Website Terms of Use

BE By Design

The following Terms of Use are entered into by and between you (“You” or “Participant” and Dr Christine McKee doing business as BE by Design (“Business”, “we”, or “us”).

The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (“Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of https://www.drchristinemckee.com, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through https://www.drchristinemckee.com (the “Website”), whether as a guest or a registered user.

1. Disclaimer - The information on this Website is provided as general information and is not therapy, medical advice nor does it replace therapy or medical advice. Further, information on this Website does not constitute a therapist /licensed health practitioner: client relationship.

The full text of Website Legal Disclaimer is here.

2. Privacy - We respect your privacy and follow the principles of PIPEDA in the collection of Personal Information from you on our Website. 

Please see our full text of our Privacy Policy here.

3. Copyright & Content - All content on the Website is protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws, and are the property of the BE by Design unless otherwise noted.

This Website and its contents are protected by the copyright laws of Canada and international treaties to which Canada is a signatory. Except as otherwise provided for under copyright law, this website and its content may not be copied, published, distributed, downloaded, or otherwise stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or converted, in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

4. Use of Free Downloadable Content - The Business provides various resources on this Website, which users may access by providing an e-mail address. The Business grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use our resources provided in exchange for an email address (the “Free Content”) for your own personal or internal business use. Except as otherwise provided, you acknowledge and agree that you have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any of the Free Content in any manner.

By downloading the Free Content, you agree that the Free Content you download may only be used by you for your personal or business use and may not be sold or redistributed without the express written consent of the Business.

By downloading the Free Content, you further agree that you shall not create any derivative work based upon the Free Content and you shall not offer any competing products or services based upon any information contained in the Free Content.

5. Guests - The Business may, from time to time, provide information from a third party in the form of a podcast guest interview; interview on other platform; guest webinar, modules, courses, activities, and video posts; or other mediums. The Business does not control the information provided by such third-party guests, is not responsible for investigating the truth of any information provided and cannot guarantee the veracity of any statements made by such guests.

6. Email And Other Electronic Communications - Visiting the Website or sending emails to the Business constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Website, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

We would be pleased to communicate with you by e-mail, and there are various places on this Website that provide you the ability to send an electronic communication to the Business. Any such email or other electronic communication, however, does not create a business relationship, a therapist:client relationship, nor any contractual relationship. As set forth more fully in our Privacy Policy, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that any communications remain confidential, but we cannot guarantee the security of such communications and cannot guarantee that we would not be required to disclose such communications as a result of a court order.

7. User Communication - The Website may contain chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, links to Facebook groups, comment sections or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group. 

You agree that when using features of the Website that allow for communication by you, that you will not defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others. 

You agree not to publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic, name, material or information, or upload files unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.

You agree not to advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, or harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent or violate any applicable laws or regulations.

The Business has no obligation to monitor the user communications but reserves the right to review materials posted to the Website and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. The Business reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the user communication services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable laws.

8. Changes To the Terms Of Use - We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

9. Jurisdiction - This agreement between you, the user, and BE by Design, the Business, shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the province of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable therein. You hereby consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the province of Alberta in any proceeding related to this agreement.

10. Contact Information - We welcome your questions about the Website Terms of Use.   

You can contact us here:

Contact:  Dr Christine McKee

Postal Address: PO Box 8033, Cochrane, AB, T4C 2J7, Canada

Email: [email protected]

Last Updated: 24 May 2024