CSN Terms and Conditions

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User Agreement for the American Cancer Society Web Service and The American Cancer Society Cancer Survivors Network Web Service

This World Wide Web site with its home page in the domain "cancer.org" (the "Website") is a complimentary information and community service offered by the American Cancer Society, Inc. ("ACS") at no charge to users of the World Wide Web, with the express condition that these users agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this User Agreement. Your registration to American Cancer Society Cancer Survivors Network represents that you have read and accepted the terms of this User Agreement. ACS reserves the right to change these terms and conditions any time, and you must consult the most recent version of this User Agreement (not an older cached version) each time you view the Website. Do no use the Website if you do not agree to all of the following terms and conditions.

You acknowledge that the information on the Website is provided "AS IS" for general information only. It is not intended as medical advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultations with qualified health professionals who are familiar with your individual medical needs. ACS MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND REGARDING THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, RELIABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THESE PAGES, OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS, AND SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.

You agree that you will hold harmless ACS and its volunteers, officers, directors, and employees from all claims arising out of or related to your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, this Website or the information contained in this Website or other websites to which it is linked, including but not limited to claims that you have found something you have heard, viewed or downloaded from this Website or another website to which it is linked to be obscene, offensive, defamatory, or infringing upon your intellectual property rights. In no event will ACS or the contributors of information to this Website be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

You acknowledge that opinions and recommendations contained in this Website are not necessarily those of the ACS or endorsed by ACS.

RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF USERS

No reproduction of content

Each User agrees not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, redistribute, exploit for any commercial purpose or publish the information provided on the American Cancer Society Web service and the American Cancer Society Cancer Survivors Network service (collectively, the “Service”) (including the underlying code that constitutes the Service), or sell, resell or redistribute any software downloaded from the Service, without obtaining the express, prior written consent of ACS. This restriction includes any attempt to incorporate the information contained in the Service into any e-mail or other "white pages" directory. Such information includes the names, e-mail addresses and other personal information provided by the Members of The Cancer Survivors Network and any other Users of the Service.

No use of automated information compilers

Each User agrees not to use any automated means to download or reconstruct the information contained in the Service or compiled by ACS.

System Integrity

You may not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of The Cancer Survivors Network site. You may not take any action, which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure.

No solicitation or "spam"

Each User agrees not to use the Service or the information provided in the Service to solicit any person listed therein or to send "junk mail" or "spam" to any such person. Further, each User agrees not to sponsor or list as a contact any person they do not know, any person who has explicitly informed the User that they do not wish to participate in the Service, any other person who the User knows would be offended or annoyed by being asked to participate in the Service. Additionally, User agrees not to disclose personal information or identifiers about other persons which violates their privacy or confidence.

No harassment or objectionable use of the Service, or interference with others' use of the Service

Each User agrees not to harass, threaten or make any other objectionable communication with any person who is part of The Cancer Survivors Network Service or in the Service and further agrees to cease such conduct at the request of either ACS, the person to whom the conduct is targeted, or applicable government authorities.

Each User shall use the Service solely for lawful purposes. No User shall promote or contribute to the delinquency of a minor or solicit a minor in any way through use of the Service.

Each User agrees that he or she is 18 years of age or older. Users under the age of 18 years agree not to use the Service.

No User shall engage in any conduct that, as determined in ACS's sole and absolute discretion, inhibits any other User from using or enjoying the Service.

Provision of truthful and accurate material

Each User agrees that any information provided by such User will be truthful, accurate and not misleading, to the best of the User's knowledge. Each User agrees not to identify him- or herself with an alias and, where applicable, each User agrees to provide the User's own name and other personal information. Users agree not to misrepresent themselves when using this service. Users whose accounts have been suspended (blocked) will not create new accounts without first obtaining written permission from the CSN Support Team.

No defamatory, objectionable or infringing material

A User shall not post, provide or otherwise make available any material of any sort (including member information, such as names and usernames, postings and other publicly viewable information) that:

(a) is defamatory or libelous or would violate or infringe in any way upon the rights of others,

(b) is protected by copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy, without the express permission of the owner of such right,

(c) violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, including without limitation the laws and regulations governing export control, or would give rise to criminal or civil liability of any kind whatsoever,

(d) is illegal or promotes illegal activity,

(e) is deliberately false or misleading,

(f) is rude, demeaning, crass, insulting, indecent, pornographic, obscene, objectionable or offensive,

(g) promotes bigotry, racism, prejudice, discrimination, or hatred,

(h) is threatening or abusive or promotes emotional, psychological, or physical harm or violence against any individual or group,

(i) violates any laws regarding unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising, or

(j) contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.

No User shall use the Service to advise or to attempt to influence the views, beliefs, or decisions of other Users about their medical care, their religious practices, or their politics:

No User shall advise other Users about medical care or attempt to influence their medical care decisions. Medical advice to others is strictly prohibited, regardless of a Member's medical education, credentials, or experience.

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