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The ideas and opinions expressed on the Social Networking Sites (“Onco’Zine, Onco’Zine The International Cancer Blog and The International Cancer Network”) do not necessarily reflect the views of Sunvalley Communication. Sunvalley Communication provides the Social Networking Sites for the sole purpose of facilitating an exchange of information between physicians, practice staff, vendors, patients, and other interested parties. None of the information posted on the Social Networking Sites is intended as medical, legal, or business advice, or advice about reimbursement for health care services. Sunvalley Communication is not responsible for, and does not monitor, network content, including user profiles, comments, recommendations, forums, photos, videos, sounds, images, documents, text, files, listings, postings, messages, external links, or other materials. The mention of any product, service, or physician practice on the network should not be construed as Sunvalley Communication’s endorsement of the products, services, or practices mentioned. Sunvalley Communication is not responsible for any injury or damage to persons or property arising out of or related to any use of the material posted or linked to this site, or for any errors or omissions. 

No Confidentiality
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Sunvalley Communication may collect information posted on or otherwise provided to the Social Networking Sites. Sunvalley Communication may use this information to assess user-satisfaction or other needs and interests, subject to applicable provisions of Sunvalley Communication’s Privacy Policy.

No Advertising
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No Solicitation
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Sunvalley Communication reserves the right to deny access to vendors who solicit the sale or purchase of their products on the Social Networking Sites.

Intellectual Property
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Sunvalley Communication claims no ownership interest in the content users post or upload to the Social Networking Sites. By posting or uploading content, users represent that they have the necessary rights or authorization to upload or post that content. By posting or uploading content users also grant Sunvalley Communication an irrevocable, non-exclusive license to reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display the content, including inclusion in other Sunvalley Communication websites, forums or publications.

Prohibition on Restraint of Trade
Users Sunvalley Communication’s Social Media Networks must abide by state and federal anti-trust laws. Use of the Network in any manner to limit competition or restrain trade is not permitted. Users should give careful consideration to compliance with anti-trust laws when considering posting information about the prices of products and services, or other products and services in the health care sector.

Geographic Disclaimer
Publication of information found on Onco'Zine may be in violation of the laws of the country or jurisdiction from where you are viewing this information. Information and content for Onco'Zine is stored on a servers in the State of California in the United States of America and in the State of Washington in the United States. The content is maintained in reference to the protections afforded under local, state and federal law. Laws in your country or jurisdiction may not protect or allow the same kinds of speech or distribution. Onco'Zine and its publisher Sunvalley Communication do not encourage the violation of any laws and cannot be responsible for any violations of such laws, should you link to our domains or use, reproduce, or republish the information contained herein.

Access to Onco'Zine and content may not be legal for some persons or in some countries outside the United States. If you access and use Onco'Zine and the Content from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are solely responsible for obeying the applicable laws and regulations in your location.

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The Site may contain links or other references to third party Web sites that are not owned or controlled by Onco'Zine and/or its publisher Sunvalley Communication. Onco'Zine also may select certain sites as priority responses to search terms you enter and Onco'Zine may agree to allow advertisers to respond to certain search terms with advertisements or sponsored content. Onco'Zine  does not endorse any product, service, or treatment advertised on the Site. Onco'Zine does not recommend and does not endorse the content on any third-party websites. Onco'Zine assumes no responsibility for the content or privacy policies of any such Web sites and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites. By using the Site, you expressly relieve Onco'Zine from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website.

No Formal Peer Review

Onco'Zine is not uniformly peer reviewed; while our editors may correct errors or engage in casual peer review, they have no legal duty to do so and thus all information read here is without any implied warranty of fitness for any purpose or use whatsoever. Even articles that have been vetted by informal peer review or featured article processes may later have been edited inappropriately, just before you view them.

None of our editors and members, sponsors, administrators, or anyone else connected with Onco'Zine in any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous information or for your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages.

Onco'Zine or its publisher Sunvalley Communication, is not responsible should someone change, edit, modify or remove any information that you may post on Onco'Zine or any of its associated websites.

Disclaimer of Warranties
USE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IS AT THE USER’S OWN RISK. THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR MERCHANTABILITY, OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THIS WEBSITE IS FREE OF DEFECTS, VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SUNVALLEY COMMUNICATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE EHR NETWORK, OR ANY TRANSACTION OR SYSTEM DERIVED FROM THE EHR NETWORK, EVEN IF SUNVALLEY COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD BE OR HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SUNVALLEY COMMUNICATION EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE DEVELOPER OF THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES HOST PLATFORM.

Indemnity
Users of the Social Networking Sites are solely responsible for the content they post. Users agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sunvalley Communication, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, partners, and employees for all claims and disputes arising out of the content posted.

General
Sunvalley Communication reserves the right to remove any post from the Social Networking Sites or to deny access to any user at its discretion.

All terms and conditions for use of the Social Networking Sites are subject to change.
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Last update: May 16, 2011