When you use the Be The Match Foundation’s Be The Match® Walk+Run Website (located at www.BeTheMatchWalkRun.org , referred to herein as the "Website"), you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use stated below. These Terms explain your legal obligations when using this Website. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use this Website For the purposes of these Terms of Use, “Be The Match” means the National Marrow Donor Program® and Be The Match Foundation®.
The Terms of Use covers the following main areas:
- Privacy
- Medical Disclaimer
- Membership Eligibility
- Registration
- Rules of Conduct
- Membership Termination
- Website for Non-Commercial Use Only
- Ownership of Website Content
- Miscellaneous Terms
Privacy
These Terms of Use also incorporate the terms of the NMDP’s Privacy Statement
Medical Disclaimer
Please remember that any information contained or content posted on this Website is not a substitute for professional medical judgment, advice, or treatment. Be The Match recommends that you discuss your specific, individual health concerns with your doctor or health care professional.
Be The Match does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Website. Reliance on any information provided by Be The Match, by persons participating on the Website, or by other members is solely at your own risk.
Membership Eligibility
By registering to be a Be The Match Walk+Run race participant, you are also registering to become a member of this Web site. Although children of all ages may participate in the Be The Match Walk+Run, you must be at least thirteen (13) years or older to complete the registration and participate as a member of this Website. By registering as a member of this Website, you represent that you are age 13 or older. Children under the age of 13 must be registered by a parent or legal guardian. Once a parent or legal guardian has registered his or her child, the parent or legal guardian is responsible for the content submitted by the child and the child’s use of the Website. In addition, all race participants under the age of eighteen (18) must also have a parent or legal guardian complete the Be The Match Walk+Run race waiver on their behalf.
Registration
- In consideration of your use of this Website, you agree that if you register on this Website, you will provide accurate, current and complete information about yourself and will maintain and update such information promptly if any of it changes. You agree that if any information you provide is inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Be The Match may prohibit your access to sections of the Website requiring registration.
- You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and agree not to allow anyone else to use your user name or password to access this Website. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your user name and password. You agree to immediately notify Be The Match of any unauthorized use of your password or user name or any other breach of security of which you become aware.
- You may not register with a user name or e-mail address that is already being used by someone else or that belongs to another person, unless you have his or her consent. Be The Match may refuse to accept a user name for registration if someone else has already registered with that user name or for any other reason at its own discretion.
- You agree that Be The Match may access, preserve and disclose your registration information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that it is necessary to:
- Respond to your requests for customer service;
- Comply with legal process;
- Enforce these Terms of Use;
- Respond to claims that information you have provided violates the rights of others; or
- Protect the rights, property or personal safety of Be The Match, its users and the public.
- You agree that Be The Match may stop accepting your password and user name and cancel your membership of Be The Match Walk+Run without prior notice if Be The Match believes you have violated these Terms of Use or for any other reason. You agree that Be The Match is not liable to you or any third party for denying you access to any portion of the Website.
Rules of Conduct
We encourage you to participate on this page by posting comments, questions, photos, videos and feedback. However, while using the Website, you agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. In addition, Be The Match expects the users of the Website to respect the rights and dignity of others. Please keep your posts relevant and respectful to ensure everyone has a positive experience on the Website. When using this Website, you agree not to:
- Post or submit information about another person or company without the authorization to do so.
- Interfere with any other user’s right to privacy by trying to access or collect information about any individual users of this Website.
- Interfere with the functioning of the Website or with other people’s use of the Website in any way, including:
- Posting or transmitting any file or computer code or program (for example, viruses, worms, Trojan horses) that could damage or interfere with the operation of any hardware, software or telecommunications equipment.
- Interfering with the functioning of the Website, its servers or networks.
- Hacking, defacing or modifying any portion of the Website.
- Copy, republish, sell or use for commercial purposes any portion of this Website unless you have prior written permission from Be The Match. This includes framing or mirroring any part of the Website, systematically downloading and storing any content, putting the content in a database or republishing it.
- Be The Match may, at its sole discretion, remove any posts that it considers: (a) false, inaccurate, or misleading; (b) inappropriate or offensive, including posts that are harassing, abusive, obscene, or hateful; (c) an infringement on any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy of any party; (d) promotional of commercial products or illegal activities; or (e) that otherwise violate the National Marrow Donor Program’s Terms of Use. Individuals continuing to make such posts will be removed from the Website at Be The Match’s discretion.
- While some content areas on the Website are monitored periodically for topicality, Be The Match has no obligation to prescreen postings and is not responsible for their content. We encourage you to notify Be The Match of inappropriate or illegal content. Be The Match reserves the right to remove postings for any reason.
Membership Termination
You agree that Be The Match may, with or without cause, immediately terminate your membership to this Website without prior notice. Without limiting the foregoing, the following may lead to a member’s termination of use of the Website: (a) breaches or violations of these Terms of Use or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) a request by you (self-initiated membership cancellation), (d) unexpected technical issues or problems, and (e) extended periods of inactivity. Be The Match has no obligation to maintain, store, or transfer to you information or data that you have posted on or uploaded to the Website.
Website for Non-Commercial Use Only
The Website content is for the personal use of individual members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses may not become members and should not use the Website without express consent from Be The Match. Members of Be The Match Walk+Run with individual commercial interests may not solicit or overtly promote their products or services within the Web site. All content shared within the Website is not for external use. Please direct all media inquiries to media@nmdp.org and all research requests to contractus@cibmtr.org.
Ownership of Website Content and Other Be The Match Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, copyright in all material on the Website is owned by National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). You are welcome to print copies for your personal use. For any other use, the copyrighted materials may not be reproduced in whole or in part without prior written permission from NMDP. In addition, a number of NMDP’s proprietary trademarks, service marks, and logos appear on this Website, including but not limited to National Marrow Donor Program, Be The Match, and the Be The Match logo. All such content is the intellectual property of NMDP and is prohibited from use by third parties, except under license or with express written permission by NMDP. For information about getting permission to use copyrighted materials and/or trademarks, service marks, and logos owned by NMDP, see Request copyright and trademark information.
User Submissions
Certain Be The Match webpages allow individuals (“Contributors”) to post messages, stories, images, and other content (“User Submissions”) to the site. As a Contributor, you are solely responsible for all information and materials, including data and images, you post, upload, transmit, or make available to others using this Website. Under no circumstances will the Be The Match be liable in any way for any User Submissions posted on or made available through this Website by you, any other Contributor, or by any third party.
If you are a Contributor, you (or the author) own the copyright in your User Submissions; however, by posting such content on the Website, you grant Be The Match an unlimited right and license to use, copy, display, perform, distribute, translate, edit, and create derivative works of your User Submissions, subject to the terms of the Privacy Statement.
Miscellaneous Terms
All other Be The Match Terms of Use are incorporated herein by reference. Terms of Use. To the extent there is a discrepancy between this Website’s Terms of Use and other Be The Match Terms of Use, the Terms of Use for this Website shall apply.