Terms of Use

Terms of Use

This web site with its home page in the domain “mharockland.org” (the “Website”) is a complimentary information service offered by Mental Health Association of Rockland (MHARC) at no charge to users of the World Wide Web, with the express condition that these users agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this User Agreement.  MHARC reserves the right to change these terms and conditions any time, and you must consult the most recent version of this User Agreement (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.

Disclaimer Statement

MHARC’s website & Online Community is for informational purposes only and is not meant to serve as medical advice or to replace consultation with your physician or mental health professional.

Use of MHARC’s website & Online Community constitutes an agreement by the users not to hold MHARC or any of its employees or officers liable or responsible for information posted to discussion boards and other forums by persons or entities not associated with MHARC.

You acknowledge that the information on the Website is provided “as is” for general information only. It is not intended as 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.

This site includes chat and discussion boards. When you chat or join discussions, you agree to abide by all these Terms and Conditions. We want our Community to be a safe, comfortable, and friendly environment. We can remove any messages or solicitations that do not meet the standards of these Terms and Conditions. MHARC reserves the right to immediately terminate a user’s registration if we become aware and determine that the user is violating any of these Terms and Conditions or any of the chat and discussion board guidelines as enumerated wherein.

Commercial solicitation, chain letters, junk mail, “spam”, non-commercial or bulk solicitation is prohibited.

Threatening harassing, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, profane, obscene, abusive, harmful, sexually oriented, racially offensive, inaccurate, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature, is prohibited.

Unlawful material, or any material that encourages or promotes conduct that constitutes a criminal offense, or might give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, Federal or international law or regulation, or encourage the use of controlled substances, is prohibited. Posting content or participating in any form of discussion with the intention to commit any illegal activity is strictly prohibited.

Limitation of Liability

You agree that you will hold harmless MHARC 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 MHARC 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

You acknowledge that the opinions and recommendations contained in this Website are not necessarily those of MHARC or endorsed by MHARC. MHARC may provide links on the Website to other websites which are not under the control of MHARC. In general, any website which has an address (or URL) which does not contain “MHARC? is such a website. These links are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by MHARC of the organization or individual operating the website or a warranty of any type regarding the website or the information on the website.

Linking Your Website to MHARC

The Mental Health Association of Rockland County is a non-profit community-based agency and is committed to presenting material in a nonpartisan, noncommercial manner. MHARC therefore encourages and permits links to MHARC’s website that support this mission. As such, MHARC allows external, hyper-text links to websites, provided:

(a) any text-only link must clearly be marked “MHARC”;

(b) the appearance, position and other aspects of either the link or the host website may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with MHARC’s name and trademarks;

(c) the appearance, position and other aspects of either the link or the host website may not create the false appearance that an entity other than MHARC is associated with or sponsored by MHARC;

(d) the link, when activated by a user, must display this Website full-screen and not with a “frame” on the linked website. MHARC considers framing, the practice of intact reproduction of a page or pages of one website to another website, to be deceptive and a violation of MHARC’s copyright rights. No authorization or permission is given for framing our content, whether in whole or in part;

(e) MHARC reserves the right to revoke its consent to external links at any time at its sole discretion and require that said links are abolished; and

(f) MHARC reserves the right to require a reciprocal link to the linking site.

MHARC Website Linking to External Websites

MHARC is a nonprofit, broad-based, citizens’ movement; however, MHARC is also committed to presenting material in a nonpartisan, noncommercial manner. Thus, links to MHARC’s website should not be used for inappropriate, political or commercial purposes, or suggest that MHARC promotes, endorses or sponsors any third party’s causes, ideas, products or services. Additionally, MHARC is not responsible for the information or materials contained on the host website. Links to external websites are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by MHARC of the organization or individual operating the host website or a warranty of any type regarding the host website or the information on the host website.