Terms of Use

2023

The content contained within this website and its associated web pages are presented by Consumers' Checkbook, a division of the Center for the Study of Services, with the intent of providing public service information on consumer products and prices, service provider quality and prices, and consumer health and health-related topics. Health care information and advice is not intended nor is implied to be a substitute for professional advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Always read health insurance plan brochures and contracts thoroughly before enrolling.

When you use this site, it is important that you are fully aware of our respective legal rights and obligations. For that reason, we have created these Terms of Use as the legally binding terms to govern your use of the Consumers' CHECKBOOK website, your obligations when you provide information for the website, and your obligations as a CHECKBOOK subscriber. Please read these Terms of Use carefully. By registering on this website, you agree to the Terms of Use and accept the obligations of a CHECKBOOK subscriber.

If you do not agree with any of these Terms of Use, please do not use this site. By using this site you will be deemed to have irrevocably agreed to these terms.

By using this site you warrant that you have the legal capacity to enter into the agreement set out in these Terms of Use. Please note that these Terms of Use may be revised and reissued without notice at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page regularly to review the current Terms of Use, since your continued use of the site will be deemed as irrevocable acceptance of any revisions.

A. CHECKBOOK Privacy Policies

Cookies

CHECKBOOK uses "cookies" to maintain your access privileges during an online session. We do evaluate site usage by analyzing user information in the aggregate, only in a way that does not identify any individual user. In light of these purposes, please note that you must accept cookies in order to use the CHECKBOOK website. Cookies are never used by third parties for marketing or tracking purposes.

Information logging and Storage

CHECKBOOK collects and stores the minimum amount of information it requires to provide a friendly user experience, improve the website's effectiveness, and analyze utilization and resource requirements. We do not ask for or log user names or email addresses.

B. Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, & Limitations on Use

This Web Site and the information available through it are the property of Consumers' Checkbook, a division of the Center for the Study of Services, and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. By using this site, you agree not to reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast, print or circulate any of the information received through this Web Site to anyone without the express prior written consent of Consumers' Checkbook. This Web Site, and any of its data, listings or other constituent elements may not be downloaded, scraped, harvested, republished, resold or duplicated, in whole or in part, for commercial purposes or for purposes of compiling mailing lists or any other lists. All information presented in this Web Site is intended for your personal, non-commercial use. The use of this Web Site to establish independent data files or compendiums of statistical information is prohibited. Consumers' Checkbook and the Center for the Study of Services reserves the right to limit, restrict, or terminate access to this Web Site at our discretion, without notice.

C. Disclaimers

Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services cannot and does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, correctness, non-infringement, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose of the information or views available through this web site, or the site itself. Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services shall not be liable to you or anyone else for any loss or injury caused in whole or in part by its negligence or contingencies beyond its control in procuring, compiling, interpreting, reporting or delivering this web site and any information through this web site. In no event will Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or views or for any incidental, consequential, special, or similar damages even if advised of the possibility of such damages. You agree that the liability of the Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services, if any, arising out of any kind of legal claim (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) in any way connected with the web site or the information in the web site shall not exceed the amount you paid to Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services for use of the web site. Some states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. The above warranties are the only warranties of any kind either expressed or implied including warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.

D. How you can contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms of Use, you may write to us at:

Privacy Office
Checkbook/CSS
1625 K Street, NW, Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20006