User Agreement
Description of Service
Prelude To A Cure currently provides users access to information about the registered not-for-profit organization, its mission statement, board members, events and articles of interest, as well as other material as deemed necessary. Prelude To A Cure assumes no responsibility or liability for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization data or settings. All such risks shall be borne by you.
General Practices Regarding Use and Storage
Users acknowledge that Prelude To A Cure may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the web site, including without limitation the maximum number of days that email messages, message board postings or other uploaded content is retained by the web site. This also includes the maximum number of emails that can be sent or received by an account, the maximum disk space allotted on servers for an account, and the maximum duration for which an account can be accessed in a given period of time. You acknowledge that Prelude To A Cure has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other content maintained or transmitted by the web site servers.
Registered User Conduct
You understand that all information, data, text, photographs, graphics, messages, or other materials (“Content”) publicly posted is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. This means that you, and not Prelude To A Cure, bear all risks and liabilities for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the service. You agree to not use the service to:
a. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights (“Rights”) of any party;
b. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation. (Posting the same note more than once can be considered “spam” or “spamming”);
c. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
d. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
e. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, an ACS official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
f. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
g. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to “scroll” faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real time exchanges;
h. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;
i. “stalk” or otherwise harass another; or
j. harvest or otherwise collect or store personal data about other users.
You acknowledge that Prelude To A Cure and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse, move, edit, or delete any Content that is available via the Service. Prelude To A Cure and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content regardless of whether such communication(s) violate the User Agreement. You agree that 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.
You acknowledge and agree that Prelude To A Cure may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the User Agreement; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Prelude To A Cure, its users and the public.
User Submissions
By submitting communications or content to any part of this Site where such content would be viewable by the public (e.g. posting on a public forum/bulletin board or public chat or other public communication), you agree that such submission is non-confidential for all purposes. Any submission to this web site, www.preludetoacure.org, will be deemed and remain the property of Prelude To A Cure You grant–or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted Prelude To A Cure a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide non exclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform and display the communication or content in any media or medium, or any form, format, or forum now known or hereafter developed.
Modifications to the Service
Prelude To A Cure reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Prelude To A Cure shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Service.
Termination
You agree that Prelude To A Cure, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of this Service, and remove and discard any content within the Service, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if Prelude To A Cure believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this user agreement. You agree that any termination of your access may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that Prelude To A Cure may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar further access to such files or the service. Further, you agree that Prelude To A Cure shall not be liable to you or any third-
shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service.
Medical Disclaimer
You acknowledge that the information on the Website, www.preludetoacure.org, is provided “as is” for general information only. It is not intended to be, or interpreted as medical advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultations with qualified health professionals who are familiar with your individual medical needs. Any medical questions should be directed to your physician, or referred to another qualified and licensed healthcare provider.
Disclaimer of Warranty
Prelude To A Cure makes no warranties of any kind regarding this Website, including but not limited to any warranty of accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or any warranty that these pages, or the server that makes them available, are free of viruses or other harmful elements, and such warranties are expressly disclaimed.
Limitation of Liability
You agree that you will hold harmless Prelude To A Cure and its officers, directors, employees, and volunteers from all claims arising out of or related to your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, this Website, www.preludetoacure.org, or the information contained in this Website or other websites to which it is linked. This includes, but is not limited to, information or materials viewed or downloaded from this Website or another website to which it is linked that appear to you or are construed by you to be obscene, offensive, defamatory, or that infringe upon your intellectual property rights. In no event will Prelude To A Cure or the contributors of information to this Website be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Endorsements
You acknowledge that Prelude To A Cure may provide links on the Website to other websites which are not under the control of Prelude To A Cure. In general, any website which has an address (or URL) which does not contain “preludetoacure.org” is such a website. These links are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by Prelude To A Cure of the organization or individual operating the website or a warranty of any type regarding the website or the information on the website.
Usage of Content
Unless otherwise indicated, all information contained on this web site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips is copyrighted by and proprietary to the Prelude To A Cure, and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed,
sublicensed, altered, stored for subsequent use or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without Prelude To A Cure’s prior written consent. The user may make a single copy of the Content displayed on any page of the website to be used by the user for personal and noncommercial uses which do not harm the reputation of Prelude To A Cure, provided that the user does not remove any trademarks, copyright and any other notice contained in such content.
Linking Information
Hypertext Linking. Prelude To A Cure encourages and permits text links to content on the website www.preludetoacure.org, provided: (a) any text-only link must clearly be marked “Prelude To A Cure;” (b) the appearance, position and other aspects of either the link or the host website may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with Prelude To A Cure name and trademarks; (c) the appearance, position and other aspects of either the link or the host website may not create the false appearance that an entity other than Prelude To A Cure is associated with or sponsored by Prelude To A Cure; (d) the link, when activated by a user, must display this Website full-screen and not with a “frame” on the linked website; and (e) Prelude To A Cure reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time in its sole discretion by amending this User Agreement .
Prelude To A Cure is not responsible for the information or materials contained on the host website. Links to this Website, www.preludetoacure.org, are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by Prelude To A Cure of the organization or individual operating the host website or a warranty of any type regarding the host website or the information on the host website.
Dated November 29, 2012