Animal Spirit Network Website Terms of Use ::

Animal Spirit Healing & Education^TM Network (“ASN”) welcomes you.  The following Website Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”) governs your general access to and use of this website.  Please review this Agreement carefully. 

Acceptance of Terms 
By accessing and using the general areas of this website, you agree to be legally bound by all of the terms, conditions, and notices contained or referenced herein. If you do not agree to the terms discussed here, you should exit this website now.

ASN reserves the right to revise this Agreement at any time. You are bound by any such revisions and should periodically visit this page to review the current Agreement terms to which you are bound. Your use of the website after the posting of modifications to this Agreement will constitute your acceptance of this Agreement as modified.  If, at any time, you do not wish to accept this Agreement, you may not use this website.

Age Requirements 
If you are under the age of 18 years, your use of this website must be approved by a parent or legal guardian.  All registrations in ASN programs must be submitted by someone 18 years of age or older.

Copyright 
Everything on this website is copyrighted and is protected under U.S. and international copyright laws, whether or not a notice of proprietary rights appears on the screen displaying the information. The copyrights are owned by ASN except in cases where the original creator retains the copyright of the material. Copyrights to external links are owned and/or the responsibility of those external websites. This site and the content provided in this site, including, but not limited to, graphic images, audio, video, html code, buttons, and text, may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may view and print one copy of material from this website as long as:

1. The material is used for information purposes only;
2. The material is used for non-commercial purposes only; and
3. Copies of the material include the ASN copyright notice.

These materials may not be mirrored, derivatized, or reproduced on non-ASN websites without the express written permission of ASN, which may be requested by clicking here.

Trademarks 
Animal Spirit Healing & Education^TM Network and its logos are trademarks or servicemarks of ASN and are protected under U.S. and international trademark laws, whether or not a notice of proprietary rights appears on the screen displaying Animal Spirit & Healing Education Network or its logos. You may not use these or any other ASN trademarks or servicemarks without the express written permission of ASN, which may be requested by clicking here.

Disclaimers 
While ASN attempts to provide accurate information on this website, it assumes no responsibility for accuracy. ASN may change any information on this website at any time without notice. Material on this site is provided "as is" and does not constitute a warranty of any kind, either express or implied. ASN expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, reliance on, or inability to use, the ASN website or the information presented on this website.
The information, opinions, and recommendations presented within the site are for general information only. Such information should not be considered veterinary or medical advice and is not intended to replace consultation with a qualified veterinarian or physician.  Statements on this website have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration or any other governmental authority unless specifically noted.  In addition, certifications through ASN do not indicate certification degrees or licensing by U.S. state or federal agencies.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, ASN does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned on the ASN website, and information from this website should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. Moreover, ASN makes no warranty that this website, or the server that makes it available, is free from viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.

In any jurisdiction that does not permit disclaimers of liability such as the foregoing, ASN’s liability shall be limited to the greatest extent allowed by applicable law.

Links 
While this website contains links to third-party websites, ASN is not responsible for the content or performance of any linked websites.  While ASN works to obtain quality resources for this website, these links are provided as a convenience, and ASN does not endorse the companies or contents of any linked websites. ASN also does not guarantee or imply any guarantee as to the validity of the information obtained on linked websites or the availability of said linked websites.  ASN welcomes your assistance in reporting bad links by clicking here.

Prohibited Uses
Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to transmit, distribute, post, communicate or store information or other material on, to, or through this website that:

1. Is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner;
2. Reveals trade secrets, unless you own them;
3. Infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others;
4. Is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, slanderous, or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by ASN in its sole discretion;
5. Is sexually explicit;
6. Constitutes advertisements or solicitations of business, surveys, contests, chain letters, or pyramid schemes; or
7. Contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, covertly intercept, or appropriate any system, data, or information.

You further agree not to:

1. Use any incomplete, false, or inaccurate biographical information or other information for purposes of registering as a user of this website, or for purposes of registering for any classes offered through this website;
2. Delete or revise any material or other information of any other user or ASN;
3. Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent;
4. Take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this website's infrastructure;
5. Use any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this website or any activity being conducted on this website;
6. Use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent, or other device or mechanism (including, but not limited to, browsers, spiders, robots, avatars, or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this website other than the search engine and search agents available from ASN on this website and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Google, Netscape Navigator, and Microsoft Internet Explorer);
7. Allow any other person or entity to use your username or password for posting or viewing comments, sending or receiving materials, or registering for classes; or
8. Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of this website.

You further agree not to violate or attempt to violate the security of this website, including, but not limited to:

1. Accessing data not intended for you or logging into a server or account that you are not authorized to access;
2. Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;
3. Attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, by way of submitting a virus to, overloading, "flooding," "spamming," "mailbombing," or "crashing" this website;
4. Sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; or
5. Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or posting.

Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. ASN will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

ASN reserves the right to review postings on this website, to remove any postings, and to terminate your ability to post to this website at any time without notice, in its sole discretion. ASN also reserves the right to disclose any information necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, and to edit, refuse to post, or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part.

Choice of Law and Forum 
ASN maintains this website in Illinois, U.S.A. and you agree that this Agreement is entered into and performed in the State of Illinois, United States of America, and is governed by the laws of Illinois, exclusive of its choice of law or conflict of law provisions. In any claim or action directly or indirectly arising under this Agreement or related to ASN, each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the state courts of Illinois, or the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, whichever has jurisdiction, and each party waives any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such court.

Compliance with Local Law
You are responsible for complying with the laws of the jurisdiction from which you are accessing this site and you agree that you will not access or use the information on this site in violation of such laws.

Grant of License 
By posting information on or through this website, you shall be deemed to have granted to ASN a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the information alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees.

Indemnification 
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless ASN, its affiliates, instructors, and their respective directors, officer, employees, contractors, and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys fees, arising out of use of this website.

Complete Agreement
If a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction holds any provision or provisions of this Agreement to be unenforceable, then such provisions shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect. This Agreement supersede any other statements included elsewhere in this website which are inconsistent or conflicting with the terms of this Agreement.