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Prep4USMLE.com - Terms & Conditions



These Terms and Conditions (the "Terms") govern your use of the Prep4USMLE ("Prep4USMLE") website (the "Website").

If you do not agree with these Terms, do not use this Website.


General Use Restrictions

All information, documents, products, software, and services (the "Materials") provided on this Website were provided by or to Prep4USMLE by their respective manufacturers, authors, developers and vendors (the "Third Party Providers") and are the copyrighted work. Except as stated herein, none of the Materials may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior express written permission of Prep4USMLE or the Third Party Provider.

No part of the Website may be reproduced without the prior express written permission of Prep4USMLE. You also may not "mirror" any Material contained on this Website on any other server. Nothing on this Website shall be construed as conferring any license under any of Prep4USMLE's or any Third Party Provider's intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication, or otherwise. You acknowledge sole responsibility for obtaining any such licenses.

Permission is granted to display, copy, distribute and download Prep4USMLE's Materials on this Website provided that: (1) both the copyright notice identified below and this permission notice appear in the Materials, (2) the use of such Materials is solely for personal, non-commercial and informational use and will not be copied or posted on any networkedcomputer or broadcast in any media, and (3) no modifications of any of the Materials are made. This permission terminates automatically without notice if you breach any of these terms or conditions. Upon termination, you will immediately destroy any downloaded and printed Materials.

Any unauthorized use of any Materials contained on this Website may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

All information contained on this site is protected by copyright laws. Duplication of any material and/or content for anything other than your own personal use is strictly prohibited without the explicit consent of Prep4USMLE. In accordance with copyright laws, it is also prohibited to post/distribute/sell any copyrighted material to this website without the permission of the original author and/or the current owner of the copyrights. Paraphrasing and short quotes are permitted, however, we strongly encourage the proper citation of the source and remind the users that Prep4USMLE will not be liable for the possible consequences of any such actions.


Content Use Agreement

While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made on this forum express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.

You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, insulting, threatening, flaming, trolling, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. You agree not to post any personal information of any persons without their expressed consent. You agree not to post any advertisements in areas other than the dedicated section. You agree not to use multiple user accounts, post multiple repetitive messages, or access the site using a proxy server. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions.

You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered above being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent the webmaster, administrator and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.


This web site does not provide medical advice

The contents of the Prep4USMLE Site, such as text, graphics, images, information obtained from Prep4USMLE's licensors, and other material contained on the Prep4USMLE Site ("Content") are for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other 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.

Prep4USMLE does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Site. Reliance on any information provided by this Site is solely at your own risk.

The Site may contain health or medical related materials that are sexually explicit. If you find these materials offensive, you may not want to use our Site.


Advertisements

Prep4USMLE may provide links to third-party web sites and other advertisements. Prep4USMLE does not recommend and does not endorse the content on any third-party websites. Prep4USMLE is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed within the Prep4USMLE Site, third-party sites provided as search results, or third-party advertisements, 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. Prep4USMLE does not endorse any product advertised on the Prep4USMLE Site.


Third Party Content Disclaimer

Materials provided by Third Party Providers have not been independently authenticated in whole or in part by Prep4USMLE. Prep4USMLE does not provide, sell, license, or lease any of the Materials other than those specifically identified as being provided by Prep4USMLE. Prep4USMLE is committed to respecting others intellectual property rights, and we ask our users to do the same. Prep4USMLE may, in its sole discretion, terminate the accounts or access rights of users who infringe or otherwise violate others' intellectual property rights.


Links to Third Party Sites

This Website may be linked to other websites which are not under the control of and are not maintained by Prep4USMLE. Prep4USMLE is not responsible for the content of those sites. Prep4USMLE is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement by Prep4USMLE of those sites.


Software Use Restrictions

Any software that is made available to download from the Website (the "Software") is the copyrighted work of Prep4USMLE and/or Third Party Providers. Use of the Software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software (the "License Agreement"). An end user will be unable to install any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement, unless the end user first agrees to the terms of the License Agreement. Except as set forth in the applicable License Agreement, any further copying, reproduction or redistribution of the Software is expressly prohibited. Installation assistance, product support and maintenance, if any, of the Software is available from Prep4USMLE and/or the Third Party Providers, as the case may be.


Submissions

Unless otherwise explicitly stated, herein, or in Prep4USMLE's Privacy Policy, any Materials provided by you in connection with this Website shall be deemed to be provided on a non-proprietary and non-confidential basis. Prep4USMLE shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such Materials and shall be free to use or disseminate such Materials on an unrestricted basis for any purpose. You acknowledge that you are responsible for the Materials that you submit, and you, not Prep4USMLE, have full responsibility for the Materials, including their legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright.


Disclaimer of Warranty

Unless otherwise explicitly stated, the materials on the Website are provided "as is," are experimental, and are for noncommercial use only. Prep4usmle makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to the quality, suitability, truth, accuracy or completeness of any of the materials contained on the Web site. Any questions regarding the materials should be directed to the providers of such materials.


Limitation of Liability

Prep4USMLE cannot be hold liable to you or any other person for any damages suffered as a result of using, modifying, contributing, copying, distributing or downloading the Materials. In no event shall Prep4USMLE be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, exemplary, or consequential damages arising from or in connection with the use or performance of any information available from this website, even if Prep4USMLE has been previously advised of the possibility of such damage. You agree to hold Prep4USMLE harmless from, and you covenant not to sue Prep4USMLE for, any claims based on or related to the use of this website.


General

This Website could include inaccuracies or typographical errors. We may make changes of the content in this Website at any time without notice. Any action related to these Terms will be governed by California State law and controlling U.S. federal law. No choice of law rules of any jurisdiction will apply.

These Terms represent the entire understanding relating to the use of the Website and prevail over any prior or contemporaneous, conflicting or additional, communications.

Prep4USMLE can revise these Terms at any time without notice by updating this posting.


In addition, you may wish to review Prep4USMLE.com Privacy Policy.