Last Updated: April 27, 2024
Body Shape Wellness (“Body Shape Wellness Massage” “we” “us” or “our”) operates this website (the “Site”) to provide online access to information about the Body Shape Wellness® franchise system and the services, products, and opportunities it provides. By accessing and using this Site, you agree to each of the Terms of Use and conditions set forth herein (“Terms of Use”). Additional terms and conditions applicable to specific areas of this Site or to particular content or transactions are also posted in particular areas of the Site and, together with these Terms of Use, govern your use of those areas, content or transactions (excluding any links to third party sites).
By continuing to access and use the Site, you are deemed to have understood and agreed to these Terms of Use. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, you may not use the Site.
Body Shape Wellness is the owner of and operates the Body Shape Wellness® franchise system in which Body Shape Wellness® franchise studios are each independently owned and operated by Body Shape Wellness® franchise owners. Body Shape Wellness does not have any agency, partnership, employment, or joint venture relationship with any Elements Massage® franchise owners.
Body Shape Wellness reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise these Terms of Use at any time and correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the Site and Materials (as such term is defined below). Such changes shall be effective upon publication on the Site. Materials may also be changed, modified, added, or removed or updated without notice at any time; however, Body Shape Wellness is under no obligation to update Materials. Body Shape Wellness may also make changes in the services, products, programs or prices (if any) described in the Site at any time without notice. Your continued use of the Site after any change Body Shape Wellness makes to the Site will be considered acceptance of those changes.
Body Shape Wellness further reserves the right to suspend the operation of this Site for support or maintenance work, in order to update the Materials and any other content, or for any other reason.
You should revisit these Terms of Use from time to time to review the then-current Terms of Use because they are binding on you.
Any conduct by you that, in Elements Massage’s opinion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Site will not be permitted.
The Site contains information and material, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics and audio (collectively "Materials"), which are derived in whole or in part from information and materials supplied by Body Shape Wellness and other sources, and are protected by international copyright, trademark and other laws. Except as otherwise noted, Body Shape Wellness owns the copyright in the overall selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, and owns the rights in, or license to use, the individual components of such content.
Materials may not be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way or decompiled, reverse engineered or disassembled, including but not limited to the text, images, audio and/or video, as well as any software (including but not limited to any images or files incorporated in or generated by the software or data accompanying such software).
You acknowledge that you do not acquire any license, ownership or other rights to the Materials by using the Site.
Modification of the Materials or use of the Materials for any other purpose is a violation of Body Shape Wellness’s or such other sources' copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and may violate other laws.
The use of any such Materials on any other web site or networked computer or environment is prohibited without Body Shape Wellness’s express written consent. If you breach any of these Terms of Use, your authorization to use the Site automatically terminates.
For the avoidance of doubt, Body Shape Wellness reserves the right to terminate access to this Site at any time and without notice.
The site and materials and related communications are provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied, of any kind, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, or fitness for a particular purpose. Some jurisdictions do not allow for the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusions of implied warranties may not be applicable under certain circumstances. Under these circumstances, all other exclusions remain in force.
Body Shape Wellness does not warrant the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information contained on this Site, nor does it warrant or represent that any information may be suitable for use in any circumstance or application. By using this Site you acknowledge that any reliance on any such materials, advice, statement or information shall be at your sole risk.
Body Shape Wellness assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable, for any damages of any nature caused by the use of this Site. This express disclaimer includes damages caused by viruses, worms, trojans or any other computer software or anomaly that may infect, affect, or damage your computer hardware, software, memory or any other property of yours or others, as a result of your access to, use of, or browsing on this Site.
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Body Shape Wellness may provide, as a convenience to you, links to web sites operated by other entities and persons, but makes no representations whatsoever about any other web site you may access through this one. Any link to a non-Body Shape Wellness web site does not mean that Body Shape Wellness endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of such web site.
If you use web sites that are linked to this Site, you do so at your own risk and responsibility. Body Shape Wellness makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not sponsor or endorse, any linked web sites or the information or materials appearing thereon or any of the products and/or services described thereon. Furthermore, linking to sites operated by other entities and persons does not imply that (1) Body Shape Wellness is affiliated or associated with those entities or persons, or (2) any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo, or copyright of Body Shape Wellness.
Any opinions, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available on the Site by any third party are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of Elements Massage.
Your use and browsing of the Site is at your risk. If you are dissatisfied with any of the Materials contained in the Site, or with any of these Terms of Use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using the Site.
Under no circumstances will Body Shape Wellness, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, its suppliers or other third parties mentioned on the Site or involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site, be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever (including without limitation, costs and expenses of any type incurred, lost profits, lost data or programs, and business interruption) arising out of your access to, use, inability to use, or the results of use of the Site any web sites linked to the Site, or any materials contained at any or all such Sites (including but not limited to those caused by, or resulting from, a failure of performance, error, omission, linking to other web sites, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure or destruction, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of any computer or system), whether based on warranty, contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other legal theory, and whether or not Elements Massage was advised of the possibility of such damages.
Body Shape Wellness shall have no liability or responsibility for any acts, omissions, or conduct of any user or third party, including any Body Shape Wellness® franchise owners. Body Shape Wellness® franchise studios are each independently owned and operated.
The Materials at the Site may contain various forward-looking statements that may be based on or include assumptions concerning Body Shape Wellness’s operations, future results and prospects. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risk and uncertainties. In connection with the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States' Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Elements Massage provides the following cautionary statement identifying important economic, political and technology factors which, among others, could cause the actual results or events to differ materially from those set forth or implied by the forward-looking statements and related assumptions. Such factors include the following:
It has been and remains Body Shape Wellness’s policy not to accept or consider ideas, suggestions or materials other than those that Body Shape Wellness has specifically requested from you. Accordingly, Body Shape Wellness does not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary information to Body Shape Wellness through the Site unless specifically requested by Body Shape Wellness. Please note that any unsolicited information or material sent to Elements Massage will be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary and you hereby waive any moral rights therein in favor of Body Shape Wellness.
By submitting information and material to the Site, you automatically grant to Body Shape Wellness (or warrant that the owner of such information and material has expressly granted to Body Shape Wellness) a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, unrestricted right and license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, adapt, publish, translate, transmit and distribute, or otherwise make available to others such information and material (in whole or in part and for any purpose) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed. You also agree that Body Shape Wellness is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques that you send Body Shape Wellness for any purpose.
As further provided above, Body Shape Wellness does not want to receive, and you are deemed to covenant and agree through the use of the Site not to provide, any information or materials that are defamatory, threatening, obscene, harassing, in violation of any law, governmental requirements or otherwise unlawful, or that incorporate the proprietary information or materials of another person or entity.
You shall not upload, post, or otherwise make available on the Site, any information and material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express written permission of the owner of such right(s). You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission.
If you wish to provide a hypertext or other link to this Site, please e-mail us with details of the URL(s) from which are you proposing to link to this Site and the URL(s) on this Site which you are seeking to link. Body Shape Wellness may grant or deny your request at its sole discretion.
The Site is owned and operated by Body Shape Wellness from its offices in the United States. Materials published at the Site may refer to products, programs, or services at Body Shape Wellness® franchise studios that are not available in your country. Furthermore, Body Shape Wellness makes no representation that the Materials at the Site are appropriate or available for use from locations outside of the United States, and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.
You may not use the Site or export information and Materials in violation of the export laws of the United States or any other country. If you access the Site from a location outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws.
These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between Body Shape Wellness and you with respect to your use of the Site. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of the Site must be commenced within six (6) months after the claim or cause of action arises.