SelfHelpWorks.com
TERMS OF USE
Welcome to the Lifestyle Management Programs
provided by Selfhelpworks.com Inc and its Distribution Partners. This site (this ""Site"") is
comprised of various Web pages owned and operated by Selfhelpworks.com, Inc. or
its affiliates (""Selfhelpworks"") for:
1) Your personal information and use or
2) The purpose of you or your agents to make decisions regarding a
potential business relationship with Selfhelpworks.com Inc.
Your submission of information to and access and
use of this Site is subject to the terms and conditions of the terms of service
set forth below (the ""Terms of Service""). By submitting information
to and/or accessing and browsing this Site you accept and agree to abide by,
without limitation or qualification, the Terms of Service. If you do not agree
to be bound by the Terms of Service, you may not use this Site. IMPORTANT --
YOU MUST READ THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. BY ENTERING THIS SITE, YOU
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS OF SERVICE. THIS SITE IS OWNED,
CONTROLLED AND OPERATED BY SELFHELPWORKS.COM, INC. SELFHELPWORKS RESERVES THE
RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO MODIFY, ALTER OR OTHERWISE UPDATE THE TERMS
OF SERVICE AT ANY TIME AND, BY ENTERING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
SUCH MODIFICATIONS, ALTERATIONS OR UPDATES AS WELL.
1. THE SITE DOES
NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. This Site offers online
training programs, including smoking cessation, weight, and alcohol programs,
designed to enable participants to break free of their addictive behavior, with
a method called structural cognitive training (the ""Program""). The
Site, and the Program, are for educational purposes only. Nothing contained in
the Site, or the Program, is intended to be instructional for medical diagnosis
or treatment. The information should not be considered complete, nor should it
be relied on to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual. The
Program, and any other content such as text, graphics, images, information
obtained from Selfhelpworks' licensors, and other material, are not intended to
be substitutes for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always
seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any
questions you may have regarding a medical condition, and before embarking on a
new treatment, diet, or exercise program. Never disregard professional medical
advice or delay in seeking such advice because of something you have read on
the Site. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911
immediately. Selfhelpworks does not recommend or endorse any specific tests,
products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on
the Site. Reliance on any information provided by Selfhelpworks, Selfhelpworks
employees, others appearing on the Site at the invitation of Selfhelpworks, or
other visitors to the Site is solely at your own risk. The Site may contain
health or medical-related materials which you find explicit or otherwise
offensive. Selfhelpworks, its licensors, and its suppliers have no control over
and accept no responsibility for such materials. You are solely responsible for
compliance with the laws applicable to your country of residence.
2. Copyrights. All of the material on this Site, whether graphical, textual, audio,
video, computer code, or software, or a combination thereof, are protected by
copyrights which are owned and controlled by Selfhelpworks, or by third parties
that have licensed their material to Selfhelpworks or are advertisers on
www.selfhelpworks.com, and may not be copied, modified, reproduced,
republished, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way without the express
written permission from Selfhelpworks. All contents of the Site are copyrighted
under: Copyright © 2001 Selfhelpworks.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
3. Trademarks. www.selfhelpworks.com™ and the names of other Selfhelpworks products
and services referenced herein are trademarks of Selfhelpworks.
4. License and
Site Access. Selfhelpworks grants you a limited license to
1) access and make personal use of this Site or
2) access and make use of this Site for the purpose of making decisions
regarding a potential business relationship with Selfhelpworks.com, Inc., and
not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it,
except with prior express written consent of Selfhelpworks.
This license does not include any resale or
commercial use of this Site or its contents; any collection and use of any
product or service listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of
this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information
for the benefit of another merchant or service provider; or any use of data
mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This Site or
any portion of this Site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold,
resold, visited or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the
express written consent of Selfhelpworks. You may not frame or utilize framing
techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information
(including images, text, page layout, or form) of Selfhelpworks and our
affiliates without our prior express written consent. You may not use any
meta-tags or any other ""hidden text"" utilizing Selfhelpworks’ name or
trademarks without the express written consent of Selfhelpworks. Any
unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Selfhelpworks.
You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a
hyperlink to the home page of Selfhelpworks so long as the link does not
portray Selfhelpworks, its affiliates, or their products or services in a
false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use
any Selfhelpworks logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the
link without express written permission.
5. Submission of
Information. If you use this site, you are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for
restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for
all activities that occur under your account or password. Selfhelpworks and its
affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or
edit content. Any communication or material you transmit to the web site by
electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments,
suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and
non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of
Selfhelpworks, and may be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to,
reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting.
6. Use of
Information. This Site contains information which may be
derived in whole or in part from materials and information supplied by other
sources. Selfhelpworks makes no representation or warranty, express or implied,
and assumes no responsibility or legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, timeliness or quality of any information contained in this Site,
which is subject to deletion, addition and change at any time without notice
from Selfhelpworks. Selfhelpworks does not ensure the accuracy, endorse or
recommend any information and your use of any such information is at your own
risk. The information contained on this Site cannot be considered complete and
Selfhelpworks undertakes no commitment to update the information contained on
this Site within a particular period of time. It is the responsibility of each
user of any portion of the Site to ascertain the accuracy of any information before
entering into any commitment (financial or otherwise) or undertaking any course
of action based upon the information contained in this Site.
7. Disclaimer of
Warranties. THE USE OF THE SELFHELPWORKS SITE AND THE PROGRAM
IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ALL OF THE INFORMATION, SERVICES AND MATERIALS ON THIS
SITE ARE PROVIDED ""AS IS"" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO
INFORMATION, ADVICE, OR GUIDANCE, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, RECEIVED BY YOU FROM
SELFHELPWORKS OR THIS SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY.
8. Limitation of
Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL SELFHELPWORKS BE LIABLE TO ANY
PERSON OR ENTITY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONS OR ENTITIES WHO MAY
SUBMIT INFORMATION TO, USE OR RELY ON THIS SITE OR TO WHOM ANY INFORMATION ON
THIS SITE MAY BE FURNISHED, FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER
WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL
DEATH, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, BASED UPON OR RESULTING
FROM ANY USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THIS SITE OR ANY INFORMATION OR OPINIONS
CONTAINED HEREIN, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY
OR OTHERWISE. SELFHELPWORKS IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING
DEATH, CAUSED BY YOUR USE OR MISUSE OF THE SITE, OR THE PROGRAM. BECAUSE SOME
STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU. FURTHER, SELFHELPWORKS SHALL NOT BE IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT
OR OMISSIONS OF THIRD PARTIES THAT HAVE POSTED INFORMATION ON THIS SITE OR FOR
ANY INFORMATION POSTED ON THIS SITE BY SUCH PARTIES.
9. Third Party
Sites. As a convenience to users, Selfhelpworks may
provide links on the Site to Web sites maintained by others. Selfhelpworks has
not necessarily reviewed such sites and is not responsible for the contents or
availability of such sites or for products or services offered on such sites.
Selfhelpworks shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for
any damage or loss caused or claimed to have been caused by use of any such
sites or the content, goods, services, or advertisements contained on or
available via such sites. Links have been provided for your convenience and the
inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Selfhelpworks of the site
or any association with the site’s owners or operators.
10. Privacy
Policy. Pursuant to Selfhelpworks’ privacy policy, we may
disclose to third parties certain aggregate information contained in your
registration or other information or related data, provided that, such
information will not include personally identifying information, except as
specifically authorized by you or in the good faith belief that such action is
reasonably necessary to comply with the law, legal process, to enforce the
Terms of Service, or under any of the other circumstances set forth in our
privacy policy, as may be amended from time to time.
11.
Indemnification. Each user of this Site agrees to indemnify, defend
and hold Selfhelpworks harmless from and against any and all third party
claims, liabilities, costs, or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
arising out of or resulting from (a) such user’s breach of any provision of
these Terms of Service, (b) such user’s negligence or willful misconduct, or
(c) a claim that information submitted to this Site infringes the intellectual
property or proprietary rights of a third party.
12. General. This Site is controlled and operated by Selfhelpworks from its offices
within the State of California, United States of America. Selfhelpworks makes
no representation that the materials on this Site are appropriate or available
for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this Site from other
locations do so on their own initiative and at their own risk and are
responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent applicable.
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to
conflicts of law, as they are applied to agreements entered into and to be
performed entirely within the State of California. Any action you, any third
party, or Selfhelpworks brings to enforce these Terms of Service or in
connection with any matters relating to this Site shall be brought only in
either the state or federal courts located in San Diego County, California, and
you expressly consent to the jurisdiction of said courts. If any provision of
these Terms of Service shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable,
then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Service and
shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement and understanding
between you and Selfhelpworks and supersede any prior or contemporaneous
agreements or understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the matters contained
herein.
13. Term and
Termination. These Terms of Service are effective until
terminated by either you or Selfhelpworks. You may terminate the Terms of
Service at any time by discontinuing your use of this Site and destroying all
materials obtained from it. The provisions contained under the headings
Copyrights, Trademarks, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability,
Indemnification and General shall survive any such termination.
PRIVACY POLICY
Selfhelpworks Inc., is committed to protecting the
privacy and security of individuals who visit Selfhelpworks web site(s) (the
“Site”). The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you as to what
information may be collected from you when visiting the Site, how such
information will be used by Selfhelpworks and/or other persons or entities,
with whom such information may be shared, your choices regarding the
collection, use and distribution of such information, your ability to edit,
update, correct or delete such information and the security procedures that we
have implemented to protect your privacy.
By accessing the Site, and making use of the services provided on, and
in connection with the Site, you expressly consent to the terms and conditions
of this Privacy Policy. If you do not
agree with this Privacy Policy, you may not access the Site.
Collection of
Information When
visiting the Site, you may be asked for certain types of personally
identifiable information (e.g., your first and last name, mailing address,
city, state, zip code, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card number,
bank information in connection with automatic deposit/debits, etc.). This
information allows us to administer our business, provide customer service,
communicate offers on products that may be of interest to you or to others
disclosed by you, and to fulfill your order. You may volunteer to disclose
personally identifiable information to us. If you do not want to disclose your
personally identifiable information to us, please do not submit it. We may also
collect non-personally identifiable information from you when you visit the
Site (e.g., your IP address, browser type, domain name, etc.). This information
is collected and analyzed in the aggregate in order to improve the function and
content of the Site.
Use of
Information You
expressly consent to our use of the information we collect about you, including
such personally identifiable information which you may provide, as set forth in
this Privacy Policy. We use the
information that is collected about you for a variety of purposes, such as
confirming and fulfilling your order, adding you to our e-mail subscription
list, providing your name to Selfhelpworks in connection with your potential
interest in our products or business opportunity, analyzing trends and
statistics, enhancing the operation of the Site, serving content and
advertisements and sending informational and promotional materials about
Selfhelpworks and other companies. We have existing business relationships and
may develop other relationships in the future with business partners. In these
instances, we may, and you expressly acknowledge and give us permission to,
share or otherwise allow access to information that is collected about you that
will enable our business partners to contact you regarding products and
services that may be of interest. We also reserve the right to disclose your
information, including personally identifiable information, as may be required
by law. We may employ vendors to perform
functions on our behalf. Examples may include fulfilling orders, delivering
packages, e-mail administrative functions, processing credit card payments, and
providing customer service. These vendors are under contractual obligation to
use confidential data only for those purposes for which they are hired. We may
disclose the information that we collect about you when we have reason to
believe that it is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against
persons or entities who may be causing injury to you, to us or to others. We
may also disclose information when we believe the law requires it.
Protection of
Children The Site is
a general audience web site that is not specifically designed or targeted at
children. We do not knowingly collect, use or disseminate any personally
identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If, however, we
become aware that personally identifiable information regarding a child under
the age of 13 has been collected at the Site, we will use such information for
the sole purpose of contacting a parent or guardian of the child to obtain
verifiable parental consent. If we cannot obtain consent after a reasonable
period of time, or if when contacted a parent or guardian requests that we do
not use or maintain such information, we will make reasonable efforts to delete
it from our records. Upon request by a parent or guardian, Selfhelpworks will
provide a description of the specific types of personal information collected
from a child who is under the age of 13.
Cookies Cookies are
small pieces of information that are stored on computer hard drives. We may use
cookies to recognize you when you return to the Site in order to provide you
with a better user experience. Our cookies do not contain any personally
identifying information, such as your name, or sensitive information, such as
your credit card number. We may allow third parties to use cookies on the Site.
We do not control the use or contents of third party cookies. Web browsers
often allow you to erase existing cookies from your hard drive, block the use
of cookies and/or be notified when cookies are encountered. If you elect to
block cookies, please note that you may not be able to take full advantage of
the features and functions of the Site.
Third-Party
Links The Site
may contain links to web sites operated and maintained by third parties over
which we have absolutely no control. Any information you provide to third party
web sites will be governed under the terms of each web sites’ privacy policy
and we encourage you to investigate and ask questions before disclosing any
information to the operators of third party web sites. We have no
responsibility or liability whatsoever for the content, actions or policies of
third party web sites. The inclusion of third party web sites on our Site in no
way constitutes an endorsement of such web sites’ content, actions or
policies.
Access or
Corrections to Your Information If you identify any inaccuracy in your personal information, or you need
to make a change or would like to verify such information, please contact us so
that we may update our records or you may go online to one of Selfhelpworks web
sites and update your own information. Our contact information is set forth
below. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate all such
requests.
Security We take
reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we collect about you
remains accurate, timely and secure. Unfortunately, no data transmission over
the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and while we strive to protect
your personal information, we cannot guarantee or warrant its complete
security. We shall not be responsible for harm that you or any person may
suffer as a result of a breach of confidentiality in respect to your use of our
Site or any information you transmit to our Site.
Modifications to
Policy This Privacy Policy is effective as of August 17, 2001. Selfhelpworks
reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes to
this Agreement will be effective immediately upon notice, which may be provided
to you via e-mail or by posting the latest version on our Site (hereinafter,
“Notice”). Your use of the Site after such Notice will be deemed acceptance of
such changes. Be sure to review this Privacy Policy periodically to ensure
familiarity with its most current version. You can easily confirm whether any
revisions have been posted since your last visit by checking the date on which
the Policy was last revised, which is set forth at the bottom of this Policy.
If you object to such changes, we will honor our prior privacy policies as to
any data previously collected. If you disagree with the changes in our policy,
however, please do not use the Site after the posting of such changes online.
By using the Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy, you
agree to all such changes. Questions or
Comments or to Contact Us If you have
questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or you wish to access or make
changes to information about you, please call 619-296-18013. Guarantee: If you
are paying for this course at this general public website; after you sign up,
take the first five sessions according to the schedule and do the assignments;
if you are not completely satisfied email us within three days of completing
session 5 at admin@selfhelpworks.com and receive a full refund for the amount
you paid on this site. (Note: If you are taking this program as part of any
other program, or if you did not pay for the program at this site, you are not
covered by the Selfhelpworks guarantee.)
Last Revised on
September 9, 2009
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