The Coalition for Consumer Centered Health Care (CHC) reserves the right to modify this Agreement at any time without giving you prior notice. Your use of the Site following any such modification constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the Agreement as modified. The last date these Terms of Use were revised is set forth at the bottom of this page.

1. Use of Site: You may use the Service, the Site, and the information, writings, images and/or other works that you see, hear or otherwise experience on the Site, singly or collectively, the content, solely for your non-commercial, personal purposes and/or to learn about CHC and its services. No right, title or interest in any content is transferred to you, whether as a result of downloading such content or otherwise. CHC reserves complete title and full intellectual property rights in all content. Except as expressly authorized by this Agreement, you may not use, alter, copy, distribute, transmit, or derive another work from any content obtained from the Site or the Service, except as expressly permitted by these Terms of Use.

2. Copyright: This Site and the content are protected by U.S. and/or foreign copyright laws, and belongs soley to CHC. The copyrights in the content are owned by CHC. You may download and reprint content for non-commercial, non-public, personal use only. (If you are browsing this Site as an employee or member of any business or organization, you may download and reprint content only for educational or other non-commercial purposes within your business or organization, except as otherwise permitted by CHC. In short, you may not manipulate or alter in any way images or other Content on the Site without specific permission from CHC or the copyright owner.

3. Trademarks: You are prohibited from using any of the marks or logos appearing throughout the Site without permission from the trademark owner, except as permitted by applicable law.

4. Links to Third-Party Web Sites: Links on the Site to third party web sites or information are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the Site. Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by CHC of the third party, the third-party web site, or the information contained therein. CHC is not responsible for the availability of any such web sites. CHC is not responsible or liable for any such web site or the content thereon. If you use the links to external service providers, you will leave the Site, and will be subject to the terms of use and privacy policy applicable to those web sites.

5. Limitation of Liability: IN NO EVENT WILL CHC BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF (I) THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT, (II) ANY TRANSACTION CONDUCTED THROUGH OR FACILITATED BY THE SITE; (III) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE SITE, THE SERVICE AND/OR THE CONTENT, (IV) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, OR (V) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT, EVEN IF CHC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, THE SERVICE, THE CONTENT, OR WITH THE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, CHC's LIABILITY IS LIMITED AND WARRANTIES ARE EXCLUDED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BUT SHALL, IN NO EVENT, EXCEED $100.00.

6. Indemnification: You understand and agree that you are personally responsible for your behavior on the Site. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless CHC, its business partners, licensors, employees, agents, and any third-party information providers to the Service from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including, but not limited to, direct, incidental, consequential, exemplary and indirect damages), and reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from or arising out of your use, misuse, or inability to use the Site, the Service, or the Content, or any violation by you of this Agreement.

7. Privacy Policy: See our Privacy Policy.

8. User Conduct: You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes. You agree not to take any action that might compromise the security of the Site, render the Site inaccessible to others or otherwise cause damage to the Site or the content. You agree not to add to, subtract from, or otherwise modify the content, or to attempt to access any content that is not intended for you. You agree not to use the Site in any manner that might interfere with the rights of third parties.

9. User Supplied Information: CHC does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you via the Site. You agree that any material, information, or data you transmit to us will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. If you supply any information to the Site, you guarantee to us that you have the legal right to post such information and that it will not violate any law or the rights of any person or entity.

10. General Provisions:
a. Entire Agreement/No Waiver. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No waiver by CHC of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.
b. Correction of Errors and Inaccuracies.
The content may contain typographical errors or other errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. CHC therefore reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update the content at any time without prior notice. CHC does not, however, guarantee that any errors, inaccuracies or omissions will be corrected.
c. Enforcement/ Choice of Law/ Choice of Forum. If any part of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, it will not impact any other provision of this Agreement, all of which will remain in full force and effect. Any and all disputes relating to this Agreement, CHC’s Privacy Policy, your use of the Site, the service, or the content are governed by, and will be interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions.
d. Claims of Copyright Infringement. Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent via email to CHC.

Date of Last Modification: August 08, 2009