Terms of Use
Terms of Use
Last Updated: October 4, 2022
1. Agreement to Terms of Use
The following Terms of Use (“Terms” or “Agreement”) govern your access to and use of Ivory Howard, LLC's (“Company”) website and all other services we provide (hereinafter the “Services”). Please read the Terms carefully. Your use of the Services constitutes your agreement to be bound by all terms. If you disagree with one or more of these terms or find them unacceptable in any way, please do not use the Services.
This Agreement is divided into two parts. Part One explains all of the terms that govern your use of the Services. Part Two contains additional legal terms, including provisions that limit our liability to you and require individual arbitration for any potential legal dispute. To use the Services, you must accept all of the terms of this Agreement.
2. Changes to Terms of Use
We have the right to change or add to the terms of this Agreement at any time by posting the amended Terms on Company’s website (the “Site”). Any use of the Services after our publication of any such changes shall constitute your acceptance of the Terms as modified. However, any Dispute that arose before the modification shall be governed by the Terms (including the binding individual arbitration clause) that was in place when the Dispute arose.
Part One: Terms Governing Use of the Site and Services
3. Age Limitations
This Site and the Services are intended and only suitable for individuals 18 years of age and above. Some of the content on this Site may not be appropriate for children. Company hereby disclaims all liability for use by individuals under the age of 18.
4. Information on this Site is Not Professional Advice
All data, information, text, graphics, links, and other material on this Site are provided as a convenience to our Site visitors. The information provided on this Site is for general informational and educational purposes only. The information provided on our Site is not intended to serve as medical or other professional advice and is not to be used for diagnosis or treatment of any condition or symptom. Information provided on this Site does not constitute the provision or practice of medical or professional health care advice or services.
You should consult your physician or other qualified health care provider regarding any specific questions you may have. You should never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking treatment based on the information contained on this Site or other sites linked to or from it.
5. Restricted Use
You may use this Site only to the extent that you obey all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to your use of this Site.
6. Your Privacy
Upon acceptance of these Terms you confirm that you have read, understood, and accepted Company’s Online Privacy Policy.
7. Registration
Registration is not required to view certain content on the Site. However, to use some parts of the Site and Services you may be required to register and provide certain information about yourself, including your e-mail address and password (“Credentials”). If you become a registered member of the Site, you accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your registration account. You agree to provide true, accurate, complete, and correct information at the time of registration, and to promptly update this information as needed so that it remains true, accurate, complete, and correct. You should keep your Credentials private and not share your Credentials with anyone else. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Credentials. If you believe someone has accessed the Site using your Credentials without your authorization, e-mail us immediately at me@ivoryhoward.com.
8. Transactions
If you wish to purchase products or services described or linked to on the Site (each such purchase, a “Transaction”), Company or the third-party provider of the product or service will request certain information from you that is applicable to your Transaction, including, without limitation, credit card and other payment and shipping information. You understand that, if any such information is provided to Company, then Company shall treat any such information in the manner described in our Online Privacy Policy. By supplying such information, you grant Company the right to provide such information to third parties for purposes of facilitating the completion of Transactions initiated by you or on your behalf. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or any users of your membership account or credit card (or other applicable payment mechanism) at the price(s) in effect when such charges are incurred, including, without limitation, all shipping and handling charges. You shall also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your purchases. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO USE ANY CREDIT CARD(S) OR OTHER PAYMENT MECHANISM USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION.
Descriptions or images of, or references to, products or services on the Site do not imply Company’s endorsement of such products or services. We reserve the right, without prior notification, to change such descriptions or references, to limit the order quantity on any product or service and/or to refuse service to you. Verification of information applicable to a purchase may be required prior to Company’s acceptance of any order. Price and availability of any product or service are subject to change without notice. Company is not responsible for errors in the prices or descriptions of any product or service. Refunds and exchanges shall be subject to Company’s and/or any applicable third party’s refund and exchange policies in effect at the time of the applicable Transaction. Current rates for any product or service available through the Site may be obtained by sending an email to me@ivoryhoward.com.
9. Social Media and Online Communities
Company may provide you opportunities to share information on third-party social media sites or platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, or other similar sites (collectively, “Social Media Sites”). Company may also provide you opportunities to participate in online communities on such Social Media Sites and may host discussion boards, chats, and other forums on this Site. For example, you may use your Instagram handle and tag your photos and postings (“Tagged Content”) with hashtags that we may provide from time to time in order to submit your Tagged Content for potential use on our Site. If you post Tagged Content with hashtags as we may provide from time to time, your activity and participation is governed by these Terms. Additionally, you remain responsible for your compliance with other applicable terms and conditions such as those of Instagram or other Social Media Sites. Without limitation of any other obligations, you agree that you will be respectful of others and their privacy and will not submit photos of others without their express permission.
If you participate in Company online community, discussion board or other forum, you agree that anything you submit is being provided by you voluntarily, on a non-confidential basis, and without any compensation due to you and you grant Company a perpetual, worldwide, royalty- free, transferable, and sub-licensable, right and license to use, copy, distribute, modify, create joint and derivative works, your content, postings and Tagged Content in any form or format. You further agree that (a) you will not post, transmit, or link to any material, websites, Tagged Content or other information or content that is libelous, defamatory, false, obscene, indecent, lewd, violent, abusive, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, or an expression of political or hate speech; (b) you may only post, upload or transmit photos or materials for which you have the copyright or other permission to distribute electronically citing the original source; (c) you may not violate, plagiarize, or infringe on the rights of third parties, including copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, personal, publicity, moral or proprietary rights; (d) you agree that any Tagged Content or materials you post or upload will be owned by you or be in the public domain; (e) you may not intentionally post, create, upload or transmit any software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful code or device; (f) you may not solicit other users, or distribute advertising, for products or services through the Site, distribute chain letters or messages, mass mailings or bulk email or other bulk messages, or gather email addresses for the purpose of sending bulk email or other messages to other users of the Site; (g) if you choose to submit Tagged Content or post items in public or “chat” portions of the Site, such material, information, photographs, and other information you post in these public or group areas is available to the other individuals using Site and Company does not warrant, guarantee or otherwise take steps to prevent other users from copying, displaying, uploading, transmitting or otherwise using your material, information, photographs or other information for any purpose whatsoever; (h) you will always use caution in posting personally identifying information, and never exchange personal financial information, address, phone numbers or other personal information; (i) you will not post any material that violates any law or regulation; (j) you will not impersonate any other person or use the identity of some other living person; and (k) your postings will truthfully reflect your own experience.
Company may terminate or restrict your access to any Company online community, including access through the Site.
10. Selection and Removal of Tagged Content
Company will review Tagged Content and select certain Tagged Content for posting on our Site; we make no guarantee that your Tagged Content will be posted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you remain fully responsible and liable for your Tagged Content and its compliance with these Terms, other applicable terms of use and applicable laws. If your Tagged Content is posted to our Site, you may request removal of your Tagged Content by marking it as “private” in your Social Media Site account or by emailing us at me@ivoryhoward.com.
11. Monitoring
We have no obligation to monitor any related websites, chats, discussion boards or any other materials that you or third parties transmit or post on or to the Site or related sites, if any. However, you acknowledge and agree that we have the right (but not the obligation) to monitor the Site, discussion boards, the chats, and the materials you transmit or post; to alter or remove
any such materials (including, without limitation, any posting to a chat or discussion board); and to disclose such materials and the circumstances surrounding their transmission to any third party in order to operate the Site properly, to protect ourselves, our sponsors, and our other clients and visitors, and to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests.
12. Copyright Notice
This Site is owned and operated by Company. The entire contents and design of the site are protected by U.S. and international copyright law. All rights regarding the Site and materials contained on the Site are either owned by Company, are licensed to it, or are used with permission. Company and its licensors retain and reserve all proprietary rights to the contents of this Site.
You may not copy, republish, upload, post, display, transmit, or frame any of these materials without prior written consent from Company. You may link to, view, download, use, display and print a single copy of the materials found on this Site only for personal, noncommercial, and informational purposes as long as: (1) you do not alter or modify the materials in any way; (2) you include all applicable copyright, trademark and other notices and disclaimers; and (3) you do not use the materials in a way that suggests an association with Company or an affiliated entity. All such copies must include, at a minimum, the following copyright notice: “Copyright © [current year] Ivory Howard, LLC. All rights reserved.” Any other use of the Site or the information contained here is strictly prohibited. Company may terminate the above license at any time for any reason. If you breach any of these terms your license terminates immediately and automatically and without notice. Upon the termination of this license you must stop using this site, including all content, and return or destroy all copies, including electronic copies, of the content in your possession or control.
13. Copyright Infringement – DMCA Notice
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”) provides remedies for copyright holders who believe in good faith that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under copyright law. If you believe in good faith that content or material on this Site infringes a valid copyright owned by you, you (or your agent) may send Company a notice requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked. This request should be sent to: me@ivoryhoward.com.
The notice must include the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity; (d) the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the complaining party; (e) a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, the DMCA permits you to send us a counter-notice. Notices and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA. Notices and counter- notices with respect to the Site should be sent to the email address above.
14. Trademark Notice
Company names and logos and all related product and service names, design marks, and slogans are the trademarks or service marks of Company. All rights are reserved. You are not authorized to use any Company name or mark in any advertisement, publicity or in any other commercial manner without prior written consent of Company. All other trademarks appearing on the Site are the property of their respective owners.
15. Security
We have implemented technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You acknowledge that you provide your personal information at your own risk.
Part Two: Additional Legal Terms
16. Representation and Warranties
You represent and warrant to us that: (a) you are at least eighteen (18) years of age; and (b) your use of this Site will be in compliance with these Terms.
17. No Warranties
USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM COMPANY OR THROUGH THIS SITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COMPANY, ANY AFFILIATED COMPANY ENTITY, THEIR PROCESSORS, PROVIDERS, LICENSORS (AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES) (COLLECTIVELY “COMPANY PARTIES”) DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR CORRECT; THAT THIS SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; THAT THIS SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THIS SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ANY CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS SITE IS DOWNLOADED AT YOUR OWN RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH DOWNLOAD.
COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THIS SITE OR ANY HYPERLINKED SITE OR SERVICE, OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND COMPANY WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
18. Indemnity
BY VISITING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, AND HOLD HARMLESS COMPANY, AND COMPANY PARTIES FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, ACTIONS, DEMANDS, LIABILITIES, JUDGMENTS, SETTLEMENTS, COSTS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, TAX ASSESSMENTS, PENALTIES, INTEREST AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES) ARISING OUT OF ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR ANY OTHER CLAIM YOU MAY INCUR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CLAIMS FOR DEFAMATION, VIOLATION OF PUBLICITY OR PRIVACY, COPYRIGHT OR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT RESULTING FROM YOUR SUBMISSIONS OF ANY CONTENT, TAGGED CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIALS, ANY ECONOMIC HARM, LOST PROFITS, DAMAGES TO BUSINESS, DATA OR COMPUTER SYSTEMS, OR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT OR RESULTING FROM ANY INTERRUPTIONS, WORK STOPPAGES, COMPUTER FAILURES, DELETION OF FILES, ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INACCURACIES, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS OR MISTAKES OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY ADVISED COMPANY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH CLAIM.
19. Limitation of Liability and Damages
THE USER’S SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE AND ANY OF ITS SERVICES IS TO STOP USING THE SITE OR SERVICE. YOU AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL ANY OF COMPANY PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE OR THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE. THIS PROTECTION COVERS CLAIMS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, AND ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. THIS PROTECTION COVERS ALL LOSSES AND CLAIMS OF ANY TYPE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, RELIANCE, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES, PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION.
20. Disputes
If a dispute of any kind arises, we want to understand and address your concerns quickly and to your satisfaction. Please contact us at me@ivoryhoward.com with any dispute. If we cannot resolve your concerns, we agree to an informal and inexpensive dispute resolution process requiring individual arbitration. “Disputes” between you and Company, including Company Parties, are defined for the purposes of these Terms to include any claim, controversy, or dispute (whether involving contract, tort, equitable, statutory, or any other legal theory) between you and Company including, but not limited to, any claims relating in any way to these Terms (including its breach, termination, or interpretation), any other aspect of our relationship, Company advertising, and any use of Company services.
21. Binding Individual Arbitration
You and Company agree to arbitrate all Disputes. Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court and seeks to resolve disputes more quickly. Instead of a judge or a jury, the case will be decided by a neutral arbitrator who has the power to award the same damages and relief that a court can. ANY ARBITRATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE ONLY BE ON A INDIVIDUAL BASIS; CLASS ARBITRATIONS, CLASS ACTIONS, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTIONS, AND CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER ARBITRATIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED, AND YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR RIGHTS TO HAVE YOUR CASE DECIDED BY A JURY AND TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION AGAINST COMPANY. If any provision of this arbitration agreement is found unenforceable, the unenforceable provision shall be severed, and the remaining arbitration terms shall be enforced (but in no case shall there be a class arbitration). All Disputes shall be resolved finally and exclusively by binding individual arbitration with a single arbitrator according to this provision and the applicable arbitration rules for that forum. Consumer claimants (individuals whose transaction is intended for personal, family, or household use) may elect to pursue their claims in their local small-claims court rather than through arbitration. The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, fully applies. If you are a consumer bringing a claim relating to personal, household, or family use, any arbitration hearing will occur within the county or parish where you reside. Otherwise, any arbitration hearing will occur in Washington, DC, or another mutually agreeable location, or a location ordered by the arbitrator. The arbitrator’s award shall be binding on the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. If you prevail on any claim for which you are legally entitled to attorney’s fees, you may recover those fees from the arbitrator. For any claim where you are seeking relief, Company will not seek to have you pay its attorney’s fees, even if fees might otherwise be awarded, unless the arbitrator determines that your claim was frivolous. For purposes of this arbitration provision, references to you and Company also include respective subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, predecessors, successors, and assigns.
22. Jurisdiction
Information provided on Company’s Site is not targeted to users in any particular locality nor is it intended to constitute the doing of business in any jurisdiction.
This Site is a service provided by Company and does not constitute any contact with any jurisdiction outside of Washington, DC. Use of this Site is prohibited in any jurisdiction having laws that would void this Agreement in whole or essential part or which makes accessing the Site illegal. Users in such jurisdictions visit and use this Site entirely at their own risk. Note: the essential parts of this Agreement include, without limitation, the exclusive remedy provisions and the warranty disclaimers.
This Agreement is entered into and performed in Washington, DC, United States of America. It is governed by and shall be construed under the laws of Washington, DC, exclusive of any choice of law or conflict of law provisions.
23. Requests for Information
If you contact Company and request information about our programs or services, we will use your email or postal address to provide the information you requested. You agree that we may use and share information you provide us as described in our Online Privacy Policy.
24. Limitation on Time to Initiate a Dispute
Unless otherwise required by law, an action or proceeding by you relating to any Dispute must commence within one year after the cause of action accrues.
25. Links to Other Websites
Company Site may contain links to third-party websites as a convenience to you. The inclusion of any website link does imply an approval, endorsement, or recommendation by Company. You agree that you access any such website at your own risk, and that the site is not governed by the terms and conditions contained in these Terms. Company expressly disclaims any liability for these websites. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Site to another website, our Online Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including those that have a link on our Site, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies.
26. Downloadable Files and Email
Company cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that email or files available for downloading from its Site will be free of viruses or other code that may contaminate or destroy data on your computer. You are responsible for implementing sufficient protective procedures and checks to maintain the accuracy of your data for maintaining a data back-up or other means for the reconstruction of any lost data. Company does not assume any responsibility or risk for damage to your computer or its files related to your use of the Site or Services.
27. Notice for California Users
If you have a question or complaint regarding the Services provided to you by Company please contact us at me@ivoryhoward.com to receive further information regarding the Services or to resolve the complaint. You may also contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or TDD (800) 326-2297, or in writing at Department of Consumer Affairs, Consumer Information Division, 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834.
28. Assignment
You may not assign any rights or obligations under this Agreement without Company’s prior written consent. Company may assign all or part of this Agreement.
29. Survival
All sections of this Agreement which, by their nature are designed to survive expiration or termination of this Agreement, including but not limited to indemnity and limitation of liability clauses, shall survive.
30. Waiver
No waiver of any of these terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.
31. Notices
You agree that we may provide any and all notices to you by e-mail, telephone, fax, as well as by any other method.
32. Severability
If any of the provisions of this Agreement are held unenforceable by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, then those provisions shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary to allow the remainder of this Agreement to retain its full force and effect.
33. Entire Agreement; Amendment
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Company applicable to its subject matter. It may not be modified except as described elsewhere in this Agreement.
34. Conflicting Terms
Anything on the Site inconsistent or in conflict with the terms of this Agreement is superseded by the terms of this Agreement.
35. Contact Information
Please contact us with any questions or concerns regarding this Agreement at me@ivoryhoward.com.