Disclaimer
All of the information on this website is for informational
purposes only.
The information and resources on this site are not to
be construed as professional mental health
counseling or to substitute for face-to-face therapeutic
services. This site and its author are
not responsible or liable for any information used outside
of the therapeutic process, without
the knowledge, permission and written consent of the author.
Use of this site constitutes
understanding and acceptance of these provisions.
Disclaimer: these web site links are listed as a convenience
for our visitors. If you use these links,
we take no responsibility and give no guarantees, warranties
or representations, implied or otherwise,
for the content or accuracy of these third-party sites.
While this website includes links to sites which provide
additional information on eating disorders
and other topics, it does not endorse or recommend any
site, product or service provided on these
links. We are not responsible for the contents of any
linked site, changes in content made on a
linked site or any link contained in a linked site. These
links are meant to provide additional
information but are in no way an endorsement.
Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Our commitment is to maintain the confidentiality of all
of our clients and associates.
All data submitted to this site is stored in a secure
database, and is NOT converted into email,
is NOT sold, and is NOT made available to anyone aside
from our employees and contractors, and this,
only in accordance with your request, instruction, and/or
need as you utilize the services of others
associated with any treatment or educational services
you employ.
PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF USE
ELIGIBILITY AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
This page states the Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and
Site Disclaimer (herinafter referred to as "Terms
of Use")
forming the agreement under which you may use the following
internet web sites, owned, operated,
and/or managed by Family Compass, LLC. These sites (hereinafter
referred to as "the sites")
include: thefamilycompass.com, partners-in-parenting.com,
parentresources.info, teen-juvenile-bootcamps.com,
troubled-teens-boarding-schools.com, and troubled-teens-military-schools.com.
Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept
these Terms of Use, do not use the sites and
their services. By using the sites, you are indicating
that you are 18 years of age or older, that
you have the full power and right to enter into this Agreement,
and that you agree with and will abide
by the terms of this Agreement. Site users who are younger
than 18, are, it is presumed, under the influence or custody
of responsible adults. No contract may be entered into
between the Company and such a user.
Therefore, at the Company's discretion, with or without
explanation, users under the age of 18 may be restricted
or expelled from the sites, as they have no legal authority
to enter into contract for conduct. In this sense
it is understood that users are not in the public domain
while using the sites, but rather are on private property,
access to which may be limited or withdrawn at the owner's
discretion.
Revisions to the sites are effective to you as a user
of the sites immediately upon posting. You should visit
this page periodically to review these Terms of Use, because
they are binding on you. The terms "you" and
"user"
as used in this Agreement refer to all individuals and/or
entities accessing this website for any reason.
Throughout the sites it should be noted that certain
advertisers (including schools and programs) are featured,
at random, and at The Company's sole discretion on each
of the site's domains. These advertisers collect,
through the Company's services and technologies, information
relevant to the services they offer. Users of the
sites should thoroughly read and understand this entire
document, and the privacy policy associated with the
submission of personal information, publicly or confidentially,
on the sites. These advertisers, as clearly
noted on the home page of each of the sites' domains,
are hereinafter referred to as "Sponsors." It
is
understood and accepted by the user that sponsors are
separate entities from the Company. Although they
are under strict restrictions by the Company on the use
of personal information, they are under even greater
restrictions by law.
Sponsors must understand and agree that they are also
bound by this document. In every way possible the Company
seeks to outline appropriate and relevant laws regarding
the protection of the sites' users. However, the user
understands and accepts that the Company cannot be held
liable for the individual behaviors of the Sponsors,
their agents, their employees, their contractors, or any
individual or entity with whom the Sponsor interacts.
Furthermore, if the user engages in any relationship with
the Sponsor, contractual or otherwise, this
relationship is separate and distinct from the user's
relationship with the Company, its sites, and its services.
Finally, it is understood that the submission of any form
of information through the Company's services, in
providing such information to Sponsors, is done at the
sole responsibility and risk of the user. You agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its sites, its
services, contractors, affiliates, subsidiaries,
officers, employees, event locations, service providers,
agents and other partners from any claim or liability,
regardless of the outcome, that may arise from the action,
reaction, or inaction of any one or multiple Sponsors.
USER CONDUCT - WEBSITE
As a user, you are responsible for your own communications
and are responsible for the consequences of their
posting and submission. You must not engage in the following
acts, intentionally or otherwise: post private
information in the publicly viewable text areas of the
sites, which include, but are not limited to the Blog,
email correspondence which may or may not be added to
RSS feeds or other postings, etc. You should choose an
alias for any online profiles, which will protect your
personal identity. You should not: post material that
is copyrighted unless you are the copyright owner, or
have the permission of the copyright owner to post it;
post material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own
them or have the permission of the owner to do so;
post material that infringes on any other intellectual
property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity
rights of others; post material that is considered by
the Company, in its sole judgment, to be obscene, indecent,
defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful,
or embarrassing to another user or any other person or
entity; post a sexually-explicit image or statement; post
advertisements or solicitations of business; post
chain letters, multi-level marketing programs or pyramid
schemes; or impersonate another person.
The Company does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness,
accuracy, timeliness or reliability of
communications posted by users and does not endorse any
opinions which may be expressed by any user.
You understand and agree that any reliance on material
posted by other users will be at your own risk.
The Company seeks to make regular reviews and updates
to the sites, but assumes no obligation to do so,
nor does it have the ability to screen postings or other
communications in advance. You acknowledge and
agree that the Company is not responsible or obligated
to screen or monitor material posted by users, and
will not be liable or responsible to any user for performance
or nonperformance of such activities. If
notified by a user of any communication which allegedly
does not conform to this Agreement, the Company
may in its discretion investigate the allegation and may
thereafter determine in its sole discretion
whether to remove or request the removal of the communication.
You acknowledge and agree that the Company
reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further
access to portions of, or if possible and necessary,
all of the sites' pages, for violation of this agreement
or any applicable law, and may remove communications
which are considered to be, in the Company's sole judgment,
unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, obscene,
indecent, libelous, disruptive, hateful, infringing, or
racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
By submitting content to any public area of the website
(which includes, but is not limited to Blog information,
message boards, forums, contests, and chat rooms), your
content will be considered "Public Information"
and
will not be subject to the privacy protections afforded
your Private Information, as defined in this Agreement.
You also grant the Company, its affiliates, successors
and assigns, the royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable, non-exclusive right (including any moral
rights) and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt,
publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute,
communicate to the public, perform or display
such content (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate
it in other works in any form, media, or technology
now known or later developed, for so long as any rights
exist in such content. You also warrant that the holder
of any rights, including moral rights, in such content,
has completely and effectively waived all such rights
and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to
grant the license set forth in this Agreement.
You also permit any user to access, display, view, store
and reproduce such content for the user's personal
use. Subject to all of the foregoing, the owner of such
content placed on the website retains any and all
rights that may exist in such content.
The Company fully supports COPPA, which limits the collecting
of personal data for anyone under the age of 13.
In order to protect the privacy of younger users, at no
time will information knowingly be collected from any
individuals under the age of 18. Self-referrals for treatment
are common. However, the Company and its Sponsors
will immediately seek to contact any noted authoritative
adults mentioned in the self referral. If no such adult
is mentioned, the self-referral of the minor will be destroyed
or deleted from our databases. The Company
assumes no liability for adherence to statutes, laws,
and policies in this regard, as it attempts, in good
faith, to abide by such restrictions.
The Company will take whatever means possible to protect
and ensure the privacy of our users and we recommend
that our users do the same.
Individuals may choose to take part in discussion boards
sponsored or run by the Company and its Sponsors.
These users have the opportunity to share their information
publicly on those boards. If an individual chooses
to share his or her private information on one of our
public forums, we cannot and will not be held responsible
for the individual's privacy.
USER CONDUCT
As a registered user or participant in any of the site's
events, or private or community forums, you are
responsible for your own communications and are responsible
for the consequences of your conduct. The
Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
restrict registration to future activities, online
or offline, if we, or our sponsors, receive reports of
inappropriate conduct by anyone attending the events,
engaging in sponsor services, and/or the events and services
of the Company. Sponsors and users must not
engage in any conduct that may be inappropriate or which
may be perceived as inappropriate by others.
The Company offers parents a place to meet, and to become
connected with therapeutic, academic, and
intervention professionals, as they seek help or insight
in dealing with troubled children. However,
the Company does not, in any way, guarantee the services
or quality of the people or organizations
they will encounter on the sites. This includes the Sponsors,
their agents, contractors, associates,
and others who may or may not actually represent the Sponsors.
Any relationship with the Sponsors is separate an
distinct from users' relationships with the Company. You
agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
its sites, its services, contractors, affiliates, subsidiaries,
officers, employees, event locations,
service providers, agents and other partners from any
claim or liability, regardless of the process or
outcome of their relationship with Sponsors.
Users understand that the Company does not perform background
checks and does not screen or verify the
personal information other users. Moreover, the Company
and the users accept that Sponsors are bound by
regulations and laws beyond the scope of the Company and
its sites. Therefore, should dispute or action
be engaged between you and a Sponsor, you hereby agree
that such actions and disputes not involve the
Company and its sites, regardless of what is written,
implied, said, or represented on the sites, or
through the sites' newsletters or other communications
in regard to the Sponsors claims or representations.
Instead, you agree to pursue whatever action, if any,
upon the basis of existing law, statutes, regulations,
etc., already governing the conduct, licensing, and status
of the Sponsors in their individual industries,
and further agrees that such action not involve the Company,
its sites, contractors, employees, or service
providers. Sponsors also hereby agree that their status
as sponsors hinges, in part, on their agreement to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its sites, its
services, contractors, affiliates, subsidiaries,
officers, employees, event locations, service providers,
agents and other partners from any claim or liability
with regard to their relationship with site users.
By using the sites you agree that the Company and the
Sponsors are not responsible for damages that may occur
during or after workshops, seminars, treatment services,
or other events, that may occur as a result of their
affiliation between individuals they may meet at or through
such services or events. By using the sites, or
attending, enrolling, or using the events or services
of the Company and its sponsors, you agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Sponsors,
contractors, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers,
employees, event locations, agents and other partners
from any claim or liability.
Unless explicitly indicated otherwise, the Company's
events are limited to workshops. All other events
and off-line, face-to-face services are coordinated and
organized by Sponsors. You hereby understand and
acknowledge that by registering to participate in any
event or service, in order to conduct the event or
service, your first and last name, as well as any other
relevant information, will be shared by the
Company with the Sponsor responsible for producing, coordinating
and providing the event or service.
If you submit any personal information regarding yourself
or another person, through the established
methods and portals for submitting such information, you
hereby agree that such submission is a request
for the Company to share this information with any one
or all of the Sponsors, as it deems necessary,
in its sole discretion.
The Company's events may be recorded via photography,
video, audio, and other devices. By attending and
participating in the Company's events or workshops, you
agree to such recordings, which may or may not
specifically feature your image, words, and/or conduct,
and further acknowledge and agree to the possible
future use of such recordings on the sites or in other
promotional materials for the sites, or for future
workshops and events.
REGISTRATIONS AND PASSWORDS
You agree and acknowledge that you are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your Information,
as defined in this Agreement, and password(s) created
upon any registration on the sites and/or services.
You will be fully responsible for all uses of such registrations
and for any activity that occurs under
your password or account(s), whether or not authorized
by you. You agree to immediately notify the Company
of any unauthorized use of said registration(s) or password(s).
The Company will investigate possible
violations, and take whatever action, in its sole judgment,
it deems appropriate.
COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
The contents of this website, including all text, graphics,
images and other material ("Material"),
are protected by copyright under common law, by the laws
of the United States and by foreign laws.
Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright,
trademark, and other laws.
You (the user) agree and acknowledge that the Company
authorizes you to view the Material on the sites
solely for your personal, noncommercial use, provided
that you shall not, nor will you allow any third
party whether or not for your benefit to, copy or adapt
the object code of the sites' software, HTML,
JavaScript, or otherwise, or reverse engineer, reverse
assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any
source code that the Company creates to generate its pages
on the website. You acknowledge and agree
that downloading of any object code or software by website
users in restricted countries is prohibited.
You acknowledge and agree to retain all copyright and
other proprietary notices contained in the original
Material on any copy you may make of the Material. You
acknowledge and agree that you will not sell, lease,
exchange, or modify the Material or reproduce, create
derivative works, display, publicly perform, distribute,
retransmit or otherwise use the Material in any way for
any public or commercial purpose. The use of the
Material on any other website or in a networked computer
environment for any purpose is prohibited.
Without the prior written permission of the Company,
you agree not to display, or to use in any manner,
the Company's trademarks, including without limitation,
thefamilycompass.com, partners-in-parenting.com,
parentresources.info, teen-juvenile-bootcamps.com, troubled-teens-boarding-schools.com,
and troubled-teens-military-schools.com.
Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary in this
agreement, you will not use or attempt to use,
and shall cause each other party under your control not
to use or attempt to use, any engine, software,
tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without
limitation browsers, spiders, avatars or
intelligent agents) to navigate or search the web site
other than (a) the search engine and search
agents available from the sites, and (b) generally available
third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape
Navigator or Microsoft Explorer) or (c) a robot indexing
the site for the purpose of adding content
to a public search engine, as allowed by the robots.txt.
PRIVACY POLICY
When you register for site services, or otherwise use
the sites for the purpose of soliciting a response
from the Company or its Sponsors, you will be asked to
provide the Company with certain accurate and complete
personal identifiable information including, without limitation,
a valid email address (your "Information").
This Information is subject to our privacy policy, which
is incorporated as part of this Agreement. For more
information, read this entire document to ensure your
understanding of our privacy policy. You agree that the
Company may save and archive any content of any nature
posted to the sites and/or submitted through contact
portals, and that the Company may, without liability to
any user, disclose such content if required to do so
by law or to comply with legal processes; to respond to
claims that any of the content violates the property,
privacy, publicity or other rights of others; to protect
the rights, property or safety of the Company, its
employees, users and members of the public; or in assisting
a criminal investigation by law enforcement officials.
MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION OR DISCONTINUANCE
The Company reserves the right at any time to modify
or discontinue its services, online or offline
(or any part thereof), offered on the sites, on a temporary
or permanent basis, with or without notice.
You acknowledge and agree that the Company will not be
liable to you or to any third party for any such
modification, suspension or discontinuance of the service
offered by the sites. Adjustments or refunds
in any subscriber fees or charges will be made as deemed
appropriate by the Company in good faith.
SECURITY
Any database currently, or at any future time, which
may be made available to users, is only to be
accessed by registered Members of the sites. A Member
is defined as one unique user with one unique
password. If you are found to share passwords with any
user, we will terminate your account immediately
without notice. No refund of any subscription fees or
charges paid to the date of the violation will be
provided. Violations of system or network security, including
those set forth below in Specific
Prohibited Uses, may result in civil or criminal liability.
The Company will investigate possible
violations of system or network security and may involve,
and cooperate with, law enforcement
authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such
violations. The Company will also terminate
the membership of any person that the Company believes,
in its sole judgment, to have violated its
security provisions.
SPECIFIC PROHIBITED USES
Adults (18 years and older) seeking to find resources
and solutions for the difficulties they are
facing in their families, with their children, or with
any other individual or entity, may use the
website only for lawful purposes. The Company specifically
prohibits any of the following uses of
the website, and you agree not to use the website for
any of such purposes:
1. Posting any incomplete, false, fraudulent or inaccurate
biographical information or general
information, which is not your own information, or impersonating
any other person.
2. Posting information on the Strongblog or other public
medium for any purpose other than to
interact with others online.
3. Sending a message to a another user for any reason
other than to interact online.
4. Deleting or revising any content or material posted
by any other person or entity.
5. Accessing data not intended for such user or logging
into a server or account which the user
is not authorized to access.
6. Attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability
of the system or network or to breach the
security or authentication
measures of the website without proper authorization.
7. Attempting to interfere with service to any user,
host or network, including, without limitation,
via means of submitting a virus to the website, overloading,
"flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing"
or
"crashing" the web site or the server of any
user.
8. Sending unsolicited messages, including promotions
and/or advertising of products or services.
9. Posting chain letters, multi-level marketing programs
or pyramid schemes.
10. Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the
header information in any e-mail or newsgroup
posting for any reason.
11. Posting any obscene, indecent, defamatory, threatening,
harassing, tortious, abusive, hateful content,
or any content that is embarrassing to another user or
any other person or entity.
12. Posting any sexually-explicit image or statement.
The Company and its Sponsors (as their interaction with
the sites warrant) abide by the Company's strict
privacy policy.
When you visit our sites, we do not collect any information
about you unless you choose to provide that
information to us (other than information automatically
collected and stored in the Web server's logs-see below).
Information Automatically Collected and Stored:
When you browse through any Web site, certain personal
information about you can be collected.
We automatically collect and temporarily store the following
information about your visit:the
name of the domain you use to access the Internet (for
example, aol.com, if you are using an
American Online account, or other domains, if access is
made directly through a school or
organizational domain); the date and time of your visit;
the pages you visited; and the
address of the Web site you came from when you came to
visit. We use this information for
statistical purposes only and to help us make our site
more useful to visitors. Unless it
is specifically stated otherwise, no additional information
will be collected about you.
Personally Provided Information:
You do not have to give us personal information to visit
the sites.
If you choose to provide us with additional information
about yourself through e-mail, forms,
surveys, etc., we will only maintain the information for
the purpose of responding to your
question, or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication.
Disclosure:
The Company does not disclose, give, sell or transfer
any personal information about our visitors,
unless required for law enforcement or statute. However,
the Company does provide a network and
database function to its Sponsors, with whom, if users
choose to provide information to Sponsors,
or to inquire regarding Sponsor's services, personal information
is shared.
The sites are maintained, and are protected by various
provisions of law. Violations of these laws
with regard to the security of the confidential information
provided by our site visitors, may
result in criminal prosecution, as well as direct personal
liability from users, Sponsors, and
The Company.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service
remains available to all users, we
employ software programs and third-party vendors to monitor
traffic to identify unauthorized
attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise
cause damage to our databases. In the
event of authorized law enforcement investigations, and
pursuant to any required legal process,
information from these sources may be used to help identify
an individual.
Systems of Records:
Records, as legally submitted by site users, are stored
for the exclusive purpose of meeting the
needs of the user, and to establish an electronic "paper
trail" of communications from users.
Except as otherwise explained in this policy, such records
are kept completely confidential.
Violation of Rights:
Should a site user determine that his/her rights have
been violated by any contractor, agent,
vendor, employee, or Sponsor of the Company or the sites,
the site user agrees to pursue whatever
action may be taken, against the specific individual or
entity involved. The user further agrees,
that with exception to the specific individual or entity
involved in the violation, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, its sites, its services,
contractors, affiliates, subsidiaries,
officers, employees, event locations, service providers,
agents and other partners from any claim or liability.
Information Practices:
The Company is committed to its users' privacy, and discloses
its information practices as follows:
1. What information is collected or tracked by the sites.
2. What information, if any, is collected or tracked by
third parties.
3. What organization collects the information.
4. How the Company uses the information it collects or
tracks.
5. Entities with whom the Company shares or discloses
user information.
6. Choices available to the user regarding collection,
use and distribution of his/her information.
7. Security procedures in place to protect the loss, misuse
or alteration of information under the
Company's control.
8. How users can correct, update or remove personally
identifiable information.
9. How to contact the Company about this privacy policy
policy.
If users of the sites have questions or concerns regarding
this privacy policy, they should contact
the Company.
About the Company
The Company is the sole owner and operator, via contract
with Intuit, Inc., of the database system
through which the sites collect information. The Company
seeks to be an all-encompassing service
designed to help parents and families in the broad aspects
of the troubled teen industry. The
Company provides a web-based portal for people to connect
with others having similar difficulties,
as well as to find professionals, intervention specialists,
treatment programs, etc. To facilitate
this, the Company offers Blog(s), newsletter(s), workshop(s),
and other services to develop
interest-driven communication for the welfare of site
users.
What Information is Collected or Tracked
To benefit from the services and products offered by
the Company, a person may voluntarily submit
certain personally identifiable information. Users may
browse the website at no cost and without
entering any personally identifiable information. The
term "user" is defined generally as any person,
including Members and visitors, who access the website
for any purpose. The provisions in this privacy
policy pertain to all users of the website, unless designated
otherwise.
Information gathered by the Company falls into two categories:
directly submitted and indirectly (passively)
submitted.
Directly Submitted Information
Submission of personally identifiable information by
a user about him/herself and/or a minor in his/her
custody, control, or legal interest, may occur and be
classified into two categories: Public and Private.
Public Information
The Company's goal is to provide forums for people to
get together, and to find help. To this end, the
Company allows the posting of certain personally identifiable
information to be placed in a general
public viewing area of the sites which cannot be used
to contact a particular user ("Public Information").
Most Public Information is optional and its public posting
is encouraged so that the user has the best
experience possible with the Company and its Sponsors
services. A user's public information includes,
but is not limited to, any of the following listed separately
or in combination: photo, gender, age,
personal issues or problems. Users may also choose an
Online Name to be used in public areas
(such as in the Strongblog). We strongly encourage all
members to not use their real name or a
variation of their name in such forums, but to select
an Online Name that is unique and different.
Private Information
For users to access the services and events of the Company
and its Sponsors, and to enable the Company
to provide its services, products and operational support
for the site, we request certain personally
identifiable "Private Information" through our
contact forms. These forms collect (but are not limited
to the collection of) information such as: first and last
name, home address, email address, telephone
number, therapeutic issues, etc. Note that although Private
Information is "requested" via the forms,
the forms themselves have no "required" fields.
In other words, users are left at their own discretion
to provide the Company and its Sponsors as much, or as
little information as they desire. Fulfilment
of user's needs may be impacted by the provision, or lack
of provision, of requested information, but
the choice to provide is left completely at the user's
discretion. The user assumes full liability and
responsibility for "not" providing Private Information
requested via the forms, if the Company and/or
its Sponsors cannot fulfill their needs.
The Company requires financial information for payments
(such as a billing address, checking information,
name of credit card holder, credit card number and expiration
date). However, the Company uses secure,
third-party financial systems for this purpose, and neither
collects nor stores such information in its
databases.
Indirectly Submitted Information
Users may explore the sites and access certain portions
without directly providing any personally
identifiable information.
However, the sites indirectly collect certain types of
information from users when they visit each URL.
Such passively submitted information collected from users
is not classified as personally identifiable information,
nor is it linked to personally identifiable information.
Like most websites, we use log files. This includes internet
protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, referring/exit
pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks
to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement.
The company does not employ the use of Clear Gifs (a.k.a.
Web Beacons/Web Bugs) anywhere on its site
or in its emails.
How Information is Used
The company does not sell, lease, disclose, trade, or
give away your personally identifiable information
to third parties outside the parameters of this privacy
policy and this agreement. We may provide aggregate
statistics about our members and visitors regarding demographic
information, traffic patterns, user movements
and related website information to reputable third parties,
but these statistics do not disclose personally
identifiable information from or about a particular user.
Public Information
Public Information provided by a user is typically viewable
to all other users of the sites. The user
has the option to not provide nor publicize personal information.
Publicly posted information should not
encourage or allow other users to determine your real
name, home or billing street address, phone number,
email address, etc.
We strongly encourage all users to not use their real
name or a variation of their name, but to select an
Online Name and presence that is unique and different.
THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR USERS WHO INTENTIONALLY
OR OTHERWISE DISCLOSE PRIVATE INFORMATION TO
THE PUBLIC VIA EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE, OR IN PUBLIC FORUMS
WHICH ARE PUBLICLY VIEWABLE.
Private Information
The Company uses a user's personally identifiable Private
Information primarily for three reasons:
1) customer service and operational issues involving the
services of the Company and its Sponsors;
2) billing issues; and
3) to investigate violations of this agreement, and to
conduct any enforcement measures.
All Private Information submitted by the user is kept
confidential and will not be disclosed
to third parties except as required by law; to protect
the visitors and members, employees,
or property of the Company; and in the event of a merger
or a sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the business, assets, or equity of
the Company any portion thereof
to another company or entity.
Special Offers and Updates
Users will occasionally receive information on current
or new events, services, workshops,
or special deals from the Company or its Sponsors. Out
of respect for the privacy of our users,
we provide the option to cease these types of communications
through opt-out measures. Users who
later wish to receive such communications, normally through
the Demanding Strength Newsletter,
may reapply to receive the correspondence.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer
tied to information about the user.
The cookie contains no personally identifiable information.
We use a session ID cookie so that
once the user closes the browser, the cookie terminates.
As a User, you can choose to have your computer warn
you each time a cookie is being sent, or
you can choose to turn off all cookies. This is done through
the browser's
(like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings.
Each browser is different, so look at
your browser's "HELP" menu to learn the correct
way to modify your cookies setting. If you turn
off your cookies, you may not have access to many features
at the website or other services may
not function properly.
Third Party Advertising
The ads appearing on the sites, delivered by vendors
marketing books or other relevant products,
use cookies to track click-through processes, but do not
collect or link to personally identifiable
information with the user.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by the
Company only and does not cover the use of
cookies by any potential, current, or future advertiser.
Sponsors and Service Providers
It is necessary to share personal information with the
company's Sponsors, and to the employees and
contractors that provide internal support to the Company's
and the Sponsors' operations, including
billing, and responses to inquiries, which may include
enrollment in treatment services, workshops,
intervention programs, etc. For example, the company uses
an outside merchant services company to
bill for services. The Sponsors and the Company use employees
and contractors to provide a flexible,
trained workforce to respond to inquires. Some inquiries
may, with the user's permission, result in
referrals to entities and organizations not directly affiliated
with the Company's or the Sponsor's
services. Such situations may include the referral of
a person to an educational consultant or a
therapist who is more qualified to help with the user's
situation.
We have been advised by our operational service providers
that they do not retain, share, store or
use personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes.
Legal Disclaimer
THOUGH WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PRESERVE USER PRIVACY,
WE MAY NEED TO DISCLOSE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW OR TO COMPLY WITH LEGAL
PROCESSES; TO RESPOND TO CLAIMS THAT ANY OF
THE CONTENT VIOLATES THE PROPERTY, PRIVACY, PUBLICITY
OR OTHER RIGHTS OF OTHERS; TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS,
PROPERTY OR SAFETY OF THE COMPANY, ITS EMPLOYEES, USERS
AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC; OR IN ASSISTING A
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
The self help resources on this site are not intended
to be a substitute for therapy or professional
advice.
Neither the Company nor its editors and staff assume
any responsibility for errors, omissions or
contrary interpretation of the subject matter herein.
There is no guarantee of validity of accuracy.
Any perceived slight of specific people or organizations
is unintentional.
This sites and its creators are not responsible for the
content of any sites linked to.
Any encountered self help or informational content is
solely the opinion of the specific user,
the Company, or the Sponsor, and should not be considered
as a form of therapy, advice, direction
and/or diagnosis or treatment of any kind: medical, spiritual,
mental or other.
If expert advice or counseling is needed, services of
a competent professional should be sought.
The Company assumes no responsibility or liability and
specifically disclaims any warranty, express
or implied for any products or services mentioned, or
any techniques or practices described to
address the needs of troubled children and their families
by Sponsors, books, other users, or
professionals, as a result of their use of the sites.
The user assumes responsibility for the use and application
of any materials and information
encountered on the sites.
The Company does not accept any responsibility or liability
whatsoever on the behalf of any
purchaser or reader of any materials located on, through,
or as a result of the sites.
No warranty of accuracy or reliability is given and no
responsibility arising in any other way
for errors or omissions (including responsibility to any
person by reason of negligence) is
accepted by the Company or any member, contractor, or
employee of the company or consultant
to the company.
Information on the sites is not intended to replace the
advice of a doctor or qualified
therapeutic professional. The Company disclaims any liability
for the decisions you make
based on this information.
The Company's sites are informational in nature. The
resources on the sites are provided for
informational purposes only, and should not be used to
replace the specialized training and
professional judgment of a health care or mental health
care professional.
The Company cannot be held responsible for the use of
the information provided. Please always
consult a trained mental health professional before making
any decision regarding treatment of
yourself or others.
Self-help information and information from the Internet
is useful, but it is not a substitute
for professional assistance.
Please seek professional help:
if you have thoughts of killing (or otherwise harming)
yourself or others;
if you are gravely disabled (unable to care for yourself);
if you are abusing substances;
or if you or someone else is in any danger of harm.
The sole purpose of the Company's sites is to offer resources
and information to those dealing
with mental health issues. We cannot, and will not, assume
the role of your physician or therapist.
If you are in need of immediate help, in which life or
safety are at risk, please contact a
Crisis Clinic or a qualified mental health care provider
immediately.
THE COMPANY'S LIABILITY
The information on the sites may contain technical inaccuracies,
typographical errors, and out
of date information. The Company makes no representations
about the accuracy, reliability,
completeness, or timeliness of the sites and their information,
and the Company makes no
warranty that the sites will meet your requirements. You
acknowledge and agree that the use
of the sites and their information is at your own risk.
The Company reserves the right to
make changes to the sites at any time.
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible
for the form, content and accuracy
of any content or other material placed by you on the
sites.
DISCLAIMERS
THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE
ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEBSITE AND
ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL
MECHANISMS. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS
UNDERTAKEN SOLELY AT YOUR DISCRETION AND OWN RISK. IF
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE MATERIAL
RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT
OR DATA, THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR THOSE COSTS.
THE WEBSITE AND THE MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS
IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND.
THE COMPANY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION ANY
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY MAKES
NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL,
SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, VIDEO,
GRAPHICS, LINKS AND OTHER DATA. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS, SPONSORS, OR
ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE WEBSITE BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM
THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE AND THE MATERIAL,
WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT,
TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE
COMPANY IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES.SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE
EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, AND SOME OF THE DISCLAIMERS IN
THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU BY OPERATION OF LAW.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT,
THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR THE COMPANY
TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY
TO USE OF ANY OF THE MATERIALS IS LIMITED TO $1.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
The website contains links to third party websites and
other resources. You acknowledge and agree
that these links are provided solely as a convenience
to you and not as an endorsement by the
Company of the content, advertising or business practices
(including the privacy policies) of
such third-party websites. The Company does not make any
representations regarding the content,
truthfulness or accuracy of any content or materials on
such third-party websites. You also
acknowledge and agree that the Company will not be responsible
or liable, directly or indirectly,
for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused
by or in connection with your use of or
reliance on the content, advertising or business practices
of linked third-party sites. If you
decide to access and use linked third-party websites,
you agree that you do so at your own risk.
TERMINATION
The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion,
to revoke or terminate your rights and/or
registrations to the sites at any time, delete any or
all of your postings, or, where possible,
block access to the sites and/or any other service provided
to you by the Company or its Sponsors
through their involvement and presence on the sites. The
Company reserves the right to take such
actions, with or without notice, and without any liability
to you, the account holder or user.
INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the
Company, its Sponsors, contractors, employees,
affiliates, successors and assigns, and their respective
officers, directors, employees and agents,
from and against any claims, actions or demands, including
without limitation reasonable legal and
accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of
the Material or your breach of the terms of
this agreement. The Company will attempt to provide notice
to you promptly of any such claim, suit,
or proceeding.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Company makes no claims that the Materials may be
lawfully viewed or downloaded outside of
the United States. Access to the Materials may not be
legal by certain persons or in certain countries.
If you access the sites from outside of the United States,
you do so at your own risk and are responsible
for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. This
Agreement is governed by the internal substantive
laws of the State of Utah, without respect to its conflict
of laws provisions.
Jurisdiction for any claims arising under this Agreement
shall lie exclusively with the state or federal
courts within Utah.
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid
by any court having competent jurisdiction,
the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
No waiver of any term of this Agreement
shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such
term or any other term. Except as expressly
provided in a particular "Legal Notice," or
Software License or material on particular web pages,
this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
you and the Company with respect to the
use of the sites. No changes to this policy shall be made
except by a revised posting on this page,
and no advice or other information provided by the Company
or its representatives to any user in any
manner which is not posted on this page will constitute
any amendment of or change to this Agreement.
The section titles in this policy statement are for convenience
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