Terms of Use

This is The Women's Sexual Health Foundation (TWSHF) website or www.TWSHF.org. We are headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, and are a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation.

The mission statement for TWSHF can be found at the homepage of the website at www.TWSHF.org. TWSHF's primary mission is to educate the public and healthcare professionals.

As a non-profit organization, TWSHF is supported through individual and corporate donations and grants, along with membership dues and the sale of educational brochures.

TWSHF's educational information is written or reviewed by healthcare professionals.

Please review all our policies and disclaimers.

Terms of Use

In consideration of being permitted to use the TWSHF.org website, you agree to the following Terms of Use, which constitute the entire agreement between you and TWSHF.

Medical Disclaimer
THIS SITE DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. The information provided on this website is provided by healthcare professionals who are identified. All healthcare information is reviewed by healthcare professionals. The information is not intended nor should it be used as a substitute for professional medical advice. You should not use the information at the TWSHF website to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease. The provision of healthcare services should be performed by your personal physician or psychologist/psychiatrist. You should consult your own physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding the applicability of any suggestions you receive from this site, and any questions or concerns you may have with respect to your symptoms or medical condition. TWSHF assumes no responsibility for use of information from this website. TWSHF expressly disclaims all responsibility and liability arising from your use of or reliance on this site, as well as for any claims that may result directly or indirectly from your use of this information, including, but not limited to, claims for medical malpractice. We do not diagnose on this website. We do not treat medical conditions or prescribe medications or treatments for anyone using this website.

Limitation of Warranty/Limitation of Liability.
USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.THIS SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." IN NO EVENT SHALL TWSHF BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING FROM NEGLIGENCE) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, OR ANY PAGE OR LINK ON OR FROM THIS WEBSITE, OR YOUR PURCHASE FROM THIS WEBSITE. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH HEREIN, TWSHF EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TWSHF IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH, CAUSED BY YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AT WWW.TWSHF.ORG.

Privacy of Personal & Financial Information
This site is not intended to attract children under age 13. We are firmly committed to the privacy of our visitors' personal and financial information. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices. This site does not collect identifiable personal information about individuals except when such information is specifically and knowingly provided by such individuals. Our site's membership form requires users to give us contact information (like name and email address) and financial information (like account or credit card numbers). The user's contact information is used for billing purposes, and to contact the user when necessary. We will not release your name, street address, telephone number or e-mail address for purposes other than those stated without your consent or unless TWSHF is required to release this information by law. Financial information that is collected is used only for the purpose of completing the transaction to fulfill the user's request for membership or other products that TWSHF offers via its website.

Information obtained from visitor e-mails, or via any of our on-line forms may be collected and used in an anonymous format as part of Frequently Asked Questions or other educational pages if it could help others resolve similar problems or answer similar questions. Such information will not contain your identity.

Copyright
All text and images are Copyright© 2003 by TWSHF.org and The Women's Sexual Health Foundation. All rights reserved. The TWSHFSM name and logo is a trademark of The Women's Sexual Health Foundation.

IP Address Information
TWSHF may use your IP address to help resolve problems with our server, and to create a body of statistical information on how the public uses our site, and to help us administer the TWSHF website.

Cookies
For your convenience, we may sometimes use industry-standard cookies to save your membership information and status to your machine so you do not have to re-enter this information each time you revisit the TWSHF site. These cookie files contain information that is only useful to the TWSHF site. Most browsers offer settings to block these types of files.

Links to Other Sites
This site contains links to other sites. We are not affiliated with any such sites and have no right, opportunity or responsibility to control what other proprietors do. These links are provided for your convenience only. TWSHF is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, performance, or transactions carried out on websites to which we have links.

Accuracy, Timeliness, Availability
Despite frequent updates, the constantly changing field of medicine may render some of the information on this site obsolete or invalid before TWSHF is able to correct it. TWSHF cannot absolutely guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on this website. TWSHF will not be liable for any direct, consequential or incidental damages, whether foreseeable or not, which may result from the unavailability, interruption, or malfunction of the TWSHF website.

Age Appropriate Access
The information available on this website, although medical in nature, is not appropriate for children. We recommend that parents supervise their children's use of the internet. If a parent learns that a child has submitted identifiable personal information to the TWSHF website, the parent should contact us immediately so that the information may be deleted. We are not responsible for any consequences should a child manage to visit the TWSHF website.

Security
Sensitive areas of the site employ industry-standard computer encryption (Secure Socket Layer) technology, widely accepted e-commerce protocols, and other security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Despite these safeguards, TWSHF cannot guarantee that TWSHF's security will not be breached.

Receiving Email From Us
The TWSHF website provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from TWSHF at the point where TWSHF request information about the user. TWSHF will make a reasonable effort to respond to your email inquiries in a timely manner, but cannot guarantee that TWSHF will respond to all inquiries.

Record Maintenance
Users are given the opportunity to modify any information that they previously provided or remove their information from our databases completely.

Advertising Policy
TWSHF reserves the right to decline any advertising, especially if the advertising would present a conflict of interest in particular to TWSHF's mission.

Ad banners that threaten the visitor or their computer, or otherwise intentionally mislead visitors into clicking on their banners are prohibited. The subject material of the linked page should be directly related to the message reflected in the banner ad.

TWSHF is not responsible for the content of third party sites that are directly or indirectly linked from our site. Advertisement on this site does not imply endorsement of the advertised product, company or service. When this site accepts advertising, advertising will be clearly identified. All advertising (including, but not limited to, pop-up windows and banners) will be identified with the word "Advertising" or similar wording clearly identifying the sponsor.

TWSHF will clearly separate advertising and editorial content by displaying the word "advertisement" or "advertising" by the logo of the sponsor or the advertisement.

Contacting Us
If you have any questions about TWSHF's website Policies & Disclaimers, or have comments about this website, you can contact: info@TWSHF.org.