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AZZLY website and its allied sites may revise and update these Terms and Conditions at anytime. Your continued usage of AZZLY website (" AZZLY website and its allied sites," or the "Site,") will mean you accept those changes.
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This Site Does Not Provide Medical Advice
The contents of AZZLY website and its allied sites, such as text, graphics, images, information obtained from AZZLY website and its allied sites's licensors and other material ("Content") contained on AZZLY website and its allied sites is for informational purposes only. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. Reliance on any information provided by AZZLY website and its allied sites, Site employees, others appearing on the Site at the invitation of AZZLY website and its allied sites, or other visitors to the Site is solely at your own risk.
Copyright -- Use of Content
AZZLY website and its allied sites authorizes you to view or download a single copy of the material on AZZLY website and its allied sites solely for your personal, noncommercial use if you include the following copyright notice: "Copyright 2009, AZZLY website. All rights reserved" as well as any other copyright and proprietary rights notices which were contained in the Content.
You may not modify, copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt or in any way commercially exploit the content of AZZLY website and its allied sites. Only if you obtain prior written consent from us -- and from all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property -- may you publish, display or commercially exploit any material from AZZLY website and its allied sites. To seek our permission, telephone our office at 772.567.0206 (USA) or fax 772.408.8553. We will be glad to assist you with a written request for permission. Unfortunately, due to abuse, we have been forced to remove email access for seeking written permission. If permission is granted by us and by all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property, you may not change or delete any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice.
The Content is protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Title to the Content remains with AZZLY website and its allied sites or its licensors. Any use of the Content not expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions is a breach of these Terms and Conditions and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Content and features are subject to change or termination without notice in the editorial discretion of AZZLY website and its allied sites. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to AZZLY website and its allied sites and its licensors.
If you violate any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the Content automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Content.
You must abide by all additional copyright notices or other restrictions contained in any of AZZLY website and its allied sites.
Links and Advertisements to Other Sites
* Links
These terms and conditions apply only to AZZLY website and its allied sites, and not to the sites of any other companies or organizations, including those to which any of AZZLY website and its allied sites may link. We are not responsible for the availability of any other site to which any of AZZLY website and its allied sites links. We do not endorse or take responsibility for the contents, advertising, products or other materials made available through any other site. Under no circumstances will we be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on any other site.
Other sites may link to any of AZZLY website and its allied sites only through a plain-text link. To seek our permission for a plain-text link, please fax us at 772.408.8553 (USA). Due to SPAM abuse, we have been forced to remove the email link for this purpose. We reserve the right, however, to rescind any permission granted by us to link through a plain-text link, and to require termination of any such link to any of AZZLY website and its allied sites, at our discretion at any time.
* Advertisements
AZZLY website and its allied sites provide free public health information and referrals without the inclusion of paid advertisements or banner ads. AZZLY website and its allied sites are not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed within AZZLY website and its allied sites, or third party advertisements sites linked to AZZLY website and its allied sites, and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites.
Liability of the Site and Its Licensors
The use of AZZLY website and its allied sites and the Content is at your own risk.
When using AZZLY website and its allied sites, information will be transmitted over a medium which is beyond the control and jurisdiction of AZZLY website and its allied sites and its suppliers. Accordingly, AZZLY website and its allied sites assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of AZZLY website and its allied sites.
The AZZLY website and its allied sites and the content are provided on an "as is" basis. optometrists.org, ITS ALLIED SITES, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Specifically, AZZLY website and its allied sites, its licensors and its suppliers make no representations or warranties about the the accuracy, reliability, completeness, currentness or timeliness of the Content, software, text, graphics, links, or communications provided on or through the use of AZZLY website and its allied sites.
Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy and security and have explained in detail the steps we take to do so. We urge you to read our Privacy Policy.
User Submissions
If you make a voluntary submission in the form of postal mail, a direct email message or an attachment to an email message, you automatically grant--or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted-- AZZLY website and its allied sites a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive 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. AZZLY website and its allied sites may sublicense its rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses. This clause does not apply to user submissions to The Directory.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold AZZLY website and its allied sites, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your violation of these Terms and Conditions.
General
AZZLY website and its allied sites is based in Florida, in the United States of America. AZZLY website and its allied sites makes no claims that the Content is appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access AZZLY website and its allied sites from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. The following provisions survive the expiration or termination of these Terms and Conditions for any reason whatsoever: Liability, User Submissions, Indemnity, Jurisdiction, and Complete Agreement.
Jurisdiction
You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with AZZLY website and its allied sites, or in any way relating to your use of AZZLY website and its allied sites, resides in the courts of the State of Florida and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the Floridain connection with any such dispute including any claim involving AZZLY website and its allied sites or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers and content providers.
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Florida, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.
Complete Agreement
These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and AZZLY website website and its allied sites with respect to the use of AZZLY website and its allied sites, and Content. Your use of AZZLY website and its allied sites is also subject to AZZLY website and its allied sites Privacy Policy.
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