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The information in this website is presented for the educational and free exchange of ideas and speech in relation to health and wellness only. It is not intended to diagnose any physical or mental condition, or to prescribe or promote any particular product(s). It is not intended as a substitute for the advice and treatment of your preferred health care practitioner. In the event that you use the information for your own health, or for your pets, TheHolisticOption.com assumes no responsibility. TheHolisticOption.com is neither a legal counselor, nor a health practitioner, nor a veterinarian, and makes no claims in this regard. Reference or links on TheHolisticOption.com to any non-government entity, product, service, or information do not necessarily constitute endorsement or recommendation. TheHolisticOption.com is not responsible for the contents of any "off-site" web pages linked or referenced omnTheHolisticOption.com. You are welcome to follow the links and visit the various websites and determine for yourself if the products and/or information are for you.
The Site Does Not Provide Medical Advice
The contents of TheHolisticOption.com Site, such as text, graphics, videos, information obtained from TheHolisticOption.com Advisory Board, and other material contained on TheHolisticOption.com Site ("Content") are for informational purposes only. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional healthcare advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your preferred qualified health practitioner with any questions you may have regarding a health condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the TheHolisticOption.com Site.
If you think you may have a medical emergency, call 911 immediately. TheHolisticOption.com does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, practitioners, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Site. Reliance on any information provided by TheHolisticOption.com, employees of TheHolisticOption.com, others appearing on the Site at the invitation of TheHolisticOption.com, or other visitors to the Site is solely at your own risk.
The Site may contain health- or medical-related materials related to sexual health. If you find these materials offensive, you may not want to use our Site.
Advertisements, Searches, and Links
TheHolisticOption.com may provide links to third-party websites. TheHolisticOption.com also may select certain sites as priority responses to search terms you enter and TheHolisticOption.com may agree to allow advertisers to respond to certain search terms with advertisements or sponsored content. TheHolisticOption.com does not recommend and does not endorse the content on any third-party websites. TheHolisticOption.com is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, videos framed within TheHolisticOption.com Site, third-party sites provided as search results, or third-party advertisements, 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. TheHolisticOption.com does not endorse any product or service advertised on the Site.
Advertising Standards
TheHolisticOption.com shares the vales and mission of those in the holistic (complementary and alternative) medicine field, which include respect, cooperation, harmony ,environmental consciousness, and support of sustainable practices. All advertising submitted to TheHolisticOption.com must conform to ethical standards including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Absolutely no material is permitted that is offensive in any way regarding race, creed, culture, gender or sexual orientation.
2. Absolutely no sexually explicit material or material involving human or animal cruelty is allowed.
3. Absolutely no material is permitted that advertises pharmaceutical drugs or tobacco products.
4. We are committed to maintaining the very highest standards for advertising, however, we are not responsible for our advertisers, their products or services.
For further questions or information on advertising standards please e-mail us at advertise@TheHolisticOption.com.
Passwords
TheHolisticOption.com has several features that allow you to record and store information. You are responsible for taking all reasonable steps to ensure that no unauthorized person shall have access to your passwords or accounts. It is your sole responsibility to (1) control the dissemination and use of activation codes and passwords; (2) authorize, monitor, and control access to and use of your account and password; (3) promptly inform TheHolisticOption.com of any need to deactivate a password. You grant TheHolisticOption.com and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of the Site the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store, and use your information in connection with the operation of the Site. TheHolisticOption.com cannot and does not assume any responsibility or liability for any information you submit, or your or third parties' use or misuse of information transmitted or received using TheHolisticOption.com features and services.
Membership Services
If you choose to become a member of one of TheHolisticOption.com's subscription services, the following additional terms of use will apply depending on which service you choose. You are using the subscription services at your own risk and you are personally responsible for verifying its suitability for your needs.
For Practitioner, Schools and Advertisers: You are responsible for providing a valid credit card number at the time you register for membership on the Site. You represent and warrant that you are an authorized user of such credit card, and you agree to pay all charges resulting from your membership account at the prices then in effect, including any unauthorized charges incurred prior to your notifying TheHolisticOption.com of such charges. Additional information about how we use information collected during credit card transactions can be seen within our Privacy Privacy. All membership charges are exclusive of sales or other taxes. TheHolisticOption.com reserves the right to modify or terminate registration/membership options or change membership fees at any time with at least thirty (30) days' notice.
Public Areas
If you use a public area, such as a discussion forums, natural remedies feedback section, or blogs, you are solely responsible for your own communications, the consequences of posting those communications, and your reliance on any communications found in these areas. TheHolisticOption.com is not responsible for the consequences of any communications in public areas. In cases where you feel threatened or believe someone else is in danger, you should contact your local law enforcement agency immediately.
While on the public areas of the Site, you agree to adhere to our standards of proper behavior and common courtesy, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Do Not use any explicit, vulgar, or obscene language.
2. Do Not use any racially, ethnically, or socially offensive language.
3. Do Not encourage, incite, or plot any illegal activity.
4. Do Not verbally attack, harass, or otherwise annoy any other members.
5. Do Not post or request personal information from anyone under 18.
6. Do Not misrepresent yourself as part of TheHolisticOption.com staff, or another organization to which you are not a member.
7. Do Not post or link to sexually explicit or otherwise offensive material when participating in forums and blogs, and please stay on the topic.
Furthermore, in consideration of being allowed to use the public areas, you agree that the following actions shall constitute a material breach of these Terms of Use:
1. Using a Public Area for any purpose in violation of local, state, national, or international laws;
2. Posting material that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others;
3. Posting material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by TheHolisticOption.com in its sole discretion;
4. Posting advertisements or solicitations of business;
5. After receiving a warning, continuing to disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, or posting comments that are not related to the topic being discussed (unless it is clear the discussion is free-form);
6. Posting chain letters or pyramid schemes;
7. Impersonating another person;
8. Distributing viruses or other harmful computer code;
9. Harvesting or otherwise collecting information about others, including email addresses, without their identification for posting or viewing comments;
10. Allowing any other person or entity to use your identification for posting or viewing comments
11. Posting the same note more than once or "spamming"; or
12. Engaging in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the public area or the Site, or which, in the judgment of TheHolisticOption.com, exposes TheHolisticOption.com or any of its customers or suppliers to any liability or detriment of any type.
TheHolisticOption.com reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following:
1. Record the dialogue in public chat rooms.
2. Investigate an allegation that a communication(s) do(es) not conform to the terms of this section and determine
in its sole discretion to remove or request the removal of the communication(s).
3. Remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive, or that otherwise fail to conform with these Terms of Use.
4. Terminate a user's access to any or all public areas and/or TheHolisticOption.com Site upon any breach of these Terms of Use.
5. Monitor, edit, or disclose any communication in the public areas.
6. Edit or delete any communication(s) posted on TheHolisticOption.com Site, regardless of whether such communication(s) violate these standards.
TheHolisticOption.com has no liability or responsibility to users of the Site or any other person or entity for performance or non-performance of the aforementioned activities.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold TheHolisticOption.com, its officers, directors, employees, agents, 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.
Jurisdiction
You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with TheHolisticOption.com, or in any way relating to your use of the TheHolisticOption.com Site, 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 State of New York in connection with any such dispute including any claim involving TheHolisticOption.com or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, and content providers.
These Terms of Use 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 of Use 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 of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term.
Copyright
If you believe any materials accessible on or from the Site infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access thereto) from this web site by contacting the copyright and privacy department of TheHolisticOption.com (identified below) and providing the following information:
1. Identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed. Please describe the work, and where possible include a copy or the location (e.g., URL) of an authorized version of the work.
2. Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and its location. Please describe the material, and provide us with its URL or any other pertinent information that will allow us to locate the material.
3. Your name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address.
4. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. A statement that the information that you have supplied is accurate, and indicating that "under penalty of perjury," you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
6. A signature or the electronic equivalent from the copyright holder or authorized representative.
The Holistic Option, Inc.
Attn: Dept. of Copyright and Privacy
P O Box 993
Nyack, NY 10960
Complete Agreement
These Terms of Use and TheHolisticOption.com Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and TheHolisticOption.com with respect to the use of the TheHolisticOption.com Site, and Content.
Thank you for your understanding. We hope you find TheHolisticOption.com Site user-friendly and comprehensive. Questions or comments regarding this website, including any reports of non-functioning links, should be submitted to info@TheHolisticOption.com or via U.S. mail to: The Holistic Option, Inc., P O Box 993, Nyack, NY 10960.