READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.
HSA Consulting Services LLC (referred to as “HSA Consulting,” “HSACS,” “we,” “us,” “our” and other similar pronouns) makes available this the following websites: hsaconsultingservices.com, askmrhsa.com and hsaguys.com and all site-related services (collectively, the “Site”) subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement (the “Agreement”). By using the Site, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, you may not use the Site or any of the services made available through the Site.
This Agreement is made between HSACS, and each Site visitor and/or Member (a “Member” is anyone who has subscribed or otherwise been granted access to subscriber-only content on the Site). We reserve the right at any time to:
- Change the terms of this Agreement;
- Change the Site, including eliminating or discontinuing any content on, feature of or service made available through the Site; or
- Change any fees or charges for use of the Site.
Any changes we make will be effective upon notice, which we may provide through various means including, without limitation, posting the updated version on the Site or notice via electronic mail. Your use of the Site after such notice will be deemed acceptance of such changes. Be sure to these Terms of Use periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version.
I. Code of Conduct
While using the Site, you agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
You also agree not to:
1. Restrict, inhibit or otherwise interfere with any other visitor or Member from accessing or using the Site or any service or feature thereof, including, without limitation, by means of “hacking” or defacing any portion of the Site, or by engaging in spamming or flooding our servers with requests;
2. Use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of applicable law, rule or regulation;
3. Express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed or approved by us, without our prior written consent;
4. Transmit, post, upload or otherwise submit to us on or through the Site:
- any content or information that is unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, harassing, misleading, false or otherwise objectionable, or that infringes on our or any third party’s intellectual property or other proprietary rights;
- any non-public information about companies without the express authorization to do so;
- any trade secret of any third party;
- any advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities, or other unsolicited commercial communication (except as otherwise expressly permitted by us);
- any job posting involving any franchise, pyramid scheme, “club membership,” distributorship or sales representative agency arrangement or other business opportunity which requires an up-front or periodic payment, pays commissions only (i.e., no significant salary), or requires recruitment of other members, sub-distributors or sub-agents;
- any content containing sexual, ethnic, racial or other discriminating slurs, or material which contains no relevant or constructive content or which goes beyond profanity into obscenity or abhorrence;
5. Transmit any software or other materials that contain any virus, worm, time bomb, Trojan horse, spyware, adware or other harmful or disruptive component;
6. Modify, adapt, sub-license, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or circumvent any portion of the Site;
7. Remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices contained in the Site;
8. Link from any other web site to this Site in any manner such that the Site, or any page of the Site, is “framed,” surrounded or obfuscated by any third-party content, materials or branding, without our prior written authorization;
9. Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, “data mine,” or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Site or its contents (except that the foregoing restriction shall not be construed to preclude a search engine from using a spider, robot or similar process or device to crawl and index the Site for purposes of feeding search results in response to applicable legitimate search queries);
10. Harvest or collect information about Site visitors or Members without their express consent; or
11. Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity.
II. Ownership and Restrictions on Use
The Site is owned and operated by HSA Consulting Services, LLC. Unless otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or on the Site in connection with particular Site materials (for example, with respect to certain materials that may be expressly labeled as “free” and “shareable”), you may not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute materials from the Site in any way, without our prior written permission. You may, however, download one copy of any downloadable material on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided that in all cases you keep intact, without change, all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the Site or the Site materials or use of the Site or the Site materials for any other purpose may be a violation of our copyright and other proprietary rights, and is strictly prohibited. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by using the Site or by making any download from it except as otherwise granted by us.
If you download any software from the Site, such software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying the software (collectively, the “Software”) are licensed on a limited basis to you by us or the owner of such Software. Title to the Software is not transferred to you. We, or the applicable owner, retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Software and all intellectual property rights therein.
HSA Consulting Services, HSACS, AskMrHSA, HSAGuys are trademarks and/or service marks of HSA Consulting Services, LLC. There are other trademarks that appear on the Site that belong to us and others, and all other trademarks, service marks, and logos used on the Site are the trademarks, service marks, or logos of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark displayed on the Site without our written permission or that of the third-party rights holder. Your misuse of the trademarks displayed on the Site is strictly prohibited.
III. Registration
Although certain areas of the Site do not require you to be a Member, some areas do. When and if you register to become a Member, you agree to:
1. provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by our registration form (including your email address); and
2. maintain and update your information (including your email address) to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete.
As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a password and may be asked to select a screen name. We may refuse to grant you a screen name that impersonates someone else, that is or may be illegal, that is or that may be protected by trademark or other proprietary rights law, that is vulgar or otherwise offensive, that may cause confusion or for any other reason, as determined by us in our sole discretion. YOU ARE ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND USE OF YOUR SCREEN NAME AND PASSWORD, AND FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING PURCHASES, AS APPLICABLE) THAT ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT WHETHER OR NOT AUTHORIZED BY YOU. You agree not to transfer or resell your use of or access to the Site to any third party. If you have reason to believe that your account with us is no longer secure, you must promptly change your password by logging in and editing your settings in the profile section of the Site, immediately notify us of the problem by emailing us at [email protected].
IV. Making Purchases
We may make certain products and services available to visitors and registrants of the Site. Our products and services are subject to availability. We will inform you if we cannot supply the products or services you have purchased and, if you have already paid us, give you a refund. You may only order products if, and you hereby represent and warrant that, you are 18 years old (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction) or older and, by placing each order for a product you represent and warrant that this is the case at the time of the relevant order. If you wish to purchase products or services described on the Site, you will be asked by us (or, if you are purchasing the product through a co-branded area of the Site, by the provider of the product or service) to supply certain information applicable to your purchase, including, without limitation, credit card (or other payment method) and other information. You understand that all user information submitted to us on the Site will be treated by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which is available at https://hsaconsultingservices.com/privacy-policy/, which is incorporated herein by this reference. You agree that all information that you provide to us in connection with any purchases will be accurate and complete.
When you place an order to purchase a product or service, we will send you an email to confirm we have received your order. Your order represents an offer to purchase our product or service and our confirmation represents our acceptance of your offer. All risk in any products you purchase from us (including risk of loss and/or damage to the products) will pass to you when they are delivered to you.
You agree to pay, and you understand that we have no responsibility or liability for, any or all charges incurred by you or any users of your account and credit card or other payment mechanism (including, for example and without limitation, any fees assessed in connection with exceeding a limit imposed on your payment card or account) at the price(s) in effect when such charges are incurred. You will also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your purchases. The prices of our products and services are quoted exclusive of any applicable taxes and charges.
Descriptions or images of, or references to, products or services on the Site do not imply our endorsement of such products or services. We reserve the right, without prior notification, to change such descriptions or references, or to limit the order quantity on any product or service and/or refuse service to you. Verification of information may be required prior to our acceptance of any order. Price and availability of any product or service are subject to change without notice.
Renewals
To ensure continuous service, unless you have turned auto-renew off or we don’t have your payment credentials, your subscription will automatically renew at the end of the term at the prevailing rate. Promotional discounts or other offers apply to first term only. You may cancel auto-renewal at any time or request a refund by contacting us at [email protected] . Should you choose to cancel auto-renewal, your account will be active through the duration of your current term but will not auto-renew upon its completion.
Refunds and Returns
Except where applicable law requires otherwise, we do not accept returns of items or services purchased on the Site other than for mistakenly renewed subscriptions. We also do not issue refunds for any products or custom services provided by us.
Shipping and Handling
Shipping charges for products purchased on the Site will be included with your purchase. Most physical products such as books are shipped within 48 hours. Any estimates of shipping times are indicative only and we shall have no liability to you for any delay or failure to deliver products within the estimated timescales.
Electronic Communication
You consent to receive communications from us electronically. You agree that all disclosures, notices, agreements, and other communications you receive from us electronically satisfy any legal requirement for such communications to be in writing. We do not accept any liability or responsibility for emails or other electronic communications that are intercepted, garbled, lost or not received.
V. Submissions and Postings
In the event we make available various opportunities for you to post videos, participate in written surveys, participate in discussions on our message boards, blogs, articles and other forums available on the Site as well as other opportunities to post information and materials you agree to abide If you believe a message violates our member policies, please contact us immediately at [email protected] so that we may consider its editing or removal.
By sending or transmitting to us any information, creative suggestions, ideas, notes, concepts, resumes, other employment-related information or any other materials (collectively, “Submitted Materials”), or by posting such Submitted Materials to any area of the Site, you (i) represent and warrant to us that you have the legal right to post or submit your material, that you have the necessary permissions, consents, or licenses to post or submit your material, and that it will not violate any law or the rights of any person or entity, and (ii) grant us and our designees a worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers), assignable, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to use, reproduce, distribute (through multiple tiers), create derivative works of, edit, add content and logos to, publicly perform, modify, adapt, publicly display, digitally perform, make, have made, sell, offer for sale and import such Submitted Materials in any and all media or through any and all means, now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to the provider of the Submitted Materials.
None of the Submitted Materials shall be subject to any obligation, whether of confidentiality, attribution, or otherwise, on our part and we shall not be liable for any use, display or disclosure of any Submitted Materials.
VIII. Third Party Web Sites
You may be able to link from the Site to third party web sites and third-party web sites may link to the Site (“Linked Sites”). You acknowledge and agree that we have no responsibility for the information, content, products, services, advertising, code or other materials which may or may not be provided by or through Linked Sites. Links to Linked Sites do not constitute an endorsement or sponsorship by us of such web sites or the information, content, products, services, advertising, code or other materials presented on or through such web sites. Any reliance on the contents of a Linked Site is done at your own risk and you assume all responsibilities and consequences resulting from such reliance.
IX. Claims of Copyright Infringement
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that materials hosted by us infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked. The notice must include the following information:
- a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works located on the Site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works);
- identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow us to locate the material on the Site;
- information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as name, address, telephone number, and, if available, email address;
- a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, the DMCA permits you to send us a counter-notice. Notices and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA; see http://www.loc.gov/copyright for details. Notices and counter-notices with respect to the Site should be sent to Paul Verberne, HSACS, 5722 Council Grove Ln, Houston TX 77088, [email protected] or fax to 713-659-0184 – We suggest that you consult your legal advisor before filing a notice or counter-notice. Also, be aware that there can be penalties for false claims under the DMCA.
X. Jurisdictional Issues
The Site is solely directed to individuals residing in the United States. We control and operate the Site from the state of Texas, USA. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we make no representation that materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
We reserve the right to limit the availability of the Site and/or the provision of any service, program, film, or other product described thereon to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction we so desire, at any time and in our sole discretion, and to limit the quantities of any such service, program, film, or other product that we provide.
XII. Termination
This Agreement shall remain effective until terminated in accordance with its terms. You may terminate this Agreement by ceasing all access to and use of the Site, and if you are a registered Member of the Site or certain areas of the Site, you should also give such notice of termination by deregistering from the Site using your profile page or emailing us and asking us to delete all of your personal information by sending an email to [email protected]. We maintain a policy that provides for the termination of Site use privileges of repeat infringers of intellectual property rights. In addition, we reserve the right to immediately terminate this Agreement, and/or your access to and use of the Site or any portion thereof, at any time and for any reason, with or without cause. Upon termination of this Agreement by either party, your right to use the Site shall immediately cease, and you shall destroy all materials obtained from the Site and all copies thereof, whether made under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise.
XIII. Disclaimers
THE SITE, THE MATERIALS ON THE SITE, AND ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, HSACS AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME LAWS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO, DEPENDING ON YOUR JURISDICTION, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
HSACS AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, AND AGENTS DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE (OR THE SERVER(S) ON WHICH IT IS HOSTED) OR SOFTWARE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING ALL TELEPHONE, COMPUTER HARDWARE AND OTHER EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO ACCESS AND USE THE SITE, AND ALL CHARGES RELATED THERETO. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND THE SOFTWARE AND YOUR RELIANCE THEREON. NO OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT OF HSACS OR ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, AGENTS, MEMBERS, OR VISITORS, WHETHER MADE ON THE SITE, IN THE SOFTWARE, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ANY MATERIALS PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITE ARE ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE ABOVE IN THIS SECTION, HSACS AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ORDERED OR PROVIDED VIA THE SITE, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE, ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS MADE IN PRODUCT OR SERVICES LITERATURE, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENTS AND OTHERWISE ON THE SITE OR IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH COMPANY OR ITS AGENTS. ANY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ORDERED OR PROVIDED VIA THE SITE ARE PROVIDED BY COMPANY “AS IS”, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT, IF AT ALL, OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN A LICENSE OR SALE AGREEMENT SEPARATELY ENTERED INTO IN WRITING BETWEEN YOU AND COMPANY OR ITS LICENSOR OR SUPPLIER.
WE NEITHER ENDORSE NOR ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OPINION, ADVICE, INFORMATION, OR STATEMENT MADE OR DISPLAYED ON THE SITE OR FORUMS BY THIRD PARTIES, WHETHER SUCH THIRD PARTIES ARE VISITORS TO THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ARTICLES OR POSTINGS, FOR HYPERLINKS EMBEDDED IN MESSAGES, OR FOR ANY RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF SUCH INFORMATION. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON SUCH INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR INDEPENDENTLY RESEARCHING THE COMPANIES AND INDUSTRIES FEATURED ON THE SITE, AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR CHOOSING TO EVALUATE OR TO MAKE A CAREER DECISION BASED ON ANY OPINIONS FOUND IN ANY OF THE FORUMS. WE CANNOT AND DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VERACITY, RELIABILITY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, INFORMATION, OR STATEMENT AVAILABLE ON THE SITE, SO, PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION . . . AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
A possibility exists that the Site could include inaccuracies or errors, or materials that violate these Terms of Use (specifically, the Code of Conduct set forth in Section I above). Additionally, a possibility exists that unauthorized alterations could be made by third parties to the Site or Forums. We make no guarantees as to the Site’s completeness or correctness. In the event that such a situation arises, please contact us at [email protected] with, if possible, a description of the material to be checked and the location (URL) where such material can be found on the Site, as well as information sufficient to enable us to contact you. We will try to address your concerns as soon as reasonably practicable. For copyright infringement claims, see the section on “Claims of Copyright Infringement” above.
XIV. Limitation of Liability
NEITHER HSACS NOR ITS SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS, AFFILIATES, OR AGENTS OR SPONSORS ARE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE SITE AND/OR CONTENT CONTAINED ON THE SITE, THE SOFTWARE, OR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE PURCHASED THROUGH THE SITE. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE, THE SOFTWARE, AND/OR CONTENT CONTAINED WITHIN THE SITE IS TO STOP USING THE SITE AND/OR SOFTWARE, AS APPLICABLE.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE, MAXIMUM AND AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF HSACS FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, TO ACCESS THE SITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN USERS.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL USERS OF THIS WEBSITE UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT (I) THE MUTUAL AGREEMENTS MADE IN THIS SECTION 14 REFLECT A REASONABLE ALLOCATION OF RISK, AND (II) THE PARTIES HERETO WOULD NOT HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY.
NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL LIMIT OUR LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY ARISING FROM OUR NEGLIGENCE.
XV. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us, our officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), or other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from
(1) your breach of this Agreement;
(2) any allegation that any materials that you submit to us or transmit to the Site infringe or otherwise violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property or other rights of any third party (including, without limitation, any Submitted Materials);
(3) your violation of the Code of Conduct above; and/or
(4) your activities in connection with the Site.
HSACS reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with our defense of such claim.
XVI. Miscellaneous
This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, United States of America, without regards to its principles of conflicts of law. You agree to personal jurisdiction by the federal and state courts located in Harris County, Texas, United States of America, and waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. In this Agreement references to applicable law are to mandatory law only. This is the entire Agreement between us relating to the subject matter herein and supersedes and any and all prior or contemporaneous written or oral Agreements between us. This Agreement is not assignable, transferable or sub-licensable by you except with our prior written consent. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer or create any rights or benefits enforceable by any person who is not a party to this Agreement. Any heading, caption or section title contained in this Agreement is inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way defines or explains any section or provision hereof. To the extent you have statutory rights as a consumer, nothing in this Agreement shall affect such rights.
XVII. Our Details
HSA Consulting Services, LLC
5722 Council Grove Ln
Houston TX 77088
Tel.: 713.562.4876
Fax: 713-65-90184
[email protected]