Terms of Service
Last updated: September 23, 2026
Welcome to Offline And Onsite, a personal blog accessible at offlineandonsite.com that offers practical digital-life advice for tradespeople, field workers, and busy families who work and parent on the move. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) form a binding agreement between you and Offline And Onsite and govern your access to and use of the website, its articles, newsletters, comment features, downloadable checklists, and any other services we make available (together, the “Service”).
Offline And Onsite is operated by Derek Finch from Spokane, Washington, United States.
Please read these Terms carefully. They include important provisions about disclaimers, limitations of liability, and how disputes are handled. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you should stop using the Service.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By visiting offlineandonsite.com, browsing any page, subscribing to updates, submitting a comment, creating an account, or otherwise interacting with Offline And Onsite, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated here by reference.
You also confirm that you are at least 16 years old, or that you have the consent of a parent or legal guardian if your jurisdiction requires it. If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of a company, contracting business, crew, or other organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that organization, and “you” refers to both you and that organization.
If you do not accept these Terms in full, you must discontinue use of the Service immediately.
2. Description of the Service
Offline And Onsite publishes editorial content, guides, tool comparisons, workflow tips, and commentary aimed at readers whose work takes them away from a desk — electricians, plumbers, carpenters, delivery drivers, site supervisors, inspectors, travelling technicians, and the families who coordinate life around those schedules. Typical topics include rugged device selection, offline file access, mobile data management, scheduling and invoicing apps, shared family calendars, screen-time boundaries, and staying reachable in areas with poor connectivity.
The Service is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. Nothing published on offlineandonsite.com is professional advice. In particular, our content is not legal advice, tax or accounting advice, employment or licensing advice, safety-compliance certification, medical or psychological advice, or financial advice. Trade regulations, site safety codes, and licensing requirements vary widely by country, state, and municipality, and only a qualified professional familiar with your circumstances can advise you properly.
We may add, modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature or section of the Service at any time, with or without notice. We are not obliged to maintain any particular article, archive, tool, or download in perpetuity.
3. User Accounts and Responsibilities
Some parts of Offline And Onsite may require you to register an account or subscribe with an email address. When you do so, you agree to:
Provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and keep it updated;
Choose a strong password and keep your login credentials confidential;
Take responsibility for all activity that occurs under your account, whether or not you authorized it;
Notify us promptly at offlineandonsite.com/contact if you suspect unauthorized access to or use of your account;
Use only one account per person unless we have expressly agreed otherwise;
Refrain from transferring, selling, or sharing your account with any third party.
We may suspend, restrict, or delete any account that we reasonably believe has been used in violation of these Terms, has been compromised, or has remained inactive for an extended period. We are not liable for any loss arising from your failure to safeguard your credentials.
4. Acceptable Use
You agree to use the Service lawfully and respectfully. Without limiting the general rule, you must not:
Violate any applicable law, regulation, or third-party right while using offlineandonsite.com;
Post or transmit material that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, hateful, threatening, obscene, discriminatory, or invasive of another person’s privacy;
Impersonate any person or organization, including staff or contributors of Offline And Onsite, or misrepresent your affiliation with a trade body, employer, or brand;
Upload viruses, malware, or any code designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to systems, accounts, or data;
Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service, or breach any security or authentication measure;
Use automated scrapers, crawlers, bots, or data-harvesting tools to extract content from the Service, except for well-behaved search-engine indexing that respects our robots directives;
Republish, mirror, or resell substantial portions of our content without written permission;
Post unsolicited advertising, affiliate spam, chain messages, or repetitive promotional material;
Interfere with other users’ enjoyment of the Service or place an unreasonable load on our infrastructure;
Collect personal information about other users without their consent.
We reserve the right — but assume no obligation — to monitor activity, investigate suspected violations, remove content, and cooperate with law enforcement where appropriate.
5. Intellectual Property
All content published on Offline And Onsite at offlineandonsite.com — including articles, guides, headlines, editorial photography, illustrations, diagrams, checklists, templates, page layouts, site design, logos, and the compilation and arrangement of all of the foregoing — is owned by Offline And Onsite or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view the Service for your own personal or internal business use. You may print or save individual articles for personal reference, and you may quote short excerpts with clear attribution and a link back to the original page on offlineandonsite.com.
You may not, without our prior written consent:
Reproduce, republish, or distribute entire articles or substantial portions of the Service;
Create derivative works, translations, or adaptations of our content for public distribution;
Use our name, logo, or brand identity in a way that suggests endorsement or partnership;
Use our content to train, fine-tune, or benchmark machine-learning systems;
Remove or obscure any copyright, trademark, or attribution notice.
Third-party trademarks, product names, and tool logos mentioned in our reviews and comparisons remain the property of their respective owners and are used for identification and commentary purposes only.
6. User Content
The Service may allow you to submit comments, questions, tips, reviews, photographs of job-site setups, or other material (“User Content”). You retain ownership of your User Content.
By submitting User Content, you grant Offline And Onsite a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, adapt, publish, display, and distribute that content in connection with operating and promoting the Service, in any media now known or later developed. This license continues even if you later stop using the Service, to the extent your content has been incorporated into published material or archives.
You represent and warrant that:
You own or have all necessary rights to the User Content you submit;
Your User Content does not infringe any copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, confidentiality, or other right;
Your User Content does not disclose a client’s, employer’s, or colleague’s confidential information, site details, or personal data without permission;
Your User Content complies with the Acceptable Use rules in Section 4.
We may edit, refuse to publish, or remove any User Content at our discretion, including for length, clarity, relevance, or policy compliance. We are not responsible for User Content submitted by others, and opinions expressed in comments are those of their authors, not of Offline And Onsite.
If you believe material on offlineandonsite.com infringes your intellectual property rights, contact us through the channels in Section 13 with a description of the work, the URL of the allegedly infringing material, and a statement of your good-faith belief and authority to act.
7. Third-Party Links, Tools, and Affiliate Relationships
Offline And Onsite frequently discusses apps, devices, carriers, and services operated by third parties, and we may link to them. Those links are provided for convenience and information only. We do not control third-party sites, and we are not responsible for their content, pricing, availability, security practices, or privacy policies. Your dealings with any third party are solely between you and that party.
Some links on offlineandonsite.com may be affiliate or referral links, meaning we may earn a commission if you make a purchase. This never changes the price you pay and does not dictate our editorial opinions, but you should treat every recommendation as a starting point for your own research rather than an endorsement of suitability for your specific trade, site conditions, or family situation.
8. Disclaimers
THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT ON offlineandonsite.com ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Offline And Onsite disclaims all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, accuracy, and non-infringement.
We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free; that defects will be corrected; or that the Service is free of viruses or harmful components. Articles reflect our understanding at the time of writing; apps change, hardware is discontinued, carrier plans are revised, and regulations are amended. You are responsible for verifying that any advice, setting, tool, or workflow suits your own equipment, contract obligations, safety requirements, and household arrangements before relying on it.
Nothing on Offline And Onsite substitutes for manufacturer instructions, employer policy, site safety procedures, or professional guidance. Never rely on a consumer-grade app or connectivity tip for life-safety, emergency, or lone-worker situations without proper professional equipment and procedures in place.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Offline And Onsite, its owners, editors, contributors, and contractors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, lost jobs or contracts, lost wages, loss of data, device damage, data-plan overage charges, business interruption, or loss of goodwill, arising out of or relating to your use of or inability to use the Service, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other legal theory, and whether or not we were advised of the possibility of such damages.
Where liability cannot be excluded, our total aggregate liability to you for all claims relating to the Service shall not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you paid us, if any, in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) fifty US dollars (USD 50).
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you. In those cases, our liability is limited to the smallest extent permitted by law, and nothing in these Terms limits liability for fraud, death, or personal injury caused by our negligence where such limitation is unlawful.
10. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Offline And Onsite and its owners, editors, contributors, and service providers from and against any claims, demands, actions, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use of the Service; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of any law or third-party right, including intellectual property, privacy, and confidentiality rights; (d) any User Content you submit; or (e) any dispute between you and another user or third party connected with the Service.
We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense of that claim.
11. Termination
You may stop using the Service at any time and may request deletion of your account or newsletter subscription by contacting us. We may suspend or terminate your access to offlineandonsite.com, in whole or in part, immediately and without prior notice, if we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms, created risk or legal exposure for us, or engaged in conduct harmful to other users.
Upon termination, your license to use the Service ends immediately. Sections concerning intellectual property, User Content licenses, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law survive termination. We may retain certain records as required by law or as described in our Privacy Policy.
12. Governing Law, Disputes, and Changes to These Terms
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. You and we agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Spokane County, Washington, except that consumers may retain the right to bring proceedings in their country or state of residence where mandatory local law provides for this.
Before commencing formal proceedings, we ask that you contact us so we can attempt to resolve the matter informally. Most concerns can be settled quickly through direct communication.
We may revise these Terms from time to time to reflect changes to the Service, our practices, or legal requirements. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page and, for material changes, provide a more prominent notice on offlineandonsite.com or by email to registered subscribers. Your continued use of the Service after revised Terms take effect constitutes acceptance of the changes. If you disagree with a revision, your remedy is to stop using the Service.
If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, that provision will be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force. Our failure to enforce any right is not a waiver of that right. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Offline And Onsite regarding the Service.
13. Contact Information
Questions, complaints, takedown requests, or licensing enquiries about these Terms or the Service can be directed to the editorial team at Offline And Onsite through the contact page available at offlineandonsite.com/contact, or by email at [email protected].
To help us respond quickly, please include:
Your name and a reliable reply address;
The URL of the page or article your message concerns;
A clear description of the issue, request, or claim;
Any supporting details, screenshots, or documentation.
We aim to acknowledge legitimate enquiries within a reasonable period. Thank you for reading Offline And Onsite — and for using the Service responsibly, whether you are on a rooftop, in a van, or catching up on the sofa after a long shift.