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READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY. THE FOLLOWING SETS FORTH THE TERMS BY WHICH YOU ARE PROVIDED ACCESS TO OUR SITE. USING THIS WEB SITE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING IN ITS ENTIRETY.

Welcome to our Site! The information and materials provided by Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy on or through this web site (the "Site"), particularly any information regarding specific medical conditions and treatment, is presented for lawful, informational and educational purposes only, subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement ("Agreement"). The information provided should not be considered to be comprehensive or complete and does not address all medical conditions or their treatment.

The Site is Not a Substitute for Competent Medical Advice

The Site may make available certain information provided by or originating from third parties, including information related to various medical developments, conditions and treatments. Information provided should not be used as a replacement for advice provided by a competent medical professional familiar with your particular health situation or circumstance; Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT YOU SEEK ADVICE FROM A COMPETENT MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL REGARDING ANY SPECIFIC HEALTH SITUATION OR CIRCUMSTANCE APPLICABLE TO YOU. YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE MATERIALS PROVIDED ON THIS SITE TO DIAGNOSE A HEALTH PROBLEM OR DISEASE OR TO DETERMINE TREATMENT.

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Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding the materials, information, content, products or services provided via any site to which the Site links (each, a "Linked Site"). Links are provided solely as a convenience to you, and your use of the Linked Sites shall be governed by the terms and agreements applicable to use of such sites. Inclusion of any link shall not be construed as an endorsement or approval of any Linked Site or any of its contents. By providing links, Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy does not certify the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by the Linked Site. Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy disclaims any liability for links: (1) from another web site to www.childrenscause.org; and (2) to another web site from www.childrenscause.org.

Disclaimer of Warranties
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE SITE, INCLUDING ALL OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND. Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, USEFULNESS, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, LEGALITY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OF THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy ALSO DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE FREE FROM INTERRUPTION, DELAY IN TRANSMISSION, VIRUSES, ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR DEFECTS, OR THAT ANY OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE CORRECTED.

Limitation of Liability IN NO EVENT SHALL Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy (INCLUDING OUR AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SUBSIDIARIES, PARENT AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES) BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE (OR ANY PART THEREOF) OR THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy TO YOU IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL BE LIMITED TO YOUR DIRECT DAMAGES NOT TO EXCEED THE LESSER OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY TO US IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF THE SITE, OR (B) $250. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY EVEN IF YOU PAY NO FEES TO US.

In the event of a dispute between you and any third party (e.g., a third party source of information available via the Site, such as the provider of a Linked Site), you release Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy (including our agents, employees, officers, directors, subsidiaries, and affiliates) from all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code ยง1542, which says: "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."

Intellectual Property and Infringement Issues
Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy reserves the right to remove or disable access to any content or other materials that violate or allegedly infringe on a party's copyright or other intellectual property rights. If you believe that your materials have been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send an e-mail or written notice to our designated agent for notices of infringement and provide the following information:

  1. T An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

  2. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

  3. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;

  4. our address, telephone number, and email address;

  5. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

  6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

  7. Our designated agent for notice for claims of copyright infringement on the Site is Susan L. Weiner who can be reached as follows:

    Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy
    Attn: Susan L. Weiner
    1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 770
    Silver Spring, MD 20910
    By phone: 301/562-2765
    By email: questions@childrenscause.org

    The other content and materials included on this Site are our property or the property of our suppliers/licensors, and are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and intellectual property rights laws. Except to the minimum extent otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, modification, redistribution, transmission, display, publication, performance or commercial exploitation of material from this Site is permitted without our express-written permission and the permission of any other applicable copyright owner. No part of any content or materials included on this Site may be reproduced in any form or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, other than for your personal use (but not for resale or redistribution). You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by virtue of downloading copyrighted material from this Site. All rights not expressly granted hereunder are expressly reserved by us

    The compilation of content, including postings as well as links to other Internet resources (and the descriptions of those resources), contained within or made available via this Site are our copyrighted materials. THE USE OF ANY THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE OTHER THAN WEB BROWSERS ON THIS SITE, SUCH AS PRODUCTS THAT DOWNLOAD OR "SPIDER" THE SITE OR ANY OF THE PAGES OF THE SITE, INFRINGES ON OUR COPYRIGHTS AND/OR THE COPYRIGHTS OF OUR SUPPLIERS/LICENSORS. DO NOT USE ANY SUCH PRODUCTS ON OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE!

    Submissions All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics and similar information communicated to Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy through the Site (collectively, "Submissions") will forever be the property of Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy. Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas for its business (including, without limitation, product or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy operations. Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy will be entitled to use the Submissions for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever, without compensation to you or any other person sending the Submission. You represent and warrant that you have the right to furnish whatever material you submit, and use of your Submission by Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

    Use of Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy Hypertext Link
    You may provide a hypertext link to this Site on another website, provided: (a) that the link must be a text-only link clearly marked "Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy," (b) the link must "point" to the URL "http://www.childrenscause.org" and not to other pages within the website, (c) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy's name and trademarks, (d) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not create the false appearance that an entity other than Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy is associated with or sponsored by Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy, (e) the link, when activated by a user, must display this Site's full-screen and not with a "frame" on the linked website, and (f)Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time in its sole discretion by amending this Agreement. You agree that all other hypertext links to this Site must be approved in writing by Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy.

    Miscellaneous Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy operates and maintains the Site from within the State of Maryland, USA. Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy makes no representation that the Site or any content on or accessed through the Site is appropriate or available for use in locations other than the United States of America. You are responsible for compliance with all local laws and regulations pertaining to your access to and use of the Site, as applicable, including but not limited to all applicable laws regulating online conduct and content.

    This Agreement shall be interpreted under the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or authorized arbitral body to be contrary to law, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties consistent with applicable law with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect. Before seeking legal recourse for any harm you believe you have suffered from your access to the Site, you will give Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy written notice specifying the harm and thirty (30) days to cure the harm after providing such notice.

    You agree that any controversy, claim or dispute arising out of or relating to your use of the Site, including any claims under federal, state, or local law, shall be resolved by arbitration in the State of Maryland in accordance with the then-current Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. Any cause of action initiated by you must be filed within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action has arisen or it will be barred.

    Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy may amend, revise or supplement this Agreement at any time by posting the amended, revised or supplemental terms on the Site. Your continued use of the Site thereafter will conclusively constitute your acceptance of the amended, revised or supplemented terms.

    Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy reserves the right to modify, terminate or discontinue the Site (or any part of the Site) at any time, with or without notice, for any reason. In no event will Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy have any liability whatsoever for doing so.

    Privacy Please review our Privacy Notice, which is incorporated herein by reference, for disclosures relating to our collection and use of information about you.

    Contact Us If you have any questions, suggestions or complaints about the Site or this Agreement, please contact us at questions@childrenscause.org.

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