Last Updated: 2022-09-26
Terms of Use
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1. Using the Information and Contents of this Website: Individuals are hereby authorized to use information and contents gathered from this Website, where not otherwise restricted by the creator of that information or content, for their own personal use or for their use in their practice of providing health care services to others. Other commercial uses of the information and contents of this Website are prohibited, unless there is an express written contract with Journal of the American Center for Nutrition permitting it. Commercial use of this site in violation of these Terms of Use shall result in liquidated damages in the amount of U.S. $10,000 in addition to costs and actual damages for breach of this provision. You are expressly prohibited from framing or linking or otherwise using or displaying the Website in such a manner that it appears to be part of your own or someone else’s website. To the maximum extent that such prohibitions are permitted by law, you shall not deep link to any page on the Website or otherwise link to the Website in a manner that bypasses the Website home page. You shall not use any robot, spider or other device to monitor the Website in any manner. You may post comments and other content, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of content. Journal of the American Center for Nutrition reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content. If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant Journal of the American Center for Nutrition a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant Journal of the American Center for Nutrition and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify Journal of the American Center for Nutrition for all claims resulting from content you supply. Journal of the American Center for Nutrition respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please sent a written notice with details to Journal of the American Center for Nutrition 1121 Park W Blvd Ste B, Mt Pleasant, SC 29466 or via the JACN.org contact form.
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Privacy Policy
The Journal of the American Center for Nutrition (“JACN”) is committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy explains how we do this, and it applies to your use of JACN websites, products, and services.
1. Personal Information We Collect: When you visit JACN Websites, there are five types of information you might provide to us: contact information you knowingly choose to disclose; registration information when registering for an event, billing information when you donate, join, subscribe, or make a purchase; demographic or other information about you; and technical information collected by us as you interact with our websites.
2. Information You Post: If you post any personal information in public and/or social network areas of the JACN Websites, e.g., in online community forums or chat rooms, the information disclosed may be displayed to other users of these services and may be collected and used by others over whom we have no control. JACN is not responsible for the use made by third parties of information you post or otherwise make available in public areas of the JCN Websites and communities. If you remove information that you have made public on JACN Websites and communities, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the JACN Websites or if others have copied or saved that information.
3. Use of Personal Information: The information collected may be used by JACN for the purpose of providing you with the content you request, operating and improving JACN Websites, providing a positive user experience, and delivering the products and services that we offer.
We may also use the information we gather to inform you of other products or services available from JACN or to contact you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new products and services that may be offered.
4. Monitoring of Information and Cookies: We monitor customer traffic patterns and site usage to help us develop the design and layout of the JACN Websites. We may also use the information we collect to occasionally notify you about important changes to the websites, new services or features offered by JACN, and special offers and information we think you will find valuable. If you would rather not receive this information, please contact us online or by phone at 866-264-5226.
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We collect standard information, by way of a cookie, to help us evaluate how our sites are being used. A cookie is a small uniquely identifiable text file that is stored on your machine. A cookie collects information that is used for statistical purposes and does not identify you in any way.
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