PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE CAREFULLY. By using this site, you are deemed to have agreed to these terms and conditions of use. We reserve the right to modify them at any time. You should check these terms and conditions periodically for changes. By using this site after we post any changes to these terms and conditions, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them. If at any time you choose not to accept these terms and conditions of use, please do not use this site.

Scope of Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions apply to your use of all of the sites and services owned or operated by The Coleman Institute, and affiliated companies (collectively “The Coleman Institute” or “we,” “us,” or “our”). These terms and conditions do not apply to your use of unaffiliated sites to which any of the The Coleman Institute site only links.

Restrictions on Use of Materials
The contents of this site are protected by copyright and trademark laws, and are the property of The Coleman Institute and any other owners. Unless we say otherwise, you may access the materials located within The Coleman Institute site only for your personal use. This means you may download one copy of posted materials on a single computer for personal, noncommercial home use only, so long as you neither change nor delete any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice. When you download copyrighted material you do not obtain any ownership rights in that material.

You may not modify, copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt or in any way exploit the content of The Coleman Institute site. Only if you obtain prior written consent from us -- and from all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property -- may you publish, display or commercially exploit any material form The Coleman Institute site. To obtain our permission, you may write to The Coleman Institute, Attention: Michelle Walters, 204 North Hamilton Street, Suite #4, Richmond, VA 23221. If permission is granted by us and by all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property, you may not change or delete any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice.

You must abide by all additional copyright notices or other restrictions contained in any of The Coleman Institute site.

Links
These terms and conditions apply only to The Coleman Institute site and not to the sites of any other companies or organizations, including those to which any of The Coleman Institute site may link. We are not responsible for the availability of any other site to which any of The Coleman Institute site links. We do not endorse or take responsibility for the contents, advertising, products or other materials made available through any other site. Under no circumstances will we be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on any other site. You should direct any concerns to that site’s administrator or webmaster.

Other sites may link to any part of The Coleman Institute site only through a plain-text link. Permission must be granted by us for any other type of link to The Coleman Institute site. To seek our permission, you may write to The Coleman Institute, Attention: Michelle Walters, 204 North Hamilton Street, Suite #4, Richmond, VA 23221. We reserve the right, however, to rescind any permission granted by us to link through a plain-text link or any other type of link, and to require termination of any such link to any of The Coleman Institute site, at our discretion at any time.

Submissions
We welcome your comments about any part of The Coleman Institute site. However, unless a site has set up a specific submissions policy, we will not review or consider any unsolicited creative submissions. We hope you will understand that this policy is intended to avoid the possibility of future misunderstandings in the event that projects developed by our professional staff might seem to others to be similar to their own creative work. Accordingly, we must ask that you not send us any original creative ideas, suggestions or materials.

If, despite our request, you send us any creative idea, suggestion or material (“Submission”), it shall become our property. No submission will be subject to any obligation of confidence by us, and we will not be liable for any use or disclosure of any submission. We will exclusively own all known or later-existing rights to the submission worldwide, and will be entitled to the unrestricted use of the submission for any purpose, without compensation to the provider of the submission.

If you are submitting something to a site that has set up a submissions policy, please consult that site for its specific requirements.

Copyright Complaints
Copyright © 1998-2003 Peter R. Coleman, MD, 204 N. Hamilton Street, Suite 4, Richmond, VA 23221, USA. All rights reserved.

We respect the intellectual property right of others, and require that the people who use The Coleman Institute site do the same. In appropriate circumstances, we will terminate the registration of any forum user who is responsible for copyright infringement.

No Personal Advice
The information contained in or made available throughout The Coleman Institute site cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained professionals in this field, including, but not limited to, financial, medical, or legal matters. In particular, you should regularly consult a doctor in all matters relating to physical or mental health, especially concerning any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention.

Privacy Policy
The Coleman Institute is committed to protecting your privacy and security. We take numerous precautions to ensure our data is secure and do not sell, share or otherwise distribute patient information unless explicitly authorized to do so or compelled by law.

Jurisdictional Issues
We control and operate this site from our offices in the United States of America. We do not represent that materials on the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

Miscellaneous
These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Virginia, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity that arises out of or relates to these terms will be filed only in the state or federal courts located in Virginia and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. If any of these terms and conditions are found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be considered severable from the remaining terms and conditions, and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between you and The Coleman Institute relating to the subject matter it contains. This agreement may be modified only by our posting of changes to these terms and conditions, or in writing signed by both parties.