This website https://painacademy.net, http://go.painacademy.net, and http://program.painacademy.net (also accessible through http://www.painacademyonline.com, http://www.painacademy.rehab, and/or http://www.painacademy.academy), hereinafter referred to collectively as “Site”, is operated by Pain Academy, LLC. Throughout this Site, the terms “Pain Academy”, “The Academy”, “the Company”, “us” or “we” refer to Pain Academy, LLC.  Pain Academy, LLC offers this Site, including, but not limited to, all information and services, membership, programs, courses, classes, assessment toolkits, articles, photographs, podcasts, and products available from this Site and our social media platforms, to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here, including our Disclaimer, Waiver of Liability, Privacy Policy, Communication and our Terms and Conditions (collectively referred to as “our Terms of Service”), which are stated below. These are the official Terms of Use for Pain Academy, LLC.  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SECTION 1: THESE TERMS OF SERVICE ARE A CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND PAIN ACADEMY, LLC
2. SECTION 2: DISCLAIMER
3. SECTION 3: WAIVER OF LIABILITY
4. SECTION 4: INDEMNIFICATION
5. SECTION 5: COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING AND EDUCATION POLICY
6. SECTION 6: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
7. SECTION 7: THIRD PARTY WEBSITES, PRODUCTS, AND INFORMATION
8. SECTION 8: PASSWORDS AND SECURITY
9. SECTION 9:  PAYMENTS, CANCELLATIONS, AND REFUNDS
10. SECTION 10: MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
11. SECTION 11:  TERMINATION
12. SECTION 12 DISPUTE RESOLUTION
13. SECTION 13: ENTIRE AGREEMENT 

Privacy Policy

TERMS OF SERVICE:

SECTION 1. THESE TERMS OF SERVICE ARE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND PAIN ACADEMY, LLC.

1. Binding Contract. These Terms of Service (“Agreement”) are a contract and legal agreement between you and Pain Academy, LLC, as a California limited liability company, mailing address located at 3835 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd Suite R, #149 Westlake Village, CA 91362.   

2. Agreement. You represent to Pain Academy, LLC that you have read, understood, and expressly agree to be bound by this Agreement, and the terms, conditions, and notices contained or referenced herein, whether you have created a Pain Academy Online Membership account (and agreed to this Agreement at the time you created that account), purchased the Assessment Toolkit (and agreed to this Agreement at the time you made the purchase), purchased sessions (and agreed to this Agreement at the time you purchased sessions), or whether you simply browse, use, or access our Site (and agree to this Agreement when you browse, use, or access any aspect of our Site). 

We require that by visiting our Site and social media accounts (including, but not limited to, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook), by subscribing to our subscription platform, enrolling in our Online Membership Program, purchasing our Assessment Toolkit, services, webinars,  sessions, and book, purchasing and/or borrowing our products, listening to our podcasts, reading our articles, engaging in posture therapy, performing our movements, rebalancing movement sequences and exercises, and using our facility, offices, and gym, located in Westlake Village, California, you acknowledge and agree to be bound by our Terms of Service. These Terms of Service apply to all users of our Site, services, and products including, without limitation users who are clients, members, subscribers, browsers, vendors, customers, employees, merchants, followers on social media, and/or contributors of content, testimonials, and commentary.

Any new feature, service, product, or information which is added to the Site shall be subject to these Terms of Service. You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time on this page.  We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms of Service at any time, without any prior notice. For this reason, we encourage you to review these Terms of Service whenever you access our Site, social media accounts, and our facility, offices and gym, and/or whenever you purchase our services, courses, programs, toolkits, and/or products. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for changes.  By accessing and using any part of the Site, opting in to our email newsletter, accessing our social media accounts, and/or by purchasing our services, courses, programs, toolkits, and/or products, and accessing our facility, offices and gym in Westlake Village, CA, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service at the time of your access and purchase.  

If you do not agree to this Agreement, you may not use this Site, create an Online Membership account, purchase sessions, visit/access our gym, and/or access any of our social media accounts.

SECTION 2: DISCLAIMER

While information posted on this Site is believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of posting, Pain Academy, LLC does not guarantee, represent or warrant that the information contained on this Site is accurate, complete, reliable, verified, error free, or fit for any purpose.

Posture Therapy offered through our Online Movement Therapy Program, Assessment Toolkit, and through sessions, is a form of exercise.  Likewise, all of our movements and sequences are a form of exercise.  As with any type of exercise, Posture Therapy, and our movements and sequences are not without risk, and participation in Posture Therapy and our movements and sequences, may result in injury.  Pain Academy, LLC urges the participants of Our Program – which includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: individual or group in-person, online, or offline Posture Therapy sessions, seminars, webinars, exercises, sequences, subscription platform users, membership subscribers of our Online Program, purchasers of our Assessment Toolkit, and information posted on videos online on our Site, and/or on our social media accounts, including, but not limited to, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook (collectively referred to as “Our Program”, “Program”) – do so within the boundaries of their own capabilities.  Participation in Our Program is voluntary and constitutes recreational activity.  Pain Academy, LLC is not a health care provider, and its owners, members, directors, officers, employees and agents are not health care providers, and for this reason, Pain Academy, LLC does not provide medical opinion, evaluation, advice, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, prescription or cure.  Our Program is in no way intended as a substitute for medical consultation, advice, evaluation, consultation, and/or treatment and constitutes only as recreational activity.  Pain Academy, LLC, its owners, members, officers, directors, employees, and agents disclaim liability from and in connection with Our Program.

Any person who participates in Our Program does so at their own risk.  To reduce the risk of injury, you should consult your doctor before beginning Our Program.  As with any exercise program, if at any point during your use of our services, you believe conditions or exercises to be unsafe or begin to feel faint or dizzy, have physical discomfort, or pain, you should stop immediately and consult a doctor. 

SECTION 3: WAIVER OF LIABILITY

By accessing our Site, you agree that you wish to participate in Our Program.  You agree that you are 18 years of age or older. You agree you are acting on behalf of yourself, or as the parent or legal guardian of a minor participating in Our Program, per your express authorization herein. You agree that if at any time, you believe conditions to be unsafe or begin to feel faint, dizzy, have physical discomfort or pain, or witness, as a parent or legal guardian, your minor participating in Our Program to begin to feel faint, dizzy, have physical discomfort or pain, you (or the minor whom you authorizing to participate in Our Program), will immediately discontinue further participation.  You fully understand that Pain Academy, LLC provides recreational services only. You fully understand that the Pain Academy, LLC Program is a form of exercise inherently involving risk and dangers. You understand and agree that these risks and dangers maybe caused by your own actions or inactions, or the actions of others participating in or conducting the activity. 

You understand, acknowledge and agree that Pain Academy, LLC does not provide any medical opinion, advice, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, prescription or cure. You understand, acknowledge and agree that Pain Academy, LLC in no way represents itself as a medical and/or health provider, and anything discussed, or any information provided by Pain Academy, LLC, its owners, members, directors, officers, employees, and/or agents, is not medical opinion, evaluation, advice, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, prescription or cure. 

You understand, acknowledge, and agree that neither Pain Academy, LLC, nor its owners, members, officers, directors, employees, and/or agents are responsible or liable for any claim, loss, or damage directly or indirectly resulting from your participation (or the participating of the minor whose participation you are authorizing) in the Pain Academy, LLC’s Program. Further, you fully assume all risks and responsibilities for losses, injuries, costs or damages resulting directly or indirectly from your (and/or your minor’s) participation in our Program, and you hereby Release Pain Academy, LLC, its owners, members, officers, directors, employees, and agents from all liability, injuries, losses, costs, demands, or damages which may incur as a result of your (or your minor’s) participation in the Program and/or reliance on information communicated to you by Pain Academy, LLC. We understand that by way of this waiver, you are not releasing Pain Academy, LLC, its owners, members, officers, directors, employees, and agents from all liability, injuries, losses, costs, demands, or damages which may incur as a result of any gross negligence by Pain Academy, LLC, its owners, members, officers, directors, employees, and/or agents.

You represent that you have read this Waiver of Liability in its entirety, fully understand its terms and agree to be bound to it freely, without inducement or assurance of any nature, and intend it to be a complete and unconditional release of all liability to the greatest extent allowed by the law, and you agree that if any portion of this agreement is held to be invalid, the balance, notwithstanding, shall be in full force and effect. This waiver shall be governed by the laws of the State of California. 

In addition to any excuse provided by applicable law, we shall be excused from liability for non-delivery or delay in delivery of offerings available through our Site arising from any event beyond our reasonable control, whether or not foreseeable by either party, including but not limited to: labor disturbance, war, fire, accident, adverse weather, pandemic, inability to secure transportation, governmental act or regulation, and other causes or events beyond our reasonable control, whether or not similar to those which are enumerated above.

SECTION 4: INDEMNIFICATION

You further understand acknowledge and agree that if, despite this release and waiver of liability, assumption of risk and indemnity agreement, you, or anyone on your behalf, or on behalf of the minor for whom you are signing this agreement, makes a claim against any of the releasees, you will indemnify, defend, save and hold harmless each of the releasees from any litigation expense, attorney fees, loss, liability, damage or costs which may incur as a result of such claim, excluding any claims of gross negligence.

SECTION 5: COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING AND EDUCATION POLICY

You acknowledge and agree that by purchasing services, courses, programs, toolkits, and/or products from Pain Academy, LLC, and by subscribing to a membership subscription platform, and/or becoming a member of our Online Program, you give your express consent to be contacted and/or receive marketing communication by direct mail, email, telephone, pre-recorded message, text message, instant message and other means from or on behalf of Pain Academy, LLC.  

By agreeing to these Terms of Service you expressly give Pain Academy, LLC permission and the right to use your photos and/or materials, such as progress photos, graphics and skeletal drawings of your image and posture based on your photos, or photos showing results of Pain Academy, LLC’s methods for any and all marketing and/or educational purposes, including, but not limited to, posting these photographs on Pain Academy, LLC’s website and social media accounts.  

Our online membership program platform contains a Community Forum, wherein members discuss their experience, exercises, sequences, and /or healing journey, ask questions, answer questions and give each other support.  Our Facebook page has a private group, the “Pain Academy Support Group,” wherein members of the group connect similarly to those in the online membership program. Our social media sites welcome comments from our followers. Pain Academy, LLC expressly reserves the right to remove and/or delete any comment or question, or communication on any and all of these forums, which we believe to be inappropriate and/or in violation of law.

SECTION 6: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Our Site, and all content contained on our Site (collectively “Proprietary Material”) is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States, as well as international conventions and the laws of other countries. The Proprietary Material is owned and/or controlled by Pain Academy, LLC or by other parties that have provided rights thereto to Pain Academy, LLC.  

Use of our Site is intended for personal, non-commercial purposes only. You agree to use our Site only for lawful, noncommercial purposes.  The term “use” is defined in the broadest possible means, and includes, but is not limited to, copying, reproducing, sharing, permitting access to, distributing, reverse engineering, modifying, publishing, displaying, transmitting, adapting, framing, linking, renting, leasing, loaning, selling, licensing, and/or in any way exploiting the contents of our Site. 

Except as expressly permitted by these Terms of Service, you may not, and agree that you will not, use, copy, reproduce, share, permit access to, distribute, publicly perform, reverse engineer, modify, publish, display, transmit, adapt, frame, link, rent, lease, loan, sell, license, and/or in any exploit the contents of our Site.  You agree to use our Site in compliance with all international, federal, state and local laws.  Any purchase order suspected to be used for unauthorized and/or illegal use or any other activity not approved in writing by the Managing Member of Pain Academy, LLC, Vincenzo (Vinny) Crispino, may be subject to suspension or immediate termination of account and restrained from any further access to the Site. Any open order will be cancelled and credited back. Modification of the materials and content appearing on the Site or use of such materials and content for any prohibited purpose, as communicated herein, is a violation of our copyright and other proprietary rights. 

The intentional use of a false name, address, telephone number and/or credit card number to purchase any services on this Site shall constitute fraud under the laws of the State of California and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Any person or entity wishing to use any material on our Site and/or from our Program, including, but not limited to, our Site, social media platforms, podcasts, photographs, graphics, drawings, art, articles, Online Program, Assessment Toolkit, and/or Breaking Your Limits book written by Vincenzo Crispino, for commercial purposes, must, prior to said use, request and obtain express written permission from Pain Academy, LLC by directing your written request to: Pain Academy, LLC, Attn: Vincenzo (Vinny) Crispino, 3835 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd Suite R, #149 Westlake Village, CA 91362  and sending an email to [email protected].

Any permission granted for use of our Site and/or our Program for commercial purposes must be in writing and signed by Vincenzo (Vinny) Crispino, or it does not exist.  

Any unauthorized use of our Site and/or Program will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.  

SECTION 7: THIRD PARTY WEBSITES, PRODUCTS, AND INFORMATION

This Site may contain links to other sites which are not maintained or controlled in any way by Pain Academy, LLC. Links to any such sites that are not maintained or controlled by Pain Academy, LLC are provided for convenience only and are not to be construed as an endorsement by Pain Academy, LLC or any other party of the products, services, advice or opinions or any other content of such sites. Access to or use of sites to which links are provided are subject to the terms and conditions of such sites. You are fully responsible for any use that you make of the content contained in such sites and you are solely responsible for the consequences of any use of or reliance on such content.

From time to time, this Site may include information about products and promotions offered by third parties. You may purchase products from or participate in promotions of third parties whose promotions or products are listed on this Site. Any such correspondence or promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services by those third parties, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated therewith, are solely between you and the third party. We assume no liability, obligation, or responsibility for any part of any such purchase or promotion.

SECTION 8: PASSWORDS AND SECURITY

1. Login Required. 

In order to participate in our subscription platform and online membership program from this Site, you will be asked to set up an account and password. Our account registration page requests certain personal information from you (“Registration Info”). You will have the ability to maintain and periodically update your Registration Info as you see fit. By registering, you agree that all information provided by you as Registration Info is true and accurate and that you will maintain and update this information as required in order to keep it current, complete, and accurate.

2. Passwords and Security. 

If you register for an account on the Site, you agree that you are responsible for maintaining the security and confidentiality of your password and that you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account. Therefore, you must take reasonable steps to ensure that others do not gain access to your password and account.  We will never ask you for your password.

SECTION 9:  PAYMENTS, CANCELLATIONS, AND REFUNDS

Subscription Auto-Renewal Cancellation and Refund Policy:

Account holders may access the Products via “Pain Academy Subscription”, a subscription fee-based program that gives access to Products based on which tier you paid for. You will only have access to Pain Academy Subscription while your paid subscription is active and subsisting. You may have access to a free trial period of Pain Academy Subscription, which automatically converts to a paid monthly or annual subscription term after an agreed-upon period when the trial begins. In such instances, you can disable the automatic conversion by canceling prior to the date of conversion to end your trial and avoid payment.

You may access Pain Academy Products via a monthly or annual subscription option. For the purposes of our monthly and yearly subscriptions, a month constitutes 30 calendar days, and a year constitutes 365 calendar days.

Our “Monthly” subscription is paid in monthly installments. For each month your monthly subscription is active, you acknowledge and agree that Pain Academy is authorized to charge the same credit card used for the initial subscription fee or other payment methods. The monthly renewal subscription fees will continue to be billed to the Payment Method you provided until canceled. You must cancel your subscription before it renews in order to avoid billing next month’s subscription fee to the Payment Method you provided. Refunds cannot be claimed for any partial-month subscription period.

Our “Yearly” subscription is paid for by an upfront payment with automatic annual renewals. You acknowledge and agree that Pain Academy is authorized to charge the Payment Method used for (i) the initial annual subscription fee at the rate secured at the time of purchase, and (ii) the non-discounted renewal subscription fee(s). You must cancel your subscription before it renews to avoid billing the renewal subscription fee to the Payment Method you provided. Refunds cannot be claimed for any partial subscription period.

You agree to promptly notify Pain Academy of any changes to the Payment Method you provided while any subscriptions remain outstanding. You are responsible for all applicable fees and charges incurred, including applicable taxes, and all subscriptions purchased by you.

In the course of your use of the Products, Pain Academy and its third-party payment service provider may receive and implement updated credit card information from your credit card issuer in order to prevent your subscription from being interrupted by an outdated or invalid card. This disbursement of the updated credit card information is provided to Pain Academy and Pain Academy’s third-party payment service provider at the sole election of your credit card issuer. Your credit card issuer may give you the right to opt-out of the update service. Should you desire to do so, please contact your credit card issuer.

Our obligation to provide the Products only comes into being when we take receipt of your Order and confirm your purchase by email. We shall confirm your Order and email you to confirm your access to the subscription purchased. Please quote the Order number in all subsequent correspondence with us. Prices are in US Dollars and include local taxes. You agree not to hold us responsible for banking charges incurred due to payments on your account. You agree that you are not permitted to resell any Products purchased through Pain Academy for commercial purposes.

The subscription for all subscription memberships will continue until the member cancels the membership. A member is charged for access to the membership program and not for use. Therefore, regardless of whether or not the member uses the program, the member will be charged for the membership for having access to it, until and unless the member cancels the membership as required below in the “Cancellations and Refunds” Section.

CHANGING FEES AND CHARGES: We reserve the right to change our subscription plans or adjust pricing for our service or any components thereof in any manner and at any time as we may determine in our sole and absolute discretion. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in these Terms, any price changes or changes to your subscription plan will take effect following notice to you.

Private Sessions:

Any cancellation of a session made by you must be made at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the scheduled session start time. Should you cancel after the period of twenty-four (24) hours prior to the scheduled session start time, there will be no refunds. You will still be charged for that session if you fail to attend a scheduled appointment. Furthermore, there are no refunds if you purchase a package and do not use all of the sessions within six months of purchase. The only exception to this rule for the packages is if there is a documented medical reason for not being able to continue with your sessions.

Cancellations and Refunds:

For Lifetime Access Products:

Lifetime Access Product Cancellation:

You can choose to stop the program whenever you see fit, but we do not offer any cancellation options or refunds on any Lifetime Access Products unless you have completed the program within one year and feel as though it didn’t help you. Please review the guarantee and refund policy below on Lifetime Access products.

If you have purchased the Split-Pay Lifetime Access option to The Movement Program, you agree to make all scheduled payments on time. If you need a billing extension, please contact [email protected] to request a billing change. We offer cancellations on any of our subscription services, but no cancellations on The Lifetime Access Split-Pay will be allowed unless for medical reasons and documentation must be provided to cancel future payments. Any documentation from your medical provider saying you can no longer participate in a physical activity program will count and suffice. Please submit documentation with the cancellation request to [email protected]. If you can no longer continue any of our programs for any medical reason, we will cease future payments upon receipt of documentation. No refund of past payments will be issued. If you have purchased Lifetime Access with a paid-in-full option and need to cancel due to a new medical issue, we will issue a prorated refund based on how many of 12 months you’ve been a member. For example, if you have been a member for 6 months and can no longer continue due to an unforeseen medical issue, we will issue you a prorated refund for the 6 months of the program you can’t use at the rate you paid divided by 12. If you paid $2,000 in full for Lifetime Access and need to cancel 6 months in due to medical reasons, we would grant a 50% refund because you had access for 6 out of the 12 months of The Movement Program. You will also be subject to a $50 administrative fee to process your refund. A refund will be issued based on when you submitted documentation, not the date of the medical issue. If you take 2 months to notify us that you can no longer use our program, we will count those two months as you have access and will only issue a refund on the remaining time of a 12-month period.

For our Lifetime Access options, payment must be made in full to receive lifetime access. We have a few different options to sign up for lifetime access – either pay in full or split pay with monthly installments. Paying in full grants you lifetime of access immediately. If you choose any split-pay options or monthly installments of any Lifetime Access option, you will be granted immediate access to the program upon enrolling and will continue to have access as long as payments are made. Every payment must be completed on time, and your Lifetime Access will begin once your final payment has been processed. If the users do not make the payments, then the user will only have access until the date of the missed payment. For example – if a member chooses a split-pay option for Lifetime Access, say 12 monthly installments. If only 11 monthly installments are made and not the 12th, then the member will only have access to our program for the 11 months of active payments. If the last payment is not made, lifetime access will not be granted due to incomplete payment, thus voiding the Lifetime Access arrangement. Regardless of either paying in full or split-pay options, the payment must be complete and made in full for lifetime access to be granted. If a payment is missed, the member must reach out within 30 days to settle the payment or update the credit card on file. If the member misses the 30-day window to complete their payment or update their account with a new payment, then access to our services will be suspended, and the member will have to repurchase access at whatever our current rates are at that time. In other words, the member does not have unlimited time to hold on to a delinquent/past-due account. Should you have any payment problems, please contact [email protected] so we can help you. Furthermore, due to the nature of our programs constantly evolving based on the feedback provided by our members, there might be some features that will change over time. We might add new supporting features or remove features that we found were not helpful or unsustainable. We don’t like to change too much to keep this program and user’s experience as stable as possible, but sometimes changes need to be made to evolve with the times. Lifetime Access members are bound to see changes given having access to this program for years to come. We believe any change made is in the best interest of all of our members and customers.

Annual Programs:

If you purchased any of our programs with ‘annual access’, you are purchasing access to our program for one full year (365 days) beginning the date of your purchase. Please refer to your receipt emailed to you to confirm if you purchased annual access.

SECTION 10: MONEY BACK GUARANTEE & REFUND POLICY:

We have a separate money-back guarantee for each program:

 

1: 30-day money-back guarantee on The Pain Assessment Toolkit:

If for whatever reason you are not satisfied with The Pain Assessment Toolkit, you have 30 days from the date of purchase to request a full refund. If you request a refund outside of the 30 days after purchase, your request will not be honored.

 

2: 365 Right Track Guarantee on The Movement Program:

We are so confident The Movement Program will help you that we are offering a full money-back guarantee on it. If you complete The Movement Program within a year and do not feel as though you are on the right track to improving your quality of life, moving better, or feeling better, we will give you a full refund. To qualify for this refund, we should be able to see that you have actively logged in over the course of a year and have marked your daily lessons as complete. Our system tracks logins and lessons completed. Users who follow The Movement Program on average log in 120 times to complete the entire course within a year. We should see close to that same effort for you give or take a few logins. You have 7 days after completing The Movement Program to reach out and request your full money-back refund. Any requests made outside of the original year + 7 days since the date of purchase will not be honored.

SECTION 11: TERMINATION 

You agree that we may, at our sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Site and/or our services, and/or Our Program, with or without notice and for any reason, including, without limitation, breach of these Terms.  Any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity may be grounds for barring your access to this Site, and reporting you to the proper authorities, if necessary.

Upon termination and regardless of the reason(s) motivating such termination, your right to use the services and content available on this Site will immediately cease. We shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any claims for damages arising out of any termination or suspension or any other actions taken by us in connection therewith.

The obligations and liabilities of the parties incurred prior to the termination date shall service the termination of this agreement for all purposes.  These Terms of Service are effective unless and until terminated by either you or us.  You may terminate these Terms of Service at any time by notifying us that you no longer wish to use our Services or Program, or when you cease using our Site.  If, in our sole judgment, you fail, or we suspect that you have failed, to comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Service, we also may terminate this agreement at any time without notice, and you will remain liable for all amounts due to us up to and including the date of termination; and /or accordingly may deny you access to our Services (or any part thereof). 

SECTION 12: DISPUTE RESOLUTION

1. Choice of Forum.

You agree that the venue for any action to resolve any legal dispute between you and us is Los Angeles, California, and you consent and submit to such courts for purposes of litigating such action.

2. Governing Law. 

The statutes and laws of the State of California shall be controlling, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. 

3. Dispute Resolution. 

All claims and disputes arising under or relating to this Agreement are to be settled by mediation, by a mediator mutually selected by the parties.  The parties shall equally share in the cost of the mediation.  If the matter is not resolved through informal discussion and/or mediation, jurisdiction shall be in the State of California, County of Los Angeles. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred in connection with such legal action, including reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs.

4. Action Waiver. 

You agree that any claims brought can only be brought in an individual capacity and not as a member of a purported class or other representative action.

5.  Notices:

All notices to Pain Academy, LLC shall be in writing and shall be sent to Vincenzo Crispino 3835 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd Suite R, #149 Westlake Village, CA 91362. We agree to accept by email (at [email protected]), a courtesy copy only, of any notice properly mailed to the above identified person and address.  You agree to allow us to submit notices to you using the email address provided by you in the Registration Information. Any notices or communication under these Terms of Service will be deemed delivered to the party receiving such communication on the delivery date when mailed by you, and or transmitted by email by Pain Academy, LLC.  

SECTION 13: ENTIRE AGREEMENT

The failure of us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.  These Terms of Service and any policies or operating rules posted by us on this Site constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between you and us and govern your use of our Site, services and our Program, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and us (including, but not limited to, any prior version of our Terms of Service). To the extent that anything in or associated with this Site is in conflict or inconsistent with these Terms of Service, these Terms of Service shall take precedence.

If any part of these Terms of Service is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable laws to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.

PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy was last updated on September 9, 2020

From time to time, Pain Academy, LLC will collect, use and disclose your information, including personal information. We recognize that your privacy is important.  It is important to us as well.   This Privacy Policy describes our policies on the collection, use, and disclosure of information about you in connection with your use of our Site and Our Program, including those offered in -person, through our Site, emails, and through our social media accounts. When you use our Site and Our Program, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that this Privacy Policy is designed to be read in connection with the Site’s Terms of Use and that by accessing or using the Site and Our Program, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use, as well as this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by updating any privacy information on this page. Your use and continued use of the Site and or Services, including those available through this Site now, and after modifications, will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Policy; and (b) your agreement to abide and be bound by that Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact Vincenzo Crispino at [email protected]

1. Types of Information We Collect.

We may collect two types of information about our users: (1) Personally Identifiable Information and (2) Aggregate Information.

2. Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”).

This refers to information that lets us know the specifics of who you are. Examples of PII may include your first and last name and email address. You may also voluntarily provide other PII, whether or not specifically requested by us, by voluntarily supplying your own details to us via e-mail or by posting publicly viewable comments on the Site. You agree that we may collect any PII voluntarily supplied by you, whether or not we have requested it. You must not submit any PII relating to a third party which you do not have permission from such third party to provide to us. We do not knowingly collect any information relating to third parties which you do not have permission to provide. When you engage in certain activities on our Site, such as registering or sending us a message or written content via email, we will ask you to provide certain PII.

3. Aggregate Information.

This refers to information that does not by itself identify a specific individual. We gather certain information about you based upon where you visit on our Site and what other Sites may have directed you to us. This information, which is collected in a variety of different ways, is compiled and analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis. This information may include the Website’s Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) that points to the site you just came from, which URL you go to after visiting our Site, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address.

4. How We Collect and Use Information.

We do not collect any PII about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain PII to us when you elect to use certain services available on the Site.

We will primarily use your PII to provide information and service offerings to you. We will also use certain forms of PII to enhance the operation of our Site, improve our internal marketing efforts, statistically analyze Site use, improve our information offerings, and customize the Site’s content, layout and services. We may use PII to deliver information or service offerings to you, and to contact you if you request that we do so. Finally, we may use your PII to enforce our agreements with you, including our Site’s Terms and Conditions of Use and this Privacy Policy.

We may also collect certain Aggregate Information. For example, we may use your IP address to diagnose problems with our servers, software, to administer our Site and to gather demographic information.

If your web browser emits “do not track” signals, or use other mechanisms that provide you the opportunity to prevent the collection of PII or Aggregate Information about your online activities, we honor these signals or mechanisms by refraining from collecting information about you.

We have ensured that your personal data is 1) accurate and up to date based on the information you have provided to us; 2) secured to the best of our abilities; 3) used only as described in this Privacy Policy; 4) we plan on using and keeping your data until you withdraw your consent, or ask us to pause what we are doing with your data, and if there is not a legal reason to keep it; and 5) restricted to the minimum needed for us to do our job.  We have also provided a contact person in the event of questions, concerns, and/or violations.  We will not use any of your data without your consent.

5. Cookies

Depending on how you use our Site, we may store cookies on your computer in order to collect certain aggregate data about our users and to customize certain aspects of your specific user experience. A cookie is a small data text file which is stored on your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. Cookies may also include more personalized information, such as your IP address, browser type, the server your computer is logged onto, the area code and zip code associated with your server, and your first name to welcome you back to our Site. We may use cookies to perform tasks such as: monitoring aggregate Site usage metrics, storing and remembering your passwords (if you allow us to do so), storing account and advertising preferences that you have set, and personalizing the Services we make available to you. However, we do not use cookies to track your browsing behaviors.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some aspects of the Site may not function properly if you elect to disable cookies.

6. Release of Information

We do provide some of our service offerings through contractual arrangements made with affiliates, service providers, partners and other third parties (“Service Partners”). We and our Service Partners may need to use some PII in order to perform tasks between our respective sites, or to deliver services to you. For example, we may use Service Partners to assist us in delivering electronic newsletters and communications to you; to collect PII voluntarily submitted by you when leaving comments on the Site; and to analyze Aggregate Information.

We will choose Service Partners who adopt and promote strong privacy policies. However, the use of your PII by our Service Partners is governed by the respective privacy policies of those providers and is not subject to our control.

Except as otherwise discussed in this Privacy Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. Any other sites accessible through our Site, including those of our Service Partners, have their own privacy policies and data collection, use and disclosure practices. Please consult each site’s privacy policy. We are not responsible for the policies or practices of third parties.

Other than our Service Partners, we do not allow outside parties to collect PII or Aggregate Information about you or your online activities when you use our Site.

Occasionally we may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide PII to the appropriate governmental authorities. In such cases, we will disclose PII upon receipt of a court order, subpoena or to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation. We fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.

7. Updating and Correcting Information

We believe you should have the ability to access and edit the PII that you have provided to us. You may change any of your PII in your account online at any time.  You may request that your account be deleted by e-mailing us at [email protected].  Please include your name and email address when you contact us.

We encourage you to promptly update your PII if it changes. You may ask to have the information on your account deleted or removed; however, some information, such as logs of technical support calls or other information may not be deleted. In addition, it may be impossible to completely delete your information without some residual information because of backups.  We will complete your request within three business days from your request.

8. Your California Privacy Rights

Upon your request, California Civil Code Section 1798.83, known as the “Shine the Light” law, requires us to provide to you (a) a list of your personal information, if any, which we have disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year, and (b) the names and addresses of those third parties. You may make such a request once per calendar year, and we will provide the information to you free of charge.  Please send any requests made pursuant to this section to us by e-mail at [email protected]. However, as defined under Section 1798.83, we do not currently share any personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

9. Your General Data Protection Regulation Rights

We have made all legal efforts to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which protects the rights of European Union citizens.  Note to our European Union citizens: you have the right to ask us questions about your own data. Please contact Vincenzo Crispino at [email protected] with any questions and/or concerns in this regard.  Please also note that you have the right to lodge a complaint with the EU Commission if you are dissatisfied with our response to your questions about how we use and keep your data.

10. User Choices on Collection and Use of Information

We may, from time to time, send you e-mails and/or newsletters regarding information or services that we feel may interest you. Only Pain Academy, LLC (or agents working on behalf of Pain Academy, LLC and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these notifications. If you do not want to receive correspondence from us, you can “opt-out” by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each correspondence.  You may also contact us by emailing [email protected] to request to be removed from our mailing list and/or subscription service. We will complete your request within three business days from your request.

You also have choices with respect to cookies, as described above. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies, some parts of our Site may not work properly in your case.

11. Security of Your PII

At our Site you can be assured that your PII is secure as we strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of your PII. For example:

— We work hard to ensure that the data we collect is reliable, accurate, complete and current. We use PII only for the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with any applicable legal or ethical reporting or document retention requirements.

— We limit access to PII only to specific employees, Service Partners, contractors and agents who have a reasonable need to come into contact with your information.

— Additionally, we also employ a number of physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect PII. Our secure servers and our data centers are protected by encryption, and our servers reside behind firewalls and password protection.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your PII, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) the security, integrity and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through the Site cannot be guaranteed.

12. Miscellaneous

You must be at least 18 years old (or be the guardian of a minor and give permission on behalf of that minor) to have our permission to use our Site. Our policy is that we do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose PII about visitors under the age of 18.

You should also be aware that when Personally Identifiable Information is voluntarily disclosed (i.e.; your name, email address, etc.) by you in the comments you post on the Site or in other public areas on the Site, that information, along with any information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages (including unwanted spam messages) from third parties. Such activities are beyond our control and this Privacy Policy does not apply to such information. Please consult our Terms and Conditions of Use for policies regarding user-provided information.

13. Contact Us.

If you have any questions, concerns or inquiries about our Privacy Policy, our use of your PII, or our privacy practices, please contact us at: [email protected].  For all other questions, concerns, or inquiries, please contact [email protected].

14. Effective Date.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of May 25, 2018 and was last updated on October 17, 2023.