SECURITY AND PRIVACY POLICY- (Please also read Ethics)

PRIVACY POLICY

1. Through your use of this website (this "Site"), Smoke Free Society Corporation (SFSC) collects certain information about you that you specifically and knowingly provide to us, such as your user name, email address, name or mailing address. In addition, we may track how you use this Site and relate it to the information you have provided to us. If you wish to be notified of the use of such tracking software and/or disable such software, your browser may offer this feature by means of its options or preferences menu.

2. The above-described information ("Personally-Identifying Information") may be used by SFSC to personalize and enhance your use of this Site, including the marketing and promotion of certain products and services that might be of interest to you. Your use of this Site is a consent to the foregoing use of your Personally-Identifying Information by SFSC.

3. SFSC DOES NOT rent or sell your Personally-Identifying Information to non-Smoke Free Society companies. SFSC may share your Personally-Identifying Information with select companies/organizations for their own marketing and promotional use. While SFSC seeks to share Personally-Identifying Information with companies that follow appropriate privacy policies, it does not bear any responsibility for the actions and policies of such third parties. If you wish that we not share your Personally-Identifying Information with third parties, you may "opt out" by emailing us with such request.

4. You should be aware that any Personally-Identifying Information, such as your username and email address, as well as any other information that you post on a bulletin board, share in a "chat room," or otherwise specifically and knowingly disclose by use of bulletin boards or chat rooms (together, the "Forums"), may be directly collected and used by third parties. Therefore, you may be subject to unsolicited email as a result of your disclosure of such information. YOU SHOULD HAVE NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY WITH RESPECT TO YOUR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE FORUMS.

Terms of Use
Usage of this website (this "Site") is subject to the following terms and conditions.

1. Ownership and License Rights. This Site and all materials displayed or made available on it are protected by copyright. This Site is for your personal, noncommercial use only, under a license by SFSC with no transfer of title. You may not use any of the materials available from this Site on any other website or networked computer environment. You may not remove any copyright or other legal notices from any materials downloaded from this Site.

2. NO WARRANTY OR LIABILITY. SFSC AND ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS (THE "COMPANY ENTITIES") MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS PROVIDED ON THIS SITE. ALL INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL SFSC ENTITIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, ANY MATERIAL ON THIS SITE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

3. Acceptance. Your continued use of this Site constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions of use and waiver of liability on the part of SFSC Entities.

4. Forums. This Site may include links to bulletin boards and chat rooms ("Forums"). Although SFSC has the right to monitor communications made in, to, and by means of the Forums, including the right to edit, refuse to post, or to remove any information or materials posted to the Forums, which in SFSC's sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of the terms and conditions set forth below, SFSC assumes no responsibility to do so and is not responsible for the content of any messages or information posted by users or other third parties to the Forums. SFSC reserves the right at all times to disclose any information or materials posted to the Forums necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request.

It is a condition of your use of the Forums and this Site that you do not:
- Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Forums;
- Post or transmit any fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic or offensive material of any kind, including any material that would violate any local, state, national or international law or give rise to any civil or criminal liability;
- Post or transmit any material that violates or infringes the rights of others, including material that is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or that infringes on any intellectual property or contractual right;
- Post or transmit any material containing software viruses or similar disabling devices; or
- Post or transmit any unsolicited advertising.

5. Submission Policy. By communicating through the Forums, uploading files or data onto the Site, or otherwise providing information on or through the Site (each, a "Submission"), you are granting SFSC a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide license to:

Use, copy, adapt, transmit, publicly perform, display or distribute the Submission and otherwise exploit any and all proprietary rights in the Submission, including, without limitation, any applicable copyright, trademark, service mark or patent rights under relevant jurisdiction; and

Sublicense to any third party the right to exercise any of the foregoing rights, subject only to the restrictions regarding Personally-Identifying information set forth in the Privacy Policy.

6. Health Disclaimer. Applicability of Materials Provided. The health-related materials provided on this Site (including links to information provided by other websites) (the "Health Materials") are to be used for informational purposes only. The Health Materials are NOT to be used as a substitute for seeking professional medical diagnosis, treatment and care. The applicability of any of the Health Materials may vary depending on your actual medical condition or that of a third party.

NO DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP CREATED. NEITHER YOU NOR ANY OTHER PARTY HAS BECOME A PATIENT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY PROVIDING HEALTH MATERIALS BY MEANS OF THIS SITE OR ANY LINK FROM THIS SITE. YOU OR SUCH OTHER PARTY MUST CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL FOR A COMPLETE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND/OR CARE.

NO WARRANTY OR LIABILITY. SFSC ENTITIES EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM AND EXCLUDE ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING THE HEALTH MATERIALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE CURRENCY, ACCURACY, OR COMPLETENESS OF THE HEALTH MATERIALS. USERS OF THIS SITE ASSUME ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THE HEALTH MATERIALS, AND SFSC ENTITIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH USE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

No Endorsement. Any health-related products or medications referred to herein are given for informational purposes only and not by way of endorsement, recommendation, or approval by SFSC.

For more information about using this Web site, view our Terms of Use Policy.

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