Welcome to the website of The Holistic and Integrative Medicine Group at UCSD (HI-Med). The following is a series of instructions that our website developer told us we should include in order to very clearly abide by copywright law. We don't necessarily understand much of the technical details, but if you are concerned with such matters, feel free to read on -- otherwise, it may seem quite obscure (as it does to us)... enjoy!

HI-Med and our affiliates provide their services to you subject to the following notices, terms, and conditions. In addition, when you use any service from HI-Med, you will be subject to the rules, guidelines, policies, terms, and conditions applicable to such service.

Copyright

All content included on tour site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, and software, is the property of HI-Med or our content suppliers and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content on tour site is the exclusive property of HI-Med and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Any reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, or display of the content on tour site is strictly prohibited.

All audio material on tour site is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download tour material and make reasonable number of copies of tour material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of tour material, unless authorized by HI-Med.

Use Of Tour Site

Tour site or any portion of tour site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose that is not expressly permitted by HI-Med. HI-Med and our affiliates reserve the right to refuse service if HI-Med believes that customer conduct violates applicable law or is harmful to the interests of HI-Med and our affiliates.

Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide HI-Med the written information specified below: (Please note that tour procedure is exclusively for notifying HI-Med and our affiliates that your copyrighted material has been infringed.) An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon; A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site; Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address; A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Content Disclaimer

Tour site is provided by HI-Med on an "as is" basis. HI-Med makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of tour site or the information or other content included on tour site. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, HI-Med disclaims all warranties, express or implied. HI-Med will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of tour site, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.

Privacy Policy

HI-Med respects your privacy. You can visit the HI-Med web site without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information.

However, HI-Med can and may collect the following information regarding visitors to our Web site: domain name, name, information regarding what pages are accessed, information regarding the method with which you are accessing the site, information volunteered by you, such as survey information, e-mail address and your preferred means of communication.