The following terms and conditions constitute an agreement between you and ValueDOC, Inc. (“ValueDOC”, “we”, or “us”), the operator of ValueDOC.com (the “Site”). These terms of use (the “Terms of Use”) govern your use of the Site, both as a casual visitor and as a registered member. BY USING THE SITE, AND/OR BY REGISTERING WITH US AS A MEMBER, YOU SIGNIFY THAT YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, including that you consent to (i) the information practices disclosed in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference, and (ii) resolve any dispute that you may have with us or the Site in the State of Florida. Please note that we offer the Site "AS IS" and without warranties. If you are registering an account to become a member or using the Site on behalf of an individual or entity member other than yourself, you represent that you are authorized by such individual or entity to accept these Terms of Use on such individual's or entity's behalf.
Everything we offer on the Site is referred to in these Terms of Use collectively as the "Services". Some the Site’s Information (as defined below) is viewable without registering with us. However, in order to store your information or actively participate in making an appointment with a health care professional, you first must register as a member and then authorize the use and disclosure of your personal and health information for purposes of allowing us to provide the Services and as otherwise disclosed in our Privacy Policy, all as further described below. Making an appointment shall require payment for the Services with a credit card. We do not store credit cards within our databases. Stripe.com, which is Payment Card Industry compliant, handles all the credit card and financial transactions by offering a token that we access on our site in order to capture the credit card charge on our side. You acknowledge that although some of the content, text, data, graphics, images, information, suggestions, guidance, and other material (collectively, “Information”) that is provided to you on the Site (including Information provided in direct response to your questions or postings) may be provided by individuals in the medical profession, the provision of such Information does not create a health care professional/patient relationship, and does not constitute an opinion, medical advice, or diagnosis or treatment of any particular condition, but is provided to assist you with locating appropriate medical care from a practitioner.
The Information that you obtain or receive from ValueDOC and its employees, contractors, partners, sponsors, advertisers, licensors or otherwise on the Site is for informational and scheduling purposes only. WE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR, NOR DOES IT REPLACE, PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE, DIAGNOSIS, OR TREATMENT. DO NOT DISREGARD, AVOID OR DELAY OBTAINING MEDICAL ADVICE FROM A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING YOU MAY HAVE READ ON THE SITE. DO NOT USE THE SITE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL NEEDS. IF YOU EXPERIENCE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY PLEASE CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY. YOUR USE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. NOTHING STATED OR POSTED ON THE SITE OR AVAILABLE THROUGH ANY SERVICES IS INTENDED TO BE, AND MUST NOT BE TAKEN TO BE, THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE OR THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL CARE. We do not recommend or endorse any specific physicians, tests, procedures, opinions, or other information that may appear on the Site. If you rely on any of the Information provided by the Site, you do so solely at your own risk.
NO LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IS CREATED BETWEEN THE USER AND VALUEDOC BY USING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE “FIND A DOCTOR” FEATURE, LINKS TO OTHER SITES OR ANY ASSISTANCE WE MAY PROVIDE TO HELP YOU FIND AN APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL OR SPECIALIST IN ANY FIELD. WE MAKE NO GUARANTEES, REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERTISE, QUALITY OF WORK OR OTHER INFORMATION HEREIN. WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION. FURTHER, WE DO NOT IN ANY WAY ENDORSE OR RECOMMEND ANY INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED HEREIN. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE ON SUCH INFORMATION. We have no control over, and cannot guarantee the availability of, any physician at any particular time. We will not be liable for cancelled or otherwise unfulfilled appointments or any injury resulting therefrom, or for any other injury resulting from the use of the Site or Services whatsoever. You are strongly advised to perform your own investigation prior to selecting a health care professional by making confirming telephone calls to the appropriate licensing authorities to verify listed credentials and education, and to further verify information about a particular physician or medical provider by confirming with such doctor’s office, your current physician, the medical association relative to the doctor’s specialty and your state medical board.
In connection with using the Site and the Services to locate and schedule appointments with health care professionals, you understand that: You are not paying ValueDOC for the Services; Your payment is going to the health care professional You must pay for the Services using a credit card; Physicians or medical providers will go to the ValueDOC Site and create their own profiles voluntarily; Physicians or medical providers may pay a fee to ValueDOC for services; ValueDOC will provide you with a list of physicians or medical providers who may deliver the health care that you are seeking based on (i) the information the physician or medical provider provides to ValueDOC (such as their specialty, times they are available, services they offer, and price they are willing to accept for that service), and (ii) the information you provide to ValueDOC (such as price you would like to pay, proximity to your geographical location, specialty of the physician or medical provider, and additional criteria that you specify); you are ultimately responsible for choosing your own physician or medical provider; ValueDOC may also provide you with lists or profile previews of featured physicians or medical providers based on certain criteria (for example, specialties/procedures performed by those physicians or medical providers, proximity to your geographical location, past selections by and/or ratings of physicians or medical providers by you or by other ValueDOC users, past experiences of ValueDOC users with physicians or medical providers, etc.); but ValueDOC (i) does not recommend or endorse any physicians or medical providers, and (ii) does not make any representations or warranties with respect to these physicians or medical providers or the quality of the healthcare services they may provide; You are ultimately responsible for choosing your own physician or medical provider and paying, through your insurance or otherwise, such physician or medical provider for the provision of medical services ; and You acknowledge and agree that ValueDOC has no obligation to delete any data or information you provide on the ValueDOC site and ValueDOC may continue to use such information in accordance with its Privacy Policy, in each case, following termination of: (i) your account, (ii) the account of any health care professional to whom your information was submitted through the Site, or (iii) these Terms of Use.
We make the Site available as a service to consumers and health care professionals for the purposes of providing an informative and educational resource. We may, but have no obligation to, have nonuser-posted information reviewed by the Site’s editorial personnel. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT THE TIMELINESS AND ACCURACY OF ANY OR ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS NOT GUARANTEED. Neither the authors, the editorial personnel, nor any other party who has been involved in the preparation or publication of this work can assure you that the information contained herein is in any respect accurate or complete, and ValueDOC and they are not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information. You are encouraged to independently confirm the Information contained herein with other sources and to seek the advice of a qualified physician. PRACTITIONER INFORMATION: Physician and practice information found on the Site is intended for general reference purposes only. Physician and other health provider information found on the Site is both self-reported, by the physician and/or office staff, and collected from multiple other data sources that may not be confirmed by the physician. Such information often changes frequently and may become out of date or inaccurate. Neither the Site nor ValueDOC provides any advice or qualification certification about any particular physician or provider. Our relationship with sponsors or physicians in a particular area is based on criteria we establish. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY ANY SUCH INFORMATION. PROCEDURES/PRODUCTS/SERVICES: The procedures, products, services and devices discussed and/or advertised within the Site are not applicable to all individuals, patients or all clinical situations. We make no claims as to the effectiveness of any such procedures, products, services and devices. Any products and/or services represented on the Site by advertisers, sponsors, and other Site participants, either paid or unpaid, are presented for your awareness and do not necessarily imply appropriateness for any particular individual or prediction of effectiveness, outcome or success. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND OR ENDORSE ANY PARTICULAR PROCEDURE, PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR DEVICE.
As part of the registration process, you will provide an email address and create a password. These are your credentials for accessing the Services that are only available to members ("Credentials"). You should keep your Credentials private and not share your Credentials with anyone else. You are responsible for notifying us if your password has been hacked or stolen. You may notify us by sending an email to [email protected]
a.) In order to register as a member, you must provide certain personal information about yourself, including your name, address (zip code, city, and state), and date of birth. If you submit such information, you hereby authorize ValueDOC, its employees, agents and others operating on its behalf, to use and/or disclose personal and health-related information about you, including, without limitation, your name, address, and contact information; medical and social history, current medical needs, and other information that is either requested by ValueDOC or volunteered by you ("Personal Information"). b.) You may also choose to authorize ValueDOC to share your Personal Information with physicians or medical providers. You have the right to refuse to authorize the use and/or disclosure of your Personal Information. However, if you choose to exercise this right, you may not be able to utilize some features of the Site. The ValueDOC Private Policy explains the information practices that apply to Personal Information we have about you, as well as any choices you can make about the ways your Personal Information is used. Please review it carefully.
Any and all charges incurred as a result of services rendered by physicians profiled on the Site will apply and will be entirely your responsibility. You are responsible for all use of the Site and for all use of your Credentials, including use by others to whom you have given your Credentials. You may use the Site and the Services for lawful, non-commercial purposes only. You may not use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our servers or networks, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site or the Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Services, user accounts, or computer systems or networks, through hacking, password mining or any other means. Without limiting any of the foregoing, you agree that you shall not (and you agree not to allow or assist any third party to): copy, modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Site, its content or materials and/or the Services; remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Site and/or the Services or in or on any content or other material obtained via the Site and/or the Services; use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other automated device, process or means to access, retrieve or index any portion of the Site and/or the Services; access, retrieve or index any portion of the Site and/or the Services for purposes of constructing or populating a searchable database of reviews related to the health care industry or medical physicians; reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Site and/or the Services; fraudulently misuse the Services by scheduling an appointment with a physician which you have no intention of keeping; create user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses; or collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited activities described in this paragraph. In addition to our rights in these Terms of Use, we may take any legal action and implement any technical remedies to prevent the violation of this provision and to enforce these Terms of Use.
We may change these Terms of Use at any time as we deem appropriate. Upon any change in these Terms of Use, we will post the amended agreement on the Site. Your continued use of the Site and/or the Services following such notification shall constitute your affirmative acknowledgement of the Terms of Use, the modification, and agreement to abide and be bound by the Terms of Use, as amended. If at any time you choose not to accept these Terms of Use, including following receipt of notification of any modifications hereto, then please do not use the Site.
The Site may include links to other websites, including links provided as automated search results. Some of these sites may contain materials that are objectionable, unlawful, or inaccurate. These links are provided for your convenience only and do not mean that we recommend or endorse these sites or the products and services they provide. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for the content or accuracy of these other sites.
Certain of the Services on the Site may have additional terms (such as policies, guidelines, and rules) that will further govern your use of that particular Service and supplement these Terms of Use. If you choose to register as a member for, or access, any such Services, you will be presented with any relevant additional terms and conditions at that time. By using those Services, you agree to comply with such additional guidelines and rules.
You may not use contact information provided by our users or collaborating physicians, or harvest such information for the purpose of sending, or to facilitate the sending, of unsolicited bulk communications such as SPAM. You may not allow others to use your account to violate the terms of this section. We may terminate your membership or access to the Site immediately and take other legal action if you or anyone using your Credentials violates these provisions.
You will have the opportunity to submit feedback regarding your experiences with doctors who are listed on the Site, to submit inquiries concerning possible medical needs and to participate in the other interactive and community features of the Site (collectively, “Posted Information”). It is important that you act responsibly when providing Posted Information. In providing feedback, please give clear, honest information about the doctor and your experiences, but do not use inappropriate language, make gratuitous personal criticisms or comments or provide information that others could use to determine your identity. Also when participating in other interactive or community aspects of the Site, please do not post any information that another user or physician may use to identify you as an individual. However, please do include all relevant information in a concise manner to help us provide you with a helpful response. We reserve the right to publish your Posted Information as part of the Services and also to remove your Posted Information for any reason we deem appropriate. We are not, however, responsible for any failure or delay in removing Posted Information. Keep in mind that the Posted Information of others is simply opinion and should not be relied on. In addition: You are solely responsible for any Posted Information that you submit, publish or display on the Site or transmit to other members and/or other users of the Site; You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. You may not submit any content or material that infringes, misappropriates or violates the intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other rights of any party; You may not provide any Posted Content that falsely expresses or implies that such content or material is sponsored or endorsed by ValueDOC; You may not provide any Posted Content that is unlawful or that promotes or encourages illegal activity; You understand and agree that ValueDOC may (but is not obligated to) review and delete any Posted Content that in the sole judgment of ValueDOC violates these Terms of Use or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights of, harm, or threaten the safety of other users or members of the Site and/or other website users; You agree that you will only provide Posted Content that you believe to be true and you will not purposely provide false or misleading information; By posting Posted Content on the Site, you agree to and hereby do grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, ValueDOC, its contractors, and the users and members of the Site an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, fully sub-licensable, fully paid up, worldwide license to use, copy, publicly perform, digitally perform, publicly display, and distribute such Posted Content and to adapt, edit, translate, prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Posted Content. This license is non-exclusive, except you agree that ValueDOC shall have the exclusive right to utilize this license to the extent of combining your Posted Content with the Posted Content of other ValueDOC users for purposes of constructing or populating a searchable database of reviews and information related to the health care industry; The following is a partial list of the kind of content and communications that are illegal or prohibited on/through the Site. ValueDOC reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action, in its sole discretion, against anyone who violates this provision, including, without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Site and terminating the membership of such violators or blocking your use of the Services and/or the Site. You may not post content that: is false or misleading; harasses or advocates harassment of another person; involves the transmission of unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming"; violates the intellectual property or other rights of any person; is threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous; or is pornographic or sexually explicit in nature. These are just examples of content ValueDOC prohibits posting. ValueDOC reserves the right to determine in all respects, content and communications it deems inappropriate for posting and may elect not to post any content in its sole discretion.
Except for Posted Content that you or any other visitors to the Site submit, all of the Information available on or through the Services and/or the Site, including, without limitation, text, photographs, graphics and video and audio content, is owned by us and our licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, and trade secret laws, other proprietary rights, and international treaties. You acknowledge that the Services and any underlying technology or software used in connection with the Services contain ValueDOC’s proprietary information. We give you permission to use the aforementioned content for personal, non-commercial purposes only and do not transfer any intellectual property rights to you by virtue of permitting your use of the Services. You may print, download, and store Information from the Site for your own convenience, but you may not copy, distribute, republish (except as permitted in this paragraph), sell, or exploit any of the content, or exploit the Site in whole or in part, for any commercial gain or purpose whatsoever. Except as is expressly and unambiguously provided herein, ValueDOC and its suppliers do not grant you any express or implied rights, and all rights in the Site and the Services not expressly granted by ValueDOC to you are retained by ValueDOC.
WE PROVIDE THE SITE AND THE SERVICES “AS IS”, “WITH ALL FAULTS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR MERCHANTABILITY, OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, OR GUARANTEES ABOUT THE SERVICES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ALL STATUTORY WARRANTIES, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES AND THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES ARE MERCHANTABLE, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, ACCURATE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NEED, OR NON-INFRINGING. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE OR ACCURATE OR WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES (EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THIRD-PARTY NETWORKS) AT TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF YOUR CHOOSING. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY USERS OF THE SITE OR ANY OTHER DATA OR INFORMATION PROVIDED OR RECEIVED THROUGH THE SITE. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, VALUEDOC MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SOFTWARE AND FUNCTIONS MADE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY OTHER SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION. VALUEDOC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE, THAT LOSS OF DATA WILL NOT OCCUR, OR THAT THE SERVICES SOFTWARE OR SITE ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES, CONTAMINANTS OR OTHER HARMFUL ITEMS.
YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY DISPUTE WITH US IS THE TERMINATION OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE SITE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES, IF ANY, THAT YOU PAID TO UTILIZE THE SITE OR THE SERVICES OR (B) $100. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU (OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIMING UNDER OR THROUGH YOU) FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES. THESE EXCLUSIONS APPLY TO ANY CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, OR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE OR NEGLIGENCE OF PHYSICIANS UTILIZED THROUGH USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH SAYS "A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR".
We may terminate and/or suspend your membership immediately, without notice, if there has been a violation of these Terms of Use or other policies and terms posted on the Site by you or by someone using your Credentials. We may also terminate or suspend your membership for any other reason, including inactivity for an extended period, but will attempt to notify you in advance of such termination or suspension. ValueDOC shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination or suspension of your access to the Site and/or the Services. Further, you agree not to attempt to use the Site and/or the Services after any such deletion, deactivation or termination. Sections 2, 3, 4, 7a, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 22 through 25 shall survive any termination or expiration of your membership and these Terms of Use.
Upon a request by us, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our employees, contractors, officers, directors, agents, parent, other affiliated companies, and suppliers, from all liabilities, claims, demands and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, made by any third party against any of us that arise from or are related to (a) your access to the Site, (b) your use of the Services, or (c) the violation of these Terms of Use by you or any third party using your Credentials of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. The foregoing indemnification obligation does not apply to liabilities, claims and expenses arising as a result of our own gross negligence or intentional misconduct. You further agree to hold harmless us, our employees, contractors, officers, directors, agents, parent, other affiliated companies, and suppliers, from all liabilities, claims, demands and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, with respect to any medical malpractice or other personal injuries resulting from the actions of any physician or medical provider in connection with your use of the Services.
Your affirmative act of using this Site and/or registering as a member for the Site or the Services constitutes your electronic signature to these Terms of Use and your consent to enter into agreements with us electronically.
ValueDOC has adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act or DMCA (posted at http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf). The address of ValueDOC’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement ("Designated Agent") is provided at the bottom of this section. ValueDOC Policy. It is ValueDOC’s policy to (a) block access to or remove material that it believes in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our advertisers, affiliates, content providers, members or users; and (b) terminate or discontinue service to repeat offenders. Procedure for Reporting Copyright Infringements. If you believe that material or content residing on or accessible through the Site or the Services infringes a copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below ("Infringement Notification"): A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that has been allegedly infringed; Identification of the copyrighted works being infringed; Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing including information regarding the location of the infringing materials that the copyright owner seeks to have removed, with sufficient detail so that ValueDOC is capable of finding and verifying its existence; Contact information about the notifier including address, telephone number and, if available, email address; A statement that the notifier has a good faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided is accurate and the notifying party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. Upon Receipt of an Infringement Notification. Once an Infringement Notification is received by the Designated Agent, it is ValueDOC’s policy: to remove or disable access to the material; to notify the content provider, member or user that it has removed or disabled access to the material; and that for repeat offenders, ValueDOC will also terminate such content provider's, member's or user's access to the service. Procedure to Supply a Counter-Notice to the Designated Agent. If the content provider, member or user believes that the material that was removed or to which access was disabled is either not infringing, or the content provider, member or user believes that it has the right to post and use such material from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, the content provider, member or user must send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below: A physical or electronic signature of the content provider, member or user; Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access to has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled; A statement under penalty of perjury that the content provider, member or user has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the material; and The content provider's, member's or user's name, address, telephone number, and, if available, email address and a statement that such person or entity consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the content provider's, member's or user's address is located, or if the content provider's, member's or user's address is located outside the United States, for any judicial district in which ValueDOC may be found, and that such person or entity will accept service of process from the person who provided the Infringement Notification. Removal. If a counter-notice is received by the Designated Agent, ValueDOC may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it in 10 business days. Unless the Designated Agent first receives notice from the original complaining party that such party has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the content provider, member or user from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on ValueDOC’s system or network, the removed material may be replaced or access to it restored in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at ValueDOC’s discretion. Address for Designated Agent. Please contact ValueDOC’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement at the following address: Copyright Designated Agent, ValueDOC, Inc. Email to: [email protected]
These Terms of Use and any supplemental terms, policies, rules and guidelines posted on the Site, including the Private Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all previous written or oral agreements. If any part of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of ValueDOC to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder.
These Terms of Use shall be deemed to have been entered into and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida as applied to contracts made and to be performed entirely within Florida, without giving effect to the state’s conflicts of law statute. Any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or related to these Terms of Use or your use of the Site and/or the Services shall be settled by final and binding arbitration to be conducted by an arbitration tribunal in Miami-Dade County, Florida, pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator. The decision or award of the arbitrator shall be final, and judgment upon such decision or award may be entered in any competent court or application may be made to any competent court for judicial acceptance of such decision or award and an order of enforcement. The parties agree that the arbitrator shall have the authority to impose equitable and injunctive relief as well as to award monetary relief, as the arbitrator deems appropriate.
We may assign this contract at any time to any parent, subsidiary, or any affiliated company, or as part of the sale to, merger with, or other transfer of our company to another entity. You may not assign, transfer or sublicense these Terms of Use to anyone else and any attempt to do so in violation of this section shall be null and void.
You must be 18 years of age or over, or the legal age to form a binding contract in your jurisdiction if that age is greater than 18 years of age, to register as a member with us or use the Site and the Services. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18 or the applicable legal age in your jurisdiction, you can use the Site or Services only in conjunction with, and under the supervision of, your parent or guardian who has agreed to the Terms of Use. If you are under the age of 13, you may not use the Site or Services, in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under the age of 18, you may use the Site or Services on behalf of such minor child. By using the Site or Services on behalf of a minor child, you represent and warrant that you are the parent or legal guardian of such child and that all references in these Terms of Use to "you" shall refer to such child or such other individual for whom you have authorization to enter into these Terms of Use on their behalf, and you in your capacity as the parent or legal guardian of such child or as the authorized party of such individual. If you do not qualify under these terms, do not use the Site or Services. Membership in the Services is void where prohibited by applicable law, and the right to access the Site is revoked in such jurisdictions. By using the Site and/or the Services, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into these Terms of Use and to abide by all of the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Site is administered in the U.S. and intended for U.S. users; any use outside of the U.S. is at the user’s own risk and users are responsible for compliance with any local laws applicable to their use of the Services or the Site.