Terms of Use

Last Updated: December 8th, 2017

Much of the content provided on this website is intellectual property, protected under federal copyright and intellectual property laws. Please consider this prior to sharing in mediums outside of those provided on this website.

If you choose to take any of our online courses or download materials, you may be required to provide information or sign up for an account and select a password and user name. You promise to provide us with accurate, complete, and updated registration information about yourself. You may not use another person’s name with the intent to impersonate that person. You may not transfer your account to anyone else without our prior written permission.

You represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract, or have received your parent’s or guardian’s permission to use this website and had your parent or guardian agree to these Terms on your behalf. If you’re agreeing to these Terms on behalf of an organization or entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to agree to these Terms on that organization or entity’s behalf and bind them to these Terms.

You may only use the content provided on this website for your personal, non-commercial use, and only in a manner that complies with all laws that apply to you. If your use of the the content provided on this website is prohibited by applicable laws, then you aren’t authorized to use the content provided. We can’t and won’t be responsible for your use of the content provided on this website in a way that violates the law.

The following additional restrictions also apply to your use of this website and all content provided herein:

You represent, warrant, and agree that you won’t contribute any Content or User Submission (each of those terms is defined below) or otherwise use the Services or interact with the Services in a manner that:

(a) Misappropriates, infringes or violates the intellectual property rights or any other rights of anyone else, including Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC;

(b) Is harmful, fraudulent, deceptive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable;

(c) Violates any applicable law or regulation;

(d) Threatens the security of your account or anyone else’s, such as allowing someone else to log on as you;

(e) Attempts, in any way, to obtain the password, account, or other security information from any other user;

(f) Decompiles, reverse engineers, or otherwise attempts to obtain the source code of any portion of the content provide on this website;

(g) Copies or stores any significant portion of the Content;

(h) Violates the security of any computer network, or cracks any passwords or security encryption codes;

(i) “Crawls,” “scrapes,” or “spiders” any page or portion of this website (through use of manual or automated means);

A violation of any of the foregoing is grounds for termination of your right to use or access this website.

What are my rights when using www.thegridmethod.com and the content provided on this site?

The materials displayed or performed on this site, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, articles, photos, images, illustrations, User Submissions, and so forth (all of the foregoing, the “Content”) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You promise to comply with all copyright notices, trademark rules, information, and restrictions contained in any Content you access, and you won’t use, copy, reproduce, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, upload, display, license, sell or otherwise exploit for any purpose any Content not owned by you, (i) without the prior consent of the owner of that Content or (ii) in a way that violates someone else’s (including Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC’s) rights.

You understand that Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC owns the Content. You won’t modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce (except as expressly provided in this Section), creative derivative works based on, or otherwise exploit any of the Content.

This website may allow you to copy or download certain Content; please remember that just because this functionality exists, doesn’t mean that all the restrictions above don’t apply.

Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC (and www.thegridmethod.com) has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, accuracy, privacy policies, or practices of or opinions expressed in any third party websites or by any third party that you may link to from within the Content on this website. In addition, Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC will not and cannot monitor, verify, censor or edit the content of any third party site or service. By using this website, you release and hold us harmless from any and all liability arising from your use of any third party website or service.

Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through this website, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties. You agree that Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings.

What else do I need to know?

There are some other legal terms that apply to your use of this website, which are described below. It’s important stuff, so you should probably keep reading.

Limitation of Liability.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TORT, CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE) SHALL Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR (A) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, ACCURACY OF RESULTS, OR COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR (B) ANY MATTER BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Indemnity.

You agree to indemnify and hold Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC, its affiliates, officers, agents, employees, and partners harmless for and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages (actual and consequential), losses and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising from or in any way related to any third party claims relating to:

(a) your use of this site (including any actions taken by a third party using your account); and

(b) your violation of these Terms. In the event of such a claim, suit, or action (“Claim”), we will provide notice of the Claim to the contact information we have for your account (but failure to deliver such notice won’t eliminate or reduce your indemnification obligations hereunder).

Assignment.

You may not assign, delegate or transfer these Terms or your rights or obligations hereunder, or your account, in any way (by operation of law or otherwise) without our prior written consent. We may transfer, assign, or delegate these Terms and our rights and obligations without consent.

Choice of Law; Arbitration.

These Terms are governed by and will be construed according to the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to any conflicts of laws provisions thereof. Any dispute arising from or relating to the subject matter of these Terms will be finally settled in Stark County, Ohio in English, by one commercial arbitrator with substantial experience in resolving intellectual property and commercial contract disputes. Judgment upon the award rendered by such arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing obligation to arbitrate disputes, each party will have the right to pursue injunctive or other equitable relief at any time, from any court of competent jurisdiction. For all purposes of this Agreement, the parties consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the state or federal courts located in, respectively, Stark County, Ohio.

Miscellaneous.

If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated, to the minimum extent necessary, so that these Terms will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.

You and Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC agree that these Terms are the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding between you and Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC, and that it supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral agreements, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of these Terms, and that all modifications to these Terms must be in a writing signed by both parties (except as otherwise provided herein).

No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC in any way whatsoever.

You agree there aren’t any third party beneficiaries intended under this Agreement.

All new email addresses will be added to the Progressive Mastery Learning, LLC email list in order to provide you with updates and new features.

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