Policies
Our Class Registration Polices include:
- Initial deposit of 50% required at time of class registration.
- Initial registration within fewer than 45 calendar days of the start of class will incur a 5% late penalty charge.
- Balance in full received at least 14 calendar days before start of class enables student to get the manual in advance for pre-reading and studying if desired.
- Balance in full to be received no later than 3 days before start of class.
Our General Policies & Procedures include:
- It is the policy of Meridian360 to provide equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual preference, age, or disability.
- The techniques and tools learned in these trainings are not intended to replace medical or professional advice, but are for the self-empowerment of those individuals we choose to serve.
- Using the information from Meridian360 for yourself, on your family or clientele is at your own risk. Meridian360 does not take responsibility for your use of this information. Some of the procedures taught in our classes include methods which may be considered massage techniques. Please check with the rules of your state. If you are a professional with appropriate licensure, then you may use this information appropriately with your paying clientele.
- We desire to maintain an energetically safe environment for our students and teachers, therefore, we reserve the right to deny admission to classesor and programs based on a student’s personal preparedness, incompatibility with the aims or goals of the school, or with personality conflicts with teachers or other students.
- While we strive to accommodate the needs of all our students, there are at times circumstances in which conflicts arise between students, or between students and faculty. The services and programs of Meridian360, LLC, may not meet the needs of every student. In the event of personality conflicts, disputes, or other conflicts, the policy of Meridian360, LLC, is that teachers, teacher aides or Administration may require the withdrawal of a student, with or without cause. At that time, all class materials are to be surrendered to the school, the student’s money for the course will be refunded.
- The materials presented as part of the coursework of Meridian360, LLC or presented through Meridian360, LLC are copyrighted. No information presented may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written prior permission of the copyright owner.
- As a practitioner, I understand the need for professional insurance that covers my practice. By no later than the completion of the Meridian360 Foundations Program, I will maintain appropriate insurance policies for risks concerning professional negligence, public liability, and others risks, and do not hold Meridian360 or any of its associated entities responsible for anything that may happen.
- Training may be recorded for future use by Meridian360, and I consent to allow my image to be re-used in future teachings of Meridian360. If I do not allow my image to be used as part of a demo, I will refrain from volunteering for that demo.
- Students are not allowed to video record entire classes. Select picture taking is allowed, but excessive photography of slides, overheads, and other teaching materials is not allowed.
- Practitioners with felony or sexual predator backgrounds may have difficulties establishing practices or may be legally prevented from applying what they learn through Meridian360. Students are responsible for their own situation and ensuring they are able to legally practice and apply what they learn.
Lawyers tell us we have to have these. Since we expect others to honor the expertise we have in our profession, it only seems fair that we respect their expertise.
- The information provided throughout this website is for educational purposes only and to give general information and basic understanding about energy work, not to provide specific advice. It does not offer medical advice. Viewers should make their own independent inquiries and judgments before acting on any information it contains.
- By using this website you understand that there is no professional relationship between you and this website, its owners, agents, or authors.
- The information provided on this site should not be used as a substitute or replacement for professional medical advice offered by licensed doctors and health professionals in your state. Meridian360, Meridian360ek.com, Doug Akerman, or any of the other individuals listed by name on this website are not dispensing advice, diagnoses, or prescriptions, either directly or indirectly. There are no representations suggesting that the materials presented relate to the condition of the reader. If you are taking prescription medication always consult with your medical doctor or pharmacist about any changes in your diet, exercise routine and health regimens including alternative therapies, herbal supplements, homeopathics or essential oils.
- Meridian360, Meridian360ek.com, Doug Akerman, or any of the other individuals listed by name on this website make no representations or warranties with respect to any treatment, action, or preparation by any person following the information offered or provided throughout this site. Persons using the kinesiological procedures and techniques given here do so at their own risk.
- Testimonials and explanations on this website do not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction.
- Energy Kinesiology is an umbrella term for many different personal development approaches that focus on an individual’s meridians, chakras, or other energetic systems. Rather than diagnosing or treating illnesses of body or mind, these approaches target energy patterns in body and brain to optimize the person’s well-being.
- Energy Kinesiology addresses individuals’ energetic fields to stimulate innate health-promoting mechanisms and restore the body’s natural state of well-being. It does not attempt to diagnose, treat, or cure illness.
- Energy modalities are considered experimental by most members of the medical profession, if recognized at all.
- Classes, books, videos, other programs, and practitioners are listed on this website to inform the viewer of available resources. Meridian360, Meridian360ek.com, Doug Akerman, or any of the other individuals listed by name on this website accrue no liability based on the consumer’s uses of these resources.
- Any exploration of one’s past or current difficulties—common practices within Energy Kinesiology as well as many other personal development approaches—may evoke disquieting memories or emotions. While these may be markers on the path of personal evolution, the individual undertaking such exploration assumes any and all associated risks.
- Although the hands-on energy modalities presented on this website are widely viewed as non-invasive and benign interventions into the body’s energy system, any procedure that frees energies that have been blocked may cause mild reactions such as nausea, headaches, or temporary pains as the energies begin to move and reset themselves. While such reactions should be noted and common-sense assessments made, they often indicate that the procedures are working and benefits will persist after the discomfort has passed. It is also possible that a condition such as a cold or the flu was incubating, so it might appear that a cause-effect relationship was involved when it was actually a matter of coincidence.
- The user of this website assumes any and all risks associated with using information it contains, agreeing to hold harmless Meridian360, Meridian360ek.com, Doug Akerman, its owners, board members, employees, agents, and/or volunteers from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, liability, loss, damage, and/or injury that may occur out of the use of this website.
Meridian360 may
- fully cancel a class based on insufficient overall attendance across all locations. In the event this occurs, 100% class costs will be refunded.
- cancel a single Site’s participation based on insufficient local attendance. In the event this occurs, the student has the choice of receiving 100% class cost refund or attending another location of their choice.
Meridian360ek.com Privacy Policy
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.
What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, Other or other details to help you with your experience.
When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form or enter information on our site.
Provide us with feedback on our products or services
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
• To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
• To improve our website in order to better serve you.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• To quickly process your transactions.
• To ask for ratings and reviews of services or products
• To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries)
How do we protect your information?
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.
We use regular Malware Scanning.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.
All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
Do we use ‘cookies’?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to:
• Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.
• Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
• Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If users disable cookies in their browser:
If you turn cookies off it will turn off some of the features of the site.
Third-party disclosure
Do we disclose the information we collect to Third-Parties?
We will transfer to outside parties your name, address,city,town, any form or online contact identifier email, name of chat account etc., phone number, others such as transcript history and registration information
We engage in this practice because:
We share information as we notify modality developers of students who have completed classes with us. We also provide information to EnKA for certification reasons. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to other outside parties Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third-party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Google
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following:
• Remarketing with Google AdSense
• Google Display Network Impression Reporting
• Demographics and Interests Reporting
• DoubleClick Platform Integration
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:
• On our Privacy Policy Page
Can change your personal information:
• By logging in to your account
How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.
Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email
• Within 7 business days
We will notify the users via in-site notification
• Within 7 business days
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
CAN SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
We collect your email address in order to:
• Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions
• Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.
• Send you additional information related to your product and/or service
• Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.
To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:
• Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
• Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at
doug.akerman@meridian360ek.com and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.
meridian360ek.com
281 Scarlett Dr
Beavercreek, OH 45434
United States
doug.akerman@meridian360ek.com
Last Edited on 2018-05-18
Our Student Withdrawal Policy includes
- If greater than 2 months before the start of class, full refund.
- If less than 2 months before the start of class, 90% refund.
- If less than 2 weeks before the start of class, 50% refund.
- There is no refund If student fails to attend class.
- If student withdraws from class due to illness (verified by doctor’s note), we will refund any course fees paid, less an administrative fee of 20% of your course cost.
- If student has possession of an advance copy of a manual, no refund can be given, but 100% of their paid tuition will be applied as a credit to a future attendance of the same class. The student will not be allowed to attend any other Meridian360 classes until having completed the missed class unless special approval is given.
- Based on attendance history, exceptions may approved by Director for medical emergency or other valid reason.
- To cancel a class registration, please contact Meridian360 directly.