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The Coalition for Consumer Centered Health Care (CHC) reserves the right to modify this Agreement
at any time without giving you prior notice. Your use
of the Site following any such modification constitutes
your agreement to follow and be bound by the Agreement
as modified. The last date these Terms of Use were revised
is set forth at the bottom of this page.
1. Use of Site:
You may use the Service, the Site, and the information,
writings, images and/or other works that you see, hear
or otherwise experience on the Site, singly or collectively,
the content, solely for your non-commercial, personal
purposes and/or to learn about CHC and its services.
No right, title or interest in any content is transferred
to you, whether as a result of downloading such content
or otherwise. CHC reserves complete title and full intellectual
property rights in all content. Except as expressly
authorized by this Agreement, you may not use, alter,
copy, distribute, transmit, or derive another work from
any content obtained from the Site or the Service, except
as expressly permitted by these Terms of Use.
2. Copyright:
This Site and the content are protected by U.S. and/or
foreign copyright laws, and belongs soley to CHC. The
copyrights in the content are owned by CHC. You may
download and reprint content for non-commercial, non-public,
personal use only. (If you are browsing this Site as
an employee or member of any business or organization,
you may download and reprint content only for educational
or other non-commercial purposes within your business
or organization, except as otherwise permitted by CHC.
In short, you may not manipulate or alter in any way
images or other Content on the Site without specific
permission from CHC or the copyright owner.
3. Trademarks:
You are prohibited from using any of the marks or logos
appearing throughout the Site without permission from
the trademark owner, except as permitted by applicable
law.
4. Links to Third-Party
Web Sites: Links on the Site to third party
web sites or information are provided solely as a convenience
to you. If you use these links, you will leave the Site.
Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement,
sponsorship, or recommendation by CHC of the third
party, the third-party web site, or the information
contained therein. CHC is not responsible for the availability
of any such web sites. CHC is not responsible or liable
for any such web site or the content thereon. If you
use the links to external service providers, you will
leave the Site, and will be subject to the terms of
use and privacy policy applicable to those web sites.
5. Limitation
of Liability: IN NO EVENT WILL CHC BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY
OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF (I) THE USE
OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE
CONTENT, (II) ANY TRANSACTION CONDUCTED THROUGH OR FACILITATED
BY THE SITE; (III) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS,
OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE SITE, THE SERVICE
AND/OR THE CONTENT, (IV) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION
OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, OR (V) ANY OTHER MATTER
RELATING TO THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT, EVEN
IF CHC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, THE
SERVICE, THE CONTENT, OR WITH THE TERMS OF USE, YOUR
SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE
SITE. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, CHC's LIABILITY IS LIMITED
AND WARRANTIES ARE EXCLUDED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW, BUT SHALL, IN NO EVENT, EXCEED $100.00.
6. Indemnification:
You understand and agree that you are personally responsible
for your behavior on the Site. You agree to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless CHC, its business partners,
licensors, employees, agents, and any third-party information
providers to the Service from and against all claims,
losses, expenses, damages and costs (including, but
not limited to, direct, incidental, consequential, exemplary
and indirect damages), and reasonable attorneys’ fees,
resulting from or arising out of your use, misuse, or
inability to use the Site, the Service, or the Content,
or any violation by you of this Agreement.
7. Privacy Policy: See
our Privacy
Policy.
8. User Conduct:
You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes.
You agree not to take any action that might compromise
the security of the Site, render the Site inaccessible
to others or otherwise cause damage to the Site or the
content. You agree not to add to, subtract from, or
otherwise modify the content, or to attempt to access
any content that is not intended for you. You agree
not to use the Site in any manner that might interfere
with the rights of third parties.
9. User Supplied
Information: CHC does not want to receive
confidential or proprietary information from you via
the Site. You agree that any material, information,
or data you transmit to us will be considered non-confidential
and non-proprietary. If you supply any information to
the Site, you guarantee to us that you have the legal
right to post such information and that it will not
violate any law or the rights of any person or entity.
10. General Provisions:
a. Entire Agreement/No Waiver. These
Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement of the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No
waiver by CHC of any breach or default hereunder shall
be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent
breach or default.
b. Correction of Errors and Inaccuracies.
The content may contain typographical errors
or other errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete
or current. CHC therefore reserves the right to correct
any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change
or update the content at any time without prior notice.
CHC does not, however, guarantee that any errors, inaccuracies
or omissions will be corrected.
c. Enforcement/ Choice of Law/ Choice of Forum.
If any part of this Agreement is determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable,
it will not impact any other provision of this Agreement,
all of which will remain in full force and effect. Any
and all disputes relating to this Agreement, CHC’s
Privacy Policy, your use of the Site, the service, or
the content are governed by, and will be interpreted
in accordance with, the laws of the State of Ohio,
without regard to any conflict of laws provisions.
d. Claims of Copyright Infringement. Pursuant
to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2),
notifications of claimed copyright infringement should
be sent via email to CHC.
Date of Last Modification: August 08,
2009
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