Terms of Use and Privacy Statement

1. Agreement between Bolster Learning Systems, LLC and User

This is a binding agreement (“Agreement”) between Bolster Learning Systems, LLC (Bolster) and you, the user (“You” or “Your”). Bolster’s Web Site, www.bolsterlearning.com, is offered to You conditioned on Your acceptance, without modification, of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. By using Bolster’s Web Site, You confirm Your acceptance of, and agree to be bound by, this Agreement and all such terms, conditions and notices.

2. Modification of These Terms of Use

BOLSTER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING OUR SEPARATE PRIVACY POLICY, FROM TIME TO TIME AS WE DEEM APPROPRIATE. SUCH CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. BOLSTER HAS NO DUTY OR OBLIGATION TO INFORM PRIOR USERS OF THIS WEB SITE THAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE, REGARDLESS OF THE SCOPE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE CHANGES. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULARLY REVIEWING THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOUR NON-TERMINATION OR CONTINUED USE OF BOLSTER’S WEB SITE AFTER CHANGES ARE POSTED CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT AS MODIFIED BY THE POSTED CHANGES. BOLSTER MAY CHANGE, RESTRICT ACCESS TO, SUSPEND, OR DISCONTINUE BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, OR ANY PORTION OF BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, AT ANY TIME.

3. No Professional Advice

The information and materials available through the Bolster Web Site, including without limitation the WELL Screening and Bolster Web Services, is for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for the professional judgment of health care professionals in diagnosing and treating patients. The medical, scientific and general information included on Bolster’s Web Site may reflect innovations and opinions not universally shared and does not necessarily reflect the view of Bolster.

BOLSTER AND BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WELL SCREENING AND BOLSTER’S WEB SERVICES, DO NOT GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE, OR PROVIDE MEDICAL OR DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES. YOUR RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION AND MATERIALS OBTAINED BY YOU AT OR THROUGH BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WELL SCREENING AND BOLSTER’S WEB SERVICES, IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

4. Privacy Statement

Bolster is not a “website or online service directed to children” as defined by the “Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998”. The Bolster website and WELL screening are designed for use by children while under the direct supervision of a parent, guardian or an adult with parental consent to allow the child to use the website and WELL screening. Bolster does not collect any identifiable personal information from children as defined by the “Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998”. The Bolster website and WELL screening are intended for use by children while under the direct supervision of a parent, guardian or an adult with parental consent to allow the child to use the website and WELL screening. You agree to supervise the child with the child’s parental consent while they are accessing this website and the WELL screening.

5. Intellectual Property

All contents of Bolster’s Web Site are: Copyright ©2015 Bolster. All rights reserved. Bolster’s Web Site and the content displayed on Bolster’s Web Site and all software, data and information used to provide Bolster’s Web Site, including text and images, method of display and presentation, source code, embedded routines and programs and other materials, as well as all copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights therein or thereto, are owned and are proprietary to Bolster and are protected by the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. The compilation of the content on Bolster’s Web Site is the exclusive property of Bolster and is protected by the copyright laws of the United States and other countries.

The WELL screening is protected by United States and international intellectual property laws and you agree to abide by them. Without our prior written consent, you may not download, copy or store the WELL screening content in any form outside of WELL and you may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works based on, distribute, or perform any WELL content. You agree that all data and algorithms in our flash files and associated servers are “trade secrets” as defined, without limitation, in the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act. You agree to comply with reasonable written requests from us to help us in protecting our proprietary and intellectual property rights in WELL. All intellectual property rights in WELL are, as between you and Bolster Learning Systems, LLC, the sole and exclusive property of Bolster Learning Systems, LLC.

We appreciate when you provide us feedback through customer service or by email or social features, but we may use any feedback, comments, or suggestions without any obligations to you.

6. Usage of Bolster

As a condition of Your use of Bolster’s Web Site, You represent and warrant to Bolster that You will not use Bolster’s Web Site for any unlawful purpose or in any manner prohibited by this Agreement’s terms, conditions or notices.

You represent and warrant that You will not use Bolster’s Web Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair Bolster’s Web Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of Bolster’s Web Site.

7. Security

The WELL screening portion of Bolster’s Web Site will be accessible only to paying customers (“Customers”). You agree to make payment over the internet for the WELL through Stripe. Stripe specifically focuses on providing the technical, fraud prevention, and banking infrastructure required to operate online payment systems. The customer credit card data entered into the WELL payment form is not sent to the Bolster server. Instead, the data is sent directly to Stripe. Bolster does not handle any sensitive credit card information on the Bolster servers. The Personal information retained by Bolster includes without limitation email addresses and data collected from the WELL screening including a zip code and month/year of birth for the person taking the WELL screening. Email addresses are needed for Bolster to assign and deliver an ID Number to enter the WELL screening. No names or physical addresses are requested or needed in order to take the WELL screening. You agree to your data being stored with the child’s parental consent to calculate the individual screening result and to enhance test norms. WELL screening data does not include any personal identifying data and will be stored for later analysis to view norms and trends such as by region. You agree that we may send communications to your email address consistent with providing You with customer service and in response to inquiries You send to Bolster.

To protect Your information, never share or disclose Your ID Number to anyone else. Bolster is not liable for any harm related to the theft of Your ID Number, Your disclosure of Your ID Number, or Your authorization to allow another person or entity to access and use the WELL screening.

Bolster does not share or sell to anyone Your email address.

8. Product Information and Warranties

At Bolster we advertise third party products. Bolster cannot and does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information, including prices, product images, specifications, fitness for use, reliability, availability and services. Products and services are the responsibility of the manufacturer or provider of those services and are covered by the warranties offered by such manufacturers or providers.

9. Links to Third Party Web Sites

Bolster’s Web Site contains links to third party Web Sites. The third party Web Sites are not under the control of Bolster, and Bolster is not responsible for the contents of any third party Web Sites, and the inclusion of any link is as a convenience and does not imply endorsement by Bolster of the sites or any association or relationship with its operators.

10. Termination

Bolster reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate Your access to Bolster’s Web Site, including without limitation Bolster’s WELL screening and Bolster’s Web Services, at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

Provisions of this Agreement which by their nature are intended to survive termination or expiration of this Agreement will survive any termination of this Agreement, including but not limited to the representations and warranties contained herein.

11. General Disclaimers, Exclusion of Damages, and Limitation of Liability

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH BOLSTER’S WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY MADE TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. BOLSTER MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR CHANGES TO BOLSTER’S WEB SITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA BOLSTER’S WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS, AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE.

BOLSTER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BOLSTER’S WEB SITE’S SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND GRAPHICS FOUND ON OR THROUGH BOLSTER’S WEB SITE. BOLSTER PROVIDES BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL INFORMATION, MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND GRAPHICS “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, BOLSTER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL INFORMATION, MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND GRAPHICS FOUND ON OR THROUGH BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OR WARRANTIES ARISING BY COURSE OF DEALING OR CUSTOM OF TRADE.

YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF BOLSTER’S WEB SITE IS TO DISCONTINUE USING BOLSTER’S WEB SITE. IN NO EVENT AND UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER SHALL BOLSTER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, COMPENSATORY, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE BOLSTER’S WEB SITE OR BOLSTER’S WEB SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR GRAPHICS OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, SECURITY BREACHES, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF BOLSTER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. ALSO, AND IN PARTICULAR, IN NO EVENT SHALL BOLSTER BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, COMPENSATORY, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH BOLSTER’S WEB SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES DISCUSSED ON OR THROUGH BOLSTER’S WEB SITE.

Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or the exclusion of certain types of damages. Therefore, if required by applicable law, some of the foregoing exclusions may not apply to You.

12. Indemnity

YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY BOLSTER FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, EXPENSES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS’ FEES) AND DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF CLAIMS BASED UPON YOUR USE OF BOLSTER’S WEB SITE AND SOFTWARE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CLAIM OF LIBEL, DEFAMATION, VIOLATION OF RIGHTS OF PRIVACY OR PUBLICITY, LOSS OF SERVICE BY OTHER MEMBERS, AND THE INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR OTHER RIGHTS. BOLSTER WILL NOTIFY YOU OF ANY CLAIM FOR WHICH BOLSTER SEEKS INDEMNIFICATION AND WILL AFFORD YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEFENSE OF SUCH CLAIM, PROVIDED THAT YOUR PARTICIPATION WILL NOT BE CONDUCTED IN A MANNER PREJUDICIAL TO BOLSTER’S INTERESTS, AS REASONABLY DETERMINED BY BOLSTER AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION.

13. Governing Law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, USA. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of state courts of Common Pleas in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of Bolster’s Web Site. Use of Bolster’s Web Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including, without limitation, this paragraph.

14. No Relationship

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between You and Bolster as a result of this Agreement or use of Bolster’s Web Site, including, without limitation, Bolster’s Web Services and the WELL screening.

15. Construction

If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including without limitation the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision, and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in effect.

16. Entire Agreement

Unless otherwise specified herein, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between You and Bolster with respect to Bolster’s Web Site and the WELL screening, and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between You and Bolster with respect to Bolster’s Web Site, including without limitation to Bolster’s Web Services and the WELL screening.