Welcome to Defending Health Care Professionals. Before you begin using our site, you must read and agree to these Terms of Service (“Terms of Service”) and the following terms and conditions and policies, including any future amendments (collectively, the “Agreement”):
Terms of Service – our general terms and conditions (http://www.defendinghealthcareprofessionals.com/terms) Privacy Policy – How we maintain and protect your personal information (http://www.defendinghealthcareprofessionals.com/privacy)
Forum Guidelines – How we promote the exchange of information in the community. (http://www.defendinghealthcareprofessionals.com/guidelines)
Although we may attempt to notify you when major changes are made to these Terms of Service, you should periodically review the most up-to-date version.
We may, in our sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms of Service and policies at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. If you do not accept and abide by this Agreement, you may not use this site.
1. Description of Service. This site is an online community where users ask and answer questions on a variety of topics. You will be responsible for all activities occurring under your username and for keeping your password secure. You understand and agree that this site is provided to you on an AS IS and AS AVAILABLE basis. We disclaims all responsibility and liability for the availability, timeliness, security or reliability of our site or content within the site. We also reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue this site with or without notice at any time and without any liability to you.
You must be at least thirteen (13) years of age to use the site. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone at any time without notice for any reason.
2. Proper Use. You agree that you are responsible for your own use of this site, for any posts you make, and for any consequences thereof. You agree that you will use this site in compliance with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations, including any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence and all United States export control laws.
You agree to abide by this sites Guidelines (http://www.defendinghealthcareprofessionals.com/guidelines/) and the rules and restrictions therein. We may, in our sole discretion, modify or revise the this site Guidelines at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions.
Violation of any of the foregoing, including the this site Guidelines (http://www.defendinghealthcareprofessionals.com/guidelines/), may result in immediate termination of this Agreement, and may subject you to state and federal penalties and other legal consequences. We reserve the right, but shall have no obligation, to investigate your use of this site in order to (a) determine whether a violation of the Agreement has occurred or (b) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
Much of the content of this site — including the contents of specific postings — is provided by and is the responsibility of the person or people who made such postings. We do not actively monitor the content of this site, and takes no responsibility for such content. Instead, we merely provides access to such content as a service to you.
By its very nature, this site may carry offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate material, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. We expect that you will use caution and common sense and exercise proper judgment when using this site.
We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any communications posted via this site or endorse any opinions expressed via this site. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted via this site will be at your own risk.
Participants in this site only have moderation privileges when logged into an account with such privileges. It is within Our’s sole discretion to grant users moderation privileges. Such individuals may not perform moderation functions when utilizing other accounts, and in no instance is Our responsible for the activities of these users.
3. Privacy. As a condition of using this site, you agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy (http://www.defendinghealthcareprofessionals.com/privacy/), which may be updated from time to time, as expressed in the most recent version that exists at the time of your use. You agree that we may access or disclose your personal information, including the content of your communications, if we are required to do so in order to comply with any valid legal process or governmental request (such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order), or as otherwise provided in these Terms of Service and the general Our Privacy Policy. Personal information collected by us may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which we or our agents maintain facilities. By using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
4. General Practices Regarding Use and Storage. You agree that we have no responsibility or liability for the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any content and other communications maintained by this site. We retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time with or without notice.
5. Content of this site. You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos, other images, or profile information) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, this site are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Content”. We take no responsibility for third-party Content (including, without limitation, any viruses or other disabling features), nor do we have any obligation to monitor such third-party Content. We reserve the right at all times to remove or refuse to distribute any Content on this site, such as Content which violates the terms of this Agreement. We also reserves the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as it reasonably believes is necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (b) enforce this Agreement, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (d) respond to user support requests, or (e) protect the rights, property or safety, its users and the public. We will not be responsible or liable for the exercise or non-exercise of its rights under this Agreement.
6. Intellectual Property Rights. You acknowledge that we owns all right, title and interest in and to this site, including all intellectual property rights (the ” The Rights”). The Rights are protected by U.S. and international intellectual property laws. Accordingly, you agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, or create derivative works from this site. You also agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automated device, or manual process to monitor or copy any Content from this site. As described immediately below, The Rights do not include third-party Content used as part of this site, including the Content appearing on this site.
Your Intellectual Property Rights. We claims no ownership or control over any Content submitted, posted or displayed by you on or through this site. You or a third party licensor, as appropriate, retain all patent, trademark and copyright to any Content you submit, post or display on or through our services and you are responsible for protecting those rights, as appropriate. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through our services which are intended to be available to the members of the public, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, publish, modify, and distribute such Content on our products and services for the purpose of displaying and distributing our products and services. We furthermore reserves the right to refuse to accept, post, display or transmit any Content in its sole discretion.
You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content submitted by you.
7. No Resale of the Service. Unless expressly authorized in writing by us, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes (a) any portion of this site (b) use this site, or (c) access to this site.
8. Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant that (a) all of the information provided by you to us to participate in this site is correct and current; and (b) you have all necessary right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the acts required of you hereunder.
9. Termination; Suspension. We may, in our sole discretion, at any time and for any reason, terminate this site, terminate this Agreement, or suspend or terminate your account. In the event of termination, your account will be disabled and you may not be granted access to your account or any files or other content contained in your account although residual copies of information may remain in our system for some time for back-up purposes. Sections 2, 3, 5 – 7, and 9 – 13 of the Agreement, along with applicable provisions of the general Terms of Service (including the section regarding limitation of liability), shall survive expiration or termination.
10. Indemnification. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify us, and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and employees from and against any third-party claim arising from or in any way related to your use of this site, including any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys’ fees, of every kind and nature. In such a case, we will provide you with written notice of such claim, suit or action.
11. Copyright Information. It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe that your copyright has been infringed on our site, please contact us at http://www.defendinghealthcareprofessionals.com/contact for information on how to file or respond to a notice of infringement.
12. Notices. You agree that we may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Agreement, by email, regular mail, or postings on our site.
13. Third Party Sites. Sometimes when you use this site, you may access (as a result of, or through your use of this site a third party web site or service. Your use of these web sites or services may be subject to separate terms between you and the company or person concerned. If so, this Agreement does not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals, but your activities with third parties on this site must still comply with this Agreement. We are in no way responsible for the third party web site or the service, and its associated content, and does not endorse any content available through the third party web site or service.
