Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

TERMS OF USE

The Strive Family Resources (“Strive”) website provides general information about mental health resources. The website is intended for use by individuals (non-professionals) for non-commercial, personal purposes.

The information and resources on this website are intended to help individuals better understand the U.S. health care system, health services research and medical effectiveness, and diagnosed conditions, but not to provide specific medical or mental health advice. Individuals are urged to consult with their own qualified health care providers for all diagnosis and treatment, and for answers to personal health care questions.

By choosing to use the Strive website and contents you acknowledge and agree to these Terms of Use. Strive reserves the right to modify these terms and our Privacy Policy below and recommend that you periodically review them to make sure you are aware of any changes that affect you.

Appropriate Use

Material on the Strive website is protected by copyright law. Unless otherwise stated, you may print or download information from this website for personal, non-commercial use only, provided you identify the source of the material and include a statement that the materials are protected by copyright law. Reprinting or otherwise reproducing any material, in whole or in part, is prohibited unless prior written consent is obtained from the copyright owner. You may not use this Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.

Privacy Policy

Please refer to Strive’s Privacy Policy below for information on how Strive collects, uses and discloses information from its users.

No Endorsement, Guarantee of Accuracy, or Warranty

The information and resources found on this website do not necessarily reflect the views of Strive or its owner. Strive does not endorse the information or resources and cannot guarantee their accuracy. Your transactions and/or communications with any resource that is referenced on this website and any conditions, warranties or representations associated with your transactions or communications, are solely between you and that resource. Strive is not responsible for any loss or damage incurred in connection with such transactions or communications.

Links to Other Sites

The Strive website contains links to websites operated by parties other than Strive. These links are provided for reference only. Strive does not control these websites and is not responsible for their contents or their privacy policies or practices. Our inclusion of links to other websites does not imply our endorsement of the material on the websites or any association with their operators.

Website Provided “As Is” The Strive website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Strive makes no representations or warranties that service will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that the site or server that makes it available are free from viruses, worms, or other harmful components.

Limitation of Liability

Neither Strive nor anyone involved in the creation, production, or delivery of this website will be liable for any claim, liability, loss, or expense of any kind, or for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages (collectively, “Loss”) arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or use of this website. You agree to make Strive whole for any Loss arising from your use of this website or any violation of these Terms of Use.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Massachusetts except with regard to its conflicts or choice of law rules. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Boston, Massachusetts. If, for any reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms of Use to be unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

PRIVACY POLICY

Strive Family Resources (“Strive”) understands the importance of privacy for our users. This Policy explains what information we may collect about you during your use of this website, how that information may be used, and how we protect that information. The Strive website is owned and operated by Strive and is intended for use by individuals (non-professionals) for non-commercial personal purposes.

Information We May Collect About You

Personal Information

We do not collect personally identifiable information about any individual visiting this website unless the individual knowingly provides it. If you decide to participate in our online classes, you must register by providing basic information (such as your name, and email address,). We may refuse to grant you a place in our classes if your behavior in class, via email. or any other means of communication is offensive or otherwise inappropriate, and we reserve the right to close your registration if necessary.

Strive does not sell or share any personally identifiable information with any third parties, except that contractors performing services on our behalf may be provided access to Personal Information when performing these services. These contractors are prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than performing the services on our behalf. We may also be required to share personally identifiable information in order to comply with legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order.

If Strive Family Resources is sold or merges with another entity, we reserve the right to transfer your personal information to the new entity that controls this website. In case of such a change, your personal information will continue to be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy (or any updated version of this Privacy Policy).

Non-Personal Information

When users visit the Strive website, we automatically collect non-personal information about their use of the site such as their browser type, requested URLs, times accessing the site, and pages visited. We do this through the use of “cookies”—small data files that are stored on the hard drive of a computer to view a website. This data is used in the aggregate and cannot be used to identify or contact users. Third parties under contract with Strive (such as Google Analytics) may use these cookies for analytic purposes—for example, to monitor the effectiveness of the site, make improvements, and learn which topics are of greatest interest to users. Strive prohibits third parties from collecting any personally identifiable information from this website without the owner’s consent.

Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject Cookies in the "Help" section of the toolbar. If you reject our Cookies, certain of the functions and conveniences of the Strive website may not work properly, but you do not have to accept our Cookies in order to use the website.

Children

The Strive website is not designed or intended to attract or be used by children under the age of 13. We do not collect any personal information or agree to register for the Members Only area from any individual we know to be under the age of 13.

Security

Strive takes commercially reasonable precautions to protect the security of personal information using industry standard measures of protection, but absolute security cannot be guaranteed. It is up to users to protect against unauthorized access to passwords and computers. Strive is not liable for the transfer of any personal information resulting from corruption of storage media, power failures, acts of vandalism, or any other event beyond our reasonable control.

Changes to Policy

Strive reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you periodically review it to make sure you are aware of any changes that affect you.