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The information provided to you by the Association of Chiropractic Colleges, Incorporated (ACC) on its website https://chirocolleges.org/ and any other affiliated websites (known hereinafter as “Website”) are subject to the following terms of use (known hereinafter as “TOU”). Your use of the Website affirms your acceptance of the TOU and all stated rules and policies. ACC reserves the right in its discretion to update the TOU at any time without notice to you. If you do not agree to these TOU you must immediately terminate your use of the ACC website.
The Website and information provided may be used for lawful purposes only. As one of the conditions of your use of the Website, you represent, warrant, and agree you will not use (or assist others to use) the Website for any purpose or in any manner that is prohibited by the TOU or by applicable law (including but not limited to any applicable export controls). Altering the Website or its information is forbidden without written permission and approval from ACC. You may not use the Website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any ACC server through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain materials or information not intentionally made available through the Services.
The ACC website is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as chiropractic or medical advice or as a substitute for the advice, diagnosis, or treatment provided by a qualified doctor of chiropractic or other health care professional.
You are granted a personal, revocable, limited, non-exclusive, nontransferable license to access and use the ACC website conditioned on your continued acceptance of, and compliance with, these TOU. You may use the ACC website and the ACC Content for your noncommercial personal use and for no other purpose. The ACC reserves the right to bar, restrict or suspend any user’s access to the ACC website, and/or to terminate this license at any time for any reason. The ACC reserves any rights not explicitly granted in these TOU.
If you use, or post User Content on, a Public Area, such as message boards, blogs, email, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, calendars, folders and/or other message or communication options designed to enable you to communicate with others (hereinafter known as “Communications”) you agree you will be entirely responsible for all content that you upload, post, email or otherwise transmit through the Website, and understand that any online communications may not be confidential. ACC is not responsible for any information posted by a third party. You agree you will comply with all laws related to copyright and intellectual property, and will not post any materials that violate any laws, advocate illegal activity, infringe upon a third-party copyright, or invade the privacy or publicity rights of others. You also agree not to post, publish, upload, distribute or disseminate anything that is inappropriate, profane, knowingly false, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, threatening, abusive, hateful, pornographic, embarrassing or has potential to cause harm or damage to anyone.
Any message posted are the express view of the poster and does not reflect the views of ACC. ACC has no obligation to, and does not in its normal course, pre-screen, monitor or review the materials posted online. ACC is not responsible for and does not exert editorial control over any materials posted online, however, ACC reserves the right to pre-screen, monitor and/or review all materials posted, or to refuse to post or remove a post.
Certain features and areas of the ACC websites may be available only with registration, login and/or a paid subscription. If you are required to register and select a unique login and password (“Personal Login Information”), you must keep your Personal Login Information confidential. Your Personal Login Information is personal to you and you may not allow any third party to use it under any circumstances. The ACC is not liable for any harm caused by or related to the theft, misappropriation, disclosure, or unauthorized use of your Personal Login Information. You must contact ACC immediately if you become aware of or believe there is or may have been any unauthorized use of your Personal Login Information, or otherwise wish to deactivate your Personal Login Information due to security concerns.
YOU AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE ACC BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, ANY CONTENT THAT IS OBJECTIONABLE IN ANY WAY, INCLUDING ANYTHING OFFENSIVE, INDECENT, DEFAMATORY, OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE, RELIANCE, READING, OR VIEWING OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, STORED OR OTHERWISE ACCESSED OR MADE AVAILABLE OR KNOWN TO YOU.
Unless otherwise specified, the Website information is for your personal and non-commercial use. For purposes of these TOU, non-commercial use does not include a chiropractic practice. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products, or services obtained from the Website.
The information on the Website is provided for informational purposes only. ACC makes every effort to present accurate information but does guarantee accuracy, completeness, efficacy, nor does it represent, warrant, endorse, approve, or certify any information displayed, uploaded, downloaded, or distributed.
ACC will not be held liable for any inaccurate information contained on the Website or for any damage caused by reliance on information obtained through the Website. You understand that ACC does not provide and is not responsible for giving clinical, legal, or other professional services. If such services are required, you should consult a knowledgeable professional. Your use of any information on the Website is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review by qualified experts. ACC will not be responsible for any decision made or action taken from reliance on the information provided.
ACC AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL ACC AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICES.
THE ACC WEBSITE AND ACC CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” NEITHER THE ACC, ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, OR TRUSTEES NOR ANY OF ITS AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS, PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS, OR LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY “ACC PARTIES”) PROVIDE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT (i) THE ACC WEBSITE OR ACC CONTENT, OR ANY RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY YOU, ARE COMPLETE, ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR NON-INFRINGING; (ii) ACCESS TO THE ACC WEBSITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; (iii) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE ACC WEBSITES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; OR (iv) ACC CONTENT WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED OR ACCESSIBLE ON THE ACC WEBSITES. ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall ACC and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents and employees be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, indirect, punitive or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, data or other intangible losses, resulting from the use or the results of the use of the services or content offered on the Website, from statements or conduct of any third party using the Website, or from failure of performance, error, mistake, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, mistakes, inaccuracies or typographical errors, acts of god/acts of nature/acts of terrorism, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of this Web Site, or any other matter relating to the Website, whether for breach of contract, tortuous behavior, antitrust, negligence, or under any other cause of action or theory of liability.
Those submitting, posting, displaying or providing any information (including, without limitation, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, drawings, notes, images, photographs, concepts or any other material) to the Website, automatically grant to ACC, without limitation, a worldwide, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license, authorization and permission, in any form or format, on or through any media or medium now known or hereafter developed or discovered, to maintain, use, reproduce, distribute, display, exhibit, perform, publish, broadcast, transmit, modify, prepare derivative works of, reformat, and otherwise use all or any portion of such information, for any purpose whatsoever without accounting, notification, credit or other obligation to you, and the right to license and sub-license and authorize others to exercise any of the rights granted in our sole discretion.
You warrant and represent that (a) you are the copyright owner of such information, or that the copyright owner of such information has granted you permission to use such information or any content and/or images contained in such information consistent with the manner and purpose of your use and as otherwise permitted by the TOU and the Services, (b) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in the TOU, and (c) that each person depicted in any of the information, if any, has provided consent to the use of the information as set forth in the TOU, including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, the distribution, public display and reproduction of such information. By posting images, you are granting (a) to all members of your community (for each such information available to members of such private community), and/or (b) to the general public (for each such information available anywhere on the Services, other than a private community), permission to use your information in connection with the use, as permitted by the TOU, of any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, making prints and gift items which include such information), and including, without limitation, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Images without having your name attached to such information, and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services.
You represent and warrant to ACC that you own all information you provide and/or have the unencumbered legal right to grant the above-referenced license with respect to all information you provide. You further represent and warrant to ACC that such information does not infringe any third-party copyrights or other third-party intellectual property rights. You agree to indemnify ACC for any and all losses resulting from the invalidity or inaccuracy of such representation and warranty. You agree that any information or materials that you, or individuals acting on your behalf, provide will not be considered confidential or proprietary.
The appearance of advertisements or vendor information on the Website does not imply approval, endorsement, certification, warranty, or representation. Doctors should consult their respective state licensing boards for practice-related issues in their state.
Regarding the online communities, you agree to the following:
The provisions of this TOU are subject to the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
If any provision of this TOU shall be unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, the other provisions shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable to the maximum possible extent.
The trademarks, logos, service marks, text and content displayed on the Website are the property of ACC or other third parties.
The ACC privacy policy may be found at: privacy policy
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