This Terms of Use is an agreement between you ("you") and KidKutsMD Consultants, LLC ("Company", "we", "us" or "our") that allows you to use our websites and services as long as you follow the Agreement (defined below). By accessing or using the website or other Services (defined below), you signify your agreement to (collectively, the "Agreement") (1) all terms and conditions in this Agreement, (2) our Privacy Policy located on our website, and (3) any other standard policies or community guidelines, if any, posted on our website, which are all expressly incorporated herein and must also be observed and followed.
KidKutsMD™ is a concierge service for non-emergencies only. If you or your child is experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency department for immediate evaluation.
I. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
By using or receiving any of our mobile apps, software, websites or other products, services, or information supplied to you by the Company (collectively, the "Service"), including without limitation by downloading, installing or using any associated software or apps supplied by the Company which purpose is to enable you to use the Service (collectively, the "Software"), you agree to the terms of this Agreement. Any reference to the "website", the "web site", the "site" or other similar references, shall include any and all pages, subdomains, affiliated domains, brands, products or other areas of our website, or any other affiliated sites or domains owned or operated by or on behalf of us, plus any of the online content, information and services as made available in or thought the website (the "Website"). The Services include without limitation all aspects of the Website, or of any app or other product or service, including but not limited to all products, Software and other software, applications, features, channels and services offered therein. Any reference to "content" shall include all content in all forms or mediums, such as (without limitation) text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, audiovisual combinations, interactive features and other materials you may view on, access through, or contribute to the Service. You must be of legal age for contractual consent or older to use this website and/or the other Services. All information and services are exchanged electronically, via the internet. You are responsible for maintaining your own access to the internet. You consent to receiving communications electronically. Company is a privately owned and operated service and does not represent or speak for any governmental office or authority.
II. PASSWORDS AND ACCESS
In order to access some features of the Service, you may have to register or create an account. You may never use another's account without permission. When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. Registration or subscription to the Service and payment of any applicable fee, authorizes a single individual to use the Service unless otherwise expressly stated. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your account password secure. You must notify Company immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. Although Company will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable for the losses of Company or others due to such unauthorized use.
You may not grant, resell or sublicense access to the Services, or any of the rights granted to you herein, to any third party. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any part of the Services. You may not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to obtain or access the source code from which any component of the Service is compiled or interpreted, and nothing in this Agreement may be construed to grant any right to obtain or use such source code. You agree not to copy, duplicate or imitate, in whole or in part, any concept, idea, business model, business process, product, service or other intellectual property or other ideas or content embodied in the Services or learned by you from your use of or access to the Services. You agree not to use the Services to violate any local, state, national or international law or to impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise misrepresent your identity or your affiliation with a person or entity.
You shall not download any content unless you see a "download" or similar link displayed by Company on the Service for that content. You shall not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any content for any other purposes without the prior written consent of Company or the respective licensors of the content. Company and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to the Service and the content.
You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Service or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the Service or the content therein.
III. YOUR OBLIGATIONS
You represent and warrant that all information that you provide to us will be true, accurate, complete and current, and that you have the right to provide such information to us in connection with your use of the Service.
You may not:
Company has no obligation to monitor the Services. However, you acknowledge and agree that Company has the right to monitor the Services electronically from time to time, and to disclose any information as necessary or appropriate to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental request, to operate the Services properly, or to protect itself or its customers. Company reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in its sole discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, inappropriate or in violation of this Agreement.
While this Section highlights some of your key obligations, headers and section titles are for convenience only, and you are bound by all the terms of this Agreement.
IV. PUBLIC POSTINGS AND LICENSED MATERIALS
We will use all reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of certain personally identifiable information you submit to us (e.g., your address and credit card information submitted by you initially for the purpose subscribing to the Service) ("Personally Identifiable Information"), in accordance with the Privacy Policy posted on our website.
Certain material you may post on our Services is or may be available to the public, including without limitation any public profile data, feedback, questions, comments, suggestions, uploads, blog entries, ratings, reviews, images, videos, poll answers, etc., in any form or media, that you post via the Service or otherwise (collectively, "Public Postings"). These Public Postings will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary. You are responsible for any Public Postings and the consequences of sharing or publishing such content with others or the general public. This includes, for example, any personal information, such as your home address, the home address of others, or your current location. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF PUBLICLY SHARING OR POSTING ANY PERSONAL OR OTHER INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES.
Other content or communications you transmit to us, including without limitation any feedback, data, questions, comments, suggestions, in any form or media, that you submit to us via e-mail, the Services or otherwise (to the extent excluding any Personally Identifiable Information, collectively, "Submissions"), will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary.
By providing any Public Posting or Submission, you (i) grant to Company a royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works (including products) from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in all media and you license to us all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to such content for publication on the Service pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) agree that we shall be free to use any ideas, concepts or techniques embodied therein for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing and marketing products or services incorporating such ideas, concepts, or techniques, without attribution, without any liability or obligation to you; (iii) grant to Company the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content. In addition, you hereby waive all moral rights you may have in any Public Posting or Submissions.
You shall be solely responsible for your own content and any Pubic Postings and Submissions. You affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to publish content you post or submit. You further agree that content you submit via Public Postings or Submissions will not contain third party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other third party proprietary rights, unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material or you are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant us all of the license rights granted herein. You further agree that you will not submit to the Service any content or other material that is contrary to our posted Community Guidelines, if any, which may be updated from time to time, or contrary to applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations.
We do not endorse any content submitted to the Service by any user or other licensor, or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and we expressly disclaim any and all liability in connection with content. We do not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on the Service, and we will remove all content if properly notified that such content infringes on another's intellectual property rights as set forth herein below. We reserve the right to remove content without prior notice. We reserve the right to decide whether your content violates this Agreement for reasons other than copyright infringement, such as, but not limited to, pornography, obscenity, or excessive length. We may at any time, without prior notice and in our sole discretion, remove such content and/or terminate a user's account or otherwise block access for submitting such material in violation of this Agreement.
V. FEES AND PAYMENTS
If and to the extent any portion of the Service may require a fee payment or incremental payment or subscription, you agree to pay Company any applicable fee posted for the Service. By completing and submitting any credit card or other payment authorization through the Services, you are authorizing Company to charge the fees to the account you identify. You must keep all billing information, including payment method, up to date. You agree to pay us for all charges incurred under your account, including all applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges. You authorize and direct us to charge your designated payment method for these charges or, if your designated payment method fails, to charge any other payment method you have on file with us. Further, you authorize and direct us to retain information about the payment method(s) associated with your account. If we do not receive payment from your designated payment method or any other payment method on file, you agree to pay all amounts due upon demand by us. You will be responsible for accrued but unpaid charges, even if your account is canceled by you or terminated by us. During any free trial or other promotion, if any, you will still be responsible for any purchases and surcharges incurred using your account.
After 30 days from the date of any unpaid charges, your fee-based Service will be deemed delinquent and we may terminate or suspend your account and Service for nonpayment. We reserve the right to assess an additional 1.5 percent late charge (or the highest amount allowed by law, whichever is lower) per month if your payment is more than 30 days past due and to use any lawful means to collect any unpaid charges. You are liable for any fees, including attorney and collection fees, incurred by us in our efforts to collect any remaining balances from you.
You are responsible for all charges incurred under your account, including applicable taxes, fees, surcharges, and purchases made by you or anyone you allow to use your account (including your children, family, friends, or any other person with implied, actual, or apparent authority) or anyone who gains access to your account as a result of your failure to safeguard your username, password, or other authentication credentials or information.
VI. WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS OF WARRANTIES.
If you are not completely satisfied with the Service, your sole remedy is to cease using the Services. With respect to any fee based Services, if you signed up for designated term or timeframe, you will still be responsible for payment for the full term. If you did not subscribe for any minimum period, then you may cancel at any time on 30 days advanced notice, and cease to use the Service, then you will not be charged any additional amounts after the effective date of such termination. In any case, you will be responsible for any and all charges and activity accrued prior to your Service termination date, and those obligations will survive your termination of the Service. Company undertakes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the information it provides is current and accurate, however, Company does not warrant the accuracy of information. Company also undertakes commercially reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of any confidential information you provide, in accordance with the privacy policy stated on the Services, however, Company does not guaranty the confidentiality of such information against unauthorized third party access or system failure.
THE SERVICE, THE WEBSITE, AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, AND MATERIALS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, NON-INTERFERENCE, SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND ACCURACY OF DATA. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR VIRUS FREE. ALTHOUGH INFORMATION THAT YOU SUBMIT MAY BE PASSWORD PROTECTED, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM THE SERVICE AND YOU AGREE TO ASSUME THE SECURITY RISK FOR ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE THROUGH THE SERVICE.
VII. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR DAMAGES ARISING DUE TO BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR FROM LOSS OR INACCURACY OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING IF AND TO THE EXTENT ANY OF THE FOREGOING ARISES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE AND EVEN IF WE WERE ADVISED THAT SUCH DAMAGES WERE LIKELY OR POSSIBLE. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF US TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICE, EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID TO US BY YOU, IF ANY, DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE OF ANY CLAIM. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS AN ESSENTIAL TERM BETWEEN YOU AND US RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICE TO YOU AND WE WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO YOU WITHOUT THIS LIMITATION.
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS US AND OUR AFFILIATES AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES FROM AND AGAINST ALL LOSSES, EXPENSES, DAMAGES, COSTS AND LIABILITIES, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES, INCURRED BY US AND RESULTING FROM (1) ANY VIOLATION BY YOU OF THIS AGREEMENT; (2) ANY ACTIVITY RELATED TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON ACCESSING THE SERVICE WITH YOUR PASSWORD; (3) YOUR USE OF AND ACCESS TO THE SERVICES; (4) YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY THRID PARTY RIGHT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY COPYRIGHT, PROPERTY OR PRIVACY RIGHT; AND/OR (5) ANY CLAIM THAT YOUR CONTENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO A THIRD PARTY. THIS DEFENSE AND INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION WILL SURVIVE THIS AGREEMENT AND YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.
We are not providing any medical advice or services via the Services. You may use certain Services for informational purposes only, as an aid, to schedule an in-person appointment with a doctor in a physical location. You acknowledge that the information on the Website and other Services is provided 'as is' for general information only. It is not intended to provide medical advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultations with qualified health professionals who are familiar with your individual medical needs. We are not responsible for end user error or errors in inputs or for errors in any user supplied data. We do not independently verify the truthfulness or accuracy of any data or content input into the Service and are not responsible for the fraud, misrepresentation, negligence or misconduct of any end user or other third party.
ANY USE OF THE SERVICES BY ANY PARTY, INCLUDING YOU, IN ANY HIGH RISK APPLICATION (AS DEFINED BELOW) IS DONE AT THE USER'S OWN RISK, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. AS USED HEREIN, A "HIGH RISK APPLICATION" IS ANY USE WHERE THE FAILURE OF THE SERVICE COULD CAUSE SERIOUS RISK, INCLUDING RISK OF INJURY TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY, OR A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICAL, NAVIGATION, EMERGENCY SERVICES, OR OTHER SIMILAR APPLICATIONS.
VIII. DURATION OF Agreement
Once in effect, this Agreement will continue in operation until terminated by either you or us. However, even after termination, the provisions of sections III through XV of this Agreement will remain in effect. You may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason by providing notice to Company in the manner specified in this Agreement or by choosing to cancel your access to the Service using the tools provided for that purpose within the Service. We may terminate this Agreement without notice or, at our option, temporarily suspend your access to the Services, in the event that you breach this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company also reserves the right to terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason by providing notice to you either through email or other reasonable means. After termination of this Agreement for any reason, you understand and acknowledge that Company will have no further obligation to provide the Service or access thereto. Upon termination, all licenses and other rights granted to you by this Agreement, if any, will immediately cease, but your licenses to us shall survive, and certain of your obligations (including payment obligations, if any) will survive in accordance with the terms hereof.
IX. MODIFICATION OF Agreement
Company may change the terms of this Agreement from time to time. You will be notified of any such changes via e-mail (if you have provided a valid email address) and/or by our posting notice of the changes on the Services (which may consist of publishing the changes on our website). Any such changes will become effective when notice is received or when posted on the Services, whichever first occurs. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse will be to terminate this Agreement. Continued use of the Service following such notice of any such changes will indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by such changes.
X. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICES
We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the Service at any time with or without notice to you, including without limitation by adding or subtracting features and functionality, third party content, etc. Rewards, if any, are arbitrary and may be based on amount of use or other metrics as we determine in our sole discretion. In the event of such modification or discontinuation of the Service, your sole remedy shall be to terminate this Agreement as set forth herein. Continued use of the Service following notice of any such changes will indicate your acknowledgement and acceptance of such changes and satisfaction with the Service as so modified.
XI. OWNERSHIP
We and/or our vendors and suppliers, as applicable, retain all right, title and interest in and to the Service, the website and all information, content, Software, and other software and materials provided by or on behalf of us, including but not limited to all text, images, videos, logos, button icons, audio clips, data compilations, and the look and feel of the website and our brands and logos. Except for the use of publicly available forms and information which you obtain from sources other than us, you agree that you will not copy, reproduce, distribute or create derivative works from any information, content, software or materials provided by us, or remove any copyright or other proprietary rights notices contained in any such information, content, software or materials without the copyright owner's prior written consent.
Unless otherwise stated, all content in our websites or other Services, is our property or the property of third parties. These contents are protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions and other copyright laws.
Your feedback is welcome and encouraged. You agree, however, that (i) by submitting unsolicited ideas to us, you automatically forfeit your right to any intellectual property rights in such ideas; and (ii) unsolicited ideas submitted to us or any of our employees or representatives automatically become our property.
XII. INTERNATIONAL USERS
The Service is controlled, operated and administered by us from within the United States. We make no representation that this site is available for access or use at other locations outside the U.S. However, any access or use from outside the U.S. is still subject to this Agreement. Access to this Service is expressly prohibited from territories where this site or any portion thereof is illegal. You agree not to access or use any information or materials on the Service in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations, or in violation of any laws or regulations in the country from which you are accessing the Service.
XIII. THIRD PARTY CONTENT
Certain content on the Services may be supplied by third parties. Company does not have editorial control over such content. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information that constitutes part of the content expressed or made available by third parties, including without limitation, suppliers and vendors, or any customer or user of the Service, are those of the respective authors or distributors and not of Company or its affiliates or any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents. In many instances, the content available on the Service represents the opinions and judgments of the respective third parties, whether or not under contract with Company. Company neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, submission, posting, or statement made on the Service. Under no circumstances shall Company, or its affiliates, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, or agents, be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on any content or other information obtained through the Service.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we may elect, in our discretion, to utilize social logins, allowing you to login to the Service via other third party authentication services, such as (without limitation) your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, or other account credentials. You understand that these are third party services, and this in no way creates and endorsement of, by or from us to them or vice versa, that we are not responsible for their logins, systems or data, and that by using such third party logins, you may be subject to their respective privacy policies and other terms of use.
You understand that when using the Service, you will be exposed to content from a variety of sources, and that we are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such content. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to content that is inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against us with respect thereto, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, agree to indemnify and hold harmless Company, its owners, operators, affiliates, licensors, and licensees to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of the Service.
As a convenience to you, Company may provide on the Service one or more links to third party web sites or services and/or provide email contacts respecting third parties. Company makes no endorsement of such third parties, nor any representation or warranty regarding anything that takes place between you and any such third parties, including, without limitation, visits to third party web sites, services, email correspondence with third parties, and business or other transactions with third parties found through the Services. Please understand that such third parties are independent from and not controlled by Company, even if, for example, a Company link or logo appears on a website linked from this website or our other Services. It is up to you to read those third party sites' applicable terms of use, privacy, and other applicable policies.
For example, without limitation,
You acknowledge that the opinions and recommendations contained in this Website are not necessarily ours, nor are they endorsed by any outsourced service providers.
XIV. Your Right to Link to Us.
You may provide hypertext links to our Website, apps, or other Services, from another website under your control, provided that: (a) the link be a text-only link clearly marked 'KidKutsMD', (b) the link must 'point' to the homepage of the website and not to other pages within the Website, or only to the home location of the app where available for download in the iTunes app store or Google Play app store, as the case may be, (c) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with our name and trademarks, (d) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not create the false appearance that an entity other than us is associated with or sponsored by us, (e) the link, when activated by a user, must display the website or app download page full-screen and not within a 'frame' on the linked website, and (f) we reserve the right to revoke our consent to any link at any time in our sole discretion by amending this Terms of Use Agreement. You agree that any other hypertext links to this Website must be approved in writing by us.
XV. Digital Millennium Copyright Act
A. If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content in our Services infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C 512(c)(3) for further detail):
Company's designated method to receive notifications of claimed infringement is by emailing the Copyright Agent at [email protected]. You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this Section 5(D), your DMCA notice may not be valid.
B. Counter-Notice. If you believe that your content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material in your content, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Copyright Agent:
If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, Company may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at Company's sole discretion.
XVI. MISCELLANEOUS.
You shall comply with all laws, rules and regulations now or hereafter promulgated by any government authority or agency that are applicable to your use of the Service, or the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. You may not assign your rights or obligations hereunder, and any attempt by you to sublicense, assign or transfer any of the rights, duties or obligations hereunder or to exceed the scope of this Agreement is void. In the event that Company is sold to a third party, such a sale will not be deemed a transfer of personal information so long as that third party agrees to assume Company's obligations as to these Terms of Service and any associated Privacy Policy. This Agreement, the Services, and the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the Services will be subject to and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, excluding conflict of law principles. By accessing or using any Services you agree that the statutes and laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof, will apply to all matters arising from or relating to the use thereof. You also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive legal jurisdiction and venues of the Courts of Nassau County, New York and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York with respect to such matters. This is the entire agreement between you and Company with regard to the matters described herein and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Company with respect thereto. The failure of Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of this Agreement or related to use of the Service must be filed within three (3) months after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Last Updated: June 18, 2014