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OF USE SET FORTH BELOW (the “Terms of
Use”)
GENERAL INFORMATION
All of the information
provided in and through the web site
located at http://www.nof.org (this “Web
Site”) is intended solely for general
information and should NOT be relied
upon for any particular diagnosis,
treatment, or care. The information
contained on this Web Site is not a
substitute for medical advice or
treatment, and the National Osteoporosis
Foundation (“NOF”) strongly encourages
patients and their families to consult
with qualified medical professionals for
treatment and related advice on
individual cases.
Decisions relating to the prevention,
detection and treatment of osteoporosis
should be made only after discussing the
risks and benefits with your health care
provider, taking into account your
personal medical history, your current
situation and your future health risks
and concerns. NOF does not advocate the
general use of therapies not approved by
the Food and Drug Administration for the
prevention and treatment of
osteoporosis.
BULLETIN BOARDS
NOF has set up bulletin
boards located at this Web Site to
facilitate communication. Opinions
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necessarily reflect the views of NOF.
Participation in the Building Strength
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Only messages pertaining to osteoporosis
and support groups should be posted to
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By transmitting content to any bulletin
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(a) represent that you own or otherwise
control all of the rights to such
content submitted by you as described in
these Terms of Use, including, without
limitation, all of the rights necessary
to provide, post, upload, input and
submit such content; and (b) grant NOF a
perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide,
royalty-free, sublicensable (through
multiple tiers) license to use,
reproduce, cache, store, modify,
publicly perform, publicly display,
distribute, prepare derivative works
based on and transmit such content for
any purpose, and waive any moral rights
and publicity rights in such content.
NOF may, in its discretion, publish your
name in connection with content
submitted by you to any bulletin board
or otherwise to this Web Site.
NOF may preserve and disclose content
submitted by you to any bulletin board
or otherwise to this Web Site 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 these Terms of Use; (c) respond
to claims that any such content violates
the rights of third parties; or (d)
protect the rights, property, or
personal safety of NOF, Web Site users
and the public.
You acknowledge that NOF does not
pre-screen the content you submit to
this Web Site, and NOF shall not be
responsible for policing, monitoring or
editing such content. NOF shall have the
right, but not the obligation, to
monitor the content you submit to this
Web Site and your use of this Web Site
to improve its performance, for legal
and regulatory requirements, and to
determine compliance with these Terms of
Use and other applicable policies of
NOF. NOF shall have the right in its
sole discretion to refuse to post or to
remove all or any portion of any User
Content on this Web Site that it
believes to be in violation of these
Terms of Use or which it finds to be
otherwise objectionable or unsuitable
for inclusion on this Web Site for any
reason, without any liability to you.
SCOPE OF USE
NOF invites you to view,
use and download a single copy of this
Web Site for your personal
informational, non-commercial use
provided that you keep intact all
copyright, trademark and other
proprietary rights notices.
RULES OF CONDUCT
It is a violation of
these Terms of Use for you, when using
this Web Site, to:
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use this Web Site for
illegal purposes, in violation of any
applicable laws or regulations or in
violation of any rules specified on
such areas of this Web Site;
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upload, post, e-mail
or distribute any content that you do
not have a right to transmit under any
law or under contractual or fiduciary
relationships (such as inside
information, confidential information
learned as part of employment
relationships or under nondisclosure
agreements);
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upload, post, e-mail
or distribute the proprietary
information of another (whether
protected by copyright, trademark,
trade secret, right of publicity or
other proprietary right) without the
express permission of the owner of
such right;
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copy, sell, resell or
exploit for commercial purposes, any
portion of this Web Site;
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upload, post, e-mail
or distribute any content that is
unlawful, deceptive, misleading,
false, counterfeit, stolen,
threatening, harassing, abusive,
obscene, pornographic, defamatory,
racially or ethnically objectionable,
or in violation of the personal
privacy rights of another;
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intentionally forge
headers, manipulate identifiers or
otherwise engage in any activities
intended to hide a user’s identity or
contact information;
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upload, post, e-mail
or distribute any content that
contains software viruses or any other
computer code designed to interrupt,
destroy or limit the functionality of
any computer software or hardware or
telecommunications equipment;
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send unsolicited
commercial messages or communications
in any form (spam);
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decompile,
disassemble, reverse engineer or
otherwise attempt to discover the
source code or trade secrets of this
Web Site; or
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assist or permit any
persons in engaging in any of the
activities described above.
Each user of this Web
Site, including you,
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is responsible for the
content that the user transmits to
this Web Site, and the consequences of
its use or submission;
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is responsible for
ensuring that the content that the
user transmits and receives through
this Web Site complies with all
applicable laws and regulations
(including those relating to export
control) and these Terms of Use;
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is responsible for
ensuring that all content the user
transmits to this Web Site is
accurate, truthful, up-to-date and
complete; and
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will abide by
all security and safety measures
established by NOF or its service
providers.
NO WARRANTIES
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SITE (INCLUDING ANY BULLETIN BOARDS
CONTAINED HEREIN) IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON
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THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
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CURRENCY, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT
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NOF MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES THAT USE OF THE WEB SITE
(INCLUDING ANY BULLETIN BOARDS CONTAINED
HEREIN) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR
ERROR-FREE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY TO
ENSURE THAT ANY CONTENT YOU MAY OBTAIN
FROM THE WEB SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DIRECT,
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BOARDS CONTAINED HEREIN), EVEN IF NOF
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TO RELIANCE BY ANY PARTY ON ANY CONTENT
OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THIS WEB SITE,
OR THAT ARISES IN CONNECTION WITH
MISTAKES OR OMISSIONS IN, OR DELAYS IN
TRANSMISSION OF, INFORMATION TO OR FROM
THE USER, INTERRUPTIONS IN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIONS TO THE
WEB SITE OR VIRUSES, WHETHER CAUSED IN
WHOLE OR IN PART BY NEGLIGENCE, ACTS OF
GOD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT
OR DESTRUCTION OF, OR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO THE WEB SITE OR RELATED
INFORMATION.
NOF SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL
LIABILITY ARISING FROM ANY CONTENT
POSTED BY A THIRD PARTY ON ANY BULLETIN
BOARD CONTAINED IN THIS WEB SITE,
INCLUDING ANY CONTENT WHICH MAY BE
OFFENSIVE, PROFANE OR OBSCENE.
NOF IS NOT UNDERTAKING TO MONITOR THE
CONTENT POSTED TO THE BULLETIN BOARDS
CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE. HOWEVER, NOF
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REMOVE CONTENT
THAT IS DEEMED UNACCEPTABLE.
EMAIL
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Internet is public and that e-mail
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this Web Site are subject to the risk of
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Accordingly, you agree not to transmit
confidential or proprietary information
relating to you or your business to NOF
via e-mail.
COPYRIGHT
This Web Site is
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copyright laws. You may not modify,
perform, display, reproduce or
distribute (a) content on this Web Site
(other than as set forth herein), (b)
the design or layout of the Web Site or
individual sections of the design or
layout of the Web Site or (c) NOF logos
without NOF's written permission.
TRADEMARKS
Bonewise®,
Building Strength Together®,
Faces & Stories®,
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Foundation Standing Tall for Strong
Bones (& Design)®,
Fuchsia Friday®,
Healthy Bones, Build Them for Life®,
Pearls of Strength®,
Professional Partners Network (& Design)®, Standing Tall for You®,
Staying Power®,
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Strong Women Stand Tall (& Design)™,
and Women of Substance®
are registered trademarks and trademarks
of NOF. Unauthorized use of any of
NOF's trademarks or logos is a violation
of federal and state trademark laws.
MODIFICATIONS
NOF reserves the right
to modify this Web Site and the rules
and regulations governing its use at any
time. Modifications will be posted on
the Web Site, and users are deemed to be
apprised of and bound by any changes to
the Web Site. Your continued use of this
Web Site following the posting of
changes to these Terms of Use
constitutes your acceptance of those
changes. NOF may make changes in the
products and/or services described in
this Web Site at any time.
VIOLATION OF RULES AND
REGULATIONS
NOF reserves the right
to seek all remedies available at law
and in equity for violations of the
rules and regulations set forth in this
Web Site, including the right to block
access from a particular Internet
address to the Web Site.
THIRD-PARTY REFERENCES
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reference to non-NOF entities or their
respective products or services in this
Web Site is for informational purposes
only and does not constitute an
endorsement or a recommendation of such
products or services by NOF, nor does it
constitute any endorsement or
recommendation of NOF or this Web Site
by the non-NOF entities referenced in
this Web Site. Any opinions, advice,
statements, services, offers or other
information expressed or made available
by third parties, including information
providers, users or others, are those of
the respective author(s) or
distributor(s) and do not necessarily
state or reflect the views, findings or
opinions of NOF.
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THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT IMPLY
A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT BY NOF
OF THE LINKED SITE.
LINKING TO THIS WEB
SITE
You may link to the Web
Site without express authorization,
provided that you adhere to NOF’s
linking policy as follows: (i) the
appearance, position and other
attributes of the link may not be such
as to damage or dilute the goodwill
associated with NOF’s names and
trademarks; (ii) the link must “point”
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other web pages within the Web Site
(unless you receive permission from NOF
to do so); (iii) the appearance,
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link may not create the false appearance
that your organization or entity is
sponsored by, affiliated with, or
associated with NOF; (iv) when selected
by a user, the link must display the Web
Site on full-screen and not within a
“frame” on the linking web site; and
(v) NOF reserves the right to revoke its
consent to the link at any time and in
its sole discretion. If you wish the Web
Site to link to your web site or to link
to the Web Site in a manner that differs
from the linking policy described above,
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GOVERNING LAW AND
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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