Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy

AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE

Please assume the following about links and posts on this site:

Most of the links going to products on Made To Thrive are affiliate links of which I receive a small commission from sales of certain items, but the price is the same for you (sometimes, I even get to share a unique discount with you).

If I post an affiliate link to a product, it is something that I personally use, support and would recommend. I personally vet each and every product.

Our first priority is providing valuable information and resources to help positively optimise your mind, body and spirit, and we will only ever link to products or resources (affiliate or otherwise) that fit within this purpose.

PRIVACY POLICY

Made To Thrive respects the privacy needs and concerns of our customers. Any personal information, such as your name, address, email address or phone number that you provide is extremely important to us. To earn your trust, we respect your privacy in handling Personal Information relating to you and your transactions with us.  This Privacy Statement describes the Personal Information we gather about you, what we do with it, the safeguards we have in place to protect it, and how you can control our use of it. By visiting or using the Sites, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Statement, and you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Statement.

When you provide Personal Information to us via any of our channels, you are consenting to the manner in which Made To Thrive will collect, use, disclose, and otherwise manage your Personal Information, as set out below.

Who May Use the Site

The Site is not intended or designed to attract users under the age of 18. We do not collect Personal Information from any person we know to be under the age of 18. If you are under 18, we ask that you not send us any Personal Information.

The Site is intended for users from South Africa and those not governed by privacy policies of other countries. Do not send us information unless you consent to the application of South African law and to the use and disclosure of your information consistent with this Privacy Statement.

Personal Information

“Personal Information” is information that identifies you or is reasonably linked to you. The personal information we collect may include contact and payment information like your name, email and physical addresses, phone numbers, and credit or debit card information. When you ask us to ship an order, we may collect information you provide us such as the name, address, and phone number of the recipients. For certain transactions, we may be required to collect information to comply with legal requirements.

“Non-Personal Information” is anonymous information is that information we collect that is not traceable to any individual person or computer. We utilise this data to analyse trends and understand customer needs while shopping and interacting on our site so that we can provide a better user experience. For example, we may use cookies, web beacons, log files and other technologies to collect information about visitors to our Website, and interactions with our online advertisements and offerings.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

Made To Thrive uses your information to offer and provide our products and services, and to support our core business functions. These include order or service fulfilment, internal business processes, marketing, authentication, fraud prevention, and legal functions. Some examples include, but are not limited to:

1. Purchasing, ordering, returning, exchanging or requesting certain information about our products, and communicating with you about these activities;
2. Registering or servicing your account;
3. Contacting us via telephone
4. Visiting, registering (creating an account), or servicing your account with our Site or participating in another feature of our Site, such as our opt-in, refer a friend program, affiliate program, coaching services and inner circle ;
5. Entering into a contest, sweepstakes, promotion, or responding to one of our surveys;
6. Sending you information about our products, services, and promotions;
7. Submitting a Made To Thrive related story, product testimonial, rating or review, or other user-generated content that may be posted on the site;
8. Providing customer service and alert you to product information, including recalls;
9. Providing us with comments or suggestions; or
10. Otherwise submitting personal information to us along with any related content of the communication.

We may collect and store the following personally identifiable information:

• Email address, physical contact information, and shipping, billing and other information you provide to purchase or ship an item;
• Clicks and page information such as the address (or URL) of the website that you came from before visiting our site, which pages you visit on our site, which browser you used to view our site and any search terms you have entered on our site;
• Customer service history including dispute resolution, correspondence through our sites, and correspondence sent to us;
• Other information from your interaction with our sites, services, content and advertising, including computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the sites, ad data, IP address and standard web log information;
• Information you choose to provide through the linking of devices where you are actively choosing to share personal information, including health information, to interact with an application or program we host on our site;
• Information you choose to allow us access to through social media channels;
• Information from other companies, such as demographic and navigation data.

We may also collect Personal Information about you from our Service Providers who provide us with e-commerce related services related to the Sites.

When you return previously purchased merchandise or request a refund or exchange, you may be asked to give your name, address, phone number and provide information that identifies you, such as your credit card or debit card. We collect this information to help prevent fraud.

Site Registration

Registration is an optional OR required service provided by our Sites. You do not have to register to browse on our Sites, but you do have to register to purchase products on our Sites. When you register, you are asked for information such as your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, a password that you select, and your interests, if you choose to register them. Your registration information may be used to help make your online shopping quicker and easier, by pre-filling certain parts of your shopping information. When you register you will have the opportunity to sign up for future marketing information from Made To Thrive.

Contests, Questions, or Surveys

When you ask a question, participate in a survey, enter one of our contests or sweepstakes, or participate in a Made To Thrive sponsored event through our Sites, we may collect your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. We use this information to administer your participation in such contests, sweepstakes, or events.  At the time you are entering a contest, sweepstakes, or event, we may ask your permission to send you future marketing information from Made To Thrive.

Other Uses of Personal Information

Made To Thrive also uses Personal Information, including information provided to us from our Service Providers, to continually assess and improve the products and services we offer. To serve you better, we may combine the Personal Information that you give us with publicly available information and information we receive from or cross- reference with our marketing partners and others. We use that combined information to enhance and personalise your shopping experience with us, to communicate with you about our products and events that may be of interest to you, and for other promotional purposes.

Promotional Information and Marketing Materials

We would like to inform you of products and services, sales, and special offers that might benefit you. When you register online or participate in a survey, you will have the opportunity to sign up for e-mails about our products, services, sales and special offers. We may also send you mail, email, or call you with information about our product and service offerings if you have provided us with your name and address, email address or phone numbers. If you would like to stop receiving such promotional information from Made To Thrive, please see the “Privacy Preferences/Opt-Out” section of this Privacy Statement.

Access to Personal Information by Companies that Work with or on Behalf of Made To Thrive

Some of our operations, such as our electronic commerce, may be managed by Service Providers who are unaffiliated companies. These companies may share Personal Information with their affiliates and service providers whom they engage to perform services related to our Sites or the operation of our business. Examples of these services include payment processing and authorisation, fraud protection and credit risk reduction, product customisation, order fulfilment and shipping, marketing and promotional material distribution, Web site evaluation, data analysis and, where applicable, data cleansing. These companies may have access to your Personal Information on a confidential basis only to the extent necessary to perform their functions. In no event will we authorise these companies to use your Personal Information for any reason other than to provide you with those specific services.

If your purchases are being shipped to you, your shipping information will be shared with our delivery service providers (delivery companies we or you select). Our delivery service providers are asked not to use your Personal Information for any purpose other than making the delivery.

Sale of Business

As we continue to develop our business, we might sell, buy, or transfer assets. In such transactions, customer information (which includes your Personal Information) generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the unlikely event that Made To Thrive or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets and is permissible under law.

Disclosures of Personal Information in Legal Proceedings

If Made To Thrive or any of our Service Providers is requested by law enforcement officials or judicial authorities to provide Personal Information on individual users, Made To Thrive or the applicable Service Provider may, without your consent, provide such information. In matters involving claims of personal or public safety, Made To Thrive or the applicable Service Provider may provide your Personal Information to appropriate authorities without your consent or court process. Made To Thrive or our Service Providers also will provide your Personal Information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry or order, or to an investigative body in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law, or in litigation involving Made To Thrive, the applicable Service Provider, or otherwise as required by law. We may also disclose Personal Information to assist in debt collection where you owe a debt to us.

Access to Personal Information

You may request access to the Personal Information that we have about you. If you are a registered user with our Sites, you can access your profile information at any time by clicking on the “My Account” link at the top of any page on the Sites on which you registered.

For further instructions on accessing the Personal Information that Made To Thrive may have about you, please see the “Contacting Us” section of this Privacy Statement.

Privacy Preferences/Opt-Out

You may change your marketing preferences or remove yourself from our mailing list by clicking on an “unsubscribe” hyperlink contained in promotional emails we send you or by contacting us on our website www.madetothrive.co.za

Additional Information about Our Sites

Visiting Our Site

In general, you can visit our Sites without telling us who you are or providing us with any information. However, we collect the IP (Internet protocol) addresses of all visitors to  our Sites and other related information such as page requests, browser type, operating system and average time spent on our Sites. We use this information to monitor and improve our Sites.

Automated Information Collection

We receive and store certain types of information when you interact with our websites, emails, and online advertising. Our purpose is to allow the websites to work correctly, to evaluate use of the website, and to support website analytics and marketing campaigns. Some examples include:

1. We may collect technical information such as your internet protocol address, your device operating system and browser type, the address of a referring website, if any, and the path you take through our
2. We use “cookies” to recognise you as you use or return to our sites. This is done so that we can provide a continuous and more personalised shopping experience for you. A cookie is a small text file that a website or email may save to your browser and store on your hard drive. Most cookies are “session cookies,” meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive once you sign out from madetothrive.co.za or close your web

We use cookies to provide features and services, such as:

• Allowing you to enter your password less frequently
• Remembering your preferences
• Presenting information that’s targeted to your interests
• Measuring the effectiveness of our sites, services, content, and advertising
• Providing other services and features that are available only through the use of cookies

We may also use web beacons. A “web beacon” is an electronic image placed in the code of a web page. Beacons allow us to know if a certain page was visited, an email was opened, or if ad banners on our website and other sites were effective. We use web beacons to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page to another and to improve site performance.

Cookies and Tracer Tags

Our Sites use a technology called “cookies”. A cookie is a tiny element of data that our Sites can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive so we can recognise you when you return. All pages on our Sites where you are prompted to log  in or that are customisable require that you accept cookies. If you have registered with our Sites, these cookies (1) may let us know who you are, (2) are necessary to access your account information (stored on our computers) in order to deliver products and personalised services, and (3) will provide us and our Service Providers with information that we will use to personalise our Sites in accordance with your preferences. Cookies are also required to optimise your shopping experience in that they allow you to add multiple items to your shopping basket before checking out. You may set your Web browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. However, should you decide not to accept cookies from our Sites, you will limit the functionality we can provide when you visit our Sites.

We also use cookies to improve the performance of our advertising on other websites. Although you may not opt out of receiving online advertisements generally, you may control the collection of data on our site used for targeted www.madetothrive.co.za advertising during your visits to other websites.

Tracer Tags: Our Sites may also use a technology called “tracer tags.” These may also be referred to as “Clear GIFs” or “Web Beacons”. This technology allows us to understand which pages you visit on our Sites. These tracer tags are used to help us optimise and tailor our Sites for you and other future website visitors.

Security of Personal Information

We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorised access, use, modification and disclosure of Personal Information in our custody and control. We also are committed to employing reasonable technology in order to protect the security of our Sites. However, even with the best technology, no website is 100% secure. We will take reasonable measures which we believe are appropriate to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction, and, where possible, will ask that any third parties to whom we may transfer such information to take comparable steps to protect that security.

Passwords

To provide you with an increased level of security, online access to your Personal Information is protected with a password you select. We strongly recommend that you do not disclose your password to anyone. Made To Thrive will never ask you for your password in any unsolicited communication (including unsolicited correspondence such as letters, phone calls or e-mail messages).

Our Privacy Statement and Outside Links

This Privacy Statement only applies to the Made To Thrive website. Our Sites may include links to the websites of our business partners, vendors and advertisers. These other sites are outside of our control. Please be aware that these websites may collect information about you, and operate according to their own privacy practices which may differ from those contained in our Privacy Statement. Remember to consult that website’s own privacy policy, as once you are outside any of the Sites, any information you submit is no longer in our control.

Privacy Statement Modifications

From time to time we may modify or amend this Privacy Statement in order to comply with new laws or regulations or to reflect future changes in our business practices. Any changes in our policies will be communicated in this page so please check back on occasion. We also may post a notice on our Sites or send an email describing the changes.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about our handling of Personal Information, please contact us at Made To Thrive, 4 2nd Street, Parkhurst, 2193. Johannesburg – Attn: Steve Stavs, or e-mail us at stevestavs@madetothrive.co.za

TERMS OF USE

Not Healthcare Advice

This site is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. The products, information, services and other content provided on and through this Site, including information that may be provided on the Site (directly or via linking to third- party sites by a healthcare or nutrition professional), are provided for informational purposes only. Please consult with your physician or other healthcare professional (collectively, “Healthcare Professional”) regarding any medical or health-related diagnosis or treatment options.

The information provided on this Site, Linked Sites (as defined), any product label or product packaging, including information relating to health conditions or products, is often provided in summary or aggregate form. Again, it is not intended as a substitute for advice from your Healthcare Professional.

You should not use the information or services on this Site for diagnosis or treatment of any health issue or for prescription of any medication, drug or other treatment. You should always consult with your Healthcare Professional, and carefully read all information about a product and on or in any product label or packaging, before using any dietary supplement, before starting any diet or exercise program or before adopting any regimen for a health condition. Each person is different, and the way you react to a particular product may be significantly different from the way other people react to such product. You should also consult your Healthcare Professional regarding any interactions between any medication you are currently taking and any dietary supplements. Made To Thrive customers are encouraged to voluntarily participate in our forums, blogs, or reviews, including descriptions of their experiences with specific products. Any comments made by employees in these forums or in reviewing products are strictly their own personal views made in their personally capacity. These  comments are not claims made by Made To Thrive nor do they represent the view or position of Made To Thrive.

Copyright and Trademarks 

You acknowledge that all materials on the Site, including the Site’s design, graphics, text, sounds, pictures, software and other files and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, “Materials”), are the property of Made To Thrive or its licensors, and are subject to and protected by United States and international copyright and other intellectual property laws and rights. All rights to Materials not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved to their respective copyright owners. Except as expressly authorised by this Agreement or on the Site, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, download, perform, display, post, transmit, exploit, create derivative works or otherwise use any of the Materials in any form or by any means, without the prior written authorisation of Made To Thrive or the respective copyright owner. Made To Thrive authorises you to view and download the Materials only for personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Materials. You may not modify or adapt the Materials in any way or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purposes. The trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress and logos (collectively, “Marks”) contained or described on this Site (including, without limitation, Made To Thrive and any Marks associated with any products available on the Site) are the sole property of Made To Thrive and/or its suppliers or licensors and may not be copied, imitated or otherwise used, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of Made To Thrive and/or its suppliers or licensors. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts are Marks of Made To Thrive and may not be copied, imitated or otherwise used, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of Made To Thrive. Made To Thrive will enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.

Links – Third Party Websites 

Links on the Site to third party websites are provided only as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the Site. Made To Thrive does not control or endorse any such third party websites. You agree that Made To Thrive Parties will not be responsible or liable for any content, goods or services provided on or through these outside websites or for your use or inability to use such websites. You will use these links at your own risk.

Without limiting the foregoing, your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the use of the Site, including payment for and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that Made To Thrive Parties shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Site.

Disclaimer – Limitation of Liability 

You expressly understand and agree that: your use of the site is at your sole risk. The site and the materials contained herein are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, Made To Thrive, its parent, subsidiaries and other affiliated companies and their respective officers, directors, employees and other representatives (collectively, “Made To Thrive parties”) expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, Made To Thrive parties make no warranty that (i) the site will meet your requirements, (ii) the site will be  uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the site will be accurate or reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material obtained by you through the site will meet your expectations, and (v) any errors in the site will be corrected. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the service is done at your own discretion and risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Made To Thrive parties or on or through the site shall create any warranty not expressly stated in this agreement.

None of the products or services purchased on or through the site are subject to any applicable warranties.  To the fullest extent permissible by applicable law, made to  thrive parties disclaim all warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, any implied warranties, with respect to the products and services listed or purchased on or through the site. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Made To Thrive parties expressly disclaim all liability for product defect or failure, claims that are due to normal wear, product misuse, abuse, product modification, improper product selection and non-compliance with any printed directions.

Made To Thrive parties shall not under any circumstances be liable for any damages of any kind arising out of, in connection with or relating to the use of or inability to use the site, including any liability (i) as a publisher of information, (ii) as a reseller of any products or services, (iii) for any defective products, (iv) for any incorrect or inaccurate information, (v) for any unauthorised access to or disclosure of your transmissions or data, (vi) for statements or conduct of any third party on the site, or (vii) for any other matter relating to this site or any third party website. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages (including damages for loss of business, loss of profits, loss of good will, loss of use, loss of data, cost of procuring substitute goods, services or information, litigation or the like), whether based on breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort (including negligence), product liability or otherwise, even if an individual advises of the possibility of such damages. The limitations of liability set forth herein are fundamental elements of the basis of the bargain between Made To Thrive and you. The products, information and services offered on and through the site would not be provided without such limitations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sole and entire maximum liability of Made To Thrive parties for any reason, and your sole and exclusive remedy for any cause or claim whatsoever, shall be limited to the amount paid by you for any product, information or service purchased by you from Made To Thrive on this site.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain types of damages. Accordingly, some of the above disclaimers and limitations may not apply to you. In such jurisdictions, the exclusions and liability are limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Indemnification 

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Made To Thrive Parties against all claims, demands, causes of action, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including any reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting or arising from or relating to your use of or conduct on the Site, any activity related to your account by you or any other person, any material that you submit to, post on or transmit through the Site, your breach of this Agreement, your infringement or violation of any rights of another, or termination of your access to the Site.

Site Usage – Termination of Usage 

You are required to establish an account on this Site in order to take advantage of certain features of this Site, such as making a purchase. If you provide information on this Site, you agree to (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Site, and (b) maintain and promptly update such information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete to the extent the Site facilitates such updates. If you provide any information that is false, inaccurate, outdated or incomplete, or Made To Thrive has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is false, inaccurate, outdated or incomplete, Made To Thrive has the right to suspend or terminate your account and prohibit any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof) by you.

You will create a username and password while completing the account registration process where applicable. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify Made To Thrive of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You agree to be responsible for all charges resulting from the use of your account on the Site, including charges resulting from unauthorised use of your account prior to your taking steps to prevent such occurrence by changing your password and notifying Made To Thrive. Made To Thrive Parties cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this section.

You agree to use this Site only for lawful purposes, and that you are responsible for your use of and communications on the Site. You agree not to post on or transmit through this Site any unlawful, infringing, threatening, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, indecent, offensive, hateful or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including any material that encourages criminal conduct or conduct that would give rise to civil liability, infringes others’ intellectual property rights or otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law. You agree not to use this Site in  any manner that interferes with its normal operation or with any other user’s use and enjoyment of the Site.

You further agree that you will not access this Site by any means except through the interface provided by Made To Thrive for access to the Site. Creating or maintaining any link from another website to any page on this Site without the prior written authorisation of Made To Thrive is prohibited. Running or displaying this Site or any information or material displayed on this Site in frames or through similar means on another website without the prior written authorisation of Made To Thrive is prohibited. Any permitted links to this Site must comply with all applicable laws, rule and regulations.

This Agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or Made To Thrive. You may terminate this Agreement at any time, provided that you discontinue any further use of this Site. Made To Thrive also may terminate or suspend this Agreement, at any time, without notice, and accordingly deny you access to the Site, if in Made To Thrive’s sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement or your use is harmful to the interests of another user or Made To Thrive Parties. Upon any termination of the Agreement by either you or us, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Site, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made under the terms of use or otherwise. Made To Thrive reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Site (or any part thereof) with or without notice. Except as otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, you agree that Made To Thrive Parties shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuation of the Site.

You agree that Made To Thrive may terminate or suspend your access to all or part of this Site, without notice, for any conduct that Made To Thrive, in its sole discretion, believes is in violation of this Agreement or any applicable law or is harmful to the interests of another user or Made To Thrive Parties.

User Content and Conduct 

Where applicable at the Site, you are invited to post your own content (“User Content”). Please note that this Site is intended for adult use; if you are under the age of 13, do  not submit any User Content to this Site.

You understand that all User Content, whether you have publicly posted on a forum or privately transmitted to another Site user or to us, is your sole responsibility. Though  the Site is designed to be a safe place to share such User Content, Made To Thrive cannot guarantee that other users will not misuse the User Content that you share. If you have any User Content that you would like to keep confidential and/or do not want others to use, do not post it to the Site. Under no circumstances will Made To Thrive be liable in any way for any User Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any User Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any User Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the Site. Made To Thrive is not responsible for a user’s misuse or misappropriation of any user content you post to the site.

By posting any User Content at the Site, you hereby grant Made To Thrive a royalty-free, fully paid up, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, combine with other works, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, edit and display such User Content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You specifically waive any “moral rights” in and to the User Content. The foregoing grant includes, without limitation,  any copyrights and other intellectual property rights in and to your User Content. You represent and warrant that: you own the User Content posted by you on or through the Site or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this Section; and the posting of your User Content on or through the Site does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any User Content you posted to or through the Site.

You acknowledge and agree that Made To Thrive may preserve User Content and may also disclose User Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: comply with legal process; enforce this Agreement; respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third-parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Made To Thrive, its users and the public. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Site, including your User Content, may involve: transmissions over various networks; and changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

You agree to each of the conditions in this Agreement and further agree that each of these conditions applies forever and broadly with regard to Made To Thrive worldwide.

Posting of User Content to or through the Site, including ideas or disclosures of opinions, is voluntary on your part. No confidential or contractual relationship is established by your posting of User Content or is to be implied by our review or subsequent use of your User Content. Made To Thrive shall not be liable for any disclosure of any User Content, including opinion(s) or suggestion(s), you post to or through the Site. Made To Thrive shall be entitled to unrestricted use of any user  content it may receive from you at or through the site, for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you as provider of the user content.

You agree that you will not use the Site to:

1. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any User Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
2. harm minors in any way;
3. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to a representative of Made To Thrive, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
4. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any User Content transmitted through the Site;
5. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any User Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under non-disclosure agreements);
6. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any User Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights (“Rights”) of any party;
7. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas that are designated for such purpose;
8. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, emulate, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
9. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to “scroll” faster than other users of the Site are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real time exchanges;
10. interfere with or disrupt the Site or servers or networks connected to the Site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Site;
11. “stalk” or otherwise harass another;
12. collect or store personal data about other Site users; or
13. gain access to unauthorised areas of the Site or our network or servers.

We will terminate the account and/or block Site users who repeatedly violate the above- mentioned items or the intellectual property rights of any other person on this Site.

You understand that by using the Site, you may be exposed to User Content created by others that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Made To Thrive does not endorse or have control over the User Content. User Content is not reviewed by Made To Thrive prior to posting and does not reflect the opinions or policies of Made To Thrive. Made To Thrive makes no representations or warranties, express or implied as to the User Content or the accuracy and reliability of the User Content or any other material or information that you may access through the Site. Made To Thrive assumes no responsibility for monitoring the Site for inappropriate submissions or conduct. If at any time Made To Thrive chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Site, Made To Thrive nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the User Content, has no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate User Content, and has no responsibility for the conduct of the Site users submitting any such User Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Made To Thrive and its designees shall have the right to remove any User Content that violates this Agreement or is otherwise objectionable, in Made To Thrive’s sole discretion. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any User Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such User Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any User Content. You are solely responsible for your interaction.

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Site users. Made To Thrive reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Site users and to terminate your Site access, in its sole discretion.

Applicable Law, Jurisdiction, and Dispute Resolution 

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you and made To thrive hereby waive the  right to a trial by jury in any proceeding or litigation brought against the other with respect to this agreement or the site. In addition, neither you nor made To thrive shall be entitled to join or consolidate claims by or against other site users, or litigate any claim as a representative or class action or in a private attorney general capacity.

Severability and Interpretation 

If any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions shall not be affected. When used in this Agreement, the term “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

Entire Agreement 

This Agreement constitutes the entire and only Agreement between Made To Thrive and each user of this Site with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous Agreements, representations, warranties and understandings, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

Miscellaneous

The failure of Made To Thrive Parties to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such term and shall not be considered a waiver or limit that party’s right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim of cause of action arising from or relating to use of this Site or this Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose, or will be forever barred. The “Disclaimer; Limitation of Liability” provisions of this Agreement are for the benefit of Made To Thrive Parties as defined herein, and each of these individuals or entities shall have the right to assert and enforce these provisions directly against you on its own behalf.

Contact Information 

If you have any comments or questions regarding this Agreement, or wish to report any violation of this Agreement, please contact us via www.madetothrive.co.za. We will address any issue to the best of our abilities as soon as possible.