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AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND Broward County Medical AssociationThe Broward County Medical Association Web Site is comprised of various Web pages operated by Broward County Medical Association.
The Broward County Medical Association Web Site is offered to you
conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms,
conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the
Broward County Medical Association Web Site constitutes your
agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.
MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USEBroward County Medical Association
reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under
which the Broward County Medical Association Web Site is
offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with
the use of the Broward County Medical Association Web Site.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITESThe Broward County Medical Association Web
Site may contain links to other Web Sites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked
Sites are not under the control of Broward County
Medical Association and Broward County Medical Association is not
responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without
limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes
or updates to a Linked Site. Broward County Medical Association is
not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission
received from any Linked Site. Broward County Medical
Association is providing these links to you only as a convenience,
and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Broward
County Medical Association of the site or any association
with its operators.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USEAs a condition of your use of the
Broward County Medical Association Web Site, you warrant to Broward
County Medical Association that you will not use the Broward
County Medical Association Web Site for any purpose that is unlawful
or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use
the Broward County Medical Association Web Site in any
manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the
Broward County Medical Association Web Site or interfere with any other
party's use and enjoyment of the Broward County Medical
Association Web Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any
materials or information through any means not intentionally made
available or provided for through the Broward County Medical
Association Web Sites.
USE OF COMMUNICATION SERVICESThe Broward County Medical Association
Web Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups,
forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars,
and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable
you to communicate with the public at large or with a group
(collectively, "Communication Services"), you agree to use the
Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and
material that are proper and related to the particular Communication
Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you
agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:•
Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal
rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.•
Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate,
profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic,
name, material or information.• Upload files that contain
software or other material protected by intellectual property laws
(or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the
rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.•
Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other
similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's
computer.• Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or
services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service
specifically allows such messages.• Conduct or forward surveys,
contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.• Download any file
posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or
reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.•
Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or
other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the
origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that
is uploaded.• Restrict or inhibit any other user from
using and enjoying the Communication Services.• Violate any code of
conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular
Communication Service.• Harvest or otherwise collect
information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their
consent.• Violate any applicable laws or regulations.Broward County
Medical Association has no obligation to monitor the
Communication Services. However, Broward County Medical Association
reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service
and to remove any materials in its sole discretion.
Broward County Medical Association reserves the right to terminate
your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time
without notice for any reason whatsoever.
Broward County Medical Association reserves the right at all times
to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law,
regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to
edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in
whole or in part, in Broward County Medical Association's sole
discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying
information about yourself or your children in any Communication
Service. Broward County Medical Association does not control or
endorse the content, messages or information found in any
Communication Service and, therefore, Broward County Medical Association
specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the
Communication Services and any actions resulting from your
participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not
authorized Broward County Medical Association spokespersons, and
their views do not necessarily reflect those of Broward County
Medical Association.
Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to
posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are
responsible for adhering to such limitations if you
download the materials.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO Broward County Medical Association OR POSTED AT ANY Broward County Medical Association
WEB SITE Broward County Medical Association does not claim ownership
of the materials you provide to Broward County Medical Association
(including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input
or submit to any Broward County Medical Association Web Site or its
associated services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting,
uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your
Submission you are granting Broward County Medical Association, its
affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your
Submission in connection with the operation of their
Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to:
copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform,
reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to
publish your name in connection with your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your
Submission, as provided herein. Broward County Medical Association is
under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may
provide and may remove any Submission at any time in Broward County
Medical Association's sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your
Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control
all of the rights to your Submission as described in this
section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for
you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMERTHE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND
SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE Broward County Medical
Association WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN.
Broward County Medical Association AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE Broward County Medical
Association WEB SITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE Broward
County Medical Association WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR
PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD
CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO
YOUR SITUATION.Broward County Medical Association AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS
MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY,
RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED
ON THE Broward County Medical Association WEB SITE FOR ANY
PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND.
Broward County Medical Association AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY
DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION,
SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING
ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL Broward
County Medical Association AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY
WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE Broward County Medical
Association WEB SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE
THE Broward County Medical Association WEB SITE OR RELATED SERVICES,
THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS
OBTAINED THROUGH THE Broward County Medical Association WEB SITE, OR
OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE Broward County Medical
Association WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT,
NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF Broward County
Medical Association OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO
NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL
OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF
YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE Broward
County Medical Association WEB SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF
USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE Broward
County Medical Association WEB SITE.SERVICE CONTACT :
cpeterson@bcma.com
TERMINATION/ACCESS RESTRICTIONBroward County Medical Association
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to
the Broward County Medical Association Web Site and the
related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.
GENERAL To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is
governed by the laws of the State of Washington, U.S.A. and
you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts
in King County, Washington, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or
relating to the use of the Broward County Medical
Association Web Site. Use of the Broward County Medical Association
Web Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect
to all provisions of these terms and conditions,
including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint
venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between
you and Broward County Medical Association as a result
of this agreement or use of the Broward County Medical Association
Web Site. Broward County Medical Association's performance of this
agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and
nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Broward
County Medical Association's right to comply with governmental, court
and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your
use of the Broward County Medical Association Web Site or
information provided to or gathered by Broward County Medical
Association with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is
determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law
including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability
limitations set forth above, then the invalid or
unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid,
enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the
original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall
continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this
agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Broward
County Medical Association with respect to the Broward County
Medical Association Web Site and it supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral
or written, between the user and Broward County Medical
Association with respect to the Broward County Medical Association
Web Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in
electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or
administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement
to the same extent an d subject to the same conditions as other business
documents and records originally generated and
maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties
that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES:All contents of the Broward County
Medical Association Web Site are: Copyright 2011 by Broward County
Medical Association and/or its suppliers. All rights
reserved.
TRADEMARKSThe names of actual companies and products mentioned
herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.The example
companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted
herein are fictitious. No association with any real company,
organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be
inferred.Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENTPursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2),
notifications of claimed copyright infringement under United States
copyright law should be sent to Service Provider's Designated Agent.
ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL RECEIVE NO
RESPONSE. See Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of
Copyright Infringement.