Terms of Use
Last Revised: June 24, 2020
Thank you for visiting an Gold Vida, LLC Website, which includes the following websites: goldvida.com, thecarbofix.com, mattstirlingfitness.com, leanbellydetox.com, (hereinafter, the "Website(s)"). Gold Vida, LLC (hereinafter, "We") understand the importance that Internet users place on privacy and this Privacy Policy describes how we use personal information that is collected in connection with any of our Websites.
These Terms of Use are subject to change by Gold Vida, LLC (hereinafter "COMPANY") at any time and at COMPANY's discretion without notice. Your use of this Website after any changes are implemented constitutes your acceptance of the changes. As a result, COMPANY encourages you to consult the Terms of Use each time you use this Website or any of COMPANY's other Websites.
Please also read carefully, and note the MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISION and WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION PROVISION below.
Furthermore, please see our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers Policy for additional terms that apply to you, where are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Websites Notice Regarding Medical Advice And Content
THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. This Website is an educational service that provide general health information and are intended only to assist users in their diet and exercise plan. COMPANY is not a medical organization and COMPANY's staff will not give you medical advice or diagnosis. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, you should consult your doctor before starting any diet or exercise programs. Nothing contained on this Website should be construed as medical advice or diagnosis. The information and materials provided by COMPANY should NOT be interpreted as a substitute for physician consultation, evaluation, or treatment, nor as an endorsement of any Third Party Sellers products or services.
Please see our Disclaimers Policy for additional disclaimers that apply to you.
WARNING: This Website may contain health- or medical-related materials that are sexually explicit. If you find these materials offensive, you may not want to use this Website.
2. Ability to Accept Terms and Conditions
You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Use.
COMPANY DOES NOT PROVIDE SERVICES OR SELL PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18) WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF AND ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN.
3. Intellectual Property Rights Ownership
All Website content and materials ("Website Materials") available on this Website are the property of COMPANY, its affiliates, licensors, or the designated owners and are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by COMPANY, you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, or create derivative works from such Website Materials.
As noted above, reproduction, copying, or redistribution for commercial purposes of any materials or design elements on this Website or any of COMPANY's other Websites is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of COMPANY. For information on requesting such permission, please contact COMPANY using the contact information listed in the section entitled "Contacting Us".
4. Refund Policy
On most products, COMPANY generally offers a money back guarantee for a limited amount of time (such as 30 days). Details regarding the refund option that applies to you, if any, will be stated on your order form when you place your order.
5. Product Delivery/Membership Site/Conduct
A. For products that you purchase from COMPANY that are delivered through a download link, you will be given a URL to access and download the product(s) you purchased. In such instances, you agree not to share the download link with other people who did not purchase the product(s).
B. For products that you purchase from COMPANY that are delivered through a membership site, you will be given a user name and password to access the course materials and tools. In such instances, you agree not to share your login information with other people who did not purchase the product(s). You will not sell access to this program or duplicate and sell any of its content without written permission.
C. Where applicable, the membership site is meant for informational purposes only. It is not intended as specific medical, legal, commercial, financial, tax or other professional advice. Use of the information on the membership site and this Website are at your own risk.
D. Use of content, unless otherwise stated, is for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may not distribute content, print multiple copies for distribution, or use the content for public display or performance unless otherwise stated.
E. COMPANY reserves the right to discontinue or modify without notice or liability, any portion of this Website.
F. You affirm, represent, and warrant that your participation on this Website and the content you submit does not relate to pornography, illegal activities of any kind, occult, hate, or racism. You also represent and warrant that content you submit does not violate the intellectual property rights of third parties. COMPANY reserves the right to make the final decision regarding what is appropriate. COMPANY further reserves the right to remove content or terminate your account without prior notice for a violation of this provision.
G. You understand and agree to not place an unreasonable burden on the server hosting this Website or membership site, to not interfere with the running of this Website and to not attempt unauthorized access to any portion of this Website.
H. You understand and agree not to provide false information about yourself, to impersonate another individual or provide misleading or false content.
I. You agree that any ideas, suggestions, or improvements that you provide to COMPANY about COMPANY's products or services shall be owned by COMPANY and that COMPANY is free to include such ideas in future products without compensation to you.
6. Third Party References/Hyperlinks
This Website and/or any of COMPANY's other Websites may link you to other sites on the Internet. These sites may contain information or material that some people may find inappropriate or offensive. These other sites are not under the control of COMPANY, and you acknowledge that COMPANY is not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of the content of such sites. The inclusion of such a link does not imply endorsement of the site by or any association with its operators.
7. Good Samaritan Policy
It is COMPANY's policy not to tolerate any acts of intellectual property infringement or violations of federal or state law. COMPANY reserves the right to remove, disable, or restrict access to the availability of Website Materials on the Websites that, in COMPANY's subjective view, is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected. This provision does not impose upon COMPANY any contractual obligation to undertake, or refrain from undertaking, any particular course of conduct, or to monitor the Websites.
If you believe someone has violated this policy, COMPANY asks you to promptly notify its Customer Service department by e-mail at [email protected] (attention: User support.) You must use this address or if you want to ensure that the complaint is actually received by the appropriate party who is responsible for investigating alleged violations of this policy.
8. Contacting Us
Questions regarding these Terms of Use should be directed via email to [email protected] or mail at the following address:
Gold Vida, LLC
2283 Yellowbirch Way
London, ON, Canada
N6G ON3
9. Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL COMPANY OR ITS AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEBSITE. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, COMPANY'S LIABILITY IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of COMPANY to any person, firm or corporation whatsoever arising out of or in the connection with any license, use or other employment of any Content delivered to You hereunder, whether such liability arises from any claim based on breach or repudiation of contract, warranty, tort or otherwise, shall in no case exceed the actual price paid to COMPANY by You for the Content whose license, use, or other employment gives rise to the liability. The essential purpose of this provision is to limit the potential liability of COMPANY arising out of this Agreement. The parties acknowledge that the limitations set forth in this Section are integral to the amount of consideration levied in connection with the Website and any services rendered hereunder and that, were COMPANY to assume any further liability other than as set forth herein, such consideration would of necessity be set substantially higher.
10. Disclaimer
ALL MATERIALS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE (THE "CONTENT") ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" FOR YOUR USE. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. COMPANY AND ITS AGENTS DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR CORRECT; THAT THIS WEBSITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE CONTENT IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR RISK. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, THESE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
COMPANY ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, TIMELINESS, OR CONTENT OF THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF ITS OTHER WEBSITES. YOU AGREE THAT COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR YOUR RELIANCE UPON ANY CONTENT OR RECOMMENDATIONS OR RESULTS BASED ON OR GENERATED FROM SUCH CONTENT. IN ADDITION, YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF COMPANY'S OTHER WEBSITES ARE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED OR OTHERWISE CONTAIN CURRENT INFORMATION. COMPANY, LLC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPLYING CONTENT OR MATERIALS FROM ITS WEBSITES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY OTHER USERS OF THE WEBSITES, HAVE EXPIRED, OR HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
BY USING THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF COMPANY'S OTHER WEBSITES, YOU AGREE TO ACCEPT ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEBSITE MATERIALS AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, RESULTS, OR REPORTS BASED ON OR GENERATED FROM SUCH WEBSITE MATERIALS. THE WEBSITE MATERIALS AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, RESULTS, OR REPORTS BASED ON OR GENERATED FROM SUCH WEBSITE MATERIALS ARE NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE THE CARE YOU WOULD RECEIVE FROM A PHYSICIAN OR OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL OR TO BE USED AS A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS. ALWAYS CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE BEGINNING ANY HEALTH PROGRAM, EXERCISE PROGRAM, NUTRITIONAL PROGRAM, OR ANY OTHER PROGRAM YOU LEARNED ABOUT THROUGH ANY OF THE WEBSITES OR WEBSITE MATERIALS OR BASED ON ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, RESULTS, OR REPORTS BASED ON OR GENERATED FROM SUCH WEBSITE MATERIALS. COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY THAT MAY RESULT FROM ACTIONS TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN BY YOU RELYING ON ANY OF THE WEBSITES, WEBSITE MATERIALS, OR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, RESULTS, OR REPORTS BASED ON OR GENERATED FROM SUCH WEBSITE MATERIALS.
11. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless COMPANY and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, and any Affiliates it may have from any and all demands, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses, or harms, including attorney's fees, arising out of or in connection with your use of this Website, any of COMPANY's other Websites, and all products, offerings or services of COMPANY. You also agree to indemnify and hold harmless COMPANY and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, and any Affiliates it may have from any and all demands, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses, or harms regarding online conduct, breach of these Terms of Use, or dealings or transactions with other persons resulting from your use of this Website, any of COMPANY's other Websites, and all products, offerings or services of COMPANY.
12. Miscellaneous
A. Severability. If any part of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. The sections titled Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Disclaimer, and Miscellaneous shall survive any termination of these Terms of Use.
B. Waiver. All rights and remedies, whether conferred hereunder or by any other instrument or law, will be cumulative and may be exercised singularly or concurrently. The failure of COMPANY to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision.
C. Independent Disputes. COMPANY has no obligation to become involved in any dispute between a user and any other person. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other COMPANY users. COMPANY reserves the right, but has no obligation to, monitor disputes between you and other members.
D. Integration. These Terms of Use (and the Privacy Policy and Disclaimers incorporated by reference herein plus any applicable product order form terms) constitute the entire agreement between you and COMPANY with respect to the subject matter hereof. Neither you nor COMPANY shall be bound by any conditions, definitions, warranties, understandings, or representations with respect to the subject matter hereof other than as expressly provided herein. No oral explanation or oral information by either party hereto shall alter the meaning or interpretation of the Terms of Use
E. Section Headings. The section headings contained in these Terms of Use are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of the Terms of Use.
F. Modification and Amendment. No modification or amendment to these Terms of Use by you will be effective unless assented to in writing by COMPANY.
13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Website, COMPANY's other Websites, these Terms of Use and any dispute arising in connection therewith shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province Of Ontario without regard to its conflict of law principles. You hereby consent to binding arbitration in the Province Of Ontario to resolve any disputes arising under this Terms of Use.
14. Arbitration of Disputes
(a) The parties agree that any dispute or claim in law or equity arising between them regarding the use of this Website, products purchased from this Website, or these Terms of Use, including any dispute regarding the enforceability or applicability of this arbitration provision, shall be decided by neutral, binding arbitration conducted in in London, ON, CANADA. The arbitrator shall be a retired judge, justice, or an attorney with at least ten (10) years of legal experience relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, unless the parties mutually agree otherwise, who shall render an award in accordance with the substantive laws of London, ON, CANADA. In all other respects, the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Canadian Arbitration Association, subject to the parties being allowed limited discovery. Judgment upon the award of the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
NOTICE: BY USING THIS WEBSITE YOU ARE AGREEING TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF THE MATTERS INCLUDED IN THIS "ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES" PROVISION DECIDED BY NEUTRAL ARBITRATION AND YOU ARE GIVING UP ANY RIGHTS YOU MIGHT POSSESS TO HAVE THE DISPUTE LITIGATED IN A COURT OR JURY TRIAL. YOU ARE GIVING UP YOUR JUDICIAL RIGHTS TO DISCOVERY AND APPEAL, UNLESS THOSE RIGHTS ARE SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THE "ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES" PROVISION. IF YOU REFUSE TO SUBMIT TO ARBITRATION AFTER AGREEING TO THIS PROVISION YOU MAY BE COMPELLED TO ARBITRATE ANYHOW PURSUANT TO A COURT ORDER. YOUR AGREEMENT TO THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION IS VOLUNTARY. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO AGREE TO ARBITRATION, THEN YOU MAY NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.
(b) In the event of a dispute that proceeds to arbitration, the parties agree to split the costs charged by an arbitrator 50/50 (with each party being liable to pay half of the arbitrator's bill for time spent on the case). The Parties shall each bear the cost of their own attorney's fees, arbitration filing fees, and all other third party fees, except as specified herein for splitting the cost of the arbitrator's time.
15. Class Action Waiver
ANY LEGAL ACTION OR ARBITRATION ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, PRODUCTS PURCHASED ON THIS WEB SITE, OR THESE TERMS OF USE MUST BE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THIS MEANS NEITHER YOU NOR COMPANY MAY JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS BY OR AGAINST OTHER CUSTOMERS, OR LITIGATE IN COURT OR ARBITRATE ANY CLAIMS AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY.
16. Information Gold Vida, LLC Collects
A. Personally Identifiable Information
Voluntary submissions of personally identifiable information can occur for various reasons, such as if you request to receive information about our services, or if you subscribe to one of our mailing lists. If you subscribe to one of our mailing lists, we generally collect your name, email address, and optionally your telephone or other information if you provide it to us so we can customize your experience and better serve your needs.
In order to serve our customers, we collect personally identifiable information, like names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and sometimes credit card information when such information is voluntarily submitted by our visitors. Most of your customer information is stored in Clickbank, and not directly on our servers. Your credit card information is not stored by us, and is handled according to the procedures explained in the Section entitled: "Third Party Financial Institutions and Affiliates".
We will only use your personal information for the following purposes: (1) to deliver the products and/or services to you that you have requested; (2) to validate your compliance with the terms and conditions; (3) for content improvement and feedback purposes; (4) to reach you, when necessary, regarding your use of the Website or product(s); and (5) for the few situations described below to better serve you.
We may communicate with you in response to any of your inquiries or requests, to provide you with recommendations or reports, or to alert you to new products and service offerings. We may do so by sending you emails, cell phone text messages, or placing telephone calls to you. If you decide, after receiving an electronic, text, or telephonic message, that you would prefer not to receive any such communications from us. you may "Opt-out" of receiving such messages by replying "STOP" to any message you get.
Except as otherwise stated herein, we do not trade, rent, or share your Personal Information with third parties, unless you explicitly authorize us to do so. Your Personal Information will be used only in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable privacy laws and we will not share such information with any physician or other health care professional, employer, insurer, family member, or anyone else, unless you expressly authorize us to do so. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, we may disclose your Personal Information to, and allow its use by, trusted third-parties we have hired to provide services for us, including but not limited to, third parties that conduct online surveys for us or third parties that collect and process information on our behalf. These third parties are subject to terms no less restrictive than those set forth herein to protect your Personal Information.
Although we do not currently have a parent company, Gold Vida, LLC, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control of Gold Vida, LLC (collectively, "Affiliates"), may arise in the future. In the future, we may share, in our sole discretion, some or all of your personal Information with these Affiliates, in which case we will require the Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. In the event our company, or our assets are acquired by another entity, that entity will gain access to the Personal Information collected by us. We will use reasonable efforts to require the acquiring entity, to assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
In addition, we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us.
We may also collect and group demographic and preferences information, responses to surveys, and other Personal Information we collect from you in an aggregated, non-personally identifiable form for disclosure to our existing and potential business partners, affiliates, sponsors or other third parties. However, please be assured that this aggregated data will in no way personally identify you or any other visitors to any of our Websites, including this Website.
By submitting your email address on this Website or any of our other Websites, you agree to receive email from us. You can cancel your participation in any of these email lists at any time by clicking the opt-out link or other unsubscribe option that is included in the respective email. You can customize your email and other preferences (such as the lists you are subscribed to) by following the instructions contained in the Section entitled "Updating, Removing, Or Exporting Your Personal Information". We only send emails to people who have authorized us to contact them, either directly, or through a third party. We do not send unsolicited commercial emails, because we hate spam as much as you do.
By submitting your email address, you also agree to allow us to use your email address for custom audience targeting on sites like Facebook, where we display custom advertising to specific people who have opted-in to receive communications from us. If you wish to stop seeing ads from us on Facebook, you can turn off the ad by using the following steps:
i. From within Facebook, go to the advertisement you want to turn off.
ii. Click on the drop-down arrow in the top corner of the ad (that may be in the top right corner or top left corner).
iii. Click on "Hide ad".
If you wish to stop seeing ads from us in Google Ads, you can turn off the ad by using the following steps:
i. Go to the advertisement you want to turn off.
ii. Click on the x in the top left corner.
iii. Click on "Stop seeing this ad".
Other ad platforms we may use in the future have similar ways you can turn off any ad from us to stop seeing it. In addition, you agree that by submitting your telephone contact information on this web site or any of our other Websites and/or registering to receive the product and/or service offered, such act constitutes a purchase, an inquiry, and/or an application for the purposes of the Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule (ATSR), 16 CFR '310 et seq. and any applicable state and local "do not call" regulations. We retain the right to contact you via telemarketing in accordance with the ATSR and the applicable state regulations.
In the event of a complaint, we may also receive personally identifiable information about you from other subscribers of our Websites or from other users or third parties who may communicate information to us about you in relation to that complaint.
B. Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We also collect non-personally identifiable information about you to help us make your experience more enjoyable, to measure site activity to identify We also collect non-personally identifiable information about you to help us make your experience more enjoyable, to measure site activity to identify future improvements that should be made, and compile aggregate data to help serve site visitors better. For example, we may use session and persistent "cookies," session logs, web beacons, GIF/pixel tags, banner ads, third-party click tracking analytics tools (such as Google Analytics), third party retargeting networks that may display our advertisements to you on other sites that you visit to remind you about us, and third party networks that serve user-requested emails (e.g., for a refer-a-friend email) to collect non-personally identifiable or other aggregated information about site visitors.
Cookies are text files that are used by your computer's web browser to store your preferences, and enable us to enhance your user experience with our Websites. Third party retargeting networks may also use cookies to display our advertisements to you on other sites. You can learn more about opting-out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Please note that you do have the option to configure most web browsers to NOT accept cookies. However, be aware that disabling cookies may keep you from having access to some functions or services on our Website or the web-hosted software that runs on our Website.
Emails or newsletters that we send electronically may use techniques such as web beacons or pixel tags to gather email metrics and information to improve the reader's experience, such as the number of emails that are opened, whether they were forwarded or printed, the type of device from which they were opened, and the location (e.g. city, state, and county) associated with the applicable IP address.
Other parties such as advertising partners and analytics companies may also be collecting information about your online activity across various websites over time. The information collected by those third parties may include identifiers that allow those third parties to tailor the ads that they serve to your computer or other device.
If you visit this Website or any of our other Websites with an open ID (such as Facebook), you may also be sharing and integrating data with third-party social media sites, and we may track aggregate data about the number of visits to this Website or any of our other Websites with an open ID, the number of items "liked" on this Website or any of our other Websites, or items on this Website or any of our other Websites that you choose to share with a third-party social media site. Other parties such as advertising partners and analytics companies may also be collecting information about your online activity across various websites over time. The information collected by those third parties may include identifiers that allow those third parties to tailor the ads that they serve to your computer or other device. Because there is not yet a common understanding of how to interpret web browser-based "Do Not Track" signals other than cookies, we do not currently respond to "Do Not Track" signals that are undefined. We are waiting for the online industry to develop a common protocol for how to treat DNT signals. In the meantime, you can use the range of other tools we provide to control data collection and use, including those described herein.