Welcome to Epernicus. The Epernicus service and network is operated by Epernicus, LLC (the "Company"). By accessing or using our clinicalresearchsystems.com site (the "Site"), you (the "User") signify that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions ("Terms and Conditions" or "Agreement"). We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these Terms and Conditions at any time without further notice. If we do this, we will post the changes to these Terms and Conditions on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the date these terms were last revised. Your continued use of the Site after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to abide by these or any future Terms and Conditions, do not use or access (or continue to use or access) the Site. It is your responsibility to regularly check the Site to determine if there have been changes to these Terms and Conditions and to review such changes.

Account, Password, and Security.

Upon registration, you will receive a username, password, and account designation (the "Account"). In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to (a) provide accurate, current and complete information about you as may be prompted by any registration forms on the Site; (b) maintain the security of your password and identification; (c) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to Company, to keep it accurate, current and complete; and (d) be fully responsible for all use of your account and for any actions that take place using your account. Membership in the Service is void where prohibited. Any registration by, use of or access to the Site by anyone under 18 is unauthorized, unlicensed, and in violation of these Terms and Conditions. By using the Site, you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older and that you agree to and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Rights to Site Content

All content on the Site, including designs, text, graphics, pictures, video, information, software, music, sound and other files, and their selection and arrangement (the "Site Content"), are the proprietary property of the Company, its users, or its licensors with all rights reserved. No Site Content may be modified, copied, distributed, framed, reproduced, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, without the Company's prior written permission, except that the foregoing does not apply to your own User Content (as defined below) that you legally post on the Site. Provided that you are eligible for use of the Site, you are granted a limited license to access and use the Site and the Site Content and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Site Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your use, provided that you keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact. Except for your own User Content, you may not upload or republish Site Content on any Internet, Intranet or Extranet site or incorporate the information in any other database or compilation, and any other use of the Site Content is strictly prohibited. Such license is subject to these Terms and Conditions and does not include use of any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods. Any use of the Site or the Site Content other than as specifically authorized herein, without the prior written permission of Company, is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted herein. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws including copyright and trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as conferring any license to intellectual property rights. This license is revocable at any time without notice and with or without cause.

Trademarks

Epernicus and other Company graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are trademarks of the Company in the U.S. and/or other countries. Company's trademarks may not be used, including as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in connection with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of the Company.

User Conduct

You represent, warrant, and agree that no materials of any kind submitted through your account or otherwise posted, transmitted, or shared by you on or through the Service will violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights; or contain libelous, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material.

In addition, you agree not to use the Site to:

• harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of other users from the Site by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails or other unsolicited communications;
• use the Site in any unlawful manner or in any other manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Site;
• use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Site;
• upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
• register for more than one User account, register for a User account on behalf of an individual other than yourself, or register for a User account on behalf of any group or entity;
• impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any person or entity;
• upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
• upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make publicly available on the Site any private information of any third party, including, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers;
• solicit passwords or personally identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes;
• upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses 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;
• intimidate or harass another;
• upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;
• use or attempt to use another's account, service or system without authorization from the Company, or create a false identity on the Site;
• upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available content that, in the sole judgment of Company, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Site, or which may expose Company or its users to any harm or liability of any type.

User Content

You are solely responsible for the photos, profiles (including your name, image, and likeness), messages, notes, text, information, and other content that you upload, publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on or through the Site, or transmit to or share with other users (collectively the "User Content"). You may not post, transmit, or share User Content on the Site that you did not create or that you do not have permission to post. You understand and agree that the Company may, but is not obligated to, review the Site and may delete or remove (without notice) any Site Content or User Content in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, including User Content that in the sole judgment of the Company violates this Agreement, or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of users or others. You are solely responsible at your sole cost and expense for creating backup copies and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Site or provide to the Company.

When you post User Content to the Site, you authorize and direct us to make such copies thereof as we deem necessary in order to facilitate the posting and storage of the User Content on the Site. You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content. Epernicus does not assert any ownership over your User Content; rather, as between us and you, subject to the rights granted to us in these Terms, you retain full ownership of all of your User Content and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your User Content.

Third Party Content

User acknowledges that Epernicus may provide access to content supplied by third parties and other Users. Accordingly, User acknowledges that Epernicus has no editorial control over such content. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, diagnoses, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including other Users, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of Epernicus. It is the responsibility of Users to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice, diagnosis, treatment recommendation, or other content available through the Site and to seek the advice of professionals and other sources, as appropriate, regarding the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice, recommendation, or other content.

Termination and/or Access Restriction.

Epernicus reserves the right, in its sole discretion and judgment, and without liability of any kind to you, to terminate your access to the Site for any reason, at any time, without notice.

Representations

You represent and warrant that you possess the legal right and ability to legally obligate yourself to this Agreement. You represent and warrant that you will use this Site in accordance with this Agreement and all applicable professional and ethical standards and requirements and all laws and regulations. You represent and warrant that all information entered in the member registration profile is correct and complete, and that you will comply with your obligations as stated in this Agreement.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Epernicus and its officers, directors, consultants, employees, agents, partners, promoters, co-branders, licensors, suppliers, sponsors, and affiliates from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including, without limitation, reasonable legal, attorney, and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, (a) your violation of this Agreement; (b) any activity related to your use of this Site by you or any other person accessing this Site using your account; (c) a breach of any of your representations, warranties, or agreements under this Agreement; (d) a violation of the intellectual property rights of any third parties; (e) content submitted, posted, transmitted or made available through your use or connection to this Site; and (f) any violation of any law related to confidentiality of patient health information, or any misconduct in connection with the use of this Site, including, without limitation, medical malpractice and the unauthorized practice of medicine.

Limitations on Information

Reliance on the contents of this Site for any purpose by you is at your sole risk. All standards, specifications, technical discussions, and reports included on this Site are advisory only. Epernicus is not responsible for any errors of any kind (typographical or otherwise). The contents of this Site is not intended to substitute your own judgment as a scientist or clinician. Prior to undertaking any course of action based on the contents of this Site, you should always exercise your professional judgment and confirm the truthfulness and reliability of said contents with sources not related to this Site. All Users consent that they are to be held solely responsible for the consequences of their professional actions whether such actions are the product of discussions commenced herein or not.

The information available on this Site reflects the views of only the Users and any other authors exchanging information in any form via this Site and platform, or as a result of connection facilitated by this Site, and are not the views of Epernicus.

Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy, as it may change from time to time, is a part of this Agreement. Epernicus will not be liable to you for any damages, including without limitation, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, that may result from any violation of the Privacy Policy.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

You specifically warrant that information disclosed in communications to the Site comply with all applicable Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") requirements for protecting medical privacy. Any disclosure of such information without PRIOR patient approval shall be the sole responsibility of the User(s) who provided the information. It is the sole responsibility of the Users, practitioners, researchers, healthcare professionals, and others who use this Site to ensure that HIPAA Privacy standards and requirements are met with regard to the authorized disclosure of personal, identifying, and/or demographic information about particular patients, research participants, clients, etc., and such responsibilities and duties shall be non-delegable and non-assignable.

Links to Other Web Sites

The Site may contain links to other Web sites. These sites are not operated or controlled by Epernicus. Epernicus is not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed in such Web sites, and Epernicus has not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness of any of these sites. Inclusion of any link to any Web site on our Site does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked Web site by us. If you decide to leave our Site and access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk.

Copyrights and Copyright Agents

We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to do the same. We prohibit users from uploading, posting or otherwise transmitting on the Epernicus website any materials that violate another party's intellectual property rights. When we receive proper notification of alleged copyright infringement, we will promptly remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material and terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. If you believe that any material on the Site infringes upon any copyright which you own or control, please contact us immediately.

Questions and Comments

Questions or comments regarding this Site should be directed by e-mail to policies@epernicus.com.