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These Terms of Use govern the www.VeganDesign.org website which
is owned by DiMare Design LLC ("DiMare") and operated by DiMare or its
service providers. You should not access or use this Site until you have
carefully read and agreed to the following Terms of Use.
Use of the Site
In order to participate in VeaganDesign.org courses, Product
License, or access any online resources offered by DiMare you must
first carefully read and agree to these and Privacy Policy
(collectively "Terms"). BY ACCESSING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE
SITE, YOU HAVE INDICATED THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS
AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY AND COMPLY WITH THEM. If you do
not agree to be bound by these Terms, please promptly exit the Site.
DIMARE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY THESE TERMS AT ANY
TIME AND WILL PUBLISH NOTICE OF ANY MODIFICATIONS ON-LINE
AT THIS SITE. BY CONTINUING TO ACCESS A SITE AFTER NOTICE OF
SUCH MODIFICATIONS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR
AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THEM.
User Age and Eligibility
Participation in the Site and VeganDesign.org online courses and Product
License is restricted to those individuals who have registered, who are 18
years of age and over, emancipated minors, or those who possess parental
or legal guardian consent, and who are fully able and competent to enter
into these terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and
warranties herein. By accessing the Site you affirm that you are at least 13
years old and meet the eligibility requirements. This Site is not intended for
children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, do not use the Site. If
you have questions about your eligibility, please contact us
at hello@vegandesign.org.
Certain courses and product license may also have additional eligibility
requirements as specified in the specific course or license description. If you
are not eligible for registration and participation or do not agree to the
Terms, you may not use the Site.
Access to the Site
While portions of the Site may be available to the general public, portions of
the Site are restricted to registered users who meet eligibility criteria. You
agree that you will not access any registration-only portions of the Site if
you do not meet the eligibility requirements. DiMare is not responsible for
any delay, inability or failure to access the Site due to any cause, including
but not limited to acts of God, natural disasters, government orders, labor
unrest, malfunction of user hardware or software, interruption in internet
service, loss or corruption of data, and unanticipated suspension or cessation
of service from any underlying service provider.
User Accounts
Site Registration. In order to fully participate in all Site activities, you must
register and create a User Account. You are required to provide a valid email
address ("Email Address") and create a user password ("User Password")
and a unique username, which will be publicly visible on the forum and other
locations on the Site. In setting up your User Account, you may also be
prompted or required to enter additional information, including but not
limited to your name, location or other information required to confirm your
identity.
Course Registration and Product License. In order to participate in an online course
and Product License you may be required to register. You may be required
to provide additional information at the time of registration including,
without limitation, evidence of eligibility, and you may be required to pay a
fee.
You understand and agree that all information provided by you is accurate,
current and complete and that you will maintain and update your
information to keep it accurate, current and complete. You acknowledge that
if any information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or
incomplete, we reserve the right to refuse access to the selected course or
license, or to terminate your use of the Site. You agree that you will never
divulge or share access or access information to your User Account with any
third party for any reason.
Fees and Refunds
Courses may be made available for free or for a fee at the sole discretion of
DiMare. Course and License fees, if applicable, are due and payable at the
time of registration for the course or product license, or at the time of
requesting a service or materials for which a fee is required. DiMare
expressly reserves the right to refuse to permit access to any fee-based
course or product license if the fee is not paid, is cancelled or not processed
for any reason.
Course Modification or Cancellation
License to use Site Materials
The Site, including the course materials, may contain errors and omissions.
We reserve the right to correct errors or omissions without prior notice. We
also reserve the right to cancel, discontinue, reschedule, delay, change
instructors or modify any course or service.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Site and all its content, such as text, images,
and the HTML used to generate the pages ("Material") are the property of
DiMare or that of our suppliers or licensors and are protected by patent,
trademark and/or copyright under US or foreign laws. In consideration for
your agreement to the terms and conditions contained here, DiMare grants
you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use
the Site and the Material. Registered users may download Material from the
Site only for such user's own personal, non-commercial use. No user may
otherwise copy, reproduce, duplicate, retransmit, distribute, publish, scrape,
download in bulk, sell, resell, commercially exploit or otherwise transfer any
Material or modify or create derivative works of the Material. The burden of
determining that use of any information, software, material or any other
content on the Site is permissible rests with User. Some content on the Site
may be provided by third parties, and the use of that content is subject to
rules and restrictions as indicated on the Site. You agree to be bound by all
such rules and restrictions.
Modifications to Site
DiMare reserves the right, for any reason or no reason, in our sole discretion
and without notice, to terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect
of the Site, including without limitation, information, data, text, sound,
photographs, graphics, video, messages, courses, materials, features and/or
hours of availability, and we will not be liable to you or to any third party for
doing so. We may also impose rules and limits on the use of the Site or
restrict your access to part, or the entire, Site without notice or penalty.
Rules for Online Conduct
You agree to use the Sites in accordance with all applicable laws. You are responsible for your own communications, including the upload, transmission
and posting of information, and are responsible for the consequences of their posting on or through the Site. You further agree that you will not email or post malicious or harmful content anywhere on the Site, or on any other
DiMare computing resources including without limitation the following:
Content that defames or threatens others
Harassing statements or content that violates federal or state law
Content that discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them
Content that is not your own, or infringes another's intellectual property, including,
but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks or trade secrets
Content related to partisan political activities
Material that contains obscene (i.e. pornographic) language or images
Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation or promotion, including links to
other sites
Content that is otherwise unlawful
Intentionally incomplete, misleading or inaccurate content
Copyrighted material, including without limitation software, graphics, text,
photographs, sound and video, may not be placed on the Site without the
express permission of the owner of the copyright in the material, or other
legal entitlement to use the material.
Security Rules
Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal
liability. DiMare will investigate occurrences and may involve, and cooperate
with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting the use or users who are
involved in such violations. You agree that you will not violate or attempt to
violate the security of the Site, including without limitation:
attacking, probing, scanning or testing the vulnerability of, breaching security of,
disrupting, disabling or harming the Site, or servers or networks connected to the
Site using the Site via any automated means, such as a screen-scraper or robot. This is not intended to exclude the use of assistive technology for your own use, such as
screen-readers sending any unsolicited emails to other Site Users or forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email
displaying the Site within a frame on another website without consent, or place
pop-up windows or other disruptive technologies over it accessing data not intended for you or logging into a server or account you are not authorized to access
attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including without
limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding",
"Mailbombing" or "Crashing" impersonating another person or improperly allowing another to use your registration information to access the Site.
Content Disclaimer
The text and other material on the Sites may include the opinion of the
specific instructor and are not statements of advice, endorsement, opinion,
or information of DiMare. If you feel you might be offended by the content of
the Sites, you should not continue.
Sites may also include the personal opinions and other expressions by Users
who post entries on a wide range of topics. Neither the content of the
forums, nor the links to other web sites, are screened, approved, reviewed
or endorsed by DiMare or any other related entity. DiMare is not a publisher
of any of the content of the forums, or of any content that may be available
through links to and from them.
User Content
You may be permitted to submit and distribute materials in connection with
an online course ("User Content"). You represent and warrant that any
material you submit to the Site, instructors or other Users is accurate and
complete and will not violate or infringe the rights of any third party,
including without limitation privacy, publicity, intellectual property and any
other proprietary rights, such as copyright, trademark and patent rights. You
represent and warrant that you have all the necessary rights and licenses to
use the material and to permit use of the material by DiMare and other
researchers.
You agree that, if a third party claims that any material you have contributed
to a Site is unlawful, you will bear the burden of establishing that the
material complies with all applicable laws. Although DiMare does not monitor
the content of the Site, DiMare has the right to remove material from the
Site, block access, or take other action with respect to the material in its
sole discretion.
Grant of license. By your submission of any material in connection with this
course or product license, you hereby grant DiMare an irrevocable, non-
exclusive, royalty free, fully transferable, worldwide license to use, disclose,
reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, publicly perform, publicly
display and provide to other researchers any such submission. You hereby
grant Users in your online course a license to use your User Content
(including the right to copy, modify and distribute such content) in
conjunction with their participation in the course.
User Status and Statement of Accomplishment
You agree and acknowledge that your access to the Site, participation in an
online course, product license, and your agreement to these Terms do not
confer any right to access or use the resources of DiMare or establish any
relationship with DiMare or its instructors beyond the Site. You agree that no
joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists
between DiMare and you as a result of these Terms or your use of the Site.
International Use and Consent to Processing
DiMare controls and operates this Site within the United States of America,
and all information is collected, transmitted, processed and stored within the
United States. We do not represent that materials on the Site are
appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to
access the Site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are
responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are
applicable. You agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations in connection with your use of the Site. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, you agree to comply with all applicable laws
regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States
or the country in which you reside. By providing any personal information to
the Site, all users, including without limitation users in the European Union,
fully understand and unambiguously consent to the collection, transmission
processing and storage of such information in the United States and the use
of such information for research by DiMare and other U.S. and international
researchers.
Links to Other Sites
The Site may include hyperlinks to sites maintained or controlled by others.
DiMare is not responsible for and does not routinely screen, approve, review
or endorse the contents of or use of any of the products or services that may
be offered at other sites. These links do not imply DiMare's endorsement of
or association with the linked sites. DiMare is not responsible for and shall in
no event be liable, directly or indirectly, to anyone for any loss or damage
arising from or occasioned by the creation or use of the linked sites or the
information or material accessed through those linked sites.
Choice of Law/Forum Selection
The Sites are managed by DiMare, located in Dade County, Florida. You
agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or any
content posted to a Site, including copies and republication thereof, whether
based in contract, tort, statutory or other law, will be governed by the laws
of the State of Florida, excluding its conflicts of law provisions. You further
consent to the personal jurisdiction of and exclusive venue in the federal and
state courts located in and serving Dade County, Florida as the legal forum
for any such dispute. Excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief,
for claims related to the Site where the total amount sought is less than ten
thousand U.S. Dollars ($10,000.00 USD), either you or DiMare may elect at
any point during the dispute to resolve the claim through binding, non-
appearance-based arbitration. The dispute will then be resolved using an
established alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") provider, mutually agreed
upon by you and DiMare. The parties and the selected ADR provider shall not
involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses, unless
otherwise mutually agreed by the parties; rather, the arbitration shall be
conducted, at the option of the party seeking relief, online, by telephone or
via written submissions alone. Any judgment rendered by the arbitrator may
be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any claim or cause of
action you may have with respect to DiMare or the Site must be commenced
within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arose.
Disclaimer of Warranties
THESE SITES AND ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THEREIN
ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR USE OF A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
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EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY,
ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY SITE, INFORMATION OBTAINED
FROM A SITE, OR LINK TO A SITE. DIMARE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE
SITE WILL OPERATE IN AN UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE MANNER OR
THAT THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
USE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE IS AT
YOUR OWN RISK.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, DIMARE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT
(A) THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS OR
ACHIEVE THE INTENDED PURPOSES, (B) THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF
OUTAGES, INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS, SECURITY FLAWS, AND ERRORS, (C)
THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE,
COMPLETE, CURRENT, ERROR-FREE, COMPLETELY SECURE OR RELIABLE,
(D) THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE INFORMATION
FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE OR (E) THAT DEFECTS IN OR ON THE SITE
WILL BE CORRECTED.
Limitation of Liability
YOU AGREE THAT DIMARE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR
DAMAGES, EITHER ACTUAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THESE TERMS, OR TO YOUR (OR ANY THIRD PARTY/'S) USE
OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, OR TO YOUR PLACEMENT OF CONTENT ON
THE SITE, OR TO YOUR RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR
THROUGH THE SITE. IN PARTICULAR, DIMARE WILL HAVE NO LIABILTY FOR
ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE, (INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR DEFAMATION, ERRORS, LOSS OF DATA,
OR INTERRUPTION IN AVAILABILITY OF DATA), ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THESE TERMS, YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE,
OR YOUR PLACEMENT OF CONTENT ON A SITE, OR TO YOUR RELIANCE
UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH A SITE, WHETHER
BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY OR OTHER LAW, EVEN IF DIMARE
OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION
OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY
NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF DIMARE
TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING
FROM THE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE,
$100.00.
Termination Rights
Consumer Notice
Proprietary Rights
You agree that: DiMare, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of the
Site or your participation in an online course activity, for any reason or no
reason and at any time; DiMare shall not have any liability to you for the
termination; and that you are not entitled to any course or product license
credit in connection with such a termination.
If you have any questions regarding services provided through the Site, you
may contact DiMare at hello@vegandesign.org.
The logos, names and graphics on the Site of DiMare or any of its affiliates,
may be trademarks of DiMare or its affiliates. Use, reproduction, copying or
redistribution of DiMare trademarks, without the prior written permission of
DiMare or its affiliates, is prohibited. All other trademarks or service marks
appearing on the Site are the marks of their respective owners.
Except as otherwise provided herein, use of the Site does not grant you a
license to any content, features or Material you may access on the Site, and
you may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative
works of such content, features or Material, in whole or in part. Any
commercial use of the Site is strictly prohibited except as allowed herein or
otherwise approved by us. You may not download or save a copy of any of
the content or screens for any purpose except as otherwise provided by
DiMare. If you make use of the Site, other than as provided herein, in doing
so you may violate copyright and other laws of the United States, other
countries, as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for
such unauthorized use. We do not grant any license or other authorization to
any user of our trademarks, registered trademarks, service marks, other
copyrightable material or any other intellectual property by including them
on the Site.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold DiMare and its instructors, trustees,
officers, agents, employees, and assignees, harmless from any claims,
actions, demands, losses or damages, including legal fees, arising out of,
resulting from or in any way related to your participation in an online course,
product license, use of a Site, placement of any content onto a Site or
violation of these Terms. You further agree to fully cooperate in DiMare's
defense against any such claims.
COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS
DiMare respects the intellectual property rights of others. In accordance with
Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), an agent has been
designated to receive notification of a claimed copyright infringement for the
DiMare domains: CertifiedCrueltyFree.Net. If you believe that your
copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please contact DiMare's DMCA Designated Agent at
contact@certifiedcrueltyfree.net and provide the following written information:
(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 upon; (iii) a description
of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site; (iv)
your address, telephone number, and email 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 above information in your notice is
accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the
copyright owner's behalf.
Notices
General Information
Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail. Notices to
DiMare should be directed to the email listed below. The Site may also
provide notices of changes to these Terms or other matters by displaying
notices or links to notices to you on the Site.
DiMare's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms
shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of
the Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the
parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to
the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions
of the Terms remain in full force and effect.
You may not assign the Terms or any of your rights or obligations under the
Terms without DiMare's express prior written consent.
The Terms inure to the benefit of DiMare's successors, assigns and licensees.
The section titles in the Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or
contractual effect.
PRIVACY POLICY
DiMare respects your privacy, will use reasonable efforts to keep your
Personally Identifiable Information (i.e., information that can be used to
identify you) private, and will not share it with third parties, except as
otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, or unless DiMare has a good faith
belief that such disclosure is necessary in special cases, such as a physical
threat to you or others.
What Information this Privacy Policy Covers
Some of our Site's functionality can be used without revealing any personal
information; however, for features or services related to an online course
registration and participation, personal information is required. If you do not
use these specific features or services on the Site, then the only information
DiMare collects will be "Non-Personal Information" (i.e., information that
cannot be used to identify you). Non-Personal Information includes
information such as the web pages that you have viewed.
In order to access certain features and benefits on our Site, you may need
to submit "Personally Identifiable Information". Personally Identifiable
Information can include information such as your name and email address,
among other things. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the
Personally Identifiable Information you submit to DiMare. Inaccurate
information may affect your ability to use the Site, the information you
receive when using the Site, and our ability to contact you. For example,
your email address should be kept current because that is one of the
primary means by which we communicate with you.
Please note that this Privacy Policy only applies to information that we collect
through the Site and does not apply to information that we may collect from
you through other means such as by mail or over the phone.
What You Consent to by Using Our Site
Please understand that by submitting any Personally Identifiable Information
to us, you consent and agree that DiMare may collect, use and disclose such
Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and
our Terms of Use, and as permitted or required by law. If you do not agree
with these terms, then please do not provide any Personally Identifiable
Information to us. If you refuse or withdraw your consent, or if you choose
not to provide us with any required Personally Identifiable Information,
DiMare may not be able to provide you with the services and courses that
can be offered on our Site.
The Information We Collect
We gather the following types of information about users through the Site:
Non-Personal Information. When users come to our Site, DiMare may track,
collect and aggregate Non-Personal Information indicating, among other
things, which pages of our Site were visited, the order in which they were
visited, when they were visited, and which hyperlinks were "clicked." We
also collect information from the URLs from which you linked to our Site.
Collecting such information may involve logging the IP address, operating
system and browser software used by each user of the Site. Although such
information is not Personally Identifiable Information, we may be able to
determine from an IP address a user's Internet Service Provider and the
geographic location of his or her point of connectivity.
Cookies. DiMare also uses or may use cookies and/or web beacons to help us
determine and identify repeat visitors, the type of content and sites to which
a user of our Site links, the length of time each user spends at any particular
area of our Site, and the specific functionalities that users choose to use.
Essentially, cookies are a user's identification card for the DiMare servers.
Web beacons are small graphic files linked to our servers that allow us to
track your use of our Site and related functionalities. Cookies and web
beacons allow DiMare to serve you better and more efficiently, and to
personalize your experience at our Site. Cookies and web beacons are not
used to retain Personally Identifiable Information. From time to time DiMare
may also use additional methods of collecting data. DiMare does not provide
any data collected through cookies to third parties.
You should be able to control how and whether cookies will be accepted by
your web browser. Most browsers offer instructions, in the "Help" section of
the toolbar, on how to reset the browser to reject cookies. If you reject our
cookies, many functions and conveniences of this Site may not work
properly.
Personally Identifiable Information. This Privacy Policy serves as notice that
DiMare collects Personally Identifiable Information in the manner described
herein. Such information may include but is not limited to: username, email
address, home address, IP address, postal code, gender and year of birth.
DiMare collects Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to us
when you sign-up for email updates, participate in online courses or services
through our Site, participate in our public forums, send us email messages,
and/or or otherwise contact us. In order to subscribe to services, you may
be required to provide us with Personally Identifiable Information such as
your user name, name, postal address, and email address. You may also be
asked to provide demographic information such as date of birth, gender and
educational and vocational information. DiMare may also receive Personally
Identifiable Information when you access or log-in to a third party site, e.g.,
Facebook, from our Site. This may include the text and/or images of your
Personally Identifiable Information available from the third party site.
Personally Identifiable Information shall not include any information posted
or sent by or to you via any public forum.
Collection of Information by Third Parties
We may permit a limited number of authorized third parties, such as
analytics partners, to place cookies through the Site to provide us with
better insights into the use of the Site or user demographics. These third
parties may collect information, including non-personal information, about a
consumer's online activities over time and across different websites when he
or she uses our website.
Do Not Track
How We Use and Share the Information
We do not use technology that recognizes a "do-not-track" signal from your
web browser.
Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the different ways DiMare
uses and may disclose the information that we gather. We do not share your
Personally Identifiable Information with third parties for their direct
marketing use.
Non-Personal Information. DiMare uses Non-Personal Information in aggregate
form to build higher quality, more useful services by performing statistical
analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our users, and by
measuring demographics and interests regarding specific areas of our Site.
Such aggregate information may include but is not limited to video player
interactions, views of posts, views and actions on pages, assessment results
and completion rates and assignments. We may share Non-Personal
Information with service providers and others to assist us in operating and
enhancing our programs and site.
Personally Identifiable Information. Among other things, DiMare may use the
Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to respond to your
questions, provide you the specific course and/or services you select, send
you updates about online courses and services offered by DiMare, and send
you email messages about Site maintenance or updates. Except as set forth
in this Privacy Policy or as specifically agreed to by you, DiMare will not
disclose any Personally Identifiable Information we gather from you on the
Site. In addition to the other uses set forth in this Privacy Policy, DiMare
may disclose and otherwise use Personally Identifiable Information as
described below.
Updates. We use Personally Identifiable Information collected when you sign-
up for our various email or update services to send you the messages in
connection with the Site or an online course. DiMare may also archive this
information and/or use it for future communications with you.
Forums. DiMare may use Personally Identifiable Information collected during
your use of forums to facilitate your use of the forums. In addition DiMare
may display this information either on the Site and/or in other publications.
DiMare may also archive this information and/or use it for future
communications with you and/or your designee(s). Since the forum is open
to the public, you may wish to select a username which does not disclose
your identity when you post on the forum.
Participation in Online Courses. We use the Personally Identifiable Information,
including but not limited to username and email address, that we collect
from you when you participate in an online course and services through the
Site for processing purposes, including but not limited to tracking attendance, progress and completion of an online course. Also, DiMare may
archive this information and/or use it for future communications with you.
This information may be shared with the content providers or contractors.
Communications with DiMare. When you send us an email message or otherwise
contact us, we may use the information provided by you to respond to your
communication and/or as described in this Privacy Policy. We may also
archive this information and/or use it for future communications with you.
Research. We will study course participation to learn how to enhance both our
course offerings and the online learning experience. Records of your
participation may be used by DiMare for these research studies. Such
records may include but will not be limited to: username, email address,
home address, IP address, postal code, gender, year of birth and your
interactions with the platform such as video player usage, forum posts,
actions on class pages, assignments, and assessment results. For purposes
of research, we may share information we collect from online learning
activities, including Personally Identifiable Information ("PII"), with
researchers beyond DiMare. However, your PII will only be shared as
permitted by applicable law, will be limited to what is necessary to perform
the research and will be subject to an agreement to protect the data. We
may also share with the public or third parties aggregated information that
does not personally identify you. Similarly, any research findings will be
reported at the aggregate level and will not expose your personal identity.
Third Party Sites. We use the Personally Identifiable Information collected
from third party sites for research and teaching purposes.
Disclosure to Complete Transactions. We may disclose your Personally
Identifiable Information in order to help complete a transaction that you
have requested. This may include, for example, disclosure of credit card
information to a payment processor.
Disclosure to DiMare Contractors. Our contractors may have limited access to
your Personally Identifiable Information in the course of providing products
or services to us. These contractors may include vendors and suppliers that
provide us with technology, services, marketing assistance, and/or content
related to the operation and maintenance of the Site or the online course.
Access to your Personally Identifiable Information by these contractors is
limited to the information reasonably necessary for the contractor to perform
its limited function for us.
Government Authorities, Legal Rights and Actions. DiMare may share your
Personally Identifiable Information with various government authorities in
response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; to establish or
exercise our legal rights or to protect our property, rights or safety or the
property, rights or safety of others; to prosecute or to defend against legal
claims; or as otherwise required by law or applicable regulations. In such
cases DiMare reserves the right to raise or waive any legal objection or right
available to us. We also may share your Personally Identifiable Information
when DiMare believes it is appropriate to investigate, prevent, or take action
regarding illegal or suspected illegal activities; to protect and defend the
rights, property, or safety of DiMare, the Site, our users or others; and in
connection with our Terms of Use and other agreements.
Security
DiMare takes reasonable measures to protect your Personally Identifiable
Information from disclosure to or access by third parties. However, no
method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. Please note
that DiMare does not guarantee the security of Personally Identifiable
Information, and there is some risk that an unauthorized third party may
find a way to circumvent our security systems or that transmission of your
information over the Internet will be intercepted. Any information that you
post on our site or send to us in an email is not secure.
You also play a role in protecting your information. Please safeguard your
user name and password and do not share them with others. If we receive
instructions using your log-in information we will consider that you have
authorized the instructions. You agree to notify us immediately of any
unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. We
reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit
content in our sole discretion.
External Links
For your convenience we may provide links to sites operated by
organizations other than DiMare ("Third Party Sites") that we believe may be
of interest to you. DiMare does not disclose your Personally Identifiable
Information to these Third Party Sites without obtaining your consent.
DiMare does not endorse and is not responsible for the privacy practices of
these Third Party Sites. If you choose to click on a link to one of these Third
Party Sites, you should review the terms of use and privacy policy posted on
the other site to understand how that Third Party Site collects and uses your
Personally Identifiable Information.
Updating or Deleting Your Personally Identifiable Information
You may update or delete your Personally Identifiable Information by logging
into the Site and visiting your user account page. Keep in mind, however,
that there will be residual information that will remain within our databases,
access logs and other records, which may or may not contain your
Personally Identifiable Information. You may also submit a request to update
your Personally Identifiable Information to contact@certifiedcrueltyfree.net. We
try to answer every email promptly, but may not always be able to do so.
Opt-Out Rights
If you do not wish to receive information or other notices from us in the
future, you can "opt out" by contacting us at the address indicated at the
end of this policy or by following the "unsubscribe" instructions in any
communication you receive from us. Please be aware that you are not able
to opt out of receiving communications about your account or your
transactions with us.
Changing Our Privacy Policy
Please note that we review our privacy practices from time to time, and that
these practices are subject to change. Any change, update, or modification
will be effective immediately upon posting on our Site. We will notify you of
any material change to this Privacy Policy by posting a notice on our Site's
homepage for a reasonable period of time following such update, and by
changing the effective date (located at the bottom of this Policy). Be sure to
return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current
version of this Privacy Policy. If you have any privacy-related questions, you
may contact DiMare at hello@vegandesign.org.
Protecting Children's Privacy
DiMare does not knowingly collect or maintain Personally Identifiable Information on our Site from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our Site is directed to persons under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access this Site at any time or in any manner. DiMare will take appropriate steps to delete any Personally Identifiable Information of persons less than 13 years of age that has been collected on our Site without verified parental consent upon learning of the existence of such Personally Identifiable Information. If you have any concerns with respect to data collected on the site, please contact us at hello@vegandesign.org.
Entire Agreement
These Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and DiMare and its affiliates with respect to the subject matter herein and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements.
Contacting DiMare
For any questions, please contact us at hello@vegandesign.org.
“Terms of Use” and “Privacy Policy” as of January 17, 2017.
Refund Disclaimer
This return policy shouldn’t even affect you because we know you'll benefit from the online course. Before you purchase the course, we want you to understand that this is NOT a DVD set or books that get physically shipped to you. Let's face it. You do not want to carry heavy books around with you at all times. This online course is divided into simple modules and hosted on the TalentLMS interface. You will receive a link to the interface portal & login information upon filling out the course application. We are so confident that you will benefit from the online course that we will offer a money back guarantee. All we ask for is just a couple of easy steps in return. After you complete the online course, you have 30 days to contact us to be eligible for a refund. In order to receive a full refund, you must provide us with a letter of explanation as to why you did not benefit from taking the online course. Please e-mail the letter to hello@vegandesign.org. Upon reviewing the letter, we will set up a phone call with you to review your experience. After our phone call, you will be refunded the online course. We will deduct a 20% processing fee on all refunds.