TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE AND PURCHASE

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO YOUR USE AND PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS BY WEIGHT LOSS INTERNATIONAL. By purchasing, accessing, OR USING one or more of these products, you agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use and Purchase.

  1. Scope of Terms & Conditions

    Unless we indicate otherwise, these Terms & Conditions apply to your use of the The Slim for Life Program, Tracker Online, and The Complete Slimmers Food Database henceforth known as Products, which are owned and operated by Weight Loss International, including, without limitation, this Website and any materials distributed as a part of these Products.

  2. Terms & Conditions - In General

    By using these Products, you agree to be legally bound and to abide by these Terms & Conditions, just as if you had signed this agreement.

  3. Modification of Terms & Conditions

    These Terms & Conditions may be modified by our posting of changes to these Terms & Conditions on this Website. Each time you access this Website or Products, you will be deemed to have accepted any such changes.

  4. Restrictions on Use of Materials

    Unless otherwise specified, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display of these Products and Website and the material provided hereon for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you comply fully with the provisions of these Terms & Conditions. You acknowledge that these Products and Website contains information, software, photos, video, text, graphics, music, sounds, questions, creative suggestions, messages, comments, feedback, ideas, recipes, notes, drawings, articles and other materials (collectively, "Content") that are protected by copyrights, database rights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and/or other proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media and technologies existing now or hereafter developed. All Content is copyrighted under applicable copyright laws. All trademarks appearing on this Website are trademarks of their respective owners.  SLIM FOR LIFE and WEIGHT LOSS INTERNATIONAL are the trademarks of Weight Loss International. You may not modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works of, or in any way exploit, any of the Content, in whole or in part. When Content is downloaded to your computer, you do not obtain any ownership interest in such Content. Modification of the Content or use of the Content for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, use of any Content in printed form or on any other Website or networked computer environment is strictly prohibited unless you receive our prior written consent.

  5. Privacy Policy

    We have established this Privacy Policy so that you can understand the care with which we intend to treat your Personal Information. Personal Information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, an address, an email address or other contact information, whether at work or at home, a credit card number and the card expiry date. Our Privacy Policy is designed to protect your personal information in compliance with the law. Any information given by you, the customer, is collected and used so as to provide you with the product or service you requested. The information given to us on this purchase page is used by us to process your credit card transaction as per the details shown on this page. Your credit card number and expiry date will be submitted to our merchant bank in order to facilitate this purchase. At all times, your information is kept secure and is not shared with any third party, except as stated above in order to facilitate the purchase. At all times, your information will be kept securely and used only by Weight Loss International. WE DO NOT sell, trade, or make available any of your personal details to any third party.

  6. Secure Storage of Data

    All personal and sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, card expiry dates, and other such sensitive information provided to us by the user, is kept 100% secure and encrypted in scrambled, locked, databases.  In addition, all servers on which our encrypted data is stored is protected by "best practices" password protected, fortified systems.

  7. Becoming a User

    In purchasing these Products, you agree to provide us with true, accurate and complete information about yourself, and to notify us of any changes to keep information accurate. You agree not to assign, transfer or sublicense your rights as a user of these Products.

  8. Usage Conditions

    You agree to: (a) maintain all equipment necessary for your access to and use of weightlossinternational.com and these Products; (b) maintain the security of your user identification, password and other confidential information relating to your  account; (c) be responsible for all charges resulting from use of your account, including unauthorized use prior to your notifying Weight Loss International of such use and taking steps to prevent its further occurrence by changing your password; and (d) updating your personal information, including e-mail address.

  9. Your Password and User Account

    As a user of this Website and Products, you are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and user account information. You must notify us immediately in the event of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your user account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your or anyone else's password. You are entirely responsible for any and all activities which occur under your user account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your user account or any other breach of security known to you. 

  10. User Profiles

    You agree to have access to these Products from no more than two separate login profiles and/or computers only using browsers where browser cookies are enabled.

  11. Health Disclaimer

    This Website and Products provides weight loss management and information applications and content distributed to you and published over the Internet and is intended only to assist users in their personal weight loss efforts. Weightlossinternational.com is not a medical organization and our staff cannot give you medical advice or diagnosis. Nothing contained in this Website or Products should be construed as such advice or diagnosis. The information and reports generated by us should not be interpreted as a substitute for doctor or specialist consultation, evaluation, or treatment.

    You are urged and advised to seek medical advice before beginning any weight loss effort or regime. Individuals with any known medical or health condition are specifically warned to seek professional medical advice prior to initiating any form of weight loss effort or regimen.

    Before starting any weight reduction plan, you should make sure that you are not underweight.

  12. Terms of Purchase

    By purchasing these Products, you agree to be legally bound and to abide by these Terms & Conditions, just as if you had signed this agreement.  At the time of making our payment, you will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions in full.  Failure to inspect this agreement does in no way exclude you from this agreement.

  13. Definition of Purchase

    By making whole or partial payment for a Product, you are fully bound by these Terms & Conditions.

  14. Technologies in Use

    The Website and Products use many and varied technologies, including but not limited to, the internet, web browsing, CGI, browser frames, JavaScript, browser cookies, file transfer from our Website to you, electronic mail, Microsoft Excel version 97 or above, http referrers.   You agree to supply the hardware, software, internet connectivity and access necessary to support these technologies, or forego the functionality that these technologies bring.  Although not all of these technologies are essential for your use and enjoyment of these Products and Website, many may be essential to certain types of functionality needed to successfully use or enjoy all or parts of this Website and Products.

  15. Membership Term

    The Membership Term of these Products, Website, or Service is at the discretion of Weight Loss International. "Lifetime", "permanent", or "ongoing" offers of use of these Products apply only while the Product or Service is still being offered, and offered in its original form.  Membership also is immediately terminated once a member allows their account to expire.

  16. Membership Abandonment

    Accounts which have not been accessed by the member within the last 90 day period are classed as abandoned, and in the interest of general housekeeping, will be automatically closed and deleted.  All account details are completely deleted once closure occurs.  Attempts to contact the member may be made by way of an email forewarning notification, but closure of accounts are in no way predicated upon this.

  17. Loss of Membership Status

    By allowing their account to expire, whether deliberate in purpose or unintentional, holders of such former accounts are now FORMER MEMBERS, and as such, have no access rights to the program, support staff, counselors, or web site services in any manner.

  18. Membership Reinstatement

    If a former member requests reinstatement to the program, reinstatement is solely at the discretion of the Weight Loss International staff.  Their ruling is final.  If WLI does agree to reinstate the former member, a nominal $50 charge is levied to affray administration costs in manually reestablishing the account and associated required accesses. 

  19. Standards of Conduct

    We reserve the right to discontinue your Membership Term decisively and without warning if our standards of conduct for you are not met.  Breaches of our standards of behavior include, but are not limited to: (a) verbal or physical abuse, (b) verbal or physical threats whether actual or implied, (c) intimidation, whether directed at our staff, other users of our Products, or members of our user community; (d) abuse of our Equipment, Website or Services

  20. Upgrading or Modifications of Products

    Products or Services may be upgraded, augmented, or changed in format, content, or structure at our discretion.  Such changes may be deemed to form a new Product or Service, and rights from previous Products or Services are non transferable, and do not extend to the new Product or Service.  From time to time, users of Products may be allowed to make use of the material and services of upgraded Products, but users are in no way entitled to claim usage rights of these Products.

  21. Discontinuation of Products

    Weight Loss International may, at any time, discontinue or withdraw the offer, support, and access to a Product, this Website, or Service.  At such times, all membership terms cease.

  22. Contents of the Slim for Life Program

    The Program is made up of several parts which include, but are not limited to: (a) a sequential instructional training Program written by the Slim for Life Team provided via online password protected Website access divided into sections or parts and offered to you over the Membership Term; (b) regular electronic messages written by Slim for Life Counselors and sent to the email address of each Program user we have listed, throughout the Membership Term; (c) a database lookup tool provided via our Website containing RDA values of various and assorted foods; (d) various online calculators for the conversion of figures and numbers relating to food and weight loss; (e) a downloadable lifestyle monitoring tool based on Microsoft Excel technologies; (f) some ongoing technical support; (g) an online password protected profile on weightlossinternational.com

  23. Contents of Tracker Online

    The Product is made up of several parts which include, but are not limited to: (a) an online based set of forms which allow you to record eating, aerobic, and anaerobic physical behavior; (b) various calculations performed on the data you provide; (c) food data; (d) an interface with our Food Database; (e) an interface with a Personal Food Database

  24. Contents of The Complete Slimmers Food Database

    The Product is made up of several parts which include, but are not limited to: (a) online web access to our Food Database; (b) a search function to interrogate our Food Database; (c) the results of any such interrogation, being: i. Food names, ii. RDA values, iii. Energy values measured in calories and kilojoules, iv. Calorie density values, v. Weight values, measured in ounces and grams, vi. Possible secondary food descriptions

  25. Limitation of Contents of Products

    No Product  feature outside of the specified Contents as stated in these Terms & Condtions are guaranteed, in an explicit or implicit form.

  26. Division of Program Content

    Individual parts of the Program may be highlighted for descriptive or promotional purposes.  All parts of the Program are included automatically and are delivered in a unified program, according to the Contents of Program.  Program parts are supplied according to a preset timeline established by the Program.

  27. Terms of Technical Support

    Limited technical support is provided throughout the Membership Term.  Where access to the Program extends beyond the original Membership Term, no technical support is supplied.  Support is provided via electronic emails and in no other form.  Support is provided to assist in technical matters directly related to the access and usability of the Website and usability of the Program contents.  No support is provided for the Technologies in Use.  No warranties or guarantees are given on the form, type, extent, or turn around time of support.  Technical support may be available for Technologies in Use under a separately purchased support agreement. 

  28. Limitation of Refunds

    Weight Loss International offers and provides no refunds, in part or in whole, of the initial or ongoing costs, fees, or payments made, whether in partial or in full, for the purchase and/or use of these Products or Website.  The transaction of all monies from you to Weight Loss International is final.  No refunds are given for mistaken identity, change of heart, matters of expectations, for termination due to breaches in Terms & Conditions, or under any other conditions.

  29. Breach of Terms & Conditions

    By using these Products, you agree to be legally bound and to abide by these Terms & Conditions, just as if you had signed this agreement. If you do not comply with these Terms & Conditions at any time, we reserve the right,  to terminate your password, user account, and/or access to this Website or Program (or any part thereof). In our sole discretion and without prior notice or liability, we may discontinue, modify or alter any aspect of the Website or Program, including, but not limited to: (a) restricting the time the Website is available, (b) restricting the amount of use permitted, and (c) restricting or terminating any user's right to use the Website or Program. You agree that any termination or cancellation of your access to, or use of, the Website or Program may be effected without prior notice. If you do not abide by the provisions of these Terms & Conditions, except as we may otherwise provide from time to time, you agree that we may immediately deactivate or delete your user account and all related information and files in your user account and/or bar any further access to such information and/or files, or our Website. Further, you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination or cancellation of your access to, or use of, our Website or Program.

    From time to time, we may supplement these Terms & Conditions with additional terms and conditions pertaining to specific content, activities or events ("Additional Terms"). Such Additional Terms may be placed on the Website to be viewed in connection with the specific content, activities, features or events and shall be identified as such. You understand and agree that such Additional Terms are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms & Conditions.

  30. Disclaimers of Warranties

    PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES:

    THE PRODUCTS, OFFERINGS, CONTENT AND MATERIALS ON these Products AND WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY, OR ACCURACY.

    NEITHER WEIGHTLOSSINTERNATIONAL.COM, OR THE OWNERS OF these Products OR SITE, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS OR INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS,WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE OR ANY FUNCTION CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THIS WEBSITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

    ANY PRODUCT, OFFERING, CONTENT AND MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH PRODUCT, OFFERING, CONTENT OR MATERIAL.

    NEITHER WEIGHTLOSSINTERNATIONAL.COM, OR THE OWNERS OF these Products OR SITE, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS OR INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS,  WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS, OFFERINGS, CONTENT AND MATERIALS IN THIS WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.

    FURTHER, PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM OUR PERSONNEL OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS.

    YOU HEREBY RELEASE AND FOREVER WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST WEIGHTLOSSINTERNATIONAL.COM, OR THE OWNERS OF these Products OR SITE, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS OR INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES YOU MAY SUSTAIN IN CONNECTION TO these Products OR WEBSITE.

  31. Limitation of Liability

    YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING OUT OF, OR RESULTING FROM, (a) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE WEIGHTLOSSINTERNATIONAL.COM SITE; (b) THE USE OF ANY CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIAL OF THE SLIM FOR LIFE PROGRAM; (c) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THIS WEBSITE OR PROGRAM; (d) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (e) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON OUR WEBSITE; OR (f) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO OUR WEBSITE OR PROGRAM. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF OUR WEBSITE, PROGRAM OR SERVICE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS THE DISCONTINUATION OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR PROGRAM.

    30. Indemnification

    You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and, at our option, defend weightlossitnernational.com and our owners, and our and their officers, directors, employees, stockholders, agents and representatives from any and all third party claims, liability, damages and/or costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) arising from your improper use of this Website or our products or offerings, your violation of these Terms & Conditions, or your infringement, or the infringement or use by any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.

 
     
     

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