LEGAL STATEMENTS

TERMS OF USE

1. National Association for Weight Loss Surgery, Inc., is the owner of this Internet Website ("Site"). This Site may not be used except as provided in these Terms of Use or in the text on the Site, without the written permission of National Association for Weight Loss Surgery, Inc.

2. Email over the Internet is not a secure medium and privacy can not be assured. You should not send any confidential information to National Association for Weight Loss Surgery, Inc., its directors, officers, employees, agents, assigns, successors, affiliates, and advisors ("NAWLS") through this Site. Any communication or material you transmit to the Site, such as questions, comments, suggestions or the like, will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary.

3. Images of items, merchandise, goods, services, people or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, NAWLS. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms of Use or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws (see "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INORMATION" below), the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes. No use of any of these may be made without the prior, written authorization of NAWLS, except to identify the products or services of NAWLS.

4. NAWLS does not have any control over the contents of the links to other Internet websites or postings by a third party. NAWLS disclaims any and all liability for any claims, injury or damages which may result from any such sites or postings. NAWLS disclaims any and all liability for claims, injury or damages which may result from an individual using products or techniques discussed on this or any linked website.

5. NAWLS may at any time revise these Terms of Use and Disclaimers by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current Terms of Use and Disclaimers to which you are bound.

DISCLAIMERS

NAWLS is not engaged in rendering medical advice or services. The information, statements and opinions set forth in or referred to in the Site are neither intended to be nor are implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Many factors unknown to NAWLS may affect the applicability of any statement or comment to your particular circumstances. You should not act or refrain from acting based upon any information, statement or opinion contained in this Site without consulting a qualified healthcare professional. If you have or suspect you have a health problem, you should contact your healthcare provider immediately. This Site contains general information that is not specific to any individual person. If you have questions after reading this, ask your physician or healthcare professional or provider. They know you and can best answer your questions. NAWLS expressly disclaims any liability for loss, damage or injury caused by the contents of this Site.

NAWLS will use reasonable efforts to include up-to-date and accurate information in this Site, but makes no representations, warranties, or assurances as to the accuracy, currency, or completeness of the information, statement or opinions provided. NAWLS shall not be liable for any damages or injury resulting from your access to, or inability to access, this Site, or from your reliance on any information provided at this Site.

This Site may provide links or references to other sites but NAWLS has no responsibility for the content of such other sites and shall not be liable for any loss, damages or injury arising from that content. Any links to other sites are provided as merely a convenience to the users of this Site.

Your use of this Site and the products and services referred to therein is at your own risk. Neither NAWLS nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site will be liable for any loss, injury or direct, incidental, consequential, indirect damages or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site or such products and/or services. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

NAWLS shall not be responsible for any content found in the Site forums. Your use of any Site forums is done at your own risk.

NAWLS also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any loss or damages to your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, browsing in the Site, your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site or viruses that may infect your computer.

Although NAWLS may from time to time monitor or review emails, discussions, postings, transmissions, and the like on the Site, NAWLS is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. NAWLS will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing NAWLS to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFORMATION

The trademarks, tradenames, logos, service marks, trade dress and products (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of NAWLS and others. The trademarks, tradenames, logos, service marks, trade dress and products in this Site are protected in the United States and internationally.

Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of NAWLS or such third party that may own the Trademarks displayed on the Site. Your use of the Trademarks displayed on the Site, or any other content on the Site, except as provided in these Legal Statements, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that NAWLS will strictly and aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.

The materials of this Site are protected by Copyright and Trademark Laws of the U.S. and other countries and are owned by, or licensed to NAWLS. All content of this Site is owned or controlled by NAWLS. You may download content only for your personal use for non-commercial purposes but no modification or further reproduction of the content is permitted. The contents of the Site, including any images, text, executable code, and layout design may not be distributed, reproduced, publicly displayed, downloaded, modified, reused, re-posted, or otherwise used except as provided herein without the express prior written permission of NAWLS.

NAWLS neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the Site will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with NAWLS.

NAWLS maintains this Site for your personal information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse the Site. You may download material displayed on the Site for personal, noncommercial use only provided you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not, for any reason, distribute, modify, duplicate, transmit, reuse, re-post, or use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio, and video without NAWLS' prior written permission.

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