TERMS OF USE
Effective as of September 10, 2018
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BY COPYING, DOWNLOADING OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PROVISIONS BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES AND PLEASE EXIT THE WEBSITE NOW.
Health4TheWorld reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time without advance notice. Any changes to these Terms will be effective immediately upon posting on this page, with an updated effective date. By accessing the Website or Services after any changes have been made, you signify your agreement on to the modified Terms and all of the changes.
Any version of these Terms of Use in a language other than English is provided for convenience and you understand and agree that the English language version will control if there is any conflict.
You may use our Website and Services only if you can form a binding contract with Health4TheWorld, and only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws. When retrieving information from the Website or Services, you are prohibited from (a) using or attempting to use spiders, robots, avatars, intelligent agents, or any other extraction or navigation search except for a normal browser, (b) aggregating, copying or duplicating any of the materials or information available from the Website or Services except for the small amount of materials and information temporarily required for an ordinary single use of the Website and/or Services, or (c) accessing data not intended for you. As a condition of your use or access of the Website and Services, you agree as follows:
• Any use or access by anyone under the age of 13 is prohibited, and certain courses and materials provided on the Website and made available through the Services may have additional requirements and/or restrictions.
• You shall provide us with accurate and complete information, and you agree to update your contact and account information and to keep it accurate and complete at all times.
• You shall only access or use the Website or Services with a compatible device or computer. We assume no responsibility or liability for loss resulting from failure to comply with this provision.
• You shall not use the Website or Services for any illegal or unauthorized purposes.
• You shall not duplicate or resell the Services.
• You shall not transmit worms, viruses or any code of a destructive nature to the Health4TheWorld, other users, the Website, or the Services.
Any use of the Website or the Services in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Website and the Services. We reserve the right to monitor your use of the Website and the Services to ensure your compliance with these Terms, or pursuant to a court, administrative, or governmental order. Furthermore, we reserve the right to deactivate or suspend your use of the Website or the Services for any reason. In addition to these Terms, your use of the Website and/or Services is governed by our Privacy Policy. You agree that Health4TheWorld’s collection, use and sharing of any personal information will be as set forth in the Privacy Policy, which may be amended by us from time to time. The Privacy Policy and any posted terms or guidelines are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms.
Our License to You
Subject to your compliance with these Terms and our policies (including the Acceptable Use Policy, Honor Code, Privacy Policy and other terms), we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use our Website and Services. You may download content from our Website and Services only for your personal, non-commercial use, unless you obtain Health4TheWorld’s written permission to otherwise use the content. All other rights are reserved. You also agree that you will create, access, and/or use only one user account, and you will not share with any third party access to or access information for your account. In consideration of this license, you agree that: (a) any copy you make of the pages, data, text, images, audio, video, or other content within the Website or Services shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in such materials; and (b) any such materials shall distributed solely in accordance with these Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not sell, transfer, share, license, or sublicense the Website or Services to any third party and you may not use the Website or Services for the purpose of indirectly or directly competing with Health4TheWorld. Using our Website or Services does not give you ownership of any intellectual property rights therein or to the content you access. Furthermore, as some of our Services may be software that is downloaded to your computer, phone, tablet, or other device, you agree that we may automatically update this software, and that these Terms will apply to such updates.
While we take pride in our world-class educational content, unexpected events do occur. Health4TheWorld reserves the right to cancel, interrupt, reschedule or modify any educational content or the point value or weight of any assignment, quiz, or other assessment. Offered educational contents are subject to the Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability sections below.
No Academic Credit
Unless otherwise explicitly indicated by a credit-granting institution, participation in or completion of a course provided through our Website or Services does NOT confer any academic credit. Even if credit is awarded by one institution, there is no presumption that other institutions will accept that credit. You agree not to accept credit for completing a course through our Website or Services unless you have earned a Course Certificate (or other equivalent Health4TheWorld credential) for that course. Health4TheWorld, the course instructors, and the associated participating institutions have no obligation to have a course recognized by any educational institution or accreditation organization.
Disclaimer of Student-University Relationship
Nothing in these Terms or otherwise with respect to your participation in any course: (a) establishes any relationship between you and any educational institution with which Health4TheWorld may be affiliated; (b) enrolls or registers you in any educational institution, or in any course offered by any educational institution; or (c) entitles you to use the resources of any educational institution beyond participation in the course.
Education Research
Health4TheWorld is committed to advancing the science of learning and teaching, and records of your participation in courses may be used for education research. In the interest of this research, you may be exposed to variations in the course content. Research findings will typically be reported at the aggregate level. Your personal identity will not be publicly disclosed in any research findings without your express consent.
Disclaimer about Medical Content and its Use
The information provided and views and opinions expressed by any individuals during the course of lecturers or via any other services, are their own and do not necessarily represent the views, opinions, or positions of the Health4TheWorld or any of its subsidiary programs or divisions. The channel, site, and all materials contained herein or otherwise affiliated with Health4TheWorld are intended only for educational purposes, and are not intended to be, and should not be interpreted as, medical advice. Although reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the information contained in these lectures was current and accurate at the time of publication, neither Health4TheWorld, nor any individual who has furnished content or been involved in the presentation of this material, either orally or in writing can guarantee that all information is accurate and valid. Health4TheWorld makes no warranty, express or implied, that any information provided in the lectures is accurate or has remained accurate due to advances in research, or changes to guidelines and other standards of care. Nothing contained in any lecture, podcast, or other media platform creates or has created or is intended to create, implicitly or explicitly, any manner of patient-physician relationship.
The Website and Services enable you to share your content, such as quizzes, exams, projects, assignments, and other content you submit in association with your use of the Website and Services, including without limitation any data, text, links, video files, photos, posts you make in the forums, and the like (“User Content”), with Health4TheWorld, instructors, and/or other users. Such User Content will be deemed to be non-confidential and shall also include any content you submit to Health4TheWorld via our “Contact Us” page or by emailing any employees of Health4TheWorld. You represent and warrant that all User Content that you may send to Health4TheWorld shall be your wholly original material (except for material that you are using with the permission of its owner), and does not misappropriate, infringe or otherwise violate any copyright, trademark, intellectual property or other rights of any third party, including any rights of privacy or publicity.
How Health4TheWorld and Others May Use User Content
To the extent that you provide User Content, you grant Health4TheWorld a fully-transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, sublicensable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to copy, distribute, modify, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, publicly display, and otherwise use the User Content. This license includes granting Health4TheWorld the right to authorize participating institutions to use User Content with their registered participants independent of the Website and Services. Nothing in these Terms shall restrict other legal rights Health4TheWorld may have to User Content, for example under other licenses, or our rights to use any User Content in any way we choose. We further reserve the right to remove or modify User Content for any reason, including User Content that we believe violates these Terms.
Feedback
We welcome your suggestions, ideas, comments, and other feedback regarding the Website or Services (“Feedback”). By submitting any Feedback, you grant us the right to use the Feedback without any restriction or any compensation to you. By accepting your Feedback, Health4TheWorld does not waive any rights to use similar or related Feedback previously known to Health4TheWorld, developed by its employees or contractors, or obtained from other sources.
The Health4TheWorld Site may include hyperlinks to websites maintained or controlled by others. Health4TheWorld and the Health4TheWorld participants are not responsible for and do not routinely screen, approve, review, or endorse the contents of or use of any of the products or services that may be offered at these websites. If you decide to access linked third-party websites, you do so at your own risk.
THE HEALTH4THEWORLD PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES WILL OPERATE IN AN UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE MANNER, THAT THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES ARE FREE OF ERRORS, VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE COURSES OR CONTENT PROVIDED WILL MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. THE HEALTH4THEWORLD PARTIES ALSO MAKE NO WARRANTY ABOUT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, OR QUALITY OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES OR ANY COURSES OR CONTENT, OR THAT ANY PARTICULAR COURSES OR CONTENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE. USE OF THE WEBSITE, AND THE CONTENT AND SERVICES OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOUR ACCESS TO OR DOWNLOAD OF INFORMATION, MATERIALS, SOFTWARE OR DATA THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR ANY REFERENCE SITES IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY (INCLUDING YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM) OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR USE OF SUCH MATERIALS, SOFTWARE OR DATA, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THE HEALTH4THEWORLD PRIVACY POLICY. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE HEALTH4THEWORLD PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DEFICIENCY, ERROR, INACCURACY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES OR FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND. YOUR SOLE REMEDY IN THE EVENT OF ANY DEFICIENCY, ERROR, OR INACCURACY SHALL BE TO REQUEST THAT HEALTH4THEWORLD CORRECT THE MATTER OR, IF WE FAIL TO DO SO, TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THE TERMS REFLECT A REASONABLE AND FAIR ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN YOU AND THE HEALTH4THEWORLD PARTIES, AND THAT THESE LIMITATIONS ARE AN ESSENTIAL BASIS TO HEALTH4THEWORLD’S ABILITY TO MAKE THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YOU ON AN ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE BASIS.
YOU AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION RELATED TO THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES, OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
We reserve the right to revise the Terms at our sole discretion at any time. Any revisions to the Terms will be effective immediately upon posting by us. For any material changes to the Terms, we will attempt to notify you of such changes; however, we do not assume any obligation to notify you of changes to these Terms. In all cases, your continued use of the Website and/or Services after publication of such changes, with or without notification, constitutes binding acceptance of the revised Terms.
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