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Privacy Policy

Website Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Refund Policy

Intellectual Property Rights
The website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by Health Action Council, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights.  You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our website.

Intended Audience
This website is not intended for children under 16 years of age.  No one under 16 years of age may provide any information to or on this website.  We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16.  If you are under the age of 16, do not use or provide any information on this website or through its features.  If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.  If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at the Contact tab on this website.

LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL HEALTH ACTION COUNCIL, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

Privacy Policy
Please read the following Privacy Policy to understand how your personal information will be treated when you use the Health Action Council website. The Health Action Council strives to protect your personal information and recognizes the need for appropriate protection and management of personal information. However, we cannot ensure or warrant the privacy or security of any information you transmit to us or provide online.

Information We Collect Through Automatic and Other Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including details of your visit to our web site and the resources that you access and use on the website.  We may statistically monitor visitors to our site in order to improve its contents and our services, including through the use of “cookies.”  We may collect copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us.  We may also obtain personal information if you make online credit card payments.  If you access any service requiring your username and password, we may collect this information.  

How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To present our website and its contents to you.
  • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To provide you with notices about your account, including expiration or renewal notices.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
  • To notify you about changes to our website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information. 


The information collected for credit card payments is solely for Health Action Council use during these transactions and will not be sold to any third party vendor.  
Email addresses are not available for sale, rent or distribution to anyone outside the Health Action Council.

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.  We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy: (1) to our affiliates or subsidiaries, (2) to contractors, service providers, and other third parties that we use to support our business, (3) where such disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations or any court order or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request, (4) in connection with threatened or actual litigation, (5) to perform services on your or our behalf, (6) to conduct other activities in the ordinary course of our business, (7) to a buyer or other successor in the event of  a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, (8) to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it, and (9) for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.  The safety and security of your information also depends on you.  You are solely responsible for keeping your username and password strictly confidential in connection with your use of the site.  We ask that you not share your password with anyone.  

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.  Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our website.  Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.  We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.
Refund Policy

The only e-commerce conducted on this site is for registration fees that cover education and training sessions. All registration fees are considered final and non-refundable.

Modifications
We may modify this policy at any time and will post any changes we make to this policy on this page.  Your continued use of this website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.  

Governing Law and Jurisdiction  
All matters relating to the website or the Website Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Refund Policy and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Ohio without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Ohio or any other jurisdiction).  Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, the website or the Website Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Refund Policy shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Ohio, in each case located in the City of Cleveland and County of Cuyahoga, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of the Website Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Refund Policy  in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Website Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Refund Policy, please contact the Health Action Council the methods provided at the Contact tab on this website.

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