terms of use
BY VISITING SARAHBERNECHE.COM YOU ARE AGREEING TO OUR TERMS OF USE, DISCLAIMER, AND PRIVACY POLICY, BELOW.
OVERVIEW
The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Sarahbellum (doing business as “Sarah Berneche Nutrition” or “Sarah Berneche”). The term the “Site” refers to www.sarahberneche.com. The terms “user,” “you,” and “your” refer to site visitors, clients, customers, and any other users of the site.
The services we provide include nutrition counselling, online courses, workshops, and blog and are referred to as the “Services”.
Use of www.sarahberneche.com including all materials presented herein and all online services provided by us is subject to the following Terms of Use. These Terms of Use apply to all site visitors, customers, and all other users of the Site. Please carefully read these Terms of Use, the Disclaimer, and the Privacy Policy, as they contain important information about your rights and responsibilities. By accessing the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree with these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and our Disclaimer. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, or our Disclaimer, please stop using this Site immediately.
We may at any time amend these Terms of Use. Such amendments are effective immediately upon notice to you by us posting the new Terms of Use on this Site. Any use of the Site or Services by you after being notified means you accept these amendments. We reserve the right to update any portion of our Site and Services, including these Terms of Use, at any time. We will post the most recent versions to the Site and list the effective dates on the pages of our Terms of Use.
If you breach any provision of these Terms of Use, your right to access and use this Site shall cease immediately.
HEALTH TERMS
Sarah Berneche (sarahberneche.com) is not a medical company or organization. The Website provides information in respect to nutrition, lifestyle, recipes, and other areas of holistic health. It is intended for informational and/or educational purposes only. Nothing contained on the Website or sent via email from Sarah Berneche is medical advice nor should be construed as medical advice.
Sarah Berneche encourages you to consult with your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider before using this Website. Any information generated, produced or disseminated by Sarah Berneche and the Website should not and cannot be held as a substitute for consultation, evaluation, or treatment by your doctor. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health provider for questions regarding a proposed diet or nutrition program. Do not disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking treatment due to something you have read on this site.
SITE TERMS
Terms & Conditions – Acceptance
By accessing, using, or displaying sarahberneche.com and all content and related services, including, but not limited to, the blog, recipes, email subscriptions, and services (the “Website“), you acknowledge having read and understood these terms and conditions of use and agree to become legally bound by them as the same may be amended as provided herein. If you do not agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement then you may not access or use the Website. The Website is only available to individuals who are at least 18 years of age. By posting or submitting any material on or through our Services, such as comments, posts, photos, images, videos, or other contributions, you are representing that you are the owner of all such materials. These terms and conditions of use represent an agreement (“Agreement“) between you and sarahberneche.com.
You are not permitted to use or access the Site or Services:
if you are younger than eighteen (18) years of age;
in any way to appear as if they are yours or created by you;
in any unlawful, fraudulent, or commercial manner, or any other manner prohibited by these Terms of Use;
in an improper and/or unauthorized manner, including but not limited to modifying, copying, reproducing, republishing, uploading, posting, transmitting, translating, selling, creating derivative works, exploiting, or distributing in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any program materials or any other information accessed or purchased through our Services, or any other communications provided by us for your own personal use, business/commercial use or in any way that earns you money;
in a manner that violates our intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark rights;
in any way that causes or is likely to cause Services, or access to them either to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way. You understand that you are solely responsible for all electronic communications and content sent from your computer to this Site and its content and to us;
to send, use or re-use any material that is illegal, offensive, abusive, indecent, harmful, defamatory, obscene or menacing, threatening, objectionable, invasive of privacy, in breach of confidence, infringing of any intellectual property rights, or that may otherwise may injure others;
to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;
to impersonate any third party or otherwise mislead as to the origin of your contributions;
to establish a hypertext link to our Site or content that states or implies any sponsorship, endorsement by, or ownership by you in our Site or content or that states or implies that we have sponsored, endorsed or have ownership rights in your website; or
to frame or inline link our content without our written permission.
Lawful Purposes
You may use the Site and Services for lawful purposes only. You agree to be financially responsible for all purchases made by you or someone acting on your behalf through the Site. You agree to use the Site and to purchase Services through the Site for legitimate, non-commercial purposes only. You shall not post or transmit through the Site any material which violates or infringes the rights of others, or which is threatening, abusive, defamatory, libelous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, or otherwise objectionable, contains injurious formulas, recipes, or instructions, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.
Intellectual Property Rights to our Materials
Our Services are the property of us and/or our affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
The content in our Services, in whole or in part, or any other intellectual property or property belonging to us (the “Content”) is solely owned by or licensed to us, unless otherwise indicated. The Content includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance, graphics or any other material or aspects of materials provided by us to you. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these Terms of Use.
If you purchase or access any of our Services, you will be considered our licensee. For the avoidance of doubt, all Content obtained through us is our property, and you are granted a revocable, non-transferable license for personal, non-commercial use only, limited to you only. This means that you may not use our Services in a manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights or in a manner that has not been authorized by us.
You are being granted a limited license to use our Services and Content with permission and restrictions. This means that when you purchase a Service from the Site or otherwise, you are purchasing the limited right to use the Services in the form that is provided by us to you with certain conditions as specified in these Terms of Use.
Any trademarks, taglines, and logos displayed on any Content are trademarks belonging to us. All trademarks reproduced in this Site, which are not the property of, or licensed to us, are acknowledged on the Site. Any use including framing, meta tags or other text utilizing these trademarks, or other trademarks displayed, is strictly prohibited without our express written consent, or permission granted herein.
As a licensee, you understand and acknowledge that our Services have been created, developed or obtained by us through the investment of significant time, effort and expense, and that this information is a valuable, special and unique asset of ours which needs to be protected from improper and/or unauthorized use.
Request for Permission to Use Content
Any request for written permission to use our Services, in whole or in part, or any other Content belonging to us, should be made before you wish to use it by completing the “Contact Us” form on this Site, or by sending an e-mail to hello@sarahberneche.com.
We very clearly state that you may not use our Services, in whole or in part, in any way that is contrary to these Terms of Use unless we have given you specific written permission to do so.
If you are granted permission by us, you agree to use the specific Content that we allow and exclusively in the ways for which we have given you our written permission.
If you choose to use the Content in ways that we do not specifically give you written permission, you agree now that you will be treated as if you had copied, duplicated and/or stolen such from us, and you consent to immediately stop using such specific Content and to take whatever actions as we may request and by the methods and in the time frame that we prescribe to protect our intellectual property and ownership rights in our Services.
Account Creation
In order to use the Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself including your name, email address, username and password, and other personal information. You agree that any registration information you give to us will always be accurate, correct, and up to date. You must not impersonate someone else or provide account information or an email address other than your own. Your account must not be used for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You must not, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction.
Personal identification information
We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit the Website, subscribe to the newsletter, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on sarahberneche.com. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name and email address. Users may, however, visit the Website anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Website related activities.
Non-personal identification information
We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Website. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Website, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers used and other similar information.
How we use collected information
Sarah Berneche and sarahberneche.com may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes: To improve customer service; information you provide helps us to respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently. To personalize user experience, we may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Website. To improve our Website, we may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services. To run a promotion, contest, survey, or other Website feature. To send Users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them. To send regular emails, we may use the email address to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
How we protect your information
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Website. Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.
Sharing your personal information
We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above. We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the Website or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.
Changes to this privacy policy
Sarah Berneche and sarahberneche.com have the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page and send you an email. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
OCTOBER 2020
