WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
1.
About the Website
(a)
Welcome to The Hypno Coach (Website). The
Website is Hypnotherapy (Services).
(b)
The Website is operated by The Hypno Coach (ABN
36051889105). Access to and use of the Website, or any of its associated
Products or Services, is provided by The Hypno Coach. Please read these terms
and conditions (Terms) carefully. By using, browsing and/or reading the
Website, this signifies that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by
the Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, you must cease usage of the
Website, or any of Services, immediately.
(c)
The Hypno Coach reserves the right to review and
change any of the Terms by updating this page at its sole discretion. When The
Hypno Coach updates the Terms, it will use reasonable endeavours to provide you
with notice of updates to the Terms. Any changes to the Terms take immediate
effect from the date of their publication. Before you continue, we recommend
you keep a copy of the Terms for your records.
2.
Acceptance of the Terms
You accept
the Terms by remaining on the Website. You may also accept the Terms by
clicking to accept or agree to the Terms where this option is made available to
you by The Hypno Coach in the user interface.
3.
Registration to use the
Services
(a)
In order to access the Services, you must first
register for an account through the Website (Account ).
(b)
As part of the registration process, or as part
of your continued use of the Services, you may be required to provide personal
information about yourself (such as identification or contact details),
including:
(i)
Email address
(ii)
Preferred username
(iii)
Mailing address
(iv)
Telephone number
(v)
Password
(c)
You warrant that
any information you give to The Hypno Coach in the course of completing the
registration process will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
(d)
Once you have
completed the registration process, you will be a registered member of the
Website (Member) and agree to be bound by the Terms.
(e)
You may not use the Services and may not accept
the Terms if:
(i)
you are not of legal age to form a binding
contract with The Hypno Coach; or
(ii)
you are a person barred from receiving the
Services under the laws of Australia or other countries including the country
in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.
4.
Your obligations as a Member
(a)
As a Member, you agree to comply with the
following:
(i)
you will use the Services only for purposes that
are permitted by:
(A)
the Terms; and
(B)
any applicable law, regulation or generally
accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions;
(ii)
you have the sole responsibility for protecting
the confidentiality of your password and/or email address. Use of your password
by any other person may result in the immediate cancellation of the Services;
(iii)
any use of your registration information by any
other person, or third parties, is strictly prohibited. You agree to
immediately notify The Hypno Coach of any unauthorised use of your password or
email address or any breach of security of which you have become aware;
(iv)
access and use of the Website is limited,
non-transferable and allows for the sole use of the Website by you for the
purposes of The Hypno Coach providing the Services;
(v)
you will not use the Services or the Website in
connection with any commercial endeavours except those that are specifically
endorsed or approved by the management of The Hypno Coach;
(vi)
you will not use the Services or Website for any
illegal and/or unauthorised use which includes collecting email addresses of
Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited
email or unauthorised framing of or linking to the Website;
(vii)
you agree that
commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may
be removed from the Website without notice and may result in termination of the
Services. Appropriate legal action will be taken by The Hypno Coach for any illegal
or unauthorised use of the Website; and
(viii)
you acknowledge and agree that any automated use
of the Website or its Services is prohibited.
5.
Payment
(a)
All payments made in the course of your use of
the Services are made using Stripe. In using the Website, the Services or when
making any payment in relation to your use of the Services, you warrant that
you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the Stripe terms and
conditions which are available on their website.
(b)
You acknowledge and agree that where a request
for the payment of the Services Fee is returned or denied, for whatever reason,
by your financial institution or is unpaid by you for any other reason, then
you are liable for any costs, including banking fees and charges, associated
with the Services Fee.
(c)
You agree and acknowledge that The Hypno Coach
can vary the Services Fee at any time.
6.
Refund Policy
(a)
The Hypno Coach will only provide you with a
refund of the Services Fee in the event they are unable to continue to provide
the Services or if the manager of The Hypno Coach makes a decision, at its absolute
discretion, that it is reasonable to do so under the circumstances (Refund
).
(b)
Any benefits set out in this Terms and
Conditions may apply in addition to consumer's rights under the Australian
Consumer Law.
7.
Copyright and Intellectual
Property
(a)
The Website, the Services and all of the related
products of The Hypno Coach are subject to copyright. The material on the
Website is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and through
international treaties. Unless otherwise indicated, all rights (including
copyright) in the Services and compilation of the Website (including but not
limited to text, graphics, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips,
Website code, scripts, design elements and interactive features) or the
Services are owned or controlled for these purposes, and are reserved by The
Hypno Coach or its contributors.
(b)
All trademarks, service marks and trade names
are owned, registered and/or licensed by The Hypno Coach, who grants to you a
worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license whilst you are a
Member to:
(i)
use the Website pursuant to the Terms;
(ii)
copy and store the Website and the material
contained in the Website in
your
device's cache memory; and
(iii)
print pages from the Website for your own
personal and non-commercial use.
The Hypno
Coach does not grant you any other rights whatsoever in relation to the Website
or the Services. All other rights are expressly reserved by The Hypno Coach.
(c)
The Hypno Coach
retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Website and all related
Services. Nothing you do on or in relation to the Website will transfer any:
(i)
business name, trading name, domain name, trade
mark, industrial design, patent, registered design or copyright, or
(ii)
a right to use or exploit a business name,
trading name, domain name, trade mark or industrial design, or
(iii)
a thing, system or process that is the subject
of a patent, registered design or copyright (or an adaptation or modification
of such a thing, system or process).
(d)
You may not, without the prior written
permission of The Hypno Coach and the permission of any other relevant rights
owners: broadcast, republish, up-load to a third party, transmit, post,
distribute, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the Services or
third party Services for any purpose, unless otherwise provided by these Terms.
This prohibition does not extend to materials on the Website, which are freely
available for re-use or are in the public domain.
8.
Privacy
The Hypno
Coach takes your privacy seriously and any information provided through your
use of the Website and/or Services are subject to The Hypno Coach's Privacy
Policy, which is available on the Website.
9.
General Disclaimer
(a)
Nothing in the Terms limits or excludes any guarantees,
warranties, representations or conditions implied or imposed by law, including
the Australian Consumer Law (or any liability under them) which by law may not
be limited or excluded.
(b)
Subject to this clause, and to the extent
permitted by law:
(i)
all terms, guarantees, warranties,
representations or conditions which are not expressly stated in the Terms are
excluded; and
(ii)
The Hypno Coach will not be liable for any
special, indirect or consequential
loss or
damage (unless such loss or damage is reasonably foreseeable resulting from our
failure to meet an applicable Consumer Guarantee), loss of profit or
opportunity, or damage to goodwill arising out of or in connection with the
Services or these Terms (including as a result of not being able to use the
Services or the late supply of the Services), whether at common law, under
contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, pursuant to statute or
otherwise.
(c)
Use of the Website and the Services is at your
own risk. Everything on the Website and the Services is provided to you
"as is" and "as available" without warranty or condition of
any kind. None of the affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents,
contributors and licensors of The Hypno Coach make any express or implied
representation or warranty about the Services or any products or Services
(including the products or Services of The Hypno Coach) referred to on the
Website. This includes (but is not restricted to) loss or damage you might
suffer as a result of any of the following:
(i)
failure of performance, error, omission,
interruption, deletion, defect, failure to correct defects, delay in operation
or transmission, computer virus or other harmful component, loss of data,
communication line failure, unlawful third party conduct, or theft,
destruction, alteration or unauthorised access to records;
(ii)
the accuracy, suitability or currency of any
information on the Website, the Services, or any of its Services related
products (including third party material and advertisements on the Website);
(iii)
costs incurred as a result of you using the
Website, the Services or any of the products of The Hypno Coach; and
(iv)
the Services or operation in respect to links
which are provided for your convenience.
10.
Limitation of liability
(a)
The Hypno Coach's total liability arising out of
or in connection with the Services or these Terms, however arising, including
under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute or
otherwise, will not exceed the resupply of the Services to you.
(b)
You expressly understand and agree that The
Hypno Coach, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors and licensors
shall not be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special
consequential or exemplary damages which may be incurred by you, however caused
and under any theory of liability. This shall include, but is not limited to,
any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly), any loss of
goodwill or business reputation and any other intangible
loss.
11.
Competitors
If you are
in the business of providing similar Services for the purpose of providing them
to users for a commercial gain, whether business users or domestic users, then
you are a competitor of The Hypno Coach. Competitors are not permitted to use
or access any information or content on our Application. If you breach this
provision, The Hypno Coach will hold you fully responsible for any loss that we
may sustain and hold you accountable for all profits that you might make from
such a breach.
12.
Termination of Contract
(a)
The Terms will continue to apply until
terminated by either you or by The Hypno Coach as set out below.
(b)
If you want to terminate the Terms, you may do
so by:
(i)
providing The Hypno Coach with 14 days' notice
of your intention to terminate; and
(ii)
closing your accounts for all of the services
which you use, where The Hypno Coach has made this option available to you.
Your
notice should be sent, in writing, to The Hypno Coach via the 'Contact Us' link
on our homepage.
(c)
The Hypno Coach may at any time, terminate the
Terms with you if:
(i)
you have breached any provision of the Terms or
intend to breach any provision;
(ii)
The Hypno Coach is required to do so by law;
(iii)
the provision of the Services to you by The
Hypno Coach is, in the opinion of The Hypno Coach, no longer commercially
viable.
(d)
Subject to local applicable laws, The Hypno
Coach reserves the right to discontinue or cancel your membership at any time
and may suspend or deny, in its sole discretion, your access to all or any
portion of the Website or the Services without notice if you breach any
provision of the Terms or any applicable law or if your conduct impacts The
Hypno Coach's name or reputation or violates the rights of those of another
party.
13.
Indemnity
You agree
to indemnify The Hypno Coach, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors,
third party content providers and licensors from and against:
(a)
all actions, suits, claims, demands,
liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and damage (including legal fees on a full
indemnity basis) incurred, suffered or arising out of or in connection with
your content;
(b)
any direct or indirect consequences of you
accessing, using or transacting on the Website or attempts to do so; and/or
(c)
any breach of the Terms.
14.
Dispute Resolution
14.1.
Compulsory:
If a
dispute arises out of or relates to the Terms, either party may not commence
any Tribunal or Court proceedings in relation to the dispute, unless the
following clauses have been complied with (except where urgent interlocutory
relief is sought).
14.2. Notice:
A party to the Terms claiming a dispute (Dispute)
has arisen under the Terms, must give written notice to the other party
detailing the nature of the dispute, the desired outcome and the action
required to settle the Dispute.
14.3. Resolution:
On receipt
of that notice (Notice) by that other party, the parties to the Terms (Parties)
must:
(a)
Within 28 days of the Notice endeavour in good
faith to resolve the Dispute expeditiously by negotiation or such other means
upon which they may mutually agree;
(b)
If for any reason
whatsoever, 28 days after the date of the Notice, the Dispute has not been
resolved, the Parties must either agree upon selection of a mediator or request
that an appropriate mediator be appointed by the If a dispute arises in
relation to these terms, a mediation body can be used by the parties to resolve
the dispute. Here is a list of all mediation bodies in Australia -
www.amr.asn.au. The most popular choices are the 'Australian Mediation
Association' or the 'Conflict Resolution Service';
(c)
The Parties are equally liable for the fees and
reasonable expenses of a mediator and the cost of the venue of the mediation
and without limiting the foregoing undertake to pay any amounts requested by
the mediator as a precondition to the mediation commencing. The Parties must
each pay their own costs associated with the mediation;
(d)
The mediation will be held in Adelaide, Australia.
14.4. Confidential
All
communications concerning negotiations made by the Parties arising out of and
in connection with this dispute resolution clause are confidential and to the
extent possible, must be treated as "without prejudice" negotiations
for the purpose of applicable laws of evidence.
14.5. Termination of Mediation:
If 2
months have elapsed after the start of a mediation of the Dispute and the
Dispute has not been resolved, either Party may ask the mediator to terminate
the mediation and the mediator must do so.
15.
Venue and Jurisdiction
The
Services offered by The Hypno Coach is intended to be viewed by residents of
Australia. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in relation to the
Website, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving any dispute shall be
in the courts of South Australia, Australia.
16.
Governing Law
The Terms
are governed by the laws of South Australia, Australia. Any dispute,
controversy, proceeding or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any
way relating to the Terms and the rights created hereby shall be governed,
interpreted and construed by, under and pursuant to the laws of South
Australia, Australia, without reference to conflict of law principles,
notwithstanding mandatory rules. The validity of this governing law clause is
not contested. The Terms shall be binding to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their successors and assigns
17.
Severance
If any part of these Terms is found to be void
or unenforceable by a Court of competent jurisdiction, that part shall be
severed and the rest of the Terms shall remain in force.