Terms of Use & Privacy Statement
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING WWW.AKYMA.COM
TERMS OF USE
The Akyma website ("Site") is owned and operated by Akyma Pharmaceuticals LLC ("Akyma").
Access to the Site is conditioned upon your acceptance and compliance with the terms,
conditions, and disclaimers contained in this document and elsewhere on the Site
(collectively known as "Terms of Use"). Akyma reserves the right to amend the Terms
of Use at any time. Your use of the Site constitutes your agreement to the Terms
of Use. Please note that this Site and the services offered are only open to users
18 years of age or older. If you do not agree with all of the following terms and
conditions, please do not use this Site.
INFORMATION ON THE SITE
The information contained on the Site is for general information purposes for United
States visitors only. Such information is not intended as medical, diagnostic or
prescribing advice therefore the services of a qualified health care professional
should be consulted. Akyma assumes no responsibility for any use whatsoever undertaken
as a result of information on the Site or for treatment recommended by anyone. Any
information available on the Site may be modified, updated or replaced by Akyma
from time to time without notice. Your continued use of the Site following the posting
of changes and/or modifications will constitute your acceptance of the revised Terms
of Use. Akyma does not warrant that the information contained on the Site is accurate,
complete, current, virus-free, error-free or that it complies with any legislation
or regulations.
THIRD PARTY WEB LINKS
The Site may from time to time contain hyperlinks or similar directives to third
party internet websites that are not under the control of Akyma. The appearance
of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by Akyma, or its affiliates,
of the opinions or views expressed by these linked websites and Akyma does not verify,
endorse, or take responsibility for the accuracy, currency, completeness or quality
of the content contained in these sites. Furthermore, Akyma is not responsible for
the quality or delivery of the products or services offered, accessed, obtained
by or advertised by such sites. As such, neither Akyma, nor its affiliates will
be responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the
use of such information contained in these sites. To the extent that these sites
collect personal information ("Information") or Postings from the end user, be advised
that in no event shall Akyma assume or have any responsibility or liability for
the manner in which the Information or Postings are exploited or for any claims,
damages, or losses resulting from their use and/or appearance on these sites. Under
no circumstances will Akyma be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or special
loss or other damage, whether arising from negligence, breach of contract, defamation,
infringement of copyright or other intellectual property rights, caused by the exhibition,
distribution or exploitation of any information or content contained within any
third party site. Akyma does not endorse nor is Akyma responsible for the contents
of any linked web or any hyperlink contained in a linked website. These hyperlinks
are provided as a convenience only. Any linking to such third party websites is
done entirely at your own risk.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Akyma claims a copyright on the all site software, design, text, images, photographs,
illustrations, artwork, graphic material, or other copyrightable elements, and the
selection and arrangements thereof, and such notice is provided as © 2004 Akyma
Pharmaceuticals LLC. You may download the information, images and text only as necessary
to enable your proper access to the Site. Use other than as authorized herein must
be obtained from Akyma in writing. Retention, copying, reproduction, modification,
distribution of any information, images or text on the Site for any purpose is strictly
prohibited. Akyma, Akyma.com, Akyma Pharmaceuticals, and the relevant logos are
trademarks of Akyma Pharmaceuticals LLC used in the United States. Trademarks used
on this site in connection with products of other companies are not the property
of Akyma and should not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, modified or distributed
in any way without prior permission of the trademark owner. All rights not expressly
granted herein are reserved.
DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THIS SITE AND ALL MATERIALS CONTAINED ON IT ARE DISTRIBUTED AND TRANSMITTED ON AN
"AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Akyma is not responsible or liable for any viruses, infections
or contamination of your system, or delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions arising
out of your use of this Site or with respect to the information and material contained
on this Site. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, AKYMA,
ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS,
REPRESENTATIVES, AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS TO THE SITE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES
OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY
TO USE, THE MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THIS SITE WHETHER THE MATERIAL IS PROVIDED OR
OTHERWISE SUPPLIED BY AKYMA OR ANY THIRD PARTY. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
no event shall Akyma's liability to you for any and all claims, damages, losses,
and causes of action (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) exceed the amount
paid by you, if any, for accessing this Site. The entire risk as to the quality,
accuracy, adequacy, completeness, correctness and validity of any material rests
with you. You personally and directly assume the entire cost of any necessary verification,
maintenance, repair and/or correction of any content. You understand and agree that
Akyma does not control and is not liable for users of the Site, their opinions or
their behavior including any information and/or advice and any defamatory statements
or offensive conduct.
PRIVACY AND SECURITY
Akyma views member privacy as an important concern. Akyma does not provide or release
names or email addresses of members to any third party without the member's explicit
permission or as required by law. Akyma does not and will not use cookies or any
other technology to track or report on member activity when they are not on Akyma.com,
nor pass member data to other Web sites. Akyma will use member data to measure site
activity. "Cookie" technology helps Akyma determine which features and services
are important to which audiences so that we may know where to invest our ongoing
development and creative efforts in order to make the site more relevant to members.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge that transmissions to and from the
site may be monitored, intercepted or modified by third parties beyond Akyma's control.
Akyma Pharmaceuticals, by and through its authorized agents, collects and organizes
information about visitors to our web site. This information is collected and used
to better serve our clients, web site visitors, and to make enhancements to our
site. We utilize third party census software that tracks the usage and referral
information when you visit our website. This information is gathered through, but
not limited to, IP address and/or cookies and may be utilized to contact the visitor.
By visitation to this site you agree to the collection, organization and potential
transfer of this information. Among the types of information collected by the server
is data that includes, but is not limited to, time and date of visit, referral site
(if you were transferred to our site from a third party, such as a web search engine
and/or a link to our site, is accessed from another web site), Internet Protocol
(IP) address, your domain name, IP address of your internet provider, site pages
visited while connected to our site, web browser and operating system utilized on
your Personal Computer. Cookies are utilized and stored on your personal computer
for site performance and tracking ability. Cookies are messages given to a web browser
by a web server that the browser stores in a text file. The message is then sent
back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies
are used to identify users. The Internet Protocol (IP) is the method or protocol
by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet. Each computer
connected to the Internet has at least one IP address that uniquely identifies it
from all other computers on the Internet. This IP address may be a Static and/or
DHCP address and is tallied each time this site is visited. IP Address and Cookies
may reflect and/or can be tracked back to the identity of an end-user. The information
gathered may be utilized and/or shared with organizations utilized by our facility
as we strive to make our site visible and assessable to the end user.
MESSAGING SERVICES (e.g. EMAIL AND AKYMA.COM MESSAGING)
1. Description of Services.
During registration you will be asked to provide current, complete and accurate
information as prompted to so do. You will then enter your registered username and
password. Your username and password will be used for all services offered by the
Site. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username
and password. A user's IP address and identity will not be displayed in connection
with the services, unless the user selects this option during registration and customization
of the services. All information requested during registration shall be referred
to as the "Registration Data". Please read the Akyma Privacy Policy for information
on how Akyma collects and uses user's personal information. Notwithstanding the
terms of the Akyma Privacy Policy, you grant to Akyma the right to disclose the
Registration Data to third parties for the purposes of administering and maintaining
the services. Furthermore, while it is Akyma's policy to respect the privacy of
its users, including information about user's use of the services, including the
contents of users' email and messages ("Email Content"), Akyma reserves the right
to monitor, edit or disclose any personal information about the user, his/her use
of the services, or such contents, in the event that Akyma believes that such action
is necessary in order to 1) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process;
2) to protect and defend the rights of Akyma; 3) to enforce the Terms of Service;
or 4) to act to protect the interests of its members and others. You agree to notify
Akyma immediately in the event that you believe that there is unauthorized use of
your account.
2. Termination of the Services.
Akyma may terminate the services at any time with or without cause. Akyma shall
not be liable to user or any other party for termination of the services. If user
should object to any of the terms and conditions of the services, user may 1) discontinue
use of the services or 2) cancel his/her registration to the services by sending
an email from the email address submitted during registration to WebSupport@Akyma.com.
The subject lines of the mail should read "remove" followed by the name the user
uses to log in. The body of the email should include the member's username, password,
date of birth and email address. Akyma.com will send a confirmation when the user's
account is deleted. Upon termination of the services, Akyma will have no further
obligation thereafter to forward any unread or unsent messages to the user or any
other party.
3. Disclaimer and Limitations of Liability.
Akyma is not liable for failure to monitor or edit messages sent over the services.
Akyma does not endorse the content of users' communications and does not assume
liability for any threatening, libelous, obscene, harassing or offensive material
contained therein. The user is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
user's passwords and for all activities which occur under user's account.
SHOPPING
In the event that a product you purchase from us is defective, please see our Return
of Goods Policy or contact us. Except as expressly stated herein, we expressly disclaim
all warranties, express or implied, of any kind with respect to products sold on
the Site, including but not limited to, merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose. You agree that our sole and exclusive maximum liability arising from any
product sold on the Site shall be the price of the product ordered. IN NO EVENT
SHALL WE, AKYMA, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES BE
LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES RELATED TO ANY
PRODUCT SOLD. In the event a product is listed at an incorrect price or with incorrect
information due to typographical error or error in pricing or product information
received from our suppliers, we retain the right to refuse or cancel any orders
placed for such product listed at the incorrect price, whether or not the order
has been confirmed and your credit card charged.
COMMUNITY STANDARDS AND SUBMISSIONS You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Akyma,
and/or related entities and parties harmless from and against any breach or alleged
breach of any of your representations, warranties or undertakings hereunder. If
you believe that any information provided on this Site violates the Rules of Participation,
Terms of Use of this Site, or otherwise infringes upon the rights of any third party,
please send us e-mail.
INDEMNIFICATION
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS, AKYMA, ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR
RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, REPRESENTATIVES, AND
THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS TO THE SITE FROM AND AGAINST ALL LOSSES, EXPENSES, DAMAGES
AND COSTS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES, RESULTING FROM ANY VIOLATION OF
THIS AGREEMENT BY YOU. AKYMA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ASSUME, AT ITS SOLE EXPENSE,
THE EXCLUSIVE DEFENSE AND CONTROL OF ANY MATTER SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION BY YOU.
Rev. 10-30-2006