Terms of Use
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
TERMS OF USE
Effective as of April 29, 2011
TERMS OF USE
Effective as of April 29, 2011
Welcome to www.mhm.org (the “Site”) the website and online presence of Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. of South Texas, Inc. (“Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.”, “MHM”, “we”, or “us”)
THE TERMS OF USE SET FORTH BELOW (THE “TERMS“) GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE SITE VIA THE INTERNET, THE WORLD WIDE WEB, MOBILE NETWORKS, OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION METHODS NOW KNOWN OR IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPED. IN CONSIDERATION FOR ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OF THE SITE, YOU (“YOU“, “YOUR”, “USER”, OR, COLLECTIVELY, “USERS”) AGREE TO READ THE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS, AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS. THE TERMS ARE A LEGAL CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND MHM, AND GOVERN YOUR ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OF THE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS, CLOSE THE SITE DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND DO NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE WWW.MHM.ORG OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE.
I. Definitions.
a. “Affiliate” means any business entity with which MHM has a business or contractual relationship, including, but not limited to, agents, partners, associates, and parent or subsidiary entities.
b. “Content” means any intellectual property, data, or communications Transmitted via the Site by MHM or Users including, but not limited to, articles, audio, blog postings, comments, documents, editorial content, featured site profiles, files, images, listings, logos, messages, music, photos, postings, questions and answers, ratings, recommendations, reviews, sounds, site profiles, tags, text, trademarks, or videos.
c. “MHM Content” means Content Transmitted by MHM.
d. “MHM Technology” means the past, present and future intellectual property comprising the Site, including, but not limited to, all software, code processes, algorithms, user interfaces, know-how, techniques, organization, designs, text, images, photographs, illustrations, audio or video material, artwork, graphic material, podcasts, advertising copy, databases, proprietary information, all copyrightable or otherwise legally protectable elements of the Site and all other tangible or intangible materials related to, displayed, performed, or distributed on the Site and the Site itself, including, but not limited to, the selection, sequence, “look and feel”, and arrangement of items on the Site, and all MHM trademarks, domain names, patents, and other intellectual property.
e. “Transmit” means uploading, submitting, posting, distributing, downloading, disseminating, receiving, or otherwise making available Content.
f. “User” means an individual who accesses and/or uses the Site.
g. “User Content” means any Content Transmitted by Users.
h. “Your Content” means any Content You Transmit via the Site.
II. Age Requirement. THE SITE IS NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN. IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, THEN YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE AT ANY TIME OR IN ANY MANNER. BY USING THE SITE, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDED OR REMOVED FROM THE SITE.
III. Privacy. MHM respects Your privacy and is committed to protecting the personally-identifiable information we collect from all Users as You access and/or use the Site via the internet, the world wide web, mobile networks, or any other communication methods now known or in the future developed. Your use of the Site is governed by the Site’s Privacy Policy, and is hereby incorporated into the Terms of Use by reference. Please read this notice carefully for information related to MHM’ collection, use, and disclosure of Your personal information.
IV. Change of Terms of Use. MHM or an Affiliate may modify, alter, or otherwise update the Terms at any time. Such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms. Your continued access to and/or use of the Site constitutes Your agreement to all such modifications.
V. Personal Non-Commercial Use Only. Content on the Site and in MHM related emails are provided to You at Your convenience. This Content is available only for Your personal non-commercial use and all other use is prohibited, unless otherwise stipulated in a separate agreement between You and MHM.
VI. MHM Content. Unless otherwise noted, all Content on the Site is MHM Content and is owned, controlled, or licensed by MHM and is protected by copyright, trademarks, service marks, and/or other intellectual property rights. You agree that You shall acquire no rights in MHM Content unless otherwise noted in writing by MHM. You may not copy, reproduce, frame, republish, download, upload, post, transmit, distribute, hyperlink, or exploit MHM Content for commercial use in any way without the prior written consent of MHM. You may not take any of the following actions or encourage others to take the following actions: 1) use the Site to increase traffic to Your website for commercial reasons, such as advertising or sales; 2) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Site’s infrastructure; 3) “scrape” the Site, or use any bot, spider, scraper, data miner, or automated agent to access and/or or use the Site or gain access to and/or use any Content on the Site; 4) take Content from the Site and reformat and display said Content, or mirror and/or frame any pages of the Site on any other website; or 5) attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any Content. You acknowledge that if You violate this provision of the Terms, in addition to all other remedies available to MHM, we will be entitled to liquidated damages in the amount of $10,000. You agree and acknowledge that these liquidated damages are a fair and accurate estimate of MHM‘s actual damages resulting from a breach of this provision and shall not be construed as penalty or punitive damages against you.
THE TERMS OF USE SET FORTH BELOW (THE “TERMS“) GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE SITE VIA THE INTERNET, THE WORLD WIDE WEB, MOBILE NETWORKS, OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION METHODS NOW KNOWN OR IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPED. IN CONSIDERATION FOR ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OF THE SITE, YOU (“YOU“, “YOUR”, “USER”, OR, COLLECTIVELY, “USERS”) AGREE TO READ THE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS, AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS. THE TERMS ARE A LEGAL CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND MHM, AND GOVERN YOUR ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OF THE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS, CLOSE THE SITE DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND DO NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE WWW.MHM.ORG OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE.
I. Definitions.
a. “Affiliate” means any business entity with which MHM has a business or contractual relationship, including, but not limited to, agents, partners, associates, and parent or subsidiary entities.
b. “Content” means any intellectual property, data, or communications Transmitted via the Site by MHM or Users including, but not limited to, articles, audio, blog postings, comments, documents, editorial content, featured site profiles, files, images, listings, logos, messages, music, photos, postings, questions and answers, ratings, recommendations, reviews, sounds, site profiles, tags, text, trademarks, or videos.
c. “MHM Content” means Content Transmitted by MHM.
d. “MHM Technology” means the past, present and future intellectual property comprising the Site, including, but not limited to, all software, code processes, algorithms, user interfaces, know-how, techniques, organization, designs, text, images, photographs, illustrations, audio or video material, artwork, graphic material, podcasts, advertising copy, databases, proprietary information, all copyrightable or otherwise legally protectable elements of the Site and all other tangible or intangible materials related to, displayed, performed, or distributed on the Site and the Site itself, including, but not limited to, the selection, sequence, “look and feel”, and arrangement of items on the Site, and all MHM trademarks, domain names, patents, and other intellectual property.
e. “Transmit” means uploading, submitting, posting, distributing, downloading, disseminating, receiving, or otherwise making available Content.
f. “User” means an individual who accesses and/or uses the Site.
g. “User Content” means any Content Transmitted by Users.
h. “Your Content” means any Content You Transmit via the Site.
II. Age Requirement. THE SITE IS NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN. IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, THEN YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE AT ANY TIME OR IN ANY MANNER. BY USING THE SITE, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDED OR REMOVED FROM THE SITE.
III. Privacy. MHM respects Your privacy and is committed to protecting the personally-identifiable information we collect from all Users as You access and/or use the Site via the internet, the world wide web, mobile networks, or any other communication methods now known or in the future developed. Your use of the Site is governed by the Site’s Privacy Policy, and is hereby incorporated into the Terms of Use by reference. Please read this notice carefully for information related to MHM’ collection, use, and disclosure of Your personal information.
IV. Change of Terms of Use. MHM or an Affiliate may modify, alter, or otherwise update the Terms at any time. Such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms. Your continued access to and/or use of the Site constitutes Your agreement to all such modifications.
V. Personal Non-Commercial Use Only. Content on the Site and in MHM related emails are provided to You at Your convenience. This Content is available only for Your personal non-commercial use and all other use is prohibited, unless otherwise stipulated in a separate agreement between You and MHM.
VI. MHM Content. Unless otherwise noted, all Content on the Site is MHM Content and is owned, controlled, or licensed by MHM and is protected by copyright, trademarks, service marks, and/or other intellectual property rights. You agree that You shall acquire no rights in MHM Content unless otherwise noted in writing by MHM. You may not copy, reproduce, frame, republish, download, upload, post, transmit, distribute, hyperlink, or exploit MHM Content for commercial use in any way without the prior written consent of MHM. You may not take any of the following actions or encourage others to take the following actions: 1) use the Site to increase traffic to Your website for commercial reasons, such as advertising or sales; 2) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Site’s infrastructure; 3) “scrape” the Site, or use any bot, spider, scraper, data miner, or automated agent to access and/or or use the Site or gain access to and/or use any Content on the Site; 4) take Content from the Site and reformat and display said Content, or mirror and/or frame any pages of the Site on any other website; or 5) attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any Content. You acknowledge that if You violate this provision of the Terms, in addition to all other remedies available to MHM, we will be entitled to liquidated damages in the amount of $10,000. You agree and acknowledge that these liquidated damages are a fair and accurate estimate of MHM‘s actual damages resulting from a breach of this provision and shall not be construed as penalty or punitive damages against you.
