.: TERMS AND CONDITIONS

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. The following Terms and Conditions, as they may be modified from time to time ("Terms"), govern your use of the thejpdonline.net website (the "Site"). By accessing and using the Site, you acknowledge and accept the Terms. The Site is provided by The Editorial Council of the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry ("JPD") for your personal informational enjoyment, subject to the Terms. JPD may change the Terms from time to time and at any time, and without actual notice to you. By using the Site after we post any changes, you shall be deemed to have accepted those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them. If at any time you choose not to accept the Terms, please do not use the Site.

The Site and any communications service, including the capability to contribute material through a contribution form, chat room, message board, newsgroup, blog, or other interactive service that may be available to you on or through the Site (collectively, the "Services") are provided to you solely for your personal informational purposes. By using the Site and Services you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the subscription form, contribution form and/or any registration form. If any information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, JPD reserves the right to terminate your subscription and/or to refuse any and all current or future use of the Services.

Unless otherwise noted, all information, text, articles, data, images, screens, web pages or other materials appearing on the Site ("Materials") are the exclusive property of JPD unless a different ownership is indicated. You may make one copy of the Materials for your personal informational use only, provided that the copy includes each copyright or trademark notice or attribution as it appears on the pages copied, and provided the copy indicates the JPD copyright notice (see Intellectual Property Rights, below). The Materials may not otherwise be copied, displayed, distributed, downloaded, licensed, modified, published, reposted, reproduced, reused, sold, transmitted, used to create a derivative work or otherwise used for public or commercial purposes, except as provided in these Terms, without the express written permission of JPD. You may not use anything contained in the Materials in any manner that may give a false or misleading impression or statement. Nothing on this Site shall be construed as conferring any license of any intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise.

The Site Does Not Provide Medical Advice

The contents of the Site, such as text, graphics, images, information obtained from our licensors, and other material contained on the Site ("Content") are for informational purposes only. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the Site!

If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. WebMD does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Site. Reliance on any information provided by JPD, JPD employees, others appearing on the Site at our invitation, or other visitors to the Site is solely at your own risk.

WARNING: THE SITE MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION, PHOTOS AND/OR GRAPHICS THAT ARE UPSETTING, AND/OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE OR OFFENSIVE AND THEREFORE UNSUITABLE FOR MINORS AND OTHER SENSITIVE PERSONS. TO VIEW THE CONTENT AND THE SITE, YOU MUST BE OF LEGAL ADULT AGE IN YOUR JURISDICTION AND YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT THE VIEWING, READING, AND/OR DOWNLOADING OF THE CONTENT AND ACCESSING THE SITE DOES NOT VIOLATE THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS OF YOUR LOCALITY, CITY, TOWN, COUNTY, STATE, PROVINCE, COUNTRY OR OTHER COMMUNITY TO WHICH YOU BELONG AND/OR FROM WHICH YOU ACCESS THE SITE. THE USE OF THE SITE AND THE CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU HEREBY ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES OF ACCESSING THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ON THE SITE.

Prohibited Acts

You may not use the Site or Services to:

  • Upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or otherwise transmit any information, data, text, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content") that:
    • is unlawful, harmful, threatening, embarrassing, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, or hateful, or that contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts;
    • Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
    • Constitutes another’s proprietary or confidential information including that learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements;
    • Infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, moral right, personal right, or other proprietary rights of any party;
    • Constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
    • Contains software viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or any other similarly destructive activity, or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;
  • "Stalk" another;
  • Harm minors in any way;
  • Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a JPD official, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
  • Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted to or through the Site;
  • Act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in the Site or Services;
  • Engage in any activity that is contrary to or which would adversely affect the purpose or intention of the Site or Services including but not limited to, actually or attempting to manipulate, corrupt or otherwise affect the outcome of the Services, in whole or part, by, among other methods, subscribing another party without their authorization or registering multiple subscriptions under the same or different names;
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks related to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Services;
  • Harvest, collect or store information about the users of the Site or the Content posted by others on this Site or use such information for any purpose inconsistent with the purpose of this Site, or in violation of any law, or for the purpose of transmitting or facilitating transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail or communications; or
  • Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law.

Materials and Content Submitted

You understand and acknowledge that:

  • JPD is not responsible for Content submitted to JPD or posted to the Site by users;
  • JPD does not pre-screen, monitor, review, or edit the Content posted by users;
  • JPD may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
    • comply with legal process;
    • enforce the Terms;
    • respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or
    • protect the rights, property, or personal safety of JPD, its users, or the public’
  • You may not rely on any information, data, text, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other Materials created by JPD or Content submitted to JPD;
  • The views expressed on the Site do not necessarily reflect the views of JPD;
  • JPD does not support or endorse Content posted or submitted by you or any user or Materials (whether or not edited by JPD or its designee or presented on the Site edited or unedited, in whole or in part, or alone or with other content);
  • Materials you view, and Content you submit or post is at your own discretion and risk, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content or Materials;
  • JPD and its designees have the right (but not the obligation) at their sole discretion to refuse or to remove any Content, in whole or part, that in JPD's judgment, does not comply with the Terms or is otherwise undesirable, inappropriate, or inaccurate, however, JPD is not responsible for any failure, non-failure, or delay in removing such Content;
  • You will remain responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of submitted Content or other communication to JPD;
  • You will not upload or transmit any communications or Content of any type to the Site that infringes or violates the rights of any party;
  • You will only upload media (such as photos, videos or audio) that you have taken yourself or that you have all rights to transmit and license;
  • You will not submit any media or Content that contains personally identifiable information (like name, phone number, email address) of you or anyone else without written permission;
  • By uploading any media or Content on the Site, you warrant that you have permission from all persons appearing in such media or Content for you to make this contribution and grant the rights described in the Terms;
  • You will immediately notify JPD of any unauthorized use of the Services or any other breach of security known or suspected by you;
  • The technical processing and transmission of the Site, including Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. JPD assumes no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store postings, contributions or other information submitted by you or other users, and any or all Content or Materials on the Site may be purged periodically in JPD's sole discretion.

Restrictions On Use of Materials

This Site is intended for personal informational purposes only. Except as expressly permitted, you agree not to use the Site for sale, trade or other commercial purposes, and, you may not modify, copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt or in any way exploit the Content or Materials on the Site without JPD’s prior written consent. To seek our permission, you may write to us at the email address provided. Unless permission is granted by us and by all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property, you may not change or delete any author attribution, trademark, legend, or copyright notice. You agree to abide by all copyright notices or other restrictions contained on the Site.

Submissions and Confidential Materials

While we welcome your comments and feedback regarding the Site, JPD is under no obligation to respond to all pieces of correspondence received through the Site, to maintain your submitted comments in confidence, or to pay compensation of any kind for your comments or submissions. We do not wish to receive any confidential or proprietary ideas, suggestions, materials, or information via the Site or any e-mail connection or otherwise. Any information or material submitted or sent to JPD, or submitted to or via the Site, will be deemed not to be confidential or secret. All unsolicited comments, feedback, ideas, suggestions, and other submissions that are disclosed or submitted to us shall become and remain the property of JPD. Any such submission by you is a declaration of the full release of all proprietary claims, confidentiality, and intellectual property rights regarding your submission.

You should note that the security of Internet email is uncertain. By sending sensitive or confidential email messages that are not encrypted, you agree to accept the risks of such uncertainty and possible lack of confidentiality over the Internet.

User's Grant of License

By communicating with JPD, including submitting or sending Content or other information or material to or via the Site, you grant JPD the royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, publish, and display such Content (in whole or part), including any information, suggestions, ideas, drawings, or concepts contained in such Content, vzand to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You will remain responsible for the accuracy, intellectual property compliance, legality, decency, any any other aspect of Content you submit or other communication by you to JPD. You also warrant that all "moral rights," “personality rights,” right of privacy and right of publicity in each such submission and Content have been waived.

Linked Sites

You may be able to link to third parties' websites ("Linked Sites") from the Site. JPD reserves the exclusive right, at its sole discretion, to add, change, decline, or remove, without notice, any feature and any link to the Linked Sites and/or to introduce different features or links to different users. The fact that another party has linked to the Site does not necessarily mean that such link has been approved by JPD. Linked Sites are not reviewed, controlled, or examined by JPD in any way, and JPD is not responsible for the content, availability, advertising, products, or other materials on or pertaining to such Linked Sites. JPD provides the links to you only as a convenience and the inclusion of any such link on the Site does not imply JPD's endorsement of the Linked Sites, the organization operating such Linked Sites, or any products or services of that organization. Your linking to any other websites is entirely at your own risk.

Under no circumstances will JPD be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on any other website. It is your sole responsibility to comply with the appropriate terms of service of the Linked Sites as well as with any other obligation under all laws including copyright, secrecy, defamation, decency, privacy, and export laws. In no event shall JPD be liable, directly or indirectly, to anyone for any loss or damage arising from or occasioned by the creation of links or your use of the Linked Sites or the information or material accessed through the Linked Sites. You should direct any concerns to the Linked Sites’ administrator or webmaster.

To seek JPD’s permission to link to the Site, you may write to JPD. We reserve the right, however, to rescind any permission granted by us to link through any type of link, and to require termination of any such link to the Site, at our discretion at any time.

WARNING: THE SITE AND THE LINKED SITES MAY CONTAIN CONTENT AND GRAPHICS THAT CONTAIN UPSETTING AND/OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE OR OFFENSIVE MATERIAL UNSUITABLE FOR MINORS AND OTHER SENSITIVE PERSONS. IF YOU ENTER THE SITE OR THE LINKED SITES, YOU ASSERT THAT YOU ARE OF LEGAL ADULT AGE IN YOUR JURISDICTION TO VIEW SUCH MATERIALS AND THAT THE VIEWING, READING, AND/OR DOWNLOADING OF CONTENT FROM THE SITE OR THE LINKED SITES DOES NOT VIOLATE THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS OF YOUR LOCALITY, CITY, TOWN, COUNTY, STATE, PROVINCE, COUNTRY, OR OTHER COMMUNITY TO WHICH YOU BELONG, AND/OR FROM WHICH YOU ACCESS THE SITE AND THE LINKED SITES. YOU HEREBY ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES OF ACCESSING THE SITE AND THE LINKED SITES.

Intellectual Property Rights

This Site is protected by the copyright and other laws of the United States. Unless otherwise specified, all materials contained in this Site are the copyrighted property of JPD and its affiliates or licensors. The copyright notice shall not be removed. The Site and Materials are protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Title thereto remains with JPD or its licensors. Any use thereof not expressly permitted by the Terms is a breach of the Terms and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. The Materials and the Site are subject to change or termination without notice in the editorial discretion of JPD. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to JPD and its licensors.

If you violate any of the Terms, your permission to use the Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Materials or the Site.

The following trademarks belong to the Company and may only be used with the written permission of the Company: JPD (stylized) and THE JOURNAL OF PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY, both Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

All other trademarks and service marks that appear on the Site or in the Content or Materials are the property of their respective owners and are used solely to refer to those companies’ goods and services. Address any inquiries concerning usage of the JPD trademarks, copyrights, or designs to the email address given on this Site.

As between JPD and you, JPD or its licensor(s) is the sole owner of all Materials and Content on the Site, and U.S. and non-U.S. copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights pertaining thereto. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Terms, no portion of the Site, the Content or Materials may be used, displayed, duplicated, modified in any way, distributed to or used by another, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of the owner. You may, however, print a copy of individual screens appearing as part of the Site solely for your personal informational, non-commercial use, provided that all trademarks, copyright notices and other legends that appear on the copied screens remain on the screen copies, that the copyright notice “© 208-2010 JPD, All Rights Reserved” appears on all pages of any such copy, and provided such notices are not removed from the printed or stored images of the screen copies. All title and intellectual property rights in and to the content of the Linked Sites are the property of the respective content owner and may be protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent, trademark, copyright or other property of ours or any third party, nor any right, title or interest in or to any portion of the Site, or the copyright therein.

Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting your privacy and security and have explained in detail the steps we take to do so. We urge you to read our Privacy Policy.

Parental Permission

This Site is not intended to be a children's site; therefore, some of the available information may concern certain topics that may not be appropriate for children. JPD may, at its discretion, require users under 18 to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian to view certain content, and JPD may limit access to certain content to users above a specified age. You agree to abide by any such restrictions and not to help anyone avoid these restrictions.

Disclaimer Of Warranties

THE SITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," "WHERE IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, JPD SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (i) ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, APPROPRIATENESS, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, USEFULNESS, OR OTHERWISE OF THE CONTENT OF THE SITE OR SERVICES; AND (ii) ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY THE SITE, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, DEFAMATION, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AS A RESULT OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) ANY ERROR, OMMISSION, DELETION, OR DEFECT IN ITS CONTENT; (2) ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE; OR (3) ANY THEFT, DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF THE SITE OR CONTRIBUTED CONTENT. JPD DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE (1) THAT ANY PORTION OF THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF INFECTION BY VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, OR ANYTHING ELSE MANIFESTING CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES; OR (2) THAT ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.

JPD DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES REGARDING YOUR USE OR THE RESULTS ACHIEVED BY SUCH USE. As a visitor to and user of this Site, you must assume full responsibility for any costs associated with servicing of equipment used in connection with use of this Site.

APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

The use of the Site and the Content and Materials is at your own risk. The information contained herein is intended, but not promised or guaranteed to be, correct, complete, and up-to-date. Without limiting the foregoing, JPD, its licensors and suppliers make no representations or warranties concerning either the accuracy, reliability, completeness and timeliness of the Content, Materials, information on the Site, software, text, graphics, links, or communications provided on or through the use of the Site; or the satisfaction of any government regulations requiring disclosure of information on medical products or the approval or compliance of any software tools with regard to the Content and Materials contained on the Site.

Limitation Of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL JPD, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SPONSORS, ADVERTISERS, PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS, OR ASSIGNS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR: (i) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE AVAILABILITY, USE, RELIANCE ON, OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, EVEN IF JPD OR ITS AGENTS SHALL HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE; OR (ii) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN, OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE SITE.

BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, JPD’s LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS COMPREHENSIVE AND APPLIES TO ALL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, INCOME OR PROFIT, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES.

YOU HAVE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADEQUATE PROTECTION AND BACKUP OF DATA AND/OR EQUIPMENT USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SITE AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY CLAIM AGAINST JPD FOR LOST DATA, RE-RUN TIME, INACCURATE OUTPUT, WORK DELAYS OR LOST PROFITS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE. AS A VISITOR TO AND A USER OF THIS SITE, YOU, IN EFFECT, AGREE THAT ALL ACCESS AND USE OF THIS SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Indemnification

Upon a request by JPD, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold JPD, its affiliates, officers, directors and employees harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising in any way from your use or misuse of the Site or Services, or the uploading, posting, publishing, e-mailing, reproduction, distribution, or transmission of any Content or other materials by you or users authorized by you, or any violation of these Terms by you or users authorized by you. JPD reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with JPD in asserting any available defense.

Copyrights and Take Down Procedure

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and require that the people who use the Site do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please forward the following information to the email address identified in the Site:

  • Your username, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
  • A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
  • A description of where the alleged infringing material is located;
  • A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  • An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; and
  • A statement by you made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Removal in Error-Counter Notice

If your Content was removed through the procedure described above, and you believe that it was removed in error, we suggest that you first try to contact the rights owner directly. If the rights owner agrees that a mistake was made, ask the rights owner to email us and we will allow you to resubmit your Content.

You may have the option of filing a Counter Notice with us if you feel that your Content was removed in error and you have not been able to come to an agreement with the rights owner. A Counter Notice is a form we provide in compliance with the requirements of the federal law known as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The form is a legal document that requires you to certify under penalty of perjury that your Content was not infringing and was removed by mistake. Please read this form carefully, so you fully understand what you agree to if you choose to submit it to us.

If you are interested in filing a Counter Notice, please email us at the address given, and provide us with the additional information regarding your appeal. Once a valid Counter Notice is submitted, we will provide a copy of the notice to the reporting party and will advise them that the Content will be reinstated after 10 business days if we do not hear from the reporting party that it has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain you from re-posting the Content.

Our Email Address

You may email us at ____@thejpdonline.net.

Applicable Laws / Jurisdiction

Please remember that, although the Internet is global in scope and this page can be read from anywhere in the world, we do not necessarily conduct business in the jurisdiction where it is being read.

You agree that the laws of the State of Michigan, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, shall govern these Terms. Please note that your use of the Site may be subject to other local, state, national, and international laws. You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with JPD or relating in any way to your use of the Site resides in the courts of the State of Michigan, and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of Michigan, in connection with any such dispute and including any claim involving JPD or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers, and content providers.

Provisions unenforceable or invalid

If any part of this agreement is held invalid or unenforceable in a given jurisdiction, that portion shall be construed in that jurisdiction in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect in that jurisdiction.

Complete Agreement

These Terms represent the entire understanding relating to the use of this Site and prevail over any prior or contemporaneous, conflicting or additional, communications. JPD reserves the right to revise these Terms at any time without notice by updating this posting.

Assignment

You shall not transfer, assign, sublicense, nor pledge in any manner whatsoever, any of your rights or obligations under this Agreement. JPD may transfer, assign, sublicense, or pledge in any manner whatsoever any of its rights and obligations under this agreement to a subsidiary, affiliate, or successor thereof, or to any third party whatsoever, without notifying you or receiving your consent.

If you have any questions about this policy or our site in general, please contact us at the email address given.

JPD WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy is effective February 23, 2010. By using the thejpdonline.net website (the "Site"), you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept these changes. Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to us at: __@thejpdonline.net.

Our Commitment

We respect your concern about privacy. This Privacy Policy will tell you how we protect your personal information, and will describe the choices you have concerning our use of such information. Please read this policy carefully. We may need to change this policy from time to time in order to address new issues and reflect changes on our site. We will post changes here.

Online Information Gathering

Information collected online is often defined as being either “personally identifiable” (which lets us know the specifics of who you are, such as your name, e-mail address or postal address) or “anonymous” (which is information that cannot be tied back to a specific individual).

Personally Identifiable Information

The choice of how much of your personally identifiable information is disclosed to us is left completely up to you. By using our site, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information by us.

The only way we know something about you is when you use our Site, or you voluntarily disclose your information such as a credit card number, address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, demographic, and other personal and financial information when you email or otherwise communicate with us.

We may use your personal information for purposes such as providing and improving our services, responding to your requests, servicing your account, providing you with products, services or information you may request, communicating with you, informing you about new products and services that may be of interest and to improve the Site. We may collect the following types of information.

(1) We receive and store information that you provide to us. When you purchase products or services from our Site, register with or become a member of the site, participate in a site offering, or request information from us, you provide us with personal information, such as first and last name, home address, email address, telephone number, social security number, username, password, other unique identifiers, gender, birth date, financial information such as credit card number, credit card expiration date, purchase history and other purchase data, areas of interest, offers that you may be interested in receiving, demographic information (such as income level).

(2) We track, receive and store certain information based on your use of our site. For example, we may use cookies on certain pages of our site. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies enable us to collect and provide you with information targeted to your interests. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, and you can choose to delete any cookies you receive.

When visiting any Internet site your unique address, called an “IP address,” is recorded. The amount of information about users made available from their IP addresses varies greatly, for instance depending on how they are connected to the Internet. We do not release any information about the collection of this address to any third parties. We archive the logging of IP addresses for security reasons.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We do share selected information with our marketing partners, advertisers, and other third parties under limited conditions as part of normal business operations and to meet legal requirements and regulatory requirements of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and other agencies. We may invite third parties to participate in offering products and services to our customers. To opt-out of these offers, please contact us as indicated above.

If we or any of our assets are acquired by a third party, personal information acquired by us may be one of the assets transferred to the third party.

If you are a California resident, you have a legal right to request and receive in writing or by email the names and addresses of all third parties who received your personally identifiable information during the previous calendar year and a list of the types of personally identifiable information disclosed to such third parties. To request such information, please email us as indicated above. We will not honor such request more than once per calendar year.

Opt-Out Policy

You may opt out of receiving communications from us and opt-in and opt-out of receiving communications from our marketing partners, advertisers and other third parties. If you have subscribed to our service and wish to stop receiving any future communications from us, please email us as indicated above. These unsubscribe options are also included in email communications that we send to you. If you wish to stop receiving communications from any of our marketing partners, advertisers, or other third parties you must communicate with them directly.

Security of Information

We use technical safeguards to protect the security of information you provide to us, including encryption, firewalls, and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. You should never share your password with anyone.

Children
Our site is not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from, children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use this site under the supervision of your parents or guardians.

Changing Your Information

You may review and request changes to any of your personal information collected through the site by sending us an email as indicated above.

Anonymous Information

We collect and archive basic logging for site statistics. These log files show the daily number of visitors to our site and its subdirectories, the daily requests we receive for particular files, what server locations those requests come from, including from which countries, as well as the domain name of the server or browser accessing the Site. These aggregated statistics are primarily used internally to provide better service to the public, but may also be provided to others.

Non-disclosure

We do not sell, rent, lend or give personally identifiable information collected from you on the Site to marketers. Although unlikely, we may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personally identifiable information. In these cases, we will provide this information as and to the extent we have determined that the disclosure of any such information is appropriate.

Cookies

We do not utilize identification numbers stored in a file on your computer (“cookies”). Cookies by themselves cannot be used to find out the identity of any user.

Links

Users will find links to other sites or services on the Site. Although we initially visit the sites or services that are linked to the Site, we do not control the content or links that appear on these sites. In addition, these sites or services, including their contents and links, may be constantly changing. The fact that we have made these links available to you is not an endorsement or recommendation to you by the JPD. We provide these links only as a convenience.

Other companies linked to this site may collect information about you when you view their websites or click on their links. We cannot control this collection of information. You should contact these content providers directly if you have any questions about their use of the information they collect. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies, or no policy at all. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third party sites or services before providing any of them with your personal information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such third party websites.

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