About Us

This website & platform is owned and operated by The Progressive Podiatry Project and is protected by copyright laws.
By accessing and/or using this website and related services (including course, subscription purchases & live events), you agree to these Terms and Conditions (Terms). 

You should review Terms carefully and immediately cease using our website & engaging in our published content if you do not agree to these Terms outlined below. 

Consumer - any person who purchases and/or consumes products containing educational content on The Progressive Podiatry Project platforms and/or attends live events provided by The Progressive Podiatry Project, its content creators and/or licencees.

1. Protection of Data

The Progressive Podiatry Project will share not share any of your data with third parties for any reason, with the below exception.

 You are a member of a professional association who has purchased a product/course/subscription that is endorsed by the professional association and require evidence of CPD learning for professional registration purposes.
The information shared with these organisations (eg: The Royal College of Podiatry or The Australian Podiatry Association) is to confirm:
- Consumer completion of course.
- Consumer feedback pertaining to course content, so organisations can monitor and evaluate endorsement of educational content provided by The Progressive Podiatry Project.

How your data is shared:
Upon completion of course and submission of feedback form, third parties are sent a report at the scheduled time (typically quarterly) with the following information;
- Consumer name.
- Course completed.
- Feedback form information.

As of February 2023 the only organisation in which this data is required to be shared for endorsement purposes is The Royal College of Podiatry (UK).
The Australian Podiatry Association or any other organisation does not request/require any Consumer information to be shared for any purpose.

2. Intellectual Property 

All Intellectual Property Rights on the Platform & associated online social accounts including Online & Live Course Materials, Online & Live Course Content, Online Subscriptions, Coaching and the information shared during live events (seminars, workshops, conferences etc) are and remain the intellectual property of The Progressive Podiatry Project & its content creators, or its licensors, whether adapted, written for or customised for a client or not. 

You are not authorised to: 

(i) Copy, modify, reproduce, re-publish, sub-license, sell, upload, broadcast, post, transmit or distribute any of the course materials in any way that deviates from the original purpose of the content shared with the Consumer.
(Each purchase is a single-user license, should location monitoring identify suspicious account logins your account may be suspended) 

(ii) Record any video or audio tape, relay by videophone or by any other means any online course content or live course/workshop/seminar/conference without express written permission by The Progressive Podiatry Project founder – Talysha Reeve. 

(iii) Use any of the online or live course content in the provision of any other course or training whether instructed/presented by The Progressive Podiatry Project & its contributors; 

(iv) Alter, adapt, copy, disassemble, merge, modify or translate any part of the online courses, subscriptions &/or live content unless a prior distribution contract has been put in place (in writing) & approved only by The Progressive Podiatry Project’s founder – Talysha Reeve. 

In consideration of the payment paid by you, you are granted a non-transferable, single user license to use the course materials, subscriptions or live course content in respect of the relevant purchase made by you for the sole purpose of completing the educational CPD content. 

Exception – photographs &/or videos of a Consumer engaging in course content, either live or online, is permissible for the purpose of social media as long as:

1. Credit is given to The Progressive Podiatry Project via tags #P3podiatry and/or @P3Podiatry
2. The purpose is for the Consumer to share their learning experiences for personal and/or clinical brand advertising.

3. Consumer Licence

All purchases of course content, including Online & Live Course Materials, Online & Live Course Content, Online Subscriptions, Coaching are considered a single-user licence.

Single-use licence in non-transferable.

Exception to single-user licence pertains to online coaching purchases where it states “If you are a clinic owner with staff also undertaking an online course, group sessions to include your staff can be arranged to be included in this coaching purchase.”

4. Liability

The Progressive Podiatry Project, its content creators & licensees accept no liability, either direct or indirect for any adverse event or response arising from a Consumer utilising the educational information provided, including any Consumer interaction with clients in a private and/or clinical setting.
It is assumed that all Consumers hold appropriate & sufficient registrations and insurances to cover clinical services they provide to clients.

The Progressive Podiatry Project, its content creators & licensees accept no liability, either direct or indirect for any adverse event or response arising from engagement in any live educational activities, including conferences, seminars and workshops. 
This liability waiver covers all engagement by the Consumer in physical activities that may arise during the course of a live event (conference, seminar and workshop) - including exercise demonstrations, clinical assessments and any other related activities. 

5. Payments 

Payment is accepted by credit/debit card through Stripe - our safe and secure website's payment portal.
Stripe is a certified PCI Service Provider Level 1.
This is the most stringent level of certification available in the payments industry. 

(i) Once payment is made by the participant and accepted by The Progressive Podiatry Project the purchaser will receive email confirmation of purchase and a login that is allocated to the email address used at checkout to purchase. 

(ii) Failed Payments – if you are making a purchase via a payment/instalment plan and your payment is declined your course &/or portal access will be automatically revoked until the successful payment has been processed.  

(iii) Payments are typically non-refundable once course access has been granted and course content has been commenced, coaching session has been attended or live event attended, as any of these situations is considered the equivalent of an ‘opened &/or used product’.
Refunds are not eligible if more than 30 days have passed since course purchase for any reason not covered by the Australian consumer guarantees.

Refunds are 100% at the discretion of the Progressive Podiatry Project for any reason not covered by the Australian consumer guarantees outlined here.

Course content commencement is considered to be if more than 10% of an online course has been undertaken, any course content has been downloaded &/or any assessment within a course has been completed.
Undertaken is considered to be viewing of online lecture content.
The education platform is able to monitor all user activity within the learning portal and data pertaining to content access & is able to be verified.

6. Cancellation / Attendance Policy

Online Coaching

Terms for Coaching service vary depending on Coaching service purchased.
Individual terms will be located on checkout page at the time of purchase.

Rescheduling

Rescheduling your pre-paid coaching session with more than 12hrs notice is allowed at no additional cost.

Rescheduling/cancelling your coaching session with less than 12hrs notice may attract a late cancel/reschedule fee of up to 50% of your coaching session fee.
Should a late cancel/reschedule fee be issued, payment of outstanding fees will be required prior to having a future coaching session scheduled.

Non-Attendance

Failing to attend your scheduled coaching session with no notice is considered that you have attended your session and the full fee is payable.

Live Event

Cancellation Policy

If you are unable to attend a purchased live event, please contact us to discuss the below options. 

Should you cancel attending the live event you will be eligible for a refund after a deduction of the following charges.

Cancellation prior to below cut off dates - 5% of workshop fee.
4-2 weeks prior to live event - 10% of workshop fee.
Less than 2 weeks prior to live event - 25% of workshop fee.
Less than 72 hours - 50% of workshop fee.
No show - 100% of workshop fee.

Event Cancellation by Organisers

Should the organiser be required to cancel the workshop you will be eligible for a credit for use at a rescheduled date or a refund of 100% of your workshop fee (+/- online course, depending on your preference)

Covid Policy

If you have tested positive for Covid-19, are unwell &/or displaying signs and symptoms of possible Covid-19 infection please contact workshop organisers immediately and refund/credit options will be discussed with you.
Evidence of positive Covid-19 test may be requested.

Rescheduling

Should a Consumer request to reschedule attending a live event and wish to attend the same live event at a different time/location, this is possible however, a small fee may be payable depending on the amount of notice given and time-frame. 

Consumers may also elect to have their workshop fee given as credit to be used on the Progressive Podiatry Project platform.  

Rescheduling and credits will be determined on a case-by-case basis and decisions will be made at the sole discretion of the Progressive Podiatry Project.