The Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians (MACEP) provides this Website and certain services, interfaces and functionality on or via this Site (the Services) to you subject to your agreement to comply with the following terms of use (the General Terms). Your use of this Site or the Services will constitute your acceptance of the General Terms. Once accepted, the General Terms will constitute a binding agreement between MACEP and you governing your use of the Site or Services (the Agreement). If you are not willing to abide by the General Terms listed below, do not use this Site or the Services. MACEP may revise the General Terms at any time without notice. You should revisit this Site periodically to make sure you are aware of the most recent General Terms because they will be binding on you. Your use of the Site or Services after such changes constitutes your agreement to such changes.

PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE

Unless otherwise specified, the MACEP Website is for your personal and commercial use. You may not modify copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the MACEP Website. You may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, electronically copy, download and print hard copy portions of the material from the different areas of the Site solely for your own non-commercial use, or to place an order with MACEP or to purchase MACEP products. Any other use of materials on this Site, including but not limited to the modification, reproduction, distribution, republication, display or transmission of the content of this Site, without prior written permission of MACEP is strictly prohibited.

COPYRIGHT

The entire content included in this Site (except where noted), including text and photographs, and the selection and arrangements thereof is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States and other copyright laws, and is the property of MACEP. Copyright © 2008. All Rights Reserved.

SECURITY OF SITE

You are prohibited from violating, or attempting to violate, the security of the Site or Services. Any such violations may result in criminal and civil liabilities to you. We will investigate any alleged violations, and, if a criminal violation is suspected, we will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in their investigations.

VIOLATION OF USE

Violations of the security of the Site and Services include, without limitation, the following:

• Logging into or attempting to log into a server or account that you are not authorized to access.
• Accessing data or taking any action to obtain services not intended for you or your use. Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system, subsystem or network.
• Tampering, hacking, modifying or otherwise corrupting or breaching security or authentication measures without proper authorization.
• Transmitting material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines or engines with the intent or effect of damaging, destroying, disrupting or otherwise impairing a computer’s functionality or the operation of the Site or Services.
• Interfering with, intercepting or expropriating any system, data or information.
  Interfering with service to any user, host, or network including, without limitation, by means of overloading, "flooding," "mailbombing," or "crashing" any computer system.

OTHER PROHIBITED ACTIONS

• Post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit or use the Site or Services in furtherance of any unlawful, harmful, harassing, defamatory, threatening, vulgar, sexually explicit, hateful or otherwise objectionable material of any kind.
• Any material that exploits children or is invasive of another person's privacy or other rights, or any material that MACEP in its sole discretion does not wish posted or transmitted on the Site and Services.
• Continue to send e-mail to a recipient who has indicated that he/she does not wish to receive a communication from you.
• Engage in and/or encourage conduct that would: 1) violate any applicable law or regulation or 2) give rise to civil liability.
• Engage in conduct which could damage or impair the intended operability of the Site or the Services.
• Impersonate any individual or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your identity or affiliation in any way, or forge, delete or alter any part of TCP/IP packet header information in any e-mail or other posting.
• Engage in deceptive online marketing or Assist or permit any persons in engaging in any of the activities described above.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend MACEP as well as MACEP officers, directors and employees, from and against any claim, demand, cause of action, debt, loss or liability, including reasonable attorneys' fees, to the extent that such action is based upon, arises out of, or relates to your violation, or violation by any other person using your password or account of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

MACEP reserves the right to seek the imposition of criminal and civil penalties for any unacceptable online activities, including punitive damages, under any applicable law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030), the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (18 U.S.C. § 2511), the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), 15 U.S.C. § 1114), the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (RCW 19.108.010), the Unsolicited Electronic E-mail Act, and the Washington Unfair Business-Consumer Protection Act.

Last revised November 21, 2007.