Terms of Use

By accessing the Dementia Friendly Bitterroot (DFB) website, you are agreeing to the following Terms of Use and any changes thereto, as well as our Privacy Statement, the terms of which are hereby incorporated into this agreement by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, discontinue use of the website.

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We may change these terms from time to time without prior notification. Your continued use of the website following the posting of any changes to these Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of such changes. You will always be able to view the most current version by clicking on the “Terms of Use” link at the bottom of any page on our site.

• Scope of these Terms

• Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability

• Copyright

• Trademarks

• Policy on Using and Sharing Website Content

• Linking to Us

• Advertising/Sponsorship and Solicitation Policy

• Laws that Govern this Agreement

• About the Privacy Statement

• No Unlawful or Prohibited Conduct

• Consequences and Indemnification

• Reporting a Violation

• General

• Questions or Concerns
   

Scope of these Terms
These Terms of Use apply to your use of the website www.dfbitterroot.us. 

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Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability
The information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical or legal advice. For medical questions or issues, consumers should always consult with a health practitioner. Users rely on the information and resources on the website at their own risk. 

We reserve the right to review any and all content at any time prior to or after it is published. We do not offer you any warranty or guarantee related to this website. We specifically disclaim any warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of third party rights or fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, correctness, timeliness or usefulness of any information, products, services, merchancise, or other material provided through the website or on any sites/resources linked from DFBitterroot.us. We make no warranty or guarantee that the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free. In no event will we be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you or anyone else in reliance upon the information contained in or provided through this website. 

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It is your responsibility to evaluate the information and results from tools and other content available on this website. If you are a health care professional, you should exercise your professional judgment in evaluating any information, and we encourage you to confirm the information contained on the website with other sources before undertaking any treatment or action based on it. If you are a consumer, you should evaluate the information together with your physician or another qualified health care professional.

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We are not liable for any consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages resulting from your use of the information on this website, regardless of whether we have been advised of the possibility of any loss or damage and notwithstanding the failure of the essential purpose of any remedy you or anyone may have. You understand and agree that we cannot and do not operate, control, supply, endorse, warrant, or guarantee any information, products, services, or merchandise available on the website or through the Internet, in general, in any way. You also understand and agree that we cannot and do not warrant or guarantee that files available for downloading through the website will be free of infections or viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or other code that contains contaminating or destructive properties. You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for implementing sufficient precautions, procedures, and checkpoints to satisfy your own requirements for the accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the website for the reconstruction of any lost data. We do not assume the responsibility for the loss of any information, data, or other materials resulting from your use of this website.

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Content on the website may include links to external websites. The website prohibits links to websites or organizations that are commercial or product-based; pharmaceutical or medical products organizations or services; consulting services; or other types of organizations or websites, as determined by this website's sole discretion. Although we are selective about the organizations we link to, we do not assume any responsibility for any websites that are linked to the website or that you browse after following a link from this website.

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While we welcome your feedback on this website, we reserve the right to make the final decisions about the content that is posted on the site and to remove such content in our unfettered discretion for any reason or no reason. If you believe that your work has been used on the website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement or have any other type of complaint, please contact us at info@dfbitterroot.us. If you are dissatisfied with our response or with the contents of this website, your only remedy is to stop using the website. 

 

Copyright
You acknowledge and agree that the content and materials available on this website, including without limitation all text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, logos, taglines, audio and video media, artwork, design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel”, and the arrangement thereof, are protected by copyrights or other proprietary rights and laws. Among other things, this means you must not sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, compile, or create derivative works from such content or materials except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use. You acknowledge and agree that the unauthorized use of the contents and materials on the website could cause irreparable harm to Dementia Friendly Bitterroot and that, in the event of such unauthorized use, we shall be entitled to an injunction in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity. 

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Trademarks
We or our partners also own the names we use for our products and services on this website, and these names are protected by trademark laws in the US and internationally. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
If your activities are noncommercial, you may make use of our trademarks by linking to us or discussing us with others, as long as you make it clear that we are the owner of the trademark. Any other uses of our trademarks require our prior written approval, unless they constitute permissible fair use under applicable law.

Without limiting the foregoing, you may not use our trademarks in any of the following ways:

• In a non-DFB product or service name or publication title

• Within or as part of your own trademarks

• To identify non-DFB products or services

• In a manner which will likely cause confusion

• In a manner that implies that DFB sponsors, endorses, or is otherwise connected with your activities, products, or services

• In a manner that disparages DFB.

Policy on Using and Sharing the Website Content
Unless otherwise prohibited, you may look at the website content online; download individual documents; print or email pages of content; download tools to your personal or handheld computer for later reading or use; and print pages for yourself or your colleagues, provided that:

• You may not modify the content or any copyright notices or source indications.

• Because we update the content on the website frequently and want to make sure people are using the most up-to-date information, you may not post the content directly into another website. You may link to the content on the website (see additional conditions below in Linking to Us).

• You must always credit DFB (and any other sources specified for a specific piece of content) as the source of the material, as follows: “[Name of content item]. [Year]. Available on www.dfbitterroot.us”

• You may not repackage the website content for commercial purposes or otherwise offer it for sale.
   

Note that some content posted on the website originates from outside sources that have granted DFB permission to post this content to our website only. Any further permissions for this content must be sought directly from the content owners.

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We reserve all other rights not expressly granted under these Terms of Use.

To request permission to use this website, including its content, in a manner other than as permitted under these Terms of Use, please send an email to info@dfbitterroot.us. Although we will try to respond in a timely manner, we are not always able to do so, and you do not have permission to vary your use of this website, including its content, unless and until we give you explicit permission to do so.

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Linking to Us
Because we update our content frequently and want to make sure people are using the most up-to-date information and recognize its source, you must not frame the website or incorporate pieces of it into a different site or product. You are not allowed to link to the website if you create or post illegal, obscene, or offensive content, or if the link in any way has a negative impact on our reputation.

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Advertising/Sponsorship and Solicitation Policy
Unless expressly permitted by this website, you may not use the website or any information, tool, or service provided by the website to solicit other users for any commercial purpose, or to advertise commercial programs, products, or services of any kind for which a fee is charged.

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Laws that Govern this Agreement
DFB controls this website from within the state of Montana in the United States of America. The website can be accessed from any of the United States and from other countries worldwide. Because the laws of each state or country able to access the website may differ, by accessing the website you agree that the statutes and laws of the state of Montana without regard to its conflict of laws provisions will apply to all matters relating to use of this website. By agreeing to this Terms of Use agreement, you submit to jurisdiction in Montana and further agree that any cause of action arising under these Terms of Use shall be brought exclusively in any state or federal court located in Montana under federal law and the laws of the state of Montana without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

DFB makes no representation that materials on the website are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access the website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

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About the Privacy Statement
We pay special attention to privacy issues. You should exercise caution when deciding to submit any sensitive information to this website. The purpose of our Privacy Statement is to identify the information we may collect about you, describe the uses we may make of your information and the security measures we take to protect it, and discuss your options for controlling your information. Please review the Privacy Statement for this website.

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No Unlawful or Prohibited Conduct
As a condition of your use of the website, you warrant and agree that you will not use the website for any purpose that is unlawful or is prohibited by these Terms of Use. You may not use the website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of this website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through this website.

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Consequences and Indemnification
If you do not comply with these terms, as determined by DFB in its sole and absolute discretion, we have the right to block your access, suspend, or eliminate your registration, and remove any content or other information you have placed on our site. We may also take any legal action and/or report uploaded content to the appropriate authorities if, in our sole discretion, we think such recourse is appropriate. If your use of the website or violation of this Agreement causes harm to yourself or others, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold DFB harmless against any liability for that harm.

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Reporting a Violation
Any user who believes that another user’s use of the website is in violation of these Terms of Use may report such violation to the website by using the “Get in Touch” features on this website. DFB will make the final determination in responding to any alleged violation.

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General
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe, or describe the scope or extent of such section. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. These Terms of Use and the Privacy Statement set forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and DFB with respect to your use of this website.

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Questions or Concerns about our Terms of Use
For questions or concerns about these Terms of Use, please send an email to info@dfbitterroot.us.