Effective Date: May 6, 2016
This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) is incorporated by reference into THE CHIASM NETWORK’s (“THE CHIASM NETWORK,” “we,” or “us”) Terms of Use and governs Client’s use of the Site and Services (as such terms are defined in the Terms of Use). Any capitalized term used but not defined in this AUP shall have the meaning in our Terms of Use. BY USING OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING THE SERVICES, AND/OR BY REGISTERING WITH US, CLIENT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT CLIENT HAVE READ THIS AUP, UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS, AND AGREES TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY ITS TERMS. IF CLIENT DOES NOT AGREE WITH THIS AUP, CLIENT CANNOT USE THE SERVICES.
Client agrees not to use the Services in any unlawful, infringing, tortious or harmful manner; in any way that violates another party’s intellectual property, privacy or other rights; or in any way that otherwise interferes with the operation, use or enjoyment of any service, system or other property.
Without limiting any of the foregoing, Client agrees that Client shall not (and Client agrees not to allow any third party to):
No Spam.
Client may not use contact information provided by our users or Healthcare Providers, or harvest such information for the purpose of sending, or to facilitate the sending of, unsolicited bulk communications, such as SPAM. Client may not allow others to use Client’s account to violate the terms of this section. We may immediately terminate Client’s registration or access to the Services and take other legal action if Client or anyone using Client’s Credentials violates these provisions.
Pursuant to the Terms of Use, Client may submit feedback, submit inquiries and to participate in the other interactive and community features of the Site (collectively “Posted Information”). In providing feedback, please give clear, honest information about the Healthcare Provider and Client’s experiences, but do not use inappropriate language, make gratuitous personal criticisms or comments or provide information that others could use to determine Client’s identity. When participating in interactive or community aspects of the Service, please do not post any information that another user or Healthcare Provider may use to individually identify Client, but please do include all relevant information in a concise manner to help us provide Client with a helpful response.
We reserve the right to publish Client’s Posted Information as part of the Services and to also remove Client’s Posted Information for any reason. We are not, however, responsible for any failure or delay in posting or removing Posted Information. Keep in mind that the Posted Information of others is simply opinion and should not be relied on.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
The foregoing is a partial list of the kind of content and communications that are illegal or prohibited on/through the Site. THE CHIASM NETWORK reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in accordance with the Terms of Use.
THE CHIASM NETWORK adopts the general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) (http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf). The address of THE CHIASM NETWORK’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement (“Designated Agent”) is provided at the bottom of this section.
THE CHIASM NETWORK Policy.
Our policy is to (a) block access to or remove material that it believes in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our advertisers, affiliates, content providers, members or other users; and (b) remove and discontinue Service to repeat offenders.
Procedure for Reporting Copyright Infringements.
If Client believes that material or content residing on or accessible through the Site or the Services infringes a copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below (“Proper Bona Fide Infringement Notification”):
Upon Receipt of a Bona Fide Infringement Notification.
Once a Proper Bona Fide Infringement Notification is received by the Designated Agent, it is THE CHIASM NETWORK’s policy:
Procedure to Supply a Counter-Notice to the Designated Agent.
If the content provider, member or user believes that the material that was removed or to which access was disabled is either not infringing, or the content provider, member or user believes that it has the right to post and use such material from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, the content provider, member or user must send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below:
Removal.
If a counter-notice is received by the Designated Agent, THE CHIASM NETWORK may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed material or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed material may be replaced or access to it restored in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at THE CHIASM NETWORK’s discretion.
Address for Designated Agent. Please contact THE CHIASM NETWORK’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement at the following address:
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The effective date of this Acceptable Use Policy is set forth at the top of this webpage. We will notify Client of any material change by posting notice on this webpage. Client’s continued use of the Services after the effective date constitutes Client’s acceptance of the amended Acceptable Use Policy. We encourage Client to periodically review this page for the latest information on acceptable uses of the Services. The amended Acceptable Use Policy supersedes all previous versions. IF CLIENT DOES NOT AGREE TO FUTURE CHANGES TO THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY, CLIENT MUST STOP USING THE SERVICES AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CHANGES