Terms of Use Prior to obtaining an "alias" and joining Wellnessok.com's on-line community, the following Consent and Waiver Terms of Use must be read, understood and consent must be given to the following conditions: Passwords
To become a Member of Wellnessok.com's on-line community, you recognize that you
are required to provide your e-mail address and to choose a screen name. You recognize
that your chosen screen name will appear in connection with any communications you
post on Wellnessok.com.
You shall provide Wellnessok.com with accurate, complete,
and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach
of the Terms of Use, which may result in immediate termination of your Wellnessok.com
account.
You may not:
(i) select or use as a Wellnessok.com User ID a name of another
person with the intent to impersonate that person;
(ii) use as a Wellnessok.com User
ID a name subject to any rights of a person other than you without appropriate authorization;
or
(iii) use as a Wellnessok.com User ID a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar
or obscene.
Wellnessok.com reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel,
a Wellnessok.com User ID in its discretion. You shall be responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of your Wellnessok.com password.
Unless you voluntarily and affirmatively
choose to list your e-mail address in your membership profile, biography, posting
or other location on Wellnessok.com, you understand that your actual e-mail address
is not public, shared in anyway, or displayed on Wellnessok.com. You also understand
and agree that Wellnessok.com in no way encourages members to disclose private information,
including their e-mail addresses, on the publicly accessible portions of Wellnessok.com.
Personal Information
You understand that you are not required to post any personal information to become
a member. However, if you voluntarily choose to include personal information in your
member profile, biography or other postings on Wellnessok.com, you may do so. You
understand and agree that Wellnessok.com in no way encourages members to disclose
private information, including your e-mail addresses, on the publicly accessible
portions of Wellnessok.com.
You understand and agree that Wellnessok.com and its
directors, officers, employees and agents are not liable for the disclosure of any
personal information which you voluntarily include in your profile, biography, and/or
posts. You recognize that you have no legitimate expectation of privacy in any information
which you voluntarily disclose on Wellnessok.com, and hereby waive any constitutional,
statutory or common law right to privacy which you might otherwise claim in such
information.
Acceptable User Conduct
Responsibility for Reviewing Content You are also responsible for the interpretation
of the content that is posted on Wellnessok.com. You must evaluate, and bear all
risks associated with the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of such Content.
Responsibility for Posting Content All
information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages,
or any other materials whatsoever (collectively, "content"), whether publicly posted
or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such
content originated. This means that you, and not Wellnessok.com, are entirely responsible
for all content that you upload, posts, emails or otherwise transmits via Wellnessok.com.
Regarding
your contributions to content on Wellnessok.com should:
1. Increase the knowledge
of other readers
2. Help create dialogue and discussion around topics
3. Provoke
re-thinking of many conventionally held beliefs (i.e. mercury vaccines are good for
kids)
Ten Rules For Unacceptable User Conduct
As a condition of use, you promise to only use the services for lawful purposes and
are in compliance with these Terms of Use. You understand and agree that Wellnessok.com
is not under any obligation to control, monitor, or verify the statements made by
members of Wellnessok.com’s on-line community. If Wellnessok.com discovers that you
are making unacceptable use of Wellnessok.com, however, Wellnessok.com may terminate
your account.
Some examples of such unacceptable uses are
1) Abuse, harass, humiliate,
deceive, threaten, impersonate, intimidate, or engage in any other abusive behaviors
with those who comment on Wellnessok.com.
2) Contribute any content that is infringing,
libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive or otherwise violates
any law or right of any third party;
3) Post or transmit, or cause to be posted or
transmitted, any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain password,
account, or private information from any Wellnessok.com user;
4) Create or submit
unwanted email ("Spam") to any other Wellnessok.com users or any URL;
5) Violate
any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws);
6) Submit
stories or comments linking to affiliate programs, multi-level marketing schemes,
or off-topic content or any other system that will result in your personal financial
or commercial gain.
7) Use for illegal or unauthorized purpose. If you are an international
user, you agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable
content
8) With the exception of accessing RSS feeds, you will not use any robot,
spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Site for any purpose without
our express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not:
i) take any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
(ii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site; or
(iii) bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Site;
9) Create separate user accounts with the intention of artificially inflating your
Wellnessok.com count, comments, or any other Wellnessok.com service.
10) Post personal
communications from anyone without their consent
Reporting Violations of Terms of Use
Wellnessok.com may remove any Content and Wellnessok.com accounts at any time for
any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations
from third parties or authorities relating to such Content), or for no reason at
all. To report Terms of Use abuse, please email: abuse@Wellnessok.com
You understand
and agree that it is impossible for Wellnessok.com to guarantee complete security.
You understand and agree that Wellnessok.com accepts no responsibility for any consequences
of unauthorized entry, even if such entry could have been prevented by procedures
known to Wellnessok.com, but not adopted, and you hereby waive any claim against
Wellnessok.com and/or its directors, officers, employees or agents, based upon any
unauthorized acts by third parties.
Reprint Information
You understand and agree that Wellnessok.com may collect and utilize any personal information which you voluntarily provide, and may combine the personal information collected from you with information from others to provide a better user experience. You further understand and agree that Wellnessok.com may summarize and/or reprint any information or comments which you voluntarily post on the website as a part of newsletters and other publications.
Wellnessok.Com Privacy Policy
Wellnessok.com's current privacy policy is available at Wellnessok.com ("Privacy Policy").
Modifications Of Terms Of Use
Wellnessok.com reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace the
Terms of Use at any time. If the alterations constitute a material change to the
Terms of Use, Wellnessok.com will notify you via email. What constitutes a "material
change" will be determined at Wellnessok.com's sole discretion, in good faith and
using common sense and reasonable judgment.
You shall be responsible for reviewing
and becoming familiar with any such modifications. Use of the Services by you following
such notification constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the
Terms of Use as modified
Links to Other Web Sites
Users may provide links to other web sites or resources. Because Wellnessok.com has
no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Wellnessok.com
is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources and does
not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products
or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You agree not to
knowingly link to any web site, web page, or resource that contains defamatory, obscene,
pornographic, abusive, or offensive material, or otherwise violates any law or right
of any third party.
You further acknowledge and agree that Wellnessok.com shall not
be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or
alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content,
goods, or services available on or through any such site.
Wellnessok.com Limitation Of Liability
In no event shall Wellnessok.com or its suppliers be liable under contract, tort,
strict liability, negligence or other legal theory:
with respect to the site, the
service or any content for any lost profits or special, indirect, incidental, punitive,
or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever, substitute goods or services (however
arising), or
for any direct damages in excess of (in the aggregate) $100. Some states
do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages,
so the above limitations and exclusions may not apply to you.
Miscellaneous
No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of the
Terms of Use and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind Wellnessok.com
in any respect whatsoever. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect
any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights
hereunder.
Wellnessok.com shall not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations
hereunder where such failure results from any cause beyond Wellnessok.com's reasonable
control, including, without limitation,
. mechanical,
. electronic or
. communications failure or
. degradation (including "line-noise" interference).
If any provision of the Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that
provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that
the Terms of Use shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
The
Terms of Use is not assignable, transferable, or sublicensable by you except with
Wellnessok.com's prior written consent.
Wellnessok.com may transfer, assign, or delegate
the Terms of Use and its rights and obligations without consent. The Terms of Use
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Illinois,
as if made within Illinois between two residents thereof, and the parties submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction and any other limitations on how they will address
legal claims.