Terms of Service

Welcome to Open Dialogue! Please read these Terms of Service carefully as they govern your use of our Services.

Welcome to Open Dialogue! Open Dialogue provides our website located at www.opendialogue.ai (the “Site”) and our self-reflection and personal growth services accessible via our Site and our web application (“App”).

To make these Terms easier to read, the Site and the App are collectively called the “Services.” Please read these Terms of Service (the “Terms”) carefully because they govern your use of our Services and contain an agreement to arbitrate and other important information regarding your legal rights, remedies and obligations.

Agreement to Terms

By using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you don’t agree to be bound by these Terms, do not use the Services.

Privacy Policy

Open Dialogue takes privacy very seriously. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information on how we collect, use and disclose information from our users. You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy.

Changes to Terms or Services

We may modify the Terms at any time, in our sole discretion. If we do so, we’ll let you know either by posting the modified Terms on the Site or through other communications. It’s important that you review the Terms whenever we modify them because if you continue to use the Services after we have posted modified Terms on the Site, you are indicating to us that you agree to be bound by the modified Terms. If you don’t agree to be bound by the modified Terms, then you may not use the Services anymore. Because our Services are evolving over time we may change or discontinue all or any part of the Services, at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion.

Who May Use the Services

Eligibility

You may use the Services only if you are 18 years or older and are not barred from using the Services under applicable law. To make a purchase via the Services (described in the Section titled “Purchases” below), you must be 18 years or older and capable of forming a binding contract.

Registration and Your Information

If you want to use certain features of the Services you’ll have to create an account (“Account”). You can do this via the App.

In order to create an account, you are not required to submit any personally identifiable information. All that is required is a unique username and password. You agree that you won’t disclose your Account password to anyone and you’ll notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your Account. You’re responsible for all activities that occur under your Account, whether or not you know about them.

Using the Services

Open Dialogue is designed to be a self-help program. Our Services include i) an AI chatbot (the “App”) that is designed to facilitate written free expression on the part of the user and to call attention to aspects of his/her situation and thinking he/she may not have considered, and ii) a website (the “Site”) with educational content related to self-reflection and personal growth.

The Services do not include the provision of medical care, mental health services or other professional services.

Open Dialogue is not a crisis service or a form of medical treatment. No person should use information found in this website or the app to replace a relationship with a clinician or other healthcare professional. Nor should they rely on information from this website or app as professional medical advice.

Use of the Services is not for emergencies. If you think you have a medical or mental health emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest open clinic or emergency room.

If you are considering or committing suicide or feel that you are a danger to yourself or others, you must discontinue use of the Services immediately, call 911 or notify appropriate police or emergency medical personnel.

Via the Services, users can select from a variety of educational resources and interactive tools to create personalized self-improvement session. You can also use the paid functionality of the Services to utilize the enhanced functionality of the Services or purchase items that are offered for sale through the Services (the “Products”), as described in further detail under the Section titled “Purchases” below.

You understand and agree that the Services, Products and any other information you learn from Open Dialogue are not intended, designed, or implied to diagnose, prevent, or treat any condition or disease, to ascertain the state of your health, or to be a substitute for professional medical care.  Not all activities described on the Services or Products are suitable for everyone. Do not use the Services while driving, operating heavy machinery, or performing other tasks that require attention and concentration. You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for your use of the Services.

Purchases

Subscriptions

Our “Monthly Subscription” is paid in monthly instalments. For each month that your monthly subscription is active, you acknowledge and agree that Open Dialogue is authorized to charge the same credit card as was used for the initial subscription fee or other payment method provided in order to update the original payment method, in the amount of the current monthly subscription fee as of the time of renewal.

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

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

Our obligation to provide the Products only comes into being when we take receipt of your Order, and we confirm your purchase to you by email. We shall confirm your Order and send you an email to confirm your access to the subscription purchased. Please quote the Order number in all subsequent correspondence with us. Prices in Canadian Dollars include local taxes. You agree not to hold us responsible for banking charges incurred due to payments on your account. If payment is not received by us from the Payment Method you provided, you agree to pay all amounts due upon demand by us. You agree that you are not permitted to resell any Products purchased through Open Dialogue for commercial purposes.

Subscription Renewal and Cancellation Policy

All amounts are payable and charged for monthly subscriptions at the beginning of the subscription and, because each such subscription renews automatically for an additional period equal in length to the expiring subscription term until you cancel it, at the time of each renewal until you cancel, using the Payment Method you have provided. You must cancel your monthly Subscription before it renews to avoid the billing of the fees for the next Subscription period. If you purchase your Subscription via the Site, you can cancel the renewal of your subscription at any time by contacting us by email at info@opendialogue.ai. You will not receive a refund for the fees you already paid for your current subscription period and you will continue to receive the Services ordered until the end of your current Subscription period.

Changes to Price Terms for Subscriptions

Open Dialogue reserves the right to change its pricing terms for Subscriptions at any time and Open Dialogue will notify you in advance of such changes becoming effective. Changes to the pricing terms will not apply retroactively and will only apply for Subscription renewals after such changed pricing terms have been communicated to you. If you do not agree with the changes to Open Dialogue’s pricing terms then you may choose not to renew your Subscription in accordance with the section “Subscription Renewal and Cancellation Policy.”

Future Functionality

You agree that your purchases are not contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features, or dependent on any oral or written public comments made by Open Dialogue regarding future functionality or features.

Feedback

We welcome feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Services or Products (“Feedback”). You can submit Feedback by emailing us at info@opendialogue.ai. You grant to us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license under any and all intellectual property rights that you own or control to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon and otherwise employ the Feedback for any purpose.

Content and Content Rights

For purposes of these Terms, (i) “Content” means text, graphics, images, music, software, audio, video, works of authorship of any kind, and information or other materials that are posted, generated, provided or otherwise made available through the Services; and (ii) “User Content” means any Content that users (including you) provide to be made available through the Services. Content includes without limitation User Content.

Al Content is protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property laws. You promise to abide by all copyright notices, trademark rules, information, and restrictions contained in any Content you access through the Services, and you won’t use, copy, reproduce, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, upload, display, license, sell or otherwise exploit for any purpose any Content not owned by you, (i) without the prior consent of the owner of that Content or (ii) in a way that violates someone else’s (including Open Dialogue’s) rights.

Note: Open Dialogue may provide links to videos or articles that were not created by us and for which we assume no ownership. Open Dialogue does not take any responsibility for the accuracy of information or content therein, nor for any harm caused by that content.

You understand that Open Dialogue owns the Services. You won’t modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce (except as expressly provided in this Section), creative derivative works based on, or otherwise exploit any of the Services.

The Services may allow you to copy or download specific Content; please remember that just because this functionality exists, doesn’t mean that all the restrictions above don’t apply.

User Submitted Content and Data

Anything you post, upload, share, store, or otherwise provide through the Services is your “User Submission.” You grant Open Dialogue the license to display, perform, and distribute your User Submission for the sole purpose of making that User Submission accessible to you and providing the Services necessary to do so.

You agree that the licenses you grant are royalty-free, perpetual, sublicensable, irrevocable, and worldwide.

Prohibitions

You agree not to do any of the following:

  • Post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any Content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any person or entity; or (vii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances;
  • Use, display, mirror or frame the Services, or any individual element within the Services, Open Dialogue’s name, any Open Dialogue trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page, without Open Dialogue’s express written consent;
  • Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, Open Dialogue’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of Open Dialogue’s providers;
  • Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any Open Dialogue system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
  • Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by Open Dialogue or any of Open Dialogue’s providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Services;
  • Attempt to access or search the Services or download Collective Content from the Services through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the software and/or search agents provided by Open Dialogue or other generally available third party web browsers;
  • Send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation;
  • Use any meta tags or other hidden text or metadata utilizing a Open Dialogue trademark, logo URL or product name without Open Dialogue’s express written consent;
  • Use the Services for any commercial purpose or the benefit of any third party or in any manner not permitted by these Terms;
  • Forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
  • Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Services;
  • Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the Services;
  • Collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Services from other users of the Services without their express permission;
  • Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
  • Violate any applicable law or regulation; or
  • Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.

We have the right to investigate violations of these Terms or conduct that affects the Services. We may also consult and cooperate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute users who violate the law.

Links to Third Party Websites or Resources

The Services and App may contain links to third-party websites or resources. We provide these links only as a convenience and are not responsible for the content, products or services on or available from those websites or resources or links displayed on such websites. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from, your use of any third-party websites or resources.

Termination

We may terminate your access to and use of the Services, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you. You may cancel your Account at any time by sending an email to us at info@opendialogue.ai. Upon any termination, discontinuation or cancellation of Services or your Account, all provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive will survive, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, and limitations of liability.

Warranty Disclaimers

The Services, Products and Content are provided “as is,” without warranty of any kind. Without limiting the foregoing, we explicitly disclaim any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quiet enjoyment or non-infringement and any warranties arising out of course of dealing or usage of trade.

We make no warranty that the Services or Products will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. We make no warranty regarding the quality, accuracy, timeliness, truthfulness, completeness or reliability of any Content.

Indemnity

You will indemnify and hold harmless Open Dialogue and its officers, directors, employee and agents, from and against any claims, disputes, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, and costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with (i) your access to or use of the Services or Content or (ii) your violation of these Terms.

Limitation of Liability

Neither Open Dialogue nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Services, Products or Content will be liable for any incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages, including, but not limited to, lost profits, loss of data or goodwill, service interruption, computer damage or system failure or the cost of substitute Services or Products arising out of or in connection with these terms or from the use of or inability to use the Services, Products or Content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or any other legal theory, and whether or not Open Dialogue has been informed of the possibility of such damage, even if a limited remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you.

In no event will Open Dialogue’s total liability arising out of or in connection with these terms or from the use of or inability to use the Services, Products or Content exceed the amounts you have paid to Open Dialogue for use of the Services, Products or Content or fifty dollars ($50), if you have not had any payment obligations to Open Dialogue, as applicable. The exclusion and limitations of damages set forth above are fundamental elements of the basis of the bargain between Open Dialogue and you.

General Terms

These Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between Open Dialogue and you regarding the Services, Products and Content, and these Terms supersede and replace any and all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between Open Dialogue and you regarding the Services, Products and Content. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable (either by an arbitrator appointed pursuant to the terms of the “Arbitration” section above or by court of competent jurisdiction, but only if you timely opt out of arbitration by sending us an Arbitration Opt-out Notice in accordance with the terms set forth above), that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.

You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without Open Dialogue’s prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms, without such consent, will be null and of no effect. Open Dialogue may freely assign or transfer these Terms without restriction. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

Any notices or other communications provided by Open Dialogue under these Terms, including those regarding modifications to these Terms, will be given: (i) by Open Dialogue via email; or (ii) by posting to the Services. For notices made by e-mail, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.

Open Dialogue’s failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of such right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of Open Dialogue. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms or the Services or Products, please contact Open Dialogue at info@opendialogue.ai.

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