MikesStory.com Terms of Use
Our Terms Of Use
Welcome to the web site of www.mikesstory.com. This web site is best viewed using a contemporary browser.
Use of this web site, and information distributed in conjunction with this website, including without limitation the www.mikesstory.com, is offered to you on your acceptance of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this web site. Your use of this web site or of any content presented in any and all areas of the web site indicates your acknowledgment and agreement to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy posted on this web site. If you do not agree to be bound by and comply with all of the foregoing, you may not access or use our information, services, or web site. We suggest you print a copy of each of these documents for your records.
www.mikesstory.com shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, add or remove any terms or conditions of these Terms of Use without notice or liability to you. Any changes to these Terms of Use shall be effective immediately following the posting of such changes on this web site. The most recent version of these Terms of Use may always be found at: http://www.mikesstory.com/page2/page2.html You agree to review these Terms of Use from time to time and agree that any subsequent use by you of this web site following changes to these Terms of Use shall constitute your acceptance of all such changes.
Disclaimer: This website contains general information about mental health issues. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a trained professional. You should not attempt to diagnose or do any treatment based on the material contained on this website but rather should consult an appropriate medical or psychiatric professional before starting or stopping any medication and before implementing any other therapy discussed on this website. The opinions expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Mike Santoro, Daniel Gervais, www.MikesStory.com or Zestemedia. Mike Santoro, Daniel Gervais, www.MikesStory.com or Zestemedia are not responsible for any adverse effects resulting from the information on this website.
SITE PRIVACY
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Your privacy is important to www.mikesstory.com. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on these pages and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
The Information We Collect This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the www.mikesstory.com website. On some pages, you can order products, make requests, and register to receive materials or make use of our private forums. The types of personal information collected at these pages may be any or all of the following:
Name
Address
Phone Number
Email Address
IP Address (required for use on our private forum)
Credit/Debit Card Information
How We Use Your Information
We use the information you provide about yourself when placing an order only to complete that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order. We use the information you provide about someone else when placing an order only to ship the product and to confirm delivery. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
We use return email addresses to answer the emails we receive. These addresses will not be shared with outside parties for them to use for any other purpose or for them to collect in a database. You can register with our website if you would like to receive updates on our new products and services. Information you submit on our website will not be used for this purpose unless you fill out the registration form.
Use of Website Discussion Forum
MikesStory.com provides this website as a discussion Forum for the benefit of its members and the public. MikesStory.com cannot and does not review the information from or communications by users of the bulletin boards. MikesStory.com expressly disclaims responsibility for, and liabilities resulting from, any information or communications from and between users of the MikesStory.com discussion Forum.
Users are warned they may be individually liable for anything they communicate using the MikesStory.com discussion Forum, including but not limited to defamatory, discriminatory, false or unauthorized information. Users are cautioned that they are responsible for complying with the requirements of applicable copyright and trademark laws and regulations.
The MikesStory.com discussion Forum is a forum for individuals to share their opinions, experiences, and thoughts related to mental illness. MikesStory.com discussion Forum wants to ensure the integrity of this service and therefore, use of this service is limited to participants who agree to adhere to the following guidelines:
1. Refrain from transmitting any message, information, data, or text that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, and obscene, that may be invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or bashing communications - especially those aimed at gender, race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, religious views, or disability.
MikesStory.com reserves the right to remove or edit a post containing offensive material as defined by MikesStory.com. That stated, MikesStory.com does not have the practical ability to restrict conduct or communications prior to transmission and posting, nor can MikesStory.com ensure prompt editing or deletion of offensive posts.
MikesStory.com reserves the right to remove or edit posts that contain explicit, obscene, offensive, or vulgar language. Similarly, posts that contain any graphic files will be removed immediately upon notice.
2. Refrain from posting or transmitting any unsolicited, promotional materials, "junk mail", "spam", "chain mail", "pyramid schemes", or any other form of solicitation. MikesStory.com reserves the right to delete these posts immediately upon notice.
3. MikesStory.com invites and encourages a healthy exchange of opinions. If you disagree with a participant's post or opinion and wish to challenge it, do so with respect. The real objective of the MikesStory.com discussion Forum is to promote discussion and understanding, not to convince others that your opinion is "right". Name-calling, insults, and personal attacks are not appropriate and will not be tolerated. MikesStory.com will remove these posts immediately upon notice.
4. MikesStory.com promotes privacy and encourages participants to keep personal information such as address and telephone number from being posted. Similarly, do not ask for personal information from other participants. Message board posts that request participants submit personal information to another party will be removed immediately upon notice unless these posts have been pre-approved by MikesStory.com staff. This includes, but is not limited to, communications that ask for telephone, address, e-mail, surveys, and research studies.
5. Participants should be aware that the opinions, beliefs, and statements posted in this forum do not necessarily represent the opinions and beliefs of MikesStory.com. Participants also agree that MikesStory.com is not to be held liable for any loss or injury caused, in whole or in part, by sponsorship of this message board. Participants also agree that MikesStory.com reserves the right to report any suspicions of harm to self or others as evidenced by participant posts.
6. Posting off-topic messages to discussion groups will result in removal of and the possible suspension of posting privileges.
Conduct
You agree that you are prohibited from using this site to commit fraudulent activities, violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation. Furthermore, no communications passing through this site may be defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing, obscene or contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.
MikesStory.com will take immediate action to prevent violators of this policy from using our site
Age Restriction
The public areas of MikesStory.com (i.e. those areas accessible without signing in to the site) are accessible to all users, regardless of age. However, areas that require sign in prior to access are restricted to users 13 years of age and older. Persons under 13 years of age are prohibited from registering for access to, or signing in to these areas. MikesStory.com shall not be held liable for consequences resulting from persons under 13 years of age registering for access to or signing in to the site.