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Terms of Use

Last updated: May 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of The KristiKay Diary, located at kristikaywrites.com (the "Site"). The Site is owned and operated by NOIQUE CO. LLC ("we," "us," or "our"). By accessing or using the Site, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the Site.

1. Editorial content and disclaimers

Articles reflect the personal opinions and research of the author at the time of publication. Content is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not:

  • Medical, dermatological, or other health advice — always consult a qualified clinician about your specific situation.
  • Legal, tax, or financial advice — consult a licensed professional.
  • A substitute for product instructions, warnings, or labeling — read those.

We make no representation or warranty that information on the Site is current, complete, accurate, or fit for any particular purpose. Reliance on the content is at your own risk.

2. Affiliate links and sponsored content

Some posts contain affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you make a purchase through them, at no extra cost to you. We disclose this clearly throughout the Site. Affiliate relationships do not influence our editorial judgments — see the Affiliate Disclosure for the full picture, including the current program list and labeling conventions.

3. Intellectual property

Original written content, photography, illustrations, and graphics on the Site are © 2026 NOIQUE CO. LLC, all rights reserved. The "KristiKay Diary" name and logo are unregistered trademarks of NOIQUE CO. LLC.

What you may do:

  • Quote brief excerpts (≤ 100 words) under fair-use principles, with attribution and a clear link back to the source page.
  • Share post URLs on social media or in private communication.
  • Save articles for personal, non-commercial reading.

What requires our written permission:

  • Republishing full articles, in whole or substantial part.
  • Using our content in any commercial product, course, app, dataset, or AI training corpus.
  • Mirroring or aggregating the Site or its RSS feed beyond personal-reader use.
  • Translating articles for redistribution.

Permission requests: email [email protected] with the URL of the article and how you'd like to use it.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

  • Scrape, crawl, mirror, or systematically download the Site beyond what's reasonably required for personal browsing or feed reading.
  • Use automated tools (bots, scripts) that interfere with normal Site operation, evade rate limits, or hit the Site at unreasonable rates.
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code beyond what's served to a normal browser.
  • Submit spam, malware, or harmful content via comments, the contact form, or any other input.
  • Use the Site to harass, defame, or harm any person.
  • Impersonate the author, the operator, or any other person, or misrepresent affiliation with us.
  • Bypass any technical access control or security measure.
  • Use Site content to train any machine-learning system without our written permission.

We may suspend or block access to anyone who violates these terms, without notice and without liability.

5. User-submitted content

If you submit a comment, contact-form message, or any other content to the Site, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, display, and modify that submission for the purpose of operating the Site (e.g., showing your comment under the post). You retain ownership of your submission. You're responsible for what you submit; don't submit anything you don't have the right to share.

6. Third-party content and links

The Site embeds and links to third-party content (YouTube videos, social-media posts, merchant pages, scientific articles, etc.). We don't control those resources, don't endorse them except where explicitly stated, and aren't responsible for their content, accuracy, availability, or privacy practices. Following an outbound link is at your own discretion.

7. DMCA / copyright complaints

We respect intellectual-property rights. If you believe content on the Site infringes your copyright, send a written notice to [email protected] with the subject line "DMCA notice" and include:

  1. An identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed.
  2. The URL on the Site where the infringing material appears.
  3. Your contact information (name, email, phone, mailing address).
  4. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  5. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
  6. Your physical or electronic signature.

We will review valid notices and may remove or disable access to the material. Repeat infringers will be denied further access. Counter-notices may be sent to the same address.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.

9. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NOIQUE CO. LLC AND ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUES, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE — EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or relating to the Site is limited to USD $100 or the amount you paid us in the prior twelve months for use of the Site (whichever is greater). Some jurisdictions don't allow these limits, in which case they apply to the maximum extent allowed.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold NOIQUE CO. LLC harmless from any claim, demand, or damages (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your use of the Site, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of any third-party right.

11. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site at any time, for any reason, with or without notice. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, governing law) survive.

12. Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute arising under these Terms will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Colorado, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there. The U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

13. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or struck if modification isn't possible, and the remaining provisions will remain in full effect.

14. Entire agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Affiliate Disclosure, constitute the entire agreement between you and NOIQUE CO. LLC regarding your use of the Site. They supersede any prior agreement or understanding on the same subject.

15. Changes

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be announced at the top of this page for 30 days. The "Last updated" date reflects the most recent change. Continued use of the Site after a change means you accept the revised Terms.

16. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email [email protected]. For DMCA notices, use the same address with "DMCA notice" in the subject line.