Terms of Use
AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND Professional Formation
The Professional Formation Web Site is comprised of various Web pages operated by Drexel University.
The Professional Formation Web Site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without
modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the Professional
Formation Web Site constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.
MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE
Professional Formation reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under
which the Professional Formation Web Site is offered, including but not limited to the charges
associated with the use of the Professional Formation Web Site.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The Professional Formation Web Site may contain links to other Web Sites ("Linked Sites").
The Linked Sites are not under the control of Professional Formation and Professional Formation
is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained
in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Professional Formation is not responsible
for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site.
Professional Formation is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion
of any link does not imply endorsement by Professional Formation of the site or any association
with its operators.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of the Professional Formation Web Site, you warrant to
Professional Formation that you will not use the Professional Formation Web Site for any
purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.
You may not use the Professional Formation Web Site in any manner which could damage,
disable, overburden, or impair the Professional Formation Web Site or interfere with any
other party's use and enjoyment of the Professional Formation Web Site. You may not obtain
or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally
made available or provided for through the Professional Formation Web Sites.
USE OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES
The Professional Formation Web Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas,
news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or
communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large
or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"), you agree to use the Communication
Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to
the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree
that when using a Communication Service, you will not:
• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
• Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
• Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
• Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
• Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
• Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
• Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
• Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
• Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
• Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
• Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent.
• Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
Professional Formation has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Professional
Formation reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any
materials in its sole discretion. Professional Formation reserves the right to terminate your
access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.
Professional Formation reserves the right at all times 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 Professional Formation's sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children
in any Communication Service. Professional Formation does not control or endorse the content, messages or
information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, Professional Formation specifically disclaims
any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in
any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized Professional Formation spokespersons, and
their views do not necessarily reflect those of Professional Formation.
Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage,
reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you
download the materials.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO Professional Formation OR POSTED AT ANY Professional Formation WEB SITE
Professional Formation does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Professional Formation
(including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Professional Formation Web
Site or its associated services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting,
providing or submitting your Submission you are granting Professional Formation, its affiliated companies
and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their
Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly
display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your
name in connection with your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein.
Professional Formation is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and
may remove any Submission at any time in Professional Formation's sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent
that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section
including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or
submit the Submissions.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PROFESSIONAL
FORMATION WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED
TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. PROFESSIONAL FORMATION AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR
CHANGES IN THE PROFESSIONAL FORMATION WEB SITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE PROFESSIONAL
FORMATION WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS
AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.
PROFESSIONAL FORMATION AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY,
RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS,
SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE PROFESSIONAL FORMATION WEB SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES
AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. PROFESSIONAL
FORMATION AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL PROFESSIONAL FORMATION AND/OR ITS
SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF
OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE PROFESSIONAL FORMATION WEB SITE, WITH THE DELAY
OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROFESSIONAL FORMATION WEB SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO
PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH
THE PROFESSIONAL FORMATION WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE PROFESSIONAL FORMATION WEB
SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF PROFESSIONAL
FORMATION OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME
STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE
Professional Formation WEB SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO
DISCONTINUE USING THE PROFESSIONAL FORMATION WEB SITE.
SERVICE CONTACT:
info@ProfessionalFormation.org
TERMINATION/ACCESS RESTRICTION
Professional Formation reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the
Professional Formation Web Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.
GENERAL To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of
Washington, U.S.A. and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in San Mateo
County, California, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Professional
Formation Web Site. Use of the Professional Formation Web Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that
does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this
paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists
between you and Professional Formation as a result of this agreement or use of the Professional
Formation Web Site. Professional Formation's performance of this agreement is subject to existing
laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Professional
Formation's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements
relating to your use of the Professional Formation Web Site or information provided to or gathered by
Professional Formation with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be
invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty
disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision
will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of
the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise
specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Professional
Formation with respect to the Professional Formation Web Site and it supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and
Professional Formation with respect to the Professional Formation Web Site. A printed version of this
agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative
proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent an d subject to the same
conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES:
All contents of the Professional Formation Web Site are: Copyright ©2020 Drexel University College of
Medicine. All rights reserved.
TRADEMARKS
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of
their respective owners.
The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are
fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person,
or event is intended or should be inferred.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed
copyright infringement under United States copyright law should be sent to Service Provider's
Designated Agent. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL RECEIVE NO RESPONSE.
See Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.