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TERMS OF USE and PRIVACY STATEMENT
INTRODUCTION
Teen Choices, Incorporated provides you with the resources on this site for your personal education and entertainment, but nothing on this site constitutes a recommendation for medical care, nor does Teen Choices, Incorporated make a warranty of any kind in terms of their appropriateness for individual online users. The mission of Teen Choices, Incorporated is to create programs and provide accurate educational information that can help young people make informed and responsible decisions especially regarding their health and particularly decisions pertaining to sexual relationships. Making healthy decisions is your responsibility, but make sure you visit a qualified health care provider for all medical evaluation, counseling, and services.
COPYRIGHT
The entire teenchoices.com web site, which is owned by Teen Choices, Incorporated, is protected by copyright under U.S. law. Certain articles or materials within the site are also separately copyrighted by Teen Choices, Incorporated as indicated. All rights reserved. If you find the materials useful, you may download, print out, or send a copy to another so long as each copy indicates the appropriate copyright notice - © 2002, Teen Choices, Incorporated - and is only for personal use. But it is absolutely prohibited to reprint or electronically reproduce any text, document, graphic, or audio or visual material in quantity or for commercial use. For special copyright permissions, or to purchase Teen Choices, Incorporated publications and products, please write to: Teen Choices, Incorporated, P. O. Box 4, Fowler, California 93625.
INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEB SITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL, LEGAL, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE.
Information provided or discussed on the teenchoices.com web site does not constitute medical, legal, or other professional advice, neither does any information provided or discussed in response to any questions received through e-mails or written correspondence constitute medical, legal or otherwise professional advice. The information contained in the teenchoices.com Web site or any transmission or response to a message from you, the sender, is not intended nor implied to qualify as medical advice, diagnosis of a medical condition or treatment for any medical condition. Any questions discussed on the teenchoices.com web site or through any e-mails should not be construed as psychological counseling or any emotional or mental health diagnosis or treatment. We are not medical professionals. Neither Teen Choices, Incorporated nor the teenchoices.com web site imparts, dispenses, or offers either directly or indirectly, medical advice as part of this service. Users should always visit or speak to a qualified health service provider in person before starting any new treatment or with any individual questions or concerns regarding a medical, psychological, mental, or emotional condition.
In addition, nothing from Teen Choices, Incorporated or the teenchoices.com web site is intended to be or constitutes legal advice, and users should always seek the advice of an appropriate attorney or professional regarding individual questions or concerns of a legal or professional nature.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIABILITY
Teen Choices, Incorporated assumes no liability for any diagnosis, treatment decision, or action taken based on information found on the teenchoices.com web site or any other web sites linked to it in any way. Teen Choices, Incorporated does not assume any responsibility for and is not liable for any risk for your use of the teenchoices.com web site or any other web site on the Internet.
Teen Choices, Incorporated does not make any express or implied warranties, representations, or endorsements in any way in connection with the teenchoices.com Web site, other web sites connected to the teenchoices.com web site by hyperlink, or the Internet in general (including without limitation, warranties of title or non-infringement, or the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose). It is understood by you, the user, except for information clearly identified as being from the Teen Choices, Incorporated, Teen Choices, Incorporated does not review, operate or control any material, information, products or services on the Internet, including electronic transmissions from other users or materials connected to the teenchoices.com web site through hyperlinks in any way.
All photographs of individuals on the teenchoices.com web site are for illustrative purposes only. These models have no connection to, nor do they necessarily endorse Teen Choices, Incorporated, its products, or its services.
Under no circumstances shall Teen Choices, Incorporated or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents be liable for injury, loss, claim, damage, or any incidental or consequential damages arising either directly or indirectly out of or in any way connected with the teenchoices.com web site, or any failure or delay in updating or including any information or materials on the teenchoices.com web site, or any use of or inability to use any materials on the teenchoices.com web site, even if Teen Choices, Incorporated has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this web site. Teenchoices.com has the right to rely on the information inputted from its users. (Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental and consequential damages, so the above exclusions may not apply to you.)
Furthermore, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless teenchoices.com, Teen Choices, Incorporated, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents from any and all losses, expenses, third-party claims, liability, damages and costs (including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees) arising from your use of the site or the violation of these Terms and Conditions.
YOUR PRIVACY ON TEEN CHOICES, INCORPORATED’S WEB SITE
We want this site to be a safe and private place for users. Teen Choices, Incorporated will do its part by collecting very little information from you and about you. As a matter of fact, if you write to us or send a submission to publish on the web site, only give your first name, age, sex, and city/state, but no other information which might reveal your identity. The only time you should submit your mailing address or e-mail address is if you wanted to purchase some sales merchandise. In this particular instance, you would have to provide contact information like your name and shipping address which would only be used to fill your order. If we have trouble processing your order, this information would be used to get in touch with you. Any tabulations of where our users are visiting the most may be compiled into statistics to inform us about your needs and interests. We also may share this statistical information with writers, Web site writers, media, and outside experts, to help us improve the site to meet the needs and interests of our users. However, obviously the names of any users will not be shared with or sold to any other individual or outside agency to insure your privacy.
Although teenchoices.com and Teen Choices, Incorporated will do all they can to protect the user’s privacy, we cannot protect the user once he or she leaves this web site, such as by hyperlink. So when a user visits other Web sites, the user should check each site’s privacy policy, and be careful about the information the user offers. In fact, if another site is collecting certain information that can identify a user and the user is under 13 years of age, the law may require that his or her parent(s) or guardian(s) provide written consent.
SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS BY USERS
When you submit a question, article or other materials to teenchoices.com web site, you are authorizing Teen Choices, Incorporated to read it, edit it and publish it on the web site, where it can be read all over the world and downloaded and copied. Do not submit anything if you do not want your question, article, or materials posted and read by others. Before posting any question, work or material to the Web site, Teen Choices, Incorporated will edit it to make the content clear and to protect your anonymity. Make sure before you submit anything to Teen Choices, Incorporated that you have removed any personal information that could be used to identify you or others mentioned in your submission. Teen Choices, Incorporated is not obligated to and makes no representation that it will publish any particular submission. All material you submit must be original work, and must not be copied from someone or something else. Once a submission is published on the web site, Teen Choices, Incorporated may take it down for any or no reason at all.
WAIVER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFECTIVE OR CONTAMINATED MATERIAL
Although Teen Choices, Incorporated makes every effort to ensure the correctness of data, Teen Choices, Incorporated disclaims responsibility for any errors or omissions, such as unintended inaccuracies or typographical errors, in the materials. You also understand that Teen Choices, Incorporated cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading through the service will be free of "infection" or "viruses," "worms," "Trojan horses," or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. Users are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy their particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a procedure outside of the teenchoices.com Web site for the reconstruction of any lost data. Use of the teenchoices.com Web site and the Internet generally is at the user's own risk.
LEGAL ACTIONS
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California, U.S.A., and you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of California. In the event that any portion of these terms and conditions is deemed by a court as invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute of law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to this Web site, or the use of this Web site, must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose and must be filed in a court in Fresno County, California, U.S.A.
USER RULES
In order to maintain an informative and valuable service that meets the needs of the viewers and avoids harm to others, it is necessary to establish and for you to follow these User Rules:
a. The user may download, print or transmit information from the teenchoices.com web site for personal, private use. However, the user must make sure that the proper copyright notice - ©2002, Teen Choices, Incorporated - is included on each copy transmitted or printed and in no case may the materials be reproduced in quantity or for commercial use without express, written permission from:
Teen Choices, Incorporated, P.O. Box 4, Fowler, California 93625.
b. Users may not submit or transmit any message that is libelous or defamatory, or violates any other person's copyright, privacy or publicity rights, trademark, trade secrets, or rights in other confidential information. The user indemnifies Teen Choices, Incorporated (i.e., the user is financially responsible to Teen Choices, Incorporated) for any and all damages suffered by third parties as a result of the user's violation of this paragraph.
c. Users may not submit or transmit any message, data, image, or program with the intent to threaten the safety of others or to cause others to feel that they are being threatened.
d. Teen Choices, Incorporated does not intend to discourage users from taking controversial positions or expressing vigorously what may be unpopular views. However, Teen Choices, Incorporated reserves the right to take such actions as it deems appropriate in cases where the site is inappropriately used to disseminate statements or materials that are reasonably construed as abusive, destructive, harmful, or threatening to the safety of others.
e. Users may not interfere with other users' use of the teenchoices.com web site, including, without limitation, disrupting the normal flow or use of the service.
f. Users may not post or transmit any file which contains "viruses," "worms," "Trojan horse" or any other contaminating or destructive features.
g. It is Teen Choices, Incorporated’s general policy to protect the privacy of the persons transmitting any messages to Teen Choices, Incorporated. However, Teen Choices, Incorporated reserves the right to reproduce and distribute part of or all of a message without compensation to the user so long as any identifying information is deleted.
Alloy.com
Why Alloy.com takes on the enormous responsibility of publishing a sex column:
All content on this page is created in direct response to questions raised by our users, or is generated by the users themselves.
We publish questions raised by our community, and do our best to offer informed opinions, facts and emotional support. We remind teens about the
important things to consider, while encouraging them to make responsible, safe decisions. We also provide a forum for teens to talk about issues they might be too embarrassed to bring up in real life, and a place where they can learn how to deal with these issues.
We feel that teens come to Alloy to learn something, to lend a hand, or to voice a particular point of view. The vast majority of users respect the community here. Still, we've taken major steps to monitor the site 24/7, and we use state-of-the-art filtering software to discourage harmful language.
Our editors also participate in conversations to help keep teens on track and to discourage irresponsible behavior.
Our hope is that the "Sex ?'s" column encourages teens to be more open with their concerns, fears, and questions, which in turn we hope will encourage more, and better, communication between teens and parents. If you have any more questions or comments, feel free to send them to
cs@alloy.com.
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