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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO USE THE VETDVM WEB SITE OR ANY SERVICES PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH THE VETDVM WEBSITE, PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS ("AGREEMENT") OF USE.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND SETS FORTH THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND THE COMPANY. IT IS, THEREFORE, VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU COMPLETELY READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS AGREEMENT BECAUSE BY YOUR USE OR CONTINUED USE OF THE VETDVM WEB SITE OR ANY OF ITS RELATED SERVICES, YOU WILL BE EXPRESSLY SIGNIFYING THAT YOU AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THIS DOCUMENT AND IN OUR PRIVACY POLICY.
YOU UNDERSTAND THE ANSWERS AND CONTENT YOU GET THROUGH VETDVM ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE, DIAGNOSIS, OR TREATMENT. YOU WILL SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL VETERINARIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED HEALTH PROVIDER IN PERSON REGARDING YOUR PET’S MEDICAL CONDITION. YOU WILL NOT DISREGARD PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE OR DELAY IN SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION BECAUSE OF SOMETHING YOU HAVE READ ON VETDVM.
ONLY ADULTS ARE AUTHORIZED TO USE THIS SITE AND SERVICES RELATED TO THIS SITE. AUTHORIZED ACCESS AND USE OF THE SITE, ITS DATABASES AND FUNCTIONALITY ARE LIMITED TO PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS.
THE COMPANY DOES NOT KNOWINGLY MARKET TO, OR SEEK OR COLLECT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OR OTHER DATA FROM, ANY PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS.
IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR DO NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE WITH ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY YOU SHOULD LEAVE THE SITE. UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND AND EXPRESSLY AGREE WITH ALL THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY, YOU WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED TO USE ANY SERVICES OFFERED OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH THE SITE.
BY CLICKING ON A LINK AGREEING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN THE SITE AND/OR BY ACCESSING OR CONTINUING TO ACCESS THE SITE AND/OR ANY SERVICE, OFFER OR OTHER FUNCTIONALITY AVAILABLE IN, ON, AT OR THROUGH THE SITE, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO ALL THE FOLLOWING:
- Definition of Terms.
- The use of the terms "visitor", "member", "subscriber", "Site user", "user", and "contributor" shall mean and otherwise refer to you.
- The term "Third Party Program Participants" shall mean merchants, advertisers, promoters, content providers, physicians, product providers and other third parties that the Company contracts with to provide valuable information, goods and/or services to you and other Site users through, or in association with, the Web Site.
- Company Is Not Responsible For Information Submitted By Third
Parties.
- You acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be responsible or liable in any manner for any information submitted by, or originating with, any party not under the direct and complete control of the Company, including, without limitation, the Site&apss advertisers, promoters, vendors, parties submitting stories and other content to the Site, and parties whose web sites are linked to the Site.
- The Company does not review, and does not exert any editorial control over the claims or opinions of any third-parties that appear on or in association with the Site, including those made by advertisers, Third Party Program Participants, or persons submitting stories or otherwise providing contributing content to the Site. You acknowledge and agree that at all times, it shall be your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, usefulness and other characteristics of all offers, promotions, advertisements, submissions, contributions, postings, opinions and all other information available in, on, at, through or in association with the Site. You are responsible for confirming with advertisers, promoters, third-party providers of goods and/or services, Third Party Program Participants, content providers and all other relevant parties, any information you have received before you accept any offer or purchase any goods and/or services or take any actions in reliance on any representations made by any such parties.
- You acknowledge that You understand that the Company does not screen, evaluate or endorse any third party websites, products, services, content, advertising, marketing, promotions or promotional materials or policies, including, without limitation any offered in advertisements or communications linked, or otherwise relating to the Site nor does the Company have any editorial control or supervision over any such content, materials or services.
- You further acknowledge that you understand that Company does not control the content of any information, messages, communication or other materials posted or uploaded by other users of the Site, including materials, such as stories, opinions and other data, submitted by users of the Site. You release the Company and agree to hold the Company harmless from any and all liability and responsibility in connection with the content of any information, messages, communication or other materials available in, on, at or in association with, the Site.
- Story Submissions. Stories, ideas, suggestions, essays, audio, video, photographs or related materials and any other materials of any kind whatsoever submitted (hereinafter, the "Submissions") will not be returned or kept confidential. All such Submissions may be used on www.vetDVM.com (the "Website")or any of its affiliated companies or entities in perpetuity. By submitting the above, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms and conditions and consent to your name and geographic location possibly being published in connection with the publication, distribution and/or broadcast of your Submission(s).
- By providing the Submissions, you represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age.
- You acknowledge is possible that similar Submissions may be submitted to vetDVM by multiple sources and that a Submission may be similar to ideas generated or developed independently by vetDVM employees.
- The party submitting the work must be the author of the work submitted.
- All submissions shall immediately become the property of the Company, regardless of whether such submission is ever published on vetDVM.com. You agree that all rights of every kind, now known or created in the future, including all derivative works rights, in and to the submitted work shall be solely owned by the Company. Company and its assigns will be entitled to the unrestricted use of the Submission and derivative works thereof for any purpose, without compensation to the provider of the Submission. The authors of the submitted work shall also waive all moral rights in and to the work.
- No Submission will be subject to any duty or obligation of confidence by Company or any of its agents, advertisers, Third Party Program Participants or any other person.
- The Company shall not be obligated to use the Submission in any manner at any time. The Company may also discontinue the use of a Submission. Failure of the Company to use the Submission shall not affect Company&apss full ownership of all rights in and to the Submission.
- No submission may contain any text, graphics, photographs, audio recordings, video, audiovisual or other material that contains any graphic or explicit sexual depictions
- comprises or contains any defamatory, libelous, harmful, hateful, abusive, threatening, offensive, vulgar, pornographic or obscene content;
- infringes the intellectual property rights, privacy rights or any other rights of any person or entity;
- violates any law, rule or regulation;
- contains any harmful computer viruses or other harmful component;
- solicits funds;
- is commercial in nature; or
- contains misleading or inaccurate information or information you know to be false or deceptive.
- All use of the Site&apss blogs, chat rooms; message boards; online forum, and use of all other User communication features are subject to the same requirements for Submissions set forth in the above paragraphs 3b through 3g, inclusive.
- You must register in accordance with instructions that you will find on the Site in order to contribute to any blogs, chat room, message board or online forum.
- You grant to the Company the worldwide, perpetual, nonexclusive right to use your postings, opinions, questions, comments and other participation in the Site blogs, chat rooms, message boards, online forums and other User communications features, in their original or edited form, in every medium now known or later developed.
- You also warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content you have posted, or you have otherwise supplied, to the Site and that the public posting and use of such content by the Company will not infringe the intellectual property, privacy or any other rights of any third party. Additionally, you warrant that any "moral rights" in posted materials have been waived.
- You acknowledge and agree that you shall not be entitled to any compensation for any materials you may post or otherwise provide to the Site or to the Company.
- You acknowledge and agree that all messages or content posted by You or others in any Chat rooms or public areas of the Site shall be deemed to be readily accessible to the general public and consequently should not be considered private or confidential. Notice is hereby given that all messages entered into the Site can and may be read by the operators of the Site, whether or not they are the intended recipient(s) and may be subject to disclosure to applicable governmental authorities in accordance with applicable law.
- The Company may, at the Company&apss sole discretion, suspend or terminate the posting, and/or Site use rights of any user that violates any of the terms and conditions pertaining to use of chat rooms, message boards or online forums or any other terms and conditions of use of the Site, or for any other behavior that Company in its sole discretion deems is inappropriate.
- The Company is not responsible for any material appearing in any chat room, message board or online forum on the Site. The Company is not responsible for screening material posted by users for libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, copyright or trademark infringement, accuracy, or for any other reason.
- The Company shall at all times retain the right to modify or remove messages or other material that the Company, in the Company&apss sole discretion, considers to be infringing, offensive, abusive, defamatory, obscene, stale, or otherwise unacceptable. The Company also reserves the right to edit materials for any other reason. You hereby agree that whether or not the Company or its agents modify or remove any such material, persons submitting materials to the Company for publication or otherwise using any blogs, chat room, message board or online forum on the Site, shall at all times remain solely responsible for the content of their submissions, messages and postings.
- The Company, its agents, assigns and successors do not warrant, guarantee, or insure the quality or efficacy of any product, method, or service requested from or provided by any advertiser, vendor, story contributor, Third Party Program Participant or any other third party not under the direct control and supervision of the Company, and that no representations of quality or fitness for use have been made by the Company or its agents, assigns or successors with respect to the Site or any goods, services, methods, or information available on, in, at, through or in association with, the Site.
- The Company, its agents, assigns and successors do not endorse the contents of any advertisements, opinions, claims, representations or other communications by any third party not under the Company&apss direct control and supervision.
- The Company, its agents, assigns and successors are not responsible for any materials, including, without limitation, any text, graphics, video, advertisements, promotions, offers, opinions, studies, stories, or any other materials displayed in, at, on or through the web sites, email, printed material or other communications of Third Party Program Participants or any other third party not under the direct control and supervision of the Company.
- You expressly agree that the Company shall not be responsible or liable for any delays, lack of goods or services availability, or other failure to deliver goods or services attributable in whole or in part to any third party, or to circumstances not directly and completely under the Company&apss control.
- YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT THE MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN, ON, AT THROUGH OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH, THE SITE, AND ALL SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU BY COMPANY, THIRD PARTY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, OR CONTENT OF MATERIALS, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, AND THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY, ITS AGENTS, ASSIGNS AND SUCCESSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL SUCH WARRANTIES. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF ALL GOODS AND SERVICES AND OTHER MATERIALS PROVIDED BY COMPANY, THIRD PARTY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND ALL OTHER THIRD PARTIES PROVIDING GOODS, SERVICES AND/OR OTHER MATERIALS IN, ON, AT, THROUGH OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH, THE SITE, OR WITH THE COMPANY, IS BORNE EXCLUSIVELY BY YOU. SHOULD THE MATERIAL, OR ANY OTHER SERVICE PROVIDED BY COMPANY, THIRD PARTY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTIES, PROVE DEFECTIVE AND/OR CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER OR YOU, YOU, AND NOT COMPANY, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST AND ALL DAMAGES WHICH MAY RESULT DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY FROM ANY AND ALL SUCH DEFECTS. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
- THE COMPANY SHALL NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM DISSEMINATING, FAILING TO DISSEMINATE, OR INCORRECTLY OR INACCURATELY DISSEMINATING ANY INFORMATION, DATA, ADVERTISEMENTS, PROMOTIONS, OPINIONS, STORIES, OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS OR MATERIALS ON, IN, AT OR THROUGH THE SITE OR BY, OR IN ASSOCIATIONS WITH ANY ADVERTISER, VENDOR, THIRD PARTY PROGRAM PARTICIPANT, STORY CONTRIBUTOR OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY.
- THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF COMPANY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LIABILITY DUE TO FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION, TRANSMISSION, FULFILLMENT OR DELIVERY, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF, RECORDS, DATABASES, INFORMATION, INCLUDING PERSONAL INFORMATION, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, COMMISSION ONE OR MORE ACTS OF NEGLIGENCE, RECKLESSNESS OR ANY OTHER TORT OR ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMPANY, ITS EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS OR AGENTS, OR ANY OTHER PARTY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY, INCLUDING ANY ADVERTISER, VENDOR, STORY SUBMITTER, INFORMATION PROVIDER, CONTRIBUTOR, REPORTER, THIRD PARTY PROGRAM PROVIDER OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY, SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED TO FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00).
- SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSIONS OF AN IMPLIED WARRANTY OR FOR EXCLUSIONS OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO SOME PARTS OF THE DISCLAIMERS, LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE OR BY JURISDICTION. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, AND UNDER NO CAUSE OF ACTION OR LEGAL THEORY, SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS, LICENSEES, RESELLERS, SUCCESSORS , ANY THIRD PARTY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTIES PROVIDING GOODS AND/OR SERVICES IN, ON, AT, THROUGH, OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH, THE SITE BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY USE OF MATERIALS OR OTHER USE OF THE SITE.
- You must be over the age of eighteen years of age to participate in any offers, offered on, in, at, through or in association with, the Site, including submission of any story, article or opinion for publication on the Site.
- You must be a legal resident of the United States physically located in the United States.
- You must read and agree with these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy .
- You must either own all computers you use to access the Site or goods and services offered on, in, at, through or in association with the Site, or you must have express permission to use such computers at all times you do so.
- You represent and warrant that all information supplied to the Company, its agents, and all Third Party Program Participants, including your name and email address, is accurate. You acknowledge and agree to provide to the Company and/or Third Party Program Participants, upon request, verification of information submitted by you.
- You agree that your use of the Site, and use of all services provided on, in, at, through or in association with, the Site, will, at all times, be for personal and non-commercial purposes only.
- You agree that you shall not use the Site on behalf of any other person or entity. You further agree not to use the Site or any services related thereto to conduct any non-personal or commercial competitive analysis of services or products offered in, on, at, through or in association with the Site.
- You may not assign any benefits or rights you obtain from the Company or any Third Party Program Participant, this Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, to any third party without the prior express written approval of the Company or the relevant Third Party Program Participant. The Company may freely assign this Agreement and any and all rights and obligations hereunder, as well as any other rights or obligations owed to you, to any third party without your approval or notice to you.
- You shall be solely responsible for the payment of all taxes, if any, associated with your receipt of goods and/or services provided to you by Company and/or related third parties, including Third Party Program Participants. You are also responsible for complying with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and customs.
- You acknowledge that all services offered and provided in, at, through and in association with, the Site, are authorized, offered and intended to be provided, only in the United States.
- All offers and use of the Site and materials available in, at, through or in association with the Site are void where prohibited by law, regulation, rule or custom.
- All offers made on, in, at, through or in association with the Site are subject to change. The Company, advertisers, promoters, vendors, content providers and all Third Party Program Participants expressly reserve the right to change the requirements to qualify for, and/or receive, any product, service or promotion at any time.
- Password Security. You are responsible for providing all personal computer and communications equipment necessary to gain access to the Site. Access to and use of certain parts of the Site or online areas provided by one or more Third Party Program Participants may be through the use of a password. Any and all passwords and accounts you use to at, in, on, or in association with the Site and/or goods and services related thereto, are personal to you and are not transferable. You must keep your password strictly confidential and you agree that if you share any such password, unique login name or any other online security information with another person, you agree that your access to the Site and all related services are subject to immediate termination without notice or reimbursement of any kind. You may not use anyone else&apss passwords or accounts. Any sharing of passwords or any other methods of unauthorized access to the Site with any other person is strictly forbidden. Any such password sharing exceeds the authority granted to you to access the Site, materials contained therein, services offered, and any offers made. Further, such unauthorized access of the Site and/or other related databases, violates the intellectual property rights of the Company, and may violate civil and criminal laws, including the Stored Communications Act. You acknowledge and agree that neither the Company nor Third Party Program Participants or any other third party issuing you any password or account associated with your use of the Site or good or services available in, at, on or through the Site, will be liable for losses that are incurred through the use of your password or account by a third party or the disclosure of any of your passwords or account information.
- The Company and every Third Party Program Participant shall, at all times, reserve the right, to the fullest extent accorded by law, to refuse to accept requests for memberships and subscriptions, requests for goods, requests for services, and to terminate any and all memberships, subscriptions, offers, services and obligations with you and any and all other persons, for any reason or no reason.
- To participate in any offer by the Company or any Third Party Program Participant, You may not be in breach of this or any other agreement with the Company or any Third Party Program Participant.
- You shall not engage in any activity that could damage the Company&apss hardware or software or that of any Third Party Program Participant, member, subscriber, visitor, offeree, or other user of the Site or user of any services offered by the Company or any Third Party Program Participant. You shall not tamper, hack, spoof, copy, modify, or otherwise corrupt the administration, security, or proper function of any part of the Site or any service related thereto. You shall not use any automated, "robot", "bot", spider, script or any other similar device or other contrivance in direct or in direct association with your use of the Site or use or acquisition of any goods or services provided in, on, at, through or in association with, the Site. You shall not engage in any activity that could potentially disrupt the functioning of the Site or any service provided in, on, at, through or in association with, the Site.
- Discovery of any suspected or actual fraudulent or other illegal activity, or any activity the Company or any Third Party Program Participant deems improper, engaged in by you and/or another party in direct or indirect association with you, shall entitle the Company to immediately terminate any and all services and all other obligations to you. All suspected fraudulent and criminal activity may be immediately reported to appropriate governmental authorities.
- Violation of any provision of this Agreement or any other rule or regulation posted by the Company or any Third Party Program Participant may result in termination of all rights to all services provided by the Company and/or Third Party Program Participants, including the termination memberships, subscriptions, accounts, passwords, Site access, and loss of all accrued points, credits and other benefits.
- Any decision made by Company or any Third Party Program Participant relating to the determination of a breach of this Agreement, other posted rules or regulations or inappropriate conduct by you shall be final and binding.