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Contact and address

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Updates

When these terms change in a way that meaningfully alters the bargain, we will add a short note at the top of the page with the season of the edit, not because we want to create anxiety about “versions,” but because trust benefits from a visible trail. A reader who has linked to a paragraph should be able to see whether the context still matches.

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