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Terms &
Conditions
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Effective
September 1, 2009
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1. INTRODUCTION AND ACCEPTANCE
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- You agree to these terms if you use our Website.
- Refer to our Privacy Policy for how we collect information.
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Welcome to one of Healthy Advice® Networks
websites (www.healthyadvice.com/practice, or www.hapracticewire.com),
("Website"), an interactive online service operated by
Healthy Advice® Networks, LLC and its subsidiaries ("HAN",
"us", "we", or "our").
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE.
BY ACCESSING AND/OR USING THE WEBSITE (OTHER THAN TO READ THESE
TERMS OF USE FOR THE FIRST TIME) YOU ARE AGREEING TO COMPLY WITH
THESE TERMS OF USE, WHICH MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME AS SET FORTH
IN SECTION 16 BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS
OF USE, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.
In addition to these Terms of Use, we have established a Privacy
Policy to explain how we collect and use information about you.
A copy of this Privacy Policy can be found here: www.healthyadvice.com/privacy.htm
and is incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use. By accessing
or using the Website, you are also signifying your acknowledgement
and agreement to our Privacy Policy.
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2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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- We own all the content on our Website
- When you use our website, you do not acquire any ownership rights
over our content.
- You may not use our content except as we specifically authorize.
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The Website and included content (and any derivative
works or enhancements of the same) including, but not limited to,
all text, illustrations, files, images, software, scripts, graphics,
photos, sounds, music, videos, information, content, materials,
products, services, URLs, technology, documentation, and interactive
features (collectively, the "Website Content") and all
intellectual property rights to the same are owned by us, our licensors,
or both. Additionally, all trademarks, service marks, trade names
and trade dress that may appear on the Website are owned by us,
our licensors, or both. Except for the limited use rights granted
to you in these Terms of Use, you shall not acquire any right, title
or interest in the Website or any Website Content. Any rights not
expressly granted in these Terms of Use are expressly reserved.
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3. NEITHER WE NOR OUR WEBSITE PROVIDE MEDICAL
ADVICE
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- Our Website provides medical content NOT MEDICAL ADVICE.
- It is your responsibility to further investigate and verify
the information and opinions on our Website.
- We are not responsible for your reliance on our Website content.
- We do not endorse information provided by third parties.
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(A) OUR WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENT ARE
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. WE OFFER HEALTH RELATED
WEBSITE CONTENT TO EDUCATE AND TO AID THE GENERAL UNDERSTANDING
OF USERS. NOTHING CONTAINED IN OUR WEBSITE SHOULD BE TAKEN, CONSIDERED
OR USED AS A SUBSTITUE FOR MEDICAL ADVICE, DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT.
ALWAYS VERIFY THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BEFORE RELYING ON IT TO TREAT
OR ADVISE PATIENTS.
(B) TO THE EXTENT YOU ARE EVALUATING OUR WEBSITE CONTENT
FOR PERSONAL MATTERS, NEVER DISREGARD, AVOID OR DELAY IN OBTAINING
MEDICAL ADVICE FROM YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER BECAUSE OF SOMETHING YOU HAVE READ ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU
SHOULD ALWAYS CONSULT WITH A PHYSICIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED HEALTH
CARE PROVIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY MEDICAL DECISIONS. IF YOU HAVE OR
SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE A MEDICAL PROBLEM OR CONDITION, PLEASE CONTACT
A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN
THE UNITED STATES AND EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, PLEASE CALL
911.
(C) We provide the Website including, without limitation, Website
Content for educational, promotional and, if accessing through your
Practice (defined below), account management purposes only. You
may not rely on any information and opinions expressed on any of
our Website for any other purpose. In all instances, it is your
responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, timeliness, completeness,
or usefulness of Website Content. Under no circumstances will we
be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on any
Website Content.
(D) The Website may contain links to other websites maintained
by third parties. We do not operate or control, in any respect,
or necessarily endorse the content found on these third-party websites.
You assume sole responsibility for your use of third-party links.
We are not responsible for any content posted on third-party websites
or liable to you for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as
a result of your dealings with any third-party or their website.
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4. WEBSITE ACCESS AND USE
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- If you access our Website for business purposes, you do so on
behalf of your business.
- When using our Website, follow the law and our rules. Do not
alter our content or post information that violates our standards.
- When using our Website, don't upload viruses or otherwise attempt
to disrupt our Website.
- Don't do anything that interferes with the use of our Website
by others.
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(A) Access to the Website including, without limitation,
the Website Content is provided for your information and non-commercial
use only.
(i) Medical Practice Access and Use: If you are accessing
our Website as a result of other products and services we provide
a medical practice or other business ("Practice"),
you are accessing and using our Website on behalf of yourself
AND the Practice.
(ii) Individual Access and Use: You are at all times
responsible for your activities on our Website.
(B) Except as expressly permitted by these Terms of Use, you may
not:
(i) use our Website in an unlawful or fraudulent manner or
for such purposes, to collect personally identifiable information,
or to impersonate other users;
(ii) modify our copyright/trademark or other proprietary rights
notices, or interfere with the security-related features of
our Website (e.g., those that prevent or restrict copying Website
Content);
(iii) use our Website to send, knowingly receive, upload/post,
download, any material which does not comply with our content
standards;
(iv) use our Website to transmit or facilitate the transmission
of any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional
material;
(v) use our Website to transmit any data, or upload to our
Website any data, that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms,
time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other
harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely
affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;
(vi) take any action to interfere with, damage, disrupt any
part of our Site or Service;
(vii) decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble any portion
of our Website;
(viii) use network-monitoring software to determine architecture
of or extract usage data from our Website; or
(ix) engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits any other
user from using or enjoying our Website.
(C) You agree to fully cooperate with us to investigate any suspected
or actual activity that is in breach of these Terms of Use.
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5. USER REGISTRATION
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- If you register, you agree to provide us accurate information
and notify us of any unauthorized use of your account.
- If you register through your Practice, the Practice will have
access to your Membership data and activities - both you and the
Practice are responsible for your activities.
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(A) In order to access or use some features of the
Website, you will need to become a registered user. If you register
with our Website, you agree to provide true, accurate and complete
registration information. If this information changes, you agree
to promptly update the relevant registration information. During
registration, you will create (if accessing as an individual) or
will be provided (if registering through your Practice) a user name
and password (a "Membership").
(B) You are responsible for safeguarding and maintaining the confidentiality
of your Membership. You agree to notify us immediately at bestpractices@healthyadvice.com
of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your Membership.
(C) If you register through your Practice, your Practice
will have access to all information you submit through the Website,
your user name/password, and your activities on the Website.
You and your Practice are solely responsible for the activity that
occurs under your Membership, whether or not that specific activity
has been authorized by the Practice. If you subsequently leave that
Practice, you agree not to thereafter access our Website using the
same registration information.
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6. USER CONTENT
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- We may let you upload content to our Website.
- We do not guarantee the confidentiality of any content you upload
through our Website.
- It is your responsibility to ensure you have the right to use
the content you upload.
- You guarantee that any content you upload will not violate the
ownership rights of others and generally will not be objectionable
(i.e., abusive, obscene, unlawful, etc.).
- If you upload information to our Website because you want it
posted on our Website, you give us a license to do that and also
use the content in connection with our business. You always retain
ownership of your content.
- We are under no obligation to monitor the content you upload
to our Website, but we may do so if we choose and remove any content
for any reason.
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(A) We may now or in the future permit users to
post, upload, transmit through, or otherwise make available on the
Website, in-office monitors, or other equipment (collectively, "submit")
messages, text, illustrations, files, images, graphics, photos,
comments, sounds, music, videos, information, content, and/or other
materials ("User Content"). Subject to the rights and
license you grant herein, you retain all right, title and interest
in your User Content. We do not guarantee any confidentiality with
respect to User Content even if it is not published on the Website.
It is solely your responsibility to monitor and protect any intellectual
property rights that you may have in your User Content, and we do
not accept any responsibility for the same.
(B) You shall not submit any User Content protected by copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, or other intellectual
property or proprietary right without the express permission of
the owner of the respective right. You are solely liable for any
damage resulting from your failure to obtain such permission or
from any other harm resulting from User Content that you submit.
(C) You represent, warrant, and covenant that you will not submit
any User Content that:
(i) violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others,
including, but not limited to, any copyright, trademark, patent,
trade secret, moral right, or other intellectual property or
proprietary right of any person or entity;
(ii) impersonates another or is unlawful, threatening, abusive,
libelous, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights,
vulgar, obscene, profane, pornographic, or otherwise objectionable;
(iii) encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense,
give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law;
(iv) includes personal information such as messages which identify
phone numbers, social security numbers, account numbers, addresses,
or employer references; or
(v) contains a formula, instruction, or advice that could cause
harm or injury;
Moreover, any conduct by a user that in our sole discretion restricts
or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Website will
not be permitted.
(D) If your User Content is intended for posting on our Website
(as opposed to in-office monitors), by submitting the User Content,
simultaneously with such posting you automatically grant, or warrant
that the owner has expressly granted, to us a worldwide, royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully sublicensable, and
transferable right and license to use, reproduce, distribute, create
derivative works based upon (including, without limitation, translations),
publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, and publish the User
Content (in whole or in part) as we, in our sole discretion, deem
appropriate including, without limitation, (1) in connection with
our business; and (2) in connection with the businesses of our successors,
parents, subsidiaries, and their related companies. Such uses may
include the resale of information gathered from edits, modification
to search results. We may exercise this grant in any format, media
or technology now known or later developed for the full term of
any copyright that may exist in such User Content. Furthermore,
you also grant other users permission to access your User Content
and to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works based
upon, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, and publish
your User Content for personal, non-commercial use as permitted
by the functionality of the Website and these Terms of Use.
(E) If your User Content is intended for posting on our Website,
you also grant us the right, but not the obligation to use your
biographical information including, without limitation, your name
and geographical location in connection with broadcast, print, online,
or other use or publication of your User Content. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, you waive any and all claims you may now or later
have in any jurisdiction to so-called "moral rights" or
rights of "droit moral" with respect to the User Content.
We reserve the right to display advertisements in connection with
your User Content and to use your User Content for advertising,
promotional or any other purpose we deem appropriate.
(F) We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor User
Content. We have the right in our sole discretion and for any reason
whatsoever to edit, refuse to post, remove, or disable access to
any User Content.
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7. INDEMNIFICATION
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- If a third party sues us because of your actions, you agree
to protect us and assume all liability.
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You agree to indemnify and hold harmless HAN and
its officers, directors, employees, parents, partners, successors,
agents, distribution partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, and their
related companies from and against any and all claims, liabilities,
losses, damages, obligations, costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of, related to, or that may
arise in connection with: (i) your access to or use of the Website;
(ii) any actual or alleged violation or breach by you of these Terms
of Use; (iii) any actual or alleged breach of any representation,
warranty, or covenant that you have made to us; or (iv) your acts
or omissions. You agree to cooperate fully with us in the defense
of any claim that is the subject of your obligations hereunder.
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8. DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES
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- Our Website is provided "AS IS" and we make no warranties
of any kind regarding the accuracy of our content, the usefulness
of our Website or that it will meet your needs.
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(A) YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE WEBSITE
IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED
ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING
THE FOREGOING AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HAN AND
ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, PARTNERS, SUCCESSORS,
AGENTS, DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND THEIR
RELATED COMPANIES DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY:
(1) WARRANTIES THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (2)
WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, SECURITY, USEFULNESS,
TIMELINESS, OR INFORMATIONAL CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE OR WEBSITE CONTENT;
(3) WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (4) WARRANTIES FOR SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED
THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON OUR WEBSITE OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE WEBSITE;
(5) WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF THE RESULTS
THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE; (6) WARRANTIES
THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE SECURE OR UNINTERRUPTED; AND
(7) WARRANTIES THAT ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
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9. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
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- You agree that under no circumstances will we be held responsible
for lost profit, punitive or similar damages.
- You agree that in all instances our total damages for any wrongdoing
on our part will be limited to what you paid us over the previous
1 month or $100, whichever is greater.
- If either of us has a claim against the other, it must be brought
within 1 year.
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(A) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL HAN OR ITS OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, PARTNERS, SUCCESSORS, AGENTS, DISTRIBUTION
PARTNERS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OR THEIR RELATED COMPANIES BE
LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES (EVEN IF HAN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES), ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH
THE WEBSITE OR THESE TERMS OF USE. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION
WITH THE WEBSITE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WEBSITE CONTENT
IS TO STOP USING THE WEBSITE. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH
RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF SERVICES OR PRODUCTS RECEIVED
THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY
LINKS ON THE WEBSITE, AS WELL AS BY REASON OF ANY INFORMATION OR
ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF
THE WEBSITE OR ANY LINKS ON THE WEBSITE. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL ALSO
APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF ANY CONTENT
POSTED BY A THIRD-PARTY OR CONDUCT OF A THIRD-PARTY ON THE WEBSITE.
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN,
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OF HAN AND ITS OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, PARTNERS, SUCCESSORS, AGENTS, DISTRIBUTION
PARTNERS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND THEIR RELATED COMPANIES
EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE TOTAL PAYMENTS RECEIVED FROM YOU BY HAN
DURING THE PRECEDING (1) MONTH PERIOD OR $100. FURTHERMORE, YOU
AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR IN
ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY OF THE WEBSITE OR THESE TERMS OF USE
MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES;
OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE PERMANENTLY BARRED.
(C) In some jurisdictions limitations of liability are not permitted.
In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing limitations may not
apply to you. These limitations shall apply to the fullest extent
permitted by law.
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10. TERMINATION
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- We can terminate or block your access to our Website at anytime
for any reason.
- Relevant provisions in these Terms of Use will remain in effect
even if your access is blocked or terminated.
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(A) We reserve the right in our sole discretion
and at any time to terminate or suspend your Membership and/or block
your access to the Website for any reason including, without limitation
if you have failed to comply with the letter and spirit of these
Terms of Use. You agree that HAN shall not be liable to you or any
third party for any termination or suspension of your Membership
or for blocking your access to the Website.
(B) Any suspension or termination shall not affect your obligations
to us under these Terms of Use. The provisions of these Terms of
Use which by their nature should survive the suspension or termination
of your Membership or these Terms of Use shall survive including,
but not limited to the rights and licenses that you have granted
hereunder, indemnities, releases, disclaimers, limitations on liability,
provisions related to choice of law, dispute resolution, no class
action, no trial by jury and all of the miscellaneous provisions
in Section 16.
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11. COPYRIGHT POLICY
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- If you believe someone has posted content on our site that violates
your copyright, you must send notice to our Designated Agent at
the address provided.
- All such notices must include the information set forth in Paragraph
C.
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(A) We respect the intellectual property rights
of others and expect users to do the same. In appropriate circumstances
and at our sole discretion, we may terminate and/or disable the
Membership of users suspected to be infringing the copyrights (or
other intellectual property rights) of others. Additionally, in
appropriate circumstances and in our sole discretion, we may remove
or disable access to material on any of our websites or hosted on
our systems that may be infringing or the subject of infringing
activity.
(B) In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of
1998, Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512 ("DMCA"),
we will respond promptly to claims of copyright infringement that
are reported to the agent that we have designated to receive notifications
of claims infringement (its "Designated Agent"). Our Designated
Agent is:
Sabrina Shattles
Healthy Advice® Networks
8230 Montgomery Road, Suite 300
Cincinnati, OH 45236
(C) If you are a copyright owner (or authorized to act on behalf
of the copyright owner) and believe that your work's copyright has
been infringed, please report your notice of infringement to us
by providing our Designated Agent with a written notification of
claimed infringement that includes substantially the following:
(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been
infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online
site are covered by a single notification, a representative list
of such works at that site.
(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing
or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be
removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information
reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact
you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available,
an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted.
(v) A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of
the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by
the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is
accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
We will investigate notices of copyright infringement and take
appropriate actions under the DMCA. Inquiries that do not follow
this procedure may not receive a response.
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12. CHOICE OF LAW; JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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- Each of us agrees these terms will be enforced under Ohio law.
If arbitration does not apply, lawsuits will be filed in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
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These Terms of Use shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflict
of laws rules. Subject to Section 13, any legal proceedings against
HAN that may arise out of, relate to, or be in any way connected
with our Website or these Terms of Use shall be brought exclusively
in the state and federal courts of Cincinnati, Ohio and you waive
any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such
courts.
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13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND MANDATORY ARBITRATION
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- Each of us agrees to first contact the other with disputes before
proceeding to arbitration.
- Each of us agrees to resolve all disputes in a binding arbitration
proceeding.
- Each of us agrees to use the National Arbitration Foundation
to arbitrate any claims.
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(A) We each agree to first contact each other with
any disputes and provide a written description of the problem, all
relevant documents/information and the proposed resolution, and allow
at least thirty (30) days to resolve the dispute before proceeding
to arbitration as provided for below. (B) The parties understand
that they would have had a right or opportunity to litigate disputes
through a court and to have a judge or jury decide their case, but
they choose to have any disputes resolved through arbitration.
(C) We each agree that any claim or dispute between us, and any
claim by either of us against any agent, employee, successor, or
assign of the other, including, to the full extent permitted by
applicable law, third parties who are not signatories to this agreement,
whether related to this agreement or otherwise, including past,
present, and future claims and disputes, and including any dispute
as to the validity or applicability of this arbitration clause,
shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American
Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its procedures in
effect when the claim is filed. The AAA's procedures and other information,
including a fee schedule, may be obtained from the AAA's website
(www.adr.org) or by calling 1-800-778-7879. In the event the AAA
is unable or unwilling to administer the arbitration, a neutral
arbitrator shall be selected based on mutual agreement of the parties
(in which case all terms referencing the AAA in these Terms of Use
shall be read to reference that arbitrator).
(D) We are entering into this arbitration agreement in connection
with a transaction involving interstate commerce. Accordingly, this
arbitration agreement and any proceedings thereunder shall be governed
by the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16.
Any award by the arbitrator(s) may be entered as a judgment in any
court having jurisdiction.
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14. NO CLASS ACTIONS
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- Each of us waives the right to bring class action lawsuits over
disputes (even in arbitration).
- If this provision is not enforceable, the arbitration terms
do not apply.
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(A) TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, WE EACH WAIVE ANY
RIGHT TO PURSUE DISPUTES ON A CLASSWIDE BASIS; THAT IS, TO EITHER
JOIN A CLAIM WITH THE CLAIM OF ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY, OR ASSERT
A CLAIM IN A REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY ON BEHALF OF ANYONE ELSE IN ANY
LAWSUIT, ARBITRATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING. (B) If for any reason
any court or arbitrator holds that this restriction is unconscionable
or unenforceable, then our agreement to arbitrate (Section 13) doesn't
apply and the classwide dispute must be brought in court.
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15. NO TRIAL BY JURY
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- Each of us waives the right to trial by jury over any disputes
(even in arbitration).
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TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, WE EACH WAIVE ANY
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LAWSUIT, ARBITRATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING.
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16. AMENDMENT; ADDITIONAL TERMS
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- We can modify the Terms of Use. Modifications are effective
upon posting on our Website.
- Depending on the services and products you use, we have the
right to present you with additional terms.
- If you do not agree to any modified terms, stop using our Website.
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(A) We reserve the right in our sole discretion and
at any time and for any reason, to modify or discontinue any aspect
or feature of the Website or to modify these Terms of Use. In addition,
we reserve the right to provide you with operating rules or additional
terms that may govern your use of the Website generally, unique parts
of the Website, or both ("Additional Terms"). Additional
Terms may be provided as part of your enrollment agreement with us
or in another manner. To the extent any Additional Terms conflict
with these Terms of Use, the Additional Terms will control.
(B) Modifications to these Terms of Use or Additional Terms will
be effective immediately upon notice, either by posting on the Website
or by notification by email or conventional mail. It is your responsibility
to review the Terms of Use and the Website from time to time for
any changes or Additional Terms. Your access and use of any the
Website following any modification of these Terms of Use or the
provision of Additional Terms will signify your assent to and acceptance
of the same. If you object to any subsequent revision to the Terms
of Use or to any Additional Terms, immediately discontinue use of
the Website and, if applicable, terminate your Membership.
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17. MISCELLANEOUS
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- These summary explanations are for convenience only and are
not legally binding.
- We each agree that if any of these terms are found to be unenforceable,
except where we have specifically stated otherwise, the remaining
terms will remain in effect.
- These terms, our Privacy Policy and any additional terms we
provide you form the entire contract between us.
- You can't assign your rights or obligations under these terms.
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(A) No waiver by either party of any breach or default
hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent
breach or default. The section headings and "Summary" explanations
used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal
import.
(B) Except where specifically stated otherwise (e.g., Section 14(B)),
if any part of these Terms of Use are unlawful or unenforceable
for any reason, we both agree that only that part of the Terms of
Use shall be stricken and that the remaining terms in the Terms
of Use shall not be affected. So, for example, if a provision in
these terms is found to be unenforceable, we agree an arbitrator
(or, if permitted, a court) shall only strike that provision and
that the remaining terms of these Terms of Use shall remain in force.
(C) These Terms of Use (including the Privacy Policy and any Additional
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our prior written consent. Any such purported assignment or delegation
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and void and of no force and effect. We may assign these Terms of
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