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Last Updated: September 2023
North Star Fertility Partners, LLC
The following terms and conditions (“Terms of Service”) govern you, personally or on behalf of an entity (“you” and “your”), with respect to your access to and use of all North Star Fertility Partners, LLC websites, mobile applications, social media pages and other technologies we own and operate, including in connection with our third-party partners (hereinafter, “North Star Fertility Partners, LLC”, “we”, “us” and “our”) and from which these Terms of Service are linked (collectively, the “Sites”). By visiting our Sites, you engage in our “Services” and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. The Services are offered only for your personal, non-commercial use. Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Sites from time to time, are hereby expressly incorporated into these Terms of Service by reference.
Please review the Terms of Service carefully. The Terms of Service include provisions waiving your right to pursue any class, group or representative claim against us and requiring you to resolve certain disputes through individual arbitration. See Section 15 below for more information.
1. Agreement to Terms.
These Terms of Service apply to all users of our Sites. If you do not agree with these Terms of Service, please do not use our Sites.
2. Changes to these Terms of Service.
We reserve the right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service from time to time at our sole discretion by posting updates and/or changes to the Terms of Service on our Sites. It is your responsibility to check the Terms of Service periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our Sites following the posting of any such changes to the Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of those changes.
3. Login and User Information.
In order to use certain features of the Sites, you must create an account with us and log in to such account by providing your email address, password (collectively, “Login Information”). The collection of this information is in accordance with our privacy practices found in our Privacy Policy.
You are solely responsible for all activities conducted through your account, whether or not you authorize the activity. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for restricting access to your devices. We shall not be liable for any loss that you incur as a result of someone else using your Login Information either with or without your knowledge. You may be held liable for any losses incurred by us, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives due to someone else’s use of your Login Information.
We reserve the right to terminate your account or to refuse Services to you, without prior notice to you, at any time and for any or no reason.
4. Eligibility.
You hereby represent and warrant that you are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties set forth in these Terms of Service and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Service. We host our Sites globally and by accessing them, you are representing and warranting that you are of the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction as is required to access and use such Sites. You further represent that you are otherwise legally permitted to use the Content (as defined below) in your jurisdiction. You further represent that you are responsible for ensuring compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction and acknowledge that we are not liable for your compliance or failure to comply with such laws. You further represent and warrant that all funds or assets used by you have been lawfully obtained by you in compliance with all applicable laws.
5. Content.
The content on the Sites (“Content”), including the trademarks and all logos contained therein are owned by or licensed by us and are subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under applicable laws. Content includes, without limitation, all source code, databases, functionality, software, websites designs, audio, video, text, chats, photographs, graphics, names, images, and voiceprints. All graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are registered trademarks, common law trademarks or trade dress of ours or our partners. These trademarks and trade dress may not be used, including as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in connection with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission.
Except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Service, you may not reproduce, distribute, adapt, modify, translate, create derivative works from, publish or otherwise use any portion of the Content for any purpose without express prior written permission from us or the applicable rights holder. Any commercial exploitation of the Content without express prior written permission from us or the applicable rights holder is strictly prohibited.
Content on the Sites is provided to you on an “AS IS” basis for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, aggregated, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Sites and Content.
Any reliance on Content is at your own risk. We reserve the right to modify the Content at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our Sites.
6. User Contributions.
Our Sites allow you to upload certain assets and Personal Information (refer to Privacy Policy) of your own creation, as well as use chat and video messaging services to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit to other users various content and materials (“User Contributions”). All User Contributions must comply with and are subject to these Terms of Service, including the requirements of Section 8 below.
By using the Sites, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers), transferable right and license to use, reproduce, publicly display, distribute and adapt the publicly shared User Contributions for the purposes of developing, distributing, providing, improving, and promoting the Services, our Sites, our activities, and your publicly shared User Contributions. You further grant us the right to use your name and trademarks, if any, in connection with our use of your publicly shared User Contributions. You also agree that any information included in your User Contributions may be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
You represent and warrant that:
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You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license above to us and our licensees, successors, and assigns;
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All of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Service.
You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not North Star Fertility Partners, LLC, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness. You are solely responsible for ensuring that any User Contributions you submit to the Sites comply with any applicable laws and third party rights, including but not limited to any intellectual property rights, privacy rights and publicity rights. North Star Fertility Partners, LLC always has the right, in its sole discretion, to accept or reject any User Contributions for any or no reason. We are not responsible or liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Sites.
7. Errors, Inaccuracies & Omissions.
Occasionally there may be information on our Sites or in the written and verbal Services that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to medical procedures, diagnoses, pricing, promotions, offers, and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update any information in the Sites or Services or on any related websites if it is inaccurate at any time without prior notice.
We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information in the Sites or Services or on any related website, except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date applied in the Sites or Services or on any related website should be taken to indicate that all information in the Sites or Services or on any related website has been modified or updated.
8. Prohibited Conduct.
You agree to use the Sites and Services only for purposes that are legal, proper and in accordance with these Terms of Service and any applicable laws, rules or regulations. You are prohibited from using the Sites, Services, or User Contributions:
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for any unlawful purpose;
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to promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful acts;
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to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts;
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to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances;
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to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others;
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to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability;
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to submit false or misleading information;
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to upload or transmit any material or content that attempts to falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your identity or affiliation with a person or entity;
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to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Sites or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet;
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to upload or transmit any material or content that is pornographic, threatening, harassing, libelous, hate-oriented, harmful, defamatory, racist, xenophobic, or illegal;
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to upload or transmit any material or content that is inappropriate for families or otherwise suitable only for adults;
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to upload or transmit material or content that promotes, provides, or relates to instructional information about illegal activities or promotes physical harm or injury against any individual or group;
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to upload or transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation;
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to collect or track the personal information of others;
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to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape;
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for any obscene or immoral purpose; or
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to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Sites or any related website, other websites, or the Internet;
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to decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, copy, transfer, or otherwise use the Services, Content, and Sites, except as permitted by these Terms.