Terms and Conditions

Intellectual Property Rights

You may NOT plagiarise, deconstruct, use, reproduce, copy, blog, teach, re-write, adapt, re-purpose, distribute, store, transmit, share, publish, disclose, exploit, transfer, sell, assign, license, sublicense, modify, or in any other fashion re-use the Content, copyright or material from the Website or from our courses, NOR reproduce, display, publicly perform, make a derivative version of, create a commentary based on, distribute, or otherwise use the Content, methodologies, copyright or material from the Website or from our courses in any way or for any public, editorial or commercial purpose.

The use or posting of the Content (whether in whole or in part) on any other website, public media, social media, or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is expressly prohibited.

Violation of this rule breaches our non-disclosure terms and is an egregious infringement of our intellectual property rights.

THE USE OF OUR CONTENT AND MATERIALS, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN THIS AGREEMENT, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND INFRINGES ON THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY AND OTHERS, AND MAY SUBJECT YOU TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, IMPRISONMENT, CRIMINAL AND LEGAL PENALTIES, AS WELL AS DAMAGES (INCLUDING AGGRAVATED AND EXEMPLARY DAMAGES), AND OTHER CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL LEGAL ACTIONS, FOR CONFIDENTIALITY, COPYRIGHT AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT.

If you violate our intellectual property, or display any likelihood of violating it, we will take immediate legal action and seek compensation for damages. Violation of our intellectual property is also grounds for immediate and permanent termination without notice, expulsion without a refund, and revocation of all certificates and/or academic credits earned.

If you violate any part of this Agreement, your permission to access and/or use the Content and the Website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the Content.

All Content included on the Website, including, but not limited to, course materials, science reports, text, graphics, logos, icons, images, data files, sound clips, video clips, data compilations, page layout, quizzes, polls, assessments, forms, underlying code and software is the property of the Website Owner, our affiliates, or other relevant third parties. By continuing to use the Website you acknowledge that such material is protected by applicable United Kingdom and International intellectual property and other laws.

“Intellectual Property Rights” means free or paid content, trade secrets, know-how, service marks, rights in logos, rights in get-up, rights in layouts, trade names, internet domain names, rights in designs, software, copyright (including rights in computer software) and moral rights, database rights, semi-conductor topography rights, utility models, service models, processes, rights in know-how, patents, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered, and all rights or forms of protection having equivalent or similar effect anywhere in the world and registered includes registrations and applications for registration.

Where expressly indicated, certain Content and the Intellectual Property Rights subsisting therein belongs to other parties. This Content, unless expressly stated to be so, is not covered by any permission granted by these Terms and Conditions to use Content from the Website. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all Intellectual Property rights including, but not limited to, Copyright and Trademarks, in product images and descriptions belong to the manufacturers or distributors of such services or products as may be applicable. You may NOT use, reproduce, copy, exploit, sell or in any other fashion re-use such material unless otherwise indicated on the Website or unless given express written permission to do so by the relevant manufacturer or supplier.

Age Restrictions

Persons under the age of 16 should use this Website only with the supervision of an Adult. Payment Information must be provided by an Adult.

No Course Sharing

You may NOT share any Paid Content, course lessons, materials or account access details with anyone.

Course lessons and materials are for you only.

You may NOT plagiarise, copy, blog, teach, reproduce, adapt, recycle, sell, transmit, publish, exploit or distribute the course materials. These are here to educate you and give you the framework from which to practise with your own clients in a one-to-one consultation, or to use for yourself or with those you help in a one-to-one setting only. Remember that everything in this course is protected under our copyrights, non-disclosure terms, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, know-how and other intellectual property rights, which you agreed to in the Terms and Conditions of your enrolment.

If you violate, or display any likelihood of violating, our proprietary intellectual property, which belong solely and exclusively to us, we will take the necessary legal actions to prohibit such violations and to obtain compensation for damages. Violation of this rule is also grounds for immediate and permanent termination without notice, expulsion without a refund, and revocation of all certificates and/or academic credits earned.

IMPORTANT WARNING: Our technology allows us to see “irregular user activity” - such as repeated downloads or simultaneous logins from different locations and devices - and we will act upon it.

Prohibition to Copy, Re-write, Blog, Teach, or Reproduce Our Content, Methodologies, Know-How, or Research

You must NOT (in whole or in part) copy, blog, re-sell, re-write, teach, adapt, transmit, publish, exploit or reproduce our confidential and proprietary methodologies, our trade secrets, our know-how, our service models, our processes, our systems, our work, our research, our information, our content, our ideas, and/or our plans.

This breaches our non-disclosure terms, constitutes plagiarism and is an egregious violation of our intellectual property rights, copyright and trademarks.

You also agree:

NOT to infringe on our copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets, know-how, methodologies, proprietary work, processes, service models, or other intellectual property rights.
That any confidential information shared by us or any representative of The Health Sciences Academy is confidential, proprietary, and belongs solely and exclusively to us.
That all materials and information provided to you by us are confidential and proprietary intellectual property, belong solely and exclusively to The Health Sciences Academy, and may only be used by you when authorised in writing by us.
That all of our Content, materials, processes, methods and information accessible by you though an account in our secure password-protected membership platform are strictly confidential, and may NOT be used, shared or disclosed by you unless where and as expressly authorised in writing by us, and only to the extent and under the terms of our express authorisation.
The reproduction, re-writing, copy, blogging, teaching, adaptation, exploitation, distribution, publishing, pubic use, editorial use, commercial use, social media sharing, and/or sale of our proprietary content, methodologies, trade secrets, know-how, questionnaires, and materials by anyone (in whole or in part) are strictly prohibited.
That, ONLY where expressly allowed, you will attribute our own proprietary work, our moral rights, our trade secrets, our methodologies, our content, our plans, our systems, and our information to our name, without suggesting or implying that these are your own. In other words, only if and when expressly authorised, you must attribute the work to The Health Sciences Academy.
That if you violate, or display any likelihood of violating, any of your agreements contained herein, we will take legal action to prohibit such violations and seek compensation for damages.

Copying, using, sharing or disclosing, whether in whole or in part, our Content or confidential information for public, editorial or commercial purposes is strictly prohibited. Should you copy, use, share or disclose, in whole or in art, our Content or confidential information without our express approval in writing and/or without a license from us, you will be subject to a penalty of a minimum of GBP 1000 per day for each day where you copy, use, share or disclose, in whole or in part, our Content or confidential information, in addition to any applicable costs and compensation for damages.

We are passionate about our students growing their businesses and if you are interested in using our materials beyond one-to-one sessions and/or beyond these Terms and Conditions, please contact us or click HERE to complete this form, given that a separate paid licensing agreement with us must be in place for this. In the meantime, you must adhere to these Terms and Conditions and comply with our intellectual property rights and our non-disclosure terms.

Limitation to Use Certain Materials and Forms in a One-to-One Setting ONLY

You are free to discuss your personal knowledge with an acquaintance or a client in a one-to-one session, but you must NOT share your course lessons, course materials, or account access with anyone. These are for your own personal (non-commercial, non-editorial, non-public) use.

Copying, blogging, re-writing, adapting, teaching, re-using, transmitting, publishing, distributing, exploiting, re-selling or reproducing our proprietary methodologies, our trade secrets, our service models, our systems, our work, our research, our information, our content, our ideas, our client assessments, our know-how or our plans, in whole or in part, whether "as is" or in an adapted manner, constitutes a breach of our non-disclosure terms and is an egregious violation of our intellectual property and trademarks.

You may, however, share with a single person, in a one-to-one setting, certain “Client Materials and Session Handouts” ONLY where we expressly agree to it and for the SOLE purpose indicated therein, but always with attribution of the work to The Health Sciences Academy and in the same, unaltered format provided to you with our copyright symbol (e.g. “Copyright © TheHealthSciencesAcademy.org”).

While you are free to discuss your personal knowledge with an acquaintance or with a client in a one-to-one setting, you may NOT (in whole or in part) use or disclose our content or confidential information for public, editorial or commercial purposes. For example, you are prohibited to disclose, teach or share our proprietary content, confidential information or trade secrets in group sessions, blogs, websites, eBooks, downloads, talks to larger audiences, online programmes, membership sites, information products, newsletters, emails, Facebook groups, social media, public media, magazines, newspapers, press articles, commentaries, and/or any other means of reaching more than one person through copying, disclosing, re-writing, adapting, and/or recycling our content and proprietary methodologies.

Delivering, using or adapting our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” to a group of people or website for free (such as a taster or email optin), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.

Such activities breach of our non-disclosure terms, constitute plagiarism, and are an an egregious violation of our intellectual property and we will immediately take legal action and seek compensation for damages. Violation of this rule is also grounds for immediate and permanent termination without notice, expulsion without a refund, and revocation of all certificates and/or academic credits earned.

IMPORTANT WARNING: We use advanced plagiarism detection tools. This allows us to find World Wide Web copy-pasting information, checking documents in all formats, including *.rtf, *.doc, *.docx, *.pdf *ppt, video, flash, html, etc., IP addresses, authors, social media, and plagiarism of our content in English and all languages. Whether we find via our advanced detection tools or any other means that our content, know-how and trade secrets have been plagiarised, are are likely to be plagiarised, we will immediately take legal action and seek compensation for damages.

We are passionate about our students growing their businesses and if you are interested in using our materials beyond one-to-one coaching sessions and/or beyond these Terms and Conditions, please contact us or click HERE to complete this form, given that a separate paid licensing agreement with us must be in place for this. In the meantime, you must adhere to these Terms and Conditions and comply with our intellectual property rights and non-disclosure terms.

Optional CPD and YMCA Awards Professional Recognition

Our advisory courses are accredited by CPD and/or further endorsed by YMCA Awards (previously Central YMCA Qualifications or CYQ), the UK’s leading and longest-established awarding body for health, fitness and wellness qualifications.

Because not all of our students seek to evidence a professional recognition, we have made the CPD and YMCA Awards registration optional, so those who do NOT need it won’t have to pay extra. It is entirely up to you whether you feel you need it or not.

If you do require this, please do this next:

Log in (or double check that you’re already logged in!)
Select your relevant CPD and/or YMCA Awards registration module HERE.
Once you have graduated, your add-on module will be activated so you can go in and complete your CPD and/or YMCA Awards registration.

This registration process will help you to demonstrate your learning outcomes and completed CPD hours for employment and professional verifications or to display on your website or in your consultation space. CPD and YMCA Awards certifications carry both UK and international recognition.

Remember that it is entirely your choice whether you require this or not and it does not affect but simply evidences the recognition of your training as being CPD accredited and/or YMCA endorsed.

Optional SkillsActive Endorsed Recognition and REPs CPD points

Our courses are endorsed through SkillsActive UK, the UK’s Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure, Learning and Well-being.

If you are a professional registered on the Register of Exercise Professionals in the UK, you can obtain an optional REPs CPD Add-on Module and receive REPs CPD points.

As your final exam does not involve in-person invigilation, SkillsActive has endorsed your training as a SkillsActive Workshop. A Workshop can attract a maximum of 6 REPs CPD points.

Remember that it is entirely your choice whether you require this or not and it does not affect but simply evidences the recognition of your training as being REPs CPD accredited by SkillsActive for the purposes of maintaining REPs registration status and evidencing your professional development.

As a graduate of The Health Sciences Academy, your are NOT permitted to obtain SkillsActive endorsement based on one of our courses and/or any of our materials and content. This is strictly prohibited and constitutes a serious violation of our intellectual property rights as well as these Term and Conditions, and we will immediately take legal action.

Optional Professional Membership and Insurance with IICT

The professional registration of our advisory graduates with the International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT) is voluntary and not mandatory.

In order to be eligible for a full membership and insurance with IICT, you must first complete a separate professional add-on module with us. The professional add-on Enhanced Certificate (obtained upon finalising such professional add-on module) must be presented to IICT in order to be able to register your full membership and obtain professional, product, and public liability insurance. Without the relevant professional add-on certificate, you will NOT be eligible for a full membership and/or insurance with IICT.

As a graduate of The Health Sciences Academy, your are NOT permitted to register with IICT as a Training Provider and/or to create a new modality request based on one of our courses and/or any of our materials or content. This is strictly prohibited and constitutes a serious violation of our intellectual property rights as well as these Term and Conditions, and we will immediately take legal action.

Course Lifetime Access

Some, but not all, of our online courses may include "lifetime access" where indicated. An online course "lifetime access" means that, once you have been registered for a specific course with a User Account, you will have access to the course system and materials for as long as such course exists on the Website. Your lifetime access includes any future updates to such course systems and materials.

Lifetime access is for you only. You may NOT share your Paid Content, course materials, system or account access with anyone.

Upon termination of the lifetime of a course, i.e. when a course is retired from the Website, you will no longer have access to it which means that your access to such course will be automatically removed.

The termination of the lifetime of a course is at the complete discretion of the Website Owner. This means that you may NOT claim extended access to such course once it has been retired from the Website.

You have the right to retain any materials and content downloaded during the access period to your course within the terms of our intellectual property. However, you will not be able to obtain any materials that you have not downloaded during the access period to your course.

You may request that the Website Owner sends you a paper version of such downloadable course materials by post for a fee of £149 plus postage costs. To request this, you must send us an email petition no later than 10 calendar days from the course termination date, together with a signed, written request in PDF format, addressed to the Cancellations Department.

Notwithstanding this clause, our Expulsion and Termination Policy applies to students, graduates and users with lifetime access, in which case course access will be immediately and permanently terminated, without a refund, and all certificates and/or credits earned will be revoked without notice.

Limitation of Tutor and Learner Services Support

Where expressly indicated, our paid content, reports, products, courses and services may include live and on demand support from our Tutors, Assessors, Learner Services Team, Technical Support Team and/or Research Team.

Our Learner Services Team and Tutors are here to provide support and assistance regarding your ability to complete your exams and course exercises, but:

NOT to validate your research, personal opinion, external websites, products, product reviews, suggestions, or items NOT covered in your course materials; and/or
NOT to provide personal and/or client advice; and/or
NOT to provide further research services, scientific reviews or analysis of the scientific literature.

These activities require investigation from our Research Team and Tutors, which is time-consuming, costly, may require additional resources, and are therefore charged as a separate service from £350 / EUR 500 / USD 550 per hour. Please contact us if you wish to learn more about such services.

Vouchers Policy

The following rules apply to vouchers obtained from third parties:

Using multiple vouchers for multiple courses is strictly prohibited.
You may NOT join The Health Sciences Academy using multiple vouchers for multiple courses. We only accept one valid voucher per person, for one course only, just once from the moment of joining and/or any time thereafter.
We do NOT accept vouchers from our existing students, graduates, or users, with NO exceptions.
Multiple or fake accounts per person is a severe violation of our terms and will subject you to criminal and legal penalties.
Any vouchers offered by partners can be used by residents of that partner's country only.

If you violate, display any likelihood of, or are caught violating this policy, your course access and any gained certification related to such course will be instantly expunged, revoked and terminated without notice and without a refund. Student expulsion and permanent termination rules shall also apply. We also reserve the right to take legal action and seek compensation for damages.

A penalty fee applies to expired vouchers, with NO exceptions.

We reserve the rights to:

reject your voucher at any time, at our sole discretion, without giving reasons.
change this policy at any time, without notice and without giving reasons.

Student or User Expulsion and Termination of Engagement

We retain the sole discretion of immediately terminating engagement with users, students, graduates, or third parties at any time, without notice and without giving reasons.

We have a ZERO-tolerance policy for negative, impolite, rude, abusive, misleading or defamatory language about our educational institution, educational programmes, staff, authors, website, community, online features, products, services, reports, and free or paid content.

Violation of this rule and/or breach of our Terms and Conditions is grounds for immediate and permanent termination, expulsion without a refund, and revocation of all certificates and/or academic credits earned without notice. We also reserve the right to take legal action.

The use of defamatory, abusive or negative language about our educational institution by students, users, graduates, awarding bodies, partners or third parties is unacceptable and will result in the instant termination of engagement.

We reserve the rights to deny any request for membership, website use, registration, and/or use of free and/or paid service, course, content, or product; permanently remove membership for any member, user, student or graduate at our sole discretion at any time and without notice; and change these requirements, rules, or Terms and Conditions from time to time without notice.

Prohibition of Multiple Accounts per Person

Creating more than one account for yourself or for the same person and/or user, with identical, similar and/or different names and details, is strictly prohibited and represents a severe violation of our Terms and Conditions, for which we will take immediate legal action and seek compensation for damages.

Multiple or fake accounts per person is a severe violation of our terms and will subject you to criminal and other legal penalties.

If you violate, display any likelihood of, or are caught violating this rule, your user access and any gained certification or educational credits will be instantly expunged, revoked and terminated without a refund. Student expulsion and permanent termination rules shall also apply.

Professional Considerations

You agree that you alone are responsible for your own professional liability, public liability, product liability, and any liability derived from your own direct and/or indirect actions or omissions. You also agree that you alone are responsible for your own compliance with, and understanding and research of, all regulatory, legal, tax, accounting, business, insurance, and professional rules and requirements.

You alone are responsible and accountable for your decisions, actions, omissions and results in life, in health and in business, and by your use of the Website, its Content, Services or Systems, you agree not to attempt to hold us liable for any such decisions, actions, omission, or results, at any time, under any circumstance.

You should always work ethically, professionally and within the law, and be aware of, and comply with, tax and National Insurance costs.

Once you have completed your course with us, and before providing advise to other persons, being paying clients or not, you should look into all regulatory, professional, legal, tax, accounting, insurance, and business requirements. It is therefore key that you consult with an accountant, legal, tax, or any other such professional to obtain further assistance in order to set up and conduct your practice or to advise other persons, being paying clients or not.

Provided that you obtain adequate insurance to practise, and that you thoroughly observe and comply with all the relevant regulatory, professional, legal, tax, accounting, insurance, and business requirements, you may be able to:

Educate and appraise a person about their health in general
Assess health risks for medical referral where appropriate
Address a person's health goals and put forward personalised suggestions
Provide guidelines for safe nutrient intake
Provide guidelines for a balanced intake of nutrients, hydration, physical activity, stress management, and habit-forming
Inform about the benefits of proper hydration and the risks of dehydration
Encourage a person to follow a varied diet and healthy lifestyle
Share safe nutritional approaches and ideas to support health and well-being
Check on food and fluid intake through questions and dietary journals
Follow up on a person’s nutritional, lifestyle, and/or health improvements
Personalise and adjust a sample eating, lifestyle, or supplementary plan designed to educate about healthier choices and practicesInform about bad combinations and contraindications of certain nutrients and substances
Inform about the benefits of proper nutrition, exercise, sleep, and self-care
Demonstrate health-promoting grocery shopping habits, healthy home-cooking and food preparation practices
Work with a person to implement strategies for new healthy habits to stick
Monitor a person’s body composition change

IMPORTANT: Our courses are custom-built and do NOT replace, or equate to, a university qualification. Therefore, you may NOT mislead or misinform others about that.

You MUST always act ethically and responsibly, including, but not limited to, the following:

You may NOT guarantee: weight changes, body composition changes, peak performance, healing, treatment, therapy, and/or fitness or health improvements through diet, nutrition, supplements, products, services, exercise and/or lifestyle modifications
You may NOT exaggerate or misinform about the health effects of certain foods, products, services, or lifestyle modifications
You may NOT recommend supplements as a substitution for a varied diet or medical treatment
You may NOT recommend banned or illegal substances
You may NOT diagnose medical conditions, prescribe treatment, dispense or replace a medical doctor's o medical professional’s advice
You may NOT “diagnose” nutrient deficiencies, nutritional status, health status, health effects, symptoms, or ailments
You may NOT replace medical advice NOR provide substitution for the care of disease through a medical provider
You may NOT “prescribe” diets, supplements, products, services, or lifestyle modifications, NOR recommend them as “treatment” or “therapy”, NOR “treat” with or through them
You may NOT advise a person to stop taking prescribed medicine
You may NOT treat an illness or injury through over-the-counter products, herbs or supplements
You may NOT divulge confidential information about someone’s health or personal matters to third parties
You may NOT call yourself “doctor”, “clinician”, “medical therapist”, “medical nutritional therapist”, “registered nutritionist”, “licensed nutritionist”, “dietitian”, “licensed dietitian”, “registered dietitian”, “accredited dietitian”, “nutrition counselor”, “licensed nutrition counselor”, or “registered nutrition counselor” unless you obtain the relevant university qualification and/or its government-regulated licensure
You may NOT refer to your client as your “patient”, or to your services as “treatment” or “prescription”, or to your assessments as “diagnosis”
You may NOT practise, market your services, or take on clients without having adequate insurance cover
You MUST observe all legal, tax, professional, commercial and regulatory requirements that apply in your country
You may NOT act for, in the name of, or on behalf of The Health Sciences Academy; this is strictly prohibited
You MUST ensure you refer to a Medical Doctor or licensed health professional if your client answers “yes” to any of the questions in the Client Health Check Questionnaire
You MUST inform your client that your risk evaluations and screening assessments are intended to only evaluate risk and that they do not constitute a medical diagnosis.
You MUST communicate to your client that you do not dispense medical advice, nor prescribe treatment, and that your suggestions are not meant to replace those of a licensed medical doctor or medical professional.
You MUST remind your client that your plans and suggestions do not constitute 'prescriptions' or 'treatment', and that they are instead designed to provide information and processes to support informed decision making (where the client decides).
You MUST inform your client that your programme is not meant to diagnose, treat, or prescribe treatment and that they should seek medical guidance as needed.
You MUST alert your client that if, at any time, they feel undue pain or excessive discomfort from certain foods, drinks, meal strategies, or eating times, they should discontinue any dietary changes immediately and inform you of any adverse symptoms. In such cases, they should be referred to a medical doctor immediately.
You MUST allow your client to withdraw from their programme with you at any time they wish to do so.
Should your client suffer from severe and/or chronic health symptoms or a medical condition including allergies (known or suspected), advise them to seek medical advice at all times.
You MUST inform your client that a sample eating or lifestyle plan is not sufficient nor appropriate to treat medical conditions and advise that they should always consult with a medical doctor or their GP.
You MUST communicate to your client that you do not dispense medical advice nor prescribe treatment, and that your suggestions are not meant to replace those of a licensed medical professional.
You MUST observe data protection and keep your client’s health records, personal information, medical history, and details divulged in or out of session strictly confidential.
You MUST obtain an insurance cover and request your client to sign an Informed Consent Form before you discuss their health or provide any kind of advice

Prohibition to Compete or Reproduce our Methods or Content

You are prohibited to replicate, copy, teach, modify, improve, expand, amend, re-use, re-write, re-purpose, replicate, translate, reproduce, perform, store, transmit, publish, re-sell or exploit our free or paid content, templates, questionnaires, methods, know-how, way of packaging or structuring information, service models, website, interactive features, learning path, way of working, processes, systems, editorial rights, copyrights and intellectual property rights, in whole or in part, to teach, create, provide, moderate or promote academic, vocational or educational services, training, courses, workshops, eBooks, databases, newsletters, emails, blogs, press articles, public media commentaries, Facebook groups, social media sharing, and/or to re-purpose, copy, distribute or repackage our content or materials in any shape or form.

If you violate or are caught violating these terms, or display any likelihood of violating them, we will take immediate legal action and seek compensation for damages.

You are prohibited to enter into, start, develop or expand a similar trade in competition against The Health Sciences Academy, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, now or anytime in the future.

You are prohibited to use or copy our intellectual property to deliver any training, service or product that directly or indirectly competes with the interests of The Health Sciences Academy.

Violation of this rule is grounds for immediate and permanent termination without notice, expulsion without a refund, revocation of all certificates and/or academic credits earned, immediate legal action, and compensation for damages.

Prohibition to Replicate Our Forms, Questionnaires or Software

You are not allowed to use or adapt our proprietary questionnaires, forms and materials to develop or enhance your own software, website tools, or electronic spreadsheets.

Recreating, replicating or adapting them to develop your own software, online forms, electronic spreadsheets, or mobile apps is strictly prohibited and constitutes plagiarism.

"Client Materials and Session Handouts" cannot be re-written and developed into any software by you or by any third party. The only route to offer our forms to your clients online is via a paid subscription to our Clinic Toolkit™. Contact us immediately if you have any questions on this.

You must never replicate or offer our forms and questionnaires online "for free" to funnel website visitors. This constitutes an egregious violation of our intellectual property.

You must never share or reproduce our forms or questionnaires (in whole or in part) in blog posts, press articles, commentaries, websites or any other media. This constitutes an egregious violation of our intellectual property and a breach of our non-disclosure terms.

If you violate or are caught violating our intellectual property, or display any likelihood of violating it, we will take immediate legal action and seek compensation for damages.

Prohibition to Use Our Forms for Group Coaching

You may use the “Client Materials and Session Handouts” with an acquaintance or with a client in a one-to-one setting only, and NOT for group programs, group coaching, or group services.

You must first purchase a course-specific Clinic Toolkit™ Professional Account Type in order to be authorised to use the corresponding “Client Materials and Session Handouts” in group sessions, workshops, seminars, online group programs, membership sites and/or any means of replacing one-to-one support by group support.

We are passionate about our graduates growing their businesses and if you are interested in using the “Client Materials and Session Handouts” beyond one-to-one settings, you require our Group Program Approval once you have graduated and have a valid Clinic Toolkit™ Paid Subscription. In the meantime, you must adhere to these Terms and Conditions and comply with the limitation to use the “Client Materials and Session Handouts” in a one-to-one setting only, and advertise this accordingly.

Without our approval in place, the use or adaptation of our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” for group programs, group coaching or membership sites will constitute plagiarism and an egregious violation of our intellectual property and we will immediately take legal action and seek compensation for damages. Violation of this rule is also grounds for immediate and permanent termination without notice, expulsion without a refund, and revocation of all certificates and/or academic credits earned.

“Client Materials and Session Handouts” Restrictions

You may NOT (and may NOT allow anyone else to):

offer access to the “Client Materials and Session Handouts” to anyone, “for free” (such as a taster or email optin), whether in part or whole, to funnel your website visitors into paying clients
share, disclose or post our “Client Materials and Session Handouts”, whether in whole or in part, on a public website, blog, press article, commentary, forum, group, webinar or video, or any other public or social media, digitally, online or offline;
copy or use our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” (or documentation) in any manner that is not expressly allowed by The Health Sciences Academy;
use our “Client Materials and Session Handouts”, forms, templates or content to develop or enhance any product that competes with a service or product of The Health Sciences Academy;
modify or create a derivative work of any part of our “Client Materials and Session Handouts”, forms, templates, content or proprietary methods;
plagiarise, copy or replicate our proprietary forms, questionnaires, templates and software;
disclose, create or publish a commentary on, or teach the content and proprietary methodology of our “Client Materials and Session Handouts”;
use the content and proprietary methodology of our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” for any public or editorial purposes (this is strictly forbidden), and/or for any commercial purpose that is not expressly allowed by The Health Sciences Academy;
use our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” in a group setting without a Clinic Toolkit™ Paid Subscription and our approval;
use our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” in the development of any product if the failure or malfunction of that product could reasonably be expected to result in personal injury, death, or catastrophic loss.

Violation of this rule is grounds for immediate and permanent termination without notice, expulsion without a refund, revocation of all certificates and/or academic credits earned, and legal action.

The adaptation or modification of our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” is strictly prohibited.

Any content inserted into any “Client Materials and Session Handouts” by you is your own responsibility and should not be deemed as endorsed by The Health Sciences Academy, thus you agree that you alone are responsible for its completeness, safety, accuracy, or background research and you agree to hold the The Health Sciences Academy and their representatives harmless for claims or damages.

Prohibition to Use Our Free Content

The Website is provided solely for your own personal and non-commercial use.

You may print, store or in any other fashion use Free Content from the Website for personal purposes only, unless otherwise indicated on the Website or unless given express written permission to do so by the Website Owner via a paid license agreement. Specifically you agree that:

You will NOT use the Free Content of the Website for public, editorial or commercial purposes unless given express written permission to do so by the Website Owner.
You will NOT copy, re-write, alter, re-use, teach, adapt, or reproduce any of the Free Content from the Website or use the content with a view to creating a training course, workshop, information products (such as an online book or a downloadable file), blog post, press article, commentary, web page, or compiling any form of comprehensive collection, compilation, directory or database, unless given express written permission to do so by the Website Owner via a paid license agreement.

Public, editorial or commercial use of Free Content are NOT permitted under these Terms and Conditions.

Educational providers, online course providers, information product providers, publishing companies, newspapers, magazines, journalists, and/or employees, agents or affiliates of Learning Establishments are NOT permitted to use Free or Paid Content for teaching, public, editorial and/or commercial purposes under these Terms and Conditions. Without a paid license agreement with us in place, such activities breach of our non-disclosure terms, constitute plagiarism and are an egregious violation of our intellectual property, and we will immediately take legal action.

The Free Content in this Website is protected by the Creative Commons Public License (C.C.P.L.), requiring express written permission and attribution, whereby for any express written permission to you by the Website Owner for reuse or distribution of Free Content you must attribute the work with a link to this Website, but not in any way that suggests that the Website Owner endorse you or your use of the work. You must make clear to others the license terms of this work, and you specifically agree that in no way are any of the following rights affected by the license: all applicable copyright exceptions and limitations; and the author's moral rights or the rights that other persons may have either in the work itself or in how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.

Prohibition to Use Our Paid Content

Payment of a Purchase Price or a Subscription Fee, via a monetary payment, valid vouchers, store credit or a combination of these, grants you a licence to use the specified Paid Content on the Website for the duration of your purchase or subscription. You may use such Content in the following ways:

for personal purposes ONLY; or
as a paid student only, for your OWN educational purposes.

Public, editorial or commercial use of Paid Content are NOT permitted under these Terms and Conditions.

Thus, you agree that:

you will NOT use, copy, alter, re-write, blog, teach, exploit, transmit, publish, or reproduce any of the Paid Content of the Website for public, editorial or commercial purposes, unless given express written permission to do so by the Website Owner via a paid license agreement; and
you will NOT copy, re-use, re-write, copy, alter, blog, teach, or reproduce any of the Paid Content from the Website or use the content with a view to creating a training course, workshop, information products (such as an online book or a downloadable file), blog post, press article, commentary, web page, or compiling any form of comprehensive collection, compilation, directory or database, unless given express written permission to do so by the Website Owner via a paid license agreement.

IMPORTANT WARNING: We use advanced plagiarism detection tools. This allows us to find World Wide Web copy-pasting information, checking documents in all formats, including *.rtf, *.doc, *.docx, *.pdf *ppt, video, flash, html, etc., IP addresses, authors, social media, and plagiarism of our content in English and all languages. Whether we find via our advanced detection tools or any other means that our content and trade secrets have been plagiarised, we will immediately take legal action.

No Available License

You are PROHIBITED to copy, use or distribute our content and templates (whether in whole or in part) in or through any of the below formats; doing so violates our non-disclosure terms, constitutes plagiarism and there is NO license available for any of the following:

Handouts in digital form
Online interactive tools
Membership site
Group presentation in person
Webinar
Video
Audio
Slideshow
Private online group (e.g. Facebook group)
Open online group or forum
Closed online group or forum
Paid content online
Paid eBook
Free eBook
Paid file downloads
Free file downloads
Blog
Public website
Magazine
Newspaper
Press article
Commentary
Public media
Social media
Password-protected website
Paid newsletter
Free newsletter
Electronic spreadsheet
Paper-based spreadsheet
Online Membership Platform
Free Database
Paid Database
Mobile App
Downloadable files
Course
Workshop
Online programme
Any other form of copy, adaptation, citation or reproduction of our content, in whole or in part, online or offline

If you violate or are caught violating our intellectual property, or display any likelihood of violating it, we will take immediate legal action and seek compensation for damages.

Prohibition for Educational Providers and Publishers

Educational providers, online course providers, information product providers, publishing companies, media companies, newspapers, magazines, journalists, or employees, agents or affiliates of Learning Establishments, are NOT permitted to use our Free or Paid Content, scientific references, research, confidential information, data compilation, proprietary methodologies, know-how, learning path, processes, service models, either directly or indirectly, online or offline, in whole or in part, for their own professional development, for teaching, for commercial, for editorial, for public, for commentary, and/or for educational purposes in any shape or form.

Such activities breach our non-disclosure terms, constitute plagiarism, and are a severe violation of our intellectual property rights and non-compete terms, and will subject you to criminal and legal penalties, for which we will immediately take legal action and seek compensation for damages.

Should you use our Content, confidential information or intellectual property without our express approval in writing and/or without a license from us, you will be subject to a penalty of a minimum of GBP 1000 per day for each day where you use or share our Content, confidential information or intellectual property, in addition to any applicable costs and compensation for damages.

Science Reports

You are allowed to download a Science Report on 3 different devices (such as a desktop, tablet and mobile) for your own personal use only.

The Science Reports exclude client or personal advice, and/or tutor support.

Each Science Report is an individual purchase for you only. If you would like to share any Science Reports or content with clients, colleagues, a business partner or collaborator, each of you will need to purchase the relevant Science Reports individually. Additionally, if you are interested in having your assistant or your entire team access such Science Reports, each will need to be purchased for each participating member.

Each Science Report or its content (in whole or in part) is for your own personal (non-commercial, non-editorial, non-public) use.

You may NOT (and may NOT allow anyone else to):

copy, re-adapt, reproduce, share, publish, forward or link a Science Report online, offline, via print or via email
offer a Science Report to anyone, for free (such as a taster) or for a fee, whether in part or whole
copy or use the Science Reports (or documentation) in any manner that is not expressly allowed by The Health Sciences Academy
distribute any copy of the Science Reports or allow anyone other than you to have access to or use your secured account
use the Science Reports or their content to create, modify, or simulate authorship for third parties
use the Science Reports or their content for any public, editorial or commercial purposes (this is strictly forbidden)
use the Science Reports or their content to develop or enhance any product that competes with a service or product of The Health Sciences Academy
modify or create a derivative work of any part of the Science Reports or documentation
disclose, create or publish a commentary on, or teach the content of a Science Report or Science Reports
use the Science Reports (or documentation) in the development of any product if the failure or malfunction of that product could reasonably be expected to result in personal injury, death, or catastrophic loss

We have a NO refund policy on any of our Science Reports individually. We do this because any Science Reports you purchase through The Health Sciences Academy is made instantly available, as an electronic download through the Library area. There is no way to guarantee that a Science Report was actually removed from a system after its download, so this allows us to help fight fraudulent activity.

Medical Policy

The medical information on this Website, its Content and the Services and Systems available through the Website or from the Website Owner, is provided without any representations or warranties, express or implied.

The information presented in our course materials, forms, Science Reports and other content is not meant to "diagnose" a deficiency, an ailment, a condition, or a disease, and does not replace medical advice, nor should your client consultations or advice to others. Diagnosis and advice on prescribed medicine, treatment or care should be obtained through consultation with a licensed medical doctor or GP who has examined or is familiar with a person’s medical history.

We may feature and mention a number of brands, products and supplements in our course materials, Science Reports and other content for information purposes only and this does not represent endorsement, validation, commercial promotion or recommendation by, or an official position of, The Health Sciences Academy.

We make no representations or warranties in relation to the medical information on this Website, its Content and the Services and Systems available through the Website or from the Website Owner.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, we do not warrant or represent that the medical information on the Website: (a) will be constantly available, or available at all; or (b) is complete, true, accurate, up to date and/or non-misleading. Nothing in this medical disclaimer will: (a) limit any of our liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or (b) exclude any of our liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The Website, and the Content, Services and Systems available through the Website or from the Website Owner are not intended as a substitute for any diagnosis, advice or treatment prescribed by a doctor.

It is your responsibility to ensure that there are no medical reasons why you should not embark on a weight loss, lifestyle, exercise or nutritional programme or why you should not use or follow the guidelines on this Website, its Content, Services or information available through the Website, its Systems or from the Website Owner and its representatives, online or offline. If in any doubt at all, you should check with your medical doctor.

Before starting any weight loss, lifestyle, exercise or nutritional program the Website Owner recommend that you seek medical advice. You must not rely on the information on the Website as an alternative to medical advice from your doctor or other professional healthcare provider. If you have any specific questions about any medical matter, you should consult your doctor or other professional healthcare provider. If you think you may be suffering from any medical condition, you should seek immediate medical attention. You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice or discontinue medical treatment because of information on the Website, its Content, Services or information available through the Website, its Systems or from the Website Owner and its representatives, online or offline.

The Website and the Website Owner do not offer medical advice. You should NOT use the Website, its Content, Services or information available through the Website, its Systems or from the Website Owner and its representatives, online or offline, without seeing a medical doctor if any of the following conditions apply to you or to the person/s that you share the Website information with:

Pregnancy, breast-feeding, under 16 years of age, insulin dependent diabetic, surgery in the last 3 months, dialysis for kidney failure, liver disease, cancer, existing eating disorder, BMI under 18.5, illness, hypo- or hyper-thyroidism, medical treatment or any other medical condition.

If or when you observe any information given by the Website, the Website Owner, and/or their representatives, either online or offline, you accept that you do this at your own risk and responsibility, and you agree to hold the Website Owner and their representatives harmless for claims or damages. It is required that each User takes personal responsibility for themselves if or when observing any information given by the Website, the Website Owner and their representatives, either online or offline. If at any time the User feels any ill effects, pain or discomfort then they must stop observing any such information and it is advisable that they immediately consult with their doctor.

If you have a medical condition which may be adversely affected by exercise, you should consult your doctor before following any exercise information given. It is required that each User takes personal responsibility for themselves when doing any exercise which has been advised by the Website, the Website Owner and their representatives, either online or offline. If at any time while exercising a User feels any ill effects then they must stop doing the exercise and it is advisable that they check this out with their doctor.

The Website Owner always recommend that Users follow the medical and any dietary advice they have been given by their doctor or other regulated health professional. Nothing on the Website or offered through the Website is a promise or guarantee of weight loss, health improvements, performance enhancement, or relief of medical symptoms.

We do not provide responses to personal medical concerns, nor can we supply related medical or health information other than what is available in our website. For specific, personalised medical advice we encourage you to contact a medical doctor.

No Professional Advice

You agree that the Content, Services and / or any information contained in or made available through our Website and Systems, online or offline, now or in the future, including but not limited to information contained in course lectures, materials and lessons, reports, videos, audio files, message boards, comments, coaching/tutoring calls, coaching/tutoring sessions, emails, newsletter, text messages, text files, web pages, events, webinars, group programs, communications, or chats, cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained and / or regulated professionals in any field, including, but not limited to, financial, tax, accounting, insurance, legal, regulatory, commercial, professional, medical, or psychological matters.

In particular, you should regularly consult with a medical doctor or regulated specialist in all matters relating to physical or mental health, particularly concerning any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention. The Website Owner, its representatives, licensors or suppliers make no representations or warranties concerning any treatment, action, or application of medication or preparation by any person following the information offered or provided within or through the Website. The Website Owner, its representatives, licensors, suppliers, partners, and / or affiliates, will not be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, exemplary or other damages that may result, including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness, pain, excessive discomfort or death. You alone are responsible and accountable for your decisions, actions, omissions, and results in life, and by your use of the Website, its Content, Services or Systems, you agree not to attempt to hold us liable for any such decisions, actions, omissions, or results, at any time, under any circumstance.

No Commercial or Professional Association

The Health Sciences Academy has NO commercial or professional association with you or your practice, and you must be clear about this with others, including your prospects and your clients.

You are NOT a representative, delegate, agent or employee of The Health Sciences Academy, thus you are NOT permitted to act for, in the name of, or on behalf of The Health Sciences Academy.

Any content selected or inserted by you into a "Client Material and Session Handout" or equivalent material is your own responsibility and should not be deemed as endorsed by The Health Sciences Academy, thus you agree that you alone are responsible for its completeness, safety, accuracy, or background research and you agree to hold the The Health Sciences Academy and their representatives harmless for claims or damages. The same rule applies to any written or verbal advice, recommendation or work provided by you as a Certified Advisor,

Misconduct and Violation of Etiquette and Communication Guidelines

When engaging with our Learner Services team, Tutors, authors, research team or staff, you must NOT be rude, impolite, argumentative, abusive or defamatory. Such messages are NOT welcome and are grounds for immediate and permanent termination without notice, expulsion of a student, graduate or user without a refund, and revocation of all certificates and/or academic credits earned.

When engaging with our staff or using our email systems, forms, poll free-format answers, comments areas, blog entries, social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+), forums, message boards, chat facilities, and / or any other System on the Website or run by The Health Sciences Academy, you should do so in accordance with the following rules:

you must NOT be rude, impolite, provocative, argumentative, abusive or defamatory;
you must NOT submit Content that is intended to promote or incite violence;
you must NOT submit Content that is intended to create a heated argument about a health topic, political or religious issues, cultural problems, or any other matter of any kind;
you must NOT use obscene, vulgar, abusive, defamatory, or religious language;
you must NOT submit Content that directly or indirectly criticises, diminishes, contests, defames, or contradicts any statements made by the Website or its authors;
you must NOT submit Content that is NOT polite or that it does NOT add to the conversation in a constructive and polite manner;
you must NOT mention or submit links to third party blogs or websites, unless these are scientific abstracts or scientific studies found in renowned journals or libraries such as PubMed;
you must NOT submit Content that is rude, impolite, provocative, defamatory, or negative, towards the Website, its authors, its users, its readers, or its Owner;
you must carefully carefully read and abide to the rules or guidelines for the submission of comments or Content, as stated on any part of the Website, which may vary from time to time at our sole discretion;
you must NOT submit Content that is unlawful or otherwise objectionable. This includes, but is not limited to, Content that is abusive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, ageist, political, religious, sexist or racist;
it is advised that posts on message boards, chat facilities or similar and communications with the Website Owner are made using the English and Spanish language(s) as we may be unable to respond to enquiries submitted in any other languages;
you must NOT post links to other Websites containing any of the above types of Content;
the means by which you identify yourself must not violate these Terms and Conditions or any applicable laws;
you must NOT engage in any form of commercial advertising. This does not prohibit references to businesses for non-promotional purposes including references where advertising may be incidental;
you must NOT impersonate other people, particularly employees and representatives of the Website Owner or our affiliates; and
you must NOT use our System for unauthorised mass-communication such as “spam” or “junk mail”;

IMPORTANT WARNING: We have a ZERO-tolerance policy for negative, impolite, rude, abusive, provocative, argumentative or defamatory language about our educational institution, educational programmes, staff, authors, website, community, online features, products, services, reports, and free or paid content. The use of provocative, defamatory, abusive or negative language about our educational institution by students, users, graduates, or third parties is unacceptable and will result in the instant termination of engagement without notice. Violation of this clause is grounds for immediate and permanent termination, expulsion of a user, student or graduate, without a refund and without notice, and revocation of all certificates and/or academic credits earned.

You acknowledge that the Website Owner reserves the right to monitor, edit or delete any and all communications made to us or using our System without notice.

You acknowledge that the Website Owner may retain copies of any and all communications made to us or using our System.

You acknowledge that any information you send to us through our System, emails and forms, or post on the forums, message boards, chat facilities, comments areas, blog entries, or similar may be denied, modified or edited by us in any way and you hereby waive your moral right to be identified as the author of such information. Any restrictions you may wish to place upon our use of such information must be communicated to us in advance and we reserve the right to reject such terms and associated information.

We reserve the right to deny or delete any comment or Content submission, request for membership, website use, registration, and/or use of free and/or paid service, course, content, or product.

We reserve the right to change the requirements, rules, or Terms and Conditions, at any time without notice.

Exam Appeals

Learners have a right to appeal the outcome of an assessment on the grounds that they do not agree with the assessment decision made by the Assessor, Tutor or Marker, or that the assessment procedures have not been carried out properly.

If you wish to appeal, you must email to us a signed, written notice in PDF format, addressed to the Course Director within five calendar days of receiving notification of the grade or assessment. Your notice must include your intention to appeal and the grounds for appeal. You must also then provide a full case, in writing, within a further fourteen calendar days.

The Course Director will review the submission and assessmnt material with the Internal Verifier and Quality Manager for the final grading. Their decision is final and you will be advised of the outcome in writing.

For a copy of the appeals policy and procedure, please email to us a signed, written request in PDF format, addressed to the Learner Services Team.

No Course Transferring

We retain the sole discretion concerning whether you may transfer to another course offered through the Website. To request a course transfer, you must email to us a signed, written request in PDF format, addressed to the Cancellations Department. We will treat all justifiable requests as compassionately as possible.

If we agree to the course transfer, the total fees paid towards the discontinued course will be offset against the cost of the new course. However, we will require that if the new course fee is greater than that of the discontinued course, the balance should be paid in full.

A transfer fee shall apply in all cases, with no exceptions.

Website Uptime

All reasonable measures are taken by the Website Owner to ensure that the Website is operational all day, every day. However, occasionally technical issues may result in some down-time and accordingly the Website Owner will not be liable if the Website is unavailable at any time.

Where possible the Website Owner shall try to give advance warning of maintenance issues that may result in down time of the Website, but it shall not be obliged to provide such notice.

User Provided Material

When using Our Website you shall not post or send to or from Our Website any material:

(a) for which you have not obtained all necessary consents;

(b) that is discriminatory, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, liable to incite racial hatred, in breach of confidentiality or privacy, which may cause annoyance or inconvenience to others, which encourages or constitutes conduct that would be deemed a criminal offence, give rise to a civil liability, or otherwise is contrary to the law in the United Kingdom;

(c) which is harmful in nature including, and without limitation, computer viruses, Trojan horses, corrupted data, or other potentially harmful software or data.

We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requiring us to disclose the identity or other details of any person posting material to Our Website or any user who is in breach of these terms and conditions.

We reserve the right to disclose details of any person or user who is in breach of these terms and conditions.

Your License to the Website Owner

Any material that you as a visitor to the Website sends or posts to the Website shall be considered non-proprietary and non-confidential.

The Website Owner shall be entitled to copy, disclose, distribute or use for such other purpose as it deems appropriate all material provided in this Website or to the Website Owner, with the exception of personal information covered under the Privacy Policy.

By posting or submitting any material (including, without limitation, form entries, comments, emails, messages, blog entries, photos, audio and videos) via the Website, you are representing: (i) that you are the owner of the material, or are making your posting or submission with the express consent of the owner of the material; and (ii) that you are thirteen years of age or older. In addition, when you submit or post any material, you are granting the Website Owner, and anyone authorised by it, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, edit, modify, transmit, sell, exploit, create derivative works from, distribute, and/or publicly perform or display such material, in whole or in part, in any manner or medium, now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose. The foregoing grant shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such posting or submission, including, but not limited to, rights under copyright, moral rights, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction. Also, in connection with the exercise of such rights, you grant the Website Owner, and anyone authorised by it, the right to identify you or not as the author of any of your postings or submissions by name, e-mail address or screen name, as the Website Owner deem appropriate.

You acknowledge that the Website Owner has the right but not the obligation to use and display any postings or contributions of any kind and that it may elect to cease the use and display of any such materials (or any portion thereof), at any time for any reason whatsoever.

Links to Other Websites

This Website may contain links to other sites. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under the control of the Website Owner or that of our affiliates. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Websites and disclaim liability for any and all forms of loss or damage arising out of the use of them. The inclusion of a link to another site on this Website does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.

Links to this Website

Those wishing to place a link to this Website on other sites may do so only to the home page of the site without prior permission. Deep linking (i.e. links to specific pages within the site) requires the express permission of the Website Owner.

Limitations on Linking and Framing

You may establish a hypertext link to the Website provided that the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by the Website Owner or by the Website. However, you may not, without our prior express written permission by the Website Owner, frame or inline link any of the content of the Website, or incorporate into another website or other service any of our material, content or intellectual property.

If applicable, 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 the Website Owner. Neither the Website Owner nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content. Furthermore, the Website Owner neither endorse nor is responsible for the accuracy and reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made on the Website by anyone other than the Website Owner and its representatives.

THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND BY THE WEBSITE OWNER AND ANY THIRD-PARTY SITES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, THE WEBSITE OWNER DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE WEBSITE OWNER DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY OF ITS FUNCTIONS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ANY PART OF THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING BULLETIN BOARDS, OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE IT AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

THE WEBSITE OWNER DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE OR ON THIRD-PARTY SITES IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.

You agree at all times to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Website Owner, its affiliates, their successors, transferees, assignees and licensees and their respective parent and subsidiary companies, agents, associates, officers, directors, shareholders and employees of each from and against any and all claims, causes of action, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to your breach of any obligation, warranty, representation or covenant set in these terms and conditions.

Registration

To access certain features of the Website, we may ask you to provide certain demographic information including your gender, year of birth, postal code and country. In addition, if you elect to sign-up for a particular feature of the Website, such as chat rooms, forums, web logs, newsletter, email updates, quizzes, questionnaires, or bulletin boards, you may also be asked to register with us on the form provided and such registration may require you to provide personally identifiable information such as your name and email address. You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Site’s registration form. If we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Website (or any portion thereof). Our use of any personally identifiable information you provide to us as part of the registration process is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy.

Passwords

To use certain features of the Website, you will need a username and password, which you will receive through the Website’s registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are responsible for all activities (whether by you or by others) that occur under your password or account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your password or account information.

Accounts and Truthful Identity and Details

In order to access certain Services, Paid Content and/or Systems offered through this Website, you may be required to create an Account which will contain certain personal details which may vary based upon the type of Account that you choose. By continuing to use this Website you represent and warrant that:

all information you submit is accurate and truthful; and
you will keep this information accurate and up-to-date.

Your creation of an Account is further affirmation of your representation and warranty.

Sharing of accounts is not permitted unless expressly authorised in writing by the Website Owner. You are required to keep your Account details confidential and must not reveal your username and password to anyone. If you use a shared computer, it is recommended that you do not save your Account details in your internet browser.

When choosing your username you are required to adhere to the terms set out hereby. Any failure to do so could result in the suspension and/or deletion of your Account.

Purchases and Subscriptions

Your payment of the Purchase Price of Subscription Fee will be for the currency and amount advertised on the Website. Each specific Service, Paid Content, System access, Account type and/or online facility will specify its own Purchase Price or Subscription Fee. Where applicable, the Website Owner reserves the right to change the Purchase Price or Subscription Fee from time to time. Prices and fees on the Website exclude VAT.

If you cancel or terminate your purchase, subscription or account, you must immediately cease your use or access to the relevant Service, Paid Content and/or System. If you have made a purchase or subscribed in error, you must inform the Website Owner within 24 hours of your payment and must NOT use the Website, its Content, Systems or Services during that time. If any use can be traced to you, no refund will be provided.

Services, Pricing and Availability

Whilst reasonable effort has been made to ensure that all descriptions of Services available from the Website Owner correspond to the actual Services, the Website Owner is not responsible for any variations from these descriptions. This does not exclude our liability for mistakes due to negligence on our part and refers only to variations of the correct Services, not different Services altogether.

Where appropriate, you may be required to select the required package of Services.

The Website Owner does not represent or warrant that such Services will be available. Availability indications are provided on the Website, however these may not take into account orders that have taken place during your visit to the Website.

All pricing information on the Website is correct at the time of going online. The Website Owner reserves the right to change prices and alter or remove any special offers from time to time and as necessary. All pricing information is reviewed and updated from time to time.

In the event that prices are changed during the period between an order being placed for Services and the Website Owner processing that order and taking payment, provision of Services shall commence as per your order and you will be charged the original price.

All prices on the Website exclude VAT. Purchases made from outside the UK and European Union in US Dollars are tax-free.

Payment

All outstanding debts to us must be made before we will issue you with a diploma or certificate.

We reserve the right to refuse or terminate enrolment on any of the courses we offer at any time, without notice and without giving reasons.

If you are using a credit agreement or payment plan and paying for the course by instalments, you agree to pay the instalments promptly and on the dates specified in the credit agreement, irrespective of the speed at which you are studying. If you are issued with a new card, please notify us as soon as possible so that we can explain how to update this.

Unless depicted otherwise, a credit agreement or payment plan includes setup fees, plan maintenance fees, interest, risk of non-payment fees and where applicable currency exchange rate fees. A payment plan is typically made up of a deposit (equal to 1 month) followed by 12 equal monthly instalments. For any questions you have about paying for the course by instalments, or to arrange a custom plan, please contact us before making your first payment.

If you are paying by instalments and your card is declined or you miss a payment for any other reason, we will notify you by email and then letter, and your course account will be locked.

Provision of Services

Provision of Services shall commence when full payment has been received or as otherwise detailed in the terms pertaining directly to those Services.

The Website Owner shall use its best endeavours to provide the Services with reasonable skill and care.

Provision of all Services shall be subject to these terms and conditions and any other applicable terms detailed pertaining directly to those Services.

The Website Owner reserves the right to exercise discretion with respect to any alterations to Services under these terms and conditions. Factors which may be taken into account in the exercise of this discretion include, but are not limited to:

Any use or enjoyment that you may have already derived from the Services;
Any characteristics of the Services which may mean that cessation of provision is impossible without significant further work on the part and at the expense of the Website Owner.
Such discretion to be exercised only within the confines of the law.

Termination

The Website Owner may cancel or terminate your right to use the Website or any part of it at any time without notice and without giving reasons.

In the event of cancellation or termination, you are no longer authorised to access the part of the Website affected by such cancellation or termination. The restrictions imposed on you with respect to Content used or downloaded from the Website, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these terms and conditions, shall survive.

If the Website Owner terminates your use of the Website or any part of it as a result of your breach of these Terms and Conditions, you will not be entitled to any refund.

If the Website Owner terminates your use of the Website or any part of it, its Services, Account or Subscription for any other reason, you will not be refunded any remaining balance of the Purchase Price or Subscription Fee.

If the Website Owner terminates your use of its Services, Account or Subscription, you will cease to have access to the relevant Paid Content and/or applicable Services from the moment of termination.

In the event of the cessation of a financial obligation, inclusive of Payment Plans, the Website Owner retains the prerogative to impose an Unenrolment Fee. This fee shall be determined by the outstanding balance owed to the Website Owner.

No Refund Policy

The cancellation or termination of a purchase or subscription shall NOT entitle you to any refund.

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We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, without notice and without giving reasons.

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Interactive Features

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Gather for marketing purposes any email addresses or other personal information that has been posted by other users of the Website.

The Website Owner may host message boards, chats and other public forums on this Website. 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. The Website Owner 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 centres for users and subscribers. Information and content posted within these public forums may be provided by the Website Owner staff, the Website Owner’s outside contributors, or by users not connected with the Website Owner, some of whom may employ anonymous user names. The Website Owner 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 the Website Owner or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

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Limitation of Liability

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Our total liability to you in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of the Website, its Content, Services, or online facilities shall be limited to the Purchase Price or Subscription Fee.

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that these terms and conditions adhere strictly with the relevant provisions of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, in the event that any of these terms are found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, that term is to be deemed severed from these terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and conditions. This term shall apply only within jurisdictions where a particular term is illegal.

No Waiver

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Previous Terms and Conditions

In the event of any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and any prior versions thereof, the provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

Third Party Rights

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Communications

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You may NOT share any Paid Content, course lessons, materials or account access details with anyone.

Course lessons and materials are for you only.

This breaches our non-disclosure terms, constitutes plagiarism and is an egregious violation of our intellectual property rights, copyright and trademarks.

You also agree:

NOT to infringe on our copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets, know-how, methodologies, proprietary work, processes, service models, or other intellectual property rights.
That any confidential information shared by us or any representative of The Health Sciences Academy is confidential, proprietary, and belongs solely and exclusively to us.
That all materials and information provided to you by us are confidential and proprietary intellectual property, belong solely and exclusively to The Health Sciences Academy, and may only be used by you when authorised in writing by us.
That all of our Content, materials, processes, methods and information accessible by you though an account in our secure password-protected membership platform are strictly confidential, and may NOT be used, shared or disclosed by you unless where and as expressly authorised in writing by us, and only to the extent and under the terms of our express authorisation.
The reproduction, re-writing, copy, blogging, teaching, adaptation, exploitation, distribution, publishing, pubic use, editorial use, commercial use, social media sharing, and/or sale of our proprietary content, methodologies, trade secrets, know-how, questionnaires, and materials by anyone (in whole or in part) are strictly prohibited.
That, ONLY where expressly allowed, you will attribute our own proprietary work, our moral rights, our trade secrets, our methodologies, our content, our plans, our systems, and our information to our name, without suggesting or implying that these are your own. In other words, only if and when expressly authorised, you must attribute the work to The Health Sciences Academy.
That if you violate, or display any likelihood of violating, any of your agreements contained herein, we will take legal action to prohibit such violations and seek compensation for damages.

Delivering, using or adapting our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” to a group of people or website for free (such as a taster or email optin), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.

If you do require this, please do this next:

Log in (or double check that you’re already logged in!)
Select your relevant CPD and/or YMCA Awards registration module HERE.
Once you have graduated, your add-on module will be activated so you can go in and complete your CPD and/or YMCA Awards registration.

Remember that it is entirely your choice whether you require this or not and it does not affect but simply evidences the recognition of your training as being CPD accredited and/or YMCA endorsed.

Lifetime access is for you only. You may NOT share your Paid Content, course materials, system or account access with anyone.

We retain the sole discretion of immediately terminating engagement with users, students, graduates, or third parties at any time, without notice and without giving reasons.

You should always work ethically, professionally and within the law, and be aware of, and comply with, tax and National Insurance costs.

Educate and appraise a person about their health in general
Assess health risks for medical referral where appropriate
Address a person's health goals and put forward personalised suggestions
Provide guidelines for safe nutrient intake
Provide guidelines for a balanced intake of nutrients, hydration, physical activity, stress management, and habit-forming
Inform about the benefits of proper hydration and the risks of dehydration
Encourage a person to follow a varied diet and healthy lifestyle
Share safe nutritional approaches and ideas to support health and well-being
Check on food and fluid intake through questions and dietary journals
Follow up on a person’s nutritional, lifestyle, and/or health improvements
Personalise and adjust a sample eating, lifestyle, or supplementary plan designed to educate about healthier choices and practicesInform about bad combinations and contraindications of certain nutrients and substances
Inform about the benefits of proper nutrition, exercise, sleep, and self-care
Demonstrate health-promoting grocery shopping habits, healthy home-cooking and food preparation practices
Work with a person to implement strategies for new healthy habits to stick
Monitor a person’s body composition change

IMPORTANT: Our courses are custom-built and do NOT replace, or equate to, a university qualification. Therefore, you may NOT mislead or misinform others about that.

You MUST always act ethically and responsibly, including, but not limited to, the following:

You may NOT guarantee: weight changes, body composition changes, peak performance, healing, treatment, therapy, and/or fitness or health improvements through diet, nutrition, supplements, products, services, exercise and/or lifestyle modifications
You may NOT exaggerate or misinform about the health effects of certain foods, products, services, or lifestyle modifications
You may NOT recommend supplements as a substitution for a varied diet or medical treatment
You may NOT recommend banned or illegal substances
You may NOT diagnose medical conditions, prescribe treatment, dispense or replace a medical doctor's o medical professional’s advice
You may NOT “diagnose” nutrient deficiencies, nutritional status, health status, health effects, symptoms, or ailments
You may NOT replace medical advice NOR provide substitution for the care of disease through a medical provider
You may NOT “prescribe” diets, supplements, products, services, or lifestyle modifications, NOR recommend them as “treatment” or “therapy”, NOR “treat” with or through them
You may NOT advise a person to stop taking prescribed medicine
You may NOT treat an illness or injury through over-the-counter products, herbs or supplements
You may NOT divulge confidential information about someone’s health or personal matters to third parties
You may NOT call yourself “doctor”, “clinician”, “medical therapist”, “medical nutritional therapist”, “registered nutritionist”, “licensed nutritionist”, “dietitian”, “licensed dietitian”, “registered dietitian”, “accredited dietitian”, “nutrition counselor”, “licensed nutrition counselor”, or “registered nutrition counselor” unless you obtain the relevant university qualification and/or its government-regulated licensure
You may NOT refer to your client as your “patient”, or to your services as “treatment” or “prescription”, or to your assessments as “diagnosis”
You may NOT practise, market your services, or take on clients without having adequate insurance cover
You MUST observe all legal, tax, professional, commercial and regulatory requirements that apply in your country
You may NOT act for, in the name of, or on behalf of The Health Sciences Academy; this is strictly prohibited
You MUST ensure you refer to a Medical Doctor or licensed health professional if your client answers “yes” to any of the questions in the Client Health Check Questionnaire
You MUST inform your client that your risk evaluations and screening assessments are intended to only evaluate risk and that they do not constitute a medical diagnosis.
You MUST communicate to your client that you do not dispense medical advice, nor prescribe treatment, and that your suggestions are not meant to replace those of a licensed medical doctor or medical professional.
You MUST remind your client that your plans and suggestions do not constitute 'prescriptions' or 'treatment', and that they are instead designed to provide information and processes to support informed decision making (where the client decides).
You MUST inform your client that your programme is not meant to diagnose, treat, or prescribe treatment and that they should seek medical guidance as needed.
You MUST alert your client that if, at any time, they feel undue pain or excessive discomfort from certain foods, drinks, meal strategies, or eating times, they should discontinue any dietary changes immediately and inform you of any adverse symptoms. In such cases, they should be referred to a medical doctor immediately.
You MUST allow your client to withdraw from their programme with you at any time they wish to do so.
Should your client suffer from severe and/or chronic health symptoms or a medical condition including allergies (known or suspected), advise them to seek medical advice at all times.
You MUST inform your client that a sample eating or lifestyle plan is not sufficient nor appropriate to treat medical conditions and advise that they should always consult with a medical doctor or their GP.
You MUST communicate to your client that you do not dispense medical advice nor prescribe treatment, and that your suggestions are not meant to replace those of a licensed medical professional.
You MUST observe data protection and keep your client’s health records, personal information, medical history, and details divulged in or out of session strictly confidential.
You MUST obtain an insurance cover and request your client to sign an Informed Consent Form before you discuss their health or provide any kind of advice

If you violate or are caught violating these terms, or display any likelihood of violating them, we will take immediate legal action and seek compensation for damages.

You are prohibited to use or copy our intellectual property to deliver any training, service or product that directly or indirectly competes with the interests of The Health Sciences Academy.

You are not allowed to use or adapt our proprietary questionnaires, forms and materials to develop or enhance your own software, website tools, or electronic spreadsheets.

Recreating, replicating or adapting them to develop your own software, online forms, electronic spreadsheets, or mobile apps is strictly prohibited and constitutes plagiarism.

You must never replicate or offer our forms and questionnaires online "for free" to funnel website visitors. This constitutes an egregious violation of our intellectual property.

If you violate or are caught violating our intellectual property, or display any likelihood of violating it, we will take immediate legal action and seek compensation for damages.

You may use the “Client Materials and Session Handouts” with an acquaintance or with a client in a one-to-one setting only, and NOT for group programs, group coaching, or group services.

You may NOT (and may NOT allow anyone else to):

offer access to the “Client Materials and Session Handouts” to anyone, “for free” (such as a taster or email optin), whether in part or whole, to funnel your website visitors into paying clients
share, disclose or post our “Client Materials and Session Handouts”, whether in whole or in part, on a public website, blog, press article, commentary, forum, group, webinar or video, or any other public or social media, digitally, online or offline;
copy or use our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” (or documentation) in any manner that is not expressly allowed by The Health Sciences Academy;
use our “Client Materials and Session Handouts”, forms, templates or content to develop or enhance any product that competes with a service or product of The Health Sciences Academy;
modify or create a derivative work of any part of our “Client Materials and Session Handouts”, forms, templates, content or proprietary methods;
plagiarise, copy or replicate our proprietary forms, questionnaires, templates and software;
disclose, create or publish a commentary on, or teach the content and proprietary methodology of our “Client Materials and Session Handouts”;
use the content and proprietary methodology of our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” for any public or editorial purposes (this is strictly forbidden), and/or for any commercial purpose that is not expressly allowed by The Health Sciences Academy;
use our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” in a group setting without a Clinic Toolkit™ Paid Subscription and our approval;
use our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” in the development of any product if the failure or malfunction of that product could reasonably be expected to result in personal injury, death, or catastrophic loss.

The adaptation or modification of our “Client Materials and Session Handouts” is strictly prohibited.

The Website is provided solely for your own personal and non-commercial use.

You will NOT use the Free Content of the Website for public, editorial or commercial purposes unless given express written permission to do so by the Website Owner.
You will NOT copy, re-write, alter, re-use, teach, adapt, or reproduce any of the Free Content from the Website or use the content with a view to creating a training course, workshop, information products (such as an online book or a downloadable file), blog post, press article, commentary, web page, or compiling any form of comprehensive collection, compilation, directory or database, unless given express written permission to do so by the Website Owner via a paid license agreement.

Public, editorial or commercial use of Free Content are NOT permitted under these Terms and Conditions.

for personal purposes ONLY; or
as a paid student only, for your OWN educational purposes.

Public, editorial or commercial use of Paid Content are NOT permitted under these Terms and Conditions.

Thus, you agree that:

you will NOT use, copy, alter, re-write, blog, teach, exploit, transmit, publish, or reproduce any of the Paid Content of the Website for public, editorial or commercial purposes, unless given express written permission to do so by the Website Owner via a paid license agreement; and
you will NOT copy, re-use, re-write, copy, alter, blog, teach, or reproduce any of the Paid Content from the Website or use the content with a view to creating a training course, workshop, information products (such as an online book or a downloadable file), blog post, press article, commentary, web page, or compiling any form of comprehensive collection, compilation, directory or database, unless given express written permission to do so by the Website Owner via a paid license agreement.

IMPORTANT WARNING: We use advanced plagiarism detection tools. This allows us to find World Wide Web copy-pasting information, checking documents in all formats, including *.rtf, *.doc, *.docx, *.pdf *ppt, video, flash, html, etc., IP addresses, authors, social media, and plagiarism of our content in English and all languages. Whether we find via our advanced detection tools or any other means that our content and trade secrets have been plagiarised, we will immediately take legal action.

You are allowed to download a Science Report on 3 different devices (such as a desktop, tablet and mobile) for your own personal use only.

The Science Reports exclude client or personal advice, and/or tutor support.

Each Science Report or its content (in whole or in part) is for your own personal (non-commercial, non-editorial, non-public) use.

You may NOT (and may NOT allow anyone else to):

copy, re-adapt, reproduce, share, publish, forward or link a Science Report online, offline, via print or via email
offer a Science Report to anyone, for free (such as a taster) or for a fee, whether in part or whole
copy or use the Science Reports (or documentation) in any manner that is not expressly allowed by The Health Sciences Academy
distribute any copy of the Science Reports or allow anyone other than you to have access to or use your secured account
use the Science Reports or their content to create, modify, or simulate authorship for third parties
use the Science Reports or their content for any public, editorial or commercial purposes (this is strictly forbidden)
use the Science Reports or their content to develop or enhance any product that competes with a service or product of The Health Sciences Academy
modify or create a derivative work of any part of the Science Reports or documentation
disclose, create or publish a commentary on, or teach the content of a Science Report or Science Reports
use the Science Reports (or documentation) in the development of any product if the failure or malfunction of that product could reasonably be expected to result in personal injury, death, or catastrophic loss

We make no representations or warranties in relation to the medical information on this Website, its Content and the Services and Systems available through the Website or from the Website Owner.

you must NOT be rude, impolite, provocative, argumentative, abusive or defamatory;
you must NOT submit Content that is intended to promote or incite violence;
you must NOT submit Content that is intended to create a heated argument about a health topic, political or religious issues, cultural problems, or any other matter of any kind;
you must NOT use obscene, vulgar, abusive, defamatory, or religious language;
you must NOT submit Content that directly or indirectly criticises, diminishes, contests, defames, or contradicts any statements made by the Website or its authors;
you must NOT submit Content that is NOT polite or that it does NOT add to the conversation in a constructive and polite manner;
you must NOT mention or submit links to third party blogs or websites, unless these are scientific abstracts or scientific studies found in renowned journals or libraries such as PubMed;
you must NOT submit Content that is rude, impolite, provocative, defamatory, or negative, towards the Website, its authors, its users, its readers, or its Owner;
you must carefully carefully read and abide to the rules or guidelines for the submission of comments or Content, as stated on any part of the Website, which may vary from time to time at our sole discretion;
you must NOT submit Content that is unlawful or otherwise objectionable. This includes, but is not limited to, Content that is abusive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, ageist, political, religious, sexist or racist;
it is advised that posts on message boards, chat facilities or similar and communications with the Website Owner are made using the English and Spanish language(s) as we may be unable to respond to enquiries submitted in any other languages;
you must NOT post links to other Websites containing any of the above types of Content;
the means by which you identify yourself must not violate these Terms and Conditions or any applicable laws;
you must NOT engage in any form of commercial advertising. This does not prohibit references to businesses for non-promotional purposes including references where advertising may be incidental;
you must NOT impersonate other people, particularly employees and representatives of the Website Owner or our affiliates; and
you must NOT use our System for unauthorised mass-communication such as “spam” or “junk mail”;