Privacy Policy

This privacy policy governs all content found on guidedwellness.ca and associated properties. Guided Wellness may change this policy from time to time, therefore you should check this page regularly to ensure that you are satisfied with the changes, if any. This policy is effective from November 1, 2018.

Your use of the website constitutes your acceptance of, and agreement to, the following Terms of Use. Guided Wellness reserves the right to modify, alter, amend or update its websites, polices and these Terms of Use and are subject to change without notice. If you do not agree with or do not accept any part of these Terms of Use, we suggest you refrain from the use of this website.

You agree that by using this website you are at least 18 years of age or visiting under the supervision of a parent or guardian and legally able to enter into a contract.

Information Collected

Comments: When visitors leave comments on the website we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies may last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after approximately 1 day.

Sensitive Personal Information: You should refrain from submitting sensitive personal information to the website such as personal identification numbers or account details. Information regarding race, nationality or ethnic origin. Information regarding political, religious, health, criminal, family background. Information such as affiliations or memberships. If you choose to submit this information it will be at your own discretion.

Content contributed to the website: Any content you contribute to the website must not be illegal or unlawful, may not infringe on any third-party’s legal rights and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action (whether against you or Guided Wellness or a third-party). You permit Guided Wellness to edit or remove any material submitted to the website, stored on Guided Wellness servers or hosted/published on the website. Guided Wellness takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third-party.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

How You Information May be Used

The website may use the information collected in various ways. To operate the website, to send you promotional information, such as newsletters or emails. To send you administrative communications (i.e. administrative emails, confirmation emails, notices or updates). To respond to your comments and/or provide you with user support. To track and measure advertising on the website. To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

The website may share your information with third parties when you authorize us to share your information. The website may use third-party service providers to service Guided Wellness in various ways. Please note that each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is determined by their privacy policies and specific terms of use. The website currently uses the following third-party service providers. This list is subject to change without notice and at the websites sole discretion.

MailChimp: This service is used for delivery of email updates and news. MailChimp stores your name and email address for purpose of delivering such communications. For specific details on how MailChimp may use your personal information, please refer to their privacy polices and terms of use.

Google Analytics: This service tracks the website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address. For specific details on how Google Analytics may use your personal information, please refer to their privacy policies and terms of use.

Advertising

The website may engage in re-marketing efforts with third-party companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram in order to market the website. These companies may use cookies to service ads based on past visits to the website.

The website may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, companies and agencies. These sponsored campaigns may utilize tracking pixels/web beacons, which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and user details to track to the results of the campaign. The pixels may capture your IP address.

The website may engage in affiliate marketing programs which may require embedding tracking links into the website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership a cookie may be placed on your browser for tracking sales. The website may receive a commission on a specific purchase related to the affiliate marketing program.

You may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for adverting or campaign programs. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails for the purposes of analyzing the success of the adverting or campaign program. The tracking pixels allow Guided Wellness to see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you select.

Sponsored Content

The website may post sponsored content from an advertiser such as an inflencer, brand, company or agency. Compensation in the form of cash, free product or services may be received in exchange for this sponsored content placement. Guided Wellness provides personal feedback, findings and/or experiences related to the sponsored content, however all views or opinions expressed on the website are those of the content creator. Any representation related to the product or service should be verified with the manufacture or said product or provider or said service which may include, but it is not limited to, a specific claim, statistic, quote or other representation.

Information From Minors

The website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 or those individuals under the care and protection of a parent or guardian. If a parent or guardian believes that the website has personally identifiable information from a child under the age of 13 in its database please contact us immediately so that we may use our best efforts to remove such information from our records.

Disclaimer

Everything shared on this website is my opinion. I am not a doctor, personal trainer or registered nutritionist. The information on this website is for informational purposes only. Guided Wellness makes no guarantees regarding the results you will see or expect to see from using the information on this website or sponsored post. The information provided on this website is provided based on personal research, personal experience, personal opinon and is for informational purposes only. You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for your use of information provided on this website. The website makes no representations or warranties in relation to the health, wellness and fitness topics on this website. The website does not assume or undertake any liability for any loss, damage or harm suffered as a result of the use or any information found on this website or sponsored post. The website disclaim liability for incidental or consequential damages and assume no responsibility or liability for any loss, damage or harm suffered by any person as a result of the information provided on this website or sponsored post.

The information on this website is for informational purposes only. No information on this website is or should be used for the purposes of diagnosing, treating, curing or preventing any disease or condition any any circumstances. You should consult a qualified medical professional before beginning any fitness program or changing your exercise routine. Any form of exercise may pose inherent risk of injury and by voluntarily engaging in any exercise or workout presented in this website you assume the risk of any potential injury that may result.

The website may discuss various topics related to health, wellness, nutrition, holistic approach, natural remedies, natural alternatives etc, however the information provided on this website is for information purposes only. The website makes no representation or warranties in relation to the information on this website. You should never delay seeking medical advice, neglect medical advice or discontinue medical treatment or procedures as a result of any of the information on this website.

Limitation of Liability

Guided Wellness will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the website or materials on the site, even if Guided Wellness or associated companies has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation of exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation of exclusion may not apply to you

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Guided Wellness and guidedwellness.ca, associated companies and the officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers from and against all losses, liabilities, expenses, damages and costs including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these terms and conditions, or any activity related to use the site (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the website using your internet account.

Intellectual Property and Content Rights

Guided Wellness owns the intellectual property and rights to all materials, images, software, photographs, articles, functions, text, video and other content (collectively, the “Content”) contained on or offered through the website and all copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in or relating to the Content are the sole property of Guided Wellness and guidedwellness.ca, its licensors or content providers or other third parties (where applicable). You may view and print pages for your personal use, subject to the following restrictions. You may not republish content from this website (unless permission has been obtained to do so). You may not sell, rent or sub-license any content from this website. You may not reproduce, modify or duplicate any content on this website. You may share content on this website on social media channels as long as a link to the website is included and visible. You must not use this website for any third-party marketing (unless permission has been obtained to do so).

Guided Wellness may utilize various plugins or widgets to allow sharing of content via social media channels. The use of these plugins or widgets does not constitute any waiver of Guided Wellness’s intellectual property rights.

Please treat this website, its members, visitors and the information presented on the website, with respect. You agree not to use this website in a way that may cause damage to the website or impair access or availability to the website. You must not use this website to store, host or transmit harmful code or malicious software.

Unless otherwise stated, the content of this website including the written content, images and all components and design of the website are copyrights owned by Guided Wellness (or third-parties where applicable) and are protected by applicable copyright laws and should not be republished or duplicated without written permission.