PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE AND DISCLAIMERS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.
Virmedica, Inc. (the “Company,” “we” or “our”), as a convenience to you grants you access to its website, accessible via http://virmedica.com (the “Site”), conditioned on your acceptance of the terms, conditions and notices contained herein (these “Terms of Use”). For the purposes of these Terms of Use, “Content” means, collectively, any content, including, without limitation any text, software, source code, applications, specifications, images, audio files, articles, and other information or content available through the Site.
These Term of Use are effective upon your access and use of the Site. You are also subject to the Company’s Privacy Policy. You agree that the Company may modify, alter, update or terminate these Terms of Use and/or the Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time, with or without notice to you. When you access, use or browse the Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, these Terms of Use as if you had signed them. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms of Use. Your continued use of the Site after such modifications, alterations or updates, as the case may be, signifies your agreement to be bound by such modifications, alterations or updates. The provisions relating to Copyrights, Trademarks, Disclaimer, Claims, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Applicable Laws, and General shall survive any termination.
These Terms of Use are effective as of March 3, 2015.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Please read these Terms of Use and the Company’s Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to these Terms of Use, and you consent to the collection and use of information as described in our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use and the terms and conditions of our Privacy Policy, you must exit the Site immediately.
USE OF SITE
Unless otherwise specified, the Site is for your personal use. You may not (a) modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works of, transfer, or sell any Content; (b) other than for your use of the Site as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use, access or attempt to access any systems or servers on which the Site is hosted or modify or alter the Site in any way; or (c) forge headers, create a false identity or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to deceive others or disguise the origin of any Content transmitted to or via the Site.
You may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific Content, electronically copy, download and print hard copy portions of the Content from the different areas of the Site solely for your own noncommercial use. Any other use of Content, including but not limited to the modification, reproduction, distribution, republication, display or transmission of Content, without prior written permission of the Company is strictly prohibited.
Harassment in any manner or form on the Site, including via email and posting of messages or by obscene or abusive language is strictly forbidden. Impersonation of others, including a Company employee, host, or representative or other members or visitors on the Site is prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the Site any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable, or which may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. You may not upload commercial content on the Site or use the Site to solicit others to join or become members of any other commercial online service or other organization.
COPYRIGHTS
The Content and the Site, including the selection and arrangements thereof, are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States and other copyright laws and are the sole property of the Company and/or its licensors and are protected by patent, copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be used except in accordance with these Terms of Use or with the Company’s express written consent. Other than as necessary for your use of the Site in accordance with these Terms of Use, the Company grants no other privileges or rights in the Content to you, and you must keep intact all patent, copyright and other proprietary notices on the Content. Any Content owned by the Company’s licensors may be subject to additional restrictions.
TRADEMARKS
All trademarks, service marks, trade names and tradedress, whether registered or unregistered (collectively the “Marks”) that appear on the Site are proprietary to the Company or other respective owners that have granted the Company the right and license to use such Marks. You may not display or reproduce the Marks other than with the prior written consent of the Company, and you may not remove or otherwise modify any trademark notices from any Content.
NOTICES AND PROCEDURES FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to the website’s designated agent. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO OR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL RECEIVE NO RESPONSE. The Company respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users and visitors to do the same. The Company will process and investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA“) and other applicable intellectual property laws. Upon receipt of notices complying with the DMCA, the Company will act to remove or disable access to any material found to be infringing or found to be the subject of infringing activity and will act to remove or disable access to any reference or link to material or activity that is found to be infringing.
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the Company with the following information. Please be advised that to be effective, the notification must include ALL of the following:
- a physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive copyright that is allegedly infringed;
- a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
- a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
- your address, telephone number, and email address and all other information reasonably sufficient to permit the Company to contact you;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Notices of claimed copyright infringement should be directed to:
Virmedica, Inc.
ATTN: Compliance Officer
6 Research Drive
Shelton, CT 06484
IMPORTANT NOTE: THE PRECEDING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR NOTIFYING THE COMPANY THAT YOUR COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN INFRINGED. ALL OTHER INQUIRIES, SUCH AS PRODUCT OR SERVICE RELATED QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS, OR QUESTIONS ON PRIVACY, WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
USER SUBMISSIONS
The Company does not and cannot review all communications and materials posted to or created by users accessing the Site and is not in any manner responsible for the content of these communications and materials. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to view and distribute user generated content on the Site, the Company is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any contents or activities on the Site. However, the Company reserves the right to block or remove communications or materials that it determines to be (a) abusive, defamatory, or obscene, (b) fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading, (c) in violation of a copyright, trademark or; other intellectual property right of another or (d) in violation of any law or regulation or (e) offensive or otherwise unacceptable to the Company at its sole discretion.
Any personally identifiable information you transmit to the Site will be treated by the Company in accordance with the Company’s Privacy Policy. Except for any such personally identifiable information, any material, information or other communication you submit to this Site including any ideas, comments, suggestions, data or the like (“Communications”) will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. The Company will have no obligations with respect to the Communications. Furthermore, you give up all intellectual property rights, including any moral, publicity and privacy rights you have in any Communication. By submitting Communication to Company, you agree Company is free to use the Communication, without limitation and without any compensation to you, for any purpose whatsoever and in identifiable or de-identifiable form. The Company and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate, commercialize and otherwise use the Communications and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or noncommercial purposes.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
In an attempt to provide increased value to our visitors, this Site may contain links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties other than the Company (the “External Sites”). However, even if the third party is affiliated with the Company, the Company has no control over these linked sites, all of which have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of the Company. The Company has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. These linked sites are only for your convenience and therefore you access them at your own risk, and you may be subject to the terms and conditions and the privacy policies imposed by such third parties. Links do not imply that the Company sponsors, endorses, is affiliated with or associated with, or has been legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, service mark, design, logo, symbol or other copyrighted materials displayed on or accessible through such External Sites. Nonetheless, the Company seeks to protect the integrity of its Site and the links placed upon it and therefore requests any feedback on not only its own Site, but for sites it links to as well (including if a specific link does not work). You should contact the Site administrator or Webmaster for those External Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or the content located on such External Sites.
DISCLAIMER
The Company makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of this Site’s content or the content of any site or External Sites. The Company does not filter any content that children may view through our sites or “hot-linked” sites, and they could receive content and materials from the Internet and/or advertising that are inappropriate for children. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to consider using an electronic filtering software.
THIS SITE AND ANY CONTENT, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED VIA THE SITE, INCLUDING LINKS, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, AND WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE COMPANY DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, USEFULNESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. AS A CONDITION OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE, YOU WARRANT TO THE COMPANY THAT YOU WILL NOT USE THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE THAT IS UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED BY THESE TERMS OF USE.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, OR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIES, LICENSORS AND THIRD PARTY PARTNERS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL, DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF THE COMPANY HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY UNAVAILABILITY OR NONPERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, ERRORS, OMISSIONS, VIRUSES AND MALICIOUS CODE. THESE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY’S LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED TEN DOLLARS ($10).
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these terms and conditions (including negligent or wrongful conduct), by you.
APPLICABLE LAWS
Your use of this Site shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, U.S.A., without regard to choice of law provisions. You agree that jurisdiction over and venue in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Site shall be exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the State of Delaware. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to the Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. The Company’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these Terms of Use. The Company may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.
The Company makes no representation that the Content is appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their content is illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this Site from locations outside Delaware do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. You may not use or export the materials in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. Any claim relating to the materials shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Delaware.
No Class Actions
You may only resolve disputes with Company on an individual basis, and may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, consolidated, or representative action. Class arbitrations, class actions, private attorney general actions, and consolidation with other arbitrations aren’t allowed.
GENERAL
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and these Terms of Use will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such provision had never been contained herein. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and the Company as a result of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy or any use of the Site. The Company’s performance of these Terms of Use is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these Terms of Use, or our Privacy Policy is in derogation of the Company’s right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by the Company with respect to such use. These Terms of Use, and our Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the Site, and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and the Company with respect to the Site. We may provide notice to you hereunder by posting announcements to the Site.
NOTICES
Please send all notices by mail to: Virmedica, Inc., 6 Research Drive, Shelton, CT 06484 or by email at info@virmedica.com.
