Privacy Policy

Protecting your privacy is very important to us.

Privacy Rights & Copyright

Copyright of www.vetvine.com. 
This site as a whole is copyrighted as a collective work, and individual works appearing on or accessible through this site are likewise subject to copyright protection, including the copyrights of individual Members who author or create works for use on PVS. You agree to honor the copyrights in this site (including the selection, coordination and arrangement of the contents of this site) and in the works available on or through this site. In addition, trademarks belonging to us or to third parties appear on this site or are accessible through this site; the fact that we have permitted you access to this site does not constitute authorization to reproduce such trademarks for any other purpose.

Content Voluntarily Provided.
Content voluntarily provided by a Guest or Member on the PVS website will be presumed by PVS to be owned by the party who provided the information. For content voluntarily provided to PVS, the additional provisions apply:

You grant PVS a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any Content that you post on or in connection with PVS. This license to use Content voluntarily provided ends when you delete your Content or your account, except to the degree that the Content has been shared by others on the PVS website and they have not deleted it, and to the extent that such information is in archival records on PVS.

Content which is provided on the PVS website grants all users of the PVS website the ability and right to access and use that information and to associate it with you.

By submitting any material to us, such as by posting a comment to a chat group, blog, or a forum, or by sending us an e-mail or other form of message, you are thereby granting us a non-exclusive license to reproduce, display, distribute, modify and create derivative works from such material and to use such material and the fact of your authorship of it for marketing purposes. We reserve the right to remove from the site material submitted by third parties.

By participating in a live CE course, you agree to have your Member identification, and any comments made by you during the course of the CE program, retained and archived. Thus the presence of a Member within a CE course (i.e. the Members username as seen during the CE course), and any comments made by Members, may be included in copies of that CE course provided for archived online (but not live) CE purposes

Content Provided for Continuing Education. 

Content provided by Members to PVS for Continuing Education (CE) programs will be the property of the Member(s) who provide the CE program course materials. Content provided to PVS for CE programs will be licensed to PVS according to the Terms & Conditions of a Continuing Education Program Agreement. PVS has the right to issue a press release describing our relationship with any Member who provides a CE course and the right to describe and advertise the CE course provided by the Member. 

The information in these CE courses is provided for general veterinary medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a veterinarian relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patients medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CE activity are those of the Authors. They do not represent an endorsement by PVS. In no event will PVS be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CE activity.

Member shall agree not to reproduce, license, subscribe, sell, lease or distribute any Continuing Education materials, VetVine, Elsevier or Wiley Content (the "Work") provided as part of CE programs, nor shall Member permit any other person or entity to use, reproduce, sell, license, subscribe, lease or distribute the Work. Protection of Personal Information. PVS will not sell your personal information. PVS will not disclose your personal information to other entities without written consent, unless legally required by law enforcement or other governmental or quasi-governmental regulatory entities. PVS will not use your information to direct personalized advertisements to Members or Member Profile webpage. PVS cannot protect personal information that a User voluntarily shares or otherwise provides on a PVS website / VetVine®. While PVS will take extensive and reasonable measures to protect sensitive information provided to PVS, through encryption, firewalls, and other such means, there is no method to ensure perfect security. PVS encourages Members to use a strong password, a different password than used for other sites, and antivirus software to help further protect information shared on the PVS website / VetVine®.

By accessing, browsing and/or using web pages or other digital content in this site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the following terms of use. 

CONSENT. You agree that your use of the PVS website and any uses of any services or materials are subject to your agreement with all of these Terms of Use of PVS and www.vetvine.com. You agree that you will not violate any local, state, federal or international laws in using this website or accessing any Material on this website.

SITE ACCESS. PVS reserves the right to prohibit, restrict or discontinue your access to certain pages within the website if you violate any terms of this agreement. PVS may modify these Terms of Use at any time without notice. The modified terms of use will be effective upon posting on our website. To remain in compliance, PVS suggests that you review the Terms of Use, as well as the other website policies listed above, at regular intervals.

MEDICAL DISCLAIMER. IF THIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY CALL YOUR VETERINARIAN OR NEAREST EMERGENCY PET HOSPITAL TO GET PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR YOUR PET. DO NOT RELY ON OUR WEBSITE OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE IN REGARD TO YOUR PETS IMMEDIATE, URGENT MEDICAL NEEDS. OUR WEBSITE IS NOT DESIGNED TO FACILITATE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. 

SECURITY. All forms that request personal information (name, address, email address, etc.) are secure and provide encrypted transmission over the Internet. Please refer to our Website Privacy Policy for more information concerning encryption technology utilized by PVS.

ALTHOUGH OUR HEALTH INFORMATION CONTENT IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY LICENSED VETERINARY PROFESSIONALS, PVS DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OR FOR THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF SUCH INFORMATION.

Member Responsibilities Membership Eligibility.
Use of the PVS website as a "Member" requires registration with PVS. Membership is restricted to licensed veterinary professionals (if applicable), and a Veterinarian Member must provide proof that he or she is a licensed veterinary professional in good standing (or its equivalent). Any Member whose license to practice is revoked, suspended, inactive, or is otherwise in a status where the Member is not authorized to practice veterinary medicine must (a) notify PVS of status of their license and (b) fully describe the reason why the Members license to practice is not actively sin good standing (or its equivalent). PVS reserves the right to suspend, disable, or delete the account of a Member who is not currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine. A Member who is retired from the practice of veterinary medicine may request to remain a Member, in order to continue to participate in CE programs and to keep a Member Profile page, but with the express notification of a "(Ret.)" status, so as to not mislead or confuse others. 

Member Account. 
If you register as a user of the PVS website, you will be assigned a username and password that is unique to you. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password, and responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password. You agree to notify PVS of any unauthorized use of your username and password or any other breach of security. 

Non-Transferability.
The right to use the PVS website as a Member is not transferable. Any password or right given to you to obtain information is not transferable. 

Representations by Members.
Members are responsible for all content within their member Profile and for all uses they make of the PVS website. Members agree that any information within their "Member Profile" is accurate and does not violate applicable law, including the civil or property rights of any third party. The Member represents that they have the right to post any text or image or other intellectual property and that the Member will jointly and severally indemnify PVS from any liability, loss or expense for any third party claim or lawsuit for libel, plagiarism, copyright or trademark infringement, invasion of privacy, or any other claim based on the content posted to the PVS site by the Member. Member is solely responsible for Content provided and that PVS has no obligation under this agreement for monitoring or verifying any information or materials included as part of Member provided Content. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, PVS reserves the right to reject and not include on the PVS website any Content provided to PVS by a Member. Nothing herein shall be construed to mean that PVS exerts editorial control over such information or content.

Prohibited Activities Prohibited Use of Website.
The following non-exclusive list of activities are explicitly prohibited:

You may NOT submit or upload data that contain viruses or other harmful computer code or data, [DDOS attack], or use the PVS website in any manner that in our judgment has the effect of disrupting others use of PVS.

You will NOT provide intentionally or knowingly false information on the PVS website, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.

You may NOT use PVS to advertise any product or service, or to solicit for funds, goods, or services, without our prior written consent. In the case of Members, this provision constitutes written consent to advertise for veterinary services provided by a Member or for a veterinary services entity the Member is directly affiliated with. You specifically acknowledge that soliciting other guests of the Web site to join or become members of any commercial online or offline service or other organization is expressly prohibited.

Use of any robot, spider, scraper, bot, or other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy PVS web pages or the Content therein, or to collect the personal information of PVS Members, is strictly forbidden.

You may not knowingly contribute any information or content to the PVS website or VetVineR that will violate the copyright or privacy rights of any third-party. You agree to indemnify PVS and VetVine® from any such violation as per section 6 of this agreement.

Unlawful Statements.
You may NOT submit or upload statements, data, or materials to PVS that are harassing, threatening, obscene, defamatory, slanderous, libelous, racially or sexually offensive, invasive or revealing of others privacy, or otherwise unlawful. "Unlawful" as used here means, without limitation, violation of any civil or criminal laws and the unauthorized use of proprietary materials owned by others, such as text and audio-visual material protected by copyright, trademarks and logos, and commercial uses of the name or likeness of persons living or dead.

Unauthorized Use of Materials.
Unless otherwise noted, all materials, including, but not limited to, news articles, images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, video clips and audio clips that are part of the Web site (collectively, the "Content") are protected by copyright and owned, controlled or licensed by vetvine.com or the party credited as the provider of the Content. You shall abide by all additional copyright notices, information or restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Web site. No Content from the Web site may be copied, reproduced, framed, hyperlinked, republished, downloaded, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way; provided, however, you may download, where specifically permitted, one copy of the Content on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Copying or storing of any Content for other than personal use is expressly prohibited without prior permission from PVS, or the copyright holder identified in the copyright notice contained in the Content.No User of VetVine® or any PVS website is allowed to create derivative works, or cause any derivative work to be created, based on the Content of VetVineR or any other PVS website, unless that User legally possess copyright in such Content, without the prior written consent of VetVine® / PVS and the prior written consent of any other relevant copyright owner.

Other Provisions Definitions.
www.vetvine.com ("PVS" or "us" or "we") operates the website vetvine.com and petsvetspace.com as well as the VetVineR professional networking platform. As used herein, the term "Guest" refers to one who merely browses the PVS websites without being registered, the term "Member" refers to one who has registered with PVS, and the term "User" refers to either a guest or a Member. A "Member Profile" refers to the webpage of a Member, within the VetVine® platform, which contains basic identification information of a Member, and may optionally include more personal information about a Member, all of which is provided by the Member. 

Applicable Law and Venue.
By using the PVS website, either as a Guest or a Member, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, which shall be governed and interpreted solely in accordance with the substantive law of the State of New York and Nevada (without regard to that States conflict of laws) and the Federal laws of the United States (if applicable). Users of the PVS website further agree that any dispute or claim concerning advertising submitted hereunder shall be exclusively litigated in a state or federal court having competent jurisdiction in Nevada or New York, which PVS website users agree shall have personal jurisdiction over them. You agree that regardless of any law or statute to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to the Web site and these Terms of Service must be filed within one (1) year of the date the cause of action arose, or be barred as untimely.

Users Outside the United States. 
You consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
Entire Agreement. These Terms and Conditions replace and supersede any prior agreements, understandings, or representations (oral or written) made by or between the parties and concerning this subject matter. If any portion of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unenforceable, the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect. If PVS fails to enforce any of these Terms and Conditions, it will not be considered a waiver. These Terms and Conditions may not be amended or waived except in writing signed by both PVS and the Guest or Member.

Membership and Continuing Education course fees - Memberships can be cancelled at any time. Refunds are not given for unused portion of Memberships.