Terms & Conditions

PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE. 
Last Updated 04/27/19

The Mindfulness Academy for Addiction & Trauma Training is committed to protecting your privacy. For privacy protection, we have outlined the privacy information and practices below and are making this information available via this website.

Please read carefully: By using this site, you are deemed to have agreed to these terms. We reserve the right to modify them at any time. You should check these terms periodically for changes. By using this site after we post any changes to these terms, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them. If at any time you choose not to accept these terms of use, please STOP NOW and you are directed not to use this site.

Scope of Terms 
These terms apply to your use of www.tmaatt.com or other sites that we may own or operate in the future (“Site”).

This following information outlined here is for TMAATT, and all materials, services and products offered by TMAATT, including: information, forms, services, products, workshops. This also includes Professional Coaching, and CSAT Supervision (for Licensed Therapists wanting to obtain their CSAT Certification), as well as Workshops and Speaking. It is important to note that this applies to this specific training course website, all therapy and coaching programs, and any products and services provided or sold by TMAATT. This disclaimer does not apply to any other business entity outside of TMAATT.

You agree that by choosing to enter and engage on the TMAATT website, or if you choose to purchase any products or materials or services that would include: webinars, workshops, events, e-books, e-workshops, e-kits, e-products, audio or video products, or any other product or services offered through TMAATT if you decide to use information from or engage with TMAATT via social media platforms, our blog, contact through email, or engage with or purchase any other form of program, product or service provided by or related to TMAATT, that you are agreeing to accept all parts of this Disclaimer. If at any time you choose not to accept these terms of use, please STOP NOW and you are directed not to use this site.

Purpose
The purpose for TMAATT. website, blog, services, products, e-products, webinars, and social media platforms is for informational purposes only.  All information contained in TMAATT website, as well as every service, product or program that is offered, is solely for educational and informational purposes only. This information is made available only as general supportive information for your own use, should you decide to use this information.

Documents  
Through this Site we may offer you the opportunity to purchase and/or download documents. Please note that TMAATT retrains complete ownership of the intellectual property rights in these documents. You acknowledge that when you download a document from this Site, you are doing so at your own risk. You may only use the downloaded document for non-commercial uses. At no time are you permitted to remove any copyright or proprietary notices on the pages of a document. TMAATT makes no representation or warranty regarding the quality of these documents and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or availability of these documents. TMAATT EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY RELATED TO THE DOWNLOADING OF DOCUMENTS ON THE SITE.

Non Refund and Transfer Notice
All certification course training registration fees are nonrefundable. It is expected that you will complete your training moving from one domain of training to the next. However, if you need to transfer your next training level to a future date, please note that there is a $250 non-refundable transfer fee per transfer.

Age 
This Site is intended for use by people age eighteen (18) or older. By using this Site, you represent that you are over the age of eighteen (18).

Links to Third-Party Websites 
We are not responsible for the availability of any other site to which this Site links. We do not endorse or take responsibility for the content, advertising, products or other materials made available through any other site. Under no circumstances will we be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on any other site. You should direct any concerns to that site's administrator or webmaster. We are not responsible for the views, opinions, or accuracy of facts referenced on or through our website, blog information, programs, products and services or those of any other individual or company affiliated with us in any way. Every effort has been made to present you with the most accurate, up-to-date information, but because the nature of scientific research is constantly evolving, we cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of our content.

Personal Responsibility
We aim to truthfully represent the information provided by or through the TMAATT website, blog, social media, products, services, and any other services or materials provided. You are acknowledging that you are participating voluntarily in using our website, blog, social media, programs, products and services. You agree to take sole and personal and professional responsibility for your choices, actions and any results or consequences. You acknowledge that you take full responsibility for your business, clients, patients, and your health, life, and well-being, as well as the health, lives and well-being of your family and children (where applicable), for all decisions now and in the future.

Testimonials
It is important to note that any kind words or testimonials you read on TMAATT website, blog, store, or anywhere else, is used for illustration only. The testimonials and kind words are unique to each client. Kind words and testimonials are not solicited and each client or colleague has approved these testimonials for our website, blog, social media, product or services, but they are not intended to represent or guarantee that current or future clients will achieve the same or similar results.

Guarantees
If we work together in a Educational capacity, a Business Coaching capacity, or in a CSAT Supervision role capacity, our role is to support and assist you in reaching your goals, however, we cannot and do not guarantee that you will attain a particular personal goal, business result, income increase, certification, relational success, or business success, clinical goal, and you accept and understand that results differ by each individual and their motivation, follow through and experience.

Limitation of Liability 
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, WILL TMAATT. OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES EMPLOYEES LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES — WHETHER DIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL — THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS, SERVICES, PRODUCTS OR PROGRAMS ON THE SITE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL TMAATT, ITS EMPLOYEES OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE).

Indemnity 
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless TMAATT, its representatives, officers, directors, and employees from all liabilities, claims, costs, and expenses, including attorneys' fees, that arise from your use of the Site, the Site's blog, products, programs, services, your posting, downloading or transmission of communications or material on this Site, or from your violation of applicable law.

Privacy Policy 
We are committed to protecting your privacy and security and have explained in detail the steps we take to do so. Please read our Privacy Policy here, or below.

Governing Law 
These terms will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of California. Accordingly, the laws of California will be used exclusively to construe, govern and enforce these terms, excluding all conflict of laws rules. Except as provided in the Injunctive Relief section, any action related to or arising out of these terms will be filed only in the California courts, and you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in California.

Injunctive Relief 
In the event you breach or threaten breach of this Agreement, you acknowledge and agree that TMAATT will be greatly and irreparably damaged and the damage will be difficult to quantify. Therefore, TMAATT may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction accepting jurisdiction under this specific provision, who, regardless of the Governing Law provision, will apply the laws of its own jurisdiction in determining whether TMAATT will be granted injunctive or other equitable relief to stop your breach or your threat of breach, without impairing, invalidating, negating or voiding TMAATT rights to relief, either in law or at equity.

Miscellaneous 
If any of these terms and conditions is found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be considered restated to reflect as nearly as possible the original intentions of the parties in accordance with applicable law and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between you and TMAATT relating to the subject matter it contains. This agreement may be modified only by our posting of changes to these terms and conditions, or by a writing signed by both parties. Any inquiries concerning these terms and conditions of use should be directed to info@tmaatt.com.

No Liability
TMAATT and its employees will not be held responsible or liable in any way for the information, services, documents, products or materials that you request or receive through or on our website, blog information, programs, products and services.  In no event will we be liable to any party for any type of direct, indirect, special, incidental, equitable or consequential damages for any use of or reliance website, blog information, programs, products and services or on those affiliated with us in any way; including, without limitation, lost profits, personal or business interruptions, personal injuries, accidents, misapplication of information, or any other loss, physical or mental disease, condition or issue, or otherwise, even if we are expressly advised of the possibility of such damages or difficulties.  We do not assume liability for accidents, delays, injuries, loss or damage due to any act or default of any company, organization, or person engaged in rendering services, products, or educational sessions in-person, by phone/Skype or online with us, through individual and group programs, classes, workshops, events, retreats, seminars, coaching sessions, therapy sessions, and/or trainings in any location, included but not limited to, online or at any health food store, grocery store, yoga studio, fitness studio, spa, hotel, resort, private home, restaurant, company/business, clinical center, private practice office, non-profit organization, hospital, medical practice, library, school, university or outdoor setting. In the event that you use the information provided through our website, blog information, programs, products and services by us or affiliated with us, we assume no responsibility.

Release of Claims
You are agreeing to release us for any or all claims for the information, products or materials that you request or receive through on our website, blog information, programs, products and services.  In no event will we be liable to any party for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, equitable or consequential damages for any use of or reliance on this website, blog information, programs, products and services, or on those affiliated with us in any way; including, without limitation, for accidents, delays, injuries, harm, loss, damage, or death, lost profits, personal or business interruptions, misapplication of information, physical or mental disease, condition or issue, or otherwise, even if we are expressly advised of the possibility of such damages or difficulties in advance.

Implicit Agreement.  By using our website, blog information, programs, products and services you implicitly signify your agreement to all parts of the above Disclaimer.


PRIVACY POLICY

TMAATT is committed to protecting your privacy. For privacy protection, we have outlined the privacy information and practices below and are making this information available via this website. Please read carefully:

1. INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

You do not need to give us any personal information in order to use our Site. If you choose to purchase an e-product, e-book, e-materials via this site, your credit card information will be required for payment. Additionally this Site may use forms in which you give us contact information (including your name, address, telephone number, and email address) so you can request information or support. We receive and store any information you enter on our Site, or give us in any other way, including through email, telephone, or other communications within our customer services department.

We will not sell, share, trade or otherwise use any information you provide unless you expressly provide in writing permission for such use. We collect this information to improve our service, and to help us determine your individual needs so we may serve you better individually, as well as collectively.

We will not sell, share, trade or otherwise use any medical information under any circumstances. If you require medical information, you must request it from us directly via a Medical Release form.

We may also collect non-personally identifiable information about you, such as your use of our web sites, communication preferences, aggregated data relative to your Services, and responses to promotional offers and surveys. We may use or disclose aggregate information only where no individual is identified for a number of purposes, including: (a) Compiling aggregate statistics of usage for improving the web site; (b) Developing, maintaining and administering the web site; and (c) Following up on comments and other messages that you submit to us through the web site. (d) Responses to blog comments.

Please note, to better safeguard your information, please do not include any credit card information in your electronic communication unless it is specifically required by us as part of Services or transaction fulfillment process sites, or our customer contact process.

This Site and our Services may contain links to other websites. Unfortunately, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.

2. SECURITY

This Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. If our site allows you to enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on order forms, we encrypt the transmission of that information.

We may also at times provide information about you to third parties to provide various services on our behalf, such as providers who process credit card payments. We will only share information about you that is necessary for the third party to provide the requested service. These companies are prohibited from retaining, sharing, buying, selling, storing or using your personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is one hundred percent (100%) secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

3. GOOGLE ANALYTICS AND COOKIES

We may use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of this Site, such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this Site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this Site, rather than your name or other identifying information.

Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this Site. This cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google, Inc. The information generated by the cookie will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

We use the information received from Google Analytics only to improve services on this Site. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.

Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Site is restricted by the Google Privacy Policy http://www.google.com/policies/privacy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this Site by disabling the Google Analytics cookie on your browser.

4. COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE 13

We are committed to protecting the online privacy of children. In accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (”COPPA”), we will not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen (13) without first obtaining parental consent. Prior to providing any personally identifiable information (your name, email address, address, phone number etc.), children under the age of thirteen (13) must have a parent or legal guardian complete and return (by email or regular mail) a Parental Consent Form to info@tmaatt.com or

TMAATT
6272 East Pacific Coast Hwy., Suite D
Long Beach, CA 90803

The consent form states that the child’s “Parent” or “Legal Guardian”, by his or her signature, consents to the collection and transfer of the child’s personally identifiable information. Consent may be revoked by completing a “Revocation of Parental Consent Form” and sending it to the email or physical mailing address above. In compliance with COPPA, We are sensitive about children consulting with parents or guardians before furnishing personal information or ordering anything online.

It is also our intention to adhere to the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) Guidelines on Internet advertising with its special sensitivities regarding solicitations to children under thirteen (13). We encourage parents/guardians to supervise and join their children in exploring cyberspace.

5. TRANSFER OF DATA ABROAD

If you are visiting this Site from a country other than the country in which our servers are located, your communications with us may result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. By visiting this Site and communicating electronically with us, you consent to such transfers.

6. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law.

We will disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including without limitation subpoenas), to protect our property and rights or the property and rights of a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we consider to be illegal or unethical. We will also share your information to the extent necessary to comply with ICANN's rules, regulations and policies.

To the extent we are legally permitted to do so, we will take reasonable steps to notify you in the event that we are required to provide your personal information to third parties as part of legal process.

7. CHANGES IN OUR PRACTICES

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy and any other places we deem appropriate, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

If we make material changes to this Policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page, at least thirty (30) days prior to the implementation of the changes.

8. CORRECTING, UPDATING AND REMOVING PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may alter, update or deactivate your account information or opt out of receiving communications from us at any time. You may send an email to info@tmaatt.com or you may send mail to:

TMAATT
6272 East Pacific Coast Hwy., Suite D
Long Beach, CA 90803
We will respond to your request for access or to modify or deactivate your information within ninety (90) days.


CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site or under our Services, your dealings with this Site or our Services please contact us by email or regular mail at the following address:

Darrin Ford, LMFT, CSAT-S, MBAT-S
6272 East Pacific Coast Hwy., Suite D
Long Beach, CA 90803




If you have any questions about these Terms & Conditions, or our Privacy Policy please contact us at info@tmaatt.com

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