The Maryland Acupuncture Society, Inc. (MAS) website provides services to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit or shop at the MAS Website, www.maryland-acupuncture.org, you accept these conditions.

PRIVACY

Please review our Privacy Notice, which also governs your visit to the MAS website, to understand our practices.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit the MAS website or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS

The Maryland Acupuncture Society, Inc. grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of the MAS. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of the MAS.  Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Amazon.com. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of the MAS web site so long as the link does not portray the MAS, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter.

YOUR ACCOUNT

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. The MAS website  sells products and services to adults, who can purchase with a credit card or check. If you are under 18, you may use the MAS website only with involvement of a parent or guardian. The MAS reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.

REVIEWS, COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT

Visitors may post reviews, comments, and other content; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, 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. The MAS 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 the MAS 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 the MAS and its affiliates 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 the MAS for all claims resulting from content you supply. The MAS has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. MAS takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

The MAS respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

The MAS attempts to be as accurate as possible. However, the MAS does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product offered by the MAS is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY MAS ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. MAS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE MAS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE MAS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM THE MAS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE MAS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

APPLICABLE LAW

By visiting the MAS website, you agree that the laws of the state of Maryland, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and MAS.

DISPUTES

Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to MAS or to products you purchase through the MAS web site shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Maryland. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

OUR ADDRESS

The Maryland Acupuncture Society, Inc.

P.O. Box 5498

Takoma Park, MD 20913-5498

www.maryland-acupuncture.org