Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
This website and associated blog, https://www.consciouslycuratedhome.com, is owned and operated by Brittany Webster, Consciously Curated Home, located in Ottawa, ON, Canada. The following Terms of Service set forth the terms and conditions under which its users ("you", "user") may use our website and services as offered by us.
Consciously Curated Home ("we", "us", "our") provides personal styling, home organizing and sustainable living services to individuals and businesses. By accessing or using our website or services, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Service, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws.
If you do not agree with any of these Terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site and associated services.
Last Updated August 19, 2022
Definitions
"Website" refers to https://www.consciouslycuratedhome.com
"Content" includes, but is not limited to, the text, visual or audio content that is made available online and users encounter as part of the online usage and experience on the Website.
"Service" or "Services" includes 'Professional Brand Styling', 'Wardrobe Edit', 'Healthy Living Audit' and 'Home Organization' consultations and related services provided by Consciously Curated Home.
Use of Website
In order to use our Website and/or receive our Services, you must meet one of the following requirements:
(i) be at least 18 years of age,
(ii) a minor over the age of 13, with legal parental or guardian consent,
(iii) or of the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction,
and possess the legal authority, right and freedom to enter into these Terms as a binding agreement.
You are not allowed to use this Website and/or receive Services if doing so is prohibited in your country or under any law or regulation applicable to you.
Consciously Curated Home reserves the right to check that all clients meet these necessary requirements and if not, to refrain from providing access to our Website and/or Services.
Code of Conduct
You may not use the Website for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. In addition to the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, you also agree to comply with all local laws that apply to your use of the Website.
You may not use the Website in any manner which could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Website, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website.
You agree that you are responsible for your own conduct and communications while using the Website and for any consequences of that use.
Consciously Curated Home reserves the right to remove individuals from our community in instances of misconduct.
Your Content
Please use good taste in any and all content, including text, links, images, and videos, you post ("Your Content") in comments to our blog, on any other page or website related to Consciously Curated Home, or in communication via phone or email with Consciously Curated Home.
1. We reserve the right, but do not undertake an obligation, to review Your Content, and to investigate and/or take appropriate action against you or Your Content at our sole discretion if you violate the guidelines below or any other provision of these Terms of Service or otherwise create liability for us or any other person. Such action may include removing or modifying Your Content and/or reporting you to law enforcement authorities.
2. You are solely responsible for Your Content and its accuracy. You assume all risks associated with use of Your Content. You understand that we do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to Your Content. You may not represent or imply to others that Your Content is in any way provided, sponsored or endorsed by us. We are not obligated to back up Your Content, and Your Content may be deleted at any time without prior notice. You are solely responsible for creating and maintaining your own backup copies of Your Content if you desire. We will not be liable for the deletion or accuracy of Your Content; the failure to store, transmit, or receive transmission of Your Content; or the security, privacy, storage, or transmission of other communications originating with or involving use of our Website or Services.
3. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or remove Your Content at any time for any reason. Please make sure that you only provide information to Consciously Curated Home that you are allowed to share without violating any obligations you may have to a third party. We do not claim any ownership of Your Content. By making available Your Content on or in the Website, you represent that you own or have all rights necessary to make available Your Content to us. You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third-parties as to the origin of Your Content.
4. You hereby grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us a fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, and fully sublicensable license to license, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, publicly display and perform, prepare derivative works of, incorporate into other works, and otherwise use Your Content (in whole or in part) for the purposes of including Your Content in the Website and operating, providing and promoting the Website. You agree to irrevocably waive (and cause to be waived) any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.
User Restrictions
1. By using this Website, you acknowledge and agree that you have no right to provide any files obtained through this Website to any other party or through any other means. You agree that you will not duplicate or otherwise reproduce the Content, or any portion thereof, onto any physical medium, memory or device now known, or hereinafter devised. In addition, you agree that you will not attempt to, or encourage, or assist, any other person to, circumvent or modify any Content protection methods.
2. You may not use or allow others to use the Website, directly or indirectly, nor upload, distribute, transmit, communicate, link to, publish or access any data, information or material through, using or otherwise in connection with the Website, that:
(i) is libelous, defamatory, vulgar or obscene, pornographic, sexually offensive or explicit, harmful or harassing, threatening, hateful, racially, culturally, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive, discriminatory or abusive;
(ii) violates any law or regulation or the rights of others;
(iii) causes duress, distress or discomfort to another or is likely to deter or discourage others from using the Website; and/or
(iv) infringes any intellectual property, proprietary rights or confidentiality obligations of others.
You are solely responsible and liable for any such activity, behaviour, use and conduct. We have no liability and you bear the sole and exclusive risk associated with use of or reliance on the accuracy, quality, completeness, reliability or usefulness of any data, information or material in connection with your use of the Website.
You also may not use, nor allow others to use the Website, directly or indirectly, to:
(v) attempt to or actually disrupt, impair or interfere with, alter or modify the Website or any information, data or materials posted and/or displayed by us or anyone else;
(vi) act in a way that affects or reflects negatively on us, the Website, or anyone else;
(vii) collect or attempt to collect any information from others including, without limitation, personally identifiable information, without such party’s prior consent.
You agree to comply with all local, state/provincial/territorial, federal laws, statutes, rules and regulations, as well as any international treaties, which are applicable to your use of the Website.
3. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation:
(i) accessing data not intended for you or logging onto a processor, communications or access device or account which you are not authorized to access;
(ii) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Website or to breach security or authentication measures, regardless of your motives or intent;
(iii) attempting to interfere with or disrupt the Website for any user, processor, host or network, including, without limitation, by submitting a virus, worm or Trojan horse; or
(iv) sending unsolicited e-mail or other information, including promotions or advertising.
Violations of system or network security or this Agreement may result in civil or criminal liability. We have the right to investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and we may provide information to and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users as required.
4. You agree not to use the Website for any commercial uses unless you obtain Consciously Curated Home’s prior written approval.
Such commercial uses include without limitation
(i) the sale of access to the Website; and
(ii) the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions placed on or within the Website or Content.
Disclaimer
The Website and Services are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, Consciously Curated Home, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliates and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Website and Services, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice.
Further, Consciously Curated Home provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the Services or products on its website, or otherwise relating to such Services or products, or on any sites linked to this site.
Without limiting the foregoing, neither Consciously Curated Home nor its provider makes any representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied:
(i) as to the operation or availability of the Website, or the information, content, and materials or products included thereon;
(ii) that the Website will meet your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems or services, meet any performance or reliability standards; be uninterrupted or error-free, or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected;
(iii) as to the accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information or content provided through the Website; or
(iv) that the Website, its servers, the content, or e-mails sent from or on behalf of Consciously Curated Home are free of viruses or other harmful components.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain types of warranties or limitations on applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to you. But in such a case, the exclusions and limitations set forth in this section shall be applied to the greatest extent enforceable under applicable law.
Errors, Omissions & Objectionable Material
The Content appearing on the Website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Consciously Curated Home does not warrant that any of the Content on its Website are accurate, complete or current. Consciously Curated Home may make changes to the Services and Content contained on its Website at any time, without notice. However Consciously Curated Home does not make any commitment to update the Website.
You acknowledge that any reliance upon any advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed or distributed through the Website is at your sole risk. Consciously Curated Home reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the Website, or to deny access to the Website to anyone at any time. Prior to making any decisions based on information posted on the Website, you are advised to verify the information. Consciously Curated Home shall not have any liability arising from your acts or decisions based upon the information provided on the Website.
You understand that by using the Website, you may encounter content that may be deemed offensive, indecent, or objectionable, which content may or may not be identified as having explicit language. Nevertheless, you agree to use the Website at your sole risk and that Consciously Curated Home shall have no liability to you for content that may be found to be offensive, indecent, or objectionable. Content descriptions are provided for convenience, and you acknowledge and agree that Consciously Curated Home does not guarantee their accuracy.
Copyright & Intellectual Property Rights
(a) COPYRIGHT:
Content received through the Website may be accessed for your personal, non-commercial use only. The Website, features, functionality, and all materials therein or transferred thereby (excluding Content provided by You or other users), including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music, works that are licensed to Consciously Curated Home, and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are copyrighted as a collective work under the Canadian and other intellectual property laws, and are the exclusive property of Consciously Curated Home.
(b) OWNERSHIP & REPRODUCTION:
You acknowledge that Consciously Curated Home retains exclusive ownership of the Website and all intellectual property rights associated therewith. Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights and Consciously Curated Home reserves all rights not expressly granted hereunder.
You may not:
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Frame or mirror any part of the Website without our express prior written consent.
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Create a database by systematically downloading and storing all or any Content.
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Copy, reproduce, transfer or access (except as expressly authorized by this Agreement), re-license, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, translate, publish, transmit, distribute, broadcast, re-broadcast, redistribute, modify, sell, license, rent, modify, publicly display, publicly perform, adapt, edit or create derivative works from, capture or store in any physical media, market, lease, sublicense, or participate in any sale of or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the Website or any related software.
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Use any robot, spider, rover, scraper, offline readers, site search/retrieval applications or any other data mining technology or automatic or manual process, system or software to monitor, cache, frame, mask, extract data from, copy or distribute the Content (except as may be a result of standard search engine or internet browser usage) or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Website, without the express prior written consent of Consciously Curated Home.
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Bypass any measures Consciously Curated Home may use to prevent or restrict access to the Website.
(c) DOWNLOADS & PRINTED MATERIAL:
You may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, download or print portions of the material from the different areas of the Website solely for your own non-commercial use, or to place an order with Consciously Curated Home or to purchase Consciously Curated Home products or Services. Any other use, including but not limited to the reproduction, distribution, display or transmission of the content of this Website is strictly prohibited, unless authorized by Consciously Curated Home in writing. You further agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the Website.
(d) PHOTO SHARING:
We are truly honoured when people want to share our work; however, we only authorize the use of one photo with a direct, clear link back to that corresponding post or page on www.consciouslycuratedhome.com. When sharing, please state the name of this site when referring to the source and make sure that your links and mention of this site clearly state that you are giving us and this site credit for said work and photo.
(e) MARKETING:
Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without prior written consent of Consciously Curated Home. Brands must contact us for permission to use our photos and to inquire about purchasing our photos for marketing purposes. We also do not allow our images to be used under any circumstances for affiliate marketing. This includes, but is not limited to, websites that share a high/low segment, social media, blog posts, websites and email campaigns. All images are copyright protected and the property of Consciously Curated Home unless otherwise noted.
(f) UNAUTHORIZED USE:
You shall promptly notify Consciously Curated Home in writing upon your discovery of any unauthorized use or infringement of the Website or the Content, or Consciously Curated Home's copyright, trademarks or other intellectual property rights. Except as expressly provided for herein, any copy or use of any portion of the Website shall constitute an act of copyright infringement and a breach of this Agreement. Furthermore, Consciously Curated Home may in its sole discretion pursue any other available rights or remedies at law or in equity for a violation of this Agreement or such copyright infringement.
(g) YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS:
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any of the Content on the Website violates your intellectual property rights (copyright, trademark, trade dress, etc.), please send us a message at aconsciouslycuratedhome@gmail.com listing the following information:
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Identification of the location on the Website of the Content claimed to have been infringed;
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Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address;
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A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the Content in the manner complained of is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; and
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A statement that the information you are providing is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Termination of Access
We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the Website or our Services without notice and liability for any reason, including if in our sole determination you violate any provision of these Terms or any applicable law or regulations. Upon termination, your right to use the Website and/or Services will cease immediately.
Dispute Resolution & Indemnification
If you have any concern or dispute about the Website or Services, you agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting Consciously Curated Home.
You agree to indemnify and hold Brittany Webster harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), made against them by any third party due to, or arising out of, or in connection with your use of the Website or any of the Services offered on the Website.
You hereby fully and completely hold harmless, indemnify and release Consciously Curated Home and any of its agents, consultants, affiliates, team members, joint venture partners, employees, shareholders, directors, staff, or anyone otherwise affiliated with the business from any and all causes of action, allegations, suits, claims, damages, or demands whatsoever, in law or equity, that may arise in the past, present or future that is in any way related to our Website or Services.
Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Consciously Curated Home assumes no liability or responsibility for any
(i) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of Content;
(ii) indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages whatsoever (including without limitation, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, loss of data or other information, for business interruption, or other intangible losses, personal injury or property damage of any nature whatsoever, loss of privacy), resulting from, or in any way related to, your access to or use of, or inability to use, our Website or Service(s), third-party software and/or third-party hardware used with the Website, or otherwise in connection with any provision of this Terms; and
(iii) any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal information stored therein.
Some provinces and territories do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for all types of damages (including the province of Quebec), which means that some of the above limitations may not apply. In these cases, Consciously Curated Home will only be liable for damages that we are expressly required to be liable for under applicable law.
The limitations on our liability to you in this section shall apply whether or not we have been advised of, or should have been aware of, the possibility of any such losses arising.
Choice of Law & Consent to Jurisdiction
These Terms of Service, your use of the Website, any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services, and any and all claims and disputes related hereto and/or to the Services, shall be governed by, construed under and enforced in all respects solely and exclusively in accordance with the laws of Canada, excluding its conflict of laws principles.
Any and all such claims and disputes shall be brought in, and you hereby consent to them being decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Ottawa, Ontario. The application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is hereby expressly excluded.
You and Consciously Curated Home agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to the Website must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues. Otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.
Newsletter & Promotions
Information submitted through the Contact Us form is not used for anything other than responding to your request. By submitting an email via the contact form on this website, you will not be added to any of our mailing lists.
If you decide to opt-in to our mailing list ('Newsletter'), you will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.
If you do not wish to receive such promotional materials or notices – please 'unsubscribe' at the bottom of the email, or notify us at any time.
European Union Users
If You are a European Union consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident in.
United States Legal Compliance
You represent and warrant that
(i) You are not located in a country that is subject to the United States government embargo, or that has been designated by the United States government as a “terrorist supporting” country, and
(ii) You are not listed on any United States government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
Translation Interpretation
These Terms and Conditions may have been translated if Consciously Curated Home has made them available to you on our Website. You agree that the original English text shall prevail in the case of a dispute.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
Modification of Terms
At our sole discretion, we reserve the right to modify or replace these Terms at any time. Therefore, you should review this page periodically.
When we change the Terms in a material manner, we will make reasonable efforts to provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new Terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.
Your continued use of the Website or our Service(s) after those revisions become effective constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. If You do not agree to the new Terms, in whole or in part, please stop using the Website and/or Service(s).
Costumer Support
For further questions or support please contact us via email at aconsciouslycuratedhome@gmail.com.
SERVICES, PRODUCTS & CONSULTATIONS
At Consciously Curated Home we believe it is a privilege to work with our clients and be invited into their homes and businesses. We take your privacy seriously and will never use or publish any photos, testimonials, or information about our sessions without your consent.
This section describes our offerings and client-consultant expectations for our Services and products we currently offer.
Confidentiality
Consciously Curated Home, its owner and consultants acknowledge that clients may share confidential personal and/or business information and agrees to keep and maintain such information confidential and not to disclose or use such information without a client’s prior written consent.
However, this information may be released if
(1) A client gives specific permission to release the information; and/or
(2) Consciously Curated Home, its owner or a consultant is required to release the information by law.
Clients should be aware that some means of communication such as wireless telephones and e-mail may not be secure from eavesdropping.
Please familiarize yourself with our "Privacy Policy" for further information.
Offerings
The prices we charge for using our Services and/or products are listed on the Website. We reserve the right to change our prices for Services and/or products displayed at any time, and to correct pricing errors that may inadvertently occur.
All descriptions of products or Services and associated pricing are subject to change at any time without notice, at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to discontinue any Service or product at any time and to limit the quantities of any products or Services that we offer. Any offer for any product or Service made on this site is void where prohibited.
We may, without prior notice, change the Website or Services; stop providing the Website, Services, products, or any features of the Website or Services we offer; or create limits for the Website or Services. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend access to the Website or Services offered without notice and liability for any reason, or for no reason.
We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to limit the sales of our products or Services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may exercise this right on a case-by-case basis.
We may refuse to provide in-person Services for any reason, including because it is outside the geographic area that we serve (currently Ottawa and surrounding areas, ON, Canada).
Payment & Consultation Policies
CONSULTATION CONTRACT:
If you wish to purchase any product or Service made available through the Website (“Purchase”), you may be asked to complete a "Client Consent & Liability Release" form with Consciously Curated Home and supply certain information relevant to your Purchase including, without limitation, your name, phone number, email address, physical address, and geographic location. Please view our Privacy Policy for more information on how we use your personal information.
SERVICES DEPOSIT:
Consciously Curated Home reserves the right to require a deposit equal to the first hour of Service or 50% of the total cost of the chosen service package to be paid prior to commencing a service. The remaining payment for each session will be charged after the session is completed (i.e. Upon completion of a session, your deposit is credited towards the total price and the remaining balance is due).
Payments may be made via email-transfer to aconsciouslycuratedhome@gmail.com or through Stripe. You represent that you will not use any form of payment unless you have all necessary authorization to do so.
AGE REQUIREMENT:
All consultation sessions (Wardrobe Edit, Healthy Living Audit, and Home Organization) are intended to support personal growth and healthy living. Those participating within the session must be 18 years of age or older. If someone under the age of 18 is present, a parent or guardian must also be present during this time and written consent must be provided.
CANCELLATIONS & MODIFICATIONS:
If you, the client, or a consultant with Consciously Curated Home is feeling the consultation session is not working and/or is not what you/(s)he/they expected, both the client and/or consultant have every right to call the session to an end. We also reserve the right to refuse Service(s) to anyone, for any reason, at any time, without prior notice or consent.
Out of respect for our consultants, we encourage clients to express their concerns within the first 15 minutes of the session and a refund will be offered of monies paid, less a $20 deposit amount for in-person consultation Services. Consciously Curated Home cannot offer a refund at a later time or date. Consciously Curated Home will take each unique situation into account and kindly ask that clients provide 24 hours notice when cancelling or modifying an appointment.
BELONGINGS:
Clients are responsible for their own belongings during the course of any consultation session. Consciously Curated Home makes every effort to provide a clear system of organization and respects personal property; however, we are not responsible for any lost or misplaced property during the course of consultation sessions and will only remove client belongings from the premises with prior consent from the client (for example, if a client has arranged for a Consultant to donate items on their behalf).
COVID:
If required to quarantine, appointments can be rescheduled and we will contact you 1-2 days prior to the appointment to conduct a screening to make sure all is safe. Consultants and Clients will be required to wear a mask during the visit.
If you have a customer service matter that needs to be discussed, please email aconsciouslycuratedhome@gmail.com.
Client-Consultant Contract
In order to understand and clarify the Services and relationship, the Client and Consciously Curated Home Consultant acknowledge and agree that:
(i) Consulting is a relationship whose parameters are defined by a Client-Consultant Contract, and which is based on the Client’s expressed interests, goals and objectives. To this end, the Consultant uses discussion, questions and requests to assist each Client and identify personal and/or business goals, develop strategies and action plans intended to achieve such goals, and monitor progress towards implementation of the action plans, all in relation to styling, healthy living, and/ or organizing.
(ii) Consciously Curated Home and its Consultants do not provide counselling, therapy, or unsolicited advice to the Client. If issues arise that are best dealt with in another context, the Consultant will refer the Client to an appropriate professional. Further, the Client promises to notify the Consultant of any difficulties or needs that warrant additional professional services.
(iii) As a client, you aim to accurately represent the information provided to Consciously Curated Home and its consultants on or through our Website, in personal communications and/or in conjunction with our Services. You acknowledge that you are participating voluntarily in using our Website or Services and that you are solely and personally responsible for your choices, actions and results, now and in the future. You accept full responsibility for the consequences of your use, or non-use, of any information provided by Consciously Curated Home, and agree to use your own judgment and due diligence before implementing any idea, suggestion or recommendation.
(iv) Each client is responsible for his/her own achievements and success and Consciously Curated Home cannot and does not promise that Clients will take any specific action or attain specific goals. Consciously Curated Home is here to support and assist you in reaching your own goals, but your success depends primarily on your own specific situation. Consciously Curated Home cannot predict and does not guarantee that you will attain a particular result, and you accept and understand that results differ for each individual. Each individual’s results depend on his, her / their unique situation. You fully agree that there are no guarantees as to the specific outcome or results you can expect from using the information and Services you receive on or through this Website.
(iv) Services are available for the stipulated term. This Agreement will begin with an initial package term and may continue thereafter if the Client chooses, with the purchase of an additional package, or time.
Virtual Sessions
Clients are responsible for the time and date of their session. Please note that our system will offer you a Consciously Curated Home Consultant's availability based on Eastern Standard Time (EST), unless otherwise indicated. All virtual sessions will take place via Zoom or FaceTime.
If you are late to a session Consciously Curated Home will attempt to honour your time, but cannot go over the time allocated for your session due to potential scheduling conflicts.
The Client understands when undertaking an online Service appointment that the suggestions given to them are based on information offered by the Client to the Consultant. It is understood by the client that a Consultant’s role is to use their expertise to suggest ideas and solutions the client may not normally think of, or be able to visualize themselves.
You are welcome to record your session for your personal use only. All recordings are the property of Consciously Curated Home and are not intended for public use in any way.
Feedback & Testimonials
FEEDBACK:
If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions (for example contest entries), or without a request from us, in the event that you provide us with any creative ideas, thoughts, criticisms, suggested improvements, proposals, plans, or other feedback related to our products or Services (collectively "Feedback"), whether online (including but not limited to our Website, blog, social media, or email) or by postal mail, or otherwise, you agree we may at any time, without restriction, use this Feedback to:
(a) improve our Services or any products and
(b) promote the Services and products.
Further, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid, perpetual, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, translate, distribute, publish, perform, display, import, sell, offer for sale, make, have made and otherwise exploit the Feedback in any form, media, or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, and to allow others to do the same. This is true whether you provide the Feedback on the Services, or through any other method of communication with us, unless we have entered into a separate agreement with you that provides otherwise.
We are and shall be under no obligation at any time to:
(a) maintain any Feedback in confidence;
(b) respond to any Feedback;
(c) pay compensation for any Feedback
Please review "Your Content" and "User Restrictions" for further guidelines and information.
TESTIMONIALS:
We have taken all steps possible to verify the authenticity of testimonials that appear on the Website on behalf of Consciously Curated Home. They are treated as average user expectations based on the information that was available at the time of publishing them.
Where extracts have been displayed from third party sources or content has been generated and posted by a third party source (i.e. Content Providers, Registered Users, User Generated Content, etc.), these are in no way indicative of any kind of verifiable result, opinion, recommendation or otherwise. You are strongly cautioned to conduct your own due diligence prior to relying on such sources.
PRIVACY
Your privacy is very important to us. At Consciously Curated Home we follow these fundamental principles:
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We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.
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We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law or protect our rights.
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We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required to do so for the on-going operation of our site.
This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use our Website and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. We use your personal data to provide and improve our website. By using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Your Rights & Responsibilities
As our user, you have the right to be informed about how your data is collected and used. You are entitled to know what data we collect about you, and how it is processed. You are entitled to correct and update any personal information about you, and to request this information be deleted. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
You are entitled to restrict or object to our use of your data, while retaining the right to use your personal information for your own purposes. You have the right to opt out of data about you being used in decisions based solely on automated processing.
Limits of Our Policy
This Privacy Policy only covers Consciously Curated Home's own collecting and handling of data. We only work with partners, affiliates and third-party providers whose Privacy Policies align with ours, however we cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.
Our Website may link to external third-party websites or services that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, Privacy Policies, or practices of any third party websites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that Consciously Curated Home shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such websites or services.
We strongly advise you to read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy of any third-party websites or services that you visit.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
When you visit our Website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. This data is considered “non-identifying information”, as it does not personally identify you on its own. The information inside the log files may include:
- Your computer's Internet protocol (IP) addresses
- Your browser type and version
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- The time and date of your visit
- The pages of our website you visit and time spent on each page
- The number of clicks and other diagnostic data
This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information.
Similarly, when you access our Website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Please Note:
You are solely responsible for any software requirements and for any data charges and fees associated with accessing and using our Website through a mobile device.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Certain visitors to Consciously Curated Home’s Website choose to interact with Consciously Curated Home in ways that require us to gather personally identifiable information (PII). The amount and type of information gathered depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, visitors who wish to receive Consciously Curated Home's Newsletter require us to collect their emails. This data is considered “identifying information”, as it can personally identify you.
HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION:
When you conduct a transaction on our Website, as part of the process, we may collect personal information you give us such as your: Name, Address, Email address, and Phone number. We always let you know why we’re collecting your information and how it will be used.
Consciously Curated Home collects information from its visitors only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Consciously Curated Home, with their knowledge and consent. Visitors can always refuse to supply this information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Website-related activities and Services.
SECURITY:
Consciously Curated Home takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of PII. The security of Your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children's Privacy
We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. Consciously Curated Home does not knowingly target children, or collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13.
If a parent or guardian believes that Consciously Curated Home has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (via our 'Customer Support' email address) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records. We do not use your supplied contact details for marketing or promotional purposes. Further, if we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
We also may limit how we collect, use, and store some of the information of users between 13 and 18 years old. In some cases, this means we will be unable to provide certain functionality of the Website to these users or require consent from a legal guardian or parent before collecting and using information, or providing Services.
Use Of Personal Data
We only request personal information relevant to providing you with our Website and Services, and only use it to help provide or improve our Website and Services. We may use a combination of identifying and non-identifying information to understand who our visitors are, how they use our Website, and how we may improve their experience of our Website in future. We do not disclose the specifics of this information publicly, but may share aggregated and anonymized versions of this information, for example, in Website and customer usage trend reports.
Consciously Curated Home may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
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If you sign up for our Newsletter, we may use your personal details to contact you with news, special offers and events, updates about our Website and Services, along with promotional content that we believe may be of interest to you.
*If you wish to opt out of receiving such content, you can follow the “unsubscribe” instructions provided alongside any promotional correspondence from us.
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To provide and maintain our Website and Services, including to monitor the usage of our Website.
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For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the product(s), or Service(s) you have purchased, or of any other contract with us through the Website.
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To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, regarding informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted Services.
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To attend to and manage your requests to us such as Service inquiries, Consultations, Questions, Comments and Feedback.
*Information submitted through the "Contact Us" form is not used for anything other than responding to your request. By submitting an email via the contact forms on this Website, you will not be added to any of our mailing lists.
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To notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, or to enforce our User Agreement, and any agreement we may have with you.
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To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
THIRD-PARTY SOURCES:
We may also receive Personal Information about you from third-party sources, such as
i) Security providers , fraud detection and prevention providers (e.g., to help us screen out users associated with fraud),
ii) Social media platforms, when you log-in or sign-up using your social media account we may receive Personal Information from that service (e.g., your username, basic profile and Personal Information) and in some cases, we may collect Personal Information from lead enhancement companies which help us to improve our service offering;
iii) Advertising and marketing partners in order to monitor, manage and measure our ad campaigns.
Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Consciously Curated Home will not rent or sell PII to anyone. We will disclose PII only to those of our employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that:
(i) Need to know this information in order to process it on Consciously Curated Home’s behalf, or to provide Services available on Consciously Curated Home’s Website, and
(ii) That have agreed not to disclose it to others.
*Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Consciously Curated Home's website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them
LAW ENFORCEMENT:
Under certain circumstances, the Company may disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
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Comply with a legal obligation
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Protect and defend the rights or property of Consciously Curated Home
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Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Website or Services
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Protect the personal safety of Users of the Website or the public
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Protect against legal liability
We will refuse government and law enforcement requests for data if we believe a request is too broad or unrelated to its stated purpose. However, we may cooperate if we believe the requested information is necessary and appropriate to comply with a legal process, to protect our own rights and property, to protect the safety of the public and any person, to prevent a crime, or to prevent what we reasonably believe to be illegal, legally actionable, or unethical activity.
Data Processing & Storage
Consciously Curated Home is hosted by Wix.com, which provides us with an online platform that allows us to sell our Services and/or products to you. Your data or information ('Your Personal Data') may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. For more information, please refer to Wix’s Terms of Service http://www.wix.com/about/terms-of-use and Privacy Statement http://www.wix.com/about/privacy
STORING, TRANSFER & PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA:
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your Personal Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your Personal Data.
(i) The personal information collected is stored and processed where Wix, or their partners, affiliates and third-party providers maintain facilities. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
(ii) Your Personal Data may be stored in data centers located in the United States of America, Ireland and Israel. Wix may use other jurisdictions as necessary for the proper delivery of services and/or as may be required by law.
Wix and its affiliates, including DeviantArt Inc., participates in, and has certified its compliance with, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. To learn more about the Privacy Shield Framework, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield List, here.
(iii) Wix only transfers data within jurisdictions subject to data protection laws that reflect their commitment to protecting the privacy of users. The processing of Your Personal Data shall take place within the territory of the European Union, Israel or a third country, territory or one or more specified sectors within that third country of which the European Commission has decided that it ensures an adequate level of protection and such processing and transfer will be in accordance to the Data Processing Addendum – Users (“DPA"). Any transfer to and processing in a third country outside the European Union that does not ensure an adequate level of protection according to the European Commission, shall be conducted under an approved transfer mechanism, as detailed in the DPA.
THIRD-PARTY SERVICES:
These services may access Consciously Curated Home's data solely for the purpose of performing specific tasks on our behalf. We do not share any personally identifying information with them without your explicit consent. We do not give them permission to disclose or use any of our data for any other purpose. We may, from time to time, allow limited access to our data by external consultants and agencies for the purpose of analysis and Website improvement. This access is only permitted for as long as necessary to perform a specific function. We only work with external agencies whose privacy policies align with ours and we do not otherwise share or supply personal information to third parties.
(i) Wix Partners:
Wix has partnered with a number of selected service providers, whose services and solutions complement, facilitate and enhance their own. These include hosting and server co-location services, communications and content delivery networks (CDNs), data and cyber security services, billing and payment processing services, domain name registrars, fraud detection and prevention services, web analytics, e-mail distribution and monitoring services, session recording and remote access services, performance measurement, data optimization and marketing services, content providers, and legal and financial advisors (collectively, “Third Party Service Provider(s)”).
(ii) Social Media:
Wix enables the integration of Social Media features, widgets, and single sign on features (“Social Media Features”) into web or mobile sites. These Social Media Features may collect certain Personal Information from you such as identifiers, including name, alias, unique personal identifier, online identifier, internet protocol address, email address, or other similar identifiers. Social Media Features are hosted either by a third party or directly by Wix.
For Example, Consciously Curated Home uses the third-party service provider 'Google Analytics' to monitor and analyze the use of our Website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of a website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about a visit's activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
RETENTION OF DATA:
(i) Consciously Curated Home will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
(ii) Wix only retains Your Personal Data for as long as necessary to provide a service, or to improve its services in future. While Wix retains this data, they will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. If you request your personal information be deleted, or where your personal information becomes no longer relevant to Wix's operations, they will erase it from their system within a reasonable timeframe.
Wix may also retain Your Personal Data when or if Consciously Curated Home ceases to use its services, and/or deactivates its account, as reasonably necessary, to comply with legal obligations, to resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce Wix's agreements and/or protect Wix's legitimate interests.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.
Consciously Curated Home uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of our Website, and access preferences.
Furthermore, Wix uses cookies to enhance user experience of our Website; to monitor and analyze performance, operation and effectiveness of Wix's platform; and to ensure the platform is secure and safe to use.
Consciously Curated Home visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using our Website, with the drawback that certain features of the Website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
PERSISTENT vs. SESSION COOKIES:
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies.
Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
We use both Persistent and Session Cookies for the purposes set out below:
1. Necessary / Essential Cookies
(Session Cookies)
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the Website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users. Without these Cookies, some features and services cannot be provided.
2. Functionality Cookies
(Persistent Cookies)
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the Website, such as remembering your language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the Website.
3. Tracking and Performance Cookies
(Persistent Cookies)
Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new advertisements, pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
Advertisements appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement, and to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Consciously Curated Home and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices.
Business Transfer
If Consciously Curated Home, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, involved in a merger, or in the unlikely event that Consciously Curated Home goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information (your Personal Data) would be one of the assets that may be transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Consciously Curated Home may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Modifications
Consciously Curated Home may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, in Consciously Curated Home’s sole discretion. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website.
Consciously Curated Home encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy and acknowledges that your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Customer Support
If you require any more information or have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, we invite you to contact us by email:
BLOG
DISCLOSURE POLICY
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by Brittany Webster, unless otherwise stated, as in the case of a guest post. To that end, the views and opinions expressed by Brittany Webster in this blog are purely her own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
For further questions please contact us via email (aconsciouslycuratedhome@gmail.com).
Promotions, Advertising & Affiliates
PROMOTIONS & ADVERTISING:
From time to time, we may promote, affiliate with, or partner with other individuals or businesses whose programs, products and services align with our own:
(a) There may be instances when we promote, market, share or sell programs, products or services for other partners and in exchange we may receive financial compensation or other rewards.
(b) We may be compensated to provide opinions on products, services, websites and various other topics. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog; however, our opinions and expressions remain our own.
In any of these cases, the nature of the content (i.e. any form of compensation) will always be clearly stated and we will give an honest opinion, findings, beliefs, or experiences of the topic(s) or product(s).
AFFILIATES:
Some posts on Consciously Curated Home may contain affiliate links, meaning we may get a small commission at no additional cost to you if you make a purchase. All items linked through affiliate partners are ones that we personally select, do use and/or would use in our home, personal styling, or designs.
DUE DILIGENCE:
Consciously Curated Home is highly selective and only promotes partners whose programs, products and/or services we respect. At the same time, you agree that any such promotion or marketing does not serve as any form of endorsement whatsoever. You are still required to use your own judgment to determine that any such program, product or service is appropriate for you. You are assuming all risks, and you agree that Consciously Curated Home is not liable in any way for any program, product or service that we may promote, market, share or sell, on or through our Website.
NOTICE SOMETHING AMISS:
Our aim is to uphold honesty and maintain integrity in all of our writing and interactions. If you find something displayed on the Website, which you do not agree with, then please contact us immediately at aconsciouslycuratedhome@gmail.com and we will look into it. We reserve the right to withdraw the display of any program, product or service that does not reach our very high levels of satisfaction without any prior notice.
Embedded Content & Links
EMBEDDED CONTENT:
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.
LINKS:
References or links in our Website to the information, opinions, advice, programs, products or services of any other individual, business or entity does not constitute our formal endorsement. Consciously Curated Home is merely sharing information for your own self-help and is in no way responsible for the content, blogs, e-mails, videos, social media, programs, products and/or services of any other person, business or entity that may be linked or referenced in our Website. Conversely, should our Website link appear in any other individual's, business's or entity's Website, program, product or services, it does not constitute our formal endorsement of them, their business or their Website.
Disclaimer
VIEWS, OPINIONS, FACTS:
You agree that Consciously Curated Home is not responsible for the views, opinions, or accuracy of facts referenced on or through the Website and blog, or of those of any other individual or company affiliated with Consciously Curated Home in any way. Because scientific, technology and business practices are constantly evolving, you agree that Consciously Curated home is not responsible for the accuracy of our Website and blog, or for any errors or omissions that may occur.
MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE:
The information provided in or through this Website, blog and associated Services is for educational and informational purposes only and solely as a self-help tool for your own use. Our Website and blog cannot and does not contain medical or mental health advice. Any medical mental health information provided is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice. Accordingly, before taking any actions based upon such information, we encourage you to consult with the appropriate professionals. We do not provide any kind of medical or mental health advice, other than those based on personal experience. As such, the use or reliance of any information contained on our Website, blog, or expressed through communications with Consciously Curated Home, is solely at your own risk.
Consciously Curated Home and its associates, employees and consultants are not licensed medical practitioners. The information contained in this Website and through our Services is not intended to be a substitute for advice provided by a licensed healthcare practitioner. Although care has been taken in preparing the information provided to you, we cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions, and we accept no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage you may incur. Always seek advice from a licensed healthcare practitioner relating to your specific circumstances, as needed, for any and all questions and concerns you have, or may have in the future.
Furthermore, the use of our Website, blog or Services constitutes your understanding that:
(i) None of the information provided by Consciously Curated Home is intended to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure any disease or condition.
(ii) None of the information provided by Consciously Curated Home, in any form, is intended to be a substitute for the advice, treatment and/or diagnosis of a qualified licensed professional.
(iii) You agree that the information on our Website is not medical advice.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
You accept full responsibility for the consequences of your use, or non-use, of any information provided by Consciously Curated Home, and you agree to use your own judgment and due diligence before implementing any idea, suggestion or recommendation to your life, family or business.