Terms of Use

Effective date: October 28, 2026

1. Acceptance of these Terms

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your use of shankertech.com (the "Site"), operated by STS Consulting Group, LLC ("STS Consulting Group," "STS," "we," "us," "our").

By using the Site, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the Site. If you use the Site for a company or other organization, you confirm you are allowed to accept these Terms for it. Our Privacy Policy (/privacy/) explains how we collect and use information, including through analytics and cookies.

2. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We'll post the new version on this page and change the effective date at the top. If you keep using the Site after a change, you accept the updated Terms.

3. Using the Site

You may use the Site to learn about STS and our services and to contact us for legitimate business purposes. You agree not to:

use the Site in a way that breaks any law or regulation;
try to gain unauthorized access to the Site, its hosting, or any systems or accounts connected to it, or interfere with its security or operation;
upload or send viruses, malware or other harmful code;
send spam, automated or bulk form submissions, or false information through our forms;
impersonate any person or company, or misrepresent your connection to anyone;
copy, scrape or harvest Site content or data by automated means, other than normal search engine indexing; or
frame or mirror the Site, or use it to build a competing product or service.

We may suspend or block access to the Site for anyone who breaks these Terms.

4. Our content and intellectual property

The Site and its content, including text, graphics, logos, page design and the STS Consulting Group name and logo, are owned by STS or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. We give you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable permission to view the Site and to print or save pages for your own internal business use. You may not otherwise copy, change, distribute, sell or create works based on Site content without our written permission.

Third-party names and marks, including AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, belong to their owners. Describing STS as an "AWS, Azure and Google Cloud partner" does not mean those companies endorse the Site's content or any particular statement on it.

5. No professional advice and no client relationship

Content on the Site is general information about our services and approach. It is not technical, security, compliance, legal, financial or other professional advice for your situation, and you should not rely on it as such.

Using the Site, submitting a form, emailing us, or taking part in a Free Discovery Call does not create a client, consulting, advisory or other professional relationship between you and STS, and does not oblige either of us to do anything further. A client relationship begins only when you and STS both sign a written agreement (for example, a master services agreement and statement of work).

The Free Discovery Call is free and carries no obligation. Any observations we share during it are preliminary and informal, are based only on what you tell us, and are not a deliverable.

Examples, figures and descriptions of past work on the Site are for illustration. Results depend on each client's circumstances, and we don't promise any particular outcome.

Please don't send us confidential or sensitive information through the Site. If you need to share confidential information, ask us first so we can put a confidentiality agreement in place.

6. Your submissions

When you send us information through the Site, you confirm that it is accurate, that you have the right to share it, and that it does not include anyone else's confidential information. We handle personal information as described in our Privacy Policy (/privacy/).

If you send us ideas, suggestions or feedback about our services or the Site, you agree we may use them without any obligation to you, and we will not treat them as confidential. This does not apply to information covered by a signed agreement between you and STS.

7. Third-party links and services

The Site may link to, or use, services run by others, such as articles about STS, video meeting tools and online form providers. We don't control those sites or services and aren't responsible for their content, policies or practices. Your use of them is governed by their own terms.

8. Disclaimers

THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, STS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND ACCURACY. WE DON'T PROMISE THAT THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE, ERROR-FREE OR SECURE, OR THAT ITS CONTENT IS COMPLETE OR UP TO DATE.

9. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, STS AND ITS OWNERS, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, EVEN IF WE WERE TOLD SUCH DAMAGES WERE POSSIBLE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SITE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR USE OF THE SITE IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) US$100.

These limits do not apply to liability that cannot be limited by law, and they do not change the terms of any signed agreement between you and STS.

10. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless STS and its owners, affiliates, officers, employees and contractors from any claims, losses, damages, liabilities and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your misuse of the Site or your breach of these Terms.

11. Governing law and where disputes are heard

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising from or related to the Site or these Terms will be heard only in the state or federal courts located in Travis County, Texas, and you and STS agree to the jurisdiction of those courts.

12. Ending access

We may change, suspend or stop any part of the Site at any time, and may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms. Sections 4 through 11 and 13 continue to apply after your access ends.

13. General

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the whole agreement between you and STS about the Site. If you and STS have a signed agreement, that agreement controls if it conflicts with these Terms. If any part of these Terms can't be enforced, the rest stays in effect. Our failure to enforce any part of these Terms is not a waiver. You may not transfer your rights under these Terms; we may transfer ours, including to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of our business. The Site is intended for businesses in the United States.

14. Contact us

STS Consulting Group, LLC

General questions: hello@shankertech.com
Privacy questions: privacy@shankertech.com (see our Privacy Policy at /privacy/)
Legal notices: hello@shankertech.com