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TRUE DIET™.COM Terms of Use Agreement
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE AND OUR FEE-BASED SERVICES, PRODUCTS
AND OFFERINGS CAREFULLY.
The
The True Diet (TTD) Online offers health and nutritional information and
is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this
information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, your health-care
professional or other personal medical attention. If you have any concerns
about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other
health-care professional.
By using our
Website and/or one of our online fee-based products or offerings, you
agree to the terms and conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or
remove provisions of this Agreement at any time. You should check this
Agreement periodically for changes.
By using this
Website or our Fee-Based Services or Products after we post any changes
to this Agreement or otherwise notify you of such changes, you agree to
accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them. If you do
not agree to this Agreement, you should not use our Website and/or our
Fee-Based Products and you should arrange to cancel your registered user
account or subscription with us, as applicable. Please review the Terms
of Use before using this site. Your use of the site indicates your agreement
to be bound by the Terms of Use
Terms of Use Agreement
This agreement (hereinafter, the "Agreement") between The True
Diet, Inc. (hereinafter, "TTD", "us" or "we")
and you sets forth the terms and conditions which govern your use of any
of the TTD sponsored websites (hereinafter, the "Sites") and/or
the services (hereinafter, the "Services") thereon which are
provided by TTD.
1. Binding Terms of Use of This Agreement
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING ANY OF
THE SITES AND/OR SERVICES. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITES AND/OR SERVICES,
YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW. IF
YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT
ACCESS OR USE THE SITES OR SERVICES AND SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CEASE SUCH
USE. ED MAY MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME, AND SUCH MODIFICATIONS
SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON NOTICE, WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED
BY POSTING THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT ON THE SITE OR VIA EMAIL. YOUR USE OF
ANY OF THE SITES AND/OR SERVICES FOLLOWING SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE DEEMED
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES. YOU AGREE TO REVIEW THE AGREEMENT PERIODICALLY
TO BE AWARE OF SUCH MODIFICATIONS AND YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS OR USE OF
THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES SHALL BE DEEMED YOUR CONCLUSIVE ACCEPTANCE
OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT. IF WE REQUEST, YOU IRREVOCABLY AGREE TO SIGN
A NON-ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
2. Privacy.
TTD's policy with respect to the collection and use of your personally
identifiable information is set forth at http://www.thetruediet.com/privacypolicy
. By accepting these Terms of Service, you acknowledge this policy.
3. Disclaimer of Warranties.
THE SITES AND THE SERVICES, AND ANY CONTENT, TOOLS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
DISPLAYED, ACCESSED OR OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES AND SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS", "AS AVAILABLE", AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE
FOREGOING, TTD AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, AND AGENTS DO NOT WARRANT
AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM THAT: (i) YOUR USE OF THE SITES AND/OR SERVICES
AND ACCESS TO AND USE OF ALL OF THE TOOLS AND FEATURES THEREON WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, (ii) THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED
THEREIN IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR COMPLETE, (iii) THAT DEFECTS WILL BE
CORRECTED, or (iv) THAT ANY SOFTWARE, SERVICES, SITES OR SERVER(S) ON
WHICH THE SERVICES AND SITES ARE HOSTED ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL
COMPONENTS. YOUR USE OF THE SITES AND THE SERVICES AND ANY INFORMATION
OR MATERIALS PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES AND SERVICES ARE ENTIRELY
AT YOUR OWN RISK.
4. Limitation of Liability.
NEITHER TTD NOR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS
OR SPONSORS ARE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY LOSS
OR INJURY OR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY
OR OTHER THEORY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO (i) THE USE OF
OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITES OR THE SERVICES; (ii) ANY CONTENT CONTAINED
ON THE SITES AND/OR THE SERVICES; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT POSTED OR
MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE SITES AND/OR THE SERVICES; (iv) ANY PRODUCT
OR SERVICE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITES; (v) ANY ACTION TAKEN
IN RESPONSE TO OR AS A RESULT OF ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE SITES
OR THE SERVICES; (vi) ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY LOSS OF ACCESS TO, DELETION
OF, FAILURE TO STORE, FAILURE TO BACK UP, OR ALTERATION OF ANY CONTENT
ON THE SITES OR THE SERVICES, or (vii) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE
SITES AND/OR THE SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL TTD'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO
YOU FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, TORT [INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE], STATUTORY,
OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR USING ANY OF
THE SERVICES OR THE SITES.
5. Professional Advice Disclaimer.
TTD'S SITES DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL OR COUNSELING ADVICE. NOTHING STATED
OR POSTED ON ANY SITES OR AVAILABLE THROUGH ANY SERVICES ARE INTENDED
TO BE, AND MUST NOT BE TAKEN TO BE, THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL OR COUNSELING
CARE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND COUNSELING
INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOTHERAPY, OR
PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TREATMENT, INSTRUCTIONS, DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS OR
ADVICE. OUR SITES ARE CONTINUALLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND TTD MAKES NO WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, AS TO ITS ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR APPROPRIATENESS
FOR ANY PURPOSE. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE,
REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE
OR CONTENT.
6. Limited License; Use of Services.
TTD grants to you a limited personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable
right and license to access the Sites and use the Services thereon. Unless
otherwise specified in writing, the Services are for your personal and
non-commercial use.
TTD’s Services shall contain, without limitation, email services,
bulletin and message boards, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities,
calendars, and various other message communication applications.
7. Prohibited Activities.
In connection with your use of the Sites and/or the Services, you acknowledge
and agree that you will not:
a. copy, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, otherwise attempt to discover
the source code, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish,
license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information,
software, products or services obtained through the Sites or the Services;
b. access the Sites or Services by any means other than through the standard
industry-accepted or TTD-provided interfaces;
c. transmit any message, information, data, text, software or image, or
other content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing,
tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or otherwise objectionable
which may invade another's right of privacy or publicity;
d. impersonate any person or entity, including without limitation, a TTD
official, forum leader, chat room monitor, guide or host, or falsely state
or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with such a person or entity;
e. post or transmit any material that contains a virus or corrupted data;
f. delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations
or labels that you upload to any communication feature;
g. use of any Site or Service's communications features in a manner that
adversely affects the availability of its resources to other users (e.g.,
excessive shouting, use of all caps, or flooding continuous postings of
repetitive text);
h. post or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials,
"junk mail", "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid
schemes" or any other form of solicitation or any non-resume information
such as opinions or notices, commercial or otherwise;
i. violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;
j. upload or transmit any material that infringes any patent, trademark,
trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
k. delete or revise any material posted by any other person or entity;
l. manipulate or otherwise display the Sites and/or the Services by using
framing or similar navigational technology;
m. harm minors in any way;
n. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll"
faster than other users of a community board (or other portion of this
Website) are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively
affects other users' ability to use any part of the Website;
o. register, subscribe, attempt to register, attempt to subscribe, unsubscribe,
or attempt to unsubscribe, any party for any TTD product or Service if
you are not expressly authorized by such party to do so; or
p. use the Sites and/or the Services for any purpose that is unlawful
or prohibited by these terms and conditions. You may not use the Site
or the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or
impair TTD's servers or networks, or interfere with any other user's use
and enjoyment of the Sites and/or the Services. Furthermore, you may not
attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Sites, Services, accounts,
computer systems or networks connected to TTD through hacking, password
mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any
materials or information through any means not intentionally made available
through the Sites or the Services.
8. Billing and Renewal Transactions and Policies.
Certain products or Services may be offered for sale on the Sites. In
the event you wish to purchase or to subscribe for any of these products
or Services, you will be asked by TTD or an authorized third party to
supply certain information, including without limitation, your full name,
address, telephone number and credit card information. You agree to provide
TTD or such third party with the foregoing information as well as any
other mandatory information that is accurate, complete and current, and
to comply with the terms and conditions of any agreement that you may
enter into governing your purchase of the product or Service. You shall
be responsible for all charges incurred through your account as well as
for paying any applicable taxes.
Some Services offered by TTD are subscription-based services. If you open
a subscription-based account with any of TTD's Sites, you hereby agree
to pay all charges to your account, including any applicable taxes, in
accordance with billing terms in effect at the time the fee or charge
becomes payable. TTD reserves the right to change the amount of, or basis
for determining, any fees or charges for Services we provide, and to institute
new fees, charges or terms effective upon notice to subscribers. We reserve
the right to terminate any account at any time for any reason.
Please note that we only accept credit card payments and debit card payments
at this time. You agree to notify us immediately in writing or via email
(at billing@thetruediet.com) if you discover that the card number you
provided to TTD when you signed up for membership is a valid card number.
Automatic Renewal Terms
Your subscription will be automatically renewed and your credit card will
be automatically charged on a quarterly, monthly or weekly basis, depending
upon the billing terms for your account, for as long as you remain a member.
You agree that TTD will not be obligated to send you any renewal or advance
billing notices or confirmations that your credit card has been charged.
This is your responsibility.
Your right to use the Service or a specific product is conditional upon
our receipt of payment. If payment cannot be charged to your credit card
or debit card, or if a charge is refunded for any reason, including chargeback,
we reserve the right to immediately and without notice, either suspend
or terminate your access and account, thereby terminating this Agreement
and all TTD obligations hereunder. You are required to pay any amounts
still owed to us at the time your account is suspended or terminated.
In the event you elect to terminate your subscription, send us an e-mail
at the following address: billing@thetruediet.com. Terminations are not
retroactive. If you terminate your membership after your membership period
has begun, you will only be entitled to a refund for the unexpired portion
of that membership period, less any applicable minimum charges. You may
still be obligated to pay for other charges incurred. If you have an outstanding
balance due on your account, you hereby agree that we may charge these
unpaid fees to your credit card.
To review the billing terms of your account, you may email us at the following
address: billing@thetruediet.com.
9. Message Boards and Chat Rooms.
TTD hosts message boards, chats and other public forums on its Sites.
Any user failing to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement
may be expelled from and refused continued access to, the message boards,
chats or other public forums in the future. TTD or its designated agents
may remove or alter any user-created content at any time for any reason.
Message boards, chats and other public forums are intended to serve as
discussion centers for users and subscribers. Information and content
posted within these public forums may be provided by TTD staff, TTD's
outside contributors, or by users not connected with TTD, some of whom
may employ anonymous user names. TTD expressly disclaims all responsibility
and endorsement and makes no representation as to the validity of any
opinion, advice, information or statement made or displayed in these forums
by third parties, nor are we responsible for any errors or omissions in
such postings, or for hyperlinks embedded in any messages. Under no circumstances
will we, our affiliates, suppliers or agents be liable for any loss or
damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through these forums.
The opinions expressed in these forums are solely the opinions of the
participants, and do not reflect the opinions of ED or any of its subsidiaries
or affiliates.
10. Monitoring.
TTD has no obligation whatsoever to monitor any of the content or postings
on the message boards, chat rooms or other public forums on the Sites.
However, you acknowledge and agree that we have the absolute right to
monitor the same at our sole discretion. In addition, we reserve the right
to alter, edit, refuse to post or remove any postings or content, in whole
or in part, for any reason and to disclose such materials and the circumstances
surrounding their transmission to any third party in order to satisfy
any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request
and to protect ourselves, our clients, sponsors, users and visitors.
Materials posted and/or uploaded to the various public forums may be subject
to size and usage limitations. You are responsible for adhering to such
limitations.
11. Third Party Content.
In general, the content contained on any of the Sites or Services may
be supplied by third parties and users. Accordingly, TTD is a distributor
(and not a publisher) of such content and has no more editorial control
over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand.
Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information
or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information
providers, are those of the respective authors or distributors, and not
TTD. Neither TTD nor any third-party provider of information guarantees
the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content. Furthermore,
TTD neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy and reliability
of any opinion, advice, or statement made on any of the Sites or Services
by anyone other than an authorized TTD representative while acting in
his/her official capacity.
12. Contests and Games.
TTD often provides contests and games on its Sites. The rules, regulations
and procedures governing any of the foregoing shall be accessible through
a hypertext link prominently displayed on the web page where the contest
or game may be located. By entering or participating in any of them, you
agree to be subject to those rules, regulations and procedures. Please
remember to read the rules carefully before participating.
13. Accounts, Passwords and Security.
If any of the Sites or Services require you to open an account, you must
complete the registration process by providing TTD with current, complete
and accurate information, as prompted by the applicable registration form.
You acknowledge that by providing any information to TTD which is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete, TTD reserves the right to terminate
this Agreement and your continued access and use of the Sites and/or the
Services.
As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a username
and password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the security
and confidentiality of your account and password. FURTHERMORE, YOU ARE
ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES AND CONDUCT, WHETHER BY
YOU OR ANYONE ELSE, THAT ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT. You agree
to notify TTD immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any
other breach of security. TTD will not be liable for any loss that you
may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account,
either with or without your knowledge. However, you may be held liable
for any losses incurred by TTD or another party due to someone else using
your account or password.
14. Disclaimer Regarding Links.
The links on any of the Sites and/or Services will let you leave the particular
Site or Service you are accessing in order to access a linked site (the
"Linked Sites"). TTD provides these links as a convenience,
but we neither control nor endorse these Linked Sites, nor has TTD reviewed
or approved the content which appears on the Linked Sites. TTD is not
responsible for the legality, accuracy or inappropriate nature of any
content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from
any Linked Sites. You acknowledge and agree that TTD shall not be responsible
or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged
to be caused by or in connection with the use of any of the links, content,
goods or services available on or through the Linked Sites.
15. Dealings with Third Parties.
Your participation, correspondence or business dealings with any third
party found on or through our Sites and Services, regarding payment and
delivery of specific goods and services, and any other terms, conditions,
representations or warranties associated with such dealings, are solely
between you and such third party. You agree that TTD shall not be responsible
or liable for any loss, damage, or other matters of any sort incurred
as the result of such dealings.
16. Proprietary Rights.
You acknowledge and agree that the Sites and Services contain proprietary
and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual
property and other laws, and are the sole property of TTD or its licensors.
You further acknowledge and agree that any content contained in advertisements
or information presented to you through advertisers concerning TTD or
otherwise is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents
or other proprietary rights and laws.
By sending or transmitting to us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, concepts,
information, or other materials (collectively, " Submission Materials")
or by posting such Submission Materials on the Sites, you hereby grant
to us and our designees a worldwide, non-exclusive, sub licensable (through
multiple tiers), assignable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right
to use, reproduce, distribute (through multiple tiers), create derivative
works of, publicly perform, publicly display, digitally perform, make,
have made, sell, offer for sale and import such Submission Materials in
any media now known or hereafter devised, for any purpose whatsoever,
commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you, the provider of
the Submission Materials.
The foregoing license to TTD shall be fully paid-up and royalty free.
In addition, under no circumstances shall TTD have any obligation whatsoever
to pay a fee to any subscriber or user in connection with the Submission
Materials upon the occurrence of a transfer of all or any portion of TTD's
business through a merger, sale or transfer of all or substantially all
of the assets of TTD, nor shall the sale of advertising on any of the
Sites give rise to any obligation to pay a fee to Subscribers.
None of the Submission Materials disclosed or posted via message boards,
chats or other public forums shall be subject to any obligation, whether
of confidentiality, attribution, or otherwise, on TTD's part and we shall
not be liable for any use or disclosure of any such Submission Materials.
17. Copyright Policy.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the "DMCA") provides
recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the
Internet infringes their rights under the U.S. copyright law. If you believe
in good faith that materials hosted by TTD infringe your copyright, you,
or your agent may send to TTD a notice requesting that the material be
removed or access to it be blocked. Any notification by a copyright owner
or a person authorized to act on its behalf that fails to comply with
requirements of the DMCA shall not be considered sufficient notice and
shall not be deemed to confer upon TTD actual knowledge of facts or circumstances
from which infringing material or acts are evident. If you believe in
good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed
against you, the DMCA permits you to send to TTD counter-notice. All notices
and counter notices must meet the then current statutory requirements
imposed by the DMCA; see http://www.loc.gov/copyright for details.
TTD's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement or
counter notices can be reached as follows: support@thetruediet.com.
We suggest that you consult your legal advisor before filing a notice
or counter-notice. Also, be aware that there can be penalties for false
claims under the DMCA.
18. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold TTD and
its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders
or other partners, employees, and representatives harmless from and against
any and all claims, damages, losses, costs or expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements) which arise directly or indirectly
out of or from (i) your breach of this Agreement, (ii) any allegation
that any materials that you submit to TTD or post on any forums (e.g.,
message boards, chat rooms) infringe or otherwise violate the copyright,
trade secret, trademark or other intellectual property rights of a third
party, and (iii) your access or use of the Sites and/or the Services.
This Section 18 shall survive in the event this Agreement is terminated
for any reason
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19. Jurisdictional Issues.
TTD makes no representation or warranty that the content and materials
on the Sites and/or the Services are appropriate or available for use
in locations outside the United States. Those who choose to access the
Sites or use the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative
and at their own risk, and are responsible for compliance with local laws,
if and to the extent applicable. TTD reserves the right, at any time in
our sole discretion, to limit the availability and accessibility of the
Sites and/or the Services to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction
we so desire, and to limit the quantities of any such Service or products
that we provide.
20. Termination.
This Agreement shall remain effective until terminated in accordance with
its own terms and conditions. You agree that TTD, in its sole discretion,
may terminate your password, account (in whole or in part), or use of
the Sites or Services, and remove and discard any content within the Sites,
at any time and for any reason. You agree that any actions taken under
this Section 20 may be effective without prior notice to you. In the event
of termination, however, those Sections in this Agreement which provide
for continuing obligations on your part shall survive indefinitely.
21. General Information.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between
you and TTD and governs your use of the Sites and the Services, superseding
any prior agreements between you and TTD. This Agreement and the relationship
between you and TTD shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict of law
provisions. You and TTD irrevocably agree to submit to the personal and
exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located within
the County of Tarrant, within the State of Texas, and waive any jurisdictional,
venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. The failure of
TTD to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall
not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of
this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful,
void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed
severed here from and shall not affect the validity and enforceability
of any remaining provisions. The section titles in this Agreement are
for convenience purposes only and have no legal or contractual effect.
This Agreement is not assignable, transferable or sub-licensable by you
except with our prior written consent. However, we may assign this Agreement
to any third party whom we choose without your consent. No waiver by TTD
of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding
or subsequent breach or default.
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