Terms & Privacy Policy

Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Brooke Roberts Creative LLC DBA The New Dorothy · Brand Equity · Inside Study Abroad · The Study Abroad Journal Last updated: May 2026

By using any website owned or operated by Brooke Roberts Creative LLC — including its brands The New Dorothy, Brand Equity, Inside Study Abroad, and The Study Abroad Journal ("we," "us," "our") — you agree to the terms and policies outlined on this page. If you don't agree, please discontinue use of the site. We may update these terms at any time, and your continued use of the site constitutes acceptance of any changes.

Contact: hello at brookeroberts dot co

Terms of Use

General Usage

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason, at any time. You agree not to disrupt, modify, or interfere with our websites, their associated software, hardware, or servers — and not to impede others' use of the site. You also agree not to alter or tamper with any information or materials on or associated with our websites.

Your Account & Password

Your right to use our websites is personal to you. You may not sublicense, transfer, sell, or assign that right to anyone else without our prior written approval. Any attempt to do so is null and void.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for all activity on your account. If you believe your account is no longer secure, change your password immediately and contact us at hello at brookeroberts dot co.

Intellectual Property

All content, information, and software on our websites is protected under U.S. and international intellectual property laws, including copyright, trademark, service mark, and patent protections. You agree not to sell, rewrite, modify, redistribute, create derivative works from, or rent any part of our websites or content without our express authorization. You may not remove any copyright notices from our materials.

License

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited, and revocable license to use our websites and services subject to these terms. This license does not include unauthorized copying, distribution, or creation of derivative works.

Content You Provide

If you upload materials, content, or information to areas of our websites available to other users, you grant us an irrevocable, perpetual license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, and publicly display that content.

Restrictions

In connection with your use of our websites, you may not post, email, transmit, or otherwise distribute content that infringes on the intellectual property or privacy rights of others; is unlawful, harmful, obscene, defamatory, harassing, or abusive; harms minors in any way; or contains viruses or other harmful code. You also may not collect information about others, interfere with our servers, allow others to use your account, or violate any applicable law.

Affiliate Disclosure

We may earn a commission when you purchase products through affiliate links on our websites. You will not pay more by using an affiliate link.

Disclaimers

We provide our websites "as is," "with all faults," and "as available." We make no express warranties or guarantees. To the extent permitted by law, we disclaim all implied warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not guarantee any particular results from using our websites, and we are not liable for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or exemplary damages — including lost profits, lost data, or work stoppage — even if we knew or should have known of the possibility of such damages.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless — including our officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers — from any claims, actions, demands, liabilities, and settlements (including reasonable legal fees) resulting from your violation of these terms.

Copyright Concerns

If you believe any materials on our websites infringe your copyright or other legal rights, contact us at hello at brookeroberts dot co to request removal.

Termination

We may, without prior notice, discontinue our websites (or any part thereof), eliminate your account, or remove any information you provided — temporarily or permanently. Reasons may include violations of these terms, law enforcement requests, your own request, changes to our websites, or technical or security issues.

Governing Law & Disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Any disputes will be resolved exclusively by a court located in Missouri. By agreeing to these terms, you consent to the jurisdiction and venue of Missouri courts, waive claims based on the laws of other jurisdictions, and submit to the personal jurisdiction of Missouri courts for resolving any disputes.

Assignment

We may assign this agreement at any time without notice. You may not assign it to anyone else.

Entire Agreement

These terms and the policies posted on our websites constitute the entire agreement between you and us. If any part is found invalid or unenforceable, it will be interpreted as closely as possible to the original intent, and the remaining portions remain in full force.

Acceptance

Your continued use of our websites constitutes acceptance of these terms and serves as the equivalent of an electronic signature. Users must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.

Privacy Policy

We are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy.

Users Under 18

Our websites are not intended for users under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you are under 18, please do not use or interact with our websites.

Information We Collect

We collect non-personally-identifying information that browsers and servers typically make available — such as browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visit — to better understand how people use our websites.

We also collect personal information depending on how you interact with us:

Email sign-ups: Your email address, so we can send you the content you requested and information about related offerings.
Purchases: Your name, email address, billing information, and payment details, to process your transaction.
Comment forms or questions: Your name, email address, and the content of your message, so we can respond.

In each case, we only collect what's necessary to complete the interaction.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to deliver the content or services you requested, process transactions, respond to your questions, and occasionally send updates about new features or offerings (if you've provided your email address). We do not rent or sell your personal information to anyone.

Who Has Access to Your Information

We share personal information only with contractors and affiliated organizations that need it to process data on our behalf or to provide services through our websites — and who have agreed not to disclose it to others. These may include payment processors, email marketing platforms, survey tools, product hosting platforms, and website design or development services.

Beyond our contractors, we disclose personal information only in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request, or when we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights, the rights of third parties, or the public.

Some contractors or affiliated organizations may be located outside your home country. By using our websites, you consent to the transfer of your information to them.

Cookies & Tracking

We use cookies and similar technologies — including social media pixels — to understand how visitors use our websites, what interests them, and how they respond to marketing. These cookies can be blocked by changing your browser settings.

We may use pixels to tailor advertising on social media platforms, in compliance with each platform's policies.

Ads on our websites may be delivered by advertising partners who set their own cookies. These cookies allow ad servers to recognize your computer and compile information to deliver targeted ads. This privacy policy covers only our use of cookies, not those set by advertisers.

Business Transfers

In the unlikely event that we sell our websites, go out of business, or enter bankruptcy, user information may be transferred to or acquired by a third party. By using our websites, you acknowledge that such transfers may occur.

For Users in the European Union

If you are located in the EU, the following additional rights apply to you under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

Right to be informed — this policy serves that purpose.
Right of access — you may request access to the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification or erasure — you may ask us to correct or delete your data.
Right to restrict or object to processing — you may request that we limit or stop processing your data.
Right to data portability — you may request a copy of your data in a portable format.

Your data is collected and held in the United States and is not transferred to third countries.

For any consent-based communications, you can withdraw consent at any time by contacting us or clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello at brookeroberts dot co.

Data Controller (GDPR): Brooke Roberts Creative LLC DBA The New Dorothy · Brand Equity · Inside Study Abroad · The Study Abroad Journal hello at brookeroberts dot co

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy at any time. We encourage you to check this page regularly. Your continued use of our websites after changes are made constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

If you have questions, comments, or concerns about these terms or this privacy policy, please contact us at hello at brookeroberts dot co.