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Terms and conditions of use

, medical expert
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
Published: 2012-02-23 10:58

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

By using this site, you agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use. If you do not agree to all of these Terms and Conditions of Use, do not use this site!

These Terms and Conditions apply to websites that are intended for use by consumers (non-professionals) for non-commercial, personal, family or household purposes, including web2health.com, iLiveOK.com, including subdomains and mobile versions of these websites (we refer to these websites collectively as “iLive”, the “iLive Site” or the “Site”).

These Terms and Conditions of Use may be amended and supplemented at any time. Your continued use of the iLive Site means that you accept these changes.

The site does not provide medical advice.

The content of the iLive website, such as text, graphics, images, information obtained from iLive licensees, and other materials contained on the iLive website (“Content”) is for informational purposes only. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare professional with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking medical advice because of anything you have read on the iLive website!

If you believe you have a medical emergency, contact your doctor or emergency services immediately. iLive does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, doctors, products, procedures, opinions or other information that may be mentioned on the Site. Your use of any information published on iLive is entirely at your own risk.

Children's privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. The iLive Site is not designed or intended for children under the age of 13. iLive does not collect personal information about any person we know to be under the age of 13. The parent or guardian is solely responsible for supervising the minor's use of the iLive Site. The parent or guardian also assumes full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or Services provided through the iLive Site in relation to the minor.

Use of materials

All materials on this website are protected by copyright laws in the European Union and foreign countries. iLive authorizes you to view or download one copy of the material on the iLive website solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you include the copyright notice provided at the end of the material, such as: "web2health.com All rights reserved" and other notices (active links, not prohibited from indexing) of copyright and proprietary rights contained in the Content.

The title of the materials remains owned by iLive or its licensors. Any use of the materials not expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions is a breach of these Terms and Conditions and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. Content may be changed or removed without notice by iLive. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to iLive and its licensors.

If you violate any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the materials automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the materials.

Liability of iLive and its licensors

Use of the iLive website and Content is at your own risk.

When using the iLive website, information will be transmitted through infrastructure that may be beyond the control and jurisdiction of iLive and its suppliers. Accordingly, iLive assumes no liability for the delay, failure, interruption or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with the use of the iLive website.

The iLive Site and Content are provided on an “as is” basis. iLive, its licensors and its suppliers, to the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaim all warranties, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of third party rights, and fitness for a particular purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, iLive, its licensors and its suppliers make no representations or warranties regarding the following:

  • The accuracy, reliability, completeness, currency or timeliness of the content, software, text, graphics, links or messages provided on the iLive website.
  • Satisfying any government regulations requiring disclosure of information about prescription drugs or the approval or compliance of any software with respect to Content contained on the iLive Site.

In no event will iLive, its licensors, its suppliers or any third parties mentioned on the iLive site be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, personal injury or wrongful death, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) arising out of the use of or inability to use the iLive site or its content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or any other legal theory and whether or not iLive, its licensors, its suppliers or any third parties mentioned on the iLive site are advised of the possibility of such damages. iLive, its licensors, its suppliers or any third parties mentioned on the iLive site will not be liable for any personal injury, including death, caused by your use or misuse of the Site, Content or Public Areas (as defined below). The remedies available under these Terms and Conditions are exclusive and limited to those expressly provided for in these Terms and Conditions.

User Content

Personal information you submit to iLive is governed by the iLive Privacy Policy. In the event of any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and the iLive Privacy Policy, these Terms and Conditions will prevail.

The Site contains functionality (including message boards, ask experts, user reviews, comments, etc.) that allows users to create content on the Site (collectively, "Public Areas") and to upload content to social media platforms (including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube, Instagram and Pinterest, collectively, "Social Media Platforms"). You agree that you will not upload or transmit any messages or content of any type to the Public Areas or Social Media Platforms that violates or infringes anyone's rights. By submitting messages or content to the Public Areas or Social Media Platforms, you agree that such information is non-confidential, regardless of the purpose. It is important to note that iLive is not responsible for the actions, terms of use or policies of any Social Media Platform. Before using any Social Media Platform, you should review its terms of use and policies, including its privacy policy.

If you submit any information, you agree that you will not send or transmit to iLive by email (including via the email addresses listed on the Contact page) any message or content that violates or infringes anyone's rights. If you send any information, idea, concept or invention to iLive by email, you agree that such information is non-confidential, regardless of the purpose.

If you post information to a Public Area or Social Media Platform, or if you send any information, idea, concept or invention to iLive by email, you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such content or intellectual property has expressly granted, to iLive a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform and display the communications or content in any media or form or format now known or hereinafter devised. iLive may sublicense its rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses. If you want to keep any business information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or personal, do not post them to a Public Area or Social Media Platform or send them to iLive by email. We try to respond to all emails in a timely manner, but may not always be able to do so.

User materials - images, videos, audio files

You agree to post or upload only media (such as photos, videos or audio) to the iLive website or Social Media Platform that you have created yourself or to which you have full rights to transmit and license and that do not infringe the trademark, copyright, privacy or any other rights of any other person. Photos or videos of celebrities, movies and cartoons are generally protected by copyright.

To protect your privacy, you agree that you will not send anything containing personal information (such as a name, phone number, email address, or website URL) about you or anyone else. You may not upload files such as images or videos of others without their permission.

By uploading any media to the iLive website or Social Media Platform, you warrant that you have permission from all persons depicted therein to publish it and grant the rights described herein. Never publish an image or video of someone else unless you have express permission.

It is strictly prohibited to upload files of any type that contain expressions of hatred, violence, offensive images or behavior, obscenity, pornography, explicit sexual images, or any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under any applicable law or regulation, or that may be in conflict with these Terms and Conditions, the iLive Advertising Policy and the iLive Privacy Policy.

You agree that you will not upload any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any software or this website.

By uploading any media files to the iLive Website or Social Media Platform, such as photos or videos, you grant iLive a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, copy, print, display, reproduce, modify, publish, transmit and distribute them in media; (b) you represent that any person depicted in the files submitted (or if a minor, their parent/legal guardian) permits iLive to use, copy, print, display, reproduce, modify, publish, transmit and distribute the files and any materials published in such media; and (c) you agree to indemnify and hold iLive and its affiliates, directors, officers and employees harmless from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of your breach of the requirements and terms described in this document.

ILive reserves the right to edit any information before posting on the site and to remove any information for any reason at any time without prior notice at our sole discretion.

Passwords

ILive has several tools that allow you to record and store information. You are responsible for taking all reasonable steps to ensure that no one has unauthorized access to your iLive passwords or accounts. You are solely responsible for (1) controlling the storage and use of your login and password; (2) authorizing, reviewing, controlling access to and use of your iLive account and password; (3) promptly notifying iLive if you believe your account or password has been compromised or if there is any other reason why you need to disable your password. To send us an email, please use the "Contact Us" link located at the bottom of every page of our site. You grant iLive and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of the Site the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store and use your information in connection with the operation of the Site. iLive cannot and will not be liable in any way for any information you provide, or for your or any third party's use of information transmitted or received using iLive's tools and services.

ILive Communities, Public Areas and Social Media Platforms

If you use a Public Area such as message boards, comments, questions for experts, user reviews or other member communities, or post anything on any Social Media Platform, you are solely responsible for your own communications, the consequences of posting those communications and your reliance on any communications in the Public Areas or on the Social Media Platforms. iLive and its licensors are not responsible for the consequences of any communications in the Public Areas or on the Social Media Platforms. In cases where you feel threatened or believe that someone else is under threat, you should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency. If you believe that you have a medical emergency, immediately contact your doctor or emergency services.

In consideration of your use of the Public Areas and Social Media Platforms, you agree that the following actions constitute a material breach of these Terms and Conditions:

  • Using the Public Area or the Social Media Platform for any purpose that violates local, state, national or international laws;
  • Publication of materials that violate the intellectual property rights of others or the privacy or confidentiality rights of others;
  • Posting material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, libelous, hateful or otherwise objectionable, in iLive's sole discretion, to any other person or entity;
  • Publication of advertisements or business proposals;
  • Obstructing, after a warning, a calm discussion of something or posting comments that are not related to the topic under discussion (unless it is agreed that the discussion is of a free nature);
  • Spam mailings (including "chain letters") or any pyramid schemes;
  • Impersonation;
  • Distribution of viruses or other malicious computer code;
  • Any collection (harvesting, scraping) of information about others, including email addresses, without identifying them, for the purpose of posting or viewing comments;
  • Allowing someone to use your credentials to post or view comments;
  • Posting the same note more than once (spam); or

Any other action that interferes with or inhibits any other person from using the Public Area, Social Media Platform or the Site, or that, in iLive's sole discretion, creates a risk of any liability or damage of any type for iLive or any of its customers or suppliers.

ILive reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following:

  • Record dialogue in public chats.
  • Review messages to ensure they comply with the terms of this section and decide in its sole discretion whether to remove or request removal of a message.
  • Remove messages that are offensive, illegal, inflammatory, or that do not comply with these Terms and Conditions of Use.
  • Terminate a user's access to any or all Public Areas and/or the iLive website for any violation of these Terms and Conditions.
  • Monitor, edit or disclose any communications in Public Areas or on the Social Media Platform.
  • Edit or delete any messages posted on the iLive website, regardless of whether those messages violate these requirements.

ILive or its licensors shall have no liability to users of the iLive website or any other person or entity for the performance or non-performance of the above actions.

Advertisements, search queries and links to other sites

ILive may provide links to third-party websites. iLive may also select certain sites as priority answers to search queries you enter, and iLive may agree to allow advertisers to answer certain search queries with advertising or sponsored content. iLive does not recommend or endorse the content on third-party sites. iLive is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed on the iLive site, third-party sites provided as search results or third-party advertisements, and makes no representations regarding their content or accuracy. Use of third-party sites is at your own risk and is subject to the terms of use for such sites. iLive does not endorse any product, service or treatment advertised on the iLive site. For more information, please review our Advertising Policy.

Compensation

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless iLive, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers from and against any claims, losses, demands or liabilities, including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees and legal costs, arising out of or related to your violation of these Terms and Conditions.

General conditions

ILive makes no representation that any iLive Site or Content is appropriate or may be used in any location. Access to Content may not be legal for certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the iLive Sites, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

The following provisions shall survive the expiration or termination of these Terms and Conditions for any reason: Liability of iLive and its licensors, User Materials, User Materials - images, videos, audio files, Indemnification, Jurisdiction and General Conditions.

Jurisdiction

You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with iLive or anyone in any way related to your use of the iLive site resides in the courts of the United Kingdom, and you consent to the direct exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the United Kingdom in connection with any such dispute, including any claims related to iLive or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunications providers and content providers.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of the United Kingdom without regard to its conflict of laws principles. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to constitute a further waiver.

Protecting the rights of copyright owners

If you believe that any materials available on the Site infringe your copyright, you may request that those materials be removed from this website by sending us an email, using the "Contact Us" link located at the bottom of every page of our site, and providing the following information:

  • Identify the copyrighted material that you claim has been infringed. Describe the material and provide a copy or location (such as a URL) of your authorized version of the work.
  • Identify the material that you claim is infringing and its location on the ILive Site. Please describe the material and provide us with its URL or any other relevant information that will allow us to locate the material.
  • Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  • A statement that the information you have provided is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
  • Please certify this request with the signature or electronic equivalent of the copyright owner or authorized representative.

In order to protect the rights of copyright owners, iLive has a policy of terminating the accounts of subscribers and users of the Site who are infringers of copyright in such circumstances.

Final terms

Except as expressly provided in a specific “legal notice” on the iLive Site, these Terms and Conditions and the iLive Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and iLive with respect to your use of the iLive Site and the Content.

Thank you for your cooperation. We hope you find the iLive website useful and easy to use! Questions or comments regarding this website, including any reports of broken links, can be submitted using our Contact Us form. We try to respond to all emails in a timely manner, but due to the volume of emails we receive, we may not always be able to do so.


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