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Section 1. General Disclaimer. No Medical Advice
The content on the www.diabetopaedia.com site is presented in a summary form, is general in nature, and is provided for informational purposes only. The content is neither a substitute nor intended in any way to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or any other qualified health practitioner for any questions that you may have regarding a medical condition. Neither the content nor any other service offered by or through www.diabetopaedia.com or the www.diabetopaedia.com Site is intended to be indicative of medical diagnosis or treatment. Never disregard medical advice or delay in seeking it based on something you have read on the www.diabetopaedia.com Site. www.diabetopaedia.com does not recommend or associate or endorse any specific test, products, or procedures that may be mentioned on the Site. Any opinions expressed on the Site are the opinions of the authors. www.diabetopaedia.com does not assume any liability for the contents of any material provided on the Site. Reliance on any information provided by www.diabetopaedia.com, its health experts, or other visitors to the Site is solely at your own risk. www.diabetopaedia.com assumes no liability or responsibility for damage or injury to persons or property arising from any use of any product, information, idea, or instruction contained in the materials provided to you. www.diabetopaedia.com reserves the right to change or discontinue, at any time, any aspect or feature of this Site. It is understood that the Internet contains unedited materials, some of which are sexually explicit and may be offensive to you. You access this material at your own risk. www.diabetopaedia.com, its licensors and its suppliers have no control over, and accept no responsibility whatsoever for such materials.

Section 2. DIABETOPAEDIA.COM's Position on your privacy
www.diabetopaedia.com recognizes the premium you place on privacy protection on the Internet. Our employees share the same concern. Working together, we strive to protect your privacy, including Personal information that you share with us during the process of registration with the site.
A Member's or User's access to and use of the www.diabetopaedia.com Site or services constitutes information voluntarily given by the Member or User. www.diabetopaedia.com does not prompt any member or user to share their personal information.
Use of Registration Information: Personally identifiable information of individual Members and Users will not be sold or otherwise transferred to third parties without the Member's or User's prior consent. www.diabetopaedia.com stores the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer when you visit out site.
This information is only used to create broad demographic summaries of where our Members and Users come from. However, www.diabetopaedia.com may use registration information and other voluntarily submitted information in the following ways:
* To provide our editors with information that is useful in developing new features and services for www.diabetopaedia.com Members and Users.
* To provide advertisers with aggregate, never individual, information about our Member base and User usage patterns.
* To allow us to potentially vary advertising based on Member and User preference and
* For other useful purposes at the discretion of the management
www.diabetopaedia.com reserves the right to perform statistical analysis and profiling of Member and User behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such information. www.diabetopaedia.com may sometimes permit third parties to offer subscription and / or registration-based services through www.diabetopaedia.com. In this event, www.diabetopaedia.com is neither directly nor impliedly responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties and Members and Users should check the applicable privacy policy of such party before providing personally identifiable information.
Voluntary Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information on Chat Rooms and other Interactive Area: Subscribers and Users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information (for example, user name, e-mail address) on the chat areas of www.diabetopaedia.com, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the Subscriber's or User's communication, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of www.diabetopaedia.com and we take no responsibility for such or similar actions of third parties.
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Section 3. Use of Content; Copyright
DIABETOPAEDIA.COM wholly owns all programs, services, processes, designs, software, technologies, trademark, trade names, inventions and materials comprising DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, and all services offered by Experts or others on DIABETOPAEDIA.COM. The copyright to DIABETOPAEDIA.COM as well as the intellectual property contained thereon vests wholly and completely in DIABETOPAEDIA.COM. Upon acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, DIABETOPAEDIA.COM authorises you to view or download a single copy of the material on this website solely for your personal, non-commercial use.
The contents of the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site, such as text, graphics, images and other material including software licensed by DIABETOPAEDIA.COM to permit Users to access the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site (Content), are protected by copyright under both Indian and foreign laws, and title to Content shall not pass to you or any other User. Unauthorised use of the Content may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. None of the Content may be reverse-engineered, disassembled, recompiled, reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, re-transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photo reproduction, recordation or otherwise), resold or redistributed without the prior written consent of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM.
For information obtained from DIABETOPAEDIA.COM's licensors, you are solely responsible for compliance with any copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and restrictions and are referred to the publication data appearing in bibliographic citations, as well as to the copyright notices appearing in the original publications. You may not sell or modify the Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute or otherwise use the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.
Content is subject to change without notice at the editorial discretion of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM. If you violate any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the Content automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Content.

Section 4. Company's Liability; Disclaimer of Consequential Damages
The Content comes from sources believed to be accurate, but may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. DIABETOPAEDIA.COM makes no representations about the results to be obtained from using the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site or the Content. The use of the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site and the Content is at your own risk.
You acknowledge that in connection with the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site, information will be transmitted over local Exchange Interexchange and Internet Backbone Carrier Lines and through routers switches and other devices owned, maintained and serviced by third party local exchange and long distant carriers, utilities, internet service providers and others, all of which are beyond the control and jurisdiction of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM and its suppliers. Accordingly, DIABETOPAEDIA.COM assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption or corruption or distortion of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site.
The DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site and the content are provided on an "As Is " basis without any warranties of a kind. DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, its licensors, and its suppliers, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Disclaim all warranties, either express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of their parties' rights, and fitness for particular purpose. DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, its licensors, and its suppliers make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, correctness or timeliness of the content, software, text, graphics, links or communications provided on or through the use of the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site or DIABETOPAEDIA.COM. DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY THAT THE content contained on the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site satisfied government regulation requiring disclosure of information on prescription drug products.

Section 5. User submissions
Except as described herein, any communication, which you post on the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site, is considered to be non-confidential. You agree that you will not upload or transmit any communications that infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party. By submitting communications to any part of this Site, you automatically grant - or warrant that the owner of such Content has expressly granted - DIABETOPAEDIA.COM a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform and display the communication alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses.
You represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and that you possess the legal right and ability to enter into this Agreement and to use DIABETOPAEDIA.COM in accordance with this Agreement. You agree to be financially responsible for your use of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM (as well as for use of your account by others, including minors living with you) and to comply with your responsibilities and obligations as stated in this Agreement.
It is possible the number you use to connect to DIABETOPAEDIA.COM may be a long distance telephone number and may result in long distance charges billed to you by a third party. You agree to pay any charges you incur by using a long distance telephone number to connect to DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, including those that may be billed to you by a third party.
You must pay all taxes due as a result of your use of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, including taxes on your purchase of goods and services from Merchants including VAT, sales and other applicable taxes.
You must promptly notify DIABETOPAEDIA.COM of changes to: (a) your account or membership number; (b) your address. You must also promptly notify DIABETOPAEDIA.COM if you become aware of a potential breach of security, such as the unauthorised disclosure or use of your Member identification, user name or password.
You acknowledge that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, as a result of your use of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM or your DIABETOPAEDIA.COM membership. You agree not to hold yourself out as a representative, agent or employee of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, and that DIABETOPAEDIA.COM will not be liable by reason of any representation, act or omission to act by you.

Section 6. Use of Interactive Areas
DIABETOPAEDIA.COM may provide Interactive Areas on the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site. If you use an Interactive Area, you are solely responsible for your own communications and the consequences of posting those communications. DIABETOPAEDIA.COM does not assume any responsibility for the consequences of any Interactive Area communications on arising from use of the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site cases where you feel threatened or believe someone else is in danger, you should contact your local law enforcement agency immediately.
In consideration of being allowed to use the Interactive Areas, you agree that the following actions shall constitute a material breach of these Terms and Conditions.
1. Use of an Interactive Area for any purpose in violation of local, state, national, or international laws;
2. Post material that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others;
3. Post material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another Member or any other person or entity as determined by DIABETOPAEDIA.COM at its sole discretion.
4. Post advertisements or solicitations of business;
5. After receiving a warning, continue to disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, or post comments that are not related to the topic being discussed (unless it is clear the discussion is free form);
6. Post chain letters or pyramid schemes;
7. Impersonate another person;
8. Allow any other person or entity to use your identification to post or view comments.
9. Post the same note more than once (The online word for posting many times on one topic is "spamming". Spamming is strictly prohibited); or
10. Engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Interactive Areas, or which, in the judgement of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, exposes DIABETOPAEDIA.COM or any of its customers or suppliers to any liability or detriment of any type.
DIABETOPAEDIA.COM reserves the right to record the dialogue in public chat rooms. DIABETOPAEDIA.COM does not screen communications in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by Members or any other person or entity. If notified by a Member of communications(s) which are alleged not to conform to the terms of this Section, DIABETOPAEDIA.COM may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole discretion to remove or request the removal of the communication(s). DIABETOPAEDIA.COM reserves the right to remove communications which are abusive, illegal, disruptive, or other otherwise fail to conform with these Terms and Conditions. In addition to the removal rights described above, DIABETOPAEDIA.COM reserves the right to terminate a Member's access to any or all Interactive Area upon Member's breach of these Terms and Conditions. DIABETOPAEDIA.COM reserves the right (but is not obligated) to edit or delete any communication(s) posted on the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site, regardless of whether such communication(s) violate these standards for content.
Furthermore, DIABETOPAEDIA.COM reserves the right (but is not obligated to monitor, edit, or disclose any type of posting on the Interactive Areas for adherence to the Terms and Conditions, if required during the course of normal operation and maintenance of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM or if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such is necessary to: (i) comply with the law or comply with legal process served; (ii) protect and defend the rights of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM its Licensors and suppliers (iii) act in an emergency to protect the personal safety of our guests or the public. DIABETOPAEDIA.COM has no liability or responsibility to subscribers or any other person or entity for performance or non-performance of the aforementioned.

Section 7 - Links to Other Sites
The DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site contains links to third party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by DIABETOPAEDIA.COM of the content on such third-party websites. DIABETOPAEDIA.COM is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or the accuracy of materials on such third-party websites. If you decide to access linked third-party websites, you do so at your own risk. Your use of third-party websites is subject to the Terms and Conditions of use of such sites.

Section 8 - Advertisements
The DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site contains advertisements by third parties, and these advertisements may contain links to other websites. Unless otherwise specifically stated DIABETOPAEDIA.COM does not endorse any product or make any representation regarding the content or accuracy of any materials contained in, or linked to, any advertisement on the DIABETOPAEDIA.COM Site.

Section 9 - Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, harmless from and against any claim, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your use of the Content (including Software), or the Interactive Areas in a manner that violates or is alleged to violate these Terms and Conditions, DIABETOPAEDIA.COM shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall reasonably cooperate with you, at your expense, in your defence of any such claim, suit or proceeding.

Section 10 - Jurisdiction
You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, or in any way relating to your membership or DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, resides in the courts of the State of Tamil Nadu and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of person jurisdiction in the courts of the State of Tamil Nadu in connection any such dispute including any claim involving DIABETOPAEDIA.COM or it affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, direct telecommunication providers and content providers.
You also expressly agree that notice given to DIABETOPAEDIA.COM will be by conventional mail. Notices to DIABETOPAEDIA.COM by conventional mail must be sent to DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, M 10, 19th Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Chennai - 600086, INDIA. In any matter requiring DIABETOPAEDIA.COM's prior consent, such consent will be considered given only if sent by conventional mail and signed by an authorised representative of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM.

Section 11 - General
You acknowledge that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, as a result of your use of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM or your DIABETOPAEDIA.COM membership. You agree not to hold yourself out as a representative, agent or employee of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM, and that DIABETOPAEDIA.COM will not be liable by reason of any representation, act or omission to act by you.
DIABETOPAEDIA.COM's performance under this Agreement is subject at all times to existing laws and legal process and nothing contained in this Agreement is in derogation of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM's right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to a Member's use of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM or information provided to or gathered by DIABETOPAEDIA.COM with respect to such use.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between DIABETOPAEDIA.COM and you with respect to your use of DIABETOPAEDIA.COM and your DIABETOPAEDIA.COM membership, and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between DIABETOPAEDIA.COM and you with respect thereto.
It is at the express wish of the parties that this agreement and all related documents have been drawn up in English and the parties hereby confirm that they have clearly understood all the terms and conditions of this agreement and their implications with reference to them.