The Health, Wellness & Education Association (“HWEA” or “us” or “we”) welcome you to the www.hwea-usa.com (“Website”). The following Terms of Use and the terms and conditions therein together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (“Terms”), govern your access to and use of this Website including any content, functionality and services offered, whether as a guest, registered user, or at all.

  1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

 Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using our Website.  If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you should not access or use our Website as your use or accessing of our Website indicates your agreement to all the Terms in the Terms of Use.  It is your responsibility to ensure that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection and/or browser and/or device are aware of the Terms of Use and comply with them fully.

 ACCESSING, BROWSING, OR OTHERWISE USING THIS WEBSITE INDICATES YOUR AGREEMENT TO ALL THE TERMS IN THE TERMS OF USE.  BY ACCESSING AND USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS.

  1. CHANGES TO TERMS

We reserve the right to modify, amend, update, or delete these Terms at any time and for any reason without notice to you.  Any such modifications, amendments, updates or deletions will be effective immediately upon posting.  Your continued use of the Website after such posting shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of the changes.  Also, we may change or discontinue any aspect, service or feature of the Website (e.g., content, availability, etc.) at any time.

 

  1. LANGUAGE OF THE TERMS

Where we have provided you with a translation of English language version of the Terms, you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language version of the Terms will govern your usage of our Website. If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms say and what a translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.

 

4.VIOLATION OF TERMS

If you violates the Terms of Use you may be blocked from future access from using Website.  We may terminate your access to our Website without cause or notice, which may result in the forfeiture and destruction of all information associated with you. All provisions of the Terms of Use shall by their nature survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

 

  1. SCOPE OF USE

These Terms, or the use or access of our Website or the creating of an account, do not create any agency, partnership, joint venture, employment, or franchisee relationship between you and us.

Subject to these Terms we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use our Website.  Any breach of the Terms may result in the immediate revocation of the license granted without notice.  You agree to use our Website only for purposes that are lawful and permitted by the Terms. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access), or systematically retrieve data from, any part of our Website through any automated means (including use of scripts, bots or web crawlers).  Gathering data from our Website through harvesting or automated means is strictly prohibited.  You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts our Website or disrupts interferes with any other party’s use and enjoyment of our Website.

You represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old, and/or visiting our Website under the supervision of a parent or guardian.  Minors under 18 and at least 13 years of age are only permitted to use our website through an account owned by a parent or legal guardian with their appropriate permission and under their direct supervision. Children under 13 years are not permitted to use our Website. You are responsible for any and all account activity conducted by a minor on your account

You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

We reserves the right to change, suspend, or discontinue the Website or any of the services offered through the Website at any time, for any reason, including those laid out under these Terms. We will not be liable to you for the effect that any changes to Website may have on you, including your income or your ability to generate revenue through the Website.

 

  1. ACCOUNT

You may need to create an account to use and/or access certain content and/or features on our Website.  You are solely responsible for any activity on your account, so it’s important to keep your account password secure.  When creating an account, you must provide accurate information about yourself.  It is prohibited to use false information or impersonate another person or company through your account.  If you decide to not have your full name serve as the name associated with your account, you may not use language that is offensive, vulgar, infringes someone’s intellectual property rights, or otherwise violates the Terms.

You are also solely responsible for any activity on your account. If you’re sharing an account with other people, then the person whose financial information is on the account will ultimately be responsible for all activity. If you are creating an account as a business entity or organization, you personally guarantee that you have the authority to agree to the Terms on behalf of the business entity or organization. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that we are not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account.

You may terminate your account with us at any time from your account settings. Similarly, you do not have a contractual or legal right to continue to use our Website. We may terminate or suspend your account (and any accounts we determine are related to your account) and your access to the Website should we have reason to believe you, your Content, or your use of the Website violate our Terms.

We will generally notify you that your account has been terminated or suspended, unless you’ve repeatedly violated our Terms or we have legal or regulatory reasons preventing us from notifying you.  If your account is terminated, whether by us or you, you may lose any information or content associated with your account.

 

  1. USER CONTENT

Our Website may contain message boards and other areas where you may post or upload messages or other user-generated content such as video, photos, blogs, comments, or other materials (collectively, “User Content”). You are solely responsible for all User Content you upload or post to our Website. We do not control the User Content and, as such, do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such User Content.

In no event shall we assume or have any responsibility or liability for any User Content or for any claims, damages or losses resulting from your use of our Website and/or the appearance of User Content on our Website. You hereby represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights in and to all User Content you provide and all information it contains and that such User Content shall not infringe, violate or misappropriate any intellectual property or other rights of third parties or contain any libelous, tortious, or otherwise unlawful information. We assume no responsibility for determining who holds title to or ownership of any intellectual property, expressly including, but not limited to, intellectual property of User Content submitted to or posted on our Website.

User Content or intellectual property belonging to others may not be used or submitted unless you have obtained the owner’s express permission to do so.  By submitting any User Content or intellectual property to our Website, you expressly represent and warrant that you have obtained and/or hold all necessary permissions, authorizations, and/or licenses.  In accord, any liabilities of this nature or in any way related to intellectual property rest with you, and you expressly agree to hold us harmless for any claims, damages, costs, and or expenses resulting from the use of any unauthorized intellectual property.

You acknowledge that we may or may not pre-screen User Content, but that we shall have the right (but not the obligation) in our sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or remove any User Content that is available on our Website. Without limiting the foregoing, we shall have the right to remove any User Content that violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable.

We do not claim ownership of any User Content you post, submit or upload to the Website. By submitting, posting or uploading User Content to the Website, you automatically and hereby grant to us, and our its affiliates and subsidiaries a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable right and license to use, publish, perform, display, exhibit, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, translate, create derivative works from, incorporate into other works, distribute, sublicense and otherwise exploit such User Content (in whole or in part) in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed. You also permit any other user to access, view, store or reproduce the User Content for that user’s personal use.

 

  1. RULES OF CONDUCT; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

If you use our Website, and if you post or upload any User Content to our Website, you expressly agree to the following rules of conduct and represent and warranty as follows.

You agree not to post or upload any User Content that violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, including any statements which may defame, harass, stalk or threaten others.  You agree that if necessary, you have the consent of each and every identifiable person in any User Content you upload or post to use such person’s name or likeness in the manner contemplated by our Website.

You agree not to post or upload any User Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable. You agree not to post or upload any User Content that violates any law or engage in activity that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to a civil liability;

You agree not to post or upload any User Content that advocates or provides instruction on illegal activity or discuss illegal activities with the intent to commit them. You agree not to post or upload User Content which contains advertising, marketing or any solicitation for products or services, or any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation.

You agree not to impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.  You agree not to “stalk” or otherwise harass another. You agree not to collect or store personal data about other users or otherwise violate another user’s privacy. You agree not to post or upload any User Content that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purpose, any portion of the Website.  You agree not to upload or post any User Content that violates, infringes or misappropriates any third party’s copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or other intellectual property or proprietary right. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, rights of publicity or other proprietary rights or any other harm resulting from such a submission.

 

  1. SUGGESTIONS THROUGH WEBSITE

By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals (“Suggestions”) to us through suggestion or feedback pages or forms, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Suggestions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) we are not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Suggestions; (c) we may use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) your Suggestions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) we may have something similar to the Suggestions already under consideration or in development; (e) your Suggestions automatically become the property of our without any obligation of us to you and you hereby assign to us all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights) in such Suggestions; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from us under any circumstances.

 

  1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

You acknowledge that our Website may contains text, software, logos, slogans, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and other content (“Content”) that is protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress, patent, trade secret and/or other intellectual or proprietary rights. Our Website and its Content, features, and functionality are owned by us and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.  None of the Content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold, or distributed without our prior written consent.  You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights in the Content by use of our Website.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we own the copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such Content, as well as in some or all of the Content original to it. You may not copy, modify, decompile, reverse engineer, publish, distribute, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the Content in whole or in part without the express permission of ours  or as otherwise expressly permitted by applicable law.

You agree that all of our trademarks, certification marks, trade names, service marks and other logos and brand features (“Marks”) are the exclusive property of HWEA or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Without out prior written permission, you agree not to display or use the Marks in any unlawful manner.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed as granting you any rights to use any of the Marks.

The use of any of our Content or our Marks or our intellectual property without our express written consent is strictly prohibited. You may not use our Content or Marks or intellectual property in connection with any product or service in any way that is likely to cause confusion or harm. You may not use our Content or our Marks or our intellectual property in any manner that disparages or discredits us. You may not use any of our Content or our intellectual property in meta tags without prior explicit consent.

 

  1. LINKS

For your convenience, our Website may include, or third-parties may provide, links to other Websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such websites or resources.

You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such website or resource.  Please read the terms of use policies of any other company or website you may link to from our Website.

If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to our Website, you do so at your own risk.  Furthermore, the presence of links do not imply that we are affiliated or associated with the linked website, or that any linked website is authorized to use any of our Marks. In order to establish a hyperlink to our Website, you must contact us to obtain our approval of the link.  You may only use the text and images provided or approved by us, in the manner and location specified by us, and you must abide by the terms and conditions provided by us at that time.

 

  1. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. HWEA, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, PARTNERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (i) THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (ii) NON-INFRINGEMENT; (iii) THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; AND (iv) WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE.

NEITHER HWEA, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, PARTNERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS ARE LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF USERS OF THE WEBSITE OR THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

ANY CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOAD OR DISPLAY DEVICE, OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT [INSERT NAME}, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, PARTNERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF [INSERT NAME} HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE WEBSITE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE WEBSITE.  SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

 

  1. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold us, our subsidiaries and affiliates, and our respective trustees, officers, employees, agents, contractors, partners, content providers and licensors, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (A) Content you submit, post, transmit, modify or otherwise make available through the Website; (B) your use of the Website; (C) your violation of these Terms; or (D) your violation of any rights of another.

 

  1. TERMINATION

In addition to any other legal or equitable remedies, we may, without prior notice to you, immediately terminate the Terms of Use or revoke any or all of your rights granted under the Terms of Use. We may terminate, limit or suspend your access to our Website at any time without notice to you. Upon termination, you shall immediately cease all access to and use of our Website and we may in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies, immediately revoke all password(s) and account identification issued to you and deny your access to and use of our Website in whole or in part. Any termination shall not affect the respective rights and obligations (including without limitation, payment obligations) of the parties arising before the date of termination.

Grounds for such termination, limitation of access or suspension include without limitation: (A) breaches or violations of these Terms (including any Additional Terms); (B) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies; (C) discontinuance or material modification to the Website (or any part thereof); (D) unexpected technical or security issues or problems; and/or (E) engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities. Further, you agree that all terminations, limitations of access and suspensions for cause shall be made in our sole discretion and that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the Website.

 

  1. REMEDIES

You agree that our remedy at law for any actual or threatened breach of the Terms would be inadequate and that we shall be entitled to specific performance or injunctive relief, or both, in addition to any damages that we may be legally entitled to recover, together with reasonable expenses of any form of dispute resolution, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees.  No right or remedy of ours shall be exclusive of any other, whether at law or in equity, including without limitation damages injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees and expenses. No instance of waiver by us of our rights or remedies under these terms and conditions shall imply any obligation to grant any similar, future or other waiver.

 

  1. ARBITRATION

You agree that: (1) any claim, dispute, or controversy you may have against us arising out of, relating to, or connected in any way with these Terms or our Website, may be, at our sole discretion, resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) and conducted before a single arbitrator pursuant to the applicable Rules and Procedures established by AAA (“Rules and Procedures”); (2) the arbitration shall be held at a location determined by AAA pursuant to the Rules and Procedures (provided that such location is reasonably convenient for you), or at such other location as may be mutually agreed upon by you and us; (3) the arbitrator shall apply Rhode Island law consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act and applicable statutes of limitations, and shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; (4) there shall be no authority for any claims to be arbitrated on a class or representative basis; arbitration can decide only your and/or our individual claims; and the arbitrator may not consolidate or join the claims of other persons or parties who may be similarly situated; (5) in the event that you are able to demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, we will pay as much of your filing and hearing fees in connection with the arbitration as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive; and (6) with the exception of subpart (4) above, if any part of this arbitration provision is deemed to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, or otherwise conflicts with the Rules and Procedures established by AAA, then the balance of this arbitration provision shall remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with its terms as if the invalid, unenforceable, illegal or conflicting provision were not contained herein.

If, however, subpart (4) is found to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, then the entirety of this Arbitration Provision shall be null and void, and neither you nor us shall be entitled to arbitrate their dispute. For more information on AAA and its Rules and Procedures, you may visit the AAA website at www.adr.org.

 

  1. PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION

We are committed to responsibly handling the information and data our Website collects.  Our Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms.  You agree to the use of your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

 

  1. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

You and we each agree that these Terms and the relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the state of New Jersey, USA without regard to any conflict of law provisions or rules and that any and all claims, causes of action or disputes (regardless of theory) arising out of or relating to these Terms, or the relationship between you and us, shall be brought exclusively in the courts located in New Jersey. You and HWEA each agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the courts located within New Jersey, and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts.

 

  1. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us and governs your use of our Website, superseding any prior version of these Terms between you and us with respect to our Website. You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to these Terms. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

 

  1. SEPARATE AGREEMENTS

You may have other agreements with us.  Those agreements are separate and in addition to these Terms.  These Terms do not modify, revise or amend the terms of any other agreements you may have with us.

 

  1. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of our Website or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

 

  1. WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS

Our not exercising or enforcing any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms remain in full force and effect.

 

CONTACT US:

For questions regarding the Terms of Use, please contact us at: [email protected].