TERMS OF USE

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING, USING OR BROWSING THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF ITS CONTENT. BY ACCESSING, BROWSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF ITS CONTENT, YOU, ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF OR YOUR ENTITY, AS APPLICABLE, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT:

  1. YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS;
  2. YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS;
  3. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE THE LEGAL EQUIVALENT OF A SIGNED, WRITTEN CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND ASIA MICROBIOTA BANK; AND
  4. IF ACCESSING, BROWSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF ITS CONTENT ON BEHALF OF AN ENTITY, YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO BIND YOUR ENTITY TO ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO BE OR CANNOT BE BOUND BY ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE PRECEDING AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, THEN DO NOT DO NOT ACCESS, BROWSE OR USE THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF ITS CONTENT. MOREOVER, ASIA MICROBIOTA BANK DOES NOT AND WILL NOT GRANT YOU ANY RIGHT OR LICENSE TO ACCESS, BROWSE OR USE THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENT WITHOUT YOUR WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Asia Microbiota Bank maintains the www.asiabiobank.com as a service to the Internet community. Our Websites have been designed to provide general information about Asia Microbiota Bank and its products and research and to allow individuals, families and medical and research providers to register certain information.

The information on these Websites is provided solely on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. Asia Microbiota Bank is not engaged in rendering investment or medical advice via these Websites, nor does it provide instruction on the appropriate use of products produced, supplied or under development by Asia Microbiota Bank, its affiliates, related companies or its licensors or joint venture partners. Access and use of the Websites is subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and all applicable laws, statutes and/or regulations. Asia Microbiota Bank does not, by or through these Websites, offer for sale any products or services.

Asia Microbiota Bank may revise or modify these Terms from time to time. Such changes, revisions or modifications shall be effective immediately upon notice to you, which may be given by any means, including, without limitation, posting on the Websites. If you disagree with the Terms, your sole remedy is to discontinue your use of these Websites. Any use of these Websites by you after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of the changes.

Asia Microbiota Bank will use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on the Websites, however, any information presented on the Websites as of a particular date may only be accurate as of such date and Asia Microbiota Bank disclaims any responsibility to update such information. Information about companies other than Asia Microbiota Bank contained in news, press releases or otherwise that are posted on the Websites should not be relied upon as being provided or endorsed by Asia Microbiota Bank.

You must exercise caution, good sense and sound judgment in using these Websites. You are prohibited from violating, or attempting to violate, the security of these Websites. Any such violations may result in criminal and/or civil penalties against you. Asia Microbiota Bank will investigate any alleged or suspected violations and if a criminal violation is suspected, we will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in their investigations.

You are not obligated to register with Asia Microbiota Bank in order to access the Websites. However, Asia Microbiota Bank may offer certain features and services for which registration is necessary.

We explicitly disclaim liability for any and all losses and damages arising from your failure to comply with this section.

 

In using this Site, you agree not to:

Send or otherwise transmit to or through these Websites or to us through email any unlawful, infringing, harmful, harassing, defamatory, threatening, hateful or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, any material that can cause harm or delay to these Websites or computers of any kind, and any unsolicited advertising, solicitation or promotional materials;

Misrepresent your identity or affiliation in any way;

Use these Websites to disclose or obtain another’s personal information, or collect information about users of these Websites;

Transmit or otherwise make available on the Websites any personal information of any individual or any material protected by copyright, trademark, publicity, privacy or other proprietary right without the express permission of such individual or the owner of such rights, respectively;

Gain unauthorized access to these Websites, or assist others to gain unauthorized access, or to disclose users’ names or personally identifiable information, or to gain or provide unauthorized access to other computers or Websites connected or linked to these Websites;

Launch or use any automated system, including without limitation, “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers,” that access this Website in a manner that sends more request messages to our servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional web browser;

Send or otherwise transmit to or through these Websites or to us through email chain letters, unsolicited messages, so-called “spamming” or “phishing” messages, messages marketing or advertising goods and services;

Transmit or otherwise make available any virus, worm, spyware or any other computer code, file or program that may or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of any hardware, software or telecommunications equipment;

Violate any applicable laws or regulations or these Terms;

Assist or permit any persons in engaging in any of the activities described above.

 

DISCLAIMERS

ALL CONTENT ON THESE WEBSITES 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, ASIA MICROBIOTA BANK 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.

Asia Microbiota Bank makes no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of any content available through these Websites. You are responsible for verifying any information before relying on it. Use of these Websites and the content available on these websites is at your sole risk. Asia Microbiota Bank makes no representations or warranties that use of these Websites will be uninterrupted or error-free. You are responsible for taking all necessary precautions to ensure that any content you obtain from these Websites is free of viruses.

Disclaimer of Medical Advice: You understand and acknowledge that You are responsible for Your own medical care, treatment, and oversight. All of the Content provided on these Websites, including text, treatments, dosages, outcomes, charts, profiles, graphics, photographs, images, advice, messages, forum postings, are for informational purposes only and are not intended to be a substitute for independent professional medical judgment, advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The Content is not intended to establish a standard of care to be followed by a user of these Websites. You understand and acknowledge that You should always seek the advice of Your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions or concerns You may have regarding Your health. You also understand and acknowledge that You should never disregard or delay seeking medical advice relating to treatment or standard of care because of information featured on or transmitted through these Websites.

These Websites may contain information regarding research studies and clinical trials. This is informational only and does not constitute an endorsement of any kind by Asia Microbiota Bank of the study or trial.  Asia Microbiota Bank assumes no responsibility for informing users regarding any such studies and trials, and makes no guaranty as to the completeness or accuracy of such information. Asia Microbiota Bank also assumes no responsibility for connecting any user with the provider of a research study or clinical trial. Furthermore, Asia Microbiota Bank assumes no responsibility for ensuring the qualification of a user or participation of any user in any such study or trial. It is the responsibility of each user to contact the relevant investigators and pursue participation in a study or trial.

ASIA MICROBIOTA BANK SHALL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN THAT IS BASED ON THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THE ASIA MICROBIOTA BANK WEBSITES. ASIA MICROBIOTA BANK EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITES, EVEN IF ASIA MICROBIOTA BANK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RELIANCE BY ANY PARTY ON ANY CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITES, THE INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITES OR ANY ERRORS OF OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITES.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Asia Microbiota Bank and its directors, officers, employees, agents and contractors harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) or other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from (i) your breach of any provision of these Terms; or (ii) your activities in connection with these Websites.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

By submitting any communication or material to Asia Microbiota Bank you agree that: (1) if you are a healthcare professional you will not submit any information that would directly identify a patient or any information for which you do not have all necessary consents or authorizations to disclose; (2) you will only submit content that complies with applicable law and will not submit content that is abusive, defamatory, obscene, infringing, threatening, repetitive or otherwise inappropriate or that contains any viruses or other software that may adversely affect the operation of another’s computer; (3) such content will be deemed non-confidential; and (4) you grant to Asia Microbiota Bank a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, perform, transmit, distribute, prepare derivative works of and display such content via any media in accordance with Asia Microbiota Bank’s Privacy Statement, and waive any moral rights you may have in such content. Subject to Asia Microbiota Bank’s Privacy Statement, Asia Microbiota Bank shall be free to use such content, including any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such content, for any reason.

It is the policy of Asia Microbiota Bank to enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent permitted by law. All product names, regardless of whether or not they appear in large print or with a trademark symbol, are the trademarks and service marks of Asia Microbiota Bank, its affiliates, related companies or its licensors or joint venture partners, unless otherwise noted. All content of the Asia Microbiota Bank Websites, including any images or text, is protected by U.S. and foreign copyright laws and may not be distributed, downloaded, modified, reused, reposted or otherwise used except that you may view, use and download a single copy of these Websites for your informational, non-commercial use. Except as provided herein, no part of any content or software on these Websites may be copied, downloaded or stored in a retrieval system for any other purpose, nor may it be redistributed for any purpose, without the express written permission of Asia Microbiota Bank. The use or misuse of Asia Microbiota Bank’s trademarks, service marks copyrights or other materials, except as permitted herein, is expressly prohibited and may be a violation of copyright law, trademark law, communications regulations and statutes and other laws, statutes and/or regulations.

GENERAL

Asia Microbiota Bank may terminate your use of these Websites or any of our features or services at any time and for any reason without notice for conduct violating these Terms. Upon any such termination, you must destroy all content obtained from these Websites and all copies thereof. The provisions of these Terms concerning Website security, prohibited activities, copyrights, trademarks, user submissions, disclaimer, limitation of liability, indemnity and jurisdictional issues shall survive any such termination. You agree that if your use of these Websites is terminated pursuant to these Terms, you will not attempt to use these Websites under any name, real or assumed, and further agree that if you violate this restriction after being terminated, you indemnify and hold us harmless from any and all liability that we may incur therefore.

Asia Microbiota Bank reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these terms and conditions for using the Websites, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to the Websites.

You agree that any cause of action You may have with respect to use of the Websites must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises.

If any provision of these Terms is unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

These Websites may contain forward-looking information. Such information is subject to a variety of significant uncertainties, including scientific, business, economic and financial factors, and therefore actual results may differ significantly from those presented.

Links to third-party websites or pages are provided for convenience only. We do not express any opinion on the content of any third party pages and expressly disclaim liability for all third party information and the use of it.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

It is the sole responsibility of the user to secure all necessary rights and permissions before downloading, reproducing, modifying, distributing, or otherwise using user-submitted content.  If a user or any other party feels that its work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, that person should provide Asia Microbiota Bank with the following information:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; 2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online Website are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that Website; 3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material; 4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted; 5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; 6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Users may contact Asia Microbiota Bank for notice of claims of infringement on these Websites as follows:

By email: health@asiabiobank.com

If you have any questions about these terms and conditions, please let us know by emailing health@asiabiobank.com , or sending us a message using the contact form on our Support page.