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Legal Notice & Terms of Use

Medical Disclaimer

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.

Disclaimer of Warranty

OMF 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.

Limitation of Liability

You agree that you will hold harmless OMF and its officers, directors, employees, and volunteers 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. This includes, but is not limited to, information or materials viewed or downloaded from this Website or another website to which it is linked that appear to you or are construed by you to be obscene, offensive, defamatory, or that infringe upon your intellectual property rights. In no event will OMF 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.

Endorsements

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

OMF may provide links on the Website to other websites which are not under the control of OMF. In general, any website which has an address (or URL) which does not contain "ocularmelanoma.org" is such a website. These links are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by OMF of the organization or individual operating the website or a warranty of any type regarding the website or the information on the website.

Usage of Content

Unless otherwise indicated, all information contained on this web site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips is copyrighted by and proprietary to the Ocular Melanoma Foundation and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed, sublicensed, altered, stored for subsequent use or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without OMF's prior written consent, except that the user may make such temporary copies in a single computer's RAM and hard drive cache as are necessary to browse the website. The user may also make a single copy of the Content displayed on any page of the website to be used by the user for personal and noncommercial uses which do not harm the reputation of the OMF, provided that the user does not remove any trademarks, copyright and any other notice contained in such content.

Trademarks

Ocular Melanoma Foundation, OMF, "ocumel," the eye logo, and the specific color schemes related to the eye logo are service marks of the Ocular Melanoma Foundation.

Jurisdiction

This Website (excluding linked sites) is controlled by OMF which is headquartered in the State of Virginia, United States of America. It can be accessed from all 50 states, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these places has laws that may differ from those of Virginia, by accessing this Website both you and OMF agree that the statutes and laws of the State of Virginia, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof, will apply to all matters arising from or relating to use of this Website. You and OMF also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of Henrico County, Virginia and the United States District Court for the District of Virginia with respect to such matters. OMF makes no representation that materials on the Website are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this Website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Linking Information

Hypertext Linking. OMF encourages and permits text links to content on ocularmelanoma.org provided: (a) any text-only link must clearly be marked "Ocular Melanoma Foundation;" (b) the appearance, position and other aspects of either the link or the host website may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the OMF name and trademarks; (c) the appearance, position and other aspects of either the link or the host website may not create the false appearance that an entity other than OMF is associated with or sponsored by OMF; (d) the link, when activated by a user, must display this Website full-screen and not with a "frame" on the linked website; and (e) OMF reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time in its sole discretion

OMF is not responsible for the information or materials contained on the host website. Links to this Website are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by OMF of the organization or individual operating the host website or a warranty of any type regarding the host website or the information on the host website.

Revised: 2/01/2010