Terms & Conditions

Welcome to 4 Pillars Fitness®. These Terms and Conditions of Use apply and govern your use of our website and mobile application (hereafter referred to as the “App”) and are designed to create a positive, law-abiding community of our users. By using 4 Pillars Fitness®, you are agreeing to all the terms and conditions below.

Sheepdog Response, LLC and any successor entity (hereafter referred to throughout as“4 Pillars Fitness®,” “we” or “us”), offers a variety of content and services through the 4 Pillars Fitness® website and App (collectively hereafter referred to as the “Services”).

THESE TERMS INCLUDE A BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER IN SECTION 14. THIS PROVISION AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES WITH 4 PILLARS FITNESS AND YOU SHOULD REVIEW IT CAREFULLY. YOUR CHOICE TO MAINTAIN AN ACCOUNT, ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES (REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CREATE AN ACCOUNT WITH US) CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH IS INCORPORATED INTO THESE TERMS. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANY PART OF THE TERMS, THEN YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO USE OUR SERVICES.

Please note the summaries in shaded boxes at the top of most sections are provided to make the Terms easier to understand. In the event of a conflict between any summary and any section of the Terms, the Terms will control.

Please feel free to contact us through our Support Team if you have any questions or suggestions.

1. Use of the Services and Your Account

1.1 Who can use the Services

You must be at least 18 to use the Services (unless otherwise specified in the International Terms section applicable to specific jurisdictions). No individual under the age of 18 may use the Services, provide any Personal Data (as that term is defined in the Privacy Policy) to us, or otherwise submit Personal Data through the Services (e.g., a name, address, telephone number, or email address).

1.2 Your Account

You may need to create a 4 Pillars Fitness® account to access the Services, and it’s important that you keep your account accurate and up-to-date (particularly your email address – if you ever forget your password, a working email address is often the only way for us to verify your identity and help you log back in).

You may need to register for a 4 Pillars Fitness® account to access or use certain Services. Your account may also automatically provide you access and means to use any new Services.

When you create an account for any of our Services, you must provide us with accurate and complete information as prompted by the account creation and registration process, and keep that information up to date. Otherwise, some of our Services may not operate correctly, and we may not be able to contact you with important notices.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any and all actions that take place while using your account, and must notify our Support Team right away of any actual or suspected loss, theft, or unauthorized use of your account or account password. We are not responsible for any loss that results from unauthorized use of your username and password.

If you are a resident of the European Union: You have the right to delete your account with us by contacting our Support Team. If you choose to permanently delete your account, the non-public Personal Data that we have associated with your account will also be deleted.

1.3 Service Updates, Changes and Limitations

Our Services are constantly evolving. With the launch of new products, services, and features, we need the flexibility to make changes, impose limits, and occasionally suspend or terminate certain Services. We may also update our Services, which might not work properly if you don’t install the updates.

The Services change frequently, and their form and functionality may change without prior notice to you.

We may provide updates (including automatic updates) for certain Services as and when we see fit. This may include upgrades, modifications, bug fixes, patches and other error corrections and/or new features (collectively hereafter referred to as “Updates”). Certain portions of our Services may not properly operate if you do not install all Updates. You acknowledge and agree that the Services may not work properly if you do not allow such Updates and you expressly consent to automatic Updates. Further, you agree that the Terms (and any additional modifications of the same) will apply to any and all Updates to the Services. We may change, suspend, or discontinue any or all of the Services at any time, including the availability of any product, feature, database, or Content. In addition, we have no obligation to provide any Updates or to continue to provide or enable any particular features or functionality of any Service. We may also impose limits on certain Services or restrict your access to part or all of the Services without notice or liability.

1.4 Service Monitoring and Suspension

We reserve the right to refuse to provide the Services to anyone, and can monitor, terminate or suspend your account or access to the Services at any time.

We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor any accounts and/or activities conducted through or in any way related to the Services (including inviting a fellow user into a community or group), as well as any user’s use of or access to Personal Data, and profiles of other users.

We may also deactivate, terminate or suspend your account or access to certain Services at any time: (i) if we, in our sole discretion, determine you are or have been in violation of these Terms or the spirit thereof (as highlighted in our Community Guidelines), (ii) if we, in our sole discretion, determine you have created risk or possible legal exposure for 4 Pillars Fitness®, the general public, any third party, or any user of our Services, (iii) in response to requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (iv) upon discontinuation or material modification of any Services, or (v) due to unexpected technical issues or problems. We will attempt to notify you by email or the next time you attempt to access your account after any such deactivation, termination or suspension.

1.5 Security

Please let us know right away if you believe your account has been hacked or compromised.

We care about the security of our users. While we work hard to protect the security of your Personal Data, User-Generated Content, and account, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security measures. Please notify our Support Team immediately of any actual or suspected breach or unauthorized access or use of your account.

2. Ownership and Use of Content

2.1 Definitions

Content is what shows up in-app or on the website when you use our Services. User-Generated Content is any Content that is created by you or other users, and 4 Pillars Fitness® Content is all other Content.

For purposes of these Terms, (i) “Content” means any form of information, data or creative expression and includes, without limitation, video, audio, photographs, images, illustrations, animations, tools, text, ideas, communications, replies, “likes,” comments, software, scripts, executable files, graphics, geo-data, workouts and workout data, biometric data and data elements derived therefrom, meal, or fitness training plans, annotations, nutrition information, recipes, interactive features, designs, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, branding, logos, and other similar assets, patents, sounds, applications and any intellectual property therein, any of which may be generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible on or through the Services; (ii) “User-Generated Content” means any Content that a user submits, transfers, or otherwise provides to or through the use of the Services; and (iii) “4 Pillars Fitness® Content” means all Content that is not User-Generated Content.

2.2 Ownership

You own the Content that you create, and we own the Content that we create.

All 4 Pillars Fitness® Content and all copyright, trademarks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on the Services belong to 4 Pillars Fitness® and/or its partners or applicable third parties. Each user retains ownership, responsibility for, and/or other applicable rights in the User-Generated Content that he/she creates, but grants a license of that User Generated Content to 4 Pillars Fitness® as explained in Section 2.5 below. 4 Pillars Fitness® and/or its partners or third parties retain ownership, responsibility for and/or other applicable rights in all 4 Pillars Fitness® Content. Except as expressly provided in the Terms, nothing grants you a right or license to use any 4 Pillars Fitness® Content, including any content owned or controlled by any of our partners or other third parties. You agree not to duplicate, publish, display, distribute, modify, or create derivative works from the material presented through the Services unless specifically authorized in writing by us.

2.3 Our License to You

You are welcome to access and use the 4 Pillars Fitness® Content and Services. We work hard to provide a great experience for our users, so please respect our intellectual property rights and only use the 4 Pillars Fitness® Content and Services as intended. This includes not using any 4 Pillars Fitness® Content or Services for commercial purposes without our permission. We do have APIs and other tools you can use to help create your own apps and products. Contact us to find out more.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, personal, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right and license to access and use the Services and 4 Pillars Fitness® Content for your own personal, noncommercial purposes, provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in, transfer or otherwise commercially exploit any right in the 4 Pillars Fitness® Content or Services.

2.4 Acceptable Usage Guidelines

2.4.1 4 Pillars Fitness® Content. Except as expressly permitted by applicable law or authorized by 4 Pillars Fitness®, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Services, the Services’ software, or any 4 Pillars Fitness® Content offered as part of the Services (other than User-Generated Content), in whole or in part. You shall not download, copy, or save 4 Pillars Fitness® Content, except (i) as expressly permitted by the functionality of certain Services as provided for in the specific guidelines and/or additional terms applicable to those Services, or (ii) solely for personal use or your records.

2.4.2 Commercial Usage of the Services. The Services, with the exception of certain products and services provided though 4 Pillars Fitness® branded websites we make available as tools for website owners (collectively hereafter referred to as the “Commercial Tools”), are intended only for your personal, non-commercial use. You shall not use the Services (other than certain Commercial Tools) to sell a product or service, increase traffic to your own website or a third-party website for commercial reasons (such as adverting sales), or otherwise undertake any endeavor aimed at deriving revenue. For example, you shall not take the results from a search of the Services and reformat and display them, or mirror our home pages or results pages on your website. Moreover, you shall not “meta-search” our Services. If you seek to make commercial use of the Services other than through the Commercial Tools, you must enter into an agreement with us to do so in advance. To learn more about the Commercial Tools, please contact us our Support Team. By using any of the Commercial Tools, you acknowledge and agree to the Terms and any additional terms and conditions applicable to those select Services.

2.4.3 Linking to the Services. If you would like to link to our Services on your website or App, please follow these rules: (i) any link to the Services must be a text only link clearly marked “4 Pillars Fitness” (without the use of any other trademark, logo copyright or any other intellectual property asset owned or controlled by 4 Pillars Fitness®) or in some other format directed by us, (ii) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not damage or dilute the goodwill associated with our marks, (iii) the link must “point” to the root domain name of the Services and not to other pages within the Services, (iv) the appearance, position and other attributes of the link may not create the false appearance that your organization or entity is sponsored by, affiliated with, or associated with 4 Pillars Fitness®, (v) when selected, the link must display the Service on full-screen and not within a “frame” on the linking website or service, and (vi) we reserve the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time and in its sole discretion, and upon our notification to you of such revocation of consent, you agree to promptly remove the relevant link.

2.5 Your License to Us

When you post Content in connection with the Services, it belongs to you – however, you’re giving us permission to use that Content in connection with our Services and make the Content available to others. We can edit or remove your Content from our Services at any time for any reason. Don’t post any Content that is not yours or that you do not have permission to post.

When you provide User-Generated Content to 4 Pillars Fitness® through the Services, you grant us and our users a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, freely transferable, sublicensable, worldwide right and license to use, host, store, cache, reproduce, publish, display (publicly or otherwise), perform (publicly or otherwise), distribute, transmit, modify, adapt (including, without limitation, in order to conform to the requirements of any networks, devices, services, or media through which the Services are available), commercialize, create derivative works of, and otherwise exploit such User-Generated Content in connection with any and all Services. You acknowledge and agree that: (i) we have the right to arrange the posting of User-Generated Content in any way we desire; (ii) we have no obligation to provide you with any credit when using your User-Generated Content, but if we choose to provide you with credit, the size and placement of the credit is at our sole discretion; and (iii) you are not entitled to any compensation or other payment from us in connection with the use of your User-Generated Content.

The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purposes of allowing 4 Pillars Fitness® to operate and allow other users to use the Services in accordance with their functionality, improve the Services, and develop new Services. Notwithstanding the above, we will not make use of any of your User-Generated Content in a manner that is inconsistent with our Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to monitor, remove or modify User-Generated Content for any reason and at any time, including User-Generated Content we believe violates these Terms, the Community Guidelines, and/or our policies.

You agree you will respect the intellectual property rights of others. You represent and warrant you have all the necessary rights to grant 4 Pillars Fitness® the foregoing license for all User-Generated Content you submit in connection with the Services and will indemnify us for any breach of this representation and warranty.

2.6 Spreading the Word

If you share someone else’s Personal Data with us, you must first get their permission.

We hope you enjoy using our Services and encourage you to share your enthusiasm for them with your friends. If you elect to use the features in our Services to tell a friend about the Services, we will ask you to provide your friend’s email address or social media profile, which we may then use to contact your friend about the Services. We may store the information you provide for a period of time, but we will not post this information publicly. You represent and warrant that you are authorized to provide any third-party contact information that you provide to us for referrals and will indemnify us for any breach of this representation and warranty.

2.7 Content Retention

Please keep in mind that when you make something publicly available on the Internet, it becomes practically impossible to take down all copies of it in the future.

Following termination of your account, or if you remove any User-Generated Content from the Services, we may retain your User-Generated Content for a commercially reasonable period of time for backup, archival, or audit purposes, or as otherwise required or permitted by law. Further, 4 Pillars Fitness® and its users may retain and continue to use, store, display, reproduce, share, modify, create derivative works, perform, and distribute any of your User-Generated Content that otherwise has been stored or shared through the Services. The license to your User-Generated Content therefore continues even if you stop using the Services. When you post something publicly, others may choose to comment on it, making your Content part of a social conversation. For more information, please review our Privacy Policy.

3. Community Guidelines

3.1 Interactive Areas

Our Services often contain community features. When you post content through these features that content may become public. We may, but do not always, monitor our community features, and ultimately you are responsible for your interactions with other users. Please use good judgment and play fair.

Some of our Services may include reviews, discussion forums, conversation pages, blogs or other interactive areas or social features that allow you and other users to post User-Generated Content and interact with one another (hereafter referred to as “Interactive Areas”). You are solely responsible for your use of the Interactive Areas and for any User-Generated Content you post, including the transmission, accuracy and completeness of the User-Generated Content. As the Interactive Areas are often public, you understand your User-Generated Content may be made and remain public. You should, accordingly, never post any Personal Data in an Interactive Area.

We are entitled, but have no obligation, to monitor our community features. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users, whether online or in person, including but not limited to comments, challenges, and friendly competition. We assume no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage resulting from any interaction with other users who employ the Services, individuals you meet through the Services, or individuals who find you because of Content posted on, by or through the Services. 4 Pillars Fitness® is under no obligation to become involved in and disclaims all liability related to any disputes between its users and you release 4 Pillars Fitness® from all responsibility and liability arising out of or in connection with such dispute.

3.2 Community Guidelines

Our Services are intended to be a safe and supportive environment to help you reach your fitness and wellness goals. You cannot use our services to post inappropriate material, harass people, send spam, violate intellectual property rights, or act inappropriately. Be reasonable and act responsibly.

Our Services are intended to create a safe and supportive community for all users. To maintain a safe and positive environment, we require everyone to agree to and follow certain rules (hereafter referred to as the “Community Guidelines”) when posting User-Generated Content and using the Services. Our Community Guidelines are based in many instances on principles of applicable law. Violations of our Community Guidelines may expose you to criminal charges and civil liability. By using the Services you agree that your User-Generated Content and use of the Services, including without limitation the Interactive Areas, will not violate the Community Guidelines. If you violate the Community Guidelines, we reserve the right to terminate your access to the Services.

1. 1. 1. No Inappropriate Content. Don’t post Content that is stalking, threatening, hurtful, harassing, abusive, or embarrassing to other members of the community. No derogatory references to sex, gender, age, weight, body type, disability, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation, or endorsement of violence against any person or group, even if couched in humor, will be permitted. This includes expressing stereotypes about any group or community. Don’t post Content that is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, offensive, hateful, inflammatory, or that promotes sexually explicit material. You can respectfully disagree with a message, post or topic, but please do not attack other users by mocking or insulting them. If you are attacked by another user, and you reciprocate, you may also be subject to the same consequences.

3.2.2 No Hijacking, Trolling, or Flame-baiting. If you are participating in our forums, please stay on-topic in an existing thread, and post new threads in the appropriate forum. Taking a thread off-topic is considered hijacking. This includes posts that provoke or are intended to incite uproar.

3.2.3 No Promotion of Unsafe Weight-Loss Techniques or Eating Disorders. Use of the Services to promote, glamorize, or achieve dangerously low levels of eating is not permitted. Accordingly, please do not contribute the following types of Content, which may be removed without warning:

3.2.3.1 Content intended to promote potentially unsafe or controversial weight loss products or procedures, including non-medically prescribed supplements.

3.2.3.2 Profiles, groups, messages, posts, or wall comments that encourage anorexia, bulimia, or very low calorie diets. This includes positive references to ana/mia, purging, or self-starving.

1. 1. 1. 1. Photos intended to glamorize extreme thinness.

3.2.4 No Harm to Minors. Don’t use the Services in a way that harms minors (or anyone, really).

3.2.5 No Disruptions, Exploits, or Resource Abuse. Do not interfere with or damage operation of the Services, including through unauthorized use, disruption, automated attacks, exploitation, or abuse of our resources

3.2.6 No Sending Spam and Junk Mail. Don’t spam people via posts, replies, or messages.

1. 1. 1. No Illegal Content. Don’t advocate, promote, or assist any fraudulent or illegal act (e.g., violence, impersonation and computer misuse).

3.2.8 No Soliciting Personal Data. Please don’t post or solicit Personal Data regarding or from any third party, including photographs, telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, email addresses and passwords in the Interactive Areas.

3.2.9 No Public Posting of Private Conversations. Don’t publicly post an email or private message from any other user, moderator or administrator.

3.2.10 No Breach of Legal Duty. Don’t post Content in breach of any contractual or other legal duty owed to a third party.

3.2.11 No Deceptive or Fraudulent Links. Don’t post deceptive or fraudulent links. This includes links with misleading descriptions, putting the wrong “source” field in a post, setting misleading click-through links on images, or embedding links to interstitial or pop-up ads.

3.2.12 No Intellectual Property Infringement. Respect the intellectual property of others. If you aren’t allowed to use someone else’s proprietary work or likeness (either by license or by legal exceptions and limitations such as fair use), please don’t post it. In particular, if you have any reason to believe User-Generated Content you see on our Services is infringing your intellectual property or the intellectual property of others, please see the Intellectual Property/DMCA section of our Terms.

3.2.13 No Impersonating 4 Pillars Fitness or Others. Don’t post Content that is likely to deceive any person or be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, including with 4 Pillars Fitness®. Creating an account for the purposes of deceiving other users or to work around a suspension is not permitted and will be grounds for a permanent ban from the Services.

3.2.14 No Automated Querying. Do not send automated queries of any sort to the systems and networks we use to provide the Services without our express written permission.

3.2.15 Other. Don’t post any Content that contains anything that, we in our sole determination, may determine is objectionable or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Services, or that may expose 4 Pillars Fitness® or our users to any harm or liability of any kind. Don’t post content that may damage or dilute the goodwill associated with 4 Pillars Fitness® or our, logos and marks.

If we determine you are violating the Community Guidelines or otherwise have breached the Terms, we may take actions to address the issue, including, but not limited to, terminating your right to use the Services, removing your User-Generated Content, taking legal action against you (in which case you agree that we may recover reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees) or disclosing information to law enforcement authorities. We reserve the right to enforce, or not enforce, these Community Guidelines in our sole discretion, and they don’t create a duty or contractual obligation for us to act in any particular manner.

3.3 Reporting Objectionable User-Generated Content

People do post inappropriate content on user-generated content sites. We do our best to keep the community safe and secure (users respecting the Community Guidelines helps), but you still might run into bad content before we have a chance to take it down. If you spot anything objectionable, please let us know.

While we require all of our users to comply with the Community Guidelines and reserve the right to monitor for violations, we ultimately cannot guarantee all users will comply with the Community Guidelines or these Terms at all times. If you believe any Content submitted to our Services violates the Community Guidelines, or if you know or suspect someone is misusing your User-Generated Content, please report it to the Support Team. We have the right, but not the obligation, to review and take action or remove any User-Generated Content you report. You understand and acknowledge that when you access or otherwise use the Services, you may be exposed to User-Generated Content from a variety of sources, and we are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, legality, appropriateness, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User-Generated Content.

We are not responsible or liable for any injury or harm to you resulting from objectionable User-Generated Content or another user’s failure to comply with our Community Guidelines.

4. Intellectual Property/ DMCA

We respect intellectual property laws. If anything is wrong, please send an email with all the details to info@sheepdogresponse.com.

If you believe User-Generated Content or 4 Pillars Fitness® Content infringes copyright or trademark under U.S. or other national law, please notify us immediately using the contact information provided herein. It is our policy to investigate any allegations of infringement brought to our attention. Please provide us with the following information in your notice of a suspected violation:

1. Identification of the material being infringed.
2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, including its location, with sufficient detail so that we are capable of finding it and verifying its existence.
3. Contact information for the notifying party (hereafter referred to as the “Notifying Party”), including name, address, telephone number, and email address.
4. A statement that the Notifying Party has a good faith belief that the material is not authorized by the owner, its agent or law.
5. A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided in the notice is accurate and that the Notifying Party is authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the owner.
6. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the material that has been allegedly infringed. Your notice must be signed (physically or electronically) and must be addressed as follows:

Sheepdog Response, LLC

Attn: 4 Pillars Fitness®

P.O. Box 204116

Austin, TX 78720

You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this section, your notice may not be valid. Some information provided in a notice of infringement may be forwarded to the user who posted the allegedly infringing content. In the U.S., under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability. Please see www.copyright.gov for more information about how to prepare or respond to a DMCA notice and/or www.uspto.gov/trademark for more information about trademark rights.

5. Third Party Links and Services

Our Services may link to, interact with or be available on third-party services or products such as social media and third-party devices. If you access such third-party services or products, be aware that different terms and privacy policies apply to your usage of such services.

5.1 Social Networking and Logins

You may enable or log in to the Services via various online third-party services, such as social media and social networking services like Facebook (hereafter referred to as “Social Networking Services”). To take advantage of these features and capabilities, we may ask you to authenticate, register for, or log into Social Networking Services on the websites of their respective providers. As part of this integration, the Social Networking Services will provide us with access to certain information you have provided to them, and we will use, store, and disclose such information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please remember the way Third Party Services (including Social Networking Services) use, store, and disclose your information is governed solely by the policies of those Third Party Services, and we have no liability or responsibility for the privacy practices or other actions of any third-party website or service that may be enabled within the Services. In addition, we are not responsible for the accuracy, availability, or reliability of any information, content, goods, data, opinions, advice, or statements made available in connection with Social Networking Services. As such, we are not liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such Social Networking Services.

5.2 Third-Party Applications

You may be able to access certain third-party links, applications, content, services, promotions, special offers, or other events or activities (hereafter referred to as “Third-Party Applications”) via our Services. If you choose to access these Third-Party Applications, you may be requested to log-in and sync your accounts with such applications. You are in no way obligated to use any Third-Party Applications, your access and use of such applications is entirely at your own risk, and we have no associated liability. In addition, we are not responsible for the accuracy, availability, or reliability of any information, content, goods, data, opinions, advice, or statements made available by any Third-Party Applications. As such, we are not liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such Third-Party Applications.

5.3 Third Party Products

Our Services may be accessed on third-party devices or other products (hereafter referred to as “Third Party Products”), and your ability to use certain features of the Services may require you to purchase Third-Party Products (e.g., fitness trackers, smart scales, etc.). While we may recommend, promote, or market the products of certain partners, we have no responsibility for your acquisition or use of any Third-Party Products, and we do not guarantee that Third-Party Products will function with the Services or will be error-free. We hereby disclaim liability for all Third-Party Products, including any Third-Party Products offered by our partners.

6. Mobile Services

While we strive to make the Services available on many platforms, we can’t guarantee that the App is compatible with your device (though please let Customer Support know if you have a question or problem; we want to help). If you use the App, your standard data and messaging rates will apply, and the rules of the app store from which you are downloading will also apply.

6.1 Wireless Carrier and Device Considerations

To use or access our App, you will need a compatible device. We cannot guarantee the App will be compatible with, or available on, your device. We do not charge for use of the App. Your phone company’s normal messaging, data, and other rates and fees, however, will still apply. You may be required pay fees to access certain special features and content included in our Premium Subscriptions (as described in Section 7).

6.2 Mobile Application License

We hereby grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to use the App downloaded directly from a legitimate marketplace, solely in object code format and solely for your personal use for lawful purposes. With respect to any open source or third-party code that may be incorporated in the App, such open source code is covered by the applicable open source or third-party license EULA, if any, authorizing use of such code.

6.3 App Stores

If you download the App from a third-party app store (hereafter referred to as the “App Provider”), you acknowledge and agree that:

6.3.1 The Terms are an agreement between us, and not with the App Provider. As between 4 Pillars Fitness® and the App Provider, 4 Pillars Fitness® is solely responsible for its applications;

6.3.2 The App Provider has no obligation to provide any maintenance and support services with respect to the App;

6.3.3 In the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, (i) you may notify the App Provider and the App Provider may refund the purchase price for the App to you (if applicable), (ii) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App Provider will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App, and (iii) any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be, as between 4 Pillars Fitness® and the App Provider, 4 Pillars Fitness®’s responsibility;

6.3.4 The App Provider is not responsible for addressing any claims you have relating to the App or your possession and use of the App;

6.3.5 If a third party claims the App infringes another party’s intellectual property rights, as between the App Provider and 4 Pillars Fitness®, 4 Pillars Fitness® will be responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such claim to the extent required by these Terms;

6.3.6 The App Provider and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as it relates to your license to the App. Upon your acceptance of these Terms, the App Provider will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms as related to your license of the App against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof; and

6.3.7 You must also comply with all applicable third-party terms of service when using the App.

7. Paid Services

If you subscribe to any of our enhanced, paid services like our Premium Subscriptions, these are the payment and billing terms that apply. Paid services and billing may auto-renew unless you cancel. You may cancel at any time.

7.1 Payment Terms

We offer certain premium versions of the Services (e.g., Premium Subscriptions) (hereafter referred to as “Premium Services”) for a fee. By signing up for and using the Premium Services, you agree to our Terms, and any additional terms and conditions provided here. You also agree to waive your 14-day right of withdrawal at the moment you subscribe to the Premium Services to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, so that you are able to immediately access them.

The Premium Services provide you access to certain enhanced content, features and functionality (e.g., setting macros by grams, an ad-free experience and per day). By signing up for and using the Premium Services, including signing up for Free Trials of the Premium Services, you agree to pay any fees or other incurred charges that apply to the Premium Services (such as ongoing subscription fees).

When you sign up for the Premium Services, you must designate and provide information about your preferred payment method (hereafter referred to as “Payment Method”). This information must be complete and accurate, and you are responsible for keeping it up to date. You expressly authorize us to collect via automatic debit or ACH from your Payment Method the appropriate fees charged for the Premium Services and for any other purchases you elect to make via the Services.

You can choose to pay for the Premium Services on a monthly or annual basis. Unless otherwise stated, all fees due for the Premium Services are payable in advance, and will be billed automatically to the Payment Method at the start of the monthly or annual Premium Service period, as applicable. Unless otherwise stated, Premium Services will auto-renew until you elect to cancel your access to Premium Services. All purchases of Premium Services are final and non-refundable, except at our sole discretion and in accordance with the rules governing each Premium Service.

7.2 Termination or Cancellation of Premium Services

If you do not pay the fees or charges due for your use of the Premium Services, we may make reasonable efforts to notify you and resolve the issue; however, we reserve the right to disable or terminate your access to the Premium Services (and may do so without notice).

You can cancel the Premium Services at any time. Once you have cancelled your Premium Service and received confirmation, no other changes can be made to your account. The cancellation of a Premium Service will go into effect at the end of your current billing cycle, and you will have the same level of access to the Premium Service through the remainder of such billing cycle. For example, if you are billed on a monthly basis and cancel during a given month, you will be charged for the entirety of that month and maintain access to the Premium Service through the end of that month.

There are no refunds for termination or cancellation of your Premium Service. If you no longer wish to subscribe to a Premium Service, it is your responsibility to cancel your Premium Service in due time, regardless of whether or not you actively use the Premium Service.

7.3 Fee Changes

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, we may change our prices for Premium Services at any time. We will give you reasonable notice of any such pricing changes by posting the new prices on or through the applicable Premium Service and/or by sending you an email notification. If you do not wish to pay the new prices, you can cancel the applicable Premium Service prior to the change going into effect.

7.4 Discount, Coupon or Gift Codes 

If you have received a discount, coupon or gift code to a Premium Service, the following terms and conditions apply in addition to the terms and conditions of the specific code. To redeem a discount or coupon code, log in to 4 Pillars Fitness® and enter the applicable code to take advantage of the relevant promotion. All discounts, gift and coupon codes can only be applied when subscribing to Premium Services, and to accounts not already subscribed to Premium Services. Discount, coupon and gift codes cannot be combined with any other sales, promotion or coupon, and cannot be exchanged, refunded, replaced or redeemed for cash or payment of accounts. A payment method may be required to redeem a discount or coupon code. It is your own responsibility to use a discount, coupon or gift code before it expires, and expired codes cannot be refunded or extended. It is also your responsibility to terminate the Premium Service before the end of a free or discounted period if you do not want to continue with a Premium Service at the regular price. The terms and conditions of a specific discount, coupon or gift code may include additional restrictions on its use, including but not limited to the type of plan, duration of free or discounted Premium Service, coupon validity dates, and/or purchase quantities. 4 Pillars Fitness® reserves the right to cancel discounts and coupon promotions at any time.

7.5 Free Trials

We sometimes offer free trials of our Premium Services or other promotional offers (hereafter each referred to a “Free Trial”). A Free Trial provides you access to the Premium Services for a period of time, with details specified when you sign up for the offer.

In order to sign up for a Free Trial, you may need to provide us with your preferred Payment Method. As soon as you submit your payment details, your Free Trial will begin. You will not be charged until the Free Trial period ends.

Unless you cancel before the end of the Free Trial, or unless otherwise stated, your access to the Premium Service will automatically continue and you will be billed the applicable fees for that Premium Service using the Payment Method you provided. All incurred charges are final and non-refundable, except at our sole discretion and in accordance with the rules governing each Premium Service. We may send you a reminder when your Free Trial is about to end, but we do not guarantee any such notifications. It is ultimately your responsibility to know when the Free Trial will end if you decide you do not want to become a paying Premium Services user after the Free Trial period.

If you decide you do not want to become a paying Premium Services user, you must cancel your subscription before the end of the Free Trial period. Depending on the applicable Premium Service, you may lose access as soon as you cancel or at the end of the Free Trial period. Once you have cancelled your Free Trial and received confirmation, you cannot resume the Free Trial period even if it was not used for the entire duration of the offer.

Premium Service features and content may change at any time, and we cannot guarantee any specific feature or content will be available for the entire Free Trial period. The rates in effect when you sign up for the Free Trial will be the same when the Free Trial ends, unless we notify you otherwise. We reserve the right, in our absolute discretion, to modify or terminate any Free Trial offer, your access to the Premium Services during the Free Trial, or any of these terms without notice and with no liability. You may not sign up for more than one Free Trial of a given Premium Service at the same time, and we reserve the right to limit your ability to take advantage of multiple Free Trials.

8. Fitness and Wellness Activities and Dietary Guidance

It’s important to us that users stay healthy while achieving their fitness and wellness goals. Please be responsible and use your best judgment and common sense. We provide our Services for information purposes only, and can’t be held liable if you suffer an injury or experience a health condition. In particular, while most of the content posted by the other users in our community is helpful, it is coming from strangers on the Internet and should never trump good judgment or actual medical advice.

8.1 Safety First

4 Pillars Fitness cares about your safety. You should consult with your healthcare provider(s) and consider the associated risks before using our Services in connection with any fitness or wellness regimen-oriented Content or any dietary program-oriented Content (hereafter referred to as “Programs”). By using our Services, you agree, represent and warrant that you have received consent from your physician to participate in the Programs, or any of the related activities made available to you in connection with the Services. Further, you agree, represent and warrant that you have consulted with your physician before making any dietary changes based upon information available through the Services. Everyone’s condition and abilities are different, and participating in the Programs and other activities promoted by our Services is at your own risk. If you choose to participate in the Programs and these activities, you do so of your own free will and accord, knowingly and voluntarily assuming all risks associated with such activities. The Programs and other activities promoted by the Services may pose risks even to those who are currently in good health.

You expressly agree that your athletic activities, which may generate the User-Generated Content you post or seek to post on or via the Services (e.g., workouts exercises, etc.) carry certain inherent and significant risks of property damage, bodily injury, or death and that you voluntarily assume all known and unknown risks associated with these activities.

Except as otherwise set out in these Terms, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we are not responsible or liable, either directly or indirectly, for any injury, illness, or damages sustained from your use of, or inability to use, any Services or features of the Services, including any Content or activities you access or learn about through our Services even if caused in whole or part by the action, inaction or negligence of 4 Pillars Fitness or others.

8.2 Disclaimer Regarding Accuracy and Reliance on Content

We make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of any Content available through the Services, and we make no commitment to update such Content.

In addition, User-Generated Content, including advice, statements, or other information, including, without limitation, food, nutrition, dietary guidance, exercise or training guidance, athletic activities, and exercise database entries, are not produced by 4 Pillars Fitness, and should not be relied on without independent verification. User-Generated Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the user from whom such User-Generated Content originated. All information is provided “as is” without any representation, warranty or condition as to its accuracy or reliability.

In particular, 4 Pillars Fitness’s food database (hereafter referred to as “Food Database”) contains a combination of nutritional information entered by 4 Pillars Fitness and 4 Pillars Fitness members. Any user of the Services can contribute to or edit nutritional information in the Food Database. Please be advised that nutritional information in the Food Database has not been reviewed by persons with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate, or reliable information. 4 Pillars Fitness® does not (i) guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any nutritional information or ingredients in the Food Database; or (ii) adopt, endorse or accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any such nutritional information. To the extent permitted by applicable law, under no circumstances will 4 Pillars Fitness® be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your reliance on nutritional information. You are solely responsible for ensuring any nutritional information in the Food Database is accurate, complete and useful.

Not all users who may identify themselves as professional trainers or licensed dieticians are licensed in all applicable jurisdictions. 4 Pillars Fitness® has no and assumes no obligation to verify that users who identify themselves as licensed trainers or dieticians are actually licensed. If you hold yourself out as a licensed trainer or dietician, you represent and warrant that you are actually licensed for the services you provide in the jurisdiction in which you offer your services. Users should also bear in mind that even if a user is a licensed trainer in one jurisdiction that does not mean the trainer user is licensed in the jurisdiction from which other users access the trainer user’s advice. Accordingly, relying on any advice provided by other users is at your own risk. To the extent permitted by applicable law, under no circumstances will 4 Pillars Fitness® be responsible or liable for any loss or damage resulting from your reliance on information or advice provided by any user of our Services.

8.3 Not Medical Advice

Any and all services provided by, in and/or through the Services (including but not limited to Content) are for informational purposes only. 4 Pillars Fitness® is not a medical professional, and 4 Pillars Fitness® does not provide medical services or render medical advice. Nothing contained in the Services should be construed as such advice or diagnosis. The information and reports generated by us should not be interpreted as a substitute for physician consultation, evaluation, or treatment, and the information made available on or through the Services should not be relied upon when making medical decisions, or to diagnose or treat a health condition or illness. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES DOES NOT CREATE A DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND 4 PILLARS FITNESS.

You should seek the advice of a physician or a medical professional with any questions you may have regarding your health before beginning any dietary programs or plans, exercise regimen or any other fitness or wellness activities or plans that may be referenced, discussed or offered under the Services. If you are being treated for a health condition or illness, taking prescription medication or following a therapeutic diet to treat a disease, you should consult with your physician before using the Services. You represent to us (which representation shall be deemed to be made each time you use the Services), that you are not using the Services or participating in any of the activities offered by the Services for purpose of seeking medical attention. You further agree that, before using the Services, you will consult your physician, particularly if you are at risk for problems resulting from exercise or changes in your diet. If any information you receive or obtain from using the Services is inconsistent with the medical advice from your physician, you should follow the advice of your physician.

The Premium Services provide you access to certain specialized Content—namely coaching and guidance on fitness regimens and meal planning (hereafter referred to as “Plans”). The Plans are not a medical or any other type of health service. No diagnosis or treatment of, or advice regarding, any dietary or health condition is delivered by the Plans. The Plans are not a substitute for, and are not an alternative to healthcare diagnosis and treatment when a dietary or health condition or illness is present. You should seek diagnosis, treatment and advice regarding dietary or health conditions or illnesses from physicians practicing medicine and other licensed healthcare professionals. Under no circumstances will any of your interactions with our Plans be deemed or construed to create a physician-patient relationship or a fiduciary duty of any kind whatsoever. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH THE PLANS.

8.4 Success Stories Not Typical

Success stories posted by users or 4 Pillars Fitness® on our Services may not represent typical or even accurate results obtained from any particular fitness activity or diet. To the extent permitted by applicable law, 4 Pillars Fitness® has no and assumes no obligation or liability associated with the accuracy, reliability or effectiveness of any fitness activity or dietary recommendation contained in any user success stories.

8.5 Accuracy

The Services are intended to provide you with information to encourage you to support your wellness and fitness activities. Some of the Services are aimed at tracking your physical movements and sleep activity (hereafter referred to as “Activity Tracking Services”). These Activity Tracking Services rely on sensors and/or GPS functionality that track your movement or body at rest. The data and information provided by the Activity Tracking Services are intended to be a representation of your activity, but may not be completely accurate, including with respect to step, sleep, distance, or calorie data. By using Activity Tracking Services, you acknowledge and agree that 4 Pillars Fitness® is not responsible or liable for any inaccuracy in such data.

If you are a resident of New Jersey or the Netherlands:

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our responsibility for losses or damages caused by 4 Pillars Fitness®’s own fraud, recklessness, gross negligence or willful misconduct.

9. Modifications to the Terms

As the Services grow and improve, we might have to make changes to these Terms.

9.1 Updates to these Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms by (i) posting revised Terms on and/or through the Services, and/or (ii) providing advance notice to you of material changes to the Terms, generally via email where practicable, and otherwise through the Services (such as through a notification on the home page of the 4 Pillars Fitness® website or in -app). Modifications will not apply retroactively unless required by law.

We may sometimes ask you to review and to explicitly agree to or reject a revised version of the Terms. In such cases, modifications will be effective at the time of your agreement to the modified version of the Terms. If you do not agree at that time, you are not permitted to use the Services. In cases where we do not ask for your explicit agreement to a modified version of the Terms, the modified version of the Terms will become effective as of the date specified in the Terms. Your choice to maintain an account, access or use the Services (regardless of whether you create an account with us) following that date constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Terms as modified. If you do not agree to the modifications, you are not permitted to use, and should discontinue your use of, the Services.

10. No Warranties

EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, 4 PILLARS FITNESS® EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND GUARANTEES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE LAW. THE SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITH ALL FAULTS BASIS. 

Without limiting the foregoing, you understand that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we make no warranty regarding the quality, accuracy, timeliness, truthfulness, completeness, availability, or reliability of any of the Services or any Content. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we do not warrant that (i) the Services will meet your requirements or provide specific results, (ii) the operation of the Services will be uninterrupted, virus- or error-free or free from other harmful elements or (iii) errors will be corrected. Any oral or written advice provided by our agents or us does not and will not create any warranty. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we also make no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to any Content; User-Generated Content, in particular, is provided by and is solely the responsibility of the users providing that Content. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from other users or through the Services, will create any warranty not expressly made herein. You therefore expressly acknowledge and agree that use of the Services is at your sole risk and that the entire risk as to satisfactory quality, performance, accuracy and effort is with you.

11. Limitation of Liability

We are building the best Services we can for you but we can’t promise they will be perfect. We’re not liable for various things that could go wrong as a result of your use of the Services.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, under no circumstances (including, without limitation, negligence) shall 4 Pillars Fitness®, its subsidiaries, partners or any wireless carriers be liable to you or any third party for (i) any indirect, incidental, special, reliance, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever; (ii) loss of profits, revenue, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses; (iii) damages relating to your access to, use of, or inability to access or use the Services; (iv) damages relating to any conduct or Content of any third party or user of the Services, including without limitation, defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or content; and/or (v) damages in any manner relating to any Third-Party Content or Third-party Products accessed or used via the Services. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, this limitation applies to all claims, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, whether or not 4 Pillars Fitness® has been informed of the possibility of such damage, and further where a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed its essential purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the total liability of 4 Pillars Fitness®, for any claim under these Terms, including for any implied warranties, is limited to the greater of five hundred dollars (us $500.00) or the amount you paid us to use the applicable Service(s) in the past twelve months.

In particular, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for any claims arising out of (i) your use of the Services, (ii) the use, disclosure, display, or maintenance of a user’s Personal Data, (iii) any other interactions with us or any other users of the Services, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages, or (iv) other Content, information, services or goods received through or advertised on the Services or received through any links provided with the Services.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you acknowledge and agree that we offer the Services and set the Services’ prices in reliance upon the warranty disclaimers, releases, and limitations of liability set forth in the Terms, that these warranty disclaimers, releases, and limitations of liability reflect a reasonable and fair allocation of risk between you and form an essential basis of the bargain between you and us. We would not be able to provide the Services to you on an economically reasonable basis without these warranty disclaimers, releases, and limitations of liability.

If you are a resident of California: You waive your rights with respect to California Civil Code Section 1542, which says “a general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”

If you are a resident of New Jersey: Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our responsibility for losses or damages caused by 4 Pillars Fitness’s own fraud, recklessness, gross negligence or willful misconduct.

12. Indemnification

If you are a resident of the United States or any location other than France or Germany: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold 4 Pillars Fitness®, its affiliates and partners harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable accounting and attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of (i) the User-Generated Content you access or share through the Services; (ii) your use of the Services, (iii) your activities in connection with the Services, (iv) your connection to the Services, (v) your violation of these Terms, (vi) your use or misuse of any user’s Personal Data, (vii) any violation of the rights of any other person or entity by you, or (viii) your employment of the Services to meet another user in person. We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us under the Terms, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims.

If you are a resident of France or Germany: Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, you agree to indemnify and hold 4 Pillars Fitness®, its affiliates and partners harmless from any claim or demand as result of your negligent or intentional behavior, including reasonable accounting and attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of (i) the Content (including User-Generated Content) you access through the Services; (ii) your violation of these Terms, (iii) your use or misuse of any user’s Personal Data, (iv) any violation of the rights of any other person or entity by you, or (v) your employment of the Services to meet another user in person. We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us under the Terms, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims.

If you are a resident of New Jersey: Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in these Terms imposes an obligation for you to indemnify us from claims arising out of 4 Pillars Fitness®’s own fraud, recklessness, gross negligence or willful misconduct.

13. Governing Law

If you are a resident of the United States or any non-European Union location: These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and controlling U.S. federal law as applicable, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

If you are a resident of the European Union: These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Netherlands, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

14. Disputes and Arbitration, Class Action Waiver, Jurisdiction and Venue

14.1 Arbitration Agreement

If you are a resident of the United States:

YOU AND 4 PILLARS FITNESS® AGREE TO SUBMIT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE (A “DISPUTE”) TO BINDING ARBITRATION. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you and 4 Pillars Fitness® agrees that any disputes arising out of or related to your use of the Services (hereafter referred to as a “Dispute”) will be resolved by binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the United States Code), which shall govern the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration agreement (hereafter referred to as “Arbitration Agreement”). In arbitration, Disputes are resolved by a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury, discovery is more limited than in court, and the arbitrator’s decision is subject to limited review by courts. The arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court, including monetary damages, injunctive relief, and declaratory relief. Judgment on the arbitrator’s award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Such dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated or representative action. Except where prohibited, you and we agree to submit to the personal and exclusive arbitration of Disputes relating to your general use of the Services under the Consumer Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Please visit www.adr.org for more information about arbitration.

Any arbitration between you and us, to the extent necessary, will be conducted remotely as provided below.

The arbitration will be conducted in English. A single independent and impartial arbitrator will be appointed pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator will decide all issues relating to the enforceability, interpretation, scope, and application of this Arbitration Agreement (including “gateway” issues of arbitrability, whether the Arbitration Agreement is unconscionable or illusory and any defense to arbitration), and these Terms, except that a court may resolve any question regarding the validity or enforceability of the class action waiver set forth in this Arbitration Agreement. The term “Dispute” and the requirement to arbitrate will be broadly interpreted.

Both you and we agree to comply with the following rules, which are intended to streamline the dispute resolution process and reduce the costs and burdens for everyone involved:

1. the arbitration will be conducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written submissions, the specific manner to be chosen by the party initiating the arbitration;
2. the arbitration will not require any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing by the parties; and
3. any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Barring extraordinary circumstances, the arbitrator will issue his or her decision within 120 days from the date the arbitrator is appointed. The arbitrator may extend this time limit for an additional 30 days in the interests of justice. All arbitration proceedings will be closed to the public and confidential and all records relating thereto will be permanently sealed, except as necessary to obtain court confirmation of the arbitration award. The award of the arbitrator will be in writing and will include a statement describing the reasons for the disposition of any claim.

You also acknowledge and understand that, with respect to any dispute with us arising out of or relating to your choice to maintain an account, access or use the Services:

1. You are giving up your right to have a trial by jury;
2. You are giving up your right to serve as a representative, as a private attorney general, or in any other representative capacity, or to participate as a member of a class of claimants, in any lawsuit involving any such dispute; and
3. You must file any claim within one (1) year after such claim arose or it is forever barred.

Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the American Arbitration Association’s rules. 4 Pillars Fitness® will reimburse you for those fees up to $5,000, unless the arbitrator determines your claims are frivolous. Likewise, 4 Pillars Fitness® will not seek attorneys’ fees and costs in arbitration unless the arbitrator determines your claims are frivolous.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, YOU MAY CHOOSE TO PURSUE YOUR CLAIM IN COURT AND NOT BY ARBITRATION IF YOU OPT OUT OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EARLIER OF: (1) THE DATE YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS, OR (2) THE DATE YOU FIRST AGREED OR ASSENTED TO AN AGREEMENT WITH 4 PILLARS FITNESS THAT CONTAINED AN ARBITRATION PROVISION. The opt-out notice must be postmarked no later than the applicable deadline and emailed to: info@sheepdogresponse.com. The opt-out notice must state that you do not agree to this Arbitration Agreement and must include your name, address, phone number and email address. This procedure is the only way you can opt out of this Arbitration Agreement, and failure to comply strictly with this procedure and the applicable deadline automatically will render the opt-out notice null and void. If you opt out of the arbitration provision, all other parts of this Arbitration Agreement will continue to apply.

If this arbitration provision is found to be null and void, then all disputes arising under the Terms between us will be subject to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Austin, Texas and you and we hereby submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts. You and 4 Pillars Fitness® agree that if for any reason a Dispute proceeds in court rather than arbitration: (i) you and 4 Pillars Fitness® waive any right to a jury trial; (ii) the Dispute will proceed solely on an individual, non-class, non-representative basis; and (iii) neither you nor 4 Pillars Fitness® may be a class representative or class member or otherwise participate in any class, representative, consolidated, or private attorney general proceeding.

This agreement to arbitrate will not preclude you or 4 Pillars Fitness® from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration, including without limitation orders to stay a court action, compel arbitration or confirm an arbitral award, from a court of competent jurisdiction. Furthermore, this agreement to arbitrate will not preclude you or 4 Pillars Fitness® from (i) applying to the appropriate court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or other interim or conservatory relief, as necessary, or (ii) seeking relief in any state or federal court for disputes related to a violation or possible violation of 4 Pillars Fitness®’s intellectual property rights.

If you are a resident of the European Union: Notwithstanding anything in these Terms to the contrary, if there is a dispute that you and 4 Pillars Fitness® cannot resolve, you have the right to submit a complaint throughhttp://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. Other than as set out in these Terms, we do not participate in any ADR scheme.

In addition, nothing in these Terms limits your rights to bring an action against 4 Pillars Fitness® in the local courts of your place of domicile. All disputes arising under the Terms between you and 4 Pillars Fitness® will be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in your place of domicile, or the courts located in the Netherlands, and you and we hereby submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts.

If you are a resident of Finland: Notwithstanding anything in these Terms to the contrary, if there is a dispute that you and 4 Pillars Fitness® cannot resolve, you have the right to submit a complaint to the local Consumer Disputes Board or other corresponding body.

If you are a resident of Denmark: Notwithstanding anything in these Terms to the contrary, if there is a dispute that you and 4 Pillars Fitness® cannot resolve, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority (Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen, Center for Klageløsning, Carl Jacobsens Vej 35, 2500 Valby, mail:cfk@kfst.dk).

If you are a resident of South Korea: Notwithstanding anything in these Terms to the contrary, nothing in these Terms limits your rights to bring an action against 4 Pillars Fitness® in the local courts of your place of domicile.

15. International Terms

If you are not a United States resident and you are accessing our Services from outside the United States, you agree to transfer certain information outside your location to us, and that you will follow all the laws that apply to you.

We provide our Services for a global community of users. Our servers and operations are, however, located primarily in the United States, and our policies and procedures are based primarily on United States law. Because of this, the following provisions apply specifically to users located outside of the United States: (i) you consent to the transfer, storage, and processing of your information, including but not limited to User-Generated Content and any Personal Data, to and in the United States and/or other countries; (ii) if you are using the Services from a location embargoed by the United States, or are on the United States Treasury Department’s list of “Specially Designated Nationals,” you are not authorized to access or make use of the Services; and (iii) you agree to comply with all local laws, rules, and regulations including, without limitation, all laws, rules, and regulations in effect in the location in which you reside and the location from which you access the Services. The Services are not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or location where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, or which that would subject 4 Pillars Fitness® or its affiliates to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or location.

The names used for countries or regions in these Terms, the Privacy Policy and any associated features or documentation are based on the United Nations Terminology Database.

If you are a resident of the European Union, Hong Kong (SAR of China), Russia, New Zealand, or South Korea: Notwithstanding anything in these Terms to the contrary, please note that certain jurisdictions may not allow the waiver or limitation of certain warranties, liabilities or damages under mandatory law, so some of the exclusions and limitations in these Terms may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our responsibility for (i) fraudulent representations made by us, (ii) death or personal injury caused by our negligence or willful misconduct, or (iii) non-execution of any material contractual obligation.

If you are a resident of New Zealand: Notwithstanding anything in these Terms to the contrary, nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our liability or your rights if you are a consumer for the purposes of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, or the Fair Trading Act 1986.

If you are a resident of Germany, France, Austria, or Finland: Notwithstanding anything in these Terms to the contrary, the qualifier “to the maximum extent permitted by law” and other qualifiers of similar effect shall be deemed to be deleted from the Terms everywhere it appears and shall have no force and effect.

If you are a resident of Japan: Notwithstanding anything in these Terms to the contrary, nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our liability or your rights if you are a consumer for the purposes of the Consumer Contract Act.

If you are a resident of South Korea: Notwithstanding anything in these Terms to the contrary, any modification to these Terms will be announced on the website prior to the effective date thereof; provided if you do not express intent to refuse such modification or change after a reasonable period of time following such announcement, it is deemed that you have consented to such modification or change.

16. Survival

If our relationship or these Terms terminate, it will not limit any of our other rights or remedies, and any provision of these Terms that must survive in order to give proper effect to the intent and purpose of these Terms will survive termination, including without limitation Sections 2 (Ownership and Use of Content), 8 (Fitness and Wellness Activities and Dietary Guidance), 10 (No Warranties), 11 (Limitations of Liability), 12 (Indemnification), 14 (Disputes and Arbitration, Jurisdiction and Venue), and 16 (Survival).

17. Miscellaneous

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of the Terms or your use of the Services. The Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to your use of the Services.

Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms remain in full force and effect.

You may not assign, delegate, or otherwise transfer your account or your obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We have the right, in our sole discretion, to transfer or assign all or any part of our rights under these Terms and will have the right to delegate or use third-party contractors to fulfill our duties and obligations under these Terms and in connection with the Services.

Our notice to you via email, regular mail, or notices or links displayed in connection with the Services constitutes acceptable notice to you under the Terms. We are not responsible for your failure to receive notice if email is quarantined by your email security system (e.g., “junk” or “spam” folder) or if you fail to update your email address. Notice will be considered received forty-eight hours after it is sent if transmitted via email or regular mail. In the event that notice is provided via links displayed in connection with the Services, then it will be considered received twenty-four hours after it is first displayed.

18. Contact Us

If you have any feedback, questions or comments about the Services, please contact our Support Team by email at info@sheepdogresponse.com or by mail at: Sheepdog Response, LLC, Attn: 4 Pillars Fitness®, P.O. Box 204116, Austin, TX 78720, and include the subject as “Attn: 4 Pillars Fitness® Terms and Conditions of Use”. Please be sure to include in any email or postal mail your full name, email address, postal address, and any message.