Terms and Conditions

Disclaimer – Not Medical Advice

The Site contains information and material, which is derived from other sources. These sources may change from time to time. The information contained in this Site does not constitute medical advice or medical practice by Pine Creek Land Trust. The information provided is not meant to be a medical opinion about your specific case. Every patient has unique medical issues, which should be discussed with your own physician. You should not use information derived from this Site as a source of your medical care. We do not warrant or guarantee that the information on the Site is accurate or up to date. When you use the Site, you do so at your own risk.

Who May Use the Site

To use any part of the Site, you must be 13 or older and legally able to agree to the Terms of Use or use the Site with a guardian or other representative who is able to legally agree to the Terms of Use.

Not for Commercial Use

You may not use the Site for any commercial purpose. Unless Pine Creek Land Trust gives you permission, no material (including but not limited to the text, images, audio and/or video), and no code or software (including but not limited to any images or files incorporated in or generated by the software or data accompanying such software) (individually and collectively the “Materials”) may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, transmitted, or distributed in any way or decompiled, reverse engineered or disassembled. You may download Materials from the Site only for your personal, non-commercial use provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the Materials or use of the Materials for any other purpose is a violation of Pine Creek Land Trust’s or such other sources’ copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Materials to a human-perceivable form. The use of any such Materials on any other website or networked computer environment is prohibited.

The entirety of the content of this Site is a collective work owned by Pine Creek Land Trust and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All elements comprising this Site, including without limitation, the text, site design, logo, icons and images, as well as the selection, assembly and arrangement thereof are the sole property of Pine Creek Land Trust or its licensors, and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used in this site is the property of Pine Creek Land Trust or its licensors, and such software is also protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Permission is granted to electronically display and electronically copy and print hard copy portions of this Site for your own non-commercial use. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance of any content of this Site is strictly prohibited. Trademarks, service marks and logos displayed on the Site are the exclusive property of Pine Creek Land Trust unless otherwise stated and may not be used without the express written consent of Pine Creek Land Trust. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to Pine Creek Land Trust and its licensors. Content and features are subject to change or termination without notice in the editorial discretion of Pine Creek Land Trust.

Use of the Site/Forums

The Site may include bulletin boards, chat rooms, e-mails, and requests for information or other forums (“Forums”). Pine Creek Land Trust is not responsible for any material posted on the Forums, and it is a condition of your use of the Forums and the Site that you shall not upload, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish through such Forums any content which:

• Violates any law;
• Libels, defames, misleads, is obscene, hateful, racist, harassing, vulgar, pornographic, abusive, threatening, profane or indecent, including images and language;
• Infringes any intellectual property rights of a person or entity, including without limitation, violating a copyright or trademark or other proprietary right or derivative works with respect thereto;
• Violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material which is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights;
• In any way exploits any information, software or other material for commercial purposes or which contains advertising, promotion or marketing;
• Solicits gambling or engages in any gambling activity; contains a virus or other harmful component; advocates illegal activity; or
• Advertises or otherwise solicits funds or is a solicitation of funds for goods or services or solicits any illegal act.

Further, you agree to not use the Site and/or Forums to:

• Harm a person in any way;
• Misrepresent your affiliation with a person or agency or impersonate a person or agency, including Pine Creek Land Trust or its staff;
• Upload content that you do not have a right to transmit, including information from fiduciary relationships, such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements;
• Stalk or harass someone; or
• Use any function of the Site to collect or store personal data about other users unless Pine Creek Land Trust and the user(s) have authorized you to do so.

While Pine Creek Land Trust does not and cannot review every message posted by users in the Forums and is not responsible for the content of these messages, Pine Creek Land Trust reserves the right to delete, move, or edit messages that it, in its sole discretion, deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or unacceptable as set forth hereinabove or otherwise. You acknowledge that Pine Creek Land Trust reserves the right to, and may from time to time, monitor any and all information transmitted or received, for operational and other purposes. Use of the Site constitutes consent to such monitoring.

No Illegal Activity

You may not use the Site in any way that would considered illegal under any state, federal or international law that applies to your use of the Site. Pine Creek Land Trust may investigate complaints and reported violations of these Terms of Use. If we suspect illegal or inappropriate activity, we may report it to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other parties. We may disclose user information of anyone or any entity involved in that activity to the extent necessary, including, but not limited to: user profiles, e-mail addresses, usage history, submitted or uploaded materials, IP addresses, and traffic information. If possible, we will take reasonable steps to minimize the disclosure of confidential information of users who are not the target of the investigations, such as by redacting confidential information.

Other Prohibited Activities.

You further agree that you will not interfere with the Site or the servers and networks connected to the Site or disobey any requirement, procedure, policy or regulation of a network connected to the Site.

You must not use any part of the Site, its content or its underlying programs to:

• Decompile, extract or disassemble our source code;
• Copy, change, reproduce, republish, distribute, display, or transmit for commercial, non-profit or public purposes any part of the Site, its content or its software, except as allowed by other terms of these Terms of Use;
• Rent, lease, loan, sell, sublicense, or create derivative works from the Site, except as allowed by the terms of these Terms of Use;
• Use software or other method to monitor or copy our Site;
• Determine the Sites architecture or extract information about usage, users, or their identities; or
• Use, export, or re-export any part of the Site or its content in violation of U.S. export control laws.

Links to Third Parties

Pine Creek Land Trust is not necessarily affiliated with other websites that may be linked to the Site and is not responsible for their content (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites, even if co-branded with Pine Creek Land Trust’s logo are not under Pine Creek Land Trust’s control, are for your convenience only, and you access them at your own risk.

You may not create a link to the Site from another website for commercial purposes. Any links to the Site from other websites do not imply any affiliation between Pine Creek Land Trust and those other websites.

Pine Creek Land Trust cannot ensure that you will be satisfied with any services that may be promoted on the Site or that you may purchase from a Linked Site, since such products and services may be owned and operated by independent retailers. Pine Creek Land Trust does not endorse any of the products or services, nor has Pine Creek Land Trust taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or reliability of, any of the information contained in such advertisements or third-party sites. Pine Creek Land Trust does not make any representations or warranties as to the security of any information (including, without limitation, credit card and other personal information) you might be requested to give any third party, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim against Pine Creek Land Trust, its parent, affiliated companies, affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with respect to such sites. Pine Creek Land Trust strongly encourages you to make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties.

Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability

Your use and browsing of the Site is at your own risk. If you are dissatisfied with the Site, any of the Materials contained in the Site, or with any of these Terms and Conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using the Site.

To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall Pine Creek Land Trust, its parent, affiliates, or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, or any other party involved in creating or producing, or delivering this Site be liable for any special, direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of your access to, use of or inability to use, the Site. Pine Creek Land Trust is not responsible or liable for any damages to, or infections or contamination of your system, computer, equipment, or other property, or delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions arising out of your use of the Site or with respect to the Materials contained on the Site whether the Materials are provided or otherwise supplied by Pine Creek Land Trust or anyone else. In no event shall Pine Creek Land Trust’s total liability for all losses, damages, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort [including but not limited to negligence] or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing the Site. The Site and all Materials contained on it are distributed and transmitted “as is” without representations or warranties or guarantees of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. The entire risk as to the quality, accuracy, adequacy, completeness, correctness and validity of any Materials rests with you.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Pine Creek Land Trust, its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, 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 of Use.

This Site is controlled and operated by Pine Creek Land Trust from its offices in Connecticut, the United States of America. Pine Creek Land Trust makes no representations or warranties that Materials on this Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with any and all local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. No software from this Site may be downloaded, exported or re-exported into (or to a national or resident of) any countries that are subject to U.S. export restrictions.

Software from this Site is further subject to United States export controls and may not be downloaded by any person or entity prohibited by any U.S. law, rule, regulation or order or otherwise exported or re-exported into any country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods.