Terms of Use



TheKnee.com (the “Website”)

General

The Website is a health information and education resource. The information is provided with the express condition that users agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms of Use.  We reserve the unilateral right to change any terms and conditions of use at any time, without notice to you, and your obligation is to consult the most recent version of these Terms of Use (not an older cached version) each time you view the Website. Use of this Website constitutes your acceptance of all of the following terms and conditions, in their current form or as otherwise modified.

Description of Service

The Website currently provides users access to an extensive amount of resources, including, but not limited to, public forums, health, diet and medical content, online tools, book/publication offerings, ecommerce sales of supplements and other products and various communication tools (the “Service”). The Website assumes no responsibility or liability for the timeliness, deletion or failure to store any user communications or personalization data or settings.  All such risks shall be borne by the user.

Medical Disclaimer

The Website does not provide or contain medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  We do not recommend or endorse any of the services, service providers, tests, products, procedures, opinions or other information that may be mentioned on this Website, nor any of the supplements and/or other products sold through the Website.  The contents of this Website, including text, graphics, images, information and other materials contained on this Website regardless of the originating source (collectively, “Content”) is for informational purposes only.  This Website (including its Content) is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Always seek the advice of your physician, other qualified health provider or expert with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, health care options and health-related services.  Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this Website. Your reliance on any Content contained on this Website or otherwise provided by or on behalf of the Website is solely at your own risk.

Disclaimer of Warranty

The Website makes no warranties of any kind regarding this Website, including but not limited to any warranty of accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or any warranty that these pages, or the server that makes them available, are free of viruses or other harmful elements, and such warranties are expressly disclaimed.

Limitation of Liability

You agree that you will hold harmless the Website and its officers, directors, employees and volunteers from all claims arising out of or related to your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, this Website or the information contained in this Website or other websites to which it is linked.  This includes, but is not limited to, information or materials viewed or downloaded from this Website or another website to which it is linked that appear to you or are construed by you to be obscene, offensive, defamatory, or that infringe upon your intellectual property rights.  In no event will the Website or the contributors of information to this Website be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Endorsements

By using the Website you acknowledge that the opinions and recommendations contained in this Website are not necessarily those endorsed by the Website, its directors, officers and/or employees. The Website may provide links on the Website to other websites that are not under the control of the Website including links to ecommerce and advertising partners. In general, any website which has an address (or URL) which does not contain “www.theknee.com” is such a website.  These links are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by the Website of the organization or individual operating the website or a warranty of any type regarding the website or the information on the website.

In addition, on occasion, the Website may refer to other professional associations, academies, medical authorities and Institutes insofar as comments made by those bodies on specific data or other matters.  Reference to those bodies, individuals and other entities does not constitute endorsement by any of them of the Website.

Use of Content

Unless otherwise stated, all information contained on this Website, such as text, graphics, logos, icons, images and audio clips, is copyrighted by and proprietary to the Website, and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed, sublicensed, altered, stored for subsequent use or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without the Websites’s prior written consent, except that the user may make such temporary copies as are necessary to browse the Website.

Jurisdiction and Choice of Law

This Website (excluding linked sites) is headquartered in the State of California, United States of America.  It can be accessed from all 50 states, as well as from other countries around the world.  As each of these places has laws that may differ from those of California, by accessing this Website both you and we agree that the statutes and laws of the State of California, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof, will apply to all matters arising from or relating to use of this Website. You and we also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California with respect to such matters.  The Website makes no representation that materials on the Website are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.  Those who choose to access this Website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.



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