InHappiness Foundation SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA (NON-PROFIT COMPANY REG. 2013/087817/08)
Happiness University FREE OPEN UNIVERSITY, International Happiness Institute INC., WASHINGTON DC
HAPPINESS UNIVERSITY NO MEDICAL ADVICE TERMS OF USE PRIVACY POLICY TRADEMARKS
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These are the current Terms of Use for InHappiness™
Foundation websites. Please note that these may
change from time to time without notice so please
check back periodically.
Please Read the Following Carefully
By using this site, you are deemed to have agreed to
these terms & conditions of use. We reserve the right to
modify these at any time. Please check these terms &
conditions from time to time for changes. By using this
site after we post changes to these terms & conditions,
you agree to accept those changes, whether you have
reviewed them or not. If you choose not to accept the
terms & conditions of use at any time, please do not
continue to use this site.
These terms & conditions apply to your use of all the
sites and services owned or operated by InHappiness
Foundation and affiliated organizations (collectively
“InHappiness™”, “we” or “us”), including any other site
that we own or operate (the “Sites”), unless stated
otherwise.
Acknowledgement of Trademark
Since 2007 InHappiness™ Foundation has made continuous breakthroughs and developed new terms, brands, intellectual property, and programs in the field of building happiness. The following terms are the trademark of InHappiness Foundation. They may be used for non-commercial purposes with attribution, but may not be used for commercial purposes except with express written permission from InHappiness™ Foundation. By using the Sites you agree that these terms are the trademarks of the InHappiness Foundation: Aerobic Laughter™, Art of Stress™, Building Happiness™, Building Strengths™, Educating with Happiness™, Essential Happiness™, Happifier™, HappyMatrix™, Happymetrics™, Happiness Accounting™, Happiness Intelligence™, Happiness Management™, Happiness Shop™, Happiness- U™, Happiness University™, Happy Actions™, Happy Strengths™, Healing with Happiness™, InHappiness™, International Happiness Foundation™, International Happiness Institute™, JOYGYM™, NewGen Strengths™, New Generation Strengths™, PureLaughter™, Undepression™, Well-Being Scale™, and Zen Design™. Where these terms are used in print or other media, confirmation should be added to the effect that the term is the trademark of InHappiness Foundation, with a link provided to www.inhappiness.org. For any queries in this regard please use the contact form on this website or contact us by post: InHappiness™ Foundation, 8426 Hollis Lane, Vienna, Virginia 22182 USA.No Medical Advice
Information contained in or made available through the Sites cannot replace or substitute the services of trained professional in any field, including, but not limited to medical matters. You should regularly consult a medical practitioner in all matters relating to physical or mental health, particularly concerning symptoms that require diagnosis or medical attention. Prescribed medications or treatments should never be discontinued without instruction from your medical practitioner. We and our licensors or suppliers make no representations or warranties concerning any treatment, action, or application of medication or preparation following from information offered or provided on or through the Sites. Neither we, nor our partners or their affiliates, will be liable for any direct, indirect, special, consequential, exemplary or other damages that may result, including, but not limited to, economic loss, injury, illness or death.Registration
You may access the Sites anonymously as a visitor without providing personal information. In order to access certain content or services on the Sites, you are required to provide specific personal information. All information you provide must be truthful. You may not use aliases or other methods to mask your identity. Screen names or nicknames used may not be offensive, deceptive or violate the rights of other parties. Your access codes and passwords must be safeguarded at all times -- you are responsible for the security of your access codes and passwords and are solely liable for their use or unauthorized use. We may, at our discretion, suspend or terminate your registration if we believe that you have violated any of the terms & conditions of use, any forum guide lines or for other behavior that we consider inappropriate.Forums
You must register to participate in any forums (including message boards, chat rooms, user comment services) on the Sites, whether public or having restricted access, and must comply with any stated rules or acceptable use policy. You may not post or otherwise send to any forum user or our employee any material that is threatening, vulgar, harassing, defamatory, libellous, abusive, or obscene, or that invades that person's privacy, violates intellectual or other property rights, or that violates any law. You may not use forums in a commercial manner or post material that solicits funds or that advertises or solicits goods or services other than services specifically allowed. You may not post material known to be false or transmit information, software or other material containing a virus or other dangerous component. We accept no responsibility for content appearing in any forum on the Sites, except for material posted by our officers. We cannot be held responsible for libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, copyright or trademark infringement, accuracy, or for any other violation in material posted by users. We reserve the right to reject, edit or remove messages or material that we consider offensive, abusive, infringing, obscene, stale, defamatory or unacceptable for any reason. Users are fully responsible for the content of their messages or postings.Copyright
The contents of our Sites are protected by copyright and trademark laws, and are the property of their owners. Unless otherwise stated, all content is provided subject to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 License, full details of which can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. You must abide by all additional copyright notices or other restrictions contained in any of the Sites. Copyright of content you submit to the Sites pass upon submission to InHappiness™ Foundation, who shall exclusively own all known or later-existing rights to the submission worldwide, and will be entitled to the unrestricted use of the Submission for any purpose, without compensation to the provider of the Submission. You may not use spiders, robots, data mining techniques or other automated devices or programs to catalog, download or otherwise reproduce, store or distribute content available on the Sites. You may not take any action to interfere with, or disrupt, the Sites, circumvent security measures or attempt to exceed the limited authorization and access granted to you under these terms & conditions.Access to Content
Selected content on the Sites is accessible only to persons granted special access rights which may be granted against payment of an access fee, or granted to persons with special status granted by InHappiness™ Foundation. We reserve the right to charge fees, surcharges and/or membership fees for all or any services currently provided for free at any time upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to you.Internet Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy and security and have explained in detail the steps we take to do so. We urge you to read our Internet Privacy Policy which can be found on this site.Disclaimers
Unless specifically stated, services, products and materials on our Sites are provided without express or implied warranties of any kind. While we make every effort to ensure continuous service and provide a safe experience, we do not warrant that access to or the functioning of the sites will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that the Sites or the server making them available are free of viruses or other harmful components. Neither we nor any licensors or suppliers warrant or represent the use, or the results of the use of any services, products or materials on the Sites in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. You assume the entire cost of any necessary servicing, repair or correction to your system resulting from use of our Sites. We do not endorse, warrant or guarantee products or services offered by others on the Sites, and are not party to, and do not monitor, any transactions between users and third-party providers of products or services. Should any parts of this document be found by a court of law to be unenforceable, the remainder of this document shall remain in force.Limited Liability
InHappiness Foundation™ or any of our licensors or suppliers shall under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, be liable for special or consequential damages resulting from the use of, or inability to use, materials or any products or services provided on the Sites, even if advised of the possibility of such claims for damage. In the event of such claims for damages, losses, or causes of action (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise), the total liability to you by us or any of our licensors or suppliers shall not exceed the amount paid by you to us, if any, for accessing the Sites.Indemnity
As a site user you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless, InHappiness™ Foundation and our officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (a) any breach by you of any of these terms & conditions, (b) your content and materials, (c) your use of materials or features available on the Sites (except to the extent a claim is based upon infringement of a third party right by materials created by us) or (d) a violation by you of applicable law or any agreement or terms with a third party to which you are subject.Jurisdiction
We control and operate the Sites from our offices in the United States. We do not represent that materials on the Sites are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access the Sites from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if, and to the extent, that local laws are applicable.Links
The terms & conditions apply only to the Sites, and not to sites linked to. We do not endorse or take responsibility for the contents, advertising, products or services offered through other sites. Miscellaneous These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. If any of these terms & conditions are deemed unlawful, void, or for any reasons unenforceable, then that provision shall be considered severable from the remaining terms & conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between you and us relating to the contents of these terms & conditions of use, and can be modified only by our posting changes to these terms & conditions, or by a written document signed by both parties.Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice
Materials may be made available via the Sites by third parties not within our control. We are under no obligation to, and do not, scan content used in connection with the Sites for the inclusion of illegal or impermissible content. However, we respect the copyright interests of others. It is our policy not to permit materials known by us to infringe another party's copyright to remain on the Sites. If you believe any material on the Sites infringe a copyright, you should provide us with written notice that at a minimum contains: 1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; 2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site; 3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; 4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted; 5. 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 6. 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. Please send any such notices to InHappiness™ Foundation, c/o International Happiness Institute, Inc., 8426 Hollis Lane, Vienna, Virginia 22182 USA.
