Terms of Service
Welcome to BirthNetwork.org. By accessing or using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). Please read them carefully before using our services.
1. Acceptance of Terms
BirthNetwork.org is owned and operated by Patsy Lee. The services offered by BirthNetwork.org (“we”, “us”, or “our”) include information, advice, and support to pregnant women regarding pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting. By accessing or using our website, you confirm that you accept these Terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use our website.
2. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of BirthNetwork.org after any such changes indicates your acceptance of the new Terms.
3. Use of Our Service
BirthNetwork.org provides content for general information purposes and does not offer medical advice. The content provided 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.
4. Intellectual Property Rights
The content on BirthNetwork.org, including text, graphics, images, and information obtained from our licensors, is protected by copyright and trademark laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of our material, except as follows:
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
- You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the website for your personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
- If we provide desktop, mobile, or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your personal, non-commercial use.
5. User Contributions
The website may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, and other interactive features that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit content or materials to other users or other persons. All content provided by users must be lawful, respectful, and not infringe on the rights of others.
6. Disclaimer of Warranties
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the BirthNetwork.org website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data.
7. Limitation of Liability
In no event will BirthNetwork.org, its affiliates, or their licensors, service providers, employees, agents, officers, or directors be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, our website, any websites linked to it, any content on our website, or such other websites, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential,
or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract, or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
8. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless BirthNetwork.org, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the BirthNetwork.org website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms or your use of any information obtained from the website.
9. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which BirthNetwork.org operates, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.
10. Arbitration
At our sole discretion, we may require you to submit any disputes arising from the use of these Terms of Service, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under relevant rules of the governing jurisdiction.
11. Waiver and Severability
No waiver by BirthNetwork.org of any term or condition set forth in these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of BirthNetwork.org to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect.
12. Entire Agreement
The Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, and any other legal notices published by us on the website constitute the entire agreement between you and BirthNetwork.org regarding the use of the website. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us through the means provided on our website. We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback.