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Terms and conditions of use policy
The Esthetic Clinic is an online information and communications
service (the "Service") provided by The Esthetic Foundation for Medical
Education and Research and from other sources. Use of the Service is
governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Please read
this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Service.
Throughout this Agreement, The Esthetic Foundation for Medical
Education and Research is referred to as "we" or "us."
General terms
and conditions
Your access and use of this site and its services bind you to this
Agreement. If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions of Use for
this site, you may not use the site or its services.
We may modify this Agreement at any time. Any modifications made to
this Agreement will be effective immediately upon posting on the site.
By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by all of the
terms and conditions of the Agreement as posted on the Service at the
time of your access or use. You agree to review the Agreement posted on
the Service each time you use the Service so that you are aware of any
modifications made to this Agreement.
Disclaimer
THE SERVICE AND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE
SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. THAT MEANS THAT THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THIS SERVICE IS INTENDED
FOR GENERAL CONSUMER UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION. ANY ACCESS TO THIS
SITE IS VOLUNTARY. WE WILL REGARD ALL ACCESS AS VOLUNTARY AND AT THE
SOLE RISK OF THE USER.
This site and its services are for consumer educational use only.
Nothing contained in this site is or should be considered, or used as a
substitute for, medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. The services
provided on this site are here to educate consumers on health care and
medical issues that may affect their daily lives. This site and its
services do not constitute the practice of any medical, nursing or
other professional health care advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Because of the designated purpose of this site and the services it
provides, you agree that TheEstheticClinic.com does not constitute a
service that targets any one community, user group, business or
industry. Because the site is designed for educational purposes, you
also agree that it does not constitute "doing business" in any specific
jurisdiction or soliciting business for us or any of our affiliated
companies, subsidiaries or our parent company or establishing "minimum
contacts" with any jurisdiction outside of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
We advise users to always seek the advice of a physician or other
qualified health care provider with any questions regarding personal
health or medical conditions. Never disregard, avoid or delay in
obtaining medical advice from your doctor or other qualified health
care provider because of something you have read on this site. If you
have or suspect that you have a medical problem or condition, please
contact a qualified health care professional immediately.
We do not operate, control, supply, endorse, warrant or guarantee any
information, products, services or merchandise that is not clearly
identified as information, products, services or merchandise supplied
by us. We also do not warrant or guarantee that files available for
downloading through the Service will be free of infections or viruses,
worms, Trojan horses or other code that contains contaminating or
destructive properties.
We, and our content providers, cannot and do not guarantee or warrant
against errors, omissions, delays, interruptions or losses, including
loss of data. Users of this site are responsible for maintaining a
means external to The Esthetic Clinic.com for the reconstruction of any
lost data.
We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or
discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this site, or any part
thereof, with or without notice.
Warranties and
limitation of liability
WE DO NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR
ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT, OR ANY WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) WITH REGARD TO THE
SERVICE, OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCT, SERVICE,
MERCHANDISE OR OTHER MATERIAL PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE. WE DO
NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS,
TIMELINESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES,
MERCHANDISE OR OTHER MATERIAL PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ON THE
INTERNET GENERALLY. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICE
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE.
WE ARE NOT LIABLE TO ANY USER OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR
ACTION TAKEN BY BASED ON RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR
PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE.
Users' agreement
Users will not upload or transmit any communications or content of any
type that infringes or violates any rights of any party.
Users will not use this site for any purpose in violation of local,
state, national or international laws.
Users will not use this site as a means to distribute advertising or
other unsolicited material to any third party.
Users will not post material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory,
threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful or embarrassing to
any other person or entity as determined by us in our sole discretion.
Users will not impersonate another person.
Users will not hold us or any of our affiliates, subsidiaries or parent
company liable for damages including (but not limited to) loss of
wages, revenue or business because of any services related to or
provided by this site. The sole and exclusive remedy for
dissatisfaction with the services of this site will be to stop using
the Service.
Users will indemnify us and any of our parent or subsidiary companies
or organizations, and any of our successors, assigns or licensees,
together with any of their respective officers, directors and
employees, against any damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, costs
or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising
out of a claim by a third party relating to use of the Service, or any
breach or violation of this Agreement or any other term or condition
contained on the Service.
Users agree to comply with all user responsibilities and obligations as
stated in these Terms of Service.
Users'
representations
All site users represent and warrant that they are at least 18 years of
age and that they possess the legal right and ability to agree to these
Terms of Service and to use this site in accordance with these Terms of
Service.
Blogs
If you use the blog feature, you agree to the following.
By posting any comments, posts or other material on the blog, you give
The Esthetic Foundation for Medical Education and Research the
irrevocable right to reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit,
modify, create derivative works from, and otherwise use your submission
for any purpose in any form and on any media. You also agree that you
will not:
- Post material
that infringes on the rights of any third party, including intellectual
property, privacy or publicity rights
- Post material
that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive,
slanderous, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity as
determined by The Esthetic Clinic in its sole discretion
- Post
advertisements or solicitations of business
- Post chain
letters or pyramid schemes
- Impersonate
another person
- Allow any other
person or entity to use your identification for posting or viewing
comments
- Post the same
note more than once or "spam"
The Esthetic Clinic
reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the
following:
- Remove
communications that are abusive, illegal or disruptive, or that
otherwise fail to conform with these Terms and Conditions.
- Terminate a
user's access to the blog feature upon any breach of these Terms and
Conditions.
- Edit or delete
any communications posted on the blog feature, regardless of whether
such communications violate these standards.
Finally, you agree
that you will indemnify The Esthetic Clinic against any damages,
losses, liabilities, judgments, costs or expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of a claim by a third party
relating to any material you have posted.
Conflict
resolution
You agree that this Agreement is entered into between you and us in the
State of Minnesota, United States of America, and is performed within
the State of Minnesota and governed by and shall be construed in all
respects under the laws of the State of Minnesota, exclusive of its
choice of law or conflict of laws provisions. In any claim or action by
you directly or indirectly arising under this Agreement or related to
the Service, you and we each irrevocably agree to submit to the
exclusive personal jurisdiction of the Minnesota State District Court
sitting in Olmsted County, Minnesota, or if such court does not have
subject matter jurisdiction, then you and we each irrevocably agree to
submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the United States
Court for the District of Minnesota, and whichever of those two courts
has jurisdiction, you and we each waive any jurisdictional, venue or
inconvenient forum objections to such court.
If any of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be not
enforceable by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction,
then such provisions shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum
extent necessary so that this Agreement shall otherwise remain in full
force and effect.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and us
relating to the access and use of the site and any of its services.
This Agreement may not be modified, in whole or in part, except as
described elsewhere in this Agreement. Anything contained on the
Service inconsistent with or conflicting with the terms of this
Agreement is superseded by the terms of this Agreement.
Termination of
services
If you violate these Terms and Conditions of Use, your use of this site
will terminate. We may notify you that you have breached the Agreement.
We may, in our sole discretion, terminate your access to this site, or
any portion thereof, or discontinue providing the site, or any portion
thereof. These actions are in addition to and not in lieu or limitation
of any other right or remedy we may have available at law. Further, we
shall not be liable to you or any third party for any such termination
or discontinuance.
General
We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our
services, and operation of this site may be interfered with by numerous
factors outside of our control. You agree that these Terms and
Conditions of Use and all incorporated agreements between us and you
may be automatically assigned by us, in our sole discretion, to a third
party in the event of a merger, acquisition or liquidation.
Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others of these
Terms and Conditions of Use does not waive our right to act with
respect to subsequent or similar breaches. These Terms and Conditions
of Use set forth the entire understanding and agreement between us and
any site user with respect to the site, its uses and services.
Copyright and
trademarks
The marks "The Esthetic Clinic," and its logo are trademarks and
service marks of The Esthetic Foundation for Medical Education and
Research.
The materials on the site are copyrighted by us and/or other applicable
rights holders. You may download and reprint a single copy of the
materials from the Service for your own personal, noncommercial use
only, provided you include all applicable notices and disclaimers. Any
other use of the materials is strictly prohibited without our prior
written permission and the permission of the applicable rights
holder(s).
Use of cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that some Web sites store on
your computer's hard drive when you visit them. We use cookies to
provide us with information relating to the sources of our site
traffic. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies but allow you
to modify security settings so that you can approve or reject cookies
on a case-by-case basis. Our site requires that cookies, JavaScript and
Java Applets be enabled. If you reject cookies from our site, some
parts of our site may not work properly.
Our sponsors and advertisers and their Ad Servers may use cookies when
you view pages on our site. They use those cookies to collect
nonpersonal information as a way of measuring the effectiveness of
their advertising. We do not control these third parties' use of
cookies or how they manage the nonpersonal information they gather
through them. However, our sponsors and advertisers have agreed that
they will not collect any personally identifiable information from our
site visitors while they are on TheEstheticClinic.com. If you click on
an advertisement on TheEstheticClinic.com and visit a site maintained
by one of our sponsors or advertisers, please be aware that we are not
responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. You should read
the privacy policies of each site you visit to determine what
information that site may be collecting about you.
Some Ad Servers allow you to opt out of anonymous data collection
through the use of cookies. To do so, you must opt out of such data
collection with each individual site. You can opt out of cookies for
several Ad Servers by visiting the Network
Advertising Initiative
gateway opt-out site. At that site you can also review the privacy
policies of those Ad Servers.
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materials may be reprinted for noncommercial personal use only.
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