Terms of Use

Rev 2.08.14

Please read carefully before using this site:

By using the www.voicesacademy.com website, you are agreeing to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, please do not use this site. YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES PROVIDED SIGNIFIES THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE. We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time, so please check back periodically for changes. Your continued use of this site after changes to these terms (including the Privacy Policy) will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us and we want to make sure it is protected. Please take a moment to review our Privacy Policy.

Use of Materials; Restrictions
This website and all materials on the website, including, but not limited to, images, illustrations, presentations, courses, articles, postings (the “Materials”) are the property of Voices For Health, Inc.TM (“Voices For Health”) and its affiliates and are protected from unauthorized copying and dissemination by copyrights that are owned or licensed by Voices For Health and by copyright law, trademark law, international conventions and other intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, perform, create derivative works from, republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute in any way whatsoever any Materials from www.voicesacademy.com, our social media pages, or any other site owned or operated by Voices For Health without the prior written permission of Voices For Health. However, you may download or make one copy of the Materials and other downloadable items displayed on the website, provided that the same are not used for any commercial purpose, distributed to third parties or offered for sale to third parties, and further provided that all copyright and other notices contained in the Materials are left intact. Any modification of the Materials, or any portion thereof, or use of the Materials for any other purpose constitutes an infringement of Voices For Health’s copyrights and other proprietary rights. Use of these Materials on any other website or other networked computer environment is prohibited without prior written permission from Voices For Health. Nothing contained on this website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use this website or any information displayed on this website, through the use of framing or otherwise, except: (a) as expressly permitted by these Terms of Use; or (b) with the prior written permission of Voices For Health or such third party that may own the trademark or copyright of information displayed on this website.

Third Party Products and Services
Voices For Health is not responsible for the content of any sites that may be linked to or from this website, nor do we make any representations or warranties of any kind regarding any products or services offered by any third parties whose icons, products, services or hyperlinks appear on the website. These links are provided for your convenience only and you access them at your own risk. Any other site accessed from this website is independent from Voices For Health, and Voices For Health has no control over the content of that other site. In addition, a link to any other site should not be construed as approval or endorsement by Voices For Health of that third party or of any product or service provided by a third party. Your correspondence or business dealings with third parties found on or through this website, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third parties. We will not be involved in resolving any disputes relating to or arising out of any correspondence or business transaction between you and any such third parties. Please take a moment to review our additional Disclaimer.

Membership Subscriptions
If you register for membership on this website, you acknowledge that you are purchasing services provided by Voices For Health subject to these Terms of Use. In registering for a membership subscription, you agree to submit your credit card information for payment and that Voices For Health may store your payment information. In registering for membership, you agree that Voices For Health will charge the credit card on file to pay all applicable fees, including taxes and all other costs, for membership services in advance as they become due. Voices For Health does not support all payment methods, currencies or locations for payment. If the credit card you use for payment of your membership reaches its expiration date and you do not edit your payment method information or cancel your account, your account will be suspended. While your account is suspended, you will have access to portions of your account such as your old learner log and certificates only.  You will not have access to other portions of the website. If you do not update your payment method and pay your membership dues within five (5) days of account suspension, your account will be terminated. Upon termination, Voices For Health has the right to permanently delete your account information including, among other things, any stored documents, communications and web history. Your obligation to pay fees continues through the end of the subscription period during which you cancel your subscription. You may cancel or suspend your membership at any time. No refunds will be given for lack of use or satisfaction of this website or any other reason. In subscribing to membership, you further agree to (i) keep your password secure and confidential; (ii) not permit others to use your account and (iii) not use other’s accounts.

For groups that qualify and are approved for group rates and/or payment methods either through the website or outside of the website, if payments are not received in advance as they become due per this section, you authorize Voices For Health to continue to bill you and you remain responsible for any uncollected amounts including taxes and/or all costs of collection, until you formally terminate your group membership. All applicable taxes are calculated based on the billing information you provide us at the time of purchase.  Subject to the foregoing, all other provisions of this section apply to group memberships.

Social Media (User to User Communication and Sharing)
Voices For Health offers social networking on this website for members to connect and share information with one another.  You are solely responsible for interactions with other members. Voices For Health does not endorse bullying, threats, harassment, violence, hate speech, threats of suicide or self-harm or other concerns about safety on its website. Voices For Health takes the safety of its members seriously and works to prevent attempts to compromise your privacy and security, but we cannot guarantee it. Voices For Health reserves the right to remove any content, in its sole discretion, that violates the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy or Disclaimers or other’s intellectual property rights, however, Voices For Health is not responsible for monitoring interactions between members to ensure that improper interactions are not occurring. Depending on the content posted, Voices For Health may not only remove content, but escalate to law enforcement if we perceive a genuine risk of physical harm, or a direct threat to public safety. If you see something on this website that you believe violates our terms, you should report it to us. Please keep in mind that reporting a piece of content does not guarantee that it will be removed from the site.  In using this site, you agree: (i) you will not upload viruses or other malicious code; (ii) you will not solicit login information or access an account belonging to someone else; (iii) you will not post content that: is hate speech, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence; (iv) you will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user; (v) you will not use this website to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory; (vi) you will not facilitate or encourage any violations of this Statement or our policies; (vii) you will not collect users’ content or information, or otherwise access this website, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our prior permission; (viii) you will not post content or take any action on this website that infringes or violates someone else’s rights or otherwise violates the law; (ix) you will not post unauthorized commercial communications (such as spam).and (x) you will not contact other members for commercial purposes without their consent.  VOICES FOR HEALTH IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULARLY MONITORING MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY A MEMBER’S OR NON-MEMBER’S IMPROPER OR UNLAWFUL COMMUNICATIONS.

Please be advised that Voices For Health cannot guarantee that any ideas you share will not be used by other members.  Accordingly, if you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential or do not want others to use, or that is subject to third party rights that may be infringed by your sharing it, do not post it. Before sharing content on this website, please be sure you have the right to do so. We ask that you respect copyrights, trademarks, and other legal rights. VOICES FOR HEALTH IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MEMBER’S OR NON-MEMBER’S MISUSE OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POST.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
THIS WEBSITE AND ALL ELEMENTS THEREOF ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, VOICES FOR HEALTH DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IF YOU RELY ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCT OR SERVICE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. VOICES FOR HEALTH DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE OR PERFORM IN A MANNER THAT IS UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT THE SITE OR HOST SERVER WILL BE MAINTAINED FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE. VOICES FOR HEALTH MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PRESENTED ON THE SITE IS CURRENT, UP-TO-DATE, OR ACCURATE. SOME STATES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THE FOREGOING SHALL BE ENFORCEABLE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND REGARDLESS OF LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, WILL VOICES FOR HEALTH, ITS EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, RELIANCE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, AND REGARDLESS OF CHARACTER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DAMAGES RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE LINKED TO FROM OR ADVERTISED OR PROMOTED ON THIS WEBSITE, LOST DATA, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTIONING, OR OTHERWISE.

Indemnification for Breach of Terms of Use
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Voices For Health from and against any and all losses, expenses, damages, and costs including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting or arising out of from your violation of the Terms of Use without limitation, your submission of content that violates third party rights or applicable laws.

Termination of Use
Voices For Health reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to, or use of, the website or services provide therein at any time for any reason.

Trademarks
Voices For Health and its related names and logos are all trademarks and/or trade names owned or licensed by Voices For Health and are protected by law. Other trademarks and/or trade names not specifically listed here, but which are associated with Voices For Health, are protected by law as well. All trademarks, copyrights, logos, and symbols constitute the intellectual property of Voices For Health or its affiliated companies and are protected by federal and state law and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. Any unauthorized use of these trademarks and trade names is strictly prohibited. Voices For Health will take all necessary legal action available to it at law or in equity in order to enforce its intellectual property rights.

Copyright Complaints; DMCA Compliance
Voices For Health respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. It is Voices For Health’s policy, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe or are repeatedly charged with infringing the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of others.

Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), Voices For Health has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed infringements. Voices For Health has also designated an agent to receive notices of claimed copyright infringement. If you believe in good faith that your copyright has been infringed, you may provide a written communication which contains: (i) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (ii) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (iii) a description specifying the location on our website of the material that you claim is infringing; (iv) your telephone number and e-mail address; (v) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Please submit your notice to Voices For Health’s Copyright Agent via mail as follows:

Voices For Health Inc.
Attn: Copyright Agent
2851 Michigan St. NE
Suite 104
Grand Rapids, MI  49506

Counter-Notice:
If you believe that a notice of copyright infringement has been improperly submitted against you, you may submit a Counter-Notice, pursuant to Sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. You may provide a written communication which contains: (i) your physical or electronic signature; (ii) identification of the material removed or to which access has been disabled; (iii) a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that removal or disablement of the material was a mistake or that the material was misidentified; (iv) your name and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District court (i) in the judicial district where your address is located if the address is in the United States, or (ii) located in Kent County, Michigan, if your address is located outside the United States, and that you will accept service of process from the Complainant submitting the notice or his/her authorized agent.
Please submit your Counter-Notice to Voices For Health’s Copyright Agent via mail to the addresses specified above.

Applicable Laws
This website is presented by Voices For Health from within the United States and its territories, and Voices For Health makes no representation that materials in the website are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States. In addition, you are responsible for complying with any and all local laws in your jurisdiction that may impact your right to use the website.

Jurisdiction and Venue
You agree that any legal action brought against Voices For Health shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan without regard to its conflict of law principles. You agree that the sole jurisdiction and venue for any litigation arising from your use of or orders made on the Voices For Health sites shall be an appropriate federal or state court located in Kent County, Michigan.

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