[last-updated] Hawthorne Effect Inc (“Hawthorne Effect”) maintains the hawthorne-effect.com website and its subdomains as a service to the Internet community. The hawthorne-effect.com website and subdomains (the “Website”) has been designed to provide general information about Hawthorne Effect services and to provide these service offerings. Review these Terms of Use carefully before using the Website. By using and or visiting the Website, you signify your assent to both these Terms and the Hawthorne Effect Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use this website.

Use Terms

As a condition of your use of the Website, you will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You are prohibited from violating, or attempting to violate the security or availability of this Website. In using this Website, you agree not to:

  1. circumvent or attempt to circumvent any security measures of the Website;
  2. attempt to obtain personal information, or collect information about users of the Website;
  3. reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of any portion of the Website;
  4. interfere with the operation of the Website or any user’s enjoyment of the Website, including by: (a) uploading or otherwise disseminating any virus, adware, spyware, worm, or other malicious code; (b) interfering with or disrupting any network, equipment, or server;
  5. violate, or encourage others to violate, any right of a third party, including by infringing or misappropriating any third-party intellectual property right;
  6. post, upload, or distribute any content that is unlawful, defamatory, libelous, inaccurate, or that a reasonable person could deem to be objectionable, profane, indecent, pornographic, harassing, threatening, embarrassing, hateful, or otherwise inappropriate;
  7. manipulate or otherwise display the Website by using framing, mirroring or similar navigational technology; or
  8. violate any applicable laws or regulations or these Terms of Use

Privacy and Personal Information

The Hawthorne Effect privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy), as it may change from time to time, is a part of these Terms of Use and is incorporated herein by this reference. Hawthorne Effect reserves the right to use and disclose your information in the manner consistent with the Privacy Policy.

NO MEDICAL ADVICE

Hawthorne Effect is not a healthcare provider and does not provide medical advice or medical services. The Hawthorne Effect network of healthcare professionals are specialists in their fields and trained experts in personalized, comprehensive patient follow-up. All Hawthorne Effect staff operate under institutional review board approved protocols pursuant to human subject protection rules and informed consent. Hawthorne Effect does not assume any obligation or liability with respect to your health or condition. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED HEALTH PROVIDER REGARDING A MEDICAL CONDITION OR TREATMENT.

Disclaimers

ALL CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, HAWTHORNE EFFECT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Hawthorne Effect makes no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of any content available through this Website. You are responsible for verifying any information before relying on it. Use of the Website and the content available on the Website is at your sole risk. Hawthorne Effect makes no representations or warranties that use of the Website will be uninterrupted, free of malware, or error-free. You are responsible for taking all necessary precautions to ensure that any content you obtain from the Website is free of viruses or other malware.

Termination of Use

If you violate any provision of these Terms of Use, your permission from us to use the Website will terminate automatically. In addition, Hawthorne Effect may in its sole discretion terminate your access to the Website at any time, with or without notice. You may cease use of the Website at any time.

Modification

We reserve the right to modify the Website at any time (including by limiting or discontinuing certain features of the Website) without notice to you. We will have no liability whatsoever on account of any change to the Website or any suspension or termination of your access to or use of the Website.

Links to Other Materials or Sites

To the extent Hawthorne Effect provides information from, or links or references to, websites operated by third parties, Hawthorne Effect does not monitor or investigate such websites and is not responsible for the content, functionality, or practices of such websites. Inclusion of links to third-party websites does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by Hawthorne Effect. If you decide to access these third-party websites, you do so at your own risk. You agree that Hawthorne Effect has no liability for any damage or loss of any type that is a result of your use of a third-party website.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, USA without regard to its conflicts of laws provision.

Amendment

Hawthorne Effect may revise these Terms of Use from time to time by updating this posting. You should visit this page from time to time to review the current terms.

Contact Information

You may contact us by sending correspondence to Hawthorne Effect, 3595 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Suite 320, Lafayette, CA 94556 or by emailing legal@hawthorne-effect.com.