Terms and Conditions of Use

WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

Last Modified: July 31, 2017

Thank you for visiting our website. The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, these “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of (a) www.TransformativeConversations.com and (b) www.adagonzalez.com, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through such websites, whether as a guest or a registered user. As used herein, “Website” shall refer to each of the aforementioned websites, or any combination of them. Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use, our privacy policy found at http://transformativeconversations.com/privacy-policy (the “Privacy Policy”), all of which are incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to or accept these Terms of Use, or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Websites.

MINORS

The Website is only offered and available to users who are 18 or older and fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Use.  We do not provide services or sell products to children. If you are below the age of 18, you may use our website only with the permission and active involvement of a parent or legal guardian. If you are a minor, please do not provide us or other website visitors with any personal information.

MODIFICATIONS AND TERMINATIONS

These terms and conditions may change from time to time. If such changes are made, they will be effective immediately, and we will notify you by a notice posted on our website’s home page of the changes that have been made. We may terminate these terms and conditions of use for any reason and at any time without notice to you. If you disagree with the changes that have been made, you should not use our website.

However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Governing Law and Jurisdiction will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice on or prior to the date the change is posted on the Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. We encourage and expect you to consult the Terms of Use each time you access a Website so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

If you are concerned about these terms and conditions of use, you should read them each time before you use our website. Any questions or concerns should be brought to our attention by sending an e-mail to legal@adagonzalez.com, and providing us with information relating to your concern.

CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE

We may update the content on the websites from time to time but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

ACCESSING THE WEBSITE AND ACCOUNT SECURITY

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users. You are responsible for (a) making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website and (b) ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

To access the Website or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or otherwise, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

CONTENT OWNERSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The Websites and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by Transformative Conversations, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. Violation of this Section is strictly prohibited without the express, written permission of Transformative Conversations. 

These Terms of Use permit you to use the Website for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not sell, license, rent, copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, adapt, edit, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Websites, with the following exceptions: (1) your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials; (2) you may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes; (3) you may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication or distribution; (4) if we provide desktop, mobile or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications; and (5) if we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.

You must not (1) modify copies of any materials from the Website; (2) use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics from the Website separately from the accompanying text; (3) delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from the Website. You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Website or any services or materials available through the Website.

If you print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by Transformative Conversations®. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been infringed upon by our website content, please notify us by sending an e-mail to legal@adagonzalez.com, or by sending mail to us at the address listed below. Please describe in detail the alleged infringement, including the factual and legal basis for your claim of ownership.

TRADEMARKS

The Transformative Conversations® name, the terms “Leading through Conversations”, “Heart-Connection” and “Transformative Conversations for Innovative Change,” and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of Transformative Conversations or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of Transformative Conversations®. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

PROHIBITED USES

You may use the Websites only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website (a) in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation; (b) for the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise; (c) to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use; (d) to transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent, including any “junk mail”, “chain letter” or “spam” or any other similar solicitation; (e) to impersonate or attempt to impersonate Transformative Conversations, a company employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing); or (f) to engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm the company or users of the Website or expose them to liability.

Additionally, you agree not to (1) use the Websites in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Websites; (2) use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Websites for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Websites; (3) use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Websites or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent; (4) use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Websites; (5) introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful; (6) attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Websites, the server on which the Websites are stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Websites; (7) attack the Websites via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack; or (8) otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.

USER CONTRIBUTIONS

The Websites may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, Facebook Groups and other interactive features (collectively, “Interactive Services”) that allow users to post, submit, publish, display or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, “post”) content or materials (collectively, “User Contributions”) on or through the Websites. All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.

Any User Contribution you post to the Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contribution on the Website, you grant us and our licensees, successors and assigns the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.

Without limiting the foregoing, you agree and understand that other individual members of the membership program available on the Website may see the information that you post on any applicable Website membership area. For this reason, you agree that you shall not post any information on the Website that you do not want others to see. You agree that anything you post in the applicable membership area of the Website is at your own risk, and you further agree to hold Company harmless from any and all damage that could occur to you from any information that you post. For additional details, please see our Privacy Policy.

You represent and warrant that (a) you own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above to us and our licensees, successors and assigns; and (b) all of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not the Company, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy and appropriateness. We are not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Website.

DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

The information on our website is provided on an ”as is,” ”as available” basis. You agree that your use of our website is at your sole risk. We disclaim all warranties of any kind, including but not limited to, any express warranties, statutory warranties, and any implied warranties of merchantability, mental and relational fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that our website will always be available, access will be uninterrupted, be error-free, meet your requirements, or that any defects in our website will be corrected.

Information on our website should not necessarily be relied upon and should not to be construed to be professional advice from us. No material on the websites is to be considered therapeutic. Although Dr. Ada Gonzalez is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist the Websites offer coaching materials, not therapy. We do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any of the information provided, and are not responsible for any loss or unwise decisions resulting from your reliance on such information.

If your jurisdiction does not allow limitations on warranties, this limitation may not apply to you. Your sole and exclusive remedy relating to your use of the site shall be to discontinue using the site.

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE TRANSFORMATIVE CONVERSATIONS NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TRANSFORMATIVE CONVERSATIONS IS NOT ACTING AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL OR LEGAL ADVISOR AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE ANY PARTICULAR RESULT FROM USING THE WEBSITES OR FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE COMPANY’S MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS LOCATED ON ITS WEBSITES. THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

Under no circumstances will we be liable or responsible for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential (including damages from loss of business, loss of relationship, lost profits, litigation, or the like), special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages, under any legal theory, arising out of or in any way relating to our websites, your website use, or the content, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, THE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Transformative Conversations®, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Websites, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website’s content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from the Website.

OBSCENE AND OFFENSIVE CONTENT

We are not responsible for any obscene or offensive content that you receive or view from others while using our website. However, if you do receive or view such content, please contact us by e-mail to support@adagonzalez.com so that we can investigate the matter. Although we are not obligated to do so, we reserve the right to monitor, investigate, and remove obscene or offensive material posted to our websites or Facebook groups.

ONLINE PURCHASES

Transformative Conversations may offer one or more membership programs on its Websites. The pricing for any such membership program will be clearly stated on the applicable order form. All purchases through the Website are final and will not be refunded except as expressly stated in specific services or features.

Additional terms and conditions may also apply to specific portions, services or features of the Websites. All such additional terms and conditions are hereby incorporated by this reference into these Terms of Use.

LINKING TO THE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES

You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.

The Websites may provide certain social media features that enable you to: (a) link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on the Websites; (b) send e-mails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on the Websites; or (c) cause limited portions of content on the Website to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites. You may use these features solely as they are provided by us, solely with respect to the content they are displayed with, and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features.

Subject to the foregoing, you must not (a) establish a link from any website that is not owned by you; (b) cause the Websites or portions of them to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example, framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site; (c) link to any part of the Websites other than the homepage; (d) otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use. You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.

LINKS FROM THE WEBSITES

If the Websites contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

INDEMNIFICATION

You understand and agree that you will indemnify, defend and hold us and our affiliates harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising from your use of our website or your violation of these terms and conditions.

GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS

The owner of the Website is based in the United States. We provide this Websites for the legal use by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Websites or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Websites may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Websites from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with your local laws.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction).

Any legal suit, action or proceeding commenced by you and arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Websites shall be instituted exclusively in the state or federal district courts located in Kent County, Delaware. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms of Use in Kent County, Delaware or in your county of residence (if in the United States) or any permissible venue (if outside the United States). You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

You also agree that any dispute between you and us, excluding any intellectual property right infringement claims we pursue against you, shall be settled solely by confidential binding arbitration per the American Arbitration Association commercial arbitration rules. All claims must arbitrate on an individual basis, and cannot be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of anyone else. All arbitration must occur in Kent County, DE, United States. Each party shall bear one half of the arbitration fees and costs incurred, and each party is responsible for its own lawyer fees.

WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY  

If any part of these terms and conditions of use are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, that part shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the remainder of these terms and conditions are fully enforceable and legally binding.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

The Terms of Use and the other documents specifically incorporated herein constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Transformative Conversations with respect to the Websites and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Website. Neither you nor Transformative Conversations® are relying on any representation not contained herein (or in the other documents specifically incorporated herein).

HOW TO CONTACT US

Any questions or concerns about these terms and conditions of use should be brought to our attention by e-mail to legal@adagonzalez.com, and providing us with information relating to your concern.

You may also mail your concerns to us at the following address:

5362 Williamsville Rd

Milford, DE, 19963 USA