Terms and Conditions

Terms of use

For the purposes of clear communication, “our,” “we,” and “us,” refer to this website and/or its services and the terms, “you,” “your,” or, “yours,” refer to visitors to this website. Your use of this website serves as acceptance of the Terms of Use, presented below.

Continued use of this website is considered acknowledgment of and agreement with the Terms of Use, here presented.

WARRANTABLE USE

Conditional to your use of this website you agree that you will not engage in any usage that is prohibited by our Terms of Use, illegal or in any way damaging to this website’s security or functionality.

BOOKING SERVICES AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROVIDER

Going Strong Counselling and Psychotherapy uses Power Diary, for booking services and practice mangement software. Power Diary are a leading provider in the international field of provision of such services. Additioanlly, all Power Diary data is backed up hourly to separate storage devices, and an additional separate daily backup is made to AWS S3 storage. Monthly backups are retained for a minimum of 2 years. All data drives and S3 storage is encrypted using secure and industry compliant encryption technology, keeping data at the forefront of security. In addition to this, collection and retention of your personal and information is handled in full compliance with all relevant Australian and International law.

PAYMENT PROCESSING PROVIDER

Stripe is our payment processing service of choice. Stripe is certified as a PCI Service Provider – Level 1, which is the highest level of certification available as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. You can read more about Stripe’s security here.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

With the exception of https://www.powerdiary.com and https://www.stripe.com any links to other websites, such as social media or other mental health services websites, provided on https://www.goingstrongcounselling.com are not within the purview of our responsibility, and as such, we are not responsible for any form of transmission made or received from any platform or media forum you choose to engage with, beyond our website. Links to external sites are provided as a convenience only, and the presence of any such links neither implies nor constitutes an explicit endorsement of, or association with. such websites in any form.

APPLICABLE LAW

This agreement is governed by applicable Australian national and state law and you consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in in any and all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this website. Use of this website in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms of use, including without limitation this section, is unauthorized. Any resident in a jurisdiction where the use of this website is therefore unauthorized, is responsible for cessation of use of this website.

DISCLAIMER

You acknowledge and agree that while information and guidance may be provided, such information or guidance constitutes no specific medical, legal or financial advice or advice of any other kind, or creates a warranty with respect to this website or our services and you acknowledge that you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice in the medical, legal or financial fields, tailored to your circumstances.

This disclaimer applies to the fullest extent permissible by law and shall survive any termination or expiration of this agreement or your use of this website or services offered herein.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Beyond any potential liability subject to applicable law, we will not be liable to you or any other person or entity for any damages whatsoever arising as a result of your use of this website in any way. In addition, where warranties are implied by law, you acknowledge and agree that the total aggregate liability to us is limited to the total amount paid by you for the particular services that are the subject of the cause of action, even if those services were provided to you without cost.

This limitation of liability applies to the fullest extent permitted by law and shall endure beyond any termination or expiration of this agreement or your use of this website or the services found on this website.

VALIDITY

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

AGREEMENT

With respect to use of this website, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Going Strong Counselling and Psychotherapy.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS

All of this website’s contents are copyright by Going Strong Counselling and Psychotherapy. Names of companies and products mentioned on this website may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Any rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Use are reserved.

These Terms and Conditions of Use may need to be updated periodically, in order to meet our legal obligations or to keep our client’s informed.

Last Updated 29/12/2022.