We endeavor to provide our Clients with quality services at affordable rates in order to fulfill their editorial needs. We also attempt to do so in an honest and transparent manner. For both our own protection and that of the Client, however, we feel obliged to post the following Legal Agreement. Please read it carefully.

Present Perfect Editing
Terms & Conditions of Service

      Present Perfect Editing provides services to you, the Client, subject to the following terms and conditions. When you engage us for such services, you accept these terms and conditions.

Submissions & Electronic Communications

      By corresponding with Present Perfect Editing via email, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us in this manner and agree that they satisfy any legal requirement that communications be in writing.

      Submitting a document via email to Present Perfect Editing for services to be performed constitutes acknowledgement by the Client that he/she has read and accepted the provisions specified in this agreement.

Confidentiality

      Documents and their contents submitted by the Client to Present Perfect Editing for services shall be handled confidentially and considered to be Proprietary Information.

      In order to perform such services, these documents and their contents may be revealed to members of our staff assigned to the project for various purposes, as we deem necessary. Associated tasks which require such access may include, without being limited to, proofreading, editing, analysis, consultation, customer service, financial accounting, and other functions, at our discretion. All staff members who are granted access for any purpose are required to sign a strict non-disclosure agreement prior to commencement of such work. In submitting documents for services, Client grants Present Perfect Editing permission to perform requested services in this manner.

      We do not normally retain submitted documents for more than thirty days after work upon those documents has been completed and delivered to the Client. For customer service use and legal requirements (accounting records, audits, taxation, etc.), information associated with completed orders is retained.

      Except as described here, the Client’s documents and any information contained therein will not be disclosed, nor will personal Client information be shared with, any third party unless required to do so by lawful warrant, court order, or subpoena.

      Should ownership of Present Perfect Editing be transferred to another entity, the Client information we retain would form part of our business records transferred to that entity, but the new owner will remain bound by this confidentiality policy.

Copyright

      Clients submitting material to Present Perfect Editing for services to be performed retain copyright to that material, and Present Perfect Editing does not claim any rights to such material by virtue of supplying its services. Nor does Present Perfect Editing require any credit or acknowledgment for such services except the fees clearly described on this site.

      You represent and warrant that you hold all legal rights to any document or material submitted to Present Perfect Editing for services, because (1) as the author, you retain these rights, or (2) you have legally obtained control of such rights; and you further indemnify Present Perfect Editing from all claims resulting from any material you supply. Present Perfect Editing assumes no liability for any Client submission.

      Our work on any document does not imply our endorsement of its content, and we prohibit the association of Present Perfect Editing or its personnel with any published work, even as an acknowledgment of services rendered.

      Present Perfect Editing provides advice on changes that you, the Client, may accept, reject, or amend. Content of any finished work is therefore entirely the responsibility of the Client or those to whom the Client assigns final control.

      Written comments generated in the course of our work are intended solely for the personal use of the Client and those the Client assigns to the relevant project. They are not permitted to be reproduced or disseminated to a broader extent.

Pricing & Billing

      Present Perfect Editing makes a sincere effort to set forth transparent Pricing and Billing practices, as detailed in other sections of this site, and the information contained in those sections at the time a submission is made by the Client is intended to govern the transaction with respect to that submission. That effort and transparency notwithstanding, in the event of any dispute regarding such practices, the policy set forth herein shall supersede all others.

      Our pricing and billing policies are subject to change without notice.

      The category in which a submitted document is placed for pricing, plus any and all discounts or other considerations with regard to pricing, is determined and granted at the sole discretion of Present Perfect Editing.

      Although Present Perfect Editing is dedicated to providing outstanding editing and proofreading services at reasonable rates, it is not obligated to refund the purchase price (either in part or in full) of any service under any circumstance. A request for a refund or correction of an invoice must be made within seven days of Client’s receipt of the relevant invoice.

      Payment is due when an invoice is sent and must be received by Present Perfect Editing within seven days. Payments that are not received within the specified time may be subject to late fees, administrative charges, and assessed interest.

      Present Perfect Editing reserves the right to request payment prior to delivery of service, to refuse service, or to cancel orders at its sole discretion.

Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitations of Liability

      Present Perfect Editing strives to be as accurate as possible; however, it does not warrant that the services performed for its Clients or the products which result are free from error. Those services and the resulting products are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and at your sole risk.

      Present Perfect Editing disclaims all warranties and conditions, expressed or implied, with respect to its services and with respect to a resulting product’s fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability.

      In no event is Present Perfect Editing, its management, or staff liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, direct, incidental, or consequential damages, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data, breach of confidentiality, or business interruption) ensuing from the performance of our services, whether Present Perfect Editing is advised of the possibility of such damages or not. In no event is Present Perfect Editing liable for damages in excess of the amount paid by a customer for the service in question.

      While we endeavor to ensure that any files originating at this site or associated with our email correspondence are free from known computer viruses, we make no warranty or guarantee that they are. All Clients are cautioned to check all email, attachments, and other computer files before accessing them; and any and all risk of virus contamination is assumed by the recipient.

      If you are dissatisfied with any work completed or performed by Present Perfect Editing, or with any of these terms and conditions, your sole remedy is to discontinue using our services.

Other

      This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Florida, and any legal action against Present Perfect Editing shall take place in the courts of that state.

      If any provision of this agreement shall be for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Entire Agreement

      This is the Client’s entire agreement with Present Perfect Editing with respect to its services. This agreement may not be modified except by written amendment signed by a duly authorized representative of Present Perfect Editing.