User Agreement

By using the LocalHealth.info Web site, you agree to the terms in this document. Please read it carefully, and do not use this Web site if you do not agree with these terms.

Use of this website also indicates agreement with the LocalHealth.info Privacy Policy.

Changes to these Terms

These Terms of Use may be changed periodically to provide clarification, or to account for new services. LocalHealth.info will make reasonable attepts to announce any substantive changes on the Web site.

However, we cannot guarantee that all users will view such announcements in a timely fashion, therefore we reserve the right to make changes without notice. The date of most recent modification to these Terms is indicated on this page.

Your continued use of this Web site after the Terms of Use are changed indicates your acceptance of those new Terms of Use.

Use of Health Information

LocalHealth.info displays and/or links to health information for educational purposes only. Such information should never be used as a substitute for the advice of a qualified health care provider.

No guarantee of the accuracy or timeliness is made for any health information displayed on or linked from LocalHealth.info. See further details in the Disclaimers section of these Terms.

General Information Use

LocalHealth.info displays and links to information from a wide variety of sources.  Not only would it be impossible to guarantee the accuracy of all this information, it would go against our core philosophy:  Every user should learn to judge for themselves the likelihood that information is trustworthy, and applies to their particular use.

In addition, data and information may be generated, interpreted, reproduced or displayed by community members with variable amounts of knowledge and expertise, including private citizens and students at various levels of education.

LocalHealth.info makes efforts to clearly distinguish sources of information, and users must consider the credentials and biases of these sources when evaluating uses of information.  All information should be verified with the original source prior to use.

LocalHealth.info does not guarantee the accuracy or usability of any information in the Web site.  A full disclaimer is in the Disclaimers section of these Terms.

Visitor Limitations

LocalHealth.info visitors and participants must be at least 13 years old or older, and represent that they are participating in resources offered by LocalHealth.info in a completely voluntary manner.

Visitor Conduct

LocalHealth.info maintains a code of visitor conduct for the protection of its service to the community, its visitors, and its members and partners.

• You agree to use this Web site only for lawful purposes.
• You agree to use this Web site only for its intended purposes.
• LocalHealth.info reserves the right to prohibit any conduct involving this Web site that it deems to be inappropriate.
• You agree not to disrupt this Web site.
• You agree not to interfere with or compromise the security of this Web site, or any computers, servers, accounts, networks, data, software and/or hardware associated with this Web site.
• You agree not to disrupt or interfere with any other visitor's use of this Web site.
• You agree not to attempt to obtain access to any portion of this Web site, any computer, server, account, network, software or hardware associated with the Web site, from which you are restricted.
• You agree that you are solely responsible for any actions you undertake while visiting this Web site and that you will comply with all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations applicable to this Web site and the Internet, including United States copyright and export regulations.

LocalHealth.info may limit your access to any part of this Web site without notice to you, and may terminate your use of its Web site at any time.

Members

LocalHealth.info members are bound by all of these Terms, and in addition by those terms in the Membership Agreement.

Copyright, Trademark and Intellectual Property

All information, content and material exclusive of works in the public domain ("CONTENT") made available by LocalHealth.info through this Web site is owned by or licensed to LocalHealth.info.

LocalHealth.info and its licensors, including LocalHealth.info members and partners, retain all rights in this CONTENT.

If licensors choose to offer separate public licenses for use of their content, such licenses are between the content owner and licensees other than LocalHealth.info, and LocalHealth.info is in no way an intermediary in, or party to, such license agreements.

All CONTENT, including but not limited to the Web site design, text, drawings, photographs, graphics, data and information in any media are protected by copyrights owned by LocalHealth.info or its licensors.

LocalHealth.info grants you permission to display, copy, distribute, print and/or download the CONTENT on this Web site for your personal, non-commercial use only. If you display, copy, distribute, print and/or download the CONTENT on this Web site then you may not modify that CONTENT and you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the CONTENT, and make full attribution to the creator of the CONTENT.

LocalHealth.info, and LocalHealth.info logotype are either registered trademarks, trademarks, service marks or otherwise protected property of LocalHealth.info and may not be used, copied or imitated without the prior written consent of LocalHealth.info.

LocalHealth.info's intellectual property may not be used in connection with any service or product that is not LocalHealth.info's. LocalHealth.info's intellectual property may not be used in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among consumers or in any manner that disparages LocalHealth.info.

Other registered trademarks, trademarks, product names, company names, service marks and otherwise protected property displayed on this Web site are the property of their respective owners and are subject to the terms and conditions applied by those owners to their intellectual property.

The compilation of the CONTENT on this Web site is the exclusive property of LocalHealth.info and is protected by U.S. and International Copyright law.

You may not mirror any CONTENT contained in this Web site on any other Web site, or server.

Ownership of Third Party Content

LocalHealth.info displays CONTENT supplied by visitors and other third parties on its Web site. The CONTENT supplied by visitors and other third parties belongs to the respective owners of that CONTENT.

In many cases, LocalHealth.info has no editorial control over this CONTENT. LocalHealth.info may review, or allow members to review, some CONTENT for quality and appropriateness, but does not warrant or guarantee the results of this review process.

LocalHealth.info, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND ANY SUCH SIMILARLY SITUATED PERSONS OR ENTITIES ("WE") DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, USEFULNESS OR EXISTENCE OF ANY CONTENT SUPPLIED BY VISITORS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS OR THIRD PARTIES.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THE MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF ANY CONTENT SUPPLIED BY VISITORS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS OR THIRD PARTIES.

We shall not, under any circumstances, be liable for any loss, damages or harm caused by you or anyone else's reliance on CONTENT available on this Web site that is the property of visitors, members, partners or third parties.

You are solely responsible for evaluating and acting on any CONTENT available on this Web site.

Copyright Violation Notification

If you have a good faith belief that your copyright has been infringed by any CONTENT on this Web site, then please notify the LocalHealth.info manager for copyright issues who can be reached via e-mail at 'admin' at LocalHealth.info' and by regular mail at:

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Attention: David Bruckman
School of Medicine, Wood Building WG-57
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106-4945
U.S.A.

Please provide, in writing, the following information: a statement that you have in good faith belief that your copyright has been infringed and that the disputed use was not authorized by either the copyright owner, the agent of the copyright owner or by operation of law (i.e., fair use); a description of the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed; a description of the location of the allegedly infringing material; your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address; a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that your notice of copyright infringement is accurate and that you are either the copyright owner or are a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Your notice of copyright infringement must contain either the electronic or physical signature of either the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

DISCLAIMERS

THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND "AS-AVAILABLE." LocalHealth.info MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF THIS WEB SITE, THE CONTENT, GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.

YOU AGREE TO VISIT THIS WEB SITE SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE, AND ANY CONTENT, GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEB SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES OR THAT A VISITOR'S USE WILL BE CONTINUOUS AND/OR ERROR FREE.

WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE CONTENT, GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE ARE ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR CURRENT.

WE MAKE NO WARRANTY CONCERNING THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR ANY CONTENT, GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.

LocalHealth.info DISCLAIMS, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE, ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

LocalHealth.info WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND/OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE.

NEITHER WE, NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, SERVING, HOSTING, MAINTAINING AND/OR UPDATING THIS WEB SITE SHALL BE LIABLE, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND/OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES ARISING FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DETERIORATION OR CORRUPTION OF FILES, DELETION OR CORRUPTION OF E-MAIL, ERRORS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF PROFITS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, AND/OR DELAYS, THAT RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE, RESULTING FROM ACTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACTS OF GOD, NETWORK FAILURE, HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE FAILURE, THEFT, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, LocalHealth.info'S NEGLIGENCE OR YOUR OWN ERRORS AND/OR OMISSIONS, AND ANY OTHER CAUSE, EVEN IF LocalHealth.info HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ALL CONTENT, GOODS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.

IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR ANY TYPE OF DAMAGE IS PROHIBITED, LocalHealth.info'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY THAT JURISDICTION.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify LocalHealth.info from any damages, losses, costs, or expenses that WE may incur as a result of your use of this Web site or your use of the CONTENT, goods and/or services available through this Web site.

Severability

If any provision of these terms of use is held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, that provision shall be ineffective in that jurisdiction without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of these terms of use.