Thank you for using EmpowerAndHelp
Welcome to EmpowerAndHelp.com © (the “Website ” or “EmpowerAndHelp” or “Empower and Help or “empowerandhelp”) Website . These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of Empower and Help Website, apps, course, material and other products and services offered on or connected with the Website (“Services”). As some of our Services may be software that is downloaded to your computer, phone, tablet, or other device, you agree that we may automatically update this software, and that these Terms will apply to such updates. Please read these Terms carefully, and contact us if you have any questions. By using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms, including the policies referenced in these Terms (such as our Privacy Policy).
Using Empower and Help
Who May Use our Services
You may use our Services only if you register on the Website and only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws, rules and regulations. When you create your Empower and Help account, and subsequently when you use certain features, you must provide us with accurate and complete information (and you hereby represent and warrant that all such information is accurate and complete), and you agree to update your information to keep it accurate and complete. You must be at least 18 [eighteen] years of age to register on the Website . By registering on the Website you hereby agree to the Terms and,an you hereby represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age.
Our License to You
Subject to these Terms and our policies (including the Acceptable Use Policy, Honor Code, and course-specific eligibility requirements and other terms), we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use our Services (which may be revoked anytime in our sole discretion). You may download content from our Services only for your personal, non-commercial use, unless you obtain written permission from Empower and Help’s to otherwise use the content (which may or may not be granted in our sole discretion). You also agree that you will create, access, and/or use only one user account ,unless you obtain written permission from Empower and Help (which may or may not be granted in our sole discretion).Using our Services does not give you ownership of any intellectual property or other rights in our Services or the content you access and you hereby irrevocably waive any such rights.
You must not:
- Republish, copy, duplicate, reproduce materials, services, etc. from this Website through any means including without limitations to print, digital media or documents (including republication on another Website.
- Sell, rent or sub-license material from the Website.
- Show any material from this Website in public.
- Reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on the Website for a commercial purpose.
- Edit or otherwise modify any material on this Website.
- Redistribute material from this Website – except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution; or
- You must not republish ,copy ,duplicate or reproduce any part of this Website through the use of iframes or screenscrapers.
- Where content is specifically made available for redistribution, it may only be redistributed within your organisation.
- Share with any third party access to or access information for your account.
Acceptable use
You must not use this Website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to this Website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of www.EmpowerAndHelp.com or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
You must not use this Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software.
You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities on or in relation to this Website without www.EmpowerAndHelp.com’s express written consent.
This includes:
– scraping
– data mining
– data extraction
– data harvesting
– ‘framing’ (iframes)
– Article ‘Spinning’
You must not use this Website or any part of it to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications.
You must not use this Website for any purposes other than for your own or your children’s education. Anything else requires express written consent of www.EmpowerAndHelp.com.
Restricted access
Access to certain areas of this Website is restricted. www.EmpowerAndHelp.com reserves the right to restrict access to certain areas of this Website, or at our discretion, this entire Website . www.EmpowerAndHelp.com may change or modify this policy without notice.
If www.EmpowerAndHelp.com provides you with a user ID and password to enable you to access restricted areas of this Website or other content or services, you must ensure that the user ID and password are kept confidential. You alone are responsible for your password and user ID security.
www.EmpowerAndHelp.com may disable your user ID and password at www.EmpowerAndHelp.com sole discretion without notice or explanation.
Our Courses
Course Modifications
While we take pride in our world-class courses, unexpected events do occur. EmpowerAndHelp reserves the right to cancel, interrupt, or reschedule any course or to modify any course content or the point value or weight of any assignment, quiz, or other assessment. Courses offered are subject to the Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability sections below.
No Academic Credit
Unless otherwise explicitly indicated by a credit-granting institution, participation in or completion of a course does not confer any academic credit. Even if credit is awarded by one institution, there is no presumption that other institutions will accept that credit. You agree not to accept credit for completing a course unless you have earned a Course Certificate (or other equivalent EmpowerAndHelp credential) for that course. EmpowerAndHelp, the course instructors, and the associated participating institutions have no obligation to have a course recognized by any educational institution or accreditation organization.
No warranties
This Website and the Services are provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. www.Empowerandhelp.com. makes no representations or warranties in relation to this Website or the Services and any information and materials provided on this Website .
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, EmpowerAndHelp.com does not warrant that:
– this Website and the Services will be constantly available, or available at all; or
– the information on this Website is complete, true, accurate or non- misleading.
Nothing on this Website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind. If you require advice in relation to any legal, financial or medical matter you should consult an appropriate licensed professional.
Disclaimer of Student-University Relationship
Nothing in these Terms or otherwise with respect to your participation in any course: (a) establishes any relationship between you and any educational institution with which Empower and Help may be affiliated; (b) enrolls or registers you in any educational institution, or in any course offered by any educational institution; or (c) entitles you to use the resources of any educational institution beyond participation in the course.
Your Content
User Content
The Services enable you to share your content, such as homework, quizzes, exams, projects, workshops and other assignments you submit, posts you make in the forums, and the like (“User Content”), with Empower and Help, instructors, and/or other users. You retain all intellectual property rights in, and are responsible for, the User Content you share.
How Empower and Help and Others May Use User Content
To the extent that you provide User Content means material (including without limitation text, images, audio material, video material and audio-visual material) that you submit to this Website, for whatever purpose, you grant EmpowerAndHelp a fully-transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, sublicensable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use the same and to copy, distribute, modify, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, publicly display, and otherwise use the User Content. You also grant to www.EmpowerAndHelp.com the right to sub-license these rights, and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.
Your user content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any third party’s legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against you or www.EmpowerAndHelp.com or a third party (in each case under any applicable law).
You must not submit any user content to the Website that is or has ever been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaint.
This license includes granting Empower and Help the right to authorize participating institutions to use User Content with their registered students and on-campus learners independent of the Services. Nothing in these Terms shall restrict other legal rights Empower and Help may have to User Content, for example under other licenses. We reserve the right to remove or modify User Content for any reason, including User Content that we believe violates these Terms.
www.EmpowerandHelp.com rights under these terms and conditions in relation to user content, www.empowerandhelp.com does not undertake to monitor the submission of such content to, or the publication of such content on, this Website.
Feedback
We welcome your suggestions, ideas, comments, and other feedback regarding the Services (“Feedback”). By submitting any Feedback, you grant us the right to use the Feedback without any restriction or any compensation to you. By accepting your Feedback, Empower and Help does not waive any rights to use similar or related Feedback previously known to EmpowerAndHelp, developed by its employees or contractors, or obtained from other sources.
Security
We care about the security of our users. While we work to protect the security of your account and related information, Empower and Help cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security measures. Please notify us immediately of any compromise or unauthorized use of your account by emailing contactus@EmpowerAndHelp.com.
Third Party Content
Through the Services, you will have the ability to access and/or use content provided by instructors, other users, and/or other third parties and links to Website and services maintained by third parties. Empower and Help cannot guarantee that such third party content, in the Services or elsewhere, will be free of material you may find objectionable or otherwise inappropriate or of malware or other contaminants that may harm your computer, mobile device, or any files therein. Empower and Help disclaims any responsibility or liability related to your access or use of such third party content.
Education Research
Empower and Help is committed to advancing the science of learning and teaching, and records of your participation in courses may be used for education research. In the interest of this research, you may be exposed to variations in the course content. Research findings will typically be reported at the aggregate level. Your personal identity will not be publicly disclosed in any research findings without your express consent.
Paid Services
Empower and Help offers paid Services (e.g., workshops, classes for certain courses) for a fee. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in U.S. Dollars. You are responsible for paying all fees and applicable taxes in a timely manner with a payment mechanism associated with the applicable paid Services. If your payment method fails or your account is past due, we may collect fees using other collection mechanisms. Fees may vary based on your location and other factors, and Empower and Help reserves the right to change any fees at any time at its sole discretion. Any change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting through the relevant Services. Refunds may be available for paid Services as described in our Refund Policy.
Modifying and Terminating our Services
We are constantly changing and improving our Services. We may add or remove functions, features, or requirements, and we may suspend or stop a Service altogether. Accordingly, Empower and Help may terminate your use of any Service for any reason. If your use of a paid Service is terminated, a refund may be available under our Refund Policy. None of Empower and Help, its participating institutions and instructors, its contributors, sponsors, and other business partners, and their employees, contractors, and other agents (the “Empower and Help Parties”) shall have any liability to you for any such action. You can stop using our Services at any time, although we’ll be sorry to see you go.
DISCLAIMERS
THE SERVICES AND ALL MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. EMPOWERANDHELP SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. EMPOWERANDHELP FURTHER DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY RELATED TO YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY RELATED CONTENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR SUCH CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
THE STATEMENTS ON THIS WEBSITE HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THESE PRODUCTS, RESOURCES AND INFORMATION ARE NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE ,TREAT,CURE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE OR CONDITION. THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ADVICE FROM A PHYSICIAN OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN PRODUCT LABELING. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL BEFORE USING THE SERVICES.
WAIVER OF LIABILITY
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EMPOWERANDHELP, HELPINGTOWN, LLC AND ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, AFFILIATES,EMPLOYEES , AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM: (A) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES; (B) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OR CONTENT; OR (C) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR CONTENT OR INFORMATION. IN NO EVENT SHALL EMPOWERANDHELP AND ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES OR COSTS WHATSOEVER IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT OF ANY REGISTRATION FEE THAT HAS BEEN PAID BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE AGGRIEVED PARTY.
THIS WEBSITE , CONTENT AND THE SERVICES DO NOT IN ANY WAY CONSTITUTE MEDICAL ADVICE, MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT OF ANY KIND. THE CONTENT PROVIDED IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR ANY MENTAL, EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL CONDITIONS YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL. SERVICES ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. BY ENROLLING IN ANY CLASS YOU HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY CLAIMS YOU OR YOUR CHILD MAY HAVE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INJURIES, AND LIABILITIES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
Any references to physical or mental health on this Website constitutes an educational service consisting solely of general health information. The materials in www.EmpowerAndHelp.com are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind either express or implied.
(i) Not a Substitute for Professional Medical Advice or Treatment. The Website ’s content is not a substitute for direct, personal, professional medical care and diagnosis. None of the exercises or treatments (including products and services) mentioned at www.EmpowerAndHelp.com should be performed or otherwise used without clearance from your physician or health care provider. The information contained within is not intended to provide specific physical or mental health advice, or any other advice whatsoever, for any individual or company and should not be relied upon in that regard. We are not medical professionals and nothing on this Website should be misconstrued to mean otherwise.
(ii) Health Risks. There may be risks associated with participating in activities mentioned on www.EmpowerAndHelp.com for people in poor health or with pre-existing physical or mental health conditions. Because these risks exist, you will not participate in such activities if you are in poor health or have a pre-existing mental or physical condition. If you choose to participate or have your child participaten these risks, you do so of your own free will and accord, knowingly and voluntarily assuming all risks associated with such activities.
(iii) Accuracy and Completeness. Facts and information are believed to be accurate at the time they were placed in www.EmpowerAndHelp.com All data provided in this Website is to be used for information purposes only. Products and services described are only offered in jurisdictions where they may be legally offered. Information provided is not all-inclusive, and is limited to information that is made available and such information should not be relied upon as all-inclusive or accurate.
We strongly recommend that one or more of the parents of any minor (under 18 years old) who is taking any courses on the Website, supervise that minor when he or she is taking any such course and review the material with that minor, and supervise that minor when such minor engages in any exercise or activity learned in any such course.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Empower and Help and any of its members, managers, affiliates, employees, agents and contractors from any and all claims, liabilities, expenses, and damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs except to the extent the same was caused by their gross negligence or willful misconduct.
All the rights in the Website and Services belong to Helping Town, LLC .You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Empower and Help , the Helping Town , LLC and any of its members, managers, affiliates, employees, agents and contractors from any and all claims, liabilities, expenses, and damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs except to the extent the same was caused by their gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The Services are managed by Empower and Help, which is located in New Jersey, USA. You agree that any dispute related to these Terms will be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, excluding its conflicts of law provisions. You further irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of and exclusive venue in the federal and state courts located in and serving New Jersey as the legal forum for any such dispute. Any claim must be brought in the State or Federal courts located in the State of New Jersey.
Reasonableness
By using this Website, you agree that the exclusions and limitations of liability set out in this Website disclaimer are reasonable.
General Terms
Revisions to the Terms
We reserve the right to revise the Terms at our sole discretion at any time. Any revisions to the Terms will be effective immediately upon posting by us. In all cases, your continued use of the Services after publication of such changes, with or without notification, constitutes binding acceptance of the revised Terms.
Severability; Waiver
If it turns out that a particular provision of these Terms is not enforceable, this will not affect any other terms. If you do not comply with these Terms, and we do not take immediate action, this does not indicate that we relinquish any rights that we may have (such as taking action in the future).
Participating Institutions
Empower and Help participating institutions are third party beneficiaries of the Terms and may enforce those provisions of the Terms that relate to them.
Notice for California Users
Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California Website users are entitled to the following specific consumer rights notice: The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite S-202, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.
Acceptable Use Policy
Empower and Help mission is to provide universal access to the world’s best Emotional quotient and Value based education and articles. We believe strongly in preserving free speech and expression for our learners as well as academic freedom for our partner institutions and instructors. We also want to make sure that all of our learners and instructors feel safe and comfortable while using our Services. We have drafted these guidelines to ensure that people understand and follow the rules when participating in our online community and otherwise using our Services.
Although we do not routinely screen or monitor content provided by users, we may remove or edit inappropriate content or activity reported to us or suspend, disable, or terminate a user’s access to all or part of the Services.
You are prohibited from using our Services to share content that:
- Contains illegal content or promotes illegal activities with the intent to commit such activities. Please keep in mind that learners who are as young as 13 use EmpowerAndHelp, and we do not allow content that is inappropriate for these younger learners.
- Contains credible threats or organizes acts of real-world violence. We don’t allow content that creates a genuine risk of physical injury or property damage, credibly threatens people or public safety, or organizes or encourages harm.
- Harrasses others. We encourage commentary about people and matters of public interest, but abusive or otherwise inappropriate content directed at private individuals is not allowed.
- Violates intellectual property, privacy, or other rights. Do not share content that you do not have the right to share, claim content that you did not create as your own, or otherwise infringe or misappropriate someone else’s intellectual property or other rights. Always attribute materials used or quoted by you to the original copyright owner.
- Spams others. Do not share irrelevant or inappropriate advertising, promotional, or solicitation content.
- Otherwise violates the EmpowerAndHelp Terms of Use. Please note that specific courses may have additional rules and requirements.
You also are not allowed to:
– Do anything that violates local, state, national or international law or breaches any of your contractual obligations or fiduciary duties.
– Share your password, let anyone access your account, or do anything that might put your account at risk.
– Attempt to access any other user’s account.
– Reproduce, transfer, sell, resell, or otherwise misuse any content from our Services.
– Access, tamper with, or use nonpublic areas of our systems, unless specifically authorized to do so.
– Break or circumvent our authentication or security measures or otherwise test the vulnerability of our systems or networks, unless specifically authorized to do so.
– Try to reverse engineer any portion of our Services.
– Try to interfere with any user, host, or network, for example by sending a virus, overloading, spamming, or mail-bombing.
– Use our Services to distribute malware.
– Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
– Encourage or help anyone do any of the things on this list.
Copyright and Trademark Policy
We reserve the right to suspend, disable, or terminate the accounts of users who infringe the copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights of ourselves or others. You agree to not infringe, misuse or disparage any of our copyrights , trademarks, information, material or Services.
All copyright, trade marks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) (“IP”) in and on the Site and the Services belong to Helping Town, LLC (“Helping Town”) and/or third parties (which may include you or other users). Helping Town reserves all of its rights in the Site and Services and IP. Nothing in the Terms grants you a right or licence to use any IP owned, controlled or licensed by Helping Town or any other third party except as expressly provided in the Terms.
EmpowerAndHelp Refund Policy
If you are found to be in violation of Empower and Help’s Terms of Use, you will not be issued a refund or voucher. In addition, if you do not pass or if you otherwise receive an unsatisfactory grade for a course or Specialization, you will not be issued a refund or voucher, unless you qualify for a refund as set forth below. For more information about our refund process, please visit our FAQ section.
For courses and Specializations
If you elect to cancel your Course Certificate registration for a course in first week, Empower and Help will offer you a refund for 75% after payment. You get to keep the material that was shipped prior to the classes starting. No cancellation is allowed after the first week.
For Other Paid Services
Except as described in this Refund Policy, Empower and Help has no obligation to provide refunds or vouchers for any other Services.
Third Party Marketplaces
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you register for a Course Certificate, pay for a Specialization, or purchase any other paid Service through a third party marketplace (e.g., in-app purchases through the Apple App Store), the refund policy applicable to that third party marketplace will apply, unless otherwise explicitly stated by Empower and Help. Except as otherwise explicitly stated by Empower and Help, the third party marketplace will be solely responsible for making refunds under its refund policy, and Empower and Help will have no refund obligations. Empower and Help disclaims any responsibility or liability related to any third party marketplace’s refund policy or the third party’s compliance or noncompliance with such policy.