Please read this notice carefully. It regulates your use of YRoswell and all material within it. You must agree to all terms of this Agreement to become a member of the YRoswell community.
This website is not intended for use by children under the age of thirteen (13). No one under the age of 13 is allowed to provide any personal information or use our public discussion areas or message boards. Minors between the ages of 13 and 17 affirm that they have obtained the permission of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) to use this website. Minors must also get their parents’ permission before making purchases, participating in a survey or contest or subscribing to our newsletter.
This site is owned and operated by Roswell Park Cancer Institute ("RPCI"). RPCI may, it its sole discretion and at any time, modify or discontinue this web site or specific portions thereof. No portion of the web site or its contents may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way.
YRoswell does not provide medical advice and it is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis and treatment. You should always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with respect to any question that you may have regarding a medical condition.
YRoswell does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions or other information that may be mentioned on this site. Reliance on any information provided by RPCI, it employees or other visitors to this site is solely at your own risk.
You do not have to be a YRoswell Member to use this Site. Membership is free and is open to legal U.S. residents who are 13-29 years of age. If you are not registered with us, please click here to register and become eligible for all of the features.
To register, you must provide us with your name, address, email address and other information that we may ask for from time to time ("Registration Data"). You will also be asked to select a password which, along with your email address (or user name) will serve to identify you as a Member each time you visit the Site and allow you to access your account.
You agree to provide (i) true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the registration form, and (ii) maintain and properly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or RPCI has reasonable grounds to suspect that you have, we have the right to suspend or terminate your membership and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site and the Services (or any portion thereof). Members must immediately notify RPCI of any known or suspected unauthorized use of a Member's account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of Member's password. Each Member is responsible for the confidentiality of their user name and password and all usage or activity on their account, including use of the account by any third party (which is prohibited), whether or not such use is authorized by the Member or the result of the Member authorizing a third party to use the Member's username and password.
For information on how RPCI uses and protects the personally identifiable information that you may provide on this web site, Yroswell Privacy.
All comments, suggestions, graphics, ideas, and other information or materials you submit to RPCI through this web site will become and remain the exclusive property of RPCI, including any future rights associated with such submissions, even if these Terms and Conditions of Use are later modified or terminated. This means that you disclaim any proprietary rights in such submissions, and you acknowledge RPCI an unrestricted right to use them (or materials or ideas similar to them) in any medium, now and in the future, without notice, compensation or other obligation to you or any other person. It also means RPCI has no obligation to keep your submissions confidential. By submitting any information or materials to this web site, you agree that their use by RPCI will not infringe any other person’s rights.
You agree to abide by the following code of conduct:
You agree not to reproduce, retransmit, disseminate, sell, distribute, perform, display, publish, broadcast, circulate, create new works from, or commercially exploit the Services (including the content and information made available through the Services), in whole or in part, in any manner, without the express written consent of RPCI, nor to use the content or information made available through the website for any unlawful purpose.
Your membership in this community and access to the community web site is solely at the discretion of RPCI and may be revoked at any time without cause and without notice. Failure to follow the terms of this Agreement or the Privacy Policy will result in the termination of your membership.
The contents of this web site are protected by copyright under United States laws. Title to the contents belongs to RPCI or its licensors. Any use of the contents not expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions of Use are strictly prohibited. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved for RPCI and its licensors.
This web site (including any graphics, software, recommendations or other materials) and its content are provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, RPCI disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. RPCI does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the materials in this web site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. The materials in this web site could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. These materials could be inaccurate or become inaccurate as a result of developments occurring after their respective dates. RPCI undertakes no obligation to verify or maintain the currency of such information.
RPCI endeavors to maintain this web site and its operation, but is not, and cannot be, responsible for the results of any defects that may exist in the web site or its operation. As to the operation of the web site, RPCI expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to all implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. RPCI makes no warranty that (i) the operation of the web site will meet the user's requirements; (ii) access to the web site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, free of viruses, worms, or other harmful components, or free of defects or errors; (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the web site will be accurate or reliable; or (iv) defects will be corrected. You (and not RPCI) assume the entire cost of all servicing, repair, or correction that may be necessary for your computer equipment and software as a result of any viruses, errors or any other problems whatsoever you may have as a result of visiting this web site.
Under no circumstances shall RPCI be liable for any damages or injury, including any direct, special, incidental, consequential, punitive or other damages, that may result from the use of, or the inability to use, the web site or any materials in this site, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of the website or information available in the web site. RPCI shall not be liable even if RPCI or a RPCI authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. These include but are not limited to damages or injury caused by error, omission, interruption, defect, failure of performance, delay in operation or transmission, line failure or computer virus, worm, or other harmful component.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold RPCI, its officers, directors and employees, agents, licensors and suppliers harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities or settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your violation of these Terms and Conditions.
You may not post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. RPCI will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing RPCI to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials. RPCI may also disclose such information if it has a good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of RPCI, its customers or the public.
Any disputes arising under or related to these Terms and Conditions of Use (whether for breach of contract, tortious conduct or otherwise) will be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflicts of law principles. Any legal actions, suits or proceedings arising out of these Terms and Conditions of Use (whether for breach of contract, tortious conduct or otherwise) will be brought exclusively in the state courts of New York or the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, and you hereby accept and submit to the personal jurisdiction of these New York courts with respect to any legal actions, suits or proceedings arising out of these Terms of Use. You also waive to the fullest extent permitted by law any right to a trial by jury in any action, suit or proceeding brought to enforce, defend or interpret any right or remedies under, or arising in connection with or relating to, these Terms and Conditions of Use.
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall be found to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
No failure on the part of RPCI to enforce any part of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall constitute a waiver of any of RPCI rights under these Terms and Conditions of Use whether for past or future actions on the part of any person. Neither the receipt of any funds by RPCI nor the reliance of any person on RPCI actions shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any part of these Terms and Conditions of Use. Only a specific, written waiver signed by an authorized representative of RPCI shall have any legal effect whatsoever.
We may change or revise these Terms and Conditions of Use from time to time by updating this posting. Please visit this area each time you visit the web site to keep up to date with the current terms regarding your use of the web site. Your use of the web site reaffirms your continuing agreement to the then-current Terms and Conditions of Use.