Geno.Me Terms of Service
Version: 05-Jun-2023
· "TOS” means ‘Terms of Service’.
· "Geno.Me" means Geno.Me website and application.
· "Service" or "Services" means Geno.Me's products, software, services, and website (including but not limited to text, graphics, images, and other material and information) as accessed from time to time by the user, regardless of if the use is in connection with an account or not.
· "Personal Information" is information that can be used to identify you, either alone or in combination with other information. Geno.Me collects and stores the following types of Personal Information:
o "Registration Information" is the information you provide about yourself when registering for and/or purchasing our Services (e.g., name, email, address, user ID and password, and payment information).
o "Genetic Information" is information regarding your genotype (e.g., the As, Ts, Cs, and Gs at particular locations in your genome), generated through the providing of your medical information.
o “Electronic Health and Medical Record Information” is information regarding your comprehensive patient health information, such as administrative and billing data, patient demographics, progress notes, vital signs, medical histories, diagnoses, medications, immunization dates, allergies, radiology images, lab and test results, in a digital format, through the providing of your medical and treatment histories.
o "Self-Reported Information" information you provide to us, either through the Services or through a third party, including your disease conditions, other health-related information, personal traits, ethnicity, family history, and other information that you enter into surveys, forms, or features while signed into your Geno.Me account or that you authorize a third party to provide to Geno.Me.
o "De-identified Information" information that has been stripped of your Registration Information (e.g., your name and contact information) and other identifying data such that you cannot reasonably be identified as an individual, also known as pseudonymized information.
o "User Content" is all information, data, text, software, music, audio, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other materials - other than Genetic Information and Self-Reported Information-generated by users of the Services and transmitted, whether publicly or privately, to or through Geno.Me.
o "Web Behavior Information" is information on how you use the Geno.Me website (e.g., browser type, domains, page views) collected through log files, cookies, and web beacon technology.
· "Aggregated Genetic and Self-Reported Information" is Genetic and Self-Reported Information that has been combined with that of other users and analyzed or evaluated as a whole, such that no specific individual may be reasonably identified.
Your use of the Services (excluding any services provided by Geno.Me under a separate agreement) is subject to the terms of the legal agreement between you and Geno.Me set forth in these Terms of Service ("TOS"). Except as specified herein, these TOS apply to any use of the Services, including but not limited to a) uploading a digital version of your Genetic Information and linking electronic health and medical records information through a third-party and interacting with it on the Geno.Me website, and/or b) creating and using a free Geno.Me account without providing your electronic health and medical records information and Genetic Information. To use the Services, you must first agree to the TOS. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the TOS. You can accept the TOS by (1) clicking to accept or agree to the TOS, where this option is made available to you by Geno.Me for any Service; or by (2) using the Services. In this case, you acknowledge and agree that Geno.Me will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the TOS from that point onwards. In addition, when using particular Services, you shall be subject to any guidelines or rules applicable to such Services that may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. Geno.Me also may offer other services from time to time that are governed by different terms of service.
a. If you contribute or otherwise provide your own Genetic Information, you must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to agree to these TOS on behalf of yourself or those for whom you have legal authority to agree.
b. If your use of the Services includes creating a Geno.Me account, without providing Genetic Information, you must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to use the Services and accept the TOS.
The Services include access to the Geno.Me public website, linking and deidentifying electronic health and medical records and genetic information to be exchanged throughout the platform, and potential compensation for purchase of individual datasets. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, each new feature that augments or enhances the current Service shall be subject to the TOS. You acknowledge and agree that the Services are provided "AS-IS" and are based on the current state of the art of medical research and technology in use by Geno.Me at the time of the purchase, viewing or other use. As research progresses and scientific knowledge and technology evolve, Geno.Me is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which Geno.Me provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you. As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Geno.Me may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing some Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally at Geno.Me's sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform Geno.Me when you stop using the Services. Geno.Me assumes no responsibility for the use of Services outside the terms of this TOS or other applicable terms.
In order to use the Services, you must obtain Internet access, either directly or through devices that access web-based content and pay any service fees associated with such access. You are solely responsible for paying such fees. In addition, you must provide all equipment necessary to make such Internet connection, including a computer and modem or other access device. You are solely responsible for providing such equipment. You acknowledge and agree that while Geno.Me may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of transmissions you may send or receive through the Services or on the amount of storage space used for the provision of any Service, such fixed upper limits may be set by Geno.Me at any time, at Geno.Me's discretion.
As a result of the current state of medical knowledge and understanding, our Services are for research, informational, and educational purposes only. The Services are not intended to be used by the customer for any diagnostic purpose and are not a substitute for professional medical advice. You should always seek the advice of your physician or other health care provider with any questions you may have regarding diagnosis, cure, treatment, mitigation, or prevention of any disease or other medical condition or impairment or the status of your health.
Geno.Me does not endorse, warranty, or guarantee the effectiveness of any specific course of action, resources, tests, physician or other health care providers, drugs, biologics, medical devices or other products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on our website. If we provide to you on our website any recommendations that identify for you, based on your Genetic Information and Self-Reported Information and scientific literature or research, potentially actionable information, this information is intended for informational purposes only and for discussion with your physician or other healthcare provider. Reliance on any information provided by Geno.Me, Geno.Me employees, others appearing on our website at the invitation of Geno.Me, or other visitors to our website is solely at your own risk.
By accessing Geno.Me Services, you agree to, acknowledge, and represent as follows:
1. You understand that information you learn from Geno.Me is not designed to independently diagnose, prevent, or treat any condition or disease or to ascertain the state of your health in the absence of medical and clinical information. You understand that the Geno.Me Services are intended for research, informational, and educational purposes only, and that while Geno.Me information might point to a diagnosis or to a possible treatment, it should always be confirmed and supplemented by additional medical and clinical testing and information. You acknowledge that Geno.Me urges you to seek the advice of your physician or other health care provider if you have questions or concerns arising from your Genetic Information.
2. You represent that you are eighteen (18) years of age or older.
3. You are guaranteeing that any medical information you provide; if you are agreeing to these TOS on behalf of a person for whom you have legal authorization, you are confirming that the information provided will be the information of that person.
4. If you are a customer outside the U.S. providing genetic information, you confirm that this act is not subject to any export ban or restriction in the country in which you reside.
5. You agree that any information you provide, and all resulting data may be transferred and/or processed outside the country in which you reside.
6. You are warranting that you are not an insurance company or an employer attempting to obtain information about an insured person or an employee.
7. You are aware that some of the information you receive may provoke strong emotion.
8. You take responsibility for all possible consequences resulting from your sharing with others access to your electronic health and medical records information, Genetic Information and/or your Self-Reported Information.
9. You understand that all your Personal Information will be stored in Geno.Me databases and will be processed in accordance with the Geno.Me Privacy Policy.
10. Waiver of Property Rights: You understand that by providing any information, having your electronic health and medical records and Genetic Information processed, accessing your electronic health and medical records and Genetic Information, or providing Self-Reported Information, you acquire no rights in any research or commercial products that may be developed by Geno.Me or its collaborators.
You agree that you have the authority, under the laws of the state or jurisdiction in which you reside, to provide these representations. In case of breach of any one of these representations, Geno.Me has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof) and you will defend and indemnify Geno.Me and its affiliates against any liability, costs, or damages arising out of the breach of the representation.
In consideration of your use of the Services, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current, and complete Registration Information about yourself as prompted by the Service; and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. If you provide any Registration Information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, or if Geno.Me has a reasonable ground to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, Geno.Me has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
After you have registered for or purchased a Service, you will create a username and password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your Geno.Me account. If you allow third parties to access Geno.Me's website through your username and password, you will defend and indemnify Geno.Me and its affiliates against any liability, costs, or damages, including attorney fees, arising out of claims or suits by such third parties based upon or relating to such access and use. You agree to (a) immediately notify Geno.Me of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you sign out from your account at the end of each session. Geno.Me cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section.
In order to use the Services, you must first acknowledge and agree to the Privacy Policy. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Privacy Policy. You can acknowledge and agree to the Privacy Policy by (1) clicking to accept or agree to the Privacy Policy, where this option is made available to you by Geno.Me for any Service; or by (2) actually using the Services.
You acknowledge and agree that Geno.Me has the right to monitor any use of its systems by its personnel at any time and maintain copies documenting such monitoring. Our Privacy Policy sets forth the only expectations of privacy any individual should have in terms of usage of the Geno.Me Services, website, or other systems. If you have given consent for your electronic health and medical records, Genetic Information and Self-Reported Information to be used in Geno.Me Research as described in the applicable Consent Document, we may disclose your information to third parties as described in the applicable Consent Document. Geno.Me Research may be sponsored by, conducted on behalf of, or in collaboration with third parties, such as non-profit foundations, academic institutions, or pharmaceutical companies. Geno.Me Research may study a specific group or population, identify potential areas or targets for therapeutics development, conduct or support the development of drugs, diagnostics, or devices to diagnose, predict or treat medical or other health conditions, work with public, private and/or non-profit entities on medical research initiatives, or otherwise create, commercialize, and apply this new knowledge to improve health care. Geno.Me will never release your individual-level electronic health and medical records, Genetic Information and/or Self-Reported Information to any third party without asking for and receiving your explicit consent to do so, unless required by law.
Further, you acknowledge and agree that Geno.Me is free to preserve and disclose any and all Personal Information to law enforcement agencies or others if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process (such as a judicial proceeding, court order, or government inquiry) or obligations that Geno.Me may owe pursuant to ethical and other professional rules, laws, and regulations; (b) enforce the Geno.Me TOS; (c) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Geno.Me, its employees, its users, its clients, and the public. In such event we will notify you through the contact information you have provided to us in advance, unless doing so would violate the law or a court order. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Services, including your Personal Information, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks, or devices. Finally, Geno.Me may, in its sole discretion, restrict access to the website for any reason.
Please refer to our Privacy Policy to read about data protection related to your information.
You acknowledge that all User Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person from which such User Content originated. This means that you, and not Geno.Me, are entirely responsible for all User Content that you upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit via the Service.
You acknowledge that the Services content presented to you as part of the Services, whether original Geno.Me Services content or sponsored content within the Services, is protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights that are owned by Geno.Me and/or the sponsors who provide that content to Geno.Me (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). Geno.Me grants you a Limited License to copy and distribute free of charge, for non-commercial purposes only, any of the Services content with the exception of any content marked as not subject to this Limited License on the website, provided you: (i) provide the Services content as it appears on the Geno.Me website with no changes including but not limited to presenting selections which might tend to misrepresent the substance of the Services content; (ii) include the following attribution on the first page of any materials you distribute: © Geno.Me, Inc. . All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from Geno.Me; and (iii) agree you have no right to offer anyone else any further right with respect to this Services content. Aside from the Limited License provided in this paragraph, you may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on this Services content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Geno.Me or by the owners of that content, in a separate agreement.
As a condition of your use of the Services, you warrant to Geno.Me that you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, or notices. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Services or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Services. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Services. Furthermore you agree not to use the Services to: (1) upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any material that is derogatory, defamatory, obscene, or offensive, such as slurs, epithets, or anything that might reasonably be construed as harassment or disparagement based on race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious or political beliefs, or other statutorily protected status; (2) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, anyone affiliated with Geno.Me, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (3) add your own headers, forge headers, or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the Service; (4) "stalk" or otherwise harass another; (5) upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); (6) use any information received through the Services to attempt to identify other customers, to contact other customers (other than through features for contacting other users pursuant to the Services), or for any forensic use; (7) download any file posted by another user of the Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot legally be distributed in such manner; (8) upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of Geno.Me or any other party; (9) harm minors in any way; (10) advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such area specifically allows such messages; (11) upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas that are designated for such purpose and only to the extent such content is authorized by law; (12) upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; (13) use manual or automated software, devices, scripts robots, other means or processes to access, "scrape," "crawl" or "spider" any web pages or other services contained in the site, unless explicitly permitted by Geno.Me; (14) engage in "framing," "mirroring," or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of Geno.Me's website; (15) attempt to or actually override any security component of Geno.Me web services; (16) interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Service; (17) violate these Terms of Service, any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular area of the Service or have been communicated to you by anyone affiliated with Geno.Me; or (18) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law, or any regulations having the force of law.
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Geno.Me has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the TOS and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Geno.Me may suffer) of any such breach. In case of breach of any one of these agreements Geno.Me has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof) and you will defend and indemnify Geno.Me and its affiliates against any liability, costs, or damages arising out of the breach of the representation.
If you violate the terms of this Section and/or Geno.Me has a reasonable ground to suspect that you have violated the terms of this Section, Geno.Me has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content. Specifically, you agree 1) that providing your information is not subject to any export ban or restriction in the country in which you reside, 2) that your data may be transferred and/or processed outside the country in which you reside, and 3) that you will comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country from which you access any Service online.
Geno.Me will not, at all times, control any of the User Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of such non-Geno.Me content. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to content that is offensive, indecent, or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Geno.Me be liable in any way for any non-Geno.Me content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any such content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any such content posted, emailed, or otherwise transmitted via the Services.
You acknowledge that Geno.Me and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, review, filter, modify, refuse, or move any content that is available via the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, Geno.Me and its designees shall have the right to remove any content that violates the TOS or is deemed by Geno.Me, in its sole discretion, to be otherwise objectionable. You acknowledge and agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content.
User Content. Geno.Me does not claim ownership of the User Content you provide to Geno.Me (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input, or submit to the Service. Unless otherwise specified, you retain copyright and any other rights you already hold over User Content that you create and submit, post, or display on or through the Services. However, by submitting, posting, or displaying User Content, you give Geno.Me, its affiliated companies, sublicensees (including but not limited to sublicensees who avail themselves of the Limited License granted above) and successors and assigns a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, reproduce, edit, reformat, and create derivative works from any User Content that you submit, post, or display on or through the Services. You acknowledge and agree that this license includes a right for Geno.Me to make such User Content available to other companies, organizations, or individuals with whom Geno.Me has relationships, and to use such User Content in connection with the provision of those services.
You understand that Geno.Me, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your User Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your content as are necessary to conform and adapt that content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services, or media. You acknowledge and agree that this license shall permit Geno.Me to take these actions. You represent and warrant to Geno.Me that you have all the rights, power, and authority necessary to grant the above license.
Electronic Health and Medical Records, Genetic and/or Self-Reported Information Upon agreement of these Terms of Service, you are granting permission to the disclosure of individual-level electronic health and medical records, Genetic information and/or Self-Reported information to third parties for Research purposes. Note that Geno.Me cannot control any further distribution of electronic health and medical record, Genetic and/or Self-Reported Information that you share publicly on the Geno.Me website. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing your rights and that Geno.Me has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
Waiver of Property Rights. As stated above, you understand that by providing any data, having your electronic health and medical records and Genetic Information processed, accessing your electronic health and medical records, Genetic Information, or providing Self-Reported Information, you acquire no rights in any research or commercial products that may be developed by Geno.Me or its collaborating partners. You specifically understand that you will not receive compensation for any research or commercial products that include or result from your electronic health and medical records, Genetic Information or Self-Reported Information.
You agree to defend and hold Geno.Me, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, contractors, partners, employees, successors, and assigns harmless from any claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of User Content you submit, post to, or transmit through the Service; your use of the Service; your connection to the Service; your violation of the TOS; or your violation of any rights of another.
If you have submitted data or otherwise provided your own electronic health and medical records and Genetic Information, you will defend and hold harmless Geno.Me, its employees, contractors, successors, and assigns from any liability arising out of the use or disclosure of any information obtained from analyzing your electronic health and medical records and Genetic Information, which is disclosed to you consistent with our Privacy Policy or results from any third-party add-ons to tools we provide. In addition, if you choose to provide your electronic health and medical records, Genetic and/or Self-Reported Information to third parties - whether individuals to whom you facilitate access, intentionally or inadvertently, or to third parties for diagnostic or other purposes - you agree to defend and hold harmless Geno.Me, its employees, contractors, successors, and assigns from any and all liability arising from such disclosure or use of your electronic health and medical records, Genetic and/or Self-Reported Information.
Other than pursuant to the terms of the Limited License in Section 9 of this TOS or unless otherwise agreed in a separate agreement between you and Geno.Me, you agree not to display, distribute, license, perform, publish, reproduce, duplicate, copy, create derivative works from, modify, sell, resell, exploit, transfer, or transmit for any commercial purposes, all or any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.
You acknowledge that Geno.Me may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Services, including without limitation the maximum number of days that Personal Information and Services content will be retained by the Service, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on Geno.Me's servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Services in a given period of time. You acknowledge and agree that Geno.Me has no responsibility or liability for the deletion of or failure to store any messages, other communications, or other content maintained or transmitted by the Services; or for the loss of electronic health and medical record and Genetic Information due to malfunction or destruction of data servers or other catastrophic events. You further acknowledge that Geno.Me reserves the right to change these general practices and limits in its sole discretion.
Geno.Me reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You acknowledge and agree that (i) modifications may result in a delay in computations for some of the Geno.Me features or Services, and (ii) Geno.Me shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services.
The Software that you use may from time to time automatically download and install updates from Geno.Me. These updates are designed to improve, enhance, and further develop the Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules, and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit Geno.Me to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
You acknowledge that Geno.Me may offer different or additional technologies or features to collect and/or interpret Genetic Information in the future and that your initial purchase of the Service does not entitle you to any different or additional technologies or features for collection or interpretation of your electronic health and medical records and Genetic Information without fee, and that you may have to pay additional fees in order to have your electronic health and medical records and Genetic Information collected, processed, and/or interpreted using any future or additional technologies or features.
The TOS will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Geno.Me as set out in this Section.
If you want to terminate your legal agreement with Geno.Me, you may do so by deleting your Geno.Me account and data within your Account Settings. Once you submit your request to delete your account to support@yourgeno.me, we will send an email to the email address linked to your Geno.Me account asking you to confirm your request. Upon receiving your confirmation, we will process your request to delete your data, and you will no longer be able to sign-in to your account.
Geno.Me may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you (and in conjunction therewith, your password and account(s)) if: (1) you have breached any provision of the TOS (or have acted in manner which shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with, the provisions of the TOS); (2) Geno.Me is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); (3) the partner with whom Geno.Me offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Geno.Me or ceased to offer the Services to you; (4) Geno.Me is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country or state in which you reside or from which you use the Services; or (5) the provision of the Services to you by Geno.Me is, in Geno.Me's opinion, no longer commercially viable.
Any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity that may be grounds for termination of your use of the Services may be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities. You acknowledge and agree that Geno.Me shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Services.
When the TOS come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations, and liabilities that you and Geno.Me have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time while the TOS have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations, and liabilities indefinitely.
Your correspondence or business dealings with-or participation in promotions of-information providers, vendors, and/or resources found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such information provider or resource. You acknowledge and agree that Geno.Me shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such information provider or resources on the Service.
The Service provides, and third parties may provide, links to other sites and resources on the Internet. Because Geno.Me has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Geno.Me is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Geno.Me shall not be responsible or liable, directly, or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such hyperlinked site or resource.
You acknowledge and agree that Geno.Me, Inc. (or Geno.Me's licensors, as applicable) owns all legal right, title, and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights (including but not limited to patents) which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by Geno.Me and that you shall not disclose such information without Geno.Me, Inc.’s prior written consent.
You further acknowledge and agree that the Services and any necessary software used in connection with the Services ("Software") contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that information presented to you through the Services or sponsors is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by Geno.Me, you agree not to-and not to permit anyone else to-modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works of, reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Services or Software or any part thereof, in whole or in part. Software, if any, that is made available to download from the Services, excluding software that may be made available by end-users through the Services, is the copyrighted work of Geno.Me and/or its suppliers. Your use of the Software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software ("License Agreement"). You may not install or use any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless you first agree to the License Agreement terms.
Geno.Me, Geno.Me, Inc., and other Geno.Me logos and product and service names are trademarks of Geno.Me, Inc. and these marks together with any other Geno.Me, Inc. trade names, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features are the "Geno.Me Marks". Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Geno.Me, Inc., other than through the Limited License in Section 9, nothing in the TOS gives you a right to use any Geno.Me Marks and you agree not to display, or use in any manner, Geno.Me Marks.
You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trademark notices) that may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by Geno.Me, Inc., you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trademark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names, or logos.
For any Software not accompanied by a License Agreement, Geno.Me, Inc. grants you a personal, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer. You may not (and may not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any right in the Software unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Geno.Me, Inc., in writing. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Geno.Me, in the manner permitted by the TOS. Unless Geno.Me, Inc. has given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sublicense of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software. You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, or to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Geno.Me for use in accessing the Service. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT: (1) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. GENO.ME EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. (2) GENO.ME MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (a) THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (b) THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, UNFAILINGLY SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; (c) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (d) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND (e) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. (3) ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. (4) NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM GENO.ME OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS. (5) YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE CAUTION WHEN GIVING OUT ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF OR THOSE FOR WHOM YOU HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY. GENO.ME DOES NOT CONTROL OR ENDORSE ANY ACTIONS RESULTING FROM YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICES AND, THEREFORE, GENO.ME SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY WITH REGARD TO ANY ACTIONS RESULTING FROM YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICES.
WITHIN THE LIMITS ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT GENO.ME SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF GENO.ME HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (a) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES; (b) ANY ACTION YOU TAKE BASED ON THE INFORMATION YOU RECEIVE IN, THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES, (c) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL, (d) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION, OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES; (e) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (f) THE IMPROPER AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SERVICES BY SOMEONE CLAIMING SUCH AUTHORITY; or (g) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES.
Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail. Geno.Me may also provide notices of changes to the TOS or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on or through the Services.
Official notices related to this TOS must be sent to us via email at support@yourgeno.me.
Additionally, Geno.Me accepts service of process at this email address. Any notices that you provide without compliance with this section on Notices shall have no legal effect.
Geno.Me may make changes to the TOS from time to time. When these changes are made, Geno.Me will make a new copy of the TOS available on its website and any new additional terms will be made available to you from within, or through, the affected Services. The revised TOS will be effective on or after the posted date. If we make a material change to the TOS, we will provide you with notice thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of the change by posting a notice on our website or sending a message to the email address associated with your account. Unless you notify us within thirty (30) days from the time you receive notice of the new terms that you do not agree to the terms, you will be deemed to have agreed to the new TOS. If any change to the TOS is unacceptable to you, you may stop using our Services and delete your account at any time. You acknowledge and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the TOS have changed, Geno.Me will treat your use as acceptance of the updated TOS.
If you violate the terms of these TOS and/or Geno.Me has a reasonable ground to suspect that you have violated the terms of these TOS, Geno.Me has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT.
a. Initial Dispute Resolution. We are available by email at support@yourgeno.me to address any concerns you may have regarding your use of the Service. Most concerns may be quickly resolved in this manner. You agree to use best efforts to settle any dispute, claim, question, or disagreement directly through consultation and good faith negotiations which shall be a precondition to either party initiating a lawsuit or arbitration.
b. Agreement to Binding Arbitration. If we do not reach an agreed upon solution within a period of thirty (30) days from the time informal dispute resolution is pursued pursuant to Section 28(a) above, then either you or we may initiate binding arbitration. Except for any disputes excluded below in Section 28(d), all claims arising out of or relating to these TOS (including their formation, performance, and breach), the parties’ relationship with each other and/or your use of the Services shall be finally settled by binding arbitration administered on a confidential basis. Each party will have the right to use legal counsel in connection with arbitration at its own expense. The parties shall select a single neutral arbitrator. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve all disputes arising out of or relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of these TOS, including, but not limited to, any claim that all or any part of these TOS is void or voidable. The arbitrator shall be empowered to grant whatever relief would be available in a court under law or in equity. The arbitrator’s award shall be in writing and provide a statement of the essential findings and conclusions, shall be binding on the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. The interpretation and enforcement of these TOS shall be subject to the Federal Arbitration Act.
c. You understand that, absent this mandatory provision, you would have the right to sue in court and have a jury trial. You further understand that the right to discovery may be more limited in arbitration than in court.
d. Class Action and Class Arbitration Waiver. You and we each further agree that any arbitration shall be conducted in our respective individual capacities only and not as a class action, and you and we each expressly waive our respective right to file a class action or seek relief on a class basis. If any court or arbitrator determines that the class action waiver set forth in this paragraph is void or unenforceable for any reason or that an arbitration can proceed on a class basis, then the arbitration provision set forth above in Section 28(b) shall be deemed null and void in its entirety and the parties shall be deemed to have not agreed to arbitrate disputes.
e. Exceptions. Notwithstanding the parties’ agreement to resolve all disputes through arbitration, either party may seek relief (i) in a small claims court for disputes or claims within the scope of that court’s jurisdiction, and (ii) any disputes relating to intellectual property rights, obligations, or any infringement claims.
f. Term for Cause of Action. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Services or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
g. Exclusive Venue for Litigation. To the extent that the arbitration provisions set forth in Section 28(b) do not apply or if you have opted out of arbitration, you agree that any litigation shall be filed exclusively in state or federal courts located in Wisconsin (except for small claims court actions which may be brought in the county where you reside). You and we expressly consent to exclusive jurisdiction in Wisconsin for any litigation other than small claims court actions. In the event of litigation relating to these TOS or the Service, you agree to waive, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any right to a jury trial, except where a jury trial waiver is not permissible under applicable law.
a. Entire Agreement. The TOS constitute the entire agreement between you and Geno.Me and govern your use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements between you and Geno.Me on this subject. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliate services, third-party content, or third-party software
b. Waiver. The failure of Geno.Me to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect.
c. Admissibility of printed version. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
d. Section titles. The section titles in the TOS are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
e. Severability Clause. If any portion of these TOS is found to be unenforceable, the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect.
f. Assignment: You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Agreement. Any purported assignment and delegation shall be ineffective. We may freely assign or delegate all rights and obligations under the Agreement, fully or partially without notice to you. We may also substitute, by way of unilateral novation, effective upon notice to you, Geno.Me for any third party that assumes our rights and obligations under this Agreement.
HIPAA Authorization to Use and Disclose Protected Health Information
I, hereby authorize the use and/or disclosure of the protected health information about me described below ("PHI") to Geno.Me, Incorporated (“Geno.Me”). The PHI that may be used and/or disclosed are the clinical summary, which includes but is not limited to consultation notes, discharge summary notes, history & physical, imaging narratives, laboratory report narratives, pathology report narratives, procedure notes, progress notes.
This authorization shall remain in effect unless I revoke it in writing prior to that time. The covered entity that is releasing my PHI under this authorization will not receive direct or indirect remuneration in exchange for disclosing my PHI and will provide my PHI only to Geno.Me and to no other business or individual. I understand that my treatment, payment, enrollment, or eligibility for benefits will not be conditioned on whether I sign this form. I understand that, as set forth in the notice of privacy practices, I have the right to revoke this authorization, in writing, at any time, except to the extent that Geno.Me, Inc. has acted in reliance upon it, by sending written notification to support@yourgeno.me. I understand that I am under no obligation to consent to this authorization and that I am doing so upon my own free will. I understand that my treatment, payment, enrollment, or eligibility for benefits will not be conditioned on whether I provide consent.
I understand that my PHI will not be redisclosed by Geno.Me in the nature of PHI and I further understand that Geno.Me will only redistribute my PHI after it has been deidentified and under restrictions that it not be re-identified, at which point it may no longer be protected by state and federal law. Generally, if you are 18 years of age or older, you are the only person required and permitted to sign a form to authorize the disclosure of your medical information.