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Terms of Use and Disclaimer

By accessing, utilizing, or participating in an AAP Community Group (and the associated email threads), you agree to strictly adhere to the terms of use set forth below. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) provides the Community for the exchange of views in matters of professional interest. The AAP is not responsible for, and does not endorse or necessarily agree with the views expressed through the AAP Community Groups. Such views are solely those of the individuals who express them.

Please be aware that these terms constitute a binding legal agreement between you and the AAP outlining your legal rights, obligations, and remedies arising from your use of an AAP Community Group. You agree you are responsible for your use of any AAP Community Group and any consequences resulting from your use of an AAP Community Group.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING AN AAP COMMUNITY GROUP BY ACCESSING OR USING AN AAP COMMUNITY GROUP, YOU AGREE YOU ARE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE IN THEIR ENTIRETY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCLUDED WITHIN THESE TERMS, THEN YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE AN AAP COMMUNITY GROUP.

1. Code of Conduct. AAP-associated Community Groups (and the associated email threads) are solely for use by authorized members to address matters of common interest in a lawful and appropriate manner. You will not

use an AAP Community Group for any other purpose;
use an AAP Community Group to engage in any fraudulent conduct, to further any other unlawful purpose or to violate the rights of any party, and you will not post any material that is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law or any AAP policy, including the AAP Privacy Notice and Terms of Use;
post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material;
upload viruses or harmful components;
send spam, advertisements of products or services, solicitations and other postings with a commercial purpose are inappropriate to an AAP Community Group.
use an AAP Community Group to engage in communications leading or related to an agreement in restraint of trade. Nor may members or participants in an AAP Community Group exchange specific information relating to their prices, profits or costs.

Any participant who believes a violation of this Code of Conduct has occurred is encouraged to report it to the Community Group Administrator.

AAP Community Group Etiquette

Don't challenge or attack others. The discussions and comments are meant to stimulate conversation, not to create contention. Let others have their say, just as you may.
Post your message or documents only to the most appropriate lists or libraries. Do not spam several lists or libraries with the same message.
Make sure your profile information is accurate so it can be included with messages.
State concisely and clearly the topic of your comments in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search the archives by subject.
Only send a message to the entire list when it contains information that everyone can benefit from.
Use the reaction feature on messages instead of sending short messages such as "thanks for the information" or "me, too". Or reach out to the individual in a private message.
Do not send administrative messages to the full Community Group, such as remove me from the group. Simply change your settings or contact the Group Administrator.

2. Political Activities. The AAP is a Section 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation, and as such, does not participate in any political activities. You are prohibited from engaging in political activities on AAP Community Groups, including promoting political candidates or events.

3. User Content. By posting content, you represent that you have proper right and authorization to use the information or content you upload or post, and you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of such materials has expressly granted) to the AAP a license to use the content per the terms and conditions contained in our Terms of Use.

4. Responsibility for Content. It is impossible for the AAP to confirm the validity or accuracy of any content posted through these groups. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages and are not responsible for their content. Thus, we do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented. The AAP neither endorses nor is responsible or liable for the contents, accuracy or reliability of any Web sites linked in any posting, and use thereof is solely at your own risk. The messages express the views of the authors, and are not necessarily the views of the AAP Community Group, the administrator or the AAP. Anyone who believes that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to immediately notify the Group Administrator. For more information, or to provide notifications of claimed copyright infringement, please view our Terms of Use.

Under no circumstances will the AAP be held liable for any damages or loss resulting from your reliance on any content posted through this online service.

5. Confidentiality. You are hereby placed on notice that there are no facilities provided by this system for sending or receiving confidential messages and, notwithstanding that a message on this system may be marked as confidential, it may be read by others for whom it was not intended.

6. AAP Rights. The AAP has the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse, edit or delete any content that is available in an AAP Community Group at any time and for any reason and to deny any person access to AAP Community Groups.

7. Miscellaneous. These terms and conditions of use supplement the AAP Privacy Notice and Terms of Use applicable to the use of any AAP Websites, which are incorporated into this agreement by this reference. In the event of a conflict with such other Terms of Use, these terms and conditions of use shall control. We reserve the right to change these terms of use and disclaimer by posting revised terms on this page. Your use after such posting signifies your acceptance of the changed terms of use. If any provision of these terms of use and disclaimer shall be found unenforceable, that provision shall be severed and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

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