Terms of Use | Disclaimer

This Terms of Use Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and between “you,” the user of this website, also known as “2minutemedicine.com” (the “Site”), and 2 Minute Medicine, Inc., the owner and operator of the Site. Access to, use of and/or browsing of the Site is provided subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. By accessing, using and/or browsing the Site, you hereby agree to these terms and conditions.

This agreement contains warranty disclaimers and other provisions that limit the Site’s liability to you. Please read these terms and conditions carefully and in their entirety, as using, accessing and/or browsing the site constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to be bound to each and every term and condition set forth herein, please exit the site immediately and do not use, access and/or browse the site.

By entering the site, you acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand these terms and conditions, that the provisions, disclosures and disclaimers set forth herein are fair and reasonable, and that your agreement to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions is voluntary and is not the result of fraud, duress or undue influence exercised upon you by any person or entity.

Medical advice disclaimer

The Site and the services, information, content and/or data (collectively, “Information”) contained therein for informational purposes only. The Site does not provide any medical advice, and the Information should not be so construed or used. Using, accessing and/or browsing the Site and/or providing personal or medical information does not create a physician-patient relationship between you and the Author. Nothing contained in the Site is intended to create a physician-patient relationship, to replace the services of a licensed, trained physician or health professional or to be a substitute for medical advice of a physician or trained health professional licensed in your state. You should not rely on anything contained in the Site, and you should consult a physician licensed in your state in all matters relating to your health. You hereby agree that you shall not make any health or medical related decision based in whole or in part on anything contained in the Site.

Financial, legal and other advice disclaimer

You hereby acknowledge that nothing contained in the Site shall constitute financial, investment, legal and/or other professional advice and that no professional relationship of any kind is created between you and the 2 Minute Medicine, Inc. You hereby agree that you shall not make any financial, investment, legal and/or other decision based in whole or in part on anything contained in the Site.

Information disclaimer

The Information may be changed without notice and is not guaranteed to be complete, correct, timely, current or up-to-date. Similar to any printed materials, the Information may become out-of-date. The Author undertakes no obligation to update any Information on the Site; provided, however, that the Author may update the Information at any time without notice in the Author’s sole and absolute discretion. The Author reserves the right to make alterations or deletions to the Information at any time without notice.

Posting guidelines

The Site is open to the public. Therefore, consider your comments carefully and do not include anything in a comment that you would like to keep private. By uploading or otherwise making available any information to the Author in the form of user generated comments or otherwise, you grant 2 Minute Medicine, Inc  the unlimited, perpetual right to distribute, display, publish, reproduce, reuse and copy the information contained therein.

You are responsible for the content you post. You may not impersonate any other person through the Site. You may not post content that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, fraudulent, invasive of another person’s privacy rights, or is otherwise unlawful. You may not post content that infringes the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity. You may not post any content that contains any computer viruses or any other code designed to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any computer software or hardware.

By submitting or posting content on the Site, you grant 2 Minute Medicine, Inc and any company substantially under the control of 2 Minute Medicine, Inc,  the right to remove any content or comment that, in 2 Minute Medicine’s, Inc sole judgment, does not comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or is otherwise objectionable. You also grant 2 Minute Medicine, Inc and any company substantially under the control of 2 Minute Medicine, Inc  the right to modify, adapt, and edit any content.

Third party links and advertisements disclaimer

The Site may, from time to time, contain links to third party web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as a guarantee, warranty, or recommendation by the 2 Minute Medicine, Inc of the services, information, content and/or data on such third party web sites or as an indication of any affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement of such third party web sites. 2 Minute Medicine, Inc is not responsible for the content of linked third party web sites and does not make any representations or warranties regarding the privacy practices of, or the content or accuracy of materials on, such third party websites. If you decide to access linked third-party web sites, you do so at your own risk. Your use of third-party websites is subject to the terms of use for such sites.

The inclusion of third party advertisements does not constitute an endorsement, guarantee, warranty, or recommendation of, and the author makes no representations and/or warranties about, any product or service contained therein.

Advertising Disclosure:

We are a for profit website site that may receive compensation from the companies who place advertisements or affiliate links on 2minutemedicine.com.

We also use third party advertisements on 2minutemedicine.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

How to Opt Out: 

You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Use License

You are granted non-exclusive permission to view this Site solely for your own personal, noncommercial use, provided that you agree to and accept without modification the notices, terms and conditions set forth in this agreement.

Your use license does not include the right to copy some or all of the materials, data, or other information on this Site, for your personal use in papers, presentations or other works, even for educational uses.  Your rights are to use and view this Site “as is” as an educational reference site under these Terms and Conditions.

As a condition of your use of this Site, you warrant to us that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions.  If you breach any of these Terms and Conditions, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates, and you must immediately cease use of the site, including any materials that you may have previously printed.

Information Collected

This privacy policy applies only to the Site. Please note that the Site may contain links to other websites. For example, if you click on a link on the Site and link to another website, then this privacy policy will not apply to any information collected on that website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites.

What information the Site collects

Information you provide directly to us: 

You are not required to provide information directly to us in order to view the Site. However, when you use certain Site functions, such as when you register for subscription services or directly contact the Site, we may ask you to provide information, including:

  • contact information, such as name and email address;
  • username and password;
  • search queries conducted on the Site; and
  • correspondence you send to us.

Information automatically collected when you visit and interact with the Site:

When you visit and interact with the Site, certain anonymous information may be collected automatically by the web server hosting the Site, including:

  • your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address;
  • your browser type and operating system;
  • the web pages you were visiting immediately before and after you came to the Site;
  • web pages and advertisements that you view, and links that you click on, within the Site;
  • aggregated data about email click-through rates
  • standard server log information; and
  • information collected through HTML cookies and similar technologies.

Information we collect from other sources:

We do not collect information from any other sources

Who we share your data with: 

Data may be shared with 3rd party partners for the purpose of running the site, advertising, affiliate marketing, and other sales.

How long we retain your data:

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Any data previously described above is indefinitely retained but can be deleted by request.

What rights you have over your data: 

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Disclaimer of all warranties 

The Information made available at the Site is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of title, noninfringement, and implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Site makes no warranty, representation or guaranty as to the content, sequence, accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the Information, that the Information may be relied upon for any reason or that the Information will be uninterrupted or error free or that any defects can or will be corrected.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Site makes no representations or warranties with respect to any Information offered or provided within or through the Site regarding treatment of medical conditions, action, or application of medication.

Under no circumstances, as a result of your use of the Site, will the 2 Minute Medicine, Inc be liable to you or to any other person for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, exemplary, consequential or other damages under any legal theory, including, without limitation, tort, contract, strict liability or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, 2 Minute Medicine, Inc shall have absolutely no liability in connection with the Site for:

1. damages as a result of lost profits, loss of good will, work stoppage, failure of performance, delays in operation or transmission, nondelivery of information, deletions of files, mistakes, defects, errors, interruptions or computer failure or malfunction;

2. any loss or injury caused, in whole or in part, by the Author’s actions, omissions, or negligence, or for contingencies beyond the Author’s control, in procuring, compiling, or delivering the Information;

3. any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in the Information regardless of how caused, or delays or interruptions in delivery of the Information; or

4. any decision made or action taken or not taken in reliance upon the Information.

Reservation of intellectual property rights

The Site is protected by United States copyright laws. 2 Minute Medicine, Inc hereby reserves any and all intellectual property rights in the Site.

Age restriction

The Site is intended for persons eighteen (18) years or older. Persons under the age of eighteen (18) should not access, use and/or browse the Site.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold the Author harmless from any claim or demand, including attorneys’ fees, made by any third party as a result of (1) any content posted or made available by you on this Site, (2) any violation of law that occurs by you through the Site, and/or (3) anything you do using the Site and/or the Information contained therein.

Invalidity

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then that provision shall be deemed ineffective in such jurisdiction but shall have no effect on the enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Governing law, consent to jurisdiction and limitation on claims

This Agreement and your use of the Site, along with the Information contained therein, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Massachusetts without regard to conflict of laws principles, and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of courts in the State of Massachusetts. You further agree that any claims or causes of action arising out of or related to this Agreement and the Site, along with the Information contained therein, shall be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose, or such claim or cause of action shall be forever barred.

Entire agreement

You hereby acknowledge that this Agreement represents the entire understanding between you and the Author concerning your use of the Site and the Information contained therein.

Modification

The Author may, in the Author’s sole and absolute discretion, modify the terms and conditions of this Agreement in whole or in party at any time for any reason without any notice to you, whether prior or otherwise. Such modified terms and conditions shall supersede these terms and conditions and shall become binding when published online on the Site.

Waiver

The Author’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such right or provision.

Submitted Content, including Press Releases

You grant 2 Minute Medicine, Inc. its affiliates and related entities, including 2minutemedicine.com, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, exclusive right and license to use, copy, modify, display, archive, store, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works from all information you provide to us in any public area of 2minutemedicine.com, in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, you authorize 2 Minute Medicine, Inc to include the information you provide in a searchable format that may be accessed by users of 2minutemedicine.com and other web sites. You also grant 2 Minute Medicine, Inc and its affiliates and related entities the right to use your name and any other information about you that you provide in connection with its use and with the reproduction or distribution of such material, and also grant 2 Minute Medicine, Inc the right to use any material, information, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any communication you send to us for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information. All rights in this paragraph are granted without the need for additional compensation of any sort to you. Press Release subscriptions are non-refundable under any circumstances.

The Site and the information contained therein is made available by 2 Minute Medicine, Inc for educational purposes only and is not intended to provide medical advice. By accessing the site, you understand and acknowledge that there is no physician-patient relationship between you and the author. You further acknowledge your understanding that the site should not be used as a substitute for competent medical advice from a licensed physician in your state.