TERMS OF SERVICE

 

Welcome to the ZTHEORY website (“Website”).  Your use of the Website is subject to these Terms of Service (“Terms”) and ZTHEORY’s Privacy Policy. The Terms and Privacy Policy are a legal agreement (“Agreement”) between you, the person clicking I accept, and ZTHEORY, LLC (“ZTHEORY”).  YOU MUST CLICK I AGREE IN THE BOX BEFORE YOU USE THE WEBSITE.

Through the Website, you may access services provided by ZTHEORY (“Services”).  The Services may include dance classes and tutorials, fitness classes and tutorials, mindfulness tips, dance-related resources, email services, suggested links to third party websites.  At any given time ZTHEORY may provide additional services or fewer services than those listed.  In addition ZTHEORY may communicate announcements relating to the Services, administrative messages and marketing messages.  ZTHEORY may at any time alter the Services or may stop providing them without notice.

IF YOU ARE UNDER 18, YOU MUST NOT USE THE WEBSITE OR REGISTER FOR THE SERVICES, RATHER YOU MUST HAVE A PARENT OR GUARDIAN DO SO.  If the legal age for entering contracts where you are is higher than 18, then you must be at least that age or else have a parent or guardian use this website for you.

If for some reason the country you are accessing the Website from does not permit you to receive the Services, then you may not use them.

Changes to Terms or Privacy Policy:  ZTHEORY may change the Terms or Privacy Policy at any time.  If such a change is made, ZTHEORY will post a notice on the Website that such terms have changed, along with a brief summary of the changes and a link to the new policy.  Such notice will include an effective date for the changes.  Use of the Website or the Services after that date will constitute acceptance of the changes and new terms.

Access to Services:  In order to access the Services, you must register on the Website.  Registration includes providing your name and contact information, along with selecting a password, and those specific Services you wish to access.  You represent and warrant that the information you provide will be true and accurate and that you will update it as necessary within 30 days of any change.  You shall not share your registration data or information with anyone else.  Anything done using your logon information and password is your responsibility regardless of whether you or someone else has accessed the Website with your logon/password information.  If you believe that someone is using your account without your permission, you must notify ZTHEORY immediately. Any account that is inactive for 24 months or more may be terminated by ZTHEORY.

Course Signup and Refunds: When you sign up for courses, you will be required to pay for them.  You will have 30 days after your registration to cancel your course registration and receive a refund.  YOU MUST REQUEST A REFUND BY EMAIL TO [email protected] within that 30 day period.

Risk of Services:  Your participation in any Service is voluntary and solely within your discretion.  You agree that such participation is entirely at your own risk.  You understand and agree that you may not receive the expected benefits, or you may exacerbate known or unknown physical issues.  You further understand and agree that some of the physical movements you perform may be different in kind and/or intensity from ones that you have done in the past and, in any case, could have unexpected effects on your body.  

Acceptable Use:  You must not:

  • Engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Website or provision of the Services.
  • Use the Website or the Services for any fraudulent, illegal or harrassing purpose.
  • Attempt to, or actually, gather any information of any kind about another user of the Website or Services.
  • Post any content or link to any website that contains obscene, violent, illegal, or objectionable material.
  • Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or in any other manner make the Services available to third parties.
  • Distribute through the Website, or infect the Website with, any viruses, trojan horses, zero day exploits or any other malware of any kind.
  • Impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity, register with false information at any time.

Termination:  This Agreement may be terminated:

By you: at any time by sending written notice to [email protected].  Such notice must clearly state your desire to terminate the Terms.

By ZTHEORY: If

i)  you have  breached this Agreement

ii)  ZTHEORY is required to do so by law

iii)  the Services are eliminated, modified or determined to be no longer commercially viable.

ZTHEORY may or may not provide notice of such termination.

Intellectual Property:  All information or materials that you have access to through your use of the Website or the Services (“Content”) is owned by ZTHEORY or its licensors.  If Content is owned by third parties, then such third parties are responsible for the Content.  You may only use such Content in conjunction with your use of the Website or receipt of the Services.  Any other use of such Content without the permission of the Content owner is a breach of this Agreement and may subject you to damages and even criminal charges in some circumstances.

Media Release: You grant unrestricted permission to ZTHEORY for the display, distribution, publication, transmission, or otherwise use of photographs, images, testimonials, and/or video taken of you for use in materials that include, but may not be limited to, printed materials such as brochures and newsletters, advertising, videos, and digital images. 


Contributions:   You may submit any ideas, suggestions, documents, proposals, feedback, photos, videos, social media content, etc. (“Contributions”) to ZTHEORY.  Any Contributions shall become the sole property of ZTHEORY for its own use and consideration.  You will not be entitled to any compensation, reimbursement, or acknowledgement for any Contributions you submit.

Third Party Content:  Some content on the Website (“Content”) may be contributed by you or third parties.  ZTHEORY is not responsible for any such Content.  If you have some sort of dealings with a third party who posts Content, then that is solely at your own risk.  ZTHEORY has no obligation to you or to such a third party with respect to such dealings.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES:  YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, OF CONTENT, OR OF THE WEBSITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.  ZTHEORY MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, OF CONTENT, OR OF THE WEBSITE.  IN ADDITION, ZTHEORY MAKES NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY OF ANY INSTRUCTION IT PROVIDES, OR ANY ADVICE THAT MAY BE PROVIDED.  ZTHEORY MAKES NO WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CONTENT.  

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ORE THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS OR A LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.  ONLY THOSE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND ZTHEORY’S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED  BY LAW.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:  ZTHEORY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WERE FORESEEABLE OR WHETHER ZTHEORY WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEORY OF LIABILITY.  

ZTHEORY SHALL, IN ADDITION, NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS, DAMAGE, OR DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU OR TO YOUR PERSON AS A RESULT OF ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR AS A RESULT OF ANYTHING RELATING TO YOU AND ANY THIRD PARTY.

Survival of Terms:  Any terms which by their nature survive the termination of this Agreement  shall be deemed to have survived the termination of this Agreement.

General Provisions:  

Any waiver by ZTHEORY of any breach of, or failure to comply with, this Agreement shall be in writing.  Any such waiver, or failure to enforce a term, shall not constitute a continuing waiver or a waiver of the right to enforce such term in the future.

This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.  The Agreement superseded any prior understanding, agreement, marketing material that you may have seen or entered into.

The substantially prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all costs incurred, including attorneys’ fees at trial, arbitration hearing, on appeal or, to the extent permitted, in any bankruptcy, or equivalent, proceeding.

If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and all other terms shall remain in full force and effect.

This Agreement shall not be assigned by you.  ZTHEORY may assign all, or any portion, of this Agreement at any time.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL:  THE PARTIES WAIVE ANY ANY RIGHT THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATED TO, THIS AGREEMENT.

This Agreement shall be interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Washington, excluding its choice of law principles.  Venue and jurisdiction of any action shall be in the state or federal courts of King County, Washington.

Headings are provided for convenience only and shall not be interpreted as part of this Agreement.

ZTHEORY respects the intellectual property of others and expects our users to do the same.  If we discover that Content has been posted without the permission of the Content owner, we reserve the right to take such posting down.  If you keep posting Content that is not yours, we may terminate your account without notice.

 

PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy is a part of an Agreement between ZTHEORY, LLC and you

  1. ZTHEORY collects certain necessary data about you so that you can log in to the Website or make use of, and pay for, the Services.  This data is only for the use of ZTHEORY and shall not be provided to any third party.
  2. Since you access the Website via the Internet, information essential to the operation of the Internet is also collected (for example only, your IP address, identifying information about the device you use to access the Internet, etc.).  ZTHEORY does not collect this data. 
  3. ZTHEORY will only retain the data you provide as long as you are using our Services or our Website and for such additional time as may be required by applicable law or regulations.
  4. Some Services are provided by third party vendors. You are subject to the Privacy Policies of any such third party vendor.  ZTHEORY is in no way responsible for any issues you may have with such third party. 
  5. The Website may include hyperlinks to third party websites and resources.  ZTHEORY is not responsible in any way for such websites or resources.  The fact that a hyperlink is on the Website or otherwise provided to you does not constitute an endorsement, nor does it make ZTHEORY liable in any way for anything that may happen to you on such a website or using such resources.  Any such website will have its own terms of use and its own privacy policy.  When you are on such website you are subject to those terms and privacy.  Such terms or privacy policy may contain terms very different from this Agreement.  
  6. You may provide a hyperlink to the Website.  However, any such link shall not state or imply any endorsement, sponsorship of you or any company affiliated with you.  You shall not frame any Content without the written permission of ZTHEORY and, depending on the content, the Content owner.
  7. In order for you to pay for the Services you will use a third party.  ZTHEORY accepts no liability whatsoever with respect to that third party.