Terms And Conditions
Please read these terms and conditions before registering to use the Lifestyle Medicine website.
To use this site and its content and other services available on the site you must agree to these Terms by following the registration process outlined below.
Registration and use of this website constitutes an agreement between you and Lifestyle Medicine. If you do not accept these Terms you cannot use this website.
We may modify this Agreement at any time. Any modifications made to this Agreement will be effective immediately upon posting on the site. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement as posted on the Service at the time of your access or use. You agree to review the Agreement posted on the Service each time you use the Service so that you are aware of any modifications made to this Agreement.
Disclaimer
THE SERVICE AND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. THAT MEANS THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THIS SERVICE IS INTENDED FOR GENERAL CONSUMER UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION. ANY ACCESS TO THIS SITE IS VOLUNTARY. WE WILL REGARD ALL ACCESS AS VOLUNTARY AND AT THE SOLE RISK OF THE USER.
This site and its services are for consumer educational use only. Nothing contained in this site is or should be considered, or used as a substitute for, medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. The services provided on this site are here to educate consumers on health care and medical issues that may affect their daily lives. This site and its services do not constitute the practice of any medical, nursing or other professional health care advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Because of the designated purpose of this site and the services it provides, you agree that Lifestyle Medicine does not constitute a service that targets any one community, user group, business or industry. Because the site is designed for educational purposes, you also agree that it does not constitute "doing business" in any specific jurisdiction.
We advise users to always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions regarding personal health or medical conditions. Never disregard, avoid or delay in obtaining medical advice from your doctor or other qualified health care provider because of something you have read on this site. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem or condition, please contact a qualified health care professional immediately. If you are in the Australia and are experiencing a medical emergency, please dial 000 or call for emergency medical help on the nearest telephone.
We do not operate, control, supply, endorse, warrant or guarantee any information, products, services or merchandise that is not clearly identified as information, products, services or merchandise supplied by us. We also do not warrant or guarantee that files available for downloading through the Service will be free of infections or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that contains contaminating or destructive properties.
We, and our content providers, cannot and do not guarantee or warrant against errors, omissions, delays, interruptions or losses, including loss of data. Users of this site are responsible for maintaining a means external to Lifestyle Medicine for the reconstruction of any lost data.
We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this site, or any part thereof, with or without notice.
Warranties and limitation of liability
WE DO NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT, OR ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICE, OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCT, SERVICE, MERCHANDISE OR OTHER MATERIAL PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, TIMELINESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, MERCHANDISE OR OTHER MATERIAL PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE. WE ARE NOT LIABLE TO ANY USER OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY BASED ON RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE.
Terms and conditions of use policy
- Terms and Conditions
- Registration Rights
Lifestyle Medicine reserves the right to reject any application submitted for access to the site.
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Registration Process
All users must register using Lifestyle Medicine's registration process. This requires you to provide certain information about yourself.
All information which you provide must be true, accurate, complete and up to date. You must notify Lifestyle Medicine within 14 days of any changes to your registration information.
Confirmation from Lifestyle Medicine that the registration process is complete does not represent an acceptance of your registration. Lifestyle Medicine may need to further verify information before acceptance and reserves the right at any time to refuse,suspend, or cancel your registration for any reason.
You will be advised by email once your registration has been accepted and you will have created a user name and password as detailed by contract, entitling you to access to the site, content and services in accordance with this agreement.
In order for your registration to be complete, you must indicate that you have read and agreed to these terms by selecting the "I Agree" icon found at the end of these terms.
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User Name and Password once registered
On completion of registration, you will create a user name and a password. Your username will be used for identification purposes within the site. You may log in to the site, access or use the content and the Services or modify your registration information, when logged in with your user name and password. You may not have more than one active account or user name on the site.
You are responsible for the confidentiality of your password and for all activities that occur under that log in. You must notify Lifestyle Medicine immediately at info@lifestylemedicine.net.au of your account or any breach of security which you may suspect.
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Extraneous Material
Lifestyle Medicine may establish or change a privacy and security policy, a fee schedule and any other material it considers appropriate and links to the site.
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Ownership and use of Content and Intellectual Property Subject to compliance with these terms
Lifestyle Medicine provides all users for the term of their registration the right to view, download, print or otherwise reproduce in unaltered form a single copy of any material on the site solely for your personal, non-commercial use provided that you include the copyright notice.
Certain software and other material provided or available on or through the site may be stated to be subject to special or additional rules or conditions. These rules and conditions form part of these terms.
The content, layout, design, concept, and organisation of the site, the content and the services may all be the subject of patent, copyright, trade mark, design, confidentiality or other intellectual property rights belonging or licensed to Lifestyle Medicine.
You acknowledge and agree that:
as between you and Lifestyle Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine owns all right to intellectual property, and that you will not do any thing to or which might hinder, impede, invalidate or challenge Lifestyle Medicine's ownership of or entitlement to use of or the registration of any part of the Intellectual property or which might diminish the value of the Intellectual Property;
any use of the services, site, content, and/or the intellectual property rights, other than as permitted by these terms or by law, is not licensed and is strictly prohibited; and
you will obtain written permission from Lifestyle Medicine before you copy, upload, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any way exploit any services, technology and/or the copyrights, patents, trademarks or the other intellectual property rights, obtained through the site.
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Content and features of the site
Lifestyle Medicine may at anytime and without notice change or terminate the content and the services or any part of them. Any modification is effective immediately upon either a posting on the Lifestyle Medicine Terms of Service page, or by a message from Lifestyle Medicine sent by electronic mail, or by conventional mail. If any such modification to these terms is unacceptable to you, you may terminate your registration. However, if following notice of any such modification you do not terminate your registration, or continue to use the content, the service or the site, your continued use indicates you have accepted that modification and wish to remain registered as a user.
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Disclaimer
Only registered users are permitted to use the site. You must not authorise any other person, body, organisation or company to use your user name or password.
The use of the site, the content and the services is at your own risk. When using the site, information and files available from the site cannot be guaranteed to be secure, free from computer viruses or other faults or defects. It is recommended that you scan and check such data accordingly. Lifestyle Medicine is not responsible for any delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of the site, which is beyond its control.
The content and the services are intended for informational purposes only. They are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your general practitioner or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
Reliance on any content or services, including information provided by Lifestyle Medicine, its employees, agents or contractors or others, is solely at your own risk.
The services are intended to provide a secure exchange between a professional and an individual to provide advice, guidance, and direction regarding health and fitness.
The services are not intended to:
treat or determine the treatment of a medical condition;
provide or accept a diagnosis or a treatment plan of a medical condition; or
issue or determine the suitability of any medication
Neither Lifestyle Medicine or any of its affiliates, agents, contractors, employees or professionals assume any legal responsibility for any incorrect or misleading information contained within the services.
Lifestyle Medicine makes the content, the services and the site available to users with the understanding they will act appropriately, professionally and responsibly.
If you access the site from outside Australia, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.
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Liability to the fullest extent permitted by law
The liability of Lifestyle Medicine for breach of any condition implied in these terms will be limited at the option of Lifestyle Medicine to the provision of the relevant services in the future or the payment of the cost of having those services provided again.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you release and indemnify Lifestyle Medicine, its employees, agents, contractors, licensors, suppliers, or any other third parties mentioned on the site from any liability for loss, costs or damages (including, without limitation, economic or consequential loss, lost profits or special damages) resulting from the use of or inability to use the site, the content or the services.
Lifestyle Medicine is not liable to you or to any third party for or in respect of any personal injury, including death, caused by access to, use or misuse of the site, the content or the services or in respect of any loss which may be suffered as a result of the termination of your right to use the site.
Any claims arising in connection with the use of the site must be brought within one year of the date of occurrence.
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Indemnity As a User
You agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless Lifestyle Medicine, its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against all claims, demands, actions, suits, loss, damages, liabilities and costs (including solicitors' costs on a solicitor and own client basis) related to or arising directly or indirectly from any and all:
your conduct and that of Lifestyle Medicine , its officers, directors, employees and agents as contemplated by these terms, including performance by you and Lifestyle Medicine , its officers, directors, employees and agents of their respective obligations under these terms;
breaches by you of these Terms;
access to or use of or inability to access or use, the content, the services or the site;
conduct and activities under your user name and password;
inaccurate, misleading or deceptive, defamatory, unlawful or illegal material contained within your user content or your information and data;
claims or demands, whether or not proven, made by any third party, due to or arising from any breach by you of these terms or any use of the site, the content or the services by you or your information and data which infringes or may infringe any third party's patent,copyright or other intellectual property, or any moral, privacy or publicity rights; and
access to, reliance upon or use of your user content or your information and data by Lifestyle Medicine or any third party.
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Term and Termination
The agreement between you and Lifestyle Medicine will continue until terminated as set out in these terms.
Your registration will be renewed in relation to various packages you register to receive, subject to these terms.
These terms, as amended from time to time, shall be effective for as long as you use the services and/or remain registered as a user.
Lifestyle Medicine may at any time terminate your registration as a user by written notice if in its opinion you:
breach these terms
commit any dishonest or fraudulent act;
behave in a manner which in the reasonable opinion of Lifestyle Medicine might adversely affect the reputation or public image of Lifestyle Medicine;
become bankrupt;
infringe any intellectual property right or privacy, moral or publicity right of Lifestyle Medicine or any third party or as provided in clause 5.
Termination of your registration does not negate your obligation to pay any fees incurred or payable to Lifestyle Medicine prior to the effective date of termination.
Upon termination of your registration:
your user name and password will be cancelled and you will no longer be able or entitled to access the site, the content or the services;
the perpetual license you have granted to Lifestyle Medicine to use your user content shall continue;
your license to use the content automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the content; and
any provisions of these terms, which would be expected to survive termination, shall survive and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. These shall include without limitation paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 and any other provision in these terms.
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General
These terms contain the entire terms and conditions that apply to your registration as a user and your use of the site, the content and the services.
Your rights and obligations under these terms may not be transferred or assigned directly or indirectly without the prior written consent of Lifestyle Medicine.
Lifestyle Medicine will not be responsible or liable for failure to perform any obligation under these terms if such failure is caused by any matter beyond its reasonable control including, internet and communications outages, fire, flood, war, or act of God.
Collection of personal information
We collect personal information that you choose to share with us in the registration and health tools sections of our site. This information may include your e-mail address, your health interests and your answers to questions about your health status. We use this information to tailor our services to the data you entered. Information from registration is saved to our database. This enables you to use the personalized features on our site on a recurring basis. This saved information is collected only with your permission and may be updated or deleted by you at any time. If you choose to not provide the information required for registration, you may not register with the site and you will not be able to personalize the site. For more information see our Privacy Policy.
Contact information
If you have any questions about the Service, please contact us at: info@lifestylemedicine.net.au.
