Terms of Service

Effective Date: September 2025

Acceptance of the Terms of Service

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR WEBSITE, MOBILE APPLICATION, OR ANY OTHER OF OUR SERVICES (Collectively the “Services”), YOU HEREBY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU, THE USER, CUSTOMER, OR PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER TO READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE THESE SERVICES. IF YOU DO NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SERVICES.

Welcome to TechCon SoCal. These terms and conditions (“Agreement” or “Terms“) constitute a binding legal agreement between you and F5A d/b/a TechCon SoCal (hereinafter “Company“), This Agreement, along with our Privacy Policy https://techconsocal.com/privacy-policy/, Waiver of Liability https://techconsocal.com/waiver-liability/ and Conference Policies https://techconsocal.com/conference-policy/ annul and void all previous agreements. The site (www.techconsocal.com) is operated by Company. Throughout the site, the terms “we,“ “us,” and “our” refer to Company. Company offers this site, including all information, tools and services available from this site to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here.

By visiting our site and/or purchasing something from us, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, found at https://techconsocal.com/privacy-policy/, our Waiver of Liability https://techconsocal.com/waiver-liability/and our Conference Policy https://techconsocal.com/conference-policysq/. These Terms apply to all users of our Services.

Changes to the Terms of Service

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion (“Updated Terms”). All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. You can review the most current version of the Terms at any time on this page. We reserve the right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms by posting updates and/or changes to our Services. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for changes.

Your continued use of or access to the Services following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.

The Updated Terms will be effective as of the time of posting, or such later date as may be specified in the Updated Terms and will apply to your use of or access to Company Services from that point forward.

SECTION 1 – GENERAL TERMS

By agreeing to these Terms, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use or access our Services.

You may not use our Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of our Services or Website, violate any laws in your jurisdiction.

You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.

A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate termination of your right to access or use our Services.

We have the right, but not the obligation, to take any or all of the following actions in our sole discretion at any time and for any reason without giving you any prior notice:

Restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of our Services;
Change, suspend or discontinue all or any part of our Services;
Refuse, move, or remove any content that is available on all or any part of our site;
Deactivate or delete your accounts; and/or
Establish general practices and limits concerning use of and access to our Services.

You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for taking any of the above actions.

You understand that your data and content may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. For more information about how Company collects and uses your data, please see our Privacy Policy https://techconsocal.com/privacy-policy/

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the site, use of the site, or access to the site or any contact on the site, without express written permission by us.

You may not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the site. Company content is not for resale. Use of the site does not permit users to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and by accessing or using the site, you agree that you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You may use protected content solely for your personal use, but you must make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Company and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Company or our licensors, except as expressly authorized by these Terms.

SECTION 2 – CONDUCT

As a user of our Services, you herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all information, text, software, data, photographs, music, video, messages, tags or any other content, whether it is publicly or privately posted and/or transmitted, is the sole property of the individual from whom the content originated. In short, this means that you are solely responsible for any and all content posted, uploaded, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available by way of the Company Services, and as such, we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. It is expressly understood that by using or accessing any of our Services, you may be exposed to content including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any content posted, and/or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available by Company.

Furthermore, you herein agree not to make use of Company’s Services for the purpose of:

uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting, or otherwise making available any content that shall be deemed unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or invasive of another’s privacy or which is hateful, and/or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
causing harm to minors in any manner whatsoever;
impersonating any individual or entity, including, but not limited to, any Company officials, forum leaders, guides or hosts or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting any affiliation with an individual or entity;
forging captions, headings or titles or otherwise offering any content that you personally have no right to pursuant to any law, nor having any contractual or fiduciary relationship with;
uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise offering any such content that may infringe upon any patent, copyright, trademark, or any other proprietary or intellectual rights of any other party;
uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise offering any content that you do not personally have any right to offer pursuant to any law or in accordance with any contractual or fiduciary relationship;
uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting, or otherwise offering any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional flyers, “junk mail,” “spam,” or any other form of solicitation, except in any such areas that may have been designated for such purpose with the Company’s express written consent;
uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting, or otherwise offering any source that may contain a software virus or other computer code, any files and/or programs which have been designed to interfere, destroy and/or limit the operation of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunication equipment;
disrupting the normal flow of communication, or otherwise acting in any manner that would negatively affect other users’ ability to participate in any real time interactions;
interfering with or disrupting any TechCon SoCal Services, servers and/or networks that may be connected or related to the site, including, but not limited to, the use of any device software and/or routine to bypass the robot exclusion headers;
intentionally or unintentionally violating any local, state, federal, national or international law, including, but not limited to, rules, guidelines, and/or regulations decreed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in addition to any rules of any nation or other securities exchange, that would include without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;

“stalking” or with the intent to otherwise harass another individual; and/or

collecting or storing of any personal data relating to any other member or user in connection with the prohibited conduct and/or activities which have been set forth in the aforementioned paragraphs.

Company herein reserves the right to include the use of security components that may permit digital information or material to be protected, and that such use of information and/or material is subject to usage guidelines and regulations established by Company or any other content providers supplying content or services to Company.

You are hereby prohibited from making any attempt to override or circumvent any of the embedded usage rules in our Services. Furthermore, unauthorized reproduction, publication, distribution, or exhibition of any information or materials supplied by our Services, whether in whole or in part, is expressly prohibited.

SECTION 3 – INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, officers, partners, licensors, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use, your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, any use of the Website’s content, Company’s Services, Waiver of Liability, Conference Policies, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Website. You shall promptly notify Company of any claim or intended suit against Company.

SECTION 4 – COMMERCIAL REUSE OF SERVICES

Members and users herein agree not to replicate, duplicate, copy, trade, sell, resell nor exploit for any commercial reason any part, use of, or access to Company’s Sites.

SECTION 5 – MODIFICATIONS

Company reserves the right at any time it may deem fit, to modify, alter and/or discontinue, whether temporarily or permanently, our Service, or any part thereof, with or without prior notice. In addition, the Company shall not be held liable to you or to any third party for any alteration, modification, suspension and/or discontinuance of our Services, or any part thereof.

SECTION 6 – TERMINATION

As a member of www.techconsocal.com, you may cancel or terminate your account, associated email address and/or access to our Services by submitting a cancellation or termination request to: support@techconsocal.com

As a member, you agree that Company may, without any prior written notice, immediately suspend, terminate, discontinue and/or limit your account, any email associated with your account, and access to any of our Services. The cause for such termination, discontinuance, suspension and/or limitation of access shall include, but is not limited to:

any breach or violation of our Terms or any other incorporated agreement, regulation and/or guideline;
by way of requests from law enforcement or any other governmental agencies;
the discontinuance, alteration and/or material modification to our Services, or any part thereof;
any technical or security issues and/or problems;
any extended periods of inactivity;
any engagement by you in any fraudulent or illegal activities; and/or
the nonpayment of any associated fees that may be owed by you in connection with your https://www.techconsocal.com account Services.

Furthermore, you herein agree that any and all terminations, suspensions, discontinuances, and or limitations of access for cause shall be made at our sole discretion and that we shall not be liable to you or any other third party with regards to the termination of your account, associated email address and/or access to any of our Services.

The termination of access to www.techconsocal.com shall include any and/or all of the following:

the removal of any access to all or part of the Services offered within https://www.techconsocal.com; and
the barring of any further use of all or part of our Services.

SECTION 7 – LINKS

Either Company or any third parties may provide links to other websites and/or resources. Thus, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and as such, we do not endorse nor are we responsible or liable for any content, products, advertising or any other materials, on or available from such third-party sites or resources. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that Company shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any such damage or loss which may be a result of, caused or allegedly caused by or in connection with the use of or the reliance on any such content, goods or Services made available on or through any such site or resource.

SECTION 8 – WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS

YOU HEREIN EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:

THE USE OF COMPANY SERVICES ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK. OUR SERVICES AND SOFTWARE SHALL BE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND/OR “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. COMPANY AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

COMPANY AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO SUCH WARRANTIES THAT (i) COMPANY SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) TECHCON SOCAL SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THAT SUCH RESULTS WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE COMPANY SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv) QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) THAT ANY SUCH ERRORS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE SHALL BE CORRECTED.

ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED BY WAY OF COMPANY SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE ACCESSED BY YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND SOLE RISK, AND AS SUCH YOU SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER AND/OR INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOADING AND/OR DISPLAYING, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR MATERIAL.

NO ADVICE AND/OR INFORMATION, DESPITE WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, THAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY YOU FROM COMPANY OR BY WAY OF OR FROM OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.

SECTION 9 – LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT COMPANY AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THE LOSS OF ANY PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA AND/OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY THAT SAID DAMAGES MAY OCCUR, AND RESULT FROM:

THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICE;
THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES;
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR THE ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS AND/OR DATA;
STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY ON OUR SERVICE; AND
ANY OTHER MATTER WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO OUR SERVICE.

SECTION 10 – NOTICE

Company may furnish you with notices, including those with regards to any changes to the Terms, including but not limited to email, regular mail, postings on our Website Services, or other reasonable means currently known or any which may be herein after developed. Any such notice may not be received if you violate any aspects of the Terms by accessing our Services in an unauthorized manner. Your acceptance of this Agreement constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed our Services in an authorized manner.

SECTION 11 – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

You herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all of the Company trademarks, copyright, trade name, service marks, and other Company logos and any brand features, and/or product and service names are trademarks and as such, are and shall remain the property of Company. You herein agree not to display and/or use in any manner the Company logo or marks without obtaining Company’s prior written consent.

Company will always respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask that all of our users do the same. If you have any intellectual property concerns, please contact us at support@techconsocal.com.

SECTION 12 – ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms, along with our Privacy Policy https://techconsocal.com/privacy-policy/ Waiver of Liability https://techconsocal.com/waiver-liability/ and Conference Policies https://techconsocal.com/conference-policy/ constitute the entire agreement between you and Company and shall govern the use of our Services, superseding any prior agreement between you and the Company with respect to Company Services. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain Company Services, affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software.

SECTION 13 – CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM

It is at the mutual agreement of both you and Company with regard to the Agreement that the relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the state of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action and/or disputes, arising out of or relating to the Agreement, or the relationship between you and Company, shall be filed within the courts having jurisdiction within the County of San Diego, California or the U.S. District Court located in California. You and Company agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts as previously mentioned, and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts.

SECTION 14 – DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The Company requires you to submit any disputes arising from these Terms of Use or use of the Website, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination. For any and all disputes you may have with Company, you agree to first contact Company and attempt to resolve the dispute informally. In the unlikely event that Company has not been able to resolve a dispute within 30 days, you and Company each agree to resolve any claim, dispute, or controversy (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) in connection with the Services, including breach or alleged breach of this Agreement and other claims, by a one-day binding mediation.

Unless you and Company decide otherwise, mediation will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association in San Diego, California. You and Company will mutually decide on one mediator. Each party will be responsible for paying its own equally proportionate share of any filing, administrative, and mediation fees. The award rendered by the mediator shall include costs of mediation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and reasonable costs for experts and other witnesses, and any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this section shall prevent either party from seeking injunctive or equitable relief from the courts for matters related to intellectual property rights or unauthorized access to the Service.

SECTION 15 – FORCE MAJEURE

Company shall be excused from performance under this Agreement, to the extent it is prevented or delayed from performing, in whole or in part, as a result of an event or series of events caused by or resulting from: (a) weather conditions or other elements of nature or acts of God; (b) acts of war, acts of terrorism, insurrection, riots, civil disorders, or rebellion; (c) quarantines or embargoes; (d) labor strikes; (e) error or disruption to major computer hardware or networks or software failures; (g) pandemics or epidemics; or (h) other causes beyond the reasonable control of Company.

SECTION 16 – WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS

At any time, should Company fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreement, such failure shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 17 – GOVERNMENT REQUESTS

In order to cooperate with governmental requests, subpoenas or court orders, to protect our systems, or to ensure the integrity and operation of Company and systems, we may access and disclose any information we consider necessary or appropriate, including and without limitation, your information, IP address, and usage history. Our right to disclose any such information is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy https://techconsocal.com/privacy-policy/.

SECTION 18 – ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS

Occasionally there may be information on our Website that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers, product shipping charges, transit times and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any information on the Website or on any related Website is inaccurate at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order).

We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information on the Website or on any related site, including without limitation, pricing information, except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date applied on the Website or on any related site, should be taken to indicate that all information on the Website or on any related site has been modified or updated.

SECTION 19 – YOUR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS

This Website is operated by Company.

You can find information regarding the TechCon SoCal Conference Policies at https://techconsocal.com/conference-policy/

All feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to support@techconsocal.com.

For all legal inquiries, please reach out to support@techconsocal.com.