The Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. ("the Center") is a non-profit corporation that provides this website (cteviction.guide) and the Form Filler tool available on it (cteviction.guide/forms) as a free service to:
- Connecticut residents who rent their homes, and
- Lawyers and their staff giving not-for-profit or reduced-fee legal help to such individuals.
When you use this website you agree to all of the terms listed below. Please read them carefully. The Center may update these terms of use at any time with or without notice. Please review these Terms of Use on a regular basis for any such changes. All updates become effective when posted.
Using this site means you agree to review and follow these:
- Terms of Use,
- All updates, and
- Other rules posted at this site.
Together, these terms, updates, and other rules form the complete agreement between you and the Center. The most recent version always supersedes any previous version, whether oral or written.
Important disclaimers
- This website does not constitute legal advice. Your use of this website does not create any attorney-client relationship or any other fiduciary relationship between you and the Connecticut Fair Housing Center. For legal advice and/or representation, contact a lawyer. Go to the Legal Help section of this website for information on how to apply for free legal help or contact a private attorney that charges for their services.
- We use our best efforts to prepare the forms on this website and to keep them up to date. Changes to the law or court practices may make any forms available on and filled when using this website unenforceable or inapplicable.
- This website is offered completely without warranty, including an implied warranty of fitness. The Center disclaims all liability for your use of information on this website or your reliance on any forms completed using this website’s Form Filler tool.
- You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Center, its board of directors, and its employees for all claims arising out of your use of this website or its Form Filler tool.
- The Center does not offer technical support for the Form Filler tool provided on this website.
- You should not assume that any information you enter is confidential or will be protected by any attorney-client confidentiality, privilege, or work-product designation. If you are concerned about the disclosure of something you might enter, you should talk to a lawyer before you do so.
- Do not use this system to conduct unauthorized practice of law. If you do, you may face civil or criminal liability.
How you are allowed to use this website
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This website and its Form Filler tool are intended for use by individuals who rent their homes in the state of Connecticut and lawyers and their staff giving not-for-profit or reduced-fee legal help to such individuals. This website and its Form Filler tool are intended to assist individuals who rent their homes in the state of Connecticut in learning about the eviction process and representing themselves in summary process eviction court cases. By using this website, you are agreeing that you will only use this website for its intended use.
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Commercial use is not allowed. The Center retains the copyright to all content on this website.
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You may not re-sell access to this website or its Form Filler tool.
- This website may be used by lawyers and their staff giving not-for-profit or reduced-fee legal help to such individuals who rent their homes in the state of Connecticut. When you use this website as an advocate, you agree that you alone are responsible for:
- Protecting your client’s and your interests,
- Using your own professional judgment to apply any information from this site to the facts and circumstances of your case,
- Verifying any information you get from this site,
- Personally assuring that your advice is based on accurate and complete information and research from any available sources, and
- Complying with all rules and ethical standards that may apply to you.
- Excessive use, abuse, or any use that interferes with the use of the system by others is not allowed.
What information we collect from you
- We collect certain information that you type in the Form Filler tool, specifically your name, address, case docket number, and the forms you select.
- If you use the option to “save and continue later,” all information you’ve typed into the Form Filler tool will be stored on our servers for 180 days so that you can return to it using a unique link and complete your forms at a later time without having to start over.
- The PDF(s) of any forms created using the Form Filler tool are retained on the Center’s servers for no more than 24 hours.
- We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate this website, including through the use of cookies. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is needed to maintain the security and operation of this website, to improve its features and services, and for our internal analytics purposes to understand who uses the site.
How we use your information
- We collect certain information that you type in the Form Filler tool, specifically your name, address, case docket number, and the forms you select.
- If you use the option to “save and continue later,” all information you’ve typed into the Form Filler tool will be stored on our servers for 180 days so that you can return to it using a unique link and complete your forms at a later time without having to start over.
- The PDF(s) of any forms created using the Form Filler tool are retained on the Center’s servers for no more than 24 hours.
- We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate this website, including through the use of cookies. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use this website, and other technical information. This information is needed to maintain the security and operation of this website, to improve its features and services, and for our internal analytics purposes to understand who uses the site.
How we use and protect your information
- We may disclose certain information about your device, location, and usage of this website with third-party website analytics services, including Google Analytics, in order to better understand the demographics of those who use this site, to tailor and improve the services it provides, and to prevent unauthorized use.
- We will never sell or share your data with any other third-party or advertiser.
- All information sent to our servers and sent back to you is encrypted with standard HTTPS SSL encryption to protect it from other users on your network or in between your computer and the Center. Your information is never sent over an unencrypted channel.
- Access to the basic information we collect (as described in the “What information we collect” section above) is limited to logged-in and authorized employees of the Center, and will only be used to evaluate and improve the services we offer to Connecticut renters.
- However: if you share your unique link to the website’s Form Filler tool, any person with that link will have access to the responses you typed into the Form Filler tool and any forms you completed.
If any term or condition set out in this Terms of Use is held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions will continue in full force.
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Connecticut and deemed to be entered into by you and the Center.
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