Terms and conditions of Use
Date of last update: 09/29/2009
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.
By using this site, you signify your assent to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to all of these Terms and Conditions of use, do not use this site.
Bacterfield may revise and update these Terms and Conditions at any time. Your continued usage of Bacterfield`s website will mean you accept those changes.
Our Information
We include a lot of information on bacterfield.com, including articles, journals, references etc. Please remember that some of the information on bacterfield.com is meant for petcare specialists. While we hope you find it helpful, you should remember that it is not meant to serve as a substitute for your own clinical judgment as a petcare specialist. If you are a consumer who chooses to use the professional-level information on bacterfield.com, you should not rely on that information as professional veterinary advice or use it to replace any relationship with your veterinarian or other qualified petcare specialists. For veterinarian concerns, including decisions about medications and other treatments, consumers should always consult their veterinarian.
We follow a standard set of editorial procedures for information that we put on bacterfield.com. We specifically disclaim any warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. It's your job to evaluate the information and results from tools we provide. If you are a petcare specialist, you should exercise your professional judgment in evaluating any information, and we encourage you to confirm the information contained on our Web site with other sources before undertaking any treatment based on it. If you are a consumer, you should evaluate the information together with your veterinarian or another qualified petcare specialists.
Some information on our Web site comes from you or from other users. We're not responsible for that information. Whether the information comes from us or from you, we're not liable for any damages resulting from your use of the information on our Web site.
While we welcome your feedback and/or question on bacterfield.com, we must make the final decisions about the content that is posted on the site to make sure it meets the needs of all our readers. You can use the contact link on our home page to send us comments and criticisms, but if you are dissatisfied with our response or with the contents of bacterfield.com, your only remedy is to stop using the Web site.
THE SITE DOES NOT PROVIDE VETERINARY ADVICE.
The contents of the bacterfield.com site, such as text, graphics, images and other material are for informational purposes only. The bacterfield.com content is not intended to be a substitute for professional veterinarian advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your veterinarian or other qualified petcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition of your pet. Never disregard professional veterinarian advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the bacterfield.com site!
Bacterfield.com does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, veterinarians, procedures, or other information that may be mentioned on the site. Reliance on any information provided by bacterfield.com or other visitors to the site is solely at your own risk.
USE OF CONTENT
Bacterfield.com authorizes you to view or download a single copy of the material on the bacterfield.com site solely for your personal, noncommercial use if you include the following copyright notice: "Copyright (c) 2002-2009, BACTERFIELD, All rights reserved" and other copyright and proprietary rights notices that are contained in the contents of bacterfield.com site. Any special rules for the use of certain software and other items accessible on the bacterfield.com site may be included elsewhere within the Site and are incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by reference.
The content of bacterfield.com Site is protected by copyright under both European Union and foreign laws. Title to the Content remains with Bacterfield`s or its licensors. Any use of the Content not expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions is a breach of these Terms and Conditions and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Content and features are subject to change or termination without notice in the editorial discretion of bacterfield.com. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to bacterfield.com and its licensors.
If you violate any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the content of bacterfield.com Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the content.
USER SUBMISSIONS
You agree that you will not upload or transmit any communications or content of any type to the Public Areas (including message boards, publications and etc.) that infringe or violate any rights of any party. By submitting communications or content to the Public Areas, you agree that such submission is non-confidential for all purposes.
PASSWORDS
Bacterfield Specialist Forum is structured to allow access to post a topic, question or comment only to registered visitors with a valid password. Non registered visitors can only browse the published contents of the Forum.
You are responsible for taking all reasonable steps to ensure that no unauthorized person shall have access to your bacterfield.com password or account. It is your sole responsibility to (1) control the dissemination and use of password; (2) authorize, monitor, and control access to and use of your bacterfield.com account and password; (3) promptly inform bacterfield.com of any need to deactivate a password. You grant bacterfield.com and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of the Site the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store, and use your information in connection with the operation of the Site.
Bacterfield Specialist Forum
While the administrators and moderators of the forums will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to this forum express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.
You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered above being stored in a database.
ADVERTISEMENTS, SEARCHES AND LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Bacterfield.com may provide links to third-party web sites. Bacterfield.com does not recommend and does not endorse the content on any third-party websites. Bacterfield.com is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed within the bacterfield.com Site, third-party sites provided as search results, or third-party advertisements, and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites.
LINKING TO US
Usually, we don't mind if you have a simple link from your Web site to ours. However, you must first ask our permission if you intend to frame our site or incorporate pieces of it into a different site or product in a way that is not clear to our users. You aren't allowed to link to us if you engage in illegal, obscene, or offensive content, or if the link in any way has a negative impact on our reputation.
Thank you for your cooperation. We hope you find the bacterfield.com Site helpful and convenient to use! Questions or comments regarding this website, including any reports of non-functioning links, should be directed by electronic mail to info@bacterfield.com. We try to answer every email in a timely manner but are not always able to do so.