Access to and use of any open access sites under the control of CMEPEDIA (this Site(s)) is provided by CMEPEDIA on the following terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions” ):

1. You will be deemed upon registration for your online account to be a CMEPEDIA online account holder (“Online Account User”) rather than as a Content Provider, an employer of a professional body, a CMEPEDIA student, a sponsor, or member of staff of any other type of organization

2. By using this Site, you agree to register as an Online Account User and be bound by these Terms and Conditions, which shall take immediate effect when your first use of this Site. If you disagree to be bound by all of the following Terms and Conditions, please do not complete your registration.

3. You must be over the age of 16 to register as an Online Account User.

4. To become an Online Account User, you will need to provide us with your details. We will protect your data as given in our Privacy statement. Please read this before registering: Privacy policy .

5. With this consent to immediate performance of the contract, you acknowledge that you will lose your right of withdrawal from the contract once the download or streaming of the digital content has begun. Your right of withdrawal is limited to a cessation of your premium subscription only. You can not ask for a refund for the purchase of CME modules.

6. If you disable your premium account, we will not automatically delete content that you have submitted to our websites. Your profile page (accessed by clicking on your name when you are logged in) gives a ‘Cancel Registration’ option to disable your account.

7. CMEPEDIA may change these Terms and Conditions from time to time, and we urge you to check these terms regularly. Your continued use of this Site as an Online Account User will be deemed acceptance of the updated or amended Terms and Conditions. If at any time you do not agree with the changes in Terms and Conditions, you should cease using this website.

8. CMEPEDIA may withdraw any rights granted to you at any time without necessarily giving you any notice.

Conditions of Use

9. You agree to use this Site only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of this Site. Prohibited behavior includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to anyone, transmitting obscene or offensive content, or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue. You may not impersonate another person.

Intellectual Property

10. All copyright, trademarks, design rights, patents, and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) and all content on this Site shall remain vested in CMEPEDIA or its licensors (including other users). Unless stated explicitly in a Creative Commons license which may be attached to some CMEPEDIA content - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk (“Creative Commons Licence”) - you may not copy, reproduce, republish, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use CMEPEDIA content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Please read the Creative Commons license in full before downloading or otherwise using CMEPEDIA content.

11. You must read these rights subject to any restrictions on use applying to any content or part of them, such as video and photographic images (“Special Restrictions”). If you disagree to be bound by the Creative Commons Licence or any Special Restriction, you must not use CMEPEDIA content made available under these Terms and Conditions.

12. When using CMEPEDIA content, you must attribute us and any identified author by the terms of the Creative Commons Licence. Each of the CMEPEDIA content has an “introduction and disclaimer” section, which will identify the author/owner(s) and any Special Restriction(s) applying. You must take account of and abide by any restrictions set out in this section in using any CMEPEDIA content.

13. This Site also contains proprietary materials owned by or licensed to CMEPEDIA and not subject to the Creative Commons license. These materials, which will be identified as “Proprietary,” include but are not limited to our logos and trading names, certain photographic and video images, sound recordings, and the design, layout, and appearance of and graphics contained within this Site. Intellectual property rights protect these proprietary materials, and unauthorized use of these proprietary materials may constitute intellectual property infringement.

Contributions to the CMEPEDIA

14. By sharing any contribution (including any text, photographs, graphics, video, or audio) with CMEPEDIA, you agree to grant to CMEPEDIA, free of charge or by a contractual charge, permission to use the material in any way (including modifying and adapting it for operational and editorial reasons) for CMEPEDIA services in any media worldwide.

14. Copyright in your contribution will remain with you. This permission is not exclusive, so you can continue to use the material in any way, including allowing others to use it.

15. In order that CMEPEDIA can use your contribution, you confirm that your contribution is your original work, is not defamatory, and does not infringe any third party rights, that you have the right to give CMEPEDIA permission to use it for the purposes specified above, and that you have the consent of anyone identifiable in your contribution or the consent of their parent/guardian if they are under 16 years of age.

16. If you do not want to grant CMEPEDIA the permission set out above on these terms, please do not submit or share your contribution to or with CMEPEDIA.

Your CMEPEDIA Account

17. If you use multiple logins to disrupt a community or annoy other users, CMEPEDIA may take action against all of your accounts. All accounts must be registered with a valid personal email address that you regularly access so that CMEPEDIA can send moderation emails to you. Accounts registered with someone else’s email address or temporary email addresses may be closed without notice.

Legal Requirements

18. You may not submit or share any defamatory or illegal material of any nature in CMEPEDIA communities. This includes text, graphics, video, programs, or audio. Contributing materials to a CMEPEDIA community to commit or promote an illegal act is prohibited.

Accuracy of Content and Information 

19. CMEPEDIA cannot guarantee that information contained on or available via this Site will continue to be accurate. You confirm that you have not relied on any such information. Any arrangements made between you and any other person using or named on this Site are entirely at your sole risk and responsibility.

20. Information contained in or accessible via this Site changes regularly. We may make improvements or alterations to this Site at any time and without notice.

21. If any links to other websites appear on this Site, CMEPEDIA accepts no responsibility or liability for that website’s content (whether under our control or otherwise). Any link is not intended to be, nor should be construed as, an endorsement of any kind by us.

22. Should we link to another website, we will try to make it as clear as possible that you are leaving this Site. It is your responsibility to check the Terms and conditions and Privacy policy on any other website that you visit.

 Liability

 23. We do not guarantee that:

 23.1. use of this Site will be compatible with all hardware and software;

 23.2. use of this Site will be uninterrupted or error- or virus-free;

 23.3. use of this Site will deliver any specific outcome for its users, or that

 23.4. defects will be corrected.

 24. You must take appropriate steps to ensure that you regularly check for viruses when using this Site on any device.

 25. We make no statement about the suitability of the content, information, and services contained on, or accessed via, this Site. All warranties, terms, and conditions in this regard, including all warranties, terms, and conditions implied by statute or otherwise, of satisfactory quality and fitness for purpose, are excluded to the fullest permitted by law. To avoid doubt, this includes materials accessed via links to websites (including home pages, web pages, or documents they contain) operated by third parties.

26. We further exclude to the fullest extent permissible by law all liability for damages and direct, indirect, or consequential loss (all three of which terms include pure economic loss, loss of profits, loss of business, business interruption, depletion of goodwill, and like loss) or otherwise incurred by you or any third party and arising out of or in any way connected with the use of this Site or its content, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise.

27. You will defend, indemnify and hold harmless us, our affiliates, and our officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, or expenses, including reasonable legal costs, arising out of or in any way connected with any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions.

Complete Agreement

28. These Terms and Conditions (including the Privacy Statement) contain all the terms and conditions applicable to your use of this Site. Nothing contained on this Site is intended to be, nor should be construed as an offer by us to enter into, a contractual relationship with you or anyone else except these Terms and Conditions.

Jurisdiction and acceptance of these Terms and Conditions

29. These Terms and Conditions, and any dispute to the materials available from this Site, are governed by Indian law. The Indian courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes that may arise out of or in connection with this Site’s Terms and Conditions or use.