets on delivery
Confidentiality, warranties, and liability
Termination

Nothing on this Site constitutes an offer to perform paid work, and no engagement is formed by submitting a contact form or requesting an audit. A written, mutually signed agreement is what creates a paid engagement.

5. User Obligations

5.1 Accurate Information

You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information when using the contact form or requesting an audit. Misrepresenting who you are, what you are working on, or what you need will result in a less useful audit and may result in declining to work with you.

5.2 Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

Use the Site for any unlawful purpose
Submit fraudulent or abusive contact requests
Attempt to interfere with or disrupt the Site's functionality
Scrape, crawl, or harvest data from the Site without permission
Impersonate another person or business

6. Intellectual Property

All content on the Site — including copy, design, code, the Lightly Coded name and any logos — belongs to Lightly Coded and is protected by Canadian copyright law. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works without our written consent. Linking to the Site is fine.

Ownership of any work produced under a paid engagement is governed by that engagement's written agreement, not these Terms.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Site is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We make reasonable efforts to keep it accurate and operational, but do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any specific result will follow from using it.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law,Lightly Coded is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Site, the free audit, or reliance on any information or tools provided. Our total liability for matters arising from your use of the Site shall not exceed $100 CAD. Liability arising from a paid engagement is governed by that engagement's separate written agreement.

9. Privacy

Your use of the Site is also governed by our Privacy Policy and Cookie Notice.

10. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Any disputes arising from these Terms shall be resolved in the courts of Alberta.

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms at any time. Changes take effect when posted, and the date at the top of this page will be moved forward. Continued use of the Site after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.