Terms & Conditions

Last updated: March 1, 2016

Please read these Terms of Service carefully before using thefriendformula.com. By accessing or using the service, you agree to be bound by these terms.

Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Service constitute a legally binding agreement governing the relationship between users and The Friend Formula LLC regarding use of the website at www.thefriendformula.com and all associated services.

Description of Website Services Offered

The platform provides information products for self-help, including online courses, ebooks, and workshops. Services are offered "AS IS" with no responsibility for timeliness, delivery failures, or content storage guarantees.

Registration

Users must be at least 18 years old and provide accurate information including name, email, birth date, gender, address, occupation, and interests. Parents creating family accounts for children under 13 must certify their age and grant permission for child access to message boards, email, and instant messaging.

Privacy Policy

Member registration data receives protection under the Privacy Policy. Users consent to information collection, use, and potential transfer across international borders for storage and processing.

Member Account, Username, Password and Security

Account holders bear sole responsibility for password confidentiality and all account activities. Users must immediately report unauthorized access. The company assumes no liability for security breaches resulting from user negligence.

Conduct

Users agree not to upload or transmit content that is:

The company reserves rights to screen, refuse, or delete content and may access or disclose information when legally required or needed to protect rights and safety.

Interstate Communication

Users acknowledge that sending electronic communications through the platform results in interstate transmissions, which they consent to by accepting these terms.

Cautions for Global Use and Export and Import Compliance

Users agree to comply with all local online conduct rules and U.S. export/import laws including the Export Administration Regulations and sanctions programs. Users affirm they:

Content Placed or Made Available for Company Services

The company claims no ownership of submitted content but retains a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, and display publicly accessible content for promotional purposes. This license terminates upon membership discontinuation. For other content types, the company retains a continuous, sublicensable license including rights to modify, adapt, publish, and incorporate content into other works.

Contributions to Company Website

Users acknowledge that feedback submissions contain no confidential information, receive no confidentiality protection, become the company's sole property, and entitle users to no compensation or reimbursement.

Indemnity

Users agree to hold The Friend Formula LLC, its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, officers, partners, and licensors harmless from any third-party claims arising from submitted content, service use, Terms of Service violations, or rights violations.

Commercial Reuse of Services

Users may not replicate, duplicate, copy, trade, sell, resell, or exploit for any commercial reason any part of the platform or its services.

Use and Storage General Practices

The company may set limits on email retention, message volume, file sizes, disk space, and access frequency without liability for removal or storage failures. Inactive accounts may be deleted and general practices may be modified at company discretion.

Messenger services allow users and contacts to save conversations on company servers, accessible from any internet-connected computer. Users consent to message storage.

Modifications

The company reserves the right to modify, alter, or discontinue services temporarily or permanently without prior notice and assumes no liability for such changes.

Termination

Members may cancel accounts by emailing dan@thefriendformula.com. The company may immediately suspend or terminate accounts without notice for:

Account termination includes access removal, password and file deletion, and prohibition from future service access.

Advertisers

The company bears no responsibility for advertiser correspondence, business dealings, promotions, or resulting damages, which remain solely between users and advertisers.

Links

The company is not responsible for external site availability, content, products, advertising, or resulting damages from third-party resources.

Proprietary Rights

Services and software contain proprietary and confidential material protected by applicable intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, and patents. Users receive a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive license for single-computer use and may not duplicate, modify, reverse engineer, sell, sublicense, or attempt unauthorized access to services.

Warranty Disclaimers

The company explicitly disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The company makes no warranty that services will meet requirements, operate uninterrupted, produce accurate results, or be error-free. The company is not liable for downloaded information damage, data loss, or risks associated with content viewed through the service.

Limitation of Liability

The company shall not be liable for punitive, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages including lost profits, goodwill, data loss, or third-party conduct, even if warned of the possibility of such damages.

Release

Users agree to release The Friend Formula LLC and its officers, directors, employees, agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, co-branders, partners, and third parties from claims and demands arising from any dispute with another user or third party.

Special Admonition Related to Financial Matters

For investment-related content, users should review the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations above. All content is provided primarily for informational purposes and is not intended for trading or investing. "Let the investor beware" applies.

Exclusion and Limitations

Some jurisdictions prohibit exclusion of certain warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

Third Party Beneficiaries

Unless expressly stated otherwise, no third-party beneficiaries exist to this agreement.

Notice

The company may furnish notices via email, regular mail, MMS/SMS, text messaging, website postings, or other reasonable means.

Trademark Information

All Friend Formula trademarks, service marks, logos, and brand features remain the exclusive property of The Friend Formula LLC. Users may not display or use these marks without prior written consent.

Copyright or Intellectual Property Infringement Claims

Users claiming copyright infringement should provide the following to our Copyright Agent:

The Friend Formula LLC
Attn: Copyright Agent
49 W Mount Pleasant Ave #2338
Livingston, New Jersey 07039
Email: dan@thefriendformula.com

Closed Captioning

The Friend Formula LLC complies with all applicable Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations regarding the closed captioning of video content.

Entire Agreement

These Terms of Service constitute the complete agreement between the user and the company, superseding all prior versions. Users may be subject to additional terms for other services, affiliate services, or third-party content.

Choice of Law and Forum

New Jersey law governs these Terms of Service without regard to conflict of law provisions. All claims must be filed in Essex County, New Jersey courts or the U.S. District Court for New Jersey. Both parties submit to personal jurisdiction and waive objections to venue.

Waiver and Severability of Terms

Failure by the company to enforce any provision does not constitute a waiver of that provision. If any provision is found invalid, courts should give effect to the parties' intentions, and remaining provisions shall stay in full force.

No Right of Survivorship / Non-Transferability

Accounts are non-transferable and terminate upon the account holder's death. Upon receipt of a death certificate, accounts may be terminated and all contents permanently deleted.

Statute of Limitations

Any claim or cause of action arising from use of the service must be filed within one (1) year after such claim arose, or it shall be forever barred, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary.

Violations

Please report any violations of these Terms of Service to:

The Friend Formula LLC
49 W Mount Pleasant Ave #2338
Livingston, New Jersey 07039
Email: dan@thefriendformula.com