Compassion Lab Terms of Service

Please read these terms of service (“Terms”, “Terms of service”) carefully before using the services offered by Compassion Lab (the “App”) via the Compassion and Well-Being Laboratory (“we“ or “us“). These Terms apply to your use of the service (the “Service”) offered by us, including the App and websites (the “Websites”) operated by us from which you are accessing this Terms. Your access to and use of the Service is contingent upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to everyone who wishes to access and/or use our Service. 

Conditions of Use

You agree to our Terms by using the Services that we provide to you, which are subject to the conditions stated in this document. Every time you use our App or visit our Websites and use our Services, you accept the conditions described in this document. If you disagree with any portion of the Terms, then you do not have permission to use the Service. We reserve the right to refuse or limit service, terminate accounts, remove, edit, or limit access to any content at our sole discretion.

Our Service creates personalized compassion meditation sessions and practice modules using the content that the users provide. By using our Service, you grant us access to contents you have contributed to the App. You give us permission to make such content available to you through email and through Service, including, but not limited to, personalized meditation sessions and messaging boards. 

When you create an account with us, you certify to us that you are at least 13 years of age, and that the information you provide us is accurate, complete, and up-to-date. False information may result in the immediate termination of your account on the Service. You certify that you are legally permitted to use the Service and take full responsibility for your use of the Service. 

Communications

By creating an account on our Service, you agree to receive updates and other research-related information from us. Users may provide and share contents on our Service. Compassion Lab does not represent or guarantee the quality of these contents or communications. We reserve the right to monitor the contents and communications for the purpose of improving the Service and preventing abuse. 

Content of Service

You may post, store, share, and otherwise make available certain information, text, photos, or other materials (“Content”) through our Service. You are responsible for the Content that you contribute on or through the Service, including its legality, reliability, and appropriateness.

By posting content using the Service (“User Content”), you hereby grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable right to access, use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, publish, and otherwise fully exploit such User Content to provide the Services to you and other users, in any media format and through any media channel and to allow others to do so.  Please review our Privacy Policy, which details our use of personal information and to which you agree to be bound as a user of our Service.

Any User Content you provide to us is the property of Compassion Lab and their designee. You may not post or transmit, or cause to be posted or transmitted, any information from any Compassion Lab user. You may not use another user’s account without permission. You may not store, modify, distribute, or reuse any significant portion of any Content available on or through the Service for commercial purposes or for personal gain.

By posting Content on or through the Service, You represent, warrant, and agree that you have the right to grant us the rights set forth above. You represent and warrant that: 1) posting your User Content does not infringe, violate, or otherwise interfere with any copyrights, intellectual property rights, privacy rights, contract rights, trademark of another party, or any other rights of any person or entity, 2) you have the right to use the User Content and the right to grant us the license as provided in these Terms, 3) your User Content is not defamatory, obscene, abusive, harassing, hateful, offensive, or otherwise violates any law or right of any third party, and 4) your User Content does not contain a virus or other computer programming components that are designed to damage or exploit any data or system. We reserve the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit all Content provided by users.

We reserve the right to remove any User Content from our Service at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all. You reserve the right to reformat any User Content. You retain any and all of your rights to any User Content you post on or through the Service and you are responsible for protecting those rights. You agree that all information posted on the App and Websites in our Service is the sole responsibility of the person from whom the information originated. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for User Content you or any third party post on or through the Services. We will not be liable for any errors in content. We cannot guarantee the identity of any other users with whom you may interact in the course of using the Service or the authenticity of data provided by other users. You are responsible for all User Content posted by you, and all User Content contributed through third party sites whom you have authorized to post User Content under your username. 

Copyright Policy 

It is our policy to respond to any claim that Content posted on the Service infringes on the copyright or other intellectual property rights (“Infringement”) of any person or entity.

If you are a copyright owner, or authorized on behalf of one, and you believe that the copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit your claim via email to cw-lab@rutgers.edu. You may be held accountable for damages for misrepresentation or bad-faith claims on the infringement of any Content found on and/or through the Service on your copyright.

DMCA Notice and Procedure for Copyright Infringement Claims

You may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C 512(c)(3) for further detail): an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright’s interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, including the URL (i.e., web page address) of the location where the copyrighted work exists or a copy of the copyrighted work; identification of the URL or other specific location on the Service where the material that you claim is infringing is located; your address, telephone number, and email address; a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Please contact cw-lab@rutgers.edu for any questions regarding our Copyrights. 

Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content (excluding Content provided by users directly or through third party sites), features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of Compassion Lab and their licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. You may not use, copy, adapt, change, distribute, transfer, or in any way exploit any of the Content without the prior written consent approved by us. No rights are granted to you by implication or under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by Compassion Lab or its licensors. 

Links to Third Party Sites

Our Service may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not under our supervision or control. By using the Service, you authorize us to present content to you from third party sites. 

We do not endorse and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or services of any third-party sites or services. We do not warrant the offerings of any of these entities/individuals or their websites. You acknowledge that we are not responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or access to any such content or services provided by or through any such third party sites or services. You hereby irrevocably waive any claim against us regarding such third party sites and their contents or services. 

Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account and access to the Service immediately, without notice or liability, under our discretion for any reason and without limitation. If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the Service or delete your account by following the deletion process on the App. All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Compassion Lab , our research team members, employees, affiliates, funders, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees), resulting from or arising out of your access to the Websites or use of the Service, your breach of these Terms, your infringement, the infringement by any third party using your account and password, or any intellectual property or contents posted on the Service. 

Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Compassion Lab , its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, affiliates, representatives and research team members be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including, but not limited to loss of profits, data, images, use, goodwill, user content or other intangible losses, resulting from 1) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service, 2) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service, 3) any content obtained from the Service, and/or 4) unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose. 

Disclaimer

You acknowledge that you use the Service at your sole risk and assume all risk arising from your access to or use of any materials from third party websites. We disclaim any liability that you may incur from your access to or use of such third party materials via the Service. The Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or course of performance. We do not warrant that 1) the Service will function uninterrupted, secure or available at any particular time or location; b) any errors or defects will be corrected; c) the Service is free of potentially harmful components; or d) the results of using the Service will meet your requirements.

Exclusions

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or the exclusion or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the limitations above may not apply to you. You agree that Compassion Lab will be liable in any event to you or other party for any interruption, modification, discontinuance or lack of availability of the Service, or content.

Governance

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Pennsylvania, United States, excluding its conflicts of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms or rights shall not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is deemed to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us and our users regarding our Service, and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had between us regarding the Service.

Changes

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify these Terms at any time by notifying on the Websites or by sending you a notice via email. What constitutes a modification will be determined at our sole discretion. You are responsible for reviewing and familiarizing with any such changes. By continuing to access or use our Service after such notification, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms. If you disagree with the new Terms, you no longer have the right to use the Service. 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at cw-lab@rutgers.edu.