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Critical Hours Terms and Conditions
(for workshops & website use)

Welcome to Critical Hours Educational Services. If you are registering for a course, seminar, camp, workshop, or using any other academic consulting services (including tutoring and proof/editing service), we are now asking you to read these Terms and Conditions (the "Agreement").

You agree to the following:

  • You are at least 18 years old, and that you understand and intend that this Agreement is legally binding and the equivalent of a signed, written contract; and/or,
  • You are the parent/guardian registering a minor/youth (individual under age of eighteen) and that you have the legal right to act as an agent on behalf of that minor; and,
  • That this Agreement applies to both parent/guardian and the youth participant; and,
  • You will use all course materials, and participate in Critical Hours courses, in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with this Agreement and any other applicable rules, guidelines or other conditions that govern your participation in a Critical Hours personal development course.

If you do not agree with this Agreement, please do not continue with the registration process. You should be aware, however, that the use of any Critical Hours course materials is subject to this Agreement. This Agreement will always be available for your review as a link at the bottom of the www.criticalhours.org home page. Please carefully review the following terms and conditions.

SCOPE OF AGREEMENT
Critical Hours Education Service, an Illinois, Jackson County, sole-proprietorship operated by Craig Engstrom ("Critical Hours," “Craig Engstrom,” "we" or "us") provides personal development services, either alone or in conjunction with its affiliates, agents and partners. This Agreement applies to Critical Hours’s web site, other electronic content, services and tools, and all course materials provided to you by Critical Hours. This Agreement applies to all personal development services regardless of the means by which you access such services, and expressly applies to all interactions and telephone calls between you and Critical Hours and its employees, agents and affiliates.

We may also ask you to follow additional rules, guidelines or other conditions that govern the use of a particular personal development service or course at the time you register for or use that service or course. Any new courses that you register for will automatically be governed by this Agreement.

REVISIONS AND RELATION TO OTHER AGREEMENTS OR DISCLOSURES
Critical Hours may revise this Agreement at any time, and you agree to be bound by future revisions. It is your responsibility to visit the link at the bottom of the www.criticalhours.org home page periodically to review the most current terms and conditions.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION, PRIVACY AND PERSONALIZATION
When you register for a Critical Hours course, we may ask you to give us certain identifying information ("Registration"). You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself. You also agree not to impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent any affiliation with another person, entity or association, use false headers or otherwise conceal your identity from Critical Hours for any purpose. We agree to treat with care the information you entrust to us, in accordance with the disclosures we give during the Registration process and in our Privacy Policy.

For your protection and the protection of our other Critical Hours clients, we ask you not to share your Registration information (including passwords, User Names, and screen names) with any other person for the purpose of facilitating their access and unauthorized use of Critical Hours services. You alone are responsible for all transactions initiated, messages posted, statements made, or acts or omissions that occur within any Critical Hours course through the use of your Registration information.

CRITICAL HOURS'S LICENSE TO YOU
Critical Hours grants you a single, non-exclusive, non-transferable and limited personal license to use the course materials provided to you upon Registration only for your own non-commercial personal use. This license is conditioned on your continued compliance with the terms and conditions in this Agreement. You agree and acknowledge that all course materials provided to you by Critical Hours ("Course Materials") represent the intellectual property of Critical Hours, and such Course Materials may only be used by you in connection with a Critical Hours course/seminar. You agree to retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the Course Materials. Except as otherwise permitted by Critical Hours, no Course Materials may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way. Except as provided in this Agreement, you may not use, sell transfer, modify or copy the Course Materials without Critical Hours's written consent. You may not use, distribute, modify, transmit, or post the content of the Course Materials for public or commercial purposes, including any text, images, audio, or video without Critical Hours's written permission.

USE OF AFFILIATES
Critical Hours may use third parties and agents to assist in providing certain courses with or without notice to you (each, an "Affiliate Course Provider"). Critical Hours may also change Affiliate Course Providers or may itself provide a course without the assistance of such third party. You consent and authorize Critical Hours to delegate the authorizations you provide to Critical Hours to its Affiliate Course Provider(s) as Critical Hours deems necessary or desirable to provide the applicable Critical Hours course to you. You agree that the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including any of the other terms, conditions, warranty disclaimers and liability disclaimers incorporated into this Agreement, inure to the benefit of such Affiliate Course Providers and such Affiliate Course Providers are deemed to be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, including any other terms, conditions, warranty disclaimers and liability disclaimers incorporated into this Agreement. You also agree that all references to "Critical Hours" within this Agreement and any business terms are also deemed to include, where applicable, Critical Hours's agents, such as the Affiliate Course Providers.

To protect the privacy and security of your personal information, Affiliate Course Providers will only be authorized to use or maintain your personal information only in accordance with Critical Hours's privacy policy.

NOTICES, COMMUNICATIONS, AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
You agree to accept all communications from us regarding use of the Critical Hours courses at the addresses you provide during Registration. Critical Hours is entitled to rely on the e-mail address and U.S. mail address that you last provided to us. You agree to waive all claims resulting from failure to receive communications because of changes in your e-mail or U.S. mail address. From time-to-time we would like to send you information about Critical Hours's courses and services. If you register for a Critical Hours course, you are granting Critical Hours permission to communicate with you by e-mail. You can opt not to receive such information from us in the future by following the instructions in any e-mail that we send to you.

JURISDICTION & VENUE
You agree that any legal action brought against Critical Hours Educational Services or Craig Engstrom shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its conflict of law principles. You agree that the sole jurisdiction and venue for any litigation arising from your use of or orders made on Critical Hours Educational Services site shall be an appropriate federal or state court located in Jackson County, Illinois.  

ARBITRATION
By using this Site, you agree that Critical Hours Educational Services, at its sole discretion, may require you to submit any disputes arising from the use of this Site, or these Terms and Conditions concerning or, including disputes arising from our services, to final and binding arbitration under the International Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association, by one or more arbitrators appointed in accordance with the said Rules. Notwithstanding these rules, however, such proceeding shall be governed by the laws of the state as set forth in the previous section

Any award in an arbitration initiated under this clause shall be limited to monetary damages and shall include no injunction or direction to any party other than the direction to pay a monetary amount. Further, the arbitrator(s) shall have no authority to award punitive, consequential or other damages not measured by the prevailing party's actual damages in any arbitration initiated under this section, except as may be required by statute.

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