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Website Terms of Service
Welcome to the Maryland Community Business Compass. Please read these terms, conditions, and notices carefully.
Last Updated: 12/17/2025
Welcome to the Maryland Community Business Compass. This Maryland Community Business Compass Terms of Service (“Website Terms”) is a legal agreement between you and the State of Maryland (the “State, “we”, “us”). These Website Terms govern your access and use of the Maryland Community Business Compass website located at https://compass.maryland.gov (the “Website”).
You acknowledge and agree that by accessing or in any way using this Website, you are indicating that you have read and understand How This Site Works, as well as these Website Terms, and agree to be bound by the terms, conditions, and notices set forth herein (collectively, the “Agreement”). If you do not agree to the Website Terms, then you may not access or use the Website.
You are responsible for regularly reviewing this page for updates to these terms, which is detailed further below in Section 3.
1. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
Please read this section carefully. The information provided through this Website is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or professional guidance.
THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY AI FEATURES OR OUTPUTS (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 5), IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THE STATE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR RELIABILITY OF THE INFORMATION OR ITS SUITABILITY FOR OR APPLICABILITY TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS, OR WILL BE ACCURATE RELIABLE, FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE, COMPLETE, LEGAL OR SAFE. INFORMATION MAY BECOME OUTDATED AND LAWS AND REGULATIONS VARY BY JURISDICTION. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THIS INFORMATION AND ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING WHETHER IT IS APPLICABLE TO YOUR SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR VERIFYING ANY INFORMATION BEFORE RELYING ON IT. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THIS INFORMATION AND SHOULD SEEK APPROPRIATE LEGAL ADVICE OR PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE BEFORE ACTING OR REFRAINING FROM ACTING BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. WITH REGARD TO ANY AI FEATURES OR OUTPUTS, YOUR USE OF AI FEATURES AND OUTPUTS IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON THEM FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING TO MAKE DECISIONS OR FOR PROFESSIONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL, FINANCIAL, EDUCATIONAL OR OTHER ADVICE. OUTPUTS ARE NOT THE STATE’S REPRESENTATIONS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, OR INJURY RESULTING FROM ANY RELIANCE ON INFORMATION PROVIDED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.2. Third-Party Sites and Services
This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than the State. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. The State does not control such websites and is not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites.
Further, it is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you select or software you download (whether from this or any other website) is free of such items as viruses, defects, and other items of a destructive nature. The State’s inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement or recommendation of the material on such third-party websites or apps or any association with their operators.
In some cases, you may be asked by a third-party website to create a profile or otherwise input data, including personal identifying information. This is purely optional, and you are responsible for deciding if you will do so. You should read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of the third-party websites and apps that you visit, as they have rules and permissions about how they use your information that may differ from resources provided by the State. We encourage you to review these third party websites and apps, and to use them at your own risk.
3. Modifications to the Agreement
The State may change, add or delete the terms and conditions of the Agreement or any portion thereof from time to time in its sole discretion, such as for legal, general regulatory and technical purposes, changes in the services provided, or changes to the nature or layout of services.
You are responsible for regularly reviewing this page and the How This Site Works page for updates to the Agreement.
Your continued use of the Website following an update to the Website Terms or the How This Site Works page will constitute your acceptance of the updated Agreement.
4. Jurisdiction and Governing Law
This Website is owned and controlled by the State. The Agreement and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Maryland.
You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Maryland and stipulate to the fairness and convenience of proceedings in such courts for all disputes, both contractual and non-contractual, arising out of or relating to the use of the services by you or any third party.
You agree that all claims you may have against the State arising from or relating to the services must be heard and resolved in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction located in Maryland.
5. AI Features
This Website uses generative AI technology (“AI Features”) to analyze public planning documents and data sets (“Inputs”) to generate the summaries, extracts, and insights displayed on the Website (“Outputs”). Unlike interactive chatbots, these Outputs are pre-generated based on data and documentation sourced from State-agencies and third-parties.
While we integrate certain safeguards into AI Features, including periodic reviews, all Outputs may not have been reviewed in advance and may be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, offensive, objectionable, inappropriate, infringing, unsuitable, unlawful, unfit for particular purposes, or the same or similar to content generated for other users of the Website.
Outputs may also contain content inconsistent with the State’s view, and the State does not endorse any content included in any Outputs.
If Outputs reference individuals or third parties including their products or services, it does not mean the individual or third party endorses the State, this Website, or that they or these third-parties are affiliated with the State.
6. General Provisions
You agree that no joint venture, agency, partnership or employment relationship exists between you and the State as a result of the Agreement or use of this Website.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Website Terms shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
In the event that any provision of these Website Terms are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal, such provision will be deemed restated, in accordance with applicable law, to reflect as nearly as possible the original intentions of the parties, and the remainder of the Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
The Agreement does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, express or implied, enforceable at law or otherwise by any third party against the parties to the Agreement, their parent, or affiliated entities.
Nothing in these Website Terms constitutes a waiver of the State’s governmental immunity, or any other immunity or defense available to the State.
Acknowledgement
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