These terms and conditions are effective date May 25, 2018.

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Mandarin Mama’s Website.

Mandarin Mama is owned and operated by Mandarin Mama.

By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and conditions in full. Do not continue to use Mandarin Mama’s website if you do not accept all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and any or all Agreements: “Client”, “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person accessing this website and accepting the Company’s terms and conditions. “The Company”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us”, refers to our Company. “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us”, refers to both the Client and ourselves, or either the Client or ourselves.

All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner, whether by formal meetings of a fixed duration, or any other means, for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of provision of the Company’s stated services/products, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of the United States. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

TERMS OF USE

  1. This website does not replace medical advice from your pediatrician or other medical professional. This site and its components are offered for informational purposes only. Any informational materials provided on this site are not intended to substitute for any professional educational, legal, medical or other advice. This site shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted or made available via the site, and shall not be responsible or liable for any error or omissions in that information.
  2. Good judgement and adult supervision (and participation!) are advised for all activities. Mandarin Mama assumes no liability for accident or injury resulting from replicating activities described within this website and related social media pages.
  3. Mandarin Mama is not liable for any errors or omissions in content or comments which appear on this site. It is a public resource of general information that is intended, but not promised or guaranteed, to be correct, complete, and up-to-date.
  4. The information contained on Mandarin Mama and the resources available for download through mandarinmama.com is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as, professional advice.
  5. Results of actions contained within this site and content upgrades are the responsibility of the reader.
  6. Mandarin Mama does not make any guarantees about the results of taking any action, whether recommended on mandarinmama.com or on another linked website.
  7. We provide educational and informational resources that are intended to help users of mandarinmama.com succeed at work, in the home, and in life. You recognize that your ultimate success or failure will be the result of your own efforts, your particular situation, and innumerable other circumstances beyond the control and/or knowledge of Mandarin Mama and Virginia Duan.

COOKIES

We employ the use of cookies. By using Mandarin Mama’s website you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with Mandarin Mama’s cookie policy.

Most of the modern-day web sites use cookies to enable us to retrieve user details for each visit. Cookies are used in some areas of our site to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for those people visiting. Some of our affiliate / advertising partners may also use cookies.

COPYRIGHT

All images are copyrighted to Mandarin Mama. Unauthorized use is prohibited. This is a personal website and many photos and videos feature her children.

All writing and posts are intended for personal, non-commercial use. Virginia writes all her own material and does not charge readers a fee. Articles may NOT be shared by emailing or transferring files, posting in a forum or other website, replicating print copies, or any other means without express permission. Please DO NOT abuse this policy by:

  1. Claiming them to be your own material.
  2. Selling or using them commercially (eg: other sites/schools/education centers); if you are charging parents a fee for your service, please create and produce your own materials or pay for materials that others create and produce.
  3. Reproduce in any manner, form or shape on your website, blog, or elsewhere without making a direct link back to this site with appropriate credit.
  4. When you share information on your website, social media or other platforms, please link it back to the main page, www.mandarinmama.com.

USER COMMENTS

  1. Certain parts of this website offer the opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions, information, material and data (‘Comments’) in areas of the website. Comments do not reflect the views or opinions of Mandarin Mama, its agents or affiliates. Comments reflect the view and opinion of the person who posts such view or opinion. To the extent permitted by applicable laws Mandarin Mama shall not be responsible or liable for the Comments or for any loss cost, liability, damages or expenses caused and or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.
  2. Mandarin Mama reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which it considers in its absolute discretion to be inappropriate, offensive or otherwise in breach of these Terms and Conditions.
  3. You warrant and represent that:
    • You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
    • The Comments do not infringe any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark, or other proprietary right of any third party;
    • The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material or material which is an invasion of privacy
    • The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.
  4. You hereby grant to Mandarin Mama a non-exclusive royalty-free license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your  comments in any and all forms, formats or media.
  5. Your information submitted via the Comments are subject to our privacy policy.

DOWNLOADABLE FILES AND IMAGES

From time to time, Mandarin Mama may share downloadable files. Any downloadable file, including but not limited to pdfs, docs, jpegs, pngs, is provided at the user’s own risk. The owner will not be liable for any losses, injuries or damages resulting from a corrupt or damaged file.

HYPERLINKING CONTENT

The following organizations may link to our Web site without prior written approval:

  1. Government agencies;
  2. Search engines;
  3. News organizations;
  4. Online directory distributors when they list us in the directory may link to our Web site in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Web sites of other listed businesses; and
  5. System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Web site information so long as the link:

  1. Is not in any way misleading;
  2. Does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and
  3. Fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We will approve link requests from other organizations if we determine that:

  1. The link would not reflect unfavorably on us or our accredited businesses (for example, trade associations or other organizations representing inherently suspect types of business, such as work-at-home opportunities, shall not be allowed to link);
  2. The organization does not have an unsatisfactory record with us;
  3. The benefit to us from the visibility associated with the hyperlink outweighs the absence of link is in the context of general resource information or is otherwise consistent with editorial content in a newsletter or similar product furthering the mission of the organization.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Web site information so long as the link:

    1. Is not in any way misleading;
    2. Does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and it products or services; and
    3. Fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions. Include your name, organization name, contact information (phone number and e-mail address) as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Web site, and a list of the URL(s) on our site to which you would like to link. Due to high email volume, we cannot reply to all email inquiries.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Web site as follows:

  1. By use of our corporate name; or
  2. By use of the uniform resource locator (Web address) being linked to; or
  3. By use of any other description of our Web site or material being linked to that makes sense within the
    context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

No use of Mandarin Mama’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking without express written consent from Mandarin Mama.

IFRAMES

Without prior approval and express written permission, you may not create frames around our Web pages or use other techniques that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Web site.

RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

We reserve the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Web site. You agree to immediately remove all links to our Web site upon such request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our Web site, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions.

REMOVAL OF LINKS FROM OUR WEBSITE

If you find any link on our Web site or any linked web site objectionable for any reason, you may contact us about this. We will consider requests to remove links but will have no obligation to do so or to respond directly to you.

Whilst we endeavor to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

CONTENT LIABILITY

We shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on our Web site. You agree to indemnify and defend us against all claims arising out of or based upon our Website. No link(s) may appear on any page on our Web site or within any context containing content or materials that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

DISCLAIMER

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law in respect of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill). Nothing in this disclaimer will:

  1. Limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
  2. Limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
  3. Limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
  4. Exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer:

  1. Are subject to the preceding paragraph; and
  2. Govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer or in relation to the subject matter of this disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.

To the extent that the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.