Last Updated: September 14, 2026
1. Acceptance of Terms
These Terms and Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“User”), and VOA-English (“we,” “us,” or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the https://voa-english.com website and its educational resources.
By accessing the site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all of these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with all of these terms, you are expressly prohibited from using the platform and must discontinue use immediately.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise indicated, VOA-English owns or licenses all proprietary educational articles, original text, organizational structure, graphics, and code on the site. All rights are reserved. Content is provided for your personal, non-commercial educational reading and language improvement only.
Except as expressly provided in these Terms, no part of the site may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever without our prior express written permission.
3. User Prohibitions
When accessing VOA-English, you agree not to:
- Systematically retrieve data or other content from the site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, database, or directory without written permission.
- Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the site or features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any content.
- Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the site.
- Use the site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
- Use automated scripts, bots, scrapers, or spiders to interact with our servers or index content beyond standard search engine indexing practices.
4. Educational Content & Modification
We reserve the right to modify, update, or discontinue any portion of our educational guides, curricula, or technical publications at our sole discretion without prior notice. We shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the site or its content.
5. Governing Law & Severability
These Terms and Conditions and your use of the website are governed by and construed in accordance with standard international internet statutes. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
6. Contact Information
To resolve an inquiry regarding these Terms and Conditions or to request permissions, please reach out to our legal administration at:
- Website: https://voa-english.com
- Email: contact@voa-english.com
- Editorial Desk: editorial@voa-english.com