Terms of Use

EFFECTIVE DATE: APRIL 24, 2021
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE, THEY MAY HAVE CHANGED SINCE YOUR LAST VISIT.

This Terms of Use Agreement (these “Terms of Use”) describes the conditions for the use of Illinois Contraceptive Access Now (“ICAN!’s”) website, ican4all.org (“ican4all.org” or the “Site”) by you, the Site viewer and describes your rights and responsibilities as a user. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site. By using the Site you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, found here incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you may not access or use the Site. These Terms of Use and the rights, benefits and obligations contained herein are fully assignable by ICAN! and will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of our successors and assigns.

ican4all.org is a Site operated by ICAN!, intended to provide you with information on your contraception options, and where requested, assist you in connecting with health care providers who can assist you. ICAN! always encourages you to talk to a trusted adult about your decisions, but ican4all.org is designed for and intended for individuals 13 or older. If you’re under 18 and live in Illinois, you can find more information about your rights related to your health at https://www.chataboutit.org/know-your-rights/.

In order to protect the online privacy of children under the age of 13, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. For that reason, we do not offer ican4all.org to anyone under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please do not use ican4all.org, or provide ican4all.org with any personal information. If you are under the age of 13 and would like to use our services, please have your parent or guardian provide us with the relevant information.

MEDICAL SERVICES
IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, YOU SHOULD DIAL “911” IMMEDIATELY.

ICAN! does not practice medicine or any other licensed profession, and does not interfere with the practice of medicine or any other licensed profession by

treating providers, each of whom is responsible for his or her services and compliance with requirements applicable to his or her profession and license. Any information or advice you receive from a health care provider comes from that professional, and not from ICAN!. ICAN! shall not be liable for any professional advice you obtain from a health care provider you contact or we help you contact through ican4all.org.

ICAN! has identified health care providers who have experience in providing all FDA approved forms of contraception. ICAN! does not identify every health care provider who provides these services. You should always select a health care provider with whom you are comfortable, but we encourage you to review the qualifications of every health care provider that you visit.

None of the content on this site, ican4all.org should be considered medical advice or an endorsement, representation or warranty that any particular medication or treatment is safe, appropriate, or effective for you.

If you have insurance of any type, the healthcare provider will ask for your permission to bill for the services rendered. If you qualify for any other programs that cover contraception, you will be asked to enroll.

CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF USE
We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Site thereafter. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

ACCESSING THE SITE
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Site, and any service or material we provide on the Site, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or the entire Site.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Site; and ensuring the security of the computers and systems you are using to access the Site.

PROHIBITED USES

You may use the Site for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use.

You agree not to use the Site:

  • In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries);
  • For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise;
  • To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with these Terms of Use;
  • To impersonate or attempt to impersonate ICAN!, a ICAN! employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses associated with any of the foregoing);
  • To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use of the Site, or which, as determined by us, may harm ICAN! or users of the Site or expose them to liability.
  • Additionally, you agree not to:
  • Use the Site in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Site, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Site;
  • Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Site for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Site;
  • Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Site for any unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent;
  • Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Site;
  • Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful;
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Site, the server on which the Site is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Site;
  • Attack the Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack;
  • Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Internet websites and mobile applications that are not owned, operated or controlled by ican4all.org may link to or from our Site. Such other websites and applications contain information created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by third-parties not related to and otherwise independent of ican4all.org and over which we have no control. ICAN! does not endorse, approve, certify, maintain, or control these other websites and applications

and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of information located at such addresses or on such applications. We provide the links only as a convenience. Use of any information obtained from such other websites and applications is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, and timeliness as well as those other websites’ and applications’ respective terms of use and privacy policies. Once you leave the Site, our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy no longer govern, and therefore, you should review the terms and policies of the other websites and applications. You acknowledge and agree that ICAN! shall not be liable for any damages or injury resulting or arising from the content of or access to such other websites and applications. Moreover, any information that you provide to third-parties accessed through a link on our Site are subject to the privacy policies of that third party, and not us.

USER SUBMISSIONS
Any information, material, comments or other communication submitted to us is treated as described in our Privacy Policy. To the extent that you submit your personal information to us, you represent and warrant that all such information will be truthful, accurate, and not misleading, and shall not omit or fail to state any material information. You agree not to provide any information that: (a) is false, inaccurate, defamatory, abusive, libelous, unlawful, obscene, threatening, harassing, fraudulent, pornographic, or harmful, or that could encourage criminal or unethical behavior; or (b) violates or infringes the privacy, copyright, trademark, trade dress, trade secrets, or intellectual property rights of any person or entity.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
The Site, its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by ICAN!, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. ican4all.org and its associated logos are our trademarks and/or service marks. You are granted no right or license with respect to any of the aforesaid trademarks, service marks or logos.

Certain materials available on or through the Site are our Works (content we own, authored, created, purchased, or licensed or which we shall own, author,

create, purchase, or license). Our Works may be protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and/or other laws, and we reserve and retain all rights in our Works and the Site. We hereby grant you a limited non- assignable license to access and make personal use of the Site provided that such use is for the purposes of the Site described above. This license does not permit you to sell, license, and/or make any commercial use of ican4all.org or its contents and materials and/ or any information derived from ican4all.org and/or its contents and materials.

The above described license is conditioned on your compliance with these Terms, and shall terminate upon termination of these Terms. If you breach any provision of these Terms, any license you have obtained will be automatically rescinded and terminated.

If you believe any materials accessible on or from this Site infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access thereto) from this Site by contacting the Site’s copyright agent (identified below) and providing the following information:

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed.
  2. Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and its location. Please describe the material, and provide us with its URL or any other pertinent information that will allow us to locate the material. Your name, address, telephone number and (if available) e-mail address.
  3. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  4. A statement that the information that you have supplied is accurate, and indicating that “under penalty of perjury,” you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
  5. A signature or the electronic equivalent from the copyright holder or authorized representative. Our agent for copyright issues relating to this Site is the Executive Director of ICAN! kthiede@alliancechicago.org.

If notified of an allegation that the Site contains infringing information, materials or other content, ICAN! may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the same from the Site and from any other media or server where the infringing content may be stored or displayed by ICAN!. Notices to ICAN! regarding any alleged copyright infringement should be emailed via the “Contact Us” form on our website.

GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS
The owner of the Site is based in the State of Illinois in the United States. We provide this Site for use only by persons located in the United States, and you must be in Illinois to take full advantage of our services. We make no claims that the Site or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that the Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT.

YOUR USE OF THE SITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH

THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE ICAN! NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH ICAN! MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER ICAN! NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ICAN! REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
If we end up in a legal dispute, it will take place in Illinois applying Illinois law. You understand that you must file a claim against us within one year after the issue arose.

If we do not satisfy your concerns regarding any alleged violation and you wish to pursue a claim against us, you agree to engage in mediation in the event that direct negotiations fail to resolve your concerns. The period for mediation shall be thirty (30) days unless the parties mutually agree to an extension. If mediation fails, the parties will arbitrate the dispute pursuant to the applicable rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”). Any arbitration shall take place in Illinois, before an arbitrator chosen from JAMS. Any award shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon the parties, and a judgment rendered thereon may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrator may award any form of remedy or relief (including injunctive relief, such as temporary restraining orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions) that would otherwise be available in court. Any award pursuant to said arbitration shall be accompanied by a written opinion of the arbitrator setting forth the reason for the award. To the extent not inconsistent with applicable laws, the arbitrator will have the authority to hear and grant motions and applications, including on an ex parte or expedited basis. The award rendered by the arbitrator shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto, and judgment upon the award may be entered, and enforcement may be sought in, any court of competent jurisdiction. The prevailing party in any dispute relating to this Agreement shall be entitled to recover associated costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under these Terms of Use shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to these Terms of Use, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
You agree that before you bring a case in court, you will try to mediate the claim against us and then go to arbitration. All matters relating to the Site and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State

of Illinois without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdiction). Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Site shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Illinois although we retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms of Use in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL ICAN!, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, ANY CONTENT ON THE SITE,OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless ICAN!, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site, including, but not limited to, any use of the Site’s content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from the Site.

WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY

No waiver by ICAN! of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of ICAN! to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

YOUR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS
This Site is operated by ICAN!. All notices of copyright infringement claims, other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Site should be directed to ICAN! by emailing us via the “Contact Us” Form.

THANK YOU FOR USING THE SITE.