Terms of Service
Terms and conditions of use
Use of Glutenwatchers.com’s website (”Site”) is subject to the terms and conditions below. Please read this agreement carefully before accessing the website. By accessing the website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions below. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, you should not access or use this website.
Disclaimer of warranties
This website is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title or noninfringement or the implied warranties of merchant ability or fitness for a particular purpose. Glutenwatchers.com assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this website or other documents or websites that are referenced by or linked to this website.
Content is only for Information
The contents of this Site, such as text, graphics, images, tools, products, comments, services and other material contained on the Site (”Content”) is provided by GlutenWatchers.com & our partners for informational purposes only. Nothing contained in the Content should be taken to be medical advice or instructional for medical diagnosis or treatment. The health information furnished on this Site is not intended to be complete, to suggest or recommend a course of treatment, or to replace personal consultation with a qualified health care professional.
Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a health or medical condition. Never disregard, avoid or delay obtaining professional medical advice from your doctor or other qualified health provider because of something you have read on this Site.
Privacy of children & minors
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. Neither GlutenWatchers.com nor any of its services are intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not collect Personally Identifiable Information from any person we actually know is a child under the age of 13. A parent or guardian, however, may use this Site for a minor. The parent or guardian is solely responsible for providing supervision of the minor’s use of this Site or the Contents. The parent or guardian assumes full responsibility for ensuring that the registration information is kept secure and that the information submitted is accurate. The parent or guardian also assumes full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or suggestions provided through this Site for the minor.
Limitation of liability
In no event shall Glutenwatchers be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages of any kind, including without limitation, those resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, whether or not Glutenwatchers.com has been advised of the possibility of damage, or on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this information.
When using the Site, information will be transmitted over a medium that may be beyond the control and jurisdiction of Glutenwatchers and its suppliers. Accordingly, Glutenwatchers assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with your use of the Site.
The Site and the content are provided on an “AS IS” basis. GLUTENWATCHERS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’ RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Without limiting the foregoing, GlutenWatchers, and its Content suppliers make no representations or warranties about the following:
i. That the Content is free from errors and omissions;
ii. The satisfaction of any government regulations requiring disclosure of information on prescription drug products or other products or the approval or compliance of any software tools with regard to the Content contained on the Site;
iii. The accuracy, reliability, completeness, usefulness, adequacy, suitability, currentness, or timeliness of the Content, software, text, graphics, links, or communications provided on or through the use of the Site or in newsletters and other products and services from Glutenwatchers or its licensors; and
iv. That data flowing to and from the Site (regardless of the means) will not be delayed, interrupted or experience losses of data, or that files available for downloading from this Site will be free of infection by viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code with destructive properties.
In no event shall Glutenwatchers, its licensors, its suppliers, or any third parties mentioned on the Site be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, personal injury/wrongful death, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from the use of or inability to use the Site or the Content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not Glutenwatchers is advised of the possibility of such damages.Glutenwatchers is not liable for any personal injury, including death, caused by your use or misuse of the Site, Content, or Public Areas (as defined below). Remedies under these Terms of Service are exclusive and are limited to those expressly provided for in these Terms of Service.
Copyright
The Content is protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Title to the Content remains with GlutenWatchers.com. Any use of the Content not expressly permitted by these Terms of Service is a breach of these Terms of Service and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Content and features of the Site are subject to change or termination without notice at the discretion of Glutenwatchers. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to Glutenwatchers.
If you violate any of these Terms of Service, your permission to use the Content automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Content.
User Submissions
You agree that you will not upload or transmit any communications or content of any type to the Public Areas (including message boards, comments, etc.) that infringe or violate any rights of any party. By submitting communications or content to the Public Areas, you agree that such submission is non-confidential for all purposes.
If you make any such submission, you agree that you will not send or transmit to GlutenWatchers by email, (including through the email addresses listed on the “Contact” link) any communication or content that infringes or violates any rights of any party. If you submit any business information, idea, concept or invention to GlutenWatchers by email, you agree such submission is non-confidential for all purposes.
If you make any submission to a Public Area or if you submit any business information, idea, concept or invention to Glutenwatchers by email, you automatically grant–or warrant that the owner of such content or intellectual property has expressly granted–Glutenwatchers a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication or content in any media or medium, or any form, format, or forum now known or hereafter developed. Glutenwatchers may sublicense its rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses. If you wish to keep any business information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, do not submit them to the Public Areas or to Glutenwatchers by email.
Community areas (”PUBLIC AREAS”)
If you use a Public Area, such as a chat room, bulletin board or community “Ask Our Expert” posting or other member communities, you are solely responsible for your own communications, the consequences of posting those communications, and your reliance on any communications found in the Public Areas. Glutenwatchers is not responsible for the consequences of any communications in the Public Areas.
In consideration of being allowed to use the Public Areas, you agree that the following actions shall constitute a material breach of these Terms of Service:
a. Using a Public Area for any purpose in violation of local, state, national, or international laws;
b. Posting material that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others;
c. Posting material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by Glutenwatchers in its sole discretion;
d. Posting advertisements or solicitations of business;
e. After receiving a warning, continuing to disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, or posting comments that are not related to the topic being discussed (unless it is clear the discussion is free-form);
f. Posting chain letters or pyramid schemes;
g. Impersonating another person;
h. Distributing viruses or other harmful computer code;
i. Harvesting or otherwise collecting information about others, including email addresses, without their consent;
j. Allowing any other person or entity to use your identification for posting or viewing comments;
k. Posting the same note more than once or “spamming”; or
l. Engaging in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Public Area or the Site, or which, in the judgment of Glutenwatchers, exposes Glutenwatchers or any of its customers or suppliers to any liability or detriment of any type.
Glutenwatchers reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following:
a. Record the dialogue in public chat rooms;
b. Investigate an allegation that a communication(s) do(es) not conform to the terms of this section and determine in its sole discretion to remove or request the removal of the communication(s);
c. Remove communications that are abusive, illegal, or disruptive, or that otherwise fail to conform with these Terms of Service;
d. Terminate a user’s access to any or all Public Areas and/or the Site upon any breach of these Terms of Service;
e. Monitor, edit, or disclose any communication in the Public Areas; or
f. Edit or delete any communication(s) posted on the Site, regardless of whether such communication(s) violate these standards.
Glutenwatchers reserves the right to take any action it deems necessary to protect the personal safety of our guests or the public. Glutenwatchers has no liability or responsibility to users of the Site or any other person or entity for performance or nonperformance of the aforementioned activities.
E-mail communication
Please note: electronic mail is not necessarily secure against interception. Protected health information, such as medical history, social security numbers, or patient identifiers should not be included in e-mail.
We try to answer every email within 48 business hours, but are not always able to do so.
Important note about downloading files
Glutenwatchers.com scans files with anti-virus software before placing them on our web server. However, it is a good practice to scan downloadable files with your own anti-virus software before installing or saving downloaded files to your hard drive or network.
If you have a disability and need a document on this website to be provided to you in another format, contact the Webmaster.
Links to other websites
Some pages on this website contain links to non-Glutenwatchers.com websites. Any links to other organizations on this Site are for informational purposes only and do not imply endorsement by Glutenwatchers.com. Please note that Glutenwatchers.com’s Internet privacy policy applies only to the Glutenwatchers.com website. If you wish to know the privacy policy of another website, contact the Webmaster of that Site.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Glutenwatchers, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, licensors and suppliers, and their directors, officers, employees, agents and contractors from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your violation of these Terms of Service.
Miscellaneous
This website may include typographical errors or other inaccuracies. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Glutenwatchers.com may make at any time improvements and/or changes in the product(s) and/or program(s) described in this website.