- GENERAL
Welcome to Life Since September, your premier destination for all things lifestyle and wellness!
At Life Since September (“Blog”), we are dedicated to empowering individuals to lead fulfilling lives through insightful content, practical tips, and genuine recommendations. We believe in providing our readers with the tools they need to make informed decisions about their lifestyle choices, while encouraging them to embrace authenticity and self-discovery.
By accessing and using our website, you agree to abide by the following Terms and Conditions (“Terms”). Please carefully review these Terms before using our website. Your use of our website signifies your acceptance and adherence to these Terms. We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms without prior notice, so we encourage you to check back periodically for any changes. Your continued use of our website following any modifications constitutes your agreement to the revised Terms.
It’s important to note that the information shared on our website is intended for informational purposes only and should not be construed as professional advice. While we strive to provide accurate and reliable content, our website is not a substitute for consulting with qualified professionals in relevant fields. We strongly advise seeking guidance from healthcare professionals, licensed therapists, or other experts regarding any medical, mental health, or lifestyle concerns.
At Life Since September, we believe in fostering a supportive community where individuals can explore various aspects of their lives with confidence and authenticity. Thank you for joining us on this journey toward greater well-being and fulfillment!
- LICENSE TO USE THE SITE
By accessing the Life Since September website, you are granted a personal, limited, non-exclusive, and revocable license. This license permits you to access and utilize our website for personal use only. You are expressly prohibited from modifying any content on our website. Furthermore, this license does not confer upon you the right to engage in any resale or commercial use of our content, including but not limited to product listings, descriptions, or prices. You are also prohibited from creating derivative works based on our website or its contents, or from using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. Without our explicit written consent, you may not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit, or otherwise exploit any portion of our website for commercial purposes. Framing or utilizing framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information of Life Since September is strictly prohibited without our explicit written consent. Additionally, you are not authorized to use any meta tags, meta names, or other “hidden text” that incorporates our name or trademarks without our explicit written consent. Any unauthorized use of our website will result in the immediate termination of the license.
- ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
When you visit our Blog or send emails to us, you are consenting to receive electronic communications from us. We will communicate with you via email or by posting notices on our website. Additionally, we may send written communication via courier or mail to the address we have on file for you. By accepting these terms, you acknowledge and agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications provided to you electronically fulfill any legal requirement for written communication.
- SPONSORED POSTS / REVIEWS DISCLAIMER
Life Since September may include sponsored blog posts on our website from time to time, showcasing products or services we recommend or find valuable based on personal experience or use. Additionally, we review various products, services, and resources to offer insights, including reviews of books and services. In some cases, we may receive incentives, discounts, compensation, or free products in exchange for our reviews and sponsored content. However, please note that all reviews and sponsored posts reflect solely our honest opinions, made in good faith.
While we aim to provide valuable information and recommendations, it’s essential to perform your own due diligence before relying on them. The examples shared on this website do not guarantee or promise any specific results or successes if you choose to utilize the same information, reviews, products, services, tips, and techniques offered here.
We encourage you to conduct your research and exercise judgment, as you are solely responsible for your decisions, purchases from our affiliate links, sponsored content, and resulting outcomes. Your potential for earning and results depends on your individual circumstances, abilities, experience, and skills.
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Life Since September respects the intellectual property rights of others and endeavors to ensure that all content displayed on our website complies with relevant copyright laws. We acknowledge that certain images used on our website may be sourced from third-party platforms.
While we strive to provide proper attribution and linkage for these images, it’s important to recognize that the intellectual property rights for such images belong to their respective owners. The use of these images on our website is in accordance with the principles of fair use and is intended to enhance the overall user experience.
If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been infringed upon by the use of any images on our website, please contact us promptly so that we can take appropriate action to address your concerns.
By accessing and using our website, you agree to respect the intellectual property rights of others and to comply with all applicable copyright laws and regulations. Unauthorized use or reproduction of images from our website may constitute a violation of intellectual property rights and could result in legal action.
You may utilize the content on our website for informational purposes only. However, any other use, including reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance of our website content for commercial purposes, is strictly prohibited.
- USER CONTENT
User Content encompasses all ideas, information, or content, including but not limited to user reviews, comments, feedback, and other user-generated submissions, in various formats such as images, graphics, data, software, photographs, videos, sounds, and music, that you:
(i) Submit or post on the Life Since September website, on any of our blogs, social media accounts, or through tools or applications provided for sharing such content with us; or
(ii) Post or upload to social media platforms, including but not limited to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Pinterest, tagged with #LifeSinceSeptember or other promoted hashtags.
Rights Granted to Life Since September for User Content
By submitting User Content, you grant Life since September and its affiliates, third-party service providers who provide content storage or management services, and retail partners (collectively referred to as the “Licensed Parties”) a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully-paid, non-exclusive, sublicensable, and transferable right to use, copy, publish, sell, display, broadcast, host, archive, store, cache, reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works from, combine with other materials, alter, or otherwise exploit all or any portion of the User Content. This includes your name, persona, likeness, social media account handle, username, real name, profile picture, and any other associated information, in any commercial or noncommercial manner, in whole or in part, across all distribution channels, media, or technology, whether now known or later developed, for marketing, advertising, public relations, sales, or promotional purposes, with or without attribution, and without further notice or obligation to you, and without payment of any form of consideration.
Representations Regarding User Content
By submitting User Content, you represent and warrant that:
(i) You own or control all rights in and to your User Content, and if the User Content is subject to third-party proprietary rights, you have all necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to create and grant the rights described above, including permission from all person(s) appearing in your User Content;
(ii) You are 18 years of age or older;
(iii) Your User Content does not contain false or misleading information;
(iv) Your User Content is not libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, indecent, offensive, threatening, or otherwise harassing or hateful content;
(v) You are legally entitled to create and make available your User Content, and its use by the Licensed Parties will not violate the rights, including but not limited to copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other proprietary rights, of any third party or any law.
You are solely responsible for your User Content and release and hold harmless the Licensed Parties from any liability related to their use of your User Content.
- PROHIBITED USES
In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms and Conditions, you are prohibited from using the Blog or its content: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.
- LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITE AND SERVICES
Life since September may contain links to third-party websites for your convenience. We do not take responsibility for the content, technology, or privacy practices of these third-party sites. Your use of these sites is at your own risk. We advise reviewing the privacy policy and terms of use of each site before using or registering on them. The inclusion of a link to a third-party site on our website does not imply endorsement by us. Since we do not control the availability or content of third-party sites, any concerns regarding such websites, services, or resources, including links to those sites or the handling of your personal information, should be directed to the specific site in question.
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THE LIFE SINCE SEPTEMBER WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WHILE WE ENDEAVOR TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE OPERATION OF OUR WEBSITE OR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, OR SUITABILITY OF ITS INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS. YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT OUR WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT THEREIN, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you. If any provision of this disclaimer is found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining provisions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
- INDEMNIFICATION
By using the Services, you agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend Life since September, and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, successors, agents, subsidiaries, partners, contractors, vendors, distributors, representatives, and affiliates (collectively, the “Life since September Indemnitees”) from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and all costs and expenses of defense, including but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, resulting directly or indirectly from a claim (including without limitation, claims made by third parties for infringement of intellectual property rights) by a third party that arises in connection with (i) your use, misuse, or access to the Services including any data or content transmitted or received by you; (ii) a dispute with a User; (iii) your breach of any terms of these Terms, including without limitation your breach of any of the representations and warranties above; (iv) your violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation or the rights of a third party; (v) your User Content; (vi) your willful misconduct, or (vii) any other party’s access and use of the Services with your unique username, password, or other appropriate security code. You agree to cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim. Life since September reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you for which you will remain responsible for indemnifying and holding harmless the Life since September Indemnitees.
- ACCOUNT INFORMATION
When using our website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer or device. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use our website with the involvement and supervision of a parent or guardian.
We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, edit or remove content, or cancel orders at our sole discretion.
- GOVERNING LAW
These Terms and Conditions and any disputes arising out of or related to your use of the Life since September website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, United States, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding relating to these Terms and Conditions or your use of the website shall be brought exclusively in the courts of the State of Texas, United States.
- DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Negotiation: In the event of a Dispute, the parties agree to first attempt to resolve the matter informally through good faith negotiations. Either party may initiate negotiations by providing written notice to the other party, setting forth the nature of the Dispute and their proposed resolution. The other party shall respond in writing within a reasonable time frame. If the parties are unable to resolve the Dispute through negotiation within [number] days of the initial notice, either party may proceed to arbitration as described below.
Arbitration: Any Dispute that cannot be resolved through negotiation shall be resolved through arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules and Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes, as amended from time to time (“AAA Rules”). The arbitration shall take place in ______________ [City], Texas, unless otherwise agreed by the parties. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator selected by mutual agreement of the parties, or if the parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, by the AAA.
The arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding upon the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. The prevailing party in any arbitration shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with the arbitration.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each party waives its right to a jury trial and agrees that any Dispute shall be resolved solely through arbitration.
This dispute resolution clause shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provisions.
If any provision of this dispute resolution clause is found to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
- MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Severability: If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining provisions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
(b) Entire Agreement: These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and Life Since September regarding the subject matter herein and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and Life Since September.
(c) Waiver: The failure of Life Since September to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
(d) Assignment: You may not assign, transfer, or sublicense any of your rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions without the prior written consent of Life Since September. Life Since September may freely assign, transfer, or sublicense any or all of its rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions without notice or consent.
(e) Headings: The section headings in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of any provision.
(f) Survival: Any provisions of these Terms and Conditions that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, but not limited to, provisions regarding intellectual property, disclaimer of warranties, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution.
(g) Modification: Life Since September reserves the right to modify or revise these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice. By continuing to access or use the website after any such changes, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms and Conditions.
(h) Contact Information: If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us at [email protected]. (i) Language: These Terms and Conditions may be provided in multiple languages for convenience. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the different language versions, the English version shall prevail.