1.  Privacy

Please review our privacy policy, which also governs your use of the Service, to understand our data collection, use, and disclosure practices.

2.  Copyright Rights

All materials posted on the Service are subject to copyrights owned by the CHPA Educational Foundation and other individuals or entities and are protected by United States and international copyright laws. Any reproduction, retransmission, or republication of all or part of any document found on the Service is expressly prohibited unless the foundation or the copyright owner of the material has expressly granted its prior consent for such use. All other rights reserved.

3.  Trade and Service Mark Rights

The names, trademarks, service marks, and logos of the CHPA Educational Foundation, whether or not appearing in large print or with the trademark symbol, belong exclusively to the foundation and are protected from reproduction, imitation, dilution, or confusing or misleading uses under national and international trademark and copyright laws. All other trademarks, services marks, and logos (including third-party product names) are the property of their respective owners. The use or misuse of these trademarks or any materials is expressly prohibited and nothing stated or implied on this Service confers on you any license or right under any patent or trademark of the CHPA Educational Foundation or any third party.

4.  Links to Third-Party Services

This Service offers you several links to other sites on the Internet. Unless otherwise indicated therein, these sites are not under the control of the CHPA Educational Foundation, and the foundation is not responsible for the accuracy, legality, or any other aspect of the content of such sites. The inclusion of such links on the Service is not an endorsement by the foundation in favor of the web site, or the products or services offered on the site.

5.  Obligations

You are required to comply with all applicable laws in connection with your use of the Service, and such further limitations as may be set forth in any written or on-screen notice from the CHPA Educational Foundation. As a condition of your use of the Service, you warrant that you will not use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful. The CHPA Educational Foundation reserves the right to review postings on its Service, to remove any postings, and to terminate your ability to post to the Service at any time without notice, in its sole discretion. The CHPA Educational Foundation also reserves the right to disclose any information necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post, or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part.

6.  License Granted

The CHPA Educational Foundation does not claim ownership of any information or material you transmit, distribute, post, communicate, or store on, to, or through the Service. However, by submitting or posting information or material on, to, or through the Service, you grant the foundation a world-wide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such content anywhere, for any purpose, and in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.

By posting or submitting content to this Service, you also warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content of the public posting, and that use of your content by the CHPA Educational Foundation will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party. 

7.  Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” THE CHPA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ANY PART THEREOF, OR ANY WEB SITE OR OTHER CONTENT OR SERVICE THAT MAY BE ACCESSIBLE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH THE SERVICE. THE FOUNDATION DISCLAIMS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY AND ALL SUCH REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE CHPA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OR ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THIS SERVICE, OR ON ANY WEB SITE LINKED TO THIS SERVICE, BE LIABLE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS, USE, OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SERVICE OR ANY SITE LINKED TO THIS SERVICE, OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ALTERATION, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE.

8.  Choice of Law and Forum

These conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia, excluding its conflict of law rules. You and the CHPA Educational Foundation expressly agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts in the District of Columbia in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this Service.

9.  Severability and Integration

These terms and conditions govern your use of the Service. the CHPA Educational Foundation reserves the right to make changes to the Service and to these conditions at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining conditions.

10. No Professional Advice

Any information supplied on the Service and/or by any employee or agent of the CHPA Educational Foundation, whether by telephone, e-mail, letter, facsimile, or other form of communication, does not constitute medical, legal, tax, accounting, or other professional advice. Individual situations and state laws vary and users are encouraged to obtain appropriate advice from qualified professionals in the applicable jurisdictions.

11. Questions

If you have questions concerning these terms and conditions, and/or your use of the Service, please contact us.

Updated: December 2007
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