Terms & Conditions

Terms and Conditions

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in Julie Tant and Magda Whitehead(“we”, “us” or “our”).  These Terms and Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, Julie Tant and Magda Whitehead concerning your access to and use of the https://www.traditionalacupuncture.co.uk/ website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (our Site”). You agree that by accessing the Site, you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all of these Terms and Conditions. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SITE AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Terms and Conditions from time to time. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of these Terms and Conditions, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. Please ensure that you check the applicable Terms every time you use our Site so that you understand which Terms apply. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Terms and Conditions by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Terms and Conditions are posted.

The information provided on the Site is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

  1. Accessing our Site

No Functionality Guarantee. We cannot guarantee that our Site will operate continuously or without interruptions or be error-free. You must not attempt to interfere with the proper working of our Site and, in particular, you must not attempt to circumvent security, tamper with, hack into, or otherwise disrupt our Site or any computer system, server, router or any other internet-connected device.

Your Responsibility Regarding Computer Systems and Devices. You are responsible for ensuring that your computer system meets all relevant technical specifications necessary to use our Site and is compatible with our Site. You also understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that any content on our Site will be free from infection, viruses and/ or other code that has contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the safety and reliability of data input and output.

Access Restriction. From time to time, we may restrict access to certain features or parts of our Site, or our entire Site, to users who visit our Site. If you choose, or you are provided with any piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party.

Right to our Site. We reserve the right, in our discretion, to withdraw, suspend or modify our Site or certain features or parts of our Site with or without notice to you, where we have reason to do so. There may also be times when our Site or certain features or parts of our Site become unavailable, whether on a scheduled or unscheduled basis. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any withdrawal, modification, unavailability, suspension or discontinuance of our Site or any service available on or through our Site.

  1. Our Services

We use our Site to provide you with access to the services listed below;

  1. Women Circles – An in-person women’s group where like-minded ladies come together to share themed topics, share experiences, and perspectives through clear, honest, non-judgmental communication and conversation over a hot cuppa.

  2. Courses – Recorded content that is available on the platform for a maximum period of two (2) weeks or 14 days from the time it is made accessible to the client.

  3. Virtual Coaching/Healing – 1-2-1 sessions to help you with growth and healing. These sessions are done physically in Hitchin or online via Zoom Meetings.

  4. Acupuncture – 1-2-1 sessions to help with healing. These sessions are done physically in Hitchin or Flitwick.

  5. These services and any other services we may provide now or in the future are collectively herein referred to as “Services”.

  1. Using our Site

You must use our Site and the information available from our Site responsibly. No such information may be used for or in connection with any unlawful, immoral or anti-social purpose, or in a manner which is or may be damaging to our name or reputation.

You cannot use our Site:

  1. for any unlawful purpose;

  2. to send spam;

  3. to harm, threaten, abuse or harass another person, or in a way that invades someone's privacy or is (in our reasonable opinion) offensive or is unacceptable or damaging to us, our customers or suppliers;

  4. to create, check, confirm, update or amend your own or someone else's databases, records, directories, customer lists, mailing or prospecting lists;

  5. to tamper with, update or change any part of our Site;

  6. in a way that affects how it is run;

  7. in a way that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionally large burden on us or our suppliers' communications and technical systems as determined by us; or

  8. using any automated means to monitor or copy our Site or its content, or to interfere with or attempt to interfere with how our Site works.

  1. User registration

You may be required to register with our Site or through other mediums for our Services. You agree to keep your password or any related secret identification number provided for use of our Services confidential. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a registration for a Service you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such registration is inappropriate or otherwise objectionable.

By using our Site, you represent and warrant that: (1) all registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary; (3) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions;

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your registration and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof) and our Services.

  1. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy describes how we handle the information you provide to us when you use our Services and where such information constitutes personal data under applicable data protection legislation. Please refer to that policy for further details regarding the collection, processing and use of your information.

  1. Intellectual property rights

All content on our Site including but not limited to text, software, photographs and graphics is protected by copyright. We, or our licensors, own copyright and/or database rights in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the original content. Except as expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions, nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall give you any rights in respect of any intellectual property owned by us or our licensors. You shall not assert or attempt to obtain any such rights and you shall not use, copy, reproduce, modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit, our name, trademarks, logos or other proprietary marks, or any of the content of our Site, in whole or in part, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions.

  1. If you provide content for our Site

If you provide any material to our Site (for example, by providing ratings and reviews, comments, articles or uploading any other content in any format (including video) (each “User Content”) you agree to grant us permission, irrevocably and free of charge, to use the User Content (including adapting it for operational or editorial reasons) in any media worldwide, for our own marketing, research and promotional activities and our internal business purposes which may include providing the User Content to selected third party partners, service providers, social media and networking sites.

You own your User Content at all times, and you continue to have the right to use it in any way you choose.

By providing any User Content to our Site you confirm that such User Content:

  1. is your own original work or you are authorised to provide it to our Site and that you have the right to give us permission to use it for the purposes set out in these Terms and Conditions;

  2. will not contain or promote anything illegal, harmful, misleading, abusive, defamatory (that is, it does not damage someone’s good reputation) or anything else that might cause widespread offence or bring us or our business partners into disrepute;

  3. does not take away or affect any other person’s privacy rights, contract rights or any other rights;

  4. does not contain any virus or other code that may damage, interfere with or otherwise adversely affect the operation of our Site;

  5. will, if used to promote your own business or services, clearly and openly state your association with the particular business expressly; and

  6. will not contain any form of mass-mailing or spam.

If you do not want to grant us the permissions set out above, please do not provide any material to our Site. We have no obligation to publish your User Content on our Site and we retain the right to remove any User Content at any time and for any reason.

We do not edit, pre-vet or review any User Content displayed on our Site. If you believe that any User Content does not comply with the requirements set out in this paragraph, please notify us immediately. We will then review the User Content and, where we deem it appropriate, remove it within a reasonable time.

  1. Our liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL WHOLE WOMAN, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES OR OTHER AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF OUR OR THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, PARTNERS, AGENTS, OR OUR REPRESENTATIVES, CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (THE "WHOLE WOMAN PARTIES") BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR INDIRECT DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS (DIRECT OR INDIRECT), ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE ON INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SERVICES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION. THE LIABILITY OF THE WHOLE WOMAN PARTIES (AS DEFINED ABOVE) TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY OR, IN THE CASE OF A WEBSITE USER, £100.

This Section shall not limit or exclude the Whole Woman Parties' liability for: (i) fraud; (ii) fraudulent misrepresentation; or (iii) death or personal injury arising from negligence.

You agree to release the Whole Woman Parties from all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of any kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with the content uploaded on the website or connected with the use of personal data that you publish.

  1. Indemnification

You hereby agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Whole Woman, their directors, officers, employees, and agents, and their assigns and successors-in-interest, from and against any and all liability, damages, losses, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, or costs (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) arising out of or resulting from: a) Your use of the App; b) breach of these Terms and Conditions by you or related parties such as directors, officers, employees, contractors or agents or their permitted assigns or successors-in-interest (“Related Parties”); or c) any negligent or intentional act or omission by Related Parties.

  1. No Warranty; Transfer Limitations; Audit Rights

The Site and Services are being provided to you “AS IS.” Whole Woman makes no warranty as to use or performance of the Site and hereby disclaims all warranties, express or implied, whether by common law, custom, usage, or otherwise, including warranties regarding non-infringement of third-party rights, merchantability, and fitness for any particular purpose.

You acknowledge and agree that: i) your usage and ability to access the Site may at times be limited or restricted due to channel carrying capacity or data transfer speeds (sometimes referred to as bandwidth limitations) related to the technical capacities of Whole Woman and/or third parties; and ii) Whole Woman and such third parties are not liable in any manner for such limitations or restrictions.

Whole Woman reserves the right to audit your usage of the Site from time to time in order to verify your full compliance with these Terms and Conditions. You agree that upon notice from us you shall provide such information and records as is reasonably requested in connection with such audit or audits.

  1. Suspension or Termination of Access

Users may terminate their use of the Services at any time by ceasing to use the Services. Upon terminating their use of the Services, those who wish for Whole Woman to delete their information and associated data may request deletion by contacting us via the website.

We have the right to deny access to, and to suspend or terminate your access to, the Services, or to any features or portions of the Services, and to remove and discard any content or materials you have submitted to the Services, at any time and for any reason (including without limitation for legal or regulatory reasons, if you unduly use the websites or information stored thereon in an unlawful manner or in a way that harms the assets or rights of third parties). Where reasonably practicable and permissible by law, we will endeavour to give you prior written notice of such suspension or termination.

Actions that may result in the rejection or removal of your participation can include, but are not limited to: any violation of the Terms and Conditions; your non-payment in full any unpaid fees; your unethical conduct, to be determined at our sole discretion; or any attempt by you to harass, or cause another to harass, or have inappropriate communications with us.

  1. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and any other terms and conditions applicable to the Services are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Whole Woman and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welch courts, but if you are a consumer and you live in Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, the courts of those jurisdictions shall also have jurisdiction in relation to any dispute about these Terms and Conditions.

  1. General

Third Party Links. Where our Site contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources.

Notices. Any formal legal notices should be sent to us using the details set out on our Site.

No Waiver. Failure by us to enforce a right does not result in waiver of such right.

Transfer of Rights. You may not assign or transfer your rights under these Terms and Conditions.

Severability. If any part of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unenforceable as a matter of law, all other parts of these Terms and Conditions shall be unaffected and shall remain in force.

Entire Agreement. These conditions make up the whole agreement between you and us in how you use our Site

  1. How to contact us

Should you experience problems with our Site or would like to comment on it, please feel free to contact us by using the details set out on our Site.