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19This Site Does Not Provide Medical Advice
The contents of Optometrists Network and its allied sites, such as text, graphics, images, information obtained from Optometrists Network and its allied sites’s licensors and other material (“Content”) contained on Optometrists Network and its allied sites is for informational purposes only.

The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. Reliance on any information provided by Optometrists Network and its allied sites, Site employees, others appearing on the Site at the invitation of Optometrists Network and its allied sites, or other visitors to the Site is solely at your own risk.

Copyright – Use of Content

Optometrists Network and its allied sites authorizes you to view or download a single copy of the material on Optometrists Network and its allied sites solely for your personal, noncommercial use if you include the following copyright notice: “Copyright 1996 – 2005, Optometrists Network. All rights reserved” as well as any other copyright and proprietary rights notices which were contained in the Content.

You may not modify, copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt or in any way commercially exploit the content of Optometrists Network and its allied sites. Only if you obtain prior written consent from us — and from all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property — may you publish, display or commercially exploit any material from Optometrists Network and its allied sites. To seek our permission, telephone our office at 212-414-1804 (USA) or fax 212-206-1267. We will be glad to assist you with a written request for permission. Unfortunately, due to abuse, we have been forced to remove email access for seeking written permission. If permission is granted by us and by all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property, you may not change or delete any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice.

The Content is protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Title to the Content remains with Optometrists Network and its allied sites or its licensors. Any use of the Content not expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions is a breach of these Terms and Conditions and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Content and features are subject to change or termination without notice in the editorial discretion of Optometrists Network and its allied sites. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to Optometrists Network and its allied sites and its licensors.

If you violate any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the Content automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Content.

You must abide by all additional copyright notices or other restrictions contained in any of Optometrists Network and its allied sites.

Links and Advertisements to Other Sites

  • Links
    These terms and conditions apply only to Optometrists Network and its allied sites, and not to the sites of any other companies or organizations, including those to which any of Optometrists Network and its allied sites may link. We are not responsible for the availability of any other site to which any of Optometrists Network and its allied sites links. We do not endorse or take responsibility for the contents, advertising, products or other materials made available through any other site. Under no circumstances will we be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on any other site.Other sites may link to any of Optometrists Network and its allied sites only through a plain-text link. To seek our permission for a plain-text link, please fax us at 212-206-1267 (USA). Due to SPAM abuse, we have been forced to remove the email link for this purpose. We reserve the right, however, to rescind any permission granted by us to link through a plain-text link, and to require termination of any such link to any of Optometrists Network and its allied sites, at our discretion at any time.
  • Advertisements
    Optometrists Network and its allied sites provide free public health information and referrals without the inclusion of paid advertisements or banner ads. Optometrists Network and its allied sites are not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed within Optometrists Network and its allied sites, or third party advertisements sites linked to Optometrists Network and its allied sites, and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites.

Liability of the Site and Its Licensors

The use of Optometrists Network and its allied sites and the Content is at your own risk.

When using Optometrists Network and its allied sites, information will be transmitted over a medium which is beyond the control and jurisdiction of Optometrists Network and its allied sites and its suppliers. Accordingly, Optometrists Network and its allied sites assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of Optometrists Network and its allied sites.

The Optometrists Network and its allied sites and the content are provided on an “as is” basis. optometrists.org, ITS ALLIED SITES, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS, 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. Specifically, Optometrists Network and its allied sites, its licensors and its suppliers make no representations or warranties about the the accuracy, reliability, completeness, currentness or timeliness of the Content, software, text, graphics, links, or communications provided on or through the use of Optometrists Network and its allied sites.

Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting your privacy and security and have explained in detail the steps we take to do so. We urge you to read our Privacy Policy.

User Submissions

If you make a voluntary submission in the form of postal mail, a direct email message or an attachment to an email message, you automatically grant–or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted–Optometrists Network and its allied sites 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. Optometrists Network and its allied sites may sublicense its rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses. This clause does not apply to user submissions to The Directory.

Use of the Directory

The Directory is a service which allows you to submit a form request for a free referral in order to consult with a licensed eye doctor. You are allowed to submit limited amounts of personal health information on a voluntary basis on your form within the Directory form. The data you enter on your form is collected only so that optometrists.org and its allied site may track activity, analzye public needs, and continue to create more effective content and useful public health services on Our Sites.

The personal data you enter on your form is not sold, leased, shared or distributed to Members, “affiliated partners,” third parties or any vendors, whatsoever, except for the following one-time information transaction related to use of the directory. The referral(s) voluntarily selected by you when you click on the MORE INFO button in the preliminary list of contacts will receive a one-time automated notice via email that you have requested his or her complete contact information. To repeat, the optometrist(s) selected and viewed by you in the Directory receive(s) one dated email notification that you have viewed his or her complete contact information. One email record each of your selection(s) will also be sent you at the personal email address which you enter into your form. These record(s) are sent to you as a courtesy only. Your receipt of such email message(s) does NOT indicate that you have been registered as a Member or have been subscribed to our Newsletter or have been added to any marketing list.

Please note that your submission of a request for a free referral and/or information through the Directory is not to be construed as a direct request for an Optometrists Network representative to personally contact you via email, postal mail, or telephone. It is your responsibility to contact the eye doctor directly to make an appointment or to ask further questions.

You grant Optometrists Network and its allied sites and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of the Site and The Directory the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store and use your information in connection with the operation of The Directory. Your form will be processed by servers maintained by Optometrists Network and its allied sites or on its behalf.

We will do our best to protect the privacy and security of your Personal Identification Information (see our Privacy Policy). Nevertheless, we do not absolutely warrant or represent that the information you submit to The Directory will be protected against, loss, misuse, or alteration by third parties. Optometrists Network and its allied sites cannot and does not assume any responsibility or liability for any information you submit to The Directory or your or third parties’ use or misuse of information transmitted or received using The Directory.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Optometrists Network and its allied sites, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, harmless 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 and Conditions.

General

Optometrists Network and its allied sites is based in New York, New York, in the United States of America. Optometrists Network and its allied sites makes no claims that the Content is appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access Optometrists Network and its allied sites from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. The following provisions survive the expiration or termination of these Terms and Conditions for any reason whatsoever: Liability, User Submissions, Indemnity, Jurisdiction, and Complete Agreement.

Jurisdiction

You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with Optometrists Network and its allied sites, or in any way relating to your use of Optometrists Network and its allied sites, resides in the courts of the State of New York and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the New York in connection with any such dispute including any claim involving Optometrists Network and its allied sites or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers and content providers.

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of New York, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.

Complete Agreement

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and Optometrists Network and its allied sites with respect to the use of Optometrists Network and its allied sites, and Content. Your use of Optometrists Network and its allied sites is also subject to Optometrists Network and its allied sites Privacy Policy.

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