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USER AGREEMENT

 

Last Updated on November 12, 2008

Welcome to the web site of the International Women's Health Coalition ("Our Site").  This user agreement ("User Agreement"), which includes our Privacy Policy, sets forth the conditions for your use of Our Site.  By using Our Site, you consent to these conditions, including our collection and use of information about you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.  We may update this User Agreement, including our Privacy Policy, from time to time by posting the modified User Agreement or Privacy Policy on this page, or, if we determine that it's appropriate, we may post a notice of the change on our home page.  By continuing to use the Site after we have posted such modifications or notice, you agree to the modified terms. 

Please read this User Agreement carefully, because by using Our Site, you agree to be bound by and comply with its terms. If you do not agree to comply with the User Agreement, you are not authorized to use Our Site.

 

TERMS OF USE

 

Copyright

All material on Our Site is protected by United States and international copyright law.  You must abide by all copyright notices and restrictions contained in Our Site.

You may download a single, machine-readable copy of the articles and other information posted on Our Site ("Site Content") for your personal, non-commercial use as long as you do not alter the Site Content or remove any trademark, copyright or other notices displayed on the Site Content.  Aside from this single copy, you may not reproduce, distribute (in any form, including over any local area or other network or service), display, perform, create derivative works of, sell, license, extract for use in a database, or otherwise use any Site Content (or any computer programs and other code) on Our Site. 

Trademarks

"INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH COALITION," "IWHC," and other logos and trademarks featured on Our Site are trademarks owned by the International Women's Health Coalition, Inc. in the United States ("Our Trademarks"). 

You may not use Our Trademarks in connection with any product or service that does not belong to us, or in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among users about whether we are the source, sponsor, or endorser of the product or service, or in any manner that disparages or discredits us.

Links, Frames and Metatags

You may not frame the content of Our Site unless you first obtain our express written consent.  You may not use metatags or any other "hidden text" that incorporates Our Trademarks or our name without our express written consent.  You may link to the home page of Our Site as long as the link does not defame us or cast us in a false or misleading light.  You may not link to one of our inner pages unless the link clearly identifies Our Site as the location of the linked pages.

Disclaimers

OUR SITE IS AVAILABLE "AS IS."  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO OUR SITE OR ANY INFORMATION, GOODS, OR SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (EVEN IF THE PURPOSE WAS DISCLOSED). 

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.  WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY STATEMENT OR INFORMATION DISPLAYED, DISTRIBUTED, OR MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH OUR SITE OR AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKS ON OUR SITE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN OUR SITE.  IF YOU RELY ON OUR SITE OR OBTAIN ANY MATERIALS OR GOODS AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, YOU DO SO SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

ALTHOUGH WE INTEND TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, "TROJAN HORSES" OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO OUR SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT OUR SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM IT ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES. 

Limitation of Liability

WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN OUR SITE, INCLUDING CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION IN THESE TERMS OF USE.

WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, OR LOSS OF DATA) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SITE, ITS SERVICES, OR THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS BASED IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE. 

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR THESE KINDS OF DAMAGES, SO THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Termination

We reserve the right to terminate any services offered through Our Site or to terminate Our site and this Agreement at any time without notice, for any reason, including, in the case of the Agreement, because of your violation of any of these provisions.  The Disclaimers, Limitation of Liability and Governing Law Sections of this Agreement survive such termination.

Governing Law

This Agreement is governed by and any disputes relating to this User Agreement should be decided under the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and performed there. 

Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision is considered severed and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. 
 

 

PRIVACY POLICY

We are committed to protecting your privacy.  This Privacy Policy describes our treatment of your personal information, how you can make choices about that treatment, and how you can request access to your information.

Collection of Personal Information

There are certain areas of Our Site where we ask for your personal information, such as your name, organization, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, gender, age, or credit card information ("Your Personal Information").  For example, we ask for Your Personal Information in the order form for our publications, in the form for your donations, and in the form for requesting email alerts. 

How We Use Your Personal Information

By giving Your Personal Information to IWHC, you provide permission for IWHC to store and use it for the purposes described in this section.  Your Personal Information is used for the purposes for which you give it to us and other purposes, which may include the following: 

  • To process registrations for events and other IWHC activities
  • To process your donations
  • To develop and improve our services and activities
  • To provide you with information on events or other news that we think might interest you

If you do not want IWHC or the selected third parties to send any communications to you, or if you want to limit the kinds of communications sent to you, you can indicate your preferences by (1) checking applicable "opt out" boxes located in areas of Our Site where we collect Your Personal Information, (2) selecting the "unsubscribe" option in our emails, (3) contacting us by email at communications@iwhc.org, or (4) calling (212) 979-8500 and asking for the Web Site Administrator.

Collection of Anonymous Information

Our servers automatically log certain information that IWHC uses for statistical analysis of web site traffic.  The information is stored as log files on our server.  The log files are regularly collected and analyzed by software to produce visitor trend reports.  Our server logs do not collect personally identifiable information about individual users, such as names, mailing addresses, email address, occupation, etc.  As described in the next section, IWHC does collect this type of data electronically but only through forms, surveys or event registrations on Our Site.  IWHC also collects anonymous information through cookies and clear GIFs or other graphical files placed on web pages of Our Site.  IWHC does not link anonymous information it collects through Our Site to individual users' personally identifiable information.

The anonymous information we collect includes:

  • Total monthly visits associated with a particular computer
  • Total page views associated with a particular computer
  • Number of visits to each page on Our Site associated with a particular computer
  • The length of time a user remains on Our Site
  • The length of time a user remains on each page on Our Site
  • The order in which a user views the pages on Our Site
  • A user's entry and exits points on Our Site
  • The referring site that referred a user to Our Site
  • Web pages accessed by a particular computer
  • Actions taken during a visit on a particular web page (e.g., links or banner ads clicked)
  • A user's browser type, computer platform and Internet connection speed
  • A user's IP address

This information is used to determine:

  • Traffic patterns
  • Average visitor session length
  • Number of visitors to certain areas of the site
  • Number of total new visitors
  • Number of total repeat visitors
  • Repeat visitor rate
  • Other user trends
  • Improvements to web site navigation and infrastructure

Cookies

Certain parts of Our Site use cookies, which are small files placed on your computer, to better enable visitors to use Our Site.  Generally, cookies enable our server to remember visitors, allow entry into password-protected areas, and to help ensure accurate measuring of web traffic.  Cookies can be deleted or rejected by changing the settings on your web browser.  Please be aware that your deletion or rejection of cookies may affect your ability to use certain parts of Our Site effectively.  Because advertisers or third-party web sites may use cookies in different ways, this statement regarding the use of cookies covers only Our Site.

Sharing Information With Third Parties

Sharing Information With Service Providers
IWHC uses third-party Vendors ("Vendors") in connection with Our Site to provide certain services, such as hosting, software maintenance, order and donation fulfillment, and content management, which are necessary for IWHC operations, including the operation of Our Site and fulfilling your orders, donations, and requests.

Disclosure for Legal Purposes
We may disclose and use Your Personal Information in special circumstances where it is necessary, including to protect our proprietary rights, in connection with a sale or transfer of some or all of our assets in Our Site, or when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires us to do so.

Email Addresses
Except as otherwise set forth in this Statement, IWHC will not share your email address with any third party other than our Service Providers; we use email addresses for internal purposes and to promote efficient communications between IWHC and its members and customers. 

Anonymous Information
We may share anonymous information collected about visitors to Our Site with companies that help us run and maintain Our Site and that help us provide information and services to our visitors.

Scope of this Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement applies to your use of Our Site only.  We do not own, operate or control the web sites of our Vendors.  Accordingly, this Statement does not apply to a Vendor's web site Vendor's collection, use, storage and disclosure of your Personal Information, except where stated otherwise.

Review and Update Your Personal Information

We will take reasonable efforts to let you review Your Personal Information and, upon your instructions, to correct inaccuracies in or delete Your Personal Information from our databases.  If you wish to review Your Personal Information or have any questions regarding our treatment of Your Personal Information, you can contact us by sending an email to webmaster@iwhc.org, by calling (212) 979-8500 and asking for the Web Site Administrator, by faxing your questions to the Web Site Administrator at (212) 979-9009, or by mailing your questions to Web Site Administrator, International Women's Health Coalition, 333 Seventh Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Security

IWHC takes these precautions with your information:

  • All Web Servers are protected by firewalls.
  • Data is protected at the server level by ensuring that only essential personnel have access to collected information.
  • The member directory is password-protected.

Our hosting service maintains its systems in accordance with reasonable industry standards to reasonably secure the information of its customers.  However, no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  Therefore, you provide us with your information at your own risk.

Location of Servers and Transfer of Information

Our servers are located in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, be aware that the information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using our Site or providing Your Personal Information to us, you consent to this transfer and to the collection, storage, processing and use of your Personal Information in the United States.  If you are located in the United States, our service providers may not be located in your geographic area in the United States.  By providing Your Personal Information on the Site, you consent to the transfer of Your Personal Information to these service providers.

Protection of Children Under Age 13

Our Site is designed for use solely by those 13 years and older.  If you are under 13 years of age, you should not use Our Site.  IWHC does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13 years of age.  If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child under age 13 may have provided his or her personal information to us through Our Site, please contact us at webmaster@iwhc.org.

Links to Third-Party Web Sites

Our Site contains links to other Web sites that we think may interest you.  We have no control over these other sites or their content.  Be sure to read the privacy policies that govern your use of other sites before giving them any of Your Personal Information.  Because we are not responsible for the collection of personal information on any other site, you should direct any concerns regarding the privacy practices of another site to the administrator of that site.

Comments and Questions

If there are any parts of this statement that require more explanation or clarification, please contact us at webmaster@iwhc.org.  If you have any comments or suggestions regarding changes and updates, please contact us at webmaster@iwhc.org.

© 2008 International Women's Health Coalition

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International Women's Health Coalition
333 Seventh Avenue, 6th Floor | New York, NY 10001 USA
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