Terms of Use and Online Course Agreement

1. Terms

By accessing Compassionsharing.org or The Compassion Sharing School, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in Compassionsharing.org and The Compassion Sharing School are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law. Trademark and Copyright registrations are pending with the US Copyright Office.


2. Use License

  1. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of any downloadable materials on the School’s website for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
  2. modify or copy the materials;
  3. use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
  4. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on the School’s web site;
  5. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
  6. transfer the materials to another person or 'mirror' the materials on any other server.
  7. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Company at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.


3. Disclaimer

The materials on the School’s website are provided 'as is'. The School makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, the School does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its website or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

The information provided on this website and in the courses and services are for informational purposes only. All courses and services provided by Compassion Sharing do not involve diagnosis, treatment, or prescribing of any kind or for any condition, nor do they establish a doctor-patient relationship. Compassion Sharing courses and services are no substitute for medical or psychological services, which should be continued for any medical or psychological concern.


4.Limitations

In no event shall the School be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on the School’s website, even if the School or an authorized of the School has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.


5. Revisions and Errata

The materials appearing on the School’s website may include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. The School does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. The School may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. The School does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.


6. Links

The School has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the School of the site. Use of any such linked website is at the user's own risk.


7. Site Terms of Use Modifications

The School may revise these Terms of Use for its website at any time without notice. By using this website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms of Use.


8. Governing Law

Any claim relating to the School’s website shall be governed by the laws of the School Owner’s home jurisdiction without regard to its conflict of law provisions.


9.Acknowlegements

Music: https://www.bensound.com

Bio Photography: Michel Nafziger


Compassion Sharing, LLC

Online Course Agreement

 

​The following Online Course Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between You (“Client” or “You”) and [Compassion Sharing, LLC] (“Company”, “we”, or “us”).

 

Program

 

The Company agrees to provide you with access to the Online Course entitled, “Compassion Sharing: The Course and LIVE Training.” (“Course”). As a condition of participating in the Course, you agree to be bound by and to abide by all policies and procedures set out in this Agreement, including those incorporated by reference.

 

Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, & Disclaimer

 

The Company’s Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimer are hereby incorporated by reference into this agreement. Except as modified by this Agreement, each of those agreements and policies shall apply fully to your participation in the Course. In the event of a conflict between any of those policies and this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern.

 

Nature of The Relationship

 

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create a partnership, joint venture, employment, or agency relationship. The Company is agreeing only to provide Client with access to the Course, which provides education and information. The information contained in the Course, including any interactions with the instructors, is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as, professional advice of any kind.

 

More specifically, the Course is provided for educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by Your physician or other healthcare professional. You should not use the information in this Course for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or for prescribing any medication or for other treatment. If You have or suspect that You have a medical problem, promptly contact your health care provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking professional advice because of something You have learned in this Course. Information provided in this Course and the use of any products or services purchased by You on Company’s Website DOES NOT create a doctor-patient relationship between You and any of the physicians or other medical professionals affiliated with our Website.

 

Refund Policy

 

The Company provides a money-back guarantee for the Course. That money-back guarantee is governed by the following terms.

 

We want You to be satisfied with your purchase, so we offer a no-questions asked money-back guarantee. To claim a refund, You must request your money back within 30 days of the purchase. You may request your money back by emailing [email protected]. That email must reference the Product, set out the date of Your purchase, and the email and name associated with the purchase. You are not required to submit any proof that you have completed any work or meet any other requirements.

 

Upon determining that you are entitled to a refund pursuant to this policy, the Company will promptly issue an instruction to its payment processor to issue the refund. The Company does not control its payment processor and will not be able to expedite any refunds.

 

If you receive a refund of any purchase through this money-back guarantee, that shall immediately terminate any and all licenses granted you to use the material provided to you under this Agreement and the Company’s Terms of Use. You shall immediately cease using the material and shall destroy all copies of the information provided to you, including without limitation: video recordings, audio recordings, forms, documents, slide shows, membership areas, and other resources.

 

The Course

 

As part of the Course, the Company shall provide the following to Client.

 

Access To Course Area – The Company shall maintain a Course Area that may include lessons, forms, worksheets, checklists, and other information. You shall have access to this Course Area for as long as the Course Area exists. In the event that Company intends to close the Course Area, it shall provide clients with 90 days’ notice.

 

Ownership Of All Intellectual Property

 

All content included as part of the Course, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used in the Course, is the property of the Company or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights.

 

The Company name, the Company logo, the Company slogan, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans in the Course are the trademarks of their respective owners.

 

Your participation in the Course does not result in a transfer of any intellectual property to You, and, as a condition of participation in the Course, You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other intellectual property protection.

 

You are granted a single-use, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Course content and resources. You hereby agree that You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found in the Course.

 

The Company content is not for resale. Your participation in the Course does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your individual use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of the Company and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of the Company or our licensors except as expressly authorized herein.

 

You hereby agree that any infringement of the Company’s intellectual property shall result in an immediate termination of the license granted hereunder. To be clear, if you violate the Company’s intellectual property rights, your access to the Course will be terminated immediately, and you shall not be entitled to a refund of any portion of the fees.

 

Confidentiality

 

The Company respects the privacy of its clients and will not disclose any information You provide except as set forth in this Agreement. As a condition of participating in the Course, you hereby agree to respect the privacy of other Course participants and to respect the Company’s confidential information.

 

Specifically, you shall not share any information provided by other Course participants outside of the bounds of the Course unless you receive express written permission from such other participant to share the information. Similarly, the content of the Course contains the Company’s proprietary methods, processes, forms, templates, and other information. You hereby agree not to share the information provided to You in the Course with anyone other than the Company, it’s owners and employees, and other Course participants.

 

Personal Responsibility

 

By participating in the Course, you accept personal responsibility for the results of your actions. You agree that the Company has not made any guarantees about the results of taking any action, whether recommended in the Course or not. The Company provides educational and informational resources that are intended to help participants in the Course succeed. You nevertheless recognize that your ultimate success or failure will be the result of your own efforts, your particular situation, and innumerable other circumstances beyond the control and/or knowledge of the Company.

 

You also recognize that prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Thus, the results obtained by others - whether clients of the Company or otherwise - applying the principles included in the Course are no guarantee that you or any other person or entity will be able to obtain similar results.

 

You agree to take full responsibility for any harm or damage you suffer as a result of the use, or non-use, of the information available in the Course. You agree to use judgment and conduct due diligence before taking any actions or implementing any plans or policy suggested or recommended in the Course.

 

Materials Provided By You During The Course

 

The Company does not claim ownership of the information or materials You may provide during the Course (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input, or submit to any Website or our associated services (collectively “Submissions”).

 

However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission you are granting the Company, our affiliated companies, and necessary sub-licensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

 

In other words, the Company has the right to include your Submissions – including any audio or video recordings of You participating in any sessions as part of the Course – in the Course and other marketing material going forward.

 

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. The Company is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in the Company’s sole discretion.

 

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input, or submit the Submissions.

 

No Warranties

 

The Company makes no warranties regarding the performance or operation of the Course, including any technological aspects of the Course. The Company further makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the information, contents, materials, documents, programs, products, books, or services included in or through the Course. To the fullest extent permissible under the law, the Company disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

 

Limitation of Liability

 

You agree to absolve and do hereby absolve the Company of any and all liability or loss that you or any person or entity associated with you may suffer or incur as a result of use of the Course and/or any information and resources contained in the Course. You agree that the Company shall not be liable to you for any type of damages, including direct, indirect, special, incidental, equitable, or consequential loss or damages for use of the Course.

 

The information, software, products, and service included or available through the Course may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information in the Course. The Company and/or its suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in the Course at any time.

 

The Company and/or its suppliers make no representations about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products, services, and related graphics contained in the Course for any purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all such information, software, products, services, and related graphics are provided “as is” without warranty or condition of any kind. The Company and/or its suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, software, products, services, and related graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

 

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Company and/or its suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for loss of use, data, or profits arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of the Course, with the delay or inability to use the Course or related service, the provision of or failure to provide services, or for any information, software, products, services, and related graphics obtained through the Course, or otherwise arising out of the use of the Course, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise, even if the Company or any of its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages. Because some States or other jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitations may not apply to You. If you are dissatisfied with the Course or any portion of it, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Course.

 


Dispute Resolution

 

You hereby expressly waive any and all claims you may have, now or in the future, arising out of or relating to the Course. To the extent that you attempt to assert any such claim, you hereby expressly agree to present such claim only in the state or federal courts that are geographically nearest to New York, New York

 

 

Indemnification

 

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and third parties for any losses, costs, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Course and related services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. The Company reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with the Company in asserting any available defenses.

 

Termination And Access Restriction

 

The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Course and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, if You become disruptive to the Company or other Course participants, if You fail to follow the Course guidelines, or if You otherwise violate this Agreement. You shall not be entitled to a refund of any portion of the fees and shall not be excused from any remaining payments under a payment plan in the event of such termination.

 

Entire Agreement​

 

This Agreement, along with the Company’s Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimer, constitutes the entire agreement between You and the Company with respect to the Course, and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between You and the Company with respect to the Course. A printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

 

Severability

 

If any term or provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

Waiver

 

No waiver by any Party of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the Party so waiving. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power, or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power, or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power, or privilege.

 

Force Majeure

 

The Company shall not be liable or responsible to You, nor be deemed to have defaulted or breached this Agreement, for any failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any term of this Agreement when and to the extent such failure or delay is caused by or results from acts or circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Company including, without limitation, acts of God, flood, fire, earthquake, explosion, governmental actions, war, invasion, or hostilities (whether war is declared or not), terrorist threats or acts, riot, or other civil unrest, national emergency, revolution, insurrection, epidemic, lock-outs, strikes or other labor disputes (whether or not relating to either party's workforce), or restraints or delays affecting carriers or inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or suitable materials, materials or telecommunication breakdown or power outage.

 

Effective Date

 

This Agreement shall commence and be enforceable with respect to each Course participant upon the date that the participant initially registers for the Course.

 

Last Revised: 3/8/2022