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NO MEDICAL ADVICE
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COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS/USE OF CONTENT
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TRADEMARKS
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LIABILITY OF THE FOUNDATION AND ITS LICENSORS
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INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Foundation and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, third-party information providers, licensors and others involved in the Foundation Web Site or the delivery of information via the Foundation Web Site, from and against any and all liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from any violation by you of this Agreement or your use of the Foundation Web Site or any or information obtained from this Web Site.

COMMENTS AND SUBMISSIONS
The Foundation welcomes your comments. All comments, suggestions or other information sent by you to this Web Site for internal use by the Foundation or in response to solicitations on this Web Site will become the Foundation's property, and you agree that all intellectual property rights therein are transferred to the Foundation.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES
The Foundation Web Site may contain links to other web sites on the Internet. The Foundation is not responsible for and does not endorse the content, products or services of any third-party web sites, and does not make any representations regarding the quality, content or accuracy of any third-party site. Your use of third-party web sites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such web sites.

COMPLIANCE
The owner of this Web Site is based in the State of Illinois, USA. The Foundation makes no representation that materials in this Web Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access this Web Site from other locations, you are responsible for complying with local laws.

CONTACT
Please contact us at Dermatology Foundation, 1560 Sherman Avenue, Suite 870, Evanston, IL 60201-4808 if you become aware of any content that may infringe the copyright of a third party or that you believe to be in violation of these Terms of Use.

MISCELLANEOUS
These Terms of Use shall be governed in all respects by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, USA, without regard to its conflicts of law principles. These Terms of Use, as they may be amended from time to time, completely and exclusively state the agreement between you and the Foundation with respect to the Foundation Web Site, and no other terms that may have been communicated to you orally or in any other manner shall have any force or effect. Any cause of action you may have with respect to the Foundation Web Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred. Exclusive jurisdiction over any cause of action arising out of these Terms of Use or your use of the Foundation Web Site shall be in the state or federal courts located in Chicago, Illinois. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts.

If any part of these Terms of Use is unenforceable, the unenforceable part shall be construed to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties. The other provisions of these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.

The Foundation's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of the provision. Neither a course of dealing or conduct between you and the Foundation nor any trade practices shall be deemed to modify these Terms of Use.

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