Terms and Conditions

Initial Effective Date: June 30, 2017 (GMT)
Latest Revised Date: July 23, 2024 (GMT)
Version: 4.4.0

⚠️ Important Notice
  • If You are having suicidal thoughts or planning to act on suicidal thoughts, or if You feel that You may be a danger to Yourself or to others, or if You otherwise have any medical or mental health emergency or severe mental health condition, or if You are in a crisis or trauma or abuse, please discontinue use of the Service immediately and call the relevant emergency number in Your country or the approved helplines provided by Your Institution.
  • If You are less than 18 years of age, please read through the Wellzy Privacy Policy and the Wellzy Terms of Service with Your parent or legal guardian or check with Your Institution to understand eligibility before use. Wellzy is not to be used by children under 13 years. Wellzy does not take responsibility for any misrepresentation of age and use.
  • Your interaction with the AI Coach is with an AI system and not a human. The AI Coach is restricted in the means of response, and the intended use is for providing evidence-based tools and techniques to manage emotions and encourage mental well-being in a self-help and self-monitoring context. It is not intended for providing diagnosis, treatment, or cure of a condition or disease.
  • Wellzy emotional well-being professional services are not a replacement for treatment-focused therapy and are not intended to provide diagnosis, treatment, or cure for any disease/condition/disorder.

Introduction

Welcome to Wellzy, the mobile and online service of Wellzy Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Wellzy", "We", "Us" or "Our"). These Terms of Service apply to all visitors, data subjects, and others who access the Service ("User(s)" or "You/r"), including persons buying for teams ("Subscribers"). This document is a legally binding agreement between You and Wellzy Inc., a private company registered in the USA. The domain name www.wellzy.io and all associated subdomains (hereinafter referred to as "Website") and Wellzy mobile application, web-based and online applications ("Mobile Software" or "Wellzy App") is owned and managed by Wellzy Inc.

Our Services

You may use our Apps to access one or more of our services and offerings (collectively the "Service(s)" or "Wellzy Service"):

  • AI chatbot ("AI Coach")
  • Digital self-care tool-packs
  • Emotional well-being professionals
  • Guided-group meditations
  • Services offered over WhatsApp (available in select geographies only)
  • Services purchased from our website and web pages
  • Digital front door or e-triage
  • Multi-lingual offerings (available in select geographies only)
  • Online controlled and real-world research studies
  • Validated preventative guided programs for Institutional users
  • Wellzy+ Generative AI (Wellzy+)

We may also provide these and additional services on behalf of Your Institution ("Institutional Services"). An Institution could be an enterprise, university, hospital, research institution, or other public or private organization. Institutional Services may involve processing information on behalf of the Institution. Where applicable, you must agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policies of both Wellzy and your Institution to proceed with using the Institutional Service.

Agreement to Terms

By accessing or using the Wellzy App and Service, You signify that You have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and to the collection and use of Your Information as set forth in the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and terms of any other policies of Wellzy as may be applicable to You whether or not You are a registered User of Our Service. These Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and any other terms and conditions as may be applicable shall hereinafter collectively be referred to as "Agreement" or "Contract".

What is Wellzy App?

The Wellzy App has a virtual AI-based system ("AI Coach" or "Wellzy AI Coach") that You can chat with, including upon Your choice, the ability to subscribe and to message a highly trained and qualified mental health and emotional well-being professional ("Wellzy emotional well-being professional" or "emotional well-being professional" or "professional") or for Institution Users, to be able to use an Institutional support mechanism integrated within the Wellzy App, and through a conversational interface get access to tools and techniques to manage Your emotional well-being.

The Wellzy App is available for both iOS and Android mobile systems and as a web browser-based system either on Wellzy's web application or integrated within an Institution website. The AI Coach Service over WhatsApp business is currently piloted only in India.

Your Interaction with the AI Coach is with an artificial intelligence system and not a human. The AI Coach is restricted in the means of response, and the intended usage of Wellzy App is for providing support via evidence-based tools and techniques to manage emotions and encourage mental well-being, as an early intervention tool in a self-help or self-monitoring context.

This is not intended to be a replacement for face-to-face psychotherapy or to provide a diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, or cure for a disease/condition/disorder or disability.

When NOT to Use Wellzy

Wellzy App and Service is not intended for use in crises such as abuse or complex or severe mental health conditions that cause, for example; ideation of suicide, harm to self and others, or for any medical emergencies. Wellzy App is designed to offer general mental health advice and support and cannot offer condition-specific advice for complex medical conditions such as complex long-term illness, cancer, infertility, or genetic disorders among others.

Consult a Healthcare Professional First If You Have:

  • Pregnancy
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
  • Seizures or Epilepsy
  • Hallucinations or nightmares
  • Sleepwalking
  • Excessive daytime sleepiness
  • Dizziness or tremors

The App may not be right for You if You are; a child under 13 years, someone with a severe mental or physical condition or disorder, a shift worker, someone who regularly keeps changing sleep schedules, or someone who sleeps at times that are out of sync with Your body's natural rhythm.

Who Can Use the Service?

You may use the Service only if You are a natural/legal person, agree to this Agreement and form a binding contract with Wellzy, and only in compliance with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules, and regulations.

Age Requirements:

  • You may use the App and services if you are 18 or more.
  • If You are between 13 and 18 years of age, please read through this Wellzy Privacy Policy and the Wellzy Terms of Service with Your parent or legal guardian. In such a case the Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract between Wellzy and Your legal guardian or parent. Kindly inform your parent or legal guardian to provide their consent by writing to us at wellzycare@gmail.com.
  • Anyone under 13 is strictly prohibited from creating an account and/or using the Service.

Wellzy reserves the right to refuse access to the Service or terminate Your account if eligibility is not met, at its sole discretion. The Service is not available to any Users previously removed from the Service by Wellzy.

About Wellzy Emotional Well-being Professional Service

When You use the Wellzy emotional well-being professional Service provided to You on the Wellzy App, the following terms apply:

Service Overview

  • Wellzy emotional well-being professional Service is a Premium Service provided by the Wellzy App
  • When you subscribe to our service, you get human-supported emotional well-being services which are not a replacement for treatment-focused therapy
  • Wellzy emotional well-being professionals draw on various evidence-based psychological and lifestyle coaching techniques to provide empathetic and non-judgmental support
  • The service being offered is an enabling and empowering mode of support, rather than treatment of illness or a health condition

Important Limitations

  • The professionals may not be licensed to practice in Your state, country, or geography
  • Services are not a substitute for face-to-face psychotherapy
  • Does not provide a diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, or cure for a disease/condition/disorder or disability
  • Does not provide any type of state-regulated mental health services in Your country of residence
  • Not a crisis or emergency Service - if You experience an emergency, please immediately reach out to the emergency contact in Your local area

How Sessions Work

  • Text-based messaging or audio-video based sessions (not available in all regions)
  • Sessions are scheduled at the mutual convenience of the User and the professional
  • Unlimited messages between sessions (professional will try to respond within 24 hours)
  • You can cancel or reschedule a session anytime before 3 hours to the start
  • Text-based chats are available for reference within the App
  • Audio-Video sessions are never recorded and stored
  • You agree to not record and store Your Audio-Video Sessions

Subscription & Fees

Wellzy+ Generative AI Services

We use third-party Generative AI technology services for our Wellzy+ GAI Services. Wellzy+ represents the next generation of Wellzy, designed to generate static, quality, and clinically validated content that provides a high performing, safe, and improved user experience with our AI-based Services.

No personal data gets shared with these third-party services. Wellzy+ GAI Service is provided as a deterministic framework that follows the same safety-based structure as the regular Wellzy services. Every Wellzy+ GAI Services use case is tested for repeatability and clinical safety.

Generated content needs to pass our safety and quality guardrails before being accepted for use. All generated content scripts are rigorously quality checked for clinically validated and safe responses using a therapist-in-the-loop for safety, privacy, quality, and performance.

Refer to the additional Wellzy+ Generative AI Terms of Use and Wellzy+ Generative AI Privacy Policy to be informed about our Wellzy+ GAI Service and how we handle and process your provided data during the use of this Service.

Service Rules - Prohibited Activities

You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities:

  • Copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium
  • Using any automated system (robots, spiders, offline readers, etc.) to access the Service
  • Transmitting spam, chain letters, or other unsolicited email
  • Attempting to interfere with, compromise the system integrity or security
  • Uploading invalid data, viruses, worms, or other software agents
  • Collecting or harvesting any personally identifiable Information from the Service
  • Using the Service for any commercial solicitation purposes
  • Impersonating another person or misrepresenting Your affiliation
  • Interfering with the proper working of the Service
  • Bypassing measures We may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service

User Content Guidelines

Some areas of the Service may allow Users to post content such as chat content, profile Information, videos, comments, questions, and other content ("User Content"). We claim no ownership rights over User Content created by You; the User Content You create remains Yours.

You agree NOT to post or transmit User Content that:

  • May create a risk of harm, loss, injury, emotional distress, death, or disability to You or any other person
  • Seeks to harm or exploit children
  • Contains unlawful, harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, infringing, invasive, harassing, humiliating, libelous, threatening, profane, or otherwise objectionable content
  • Contains illegal Information or content
  • Violates any school, Institution or other applicable policy
  • Interferes with other Users of the Service
  • Violates third-party rights including Intellectual Property Rights or rights of privacy

Privacy and Security

We deeply care about the privacy of Our Users. You understand that by using the Services You consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of Your Personal data and aggregate data as set forth in our Privacy Policy.

We take all reasonable care to keep Your conversations private and secure. You can also keep Your conversations private and device secure by following the best practices outlined in the Privacy Policy.

For safety and security reasons, We strongly recommend that You keep Your conversations with Wellzy App private.

Data Storage

Your submitted Data will be transferred, stored, and processed in Our secure servers hosted by our cloud service providers. You understand and agree that We may transfer, store and process minimal data outside Your region to enable us to provide Our services. These could be to regions where data protection laws may be less stringent than those in Your country. Such data handling will be based on Our Privacy Policy.

Payments and Cancellations

The AI Coach Services are provided to the Users free of cost at present. The User may choose to avail additional services available on the Mobile Software ("Premium Services") upon payment of a subscription fee.

Subscription Details

  • Subscriptions will be automatically renewed until canceled before the end of the current period
  • For Apple iTunes, the subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period
  • It is solely Your responsibility to cancel, which can be done at any time from Google Play and Apple iTunes
  • WE DO NOT GENERALLY ACCEPT SUBSCRIPTION CANCELLATIONS VIA EMAIL
  • It is Your responsibility to note the date and time that the subscription will expire or come up for renewal

Payment Methods

If You purchase Wellzy Services by means of Web-based purchases, You may use other third-party payment gateways provided by PayPal, RazorPay, and Stripe to make Your payments. If You want to cancel or seek a refund for Your subscription for any web-based purchases, please write to Us at wellzycare@gmail.com.

Note: In-App products or services purchased via Google Play Points will be non-refundable.

Intellectual Property Rights

Except for Your User Content, the Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music, and User Content belonging to other Users (the "Wellzy Content"), and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of Wellzy and its licensors.

Use of Wellzy Content for any purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement is strictly prohibited.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. Use of the Service is at your own risk.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

Wellzy, its subsidiaries, its affiliates, and its licensors do not warrant that:

  • The content is accurate, reliable, or correct
  • The service will meet your requirements
  • The service will be available at any particular time or location, uninterrupted or secure
  • Any defects or errors will be corrected
  • The service is free of viruses or other harmful components

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Wellzy, its affiliates, agents, directors, employees, suppliers, or licensors be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, including without limitation damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses, that result from the use of, or inability to use, this Service.

If any part of this limitation of liability is found to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, then the aggregate liability of Wellzy under such circumstances shall not exceed the greater of USD 100 or the total amount of fees paid to Wellzy by such person for or in connection with the Services in the twelve (12) month period preceding this applicable claim.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

The App is controlled by Wellzy from its offices in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

  • The Courts in Bangalore, Karnataka shall have the exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any matter, claim, or dispute arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement between the Parties
  • This Agreement shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of India, without respect to its conflict of laws principles
  • You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in Bengaluru, Karnataka

The Service is controlled and operated from facilities in India, UK, and the USA. You understand and agree that those who access or use the Service from other jurisdictions will do so at their own volition and are entirely responsible for compliance with all applicable Indian and local laws and regulations.

Changes to Terms

Wellzy may, in its sole discretion, modify or update this Agreement from time to time, and so You should review this page periodically. When We change the Agreement in a material manner, We will update the 'last modified' date at the top of this page.

Your continued use of the Service after any such change constitutes Your acceptance of the new terms. If You do not agree to any of these terms or any future terms, do not use or access (or continue to access) the Service.

Contact Us

If You have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Agreement or practices, please contact us at:

Email: wellzycare@gmail.com

Last Updated: July 23, 2024 | Version: 4.4.0

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