TERMS OF USE

Last Updated: March 28, 2022

These Terms of Use form a legal agreement entered into by and between you, the user of the public portions of this website, medicblood.org (the “Site”), and any organization on behalf of which you are using or accessing this website, and MEDIC (also referred to herein as “we,” “us,” and “our”). By using or accessing the Site, and/or by clicking “I Agree” (or a similar button) to accept or agree to these Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you signify your agreement to these Terms of Use as well as our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference.

  1. TERMS

These Terms of Use apply to your access to and use of the Site and do not alter in any way the terms and conditions of any other agreement you may have with us for products, services or otherwise. You represent and warrant that you have full power and authority to enter into this agreement and in doing so will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY USING OR ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE AND ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, INCLUDING YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU SHALL NOT USE OR ACCESS THE SITE.

  • NO MEDICAL ADVICE

The Site’s content is not intended to diagnose any condition, to prescribe any course of treatment, or to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. You should always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider if you have any questions regarding your results or a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the Site. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call 911 immediately or seek appropriate professional medical treatment.

  • ELIGIBILITY

THIS SITE IS OFFERED AND AVAILABLE TO USERS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE 13 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. YOU MAY NOT USE OR ACCESS THE SITE IF YOU (A) DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, (B) ARE NOT AT LEAST 13 YEARS OF AGE, OR (C) ARE ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

To access and use certain aspects of the Site, you must register for an account. In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to (a) provide accurate, current and complete information; (b) maintain and promptly update your account information; (c) maintain the security of your account credentials; (d) not share your account credentials with others; and (e) promptly notify us if you discover or otherwise suspect any security breaches related to your account or the Site.

  • SITE OWNERSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Site as well as its contents, features, functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), and all information, products, and services offered by us to you in connection with the Site (collectively, the “Content”) are protected under applicable copyrights, trademarks, and other proprietary (including but not limited to intellectual property) rights pursuant to international conventions and U.S. and other laws. The Site and the Content are the property of us and/or the applicable third-party licensors, and all right, title, and interest in and to the Site and the Content will remain with us or such third-party licensors. Our logos, page headers, custom graphics, and other icons are service marks, trademarks, registered service marks, or registered trademarks of us. All other products, names, and company logos mentioned on the Site or in the Content are trademarks of their respective owners.

These Terms of Use permit you to use the Site exclusively for your personal and other non-commercial use. You do not acquire ownership rights to the Site or any Content, other than those rights in the materials that you submit to us or otherwise enter through the Site, if any, that you may have or any rights that we may specifically grant you in writing, such as the limited license to use the Site, as further described below. These Terms of Use do not grant you any right, title, interest, license (express or implied) to any patent, trademark, service mark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property right of MEDIC or the respective intellectual property owners. You will abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content.

We accommodate and do not interfere with standard technical measures used by copyright owners to protect their materials. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. Section 512 as amended by Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we reserve the right to terminate your use of the Site or the information and Content contained therein if we determine in our sole and absolute discretion that you are involved in infringing activity, regardless of whether such alleged infringement is a first-time or repeat occurrence and/or whether the material or activity is ultimately determined to be infringing.

  • FEEDBACK

If you provide us with comments, bug reports, feedback, or modifications proposed by you to us, about the Site or the Content (collectively, “Feedback”), we will have the right to use such Feedback at our discretion, including but not limited to incorporating such Feedback into the Site and the right to assign, license or otherwise use such Feedback.

The Site may include product reviews or other interactive features in which you or other users can create, post, upload, transmit, or distribute content, such as comments, reviews, text, or other materials (“Reviews”). Reviews may be publicly-viewable along with profile information associated with your online account. You agree that you are solely responsible for your Reviews and for your use of such aspects of the Site. Use of these portions of the Site are at your own risk. You understand that you may not be able to delete Reviews after posting. You also assume all risks associated with your Reviews, including anyone’s reliance on the quality, accuracy or reliability of such Reviews, and the disclosure of your personal information in connection with such content. If you submit Reviews, you agree to state your opinions lawfully, honestly and in good faith and to reveal to others any conflict of interest or relationship that might influence your views.

By providing Feedback or Reviews, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly perform and display such Feedback and Reviews on the Site and in all other media or formats, whether currently known or hereafter developed, for any purpose and without any compensation to you. You represent and warrant that (a) such Feedback and Reviews are not confidential; (b) you own and control all of the rights, title and interest in and to the Feedback and Reviews or you otherwise have all necessary rights to post and use such Feedback and to grant the rights to us that you grant in this Agreement; (c) the Feedback and Reviews are accurate and not misleading or harmful in any manner; and (d) the Feedback, Reviews, and your use and posting thereof, do not and will not violate this Agreement or any applicable law, rule or regulation.

  • PROHIBITED USES

You may only use the Site and the Content as expressly permitted under these Terms and only for lawful purposes; any other use is prohibited. Any use of the Site or the Content not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that you will not attempt to or in fact:

  • Use the Site in any way that violates federal, state, local, or international law or regulation;
  • Use the Site to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications;
  • Gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, disrupt, or circumvent any of the security features of the Site (or the servers, networks, and databases associated with the Site);
  • Access the Site through any robot, spider, or other automated means;
  • the Site;
  • Conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to the Site without our express written consent;
  • Engage in any activity that interferes with, disrupts, or imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Site (or the servers, networks, and databases associated with the Site);
  • Introduce to the Site (or the servers, networks, and databases associated with the Site) any spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, worms, keystroke loggers, rootkits, logic bombs, or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful;
  • Use the Site to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish, or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software;
  • Modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works from the Site or any Content;
  • Reproduce, redistribute, republish, duplicate, copy, display, sell, rent, sublicense, trade or resell any Content or other aspect of the Site for any commercial purpose (except for Content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution) without our prior written consent;
  • Remove, delete, efface, alter, obscure, translate, combine, supplement, or otherwise change any trademarks, copyrights, warranties, disclaimers, or other proprietary notations;
  • Impersonate us, our employees, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses associated with any of the foregoing); and
  • Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the Site or develop restricted or password-only access pages, or hidden pages or images.

You are solely responsible for (and we have no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under these Terms of Use and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which you may suffer) of any such breach.

  • INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND YOUR VISITS TO THE SITE

Personal information we collect via the Site is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

  • AVAILABILITY; REVISIONS; RELIANCE ON INFORMATION POSTED

The information presented on or through the Site, including the Content, is made available solely for general information purposes. We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the Site at any time with or without notice to you. We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to the Site. The operation of the Site may be interfered with or adversely affected by numerous factors or circumstances outside of our control or through acts of God.

We use reasonable efforts to update the information on the Site, and the Contents are subject to change without notice. However, we do not make any commitment to update the Site or the Content. The Content and the Site may include technical, typographical, or photographic errors.

We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the Site or the Content. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Site.

If you have questions about the information presented on the Site, please contact us using the information provided in “Contact Information” at the end of these Terms of Use.

  • LINKING TO THE SITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES

You may link to the Site’s homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal; but, you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.

This Site may provide certain social media features that enable you to: (a) link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on this Site; (b) send e-mails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on this Site; and/or (c) cause limited portions of content on this Site to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites. You may use these features solely as they are provided by us and solely with respect to the content they are displayed with. Subject to the foregoing, you must not: (a) establish a link from any website that is not owned by you; (b) cause the Site or portions of it to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example, framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site; (c) link to any part of the Site other than the homepage; or (d) otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on the Site that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. We may disable all or any social media features or any links at any time without notice in our discretion.

  1. LINKS FROM THE SITE; THIRD-PARTIES

This Site may contain links to other Internet sites that our partners and other third parties. These links are provided for your convenience only. Your use of those sites is subject to the terms of use, if any, that each of those sites have posted. We have not reviewed all the sites linked to the Site, and we are not responsible for any changes to or content on them. We have no control over the content of those sites or resources, and we accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites. Our inclusion of any content is not an endorsement of that material or linked site or the companies that own or operate the material or linked sites.

This Site may also include content provided by third parties. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all content other than the content provided by us, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect our opinion. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

  1. NO WARRANTIES
    1. THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE AND THE CONTENT. YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE CONTENT, OR MATERIALS OBTAINED THROUGH THEM IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
    1. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, AND REPRESENTATIONS (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, THE CONTENT, OR ANY PART THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS OR SUITABILITY FOR ANY PURPOSE (WHETHER OR NOT WE KNOW, HAVE REASON TO KNOW, HAVE BEEN ADVISED, OR OTHERWISE IN FACT AWARE OF ANY SUCH PURPOSE), WHETHER ALLEGED TO ARISE BY LAW, BY REASON OF CUSTOM OR USAGE IN THE TRADE, BY COURSE OF DEALING, OR OTHERWISE. NEITHER US NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH US MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT.
    1. WE CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THE INTERNET OR THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CODE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUFFICIENT PROCEDURES AND CHECKPOINTS TO SATISFY YOUR PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION AND ACCURACY OF DATA INPUT AND OUTPUT, AND FOR MAINTAINING A MEANS EXTERNAL TO OUR SITE FOR ANY RECONSTRUCTION OF ANY LOST DATA.
    1. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, RANSOMWARE, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY CONTENT POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY SITE LINKED TO IT.
    1. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
  2. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
    1. EXCLUSION OF INDIRECT DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT UNDER ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, AND OTHERWISE, FOR ANY: (A) CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, ENHANCED, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES; (B) INCREASED COSTS, DIMINUTION IN VALUE OR LOST BUSINESS, PRODUCTION, REVENUES, OR PROFITS; (C) LOSS OF GOODWILL OR REPUTATION; (D) USE, INABILITY TO USE, LOSS, INTERRUPTION, DELAY OR RECOVERY OF ANY DATA, OR BREACH OF DATA OR SYSTEM SECURITY; OR (E) COST OF REPLACEMENT GOODS OR SERVICES, IN EACH CASE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE WERE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES OR SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES WERE OTHERWISE FORESEEABLE.
    1. MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SITE UNDER ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, AND OTHERWISE EXCEED $50.
    1. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
  3. Communications

If you provide us with a mobile phone number when you use the Site, register for an account with the Site, or obtain services from us, you expressly consent and agree to receive communications from us via Short Message Service or other text message format (“Text Alerts”) to your mobile device and to the designated mobile phone number that you provide to us.  By providing a mobile phone number to us, you certify that you are authorized (a) to designate the mobile phone number to receive Text Alerts from us, and (b) to incur any mobile message or data charges that may be incurred by receiving Text Alerts from us.  The information contained in any Text Alert is subject to the terms and conditions in these Terms of Use and may be subject to certain time lags and/or delays. 

The number and frequency of Text Alerts sent to your mobile device depends on a number of factors, but we generally only send Text Alerts to provide you with promotional information, critical blood needs, and information regarding future blood drives.  We will not send you Text Alerts for marketing purposes.

If you wish to stop receiving Text Alerts from us, please follow the instructions contained in the Text Alert or contact us using the “Contact Information” details at the end of these Terms of Use. 

Message, voice, and data rates may apply.  By participating in the Text Alerts service, you approve any such charges from your mobile carrier.  Check your carrier’s plan for details.  You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible and liable for obtaining, maintaining, and paying all charges related to your mobile device(s).  MEDIC is not responsible for incomplete, lost, late, or misdirected messages, including, but not limited to, undelivered messages as a result of filtering by your mobile carrier, service provider, or otherwise.

You acknowledge and agree that Text Alerts may be provided by a third-party service provider and through automatic telephone dialing technology, an artificial voice, or a pre-recorded voice.  By providing us with a mobile phone number, you expressly consent to receive Text Alerts from such third-party service providers and through automatic dialing technology, artificial voice, and pre-recorded voice.  MEDIC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend any or all of the Text Alerts, in whole or in part, for any reason, with or without notice to you.

  1. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE

All matters relating to the Site, the Content, or these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of Tennessee without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.

The courts having jurisdiction over Knox County, Tennessee shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes arising in connection with these Terms of Use, and the place of performance of these Terms of Use is agreed by you to be Tennessee.

  1. WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY

No waiver by us of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure by us to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Enforcement of this Agreement is in our sole discretion

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

  1. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless us and our successors and assigns and all of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, and affiliates from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, obligations, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to (i) your breach of these Terms of Use; (ii) your violation of any third party’s right, including, without limitation, any copyright, trademark, property right, or privacy right; or (iii) any claim that content provided by you caused damage or loss to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive your use of the Site and any termination of this Agreement.

  1. TERMS OF USE MAY CHANGE

We may modify these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. We will provide notice by, at a minimum, updating this posting. You are expected to carefully review these Terms of Use from time to time so you are aware of any changes. However, if we make material changes to these Terms of Use, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us or by means of a prominent notice on the Site before the change becomes effective. Any changes to these Terms of Use will be in effect as of the “Last Updated” date referenced at the top of these Terms of Use. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your binding acceptance to these Terms of Use, including any changes or modifications that we may make. If any part of these Terms or any future changes to these Terms are not acceptable to you, you must not use or access the Site.

  1. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms of Use, together with any documents expressly referred to in them, including our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and us with respect to the Site and Content, and they supersede all previously written or oral agreements regarding the Site and Content. However, these Terms of Use do not supersede or amend any other agreement you have with us.

You may terminate this Agreement at any time by discontinuing your use of the Site and providing us with a notice of termination. We reserve the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to terminate your right to use the Site, or any portion of the Site, and to block or prevent your future access to and use of the Site or any portion of the Site.

All feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Site should be directed to:

MEDIC Regional Blood Center

1601 Ailor Avenue

Knoxville, TN 37921

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: (865) 524-3074