Social Media Disclaimer
Updated: November 11, 2020
Social Media and Online Communities Terms of Use and Disclaimer
Psomagen, Inc. may provide you opportunities to share information on third party social
media sites or platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+,
YouTube or other similar sites (collectively, “Social Media Sites”). Psomagen, Inc. may also
provide you opportunities to participate in online communities on such Social Media Sites
and may host discussion boards, chats, and other forums on this Site. For example, you
may use your Instagram handle and tag your photos and postings (“Tagged Content”) with
hashtags that we may provide from time to time in order to submit your Tagged Content for
potential use on our Site. If you post Tagged Content with hashtags as we may provide from
time to time, your activity and participation is governed by these Terms. Additionally, you
remain responsible for your compliance with other applicable terms and conditions such as
those of Instagram or other Social Media Sites. Without limitation of any other obligations,
you agree that you will be respectful of others and their privacy and will not submit photos of
others without their express permission.
If you participate in Psomagen, Inc. online community, discussion board or other forum,
you agree that anything you submit is being provided by you voluntarily, on a non-
confidential basis, and without any compensation due to you and you grant Psomagen, Inc.
a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, and sub-licensable, right and license to
use, copy, distribute, modify, create joint and derivative works, your content, postings and
Tagged Content in any form or format. You further agree that (a) you will not post, transmit,
or link to any material, websites, Tagged Content or other information or content that is
libelous, defamatory, false, obscene, indecent, lewd, violent, abusive, threatening,
harassing, discriminatory, or an expression of political or hate speech; (b) you may only
post, upload or transmit photos or materials for which you have the copyright or other
permission to distribute electronically citing the original source; (c) you may not violate,
plagiarize, or infringe on the rights of third parties, including copyright, trademark, trade
secret, privacy, personal, publicity, moral or proprietary rights; (d) you agree that any
Tagged Content or materials you post or upload will be owned by you or be in the public
domain; (e) you may not intentionally post, create, upload or transmit any software or other
material that contains a virus or other harmful code or device; (f) you may not solicit other
users, or distribute advertising, for products or services through the Site, distribute chain
letters or messages, mass mailings or bulk email or other bulk messages, or gather email
addresses for the purpose of sending bulk email or other messages to other users of the
Site; (g) if you choose to submit Tagged Content or post items in public or “chat” portions of
the Site, such material, information, photographs, and other information you post in these
public or group areas is available to the other individuals using this Site and Psomagen, Inc.
does not warrant, guarantee or otherwise take steps to prevent other users from copying,
displaying, uploading, transmitting or otherwise using your material, information,
photographs or other information for any purpose whatsoever; (h) you will always use
caution in posting personally identifying information, and never exchange personal financial
information, address, phone numbers or other personal information; (i) you will not post any
material that violates any law or regulation; (j) you will not impersonate any other person or
use the identity of some other living person; and (k) your postings will truthfully reflect your
own experience.
Psomagen, Inc. may terminate or restrict your access to any Psomagen, Inc. online
community, including access through the Site.
Selection and Removal of Tagged Content
Psomagen, Inc. will review Tagged Content and select certain Tagged Content for posting
on our Site; we make no guarantee that your Tagged Content will be posted.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, you remain fully responsible and liable for your Tagged
Content and its compliance with these Terms, other applicable terms of use and applicable
laws. If your Tagged Content is posted to our Site, you may request removal of your Tagged
Content by marking it as “private” in your Social Media Site account or by emailing us at.
Monitoring
We have no obligation to monitor any related websites, chats, discussion boards or any
other materials that you or third parties transmit or post on or to the Site or related websites,
if any. However, you acknowledge and agree that we have the right (but not the obligation)
to monitor the Site, discussion boards, the chats, and the materials you transmit or post; to
alter or remove any such materials (including, without limitation, any posting to a chat or
discussion board); and to disclose such materials and the circumstances surrounding their
transmission to any third party in order to operate the Site properly, to protect ourselves, our
sponsors, and our other clients and visitors, and to comply with legal obligations or
governmental requests.
Copyright Notice
This Site is owned and operated by Psomagen, Inc. The entire contents and design of the
site are protected by U.S. and international copyright law. All rights regarding the Site and
materials contained on the Site are either owned by Psomagen, Inc., are licensed to it, or
are used with permission. Psomagen, Inc. and its licensors retain and reserve all
proprietary rights to the contents of this Site.
You may not copy, republish, upload, post, display, transmit, or frame any of these
materials without prior written consent from Psomagen, Inc. You may link to, view,
download, use, display and print a single copy of the materials found on this Site only for
personal, noncommercial, and informational purposes as long as: (1) you do not alter or
modify the materials in any way; (2) you include all applicable copyright, trademark and
other notices and disclaimers; and (3) you do not use the materials in a way that suggests
an association with Psomagen, Inc. or an affiliated entity. All such copies must include, at a
minimum, the following copyright notice: “Copyright © 2020 Psomagen, Inc. All rights
reserved.” Any other use of the Site or the information contained here is strictly prohibited.
Psomagen, Inc. may terminate the above license at any time for any reason. If you breach
any of these terms your license terminates immediately and automatically and without
notice. Upon the termination of this license you must stop using this site, including all
content, and return or destroy all copies, including electronic copies, of the content in your
possession or control.
Copyright Infringement – DMCA Notice
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”) provides remedies for copyright holders
who believe in good faith that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under
copyright law. If you believe in good faith that content or material on this Site infringes a
valid copyright owned by you, you (or your agent) may send Psomagen, Inc. a notice
requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked. This request should be
sent to or to: Psomagen, Inc. 1330 Piccard Drive, Rockville, MD. 20850.
The notice must include the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a
person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c)
identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing
activity; (d) the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the complaining
party; (e) a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the
material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or
the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under
penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. If you believe in good faith that a notice of
copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, the DMCA permits you to send
us a counter-notice. Notices and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory
requirements imposed by the DMCA. Notices and counter-notices with respect to the Site
should be sent to the address above.
Trademark Notice
Psomagen, Inc. names and logos and all related product and service names, design
marks, and slogans are the trademarks or service marks of Psomagen, Inc. All rights are
reserved. You are not authorized to use any Psomagen, Inc. name or mark in any
advertisement, publicity or in any other commercial manner without prior written consent of
Psomagen, Inc. All other trademarks appearing on the Site are the property of their
respective owners.
Security
We have implemented technical and organizational measures designed to secure your
personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or
disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able
to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You
acknowledge that you provide your personal information at your own risk.