Healthcommunities.com healthchannels forum - Terms and Conditions of Use

THIS SITE MAKES CHAT ROOMS, FORUMS, MESSAGE BOARDS, AND NEWS GROUPS AVAILABLE TO ITS USERS. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and users should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information.

By accessing “Forum”, you agree to be legally bound by the following terms and conditions. If you do not wish to be legally bound by all of the following terms and conditions of use, please do not access “Forum”. We may change the terms and conditions of use at any time with or without notice. Review this page regularly yourself as your continued usage of “Forum” indicates that you agree to be legally bound by the terms as they are updated and amended.

2. Content of Postings: You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any law. You agree NOT to post personally-identifying information (e.g., e-mail addresses, full name and location), website links, advertisements, spam, or self-promotions. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP addresses of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that “Forum” has the right to remove, edit, move or close any post at any time in our sole discretion. You agree that any information you have entered will be stored in an insecure database.

3. User Responsibility: If you use the Forum, you are solely responsible for your own communications, the consequences of posting those communications, and reliance upon and communications found in the forum. HC is not responsible for the consequences of any communication in the forums. In cases where you feel threatened or believe someone else is in danger, you should contact your local law enforcement agency immediately. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately.

4. Prohibited Use: In consideration of being allowed to use the Forum, you agree that the following actions shall constitute a material breach of these terms and conditions:

   2. Using the Forum for any purpose in violation of local, state, national, or international law;

   3. Posting material that infringes upon the intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy and publicity rights of others;

   4. Posting material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by HC in its sole discretion;

   5. Posting advertisements or solicitations of business;

   6. After receiving a warning, continuing to disrupt the normal flow of dialogue or posting comments that are not related to the topic being discussed;

   7. Posting chain letters or pyramid schemes;

   8. Impersonating another person;

   9. Distributing viruses or other harmful computer code;

   10. Harvesting or otherwise collecting information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent;

   11. Allowing any other person or entity to use your identification for posting or viewing comments;

   12. Posting the same note more than once or "spamming"; or

   13. Engaging in any other contact that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Forums or the site, or which in the judgment of HC, exposes HC or any of its sponsors or guests to any liability or detriment of any type.

   HC reserves the right but is not obligated to do any or all of the following:

   2. Record the dialogue in forums;

   3. Investigate the allegation that a communication does not conform to the terms of this Agreement;

   4. Remove communications which are abusive, illegal, disruptive, and otherwise fail to conform with these terms and conditions;

   5. Terminating user's access to any of the forums or the HC site entirely upon any breach of these Terms and Conditions;

   6. Monitor, edit, or disclose any communication in the Forums;

   7. Edit or delete any communication posted on the HC site, regardless of whether or not such communication violates the standards.

   HC reserves the right to take any action it deems necessary to protect the personal safety of our guests or the public. HC has no liability or responsibility to users of the HC site or any person or entity for performance or nonperformance of the aforementioned activities.

   Please refer to our complete website disclaimer for more details.

5. Age Requirement: By proceeding with this Registration procedure, you certify that you are at least 13 years old. If you are not 13 years old, do not proceed. You understand that the Forum supports open discussion of often serious medical conditions.

6. SECURITY: Our site has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we will take all reasonable steps to insure the safety of your personal information.

7. OTHER WEB SITES; LINKS: Our Web site contains links to other Web sites. HC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

8. CORRECT; UPDATE : HC allows its users the option to change or modify information previously provided. This may be done by e-mailing the information using this contact form. Unfortunately, to the extent that such information is also stored in other databases, we cannot always ensure that such corrections or deletions will reach the other databases. We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your information is removed from or corrected in our records.

9. Contacting HC: If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us.

10. Opt-Out Disclosure: We occasionally send information we feel may be of interest to you, and sometimes make information obtained from our Web site available to other companies whose services or products we feel may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive such information, please select, "I do not wish to receive important updates" in the board preferences of the user control panel.

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