These Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) and related Privacy Policy (“Policy”) are an agreement between you and the Foundation for Brain Science and Immunology t/a PANDAS Physicians Network (“PPN”, “we”, “us” or “our”) regarding use of the PPN website accessible at www.pandasppn.org, including without limitation all content, materials, information, policies, modifications, updates, enhancements, revisions, new features, and or new properties of such web pages, along with all services provided through such websites and web pages (collectively “Site”). The Site is dedicated to helping physicians understand, diagnose and treat Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus’ (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) (collectively, “Purpose”).
Please read these Terms of Use carefully. By using or accessing the Site or by providing information through the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. In addition, if you are using a particular service on the Site or accessed via the Site, you agree to be subject to any rules or guidelines applicable to such services, and such rules or guidelines will be incorporated by reference within these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, or you do not meet any eligibility requirements established by PPN for use of and access to the Site, you may not access, view, obtain services from, or otherwise use the Site.
ABOUT US:
The Site provides information about PANDAS and PANS for physicians, including: diagnostic guidelines; treatment options; research library; PPN physician directory; information about current research, trials, and studies concerning PANDAS and PANS; and a forum where physicians can discuss PANDAS and PANS (collectively “Services”). If you have questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy or practices, please contact PPN, at PPN Support, or support@pandasppn.org.
You acknowledge that you are 18 years of age or older. Those under the age of 18 are not eligible to agree to these Terms or otherwise use the Site. If you are under 18, please leave the Site and do not use or register for the Site.
DISCLAIMERS
Views of Site authors are not PPN’s. Information, communications, and comments posted to the Site represent the views of their respective authors as applied to the particular facts, issues, and opinions discussed in the Site. Any opinions expressed in Site content are solely those of such content’s author and shall not be ascribed to PPN.
No Reliance on Medical Advice
PPN is not a healthcare provider; the Site is provided solely for the Purpose and should not be used in place of a visit or consultation, or of otherwise securing the advice of a physician or other health care or professional services provider. You should not use the Site to diagnose or treat a disease or health problem. You acknowledge that the PPN is not engaged in rendering legal, medical, counseling, or other professional services or advice. We encourage you to seek appropriate professional advice from the appropriate physician or health care professional promptly for any situation or problem that you or a patient may have.
Forward Looking Statements
The Site may contain forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that might cause actual results to differ from those foreseen. We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and those actual events or results may differ materially. PPN assumes no obligation, and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
External Links or References
The Site may contain links or references to other parties’ Sites, which links are provided as a convenience to you only. Please be aware that we cannot be and are not responsible for the privacy or other practices of any such outside Sites (which Sites are not part of the Site), and PPN expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such Sites and Sites relating thereto. PPN does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, directly or indirectly, any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with any content, advertising, products or other information on or available from such linked Sites or any link contained in a linked Site. We encourage our users to consider this if they decide to visit such outside Sites and to read the applicable privacy policies and terms of use of each such Sites.
MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE AND THE SITE
You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms of Use. PPN reserves the rights, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add, remove or terminate any portion of the Site or these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, at any time, without prior notice. All changes to these Terms of Use are effective immediately upon being posted to the Site. Your continued use of the Site following any changes to these Terms of Use will mean you accept these changes. PPN has the right, but not the obligation, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the Site and these Terms of Use.
SITE USE
Restrictions on Use
You agree to use the Site only as provided herein. You will not:
- Transmit to the Site any content, or conduct yourself in any manner, that could be construed as defamatory, libelous, obscene, bigoted, hateful, racially offensive, vulgar, harassing, inflammatory, pornographic, violent, profane, threatening, unfair, inaccurate, deceptive or unlawful, or that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, whether under statute, common law or equitable principles, or otherwise violate any law.
- Falsify or delete any author attributions, copyright notices or legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded, or that is provided with Site materials or accessed through the Site.
- Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
- Send any bulk commercial email, or send any unsolicited email to any party.
- Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
- Use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site.
- Use the Site in any manner that could create a risk to a person’s safety or health, creates a risk to public safety or health, compromises national security, or interferes with an investigation by law enforcement.
- Obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.
- Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable to any particular Site services.
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations, including any intellectual property laws or regulations, or violate these Terms of Use.
- Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer or of the Site server.
- Access or attempt to access any other user’s account, or misrepresent or attempt to misrepresent your identity while using the Site, including misrepresentation as a PPN agent or representative, or misrepresentation stating or implying our endorsement of you or your product or activity.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
Disclosure Under Law
PPN reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, including personally identifiable information, or to edit, refuse to allow or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in PPN’s sole discretion.
Providing Correct Personal Information
In the course of using the Site, you may be required to enter certain information, including without limitation personal information (collectively, “Information”). You represent and warrant that you will provide PPN with full, true and correct Information, and to update such Information on the Site promptly as reasonably necessary and as required by the Site.
MATERIALS
License in Materials
PPN does not claim ownership of any data, information or other materials that you provide through the Site (“Materials”). By transmitting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting (collectively, “Submitting” or “Submit”) any Materials, you are granting PPN, its affiliated companies and sublicensees a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable and fully sublicenseable license in and to such Materials for use for any purpose, and confirming that such Materials are non-confidential and non-proprietary. You hereby waive all rights to any claim against PPN and any Site users for any alleged or actual infringements of any proprietary rights, rights of privacy and publicity, moral rights, and rights of attribution in connection with your Materials.
Feedback
If you provide PPN with Materials such as comments, bug reports, feedback or modifications proposed by you to PPN, the Site, or the goods and/or services provided through the Site (collectively, “Feedback”), then in addition to the license granted in the Materials, PPN will have the right to use such Feedback at PPN’s discretion, including but not limited to incorporating such Feedback into the Site and the right to assign, license or otherwise use such Feedback. You hereby give PPN a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license under all rights necessary to incorporate such Feedback and use such Feedback for any purpose. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Materials.
Your Responsibility for Materials and PPN’s Monitoring Rights
You will be responsible for your own Materials and the consequences of transmitting those Materials. PPN has no obligation to monitor you or any other user’s use of the Site. PPN reserves the right to review and monitor your use of the Site, including without limitation your use of any user ID and/or password in accessing the Site and any Materials Submitted to or revised on the Site, and to remove any Materials that PPN believes in its sole discretion violate these Terms of Use. PPN reserves the right to restrict or terminate your access to the Site, including, without limitation, your access to any or all of the services provided thereunder or your ability to use any Site user ID and/or password, at any time without notice if we believe you have violated these Terms of Use or are likely to violate these Terms of Use. Your sole remedy against PPN in the event of a dispute arising out of these Terms of Use, the Site or your use thereof, is to terminate these Terms of Use by ceasing your use of the Site. In the event of termination of these Terms of Use, PPN may delete and/or store, in its discretion, Materials and data associated with your use of the Site. PPN may also change, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the publicly available portion of the Site at any time, including the availability of any Site feature, database, or content. With regard to the password-protected portion of the Site, PPN will provide you with thirty (30) days notice prior to materially changing, suspending or discontinuing any aspect of this portion of the Site.
USER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
By using or accessing the Site or Submitting your Materials, you (1) represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Materials necessary to grant the licenses granted in these Terms of Use, including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to Submit the Materials, and have all right, power and authority to enter into these Terms of Use and to fully perform hereunder, (2) represent and warrant that your use of the Site, Site content and/or Materials does not and will not violate or infringe any third party right, including but not limited to any third party intellectual property right, right of publicity or privacy, right of trade secret or confidentiality, or contractual right, or violate these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, or any other agreement to which you are bound or any law, rule, regulation, order or judgment to which you are subject, (3) represent and warrant that you will comply with all applicable laws, contracts and/or agreements, at your sole expense and liability, in connection with your use of or access to the Site, (4) represent and warrant that you will only Submit and use Materials that may be used in accordance with the licenses you have granted herein and (5) agree that PPN shall not be liable to you or any third party for accepting or not accepting your Materials or for deleting or not deleting your Materials, in whole or in part.
Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE Site IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. EFFORTS BY PPN TO MODIFY THE Site SHALL NOT BE DEEMED A WAIVER OF THESE LIMITATIONS. THE Site, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH, OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH, THE Site, IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” AS A CONVENIENCE TO ALL USERS WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES (1) OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, (2) OF INFORMATIONAL CONTENT OR ACCURACY, (3) OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, (4) OF QUIET ENJOYMENT, (5) OF TITLE, (6) THAT THE Site WILL OPERATE IN AN ERROR FREE, TIMELY, SECURE, OR UNINTERRUPTED MANNER, IS CURRENT AND UP TO DATE AND ACCURATELY DESCRIBES PPN’S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, OR IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, (7) THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS IN THE Site WILL BE CORRECTED, OR (8) THAT THE Site IS COMPATIBLE WITH ANY PARTICULAR HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE PLATFORM.
Disclaimer of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL PPN AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, INTERNAL OPERATING UNITS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, SUBLICENSEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, AND RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, WITH PPN, THE “PPN ENTITIES”) BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE Site OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE SAME, OR FOR ANY BREACH OF SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE Site, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH OR VIEWED ON THE Site, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF SAME, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, REGULATION, COMMON LAW PRECEDENT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF PPN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES AND EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES RESULT FROM PPN’S NEGLIGENCE OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, LIABILITY OF THE PPN ENTITIES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMERS APPEAR WITHIN THE BODY OF THE Site AND ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. TO THE EXTENT ANY SUCH DISCLAIMERS PLACE GREATER RESTRICTIONS ON YOUR USE OF THE Site OR THE MATERIAL CONTAINED THEREIN, SUCH GREATER RESTRICTIONS SHALL APPLY. THIS INDEMNIFICATION SHALL APPLY TO THIRD PARTY CLAIMS AS WELL AS CLAIMS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
INDEMNIFICATION
You will indemnify, defend (or settle) and hold harmless the PPN Entities from all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, settlements, judgments, liabilities, suits, damages, disputes or demands, including without limitation any proceeding, investigation or claim by a self-regulatory organization, state or federal securities agency or commission, and including reasonable attorneys fees and all other costs, fees, and expenses (collectively, “Claims”) against any of the PPN Entities to the fullest extent permitted by law arising out of or in connection with (1) your conduct, provision of content or use of the Site, or such actions by any third party through you, (2) your violation of the rights of another person or party, (3) any Materials provided or made available by you, and (4) any breach or violation by you of your obligations under these Terms of Use, including without limitation any breach of your representations and warranties herein. You will not settle any indemnified claim without the prior written consent of PPN, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. In connection with any Claims that may give rise to your indemnification obligations as set forth above, the PPN Entities shall have the exclusive right, at their option, to defend, compromise and/or settle the suit, action or proceeding, and you shall be bound by the determination of any suit, action or proceeding so defended or any compromise or settlement so effected. The remedies provided in this Section are not exclusive of and do not limit any other remedies that may be available to the PPN Entities pursuant to this Section.
YOUR ACCOUNT
Security of Account and Password
In the event you establish an account and receive or establish a password for such account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, and for restricting access to your computer. You accept full responsibility and liability for all activities that occur under your account or password. PPN reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, or remove content in its sole discretion. You represent and warrant that the information you supply during any registration or update process will be accurate and complete and that you will not (1) impersonate or misrepresent your association with any person or entity, including without limitation registering under the name of another person, or seek to conceal or misrepresent the origin of any content or information provided by you, (2) choose a user name that PPN in its sole discretion deems inappropriate, or (3) choose a user name for the purposes of deceiving or misleading PPN as to your true identity. You agree not to impersonate any other person.
Notification of Unauthorized Use/Ceasing Access
You shall notify PPN immediately of any unauthorized use or threat of unauthorized use of your account or the Site or of any other breach or potential breach of security known to you with respect to your account or the Site, including without limitation any loss or compromise of any password, and will cooperate with PPN in every reasonable way to help PPN prevent the further unauthorized use, threat of unauthorized use, disclosure or threat of disclosure regarding the Site, your account and/or your password. You agree that immediately upon termination of your right to use the Site or any password-protected portion of the Site, or upon any earlier demand by PPN at any time, you will cease all access and/or use of the Site or such password protected portion of the Site, and will not attempt to access and/or use same.
CONFIDENTIALITY
You acknowledge that by use of portions of the Site, you may use and you may acquire PPN Confidential Information. As used herein, “Confidential Information” means all confidential and/or proprietary information and trade secrets of PPN, whether or not memorialized, and in any form or media, regarding PPN or PPN’s business, including without limitation those relating to PPN’s intellectual property, technology, research and development, systems, software, business plans, business operations, strategies, financial information, technical information, customers, customer lists, suppliers, operating policies and procedures, and any third-party information that PPN is required to keep confidential where such information is not generally accessible without a password. “Confidential Information” includes any account passwords. You shall not at any time, directly or indirectly, for any purpose, use, copy or disclose to any other person or entity any Confidential Information, or permit others to do so, other than for the purposes expressly allowed hereunder. PPN may seek and obtain injunctive relief against the release or threatened release of Confidential Information, in addition to any other available legal remedies. You shall notify PPN immediately if you learn of any unauthorized possession or use of the Confidential Information and will promptly furnish all details of such possession or use to PPN.
COPYRIGHT AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Site Ownership
The Site and all content, organization, graphics, design, compilation, translation, and other matters related to the Site (collectively, “Content”) are protected under applicable copyrights, trademarks, and other proprietary (including but not limited to intellectual property) rights pursuant to international conventions and U.S. and other laws. The Site and all Content is the property of PPN and/or third party licensors, and all right, title and interest in and to the Site and Content will remain with PPN or such third party licensors. Other product and PPN names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. You do not acquire ownership rights to the Site or any Content other than any rights in the Materials that you may have. You will abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content. You will not modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Site or any Site content. You may only use the Site and the Content as expressly permitted herein, and any other use is prohibited. Any copying, republication, or redistribution of the Site or Site content, including by caching, framing, or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of PPN and/or the respective intellectual property rights holder identified in the subject content, which consent to be granted or withheld at the sole discretion of the rights holder.
Copyright Infringement Claims
PPN respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide PPN’s Designated Copyright Agent, identified below, with all information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512, summarized as follows: (1) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (2) identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online Site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that Site; (3) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (4) information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party; (5) a statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (6) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; and (7) any other materials or information as may be required under the DMCA as amended from time to time or by the U.S. Copyright Office.
Copyright Agent
Pursuant to the DMCA, written notification of claimed copyright infringement must be submitted to the PPN Designated Copyright Agent using the following contact information:
PPN Designated Copyright Agent
Telephone: 855-347-4921
Fax: 704-655-8211
Email: support@pandasppn.org
Postal Address: PANDAS Physicians Network
Foundation for Brain Science and Immunology
117 Eastbend Court
Mooresville, NC 28117
ALL INQUIRIES TO THE COPYRIGHT AGENT NOT RELATED TO A COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CLAIM WILL RECEIVE NO RESPONSE.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ARBITRATION CLAUSE)
Binding ArbitrationM
You and PPN each agree to submit to binding arbitration in the event of a dispute, controversy or claim (each, a “Dispute”) arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof (including the determination of the scope or applicability of these Terms of Use to arbitrate), your or PPN’s rights and obligations under these Terms of Use, the Site, the use of the Site, and/or the information, services and/or products that may be provided by or through or in connection with the Site. The arbitration will be held in the State of North Carolina before one arbitrator on an individual basis and not as a class action. You expressly waive any right you may have to arbitrate a dispute as a class action. You also expressly waive your right to a jury trial. The arbitration will be administered by JAMS (http://www.jamsadr.com). You may obtain a copy of the rules of JAMS by contacting the organization. You and PPN shall agree on one arbitrator to conduct the arbitration. In the event the parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, the arbitrator will be selected in accordance with the JAMS rules. Each party shall be responsible for its own attorney, expert and other fees, unless such fees are awarded by the arbitrator to the prevailing party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate PPN’s intellectual property rights, PPN may seek (and you will not contest) injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in North Carolina and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
Arbitration Final
The arbitrator’s award is final and binding on all parties. The Federal Arbitration Act, and not any state law concerning arbitration, governs all arbitration under this clause. Any court having jurisdiction may enter judgment on the arbitrator’s award. If any part of this clause, other than waivers of class action rights, is deemed or found to be unenforceable for any reason, the remainder shall remain enforceable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the waiver of class action rights contained herein is not enforceable as to any person or persons, such non-enforceability shall apply to such person or persons only, and all other persons shall continue to be governed by the Arbitration Clause.
Giving Up Right of Class Action
These Terms of Use provides that all Disputes will be resolved by binding arbitration and not in court or by jury trial. IF A DISPUTE IS ARBITRATED, YOU GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS MEMBER ON ANY CLASS CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST THE PPN ENTITIES INCLUDING ANY RIGHT TO CLASS ARBITRATION OR ANY CONSOLIDATION OF INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATIONS. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS INCLUDES GIVING UP YOUR RIGHTS TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION AS SET FORTH IN ANY STATE STATUTE.
California Residents
If you are a California resident, to the extent permitted by California law, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which states: “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” as well as any other unknown claims under California Civil Code Section 1542 or any statute or common law principle of similar effect.
CHOICE OF LAW; JURISDICTION AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
To the maximum extent permitted by law, these Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina excluding any law or conflicts of law principle that would apply the law of another jurisdiction. To the extent a Dispute is not governed by the Arbitration Clause, you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in North Carolina in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site or under these Terms of Use; provided, however, that in the event PPN is sued or joined by a third party in any other court or in any other forum in respect of any matter which may give rise to a claim by PPN hereunder, you consent to the jurisdiction of such court or forum over any claim which may be asserted by PPN therein. You irrevocably consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction by such courts in any such action. In addition, and notwithstanding the foregoing, you irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that you may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon you and may be enforced in any court in which you are subject to a jurisdiction by a suit upon such judgment. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms of Use, including without limitation this paragraph. To the extent a claim is not governed by the Arbitration Clause, PPN and you each hereby waive the right to a trial by jury in any court and in any suit, action or proceeding, whether in tort, contract, or otherwise, in which any such party is a party, as to any claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use, your or PPN’s rights and obligations under these Terms of Use, the Site, use of the Site, and/or any services and/or products that may be provided by or through or in connection with the Site.
MISCELLANEOUS
Viewing, Accessing and Use Outside the United States
If and when any products or services referenced on the Site become available, they will become available in the United States and may not become available elsewhere. PPN makes no claims that the Site or any products or services referenced therein may be lawfully viewed, accessed or used outside the United States. Access or use of the Site or any products or services referenced therein may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access or use the Site from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and you are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.
No Joint Venture
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between you and PPN as a result of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site.
Headings
Section headings and other captions in these Terms of Use are used solely for the convenience of the parties, have no legal or contractual significance, and shall not be used in interpreting, construing or enforcing any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.
Survival
The provisions of the following sections shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms of Use: Disclosure Under Law, Materials, User Representations and Warranties, Disclaimers, Indemnification, Confidentiality, Copyright and Other Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution (Arbitration Clause), Choice of Law; Jurisdiction and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial, and Miscellaneous.
No Waiver
The failure of PPN to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use will not be construed as a waiver or limitation of PPN’s right to subsequently enforce and compel strict compliance with that provision or any other provision of these Terms of Use.
Assignment
No assignment, delegation or other conveyance of these Terms of Use may be made by you (by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of PPN, to be given in its sole discretion. PPN may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to any other party.
Statute of Limitations
Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of the Site must be commenced within one year after the claim or cause of action arises; thereafter, any such claim will be forever barred, without regard to any contrary legislation.
Agreement Binding
In the event that any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed to be unenforceable, said provision will be interpreted to reflect the original intent of the parties in accordance with applicable law, and the remainder of these Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
Notices
Notices to PPN under these Terms of Use shall be sufficient only if in writing and transmitted via personal delivery, delivered by a major commercial rapid delivery courier service, or mailed, postage or charges prepaid, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to PPN, with such notices being effective as of the date of actual, confirmed receipt by PPN. Notices to you are deemed effective if sent to the email, fax, mail address or other contact information provided by you, and are deemed effective upon the earlier of being confirmed received or one day after having been sent.
Entire Agreement; Language of Agreement
These Terms of Use contain the entire agreement between you and PPN with respect to the Site. It supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and PPN with respect to the Site. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. A printed version of these Terms of Use and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms of Use to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish of the parties that these Terms of Use and all related documents be drawn up in English.
Inquiries regarding these Term of Use should be directed to
support@pandasppn.org