Terms of Use

Your use of breastcancer.org is conditioned upon your continued acceptance of and compliance with our Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct. Please take this time to familiarize yourself with these important policies and rules.

breastcancer.org is an online information and communications service provided by breastcancer.org, subject to your compliance with the Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct. breastcancer.org is designed to be a homepage for a thriving community concerned about breast cancer, and a comfortable place for visitors to find emotional support and share experiences. Information provided on this website should not be used in place of consultation with, or the advice of, your physician or other healthcare provider. breastcancer.org does not recommend self-management of health problems.

breastcancer.org may change any term in these Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct at any time. The changes will appear in these Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct, and your use of the site after any changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct. Therefore, you should read these Terms of Use each time you access the website, before you begin using it.

Copyright and Limitations on Use.

The Content displayed on the website ("Content") is the property of breastcancer.org or its licensors, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. This website and the Content may be used by you only for your personal and non-commercial use. You agree not to copy, reproduce, modify, display, perform, publish, create derivative works from, or store any Content from the website.

You may, on an occasional and irregular basis, reproduce, distribute, display or transmit an insubstantial portion of the Content, for a noncommercial purpose and without charge, to a limited number of individuals, provided you include all copyright and other proprietary rights notices with such portion of the Content in the same form in which the notices appear at the website, the original source attribution, and the phrase "Used with permission from breastcancer.org." However, you may not post any Content from breastcancer.org to forums, newsgroups, mail lists, electronic bulletin boards, or other websites, without the prior written consent of breastcancer.org. To request consent, you may contact breastcancer.org.

This website includes facts, views, opinions and recommendations of individuals and organizations deemed of interest to the community concerned about breast cancer. breastcancer.org and its Content licensors and providers are not giving medical or other professional advice. breastcancer.org and its Content licensors and providers do not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of, or otherwise endorse, these views, opinions and recommendations. You should always seek the assistance of a medical or other healthcare professional for medical and other health matters.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY. Due to the number of sources from which the Content is obtained, and the inherent hazards of electronic distribution, there may be delays, errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in such Content and the website. THE CONTENT AND THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES. USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE CONTENT AND GRAPHICS AT THIS WEBSITE IS AT THE USER'S OWN RISK.

breastcancer.org AND ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, AGENTS AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE, OR OF THE WEBSITE ITSELF, AND breastcancer.org HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY SUCH EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARANTIES. NEITHER breastcancer.org NOR ANY OF ITS AFFIALATES, PARNERS, AGENTS OR LICENSORS WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY FROM USE OF THE WEBSITE AND/OR ANY CONTENT AT THE WEBSITE. IN NO EVENT WILL breastcancer.org OR ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE ON SUCH CONTENT OR THE WEBSITE. breastcancer.org AND ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, AGENTS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES), EVEN IF ADVISED OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF WARRANTIES, PARTS OR ALL OF THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Links to Third Party Sites. As a convenience to you, this website contains links to websites operated by persons or entities other than breastcancer.org. Such links are provided for your reference and convenience only. You agree not to hold breastcancer.org responsible for the content or operation of such websites. A link or hyperlink from breastcancer.org to another website does not imply or mean that breastcancer.org endorses the content on that website or the operators or the operations of that website. breastcancer.org specifically disclaims responsibility for materials posted or activities that occur on linked sites. breastcancer.org does not review materials posted or activities occurring on linked sites. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any content at any other websites to which you might link from breastcancer.org.

If you wish to make purchases from an area of the website or an affiliated website, such as Amazon.com, operated by a person or entity other than breastcancer.org, you may be asked by the merchant or operator from whom you are making the purchase to supply certain information, including credit card, debit card, or other payment mechanism information. You agree not to hold breastcancer.org liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as a result of any such dealings with any merchant or operator from which you are making the purchase. You agree that all information you provide in connection with such purchase shall be accurate, complete and current. You agree to pay all charges incurred by users of your credit card, debit card, or other payment mechanism at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You also will pay any applicable taxes, if any, relating to any purchases you make. You are reminded that such sites are separate from breastcancer.org, subject to their own policies and terms, including privacy policies.

Online Communications. Certain areas of the website enable you to access online message boards, forums and conference rooms (the "Forums"), where you can participate in online communications. Such communications occur in real time and are not edited, censored, or otherwise controlled by breastcancer.org. breastcancer.org cannot and does not screen content provided by you or other users. breastcancer.org does not endorse, and specifically disclaims any responsibility or liability for any content posted on the Forums, whether the topic is first selected by breastcancer.org or a user. The Forums are a free service provided to users of breastcancer.org. By posting a message in the Forums, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. If you do not want to be bound by these terms, then do not access or use the Forums.

You agree to be fully responsible for your own postings and agree to access and use the Forums at your own risk on an "AS IS" basis. While breastcancer.org has no obligation to monitor the Forums, breastcancer.org reserves the right to monitor content on the Forums and to remove content that breastcancer.org, in its sole discretion, determines to be harmful, offensive, unlawful or otherwise in violation of these Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct. breastcancer.org cannot and does not guarantee that it will post or continue to post every message or other content you or other users submit to the Forums. Also, breastcancer.org reserves the right to edit or abridge postings for any reason and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in breastcancer.org's sole discretion.

By posting a message, uploading a file, or engaging in any other form of communication through a Forum, you are granting breastcancer.org a perpetual, exclusive, royalty-free and irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, create derivative works from, transfer, and sell any such messages, files or communications.

Rules of Conduct

You must abide by the following rules when accessing or using breastcancer.org, including the Community Knowledge Exchange:

• You agree not to use this website for any unlawful purpose.
• You agree not to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others.
• You agree not to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
• You agree not to post messages that contain material that is inappropriate, unlawful, threatening, abusive, hateful, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, pornographic, or indecent.
• You agree not to violate the property rights of others, and you agree not to post any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party.
• You agree not to upload files, or cause users to upload files, that contain viruses, worms, "Trojan horses", corrupted files, or any similar software or programs that may adversely affect the operation of another's computer.
• You agree not to advertise or promote any goods or services in the Community Knowledge Exchange. "Junk mail", "spamming", "chain letters, "pyramid schemes" and similar activities are strictly prohibited.
• You agree not to solicit anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make donations of any kind, without our express written approval.
• You agree not to violate any applicable local, state, national or international law in connection with the use of the Forums.

Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless breastcancer.org, its affiliates and partners, and the respective officers, directors, employees and agents of each from any claims, damages, losses, expenses or costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) that arise out of your violation of these Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct, any of your postings and/or any material contained therein.

Additional Legal Terms.

These Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct and your rights and obligations shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws. You expressly agree that any legal proceeding between breastcancer.org and you concerning your use of breastcancer.org, these Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct, or the parties' obligations hereunder shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

You further agree that breastcancer.org 's failure to enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. If any provision in these Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect, and the invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision.

All rights not expressly granted herein are hereby reserved.

What To Do If You Believe a Posting Violates These Terms of Use and Rules of Conduct.