The Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community is provided by the Alumni Association and the University, and is designed to facilitate communication among alumni for personal or University-related purposes.

I. PRIVACY AND SECURITY

The University and Alumni Association have not, do not and will never, sell alumni information to anyone. All alumni information is strictly guarded for use by individual alumni and the Alumni Association for personal and University-related purposes only.

The Alumni Association has taken all reasonable precautions to secure the personal information available through the Online community. The Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community is password protected to allow access by registered University alumni only. Although this precaution should effectively protect any personal information available through the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community from abuse or outside interference, a certain degree of privacy risk is faced any time information is shared over the Internet. Therefore, through the Online Directory feature of the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community, you have the ability to hide your information from being viewed by other community members.

II. POLICY AND GUIDELINES FOR PROPER USE

To safeguard the operation of the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community, the Alumni Association has adopted many guidelines and policies that are used by the University to govern conduct particularly, conduct that occurs in an Online environment.

In addition to the University's policies and guidelines, users of the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community must abide by the following specific rules and regulations:

A. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, republishing, uploading, downloading, posting, transmitting or duplicating any material in or on the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community is prohibited. You may download or copy any downloadable materials displayed on the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community for home, noncommercial and personal use only; provided, however, that you maintain all copyright, trademark and other notices contained in such material and you agree to abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in any material accessed through the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community.

B. Use of information in or communications available through the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community for any commercial, public or political purposes is strictly prohibited. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, solicitations for commercial services, cold-calling of any kind or mass-mailings for commercial purposes. Information available through the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community may be used for personal and University-related purposes only.

C. Users shall not restrict nor inhibit any other user from enjoying any service on the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community. Posting of obscene materials or use of obscene language, posting of vulgar materials, or use of vulgar language, or use of abusive, defamatory, profane or threatening language of any kind, will constitute a violation of these policies governing the use of the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community. Additionally, users shall not upload, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish any materials containing a virus or any other harmful component.

D. All aliases adopted by Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community users are subject to approval by the University and/or the Alumni Association to ensure that the proper image is associated with the institution.

Neither the University nor the Alumni Association is responsible for screening communications in advance, and neither the University nor the Alumni Association will actively monitor the use of the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community. For this reason, it is essential that the alumni users of the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community report any abuses or misuse of the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community to the Alumni Association or University. If the Alumni Association or University determines that a user's participation in the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community creates a liability for the Alumni Association or the University or that the user has violated the policies set forth herein, the Alumni Association reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to take actions against the user. The Alumni Association and/or University reserves the right to expel a user and deny a user further access to the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community if such user violates these policies or any applicable laws or regulations.

III. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY

The reliability of the information in or available through the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community is largely dependent upon the actions of Community registrants. Neither the Alumni Association, University, nor Harris Connect, LLC, the application service provider hosting the Online Community ("HC") makes any representation, express or implied, about the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of this information.

Although no online data transmissions can be 100% guaranteed secure, HC's online security is consistent with online industry security requirements and access to your password is protected to further ensure your privacy. You should take your own precautions to keep your ID and password confidential and secure, and notify us immediately if you believe unauthorized access to your account has occurred, or your ID or password has been compromised. Given the rapid rate of development of technological threats to privacy, information security and Internet activities, we cannot and will not be liable for security breaches beyond our control. No one can guarantee the security of your information under all circumstances. But working with you to take care to protect your information using the most accepted business practices, together you and we can keep your information as safe as possible.

To secure your information, access to your information on the site is protected by unique password, and credit card information (if applicable) is protected by SSL encryption when it is transmitted between your browser and the site. To protect your information you place on the site, we take the additional precautions of continually conducting audits of our systems against potential vulnerabilities.

For additional security, HC has in place physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to store and maintain your information. To assist in this effort, you may be required to use a password to access certain pages on the site where portions of your information can be changed or deleted. Therefore, please be sure to protect against unauthorized access to your password, to emails from us, and to your computer.

The Alumni Association, University and HC do not warrant that the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community web site will operate error-free or that the site and its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful material. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Alumni Association, the University and HC disclaim all warranties, including the warranties of merchantability, non-infringement and fitness for particular purpose. In no event shall the Alumni Association, the University or HC be liable for any damages whatsoever, including without limitation, incidental, consequential or punitive damages resulting from the use of or inability to use information or materials available on the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community web site. HC cannot and will not be responsible for any activity of a school, association or organization that results in a deviation from HC’s standard security measures. The Alumni Association, University and HC are not responsible for your use or inability to use the site.

By using the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community web site, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Alumni Association, the University, and HC, and their respective agents from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses that may arise from your use of the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community web site or your breach of these Terms of Use. The Alumni Association and/or the University will provide notice to you of any such action or claim, and reserves the right to participate, at its expense, in the investigation, settlement and defense of any such action or claim. By making any content available through the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community web site, you represent and warrant that you own all rights necessary to properly do so.

Please note that the Alumni Association and the University may revise these policies and your continued use of the site constitutes your agreement to comply with the Terms of Use as modified. You should review the posted Terms of Use periodically to ensure that you are familiar with them.

Participation in the Ohio State University College of Medicine Online Community is a privilege.