Please read these terms and conditions of use carefully before using this site.
Your use of the Starr Hospice, Inc., (Starr Hospice) website is subject to the following terms and conditions. Starr Hospice may modify these terms at any time without specific notice to you, which modification shall be effective immediately upon posting. Accordingly, we suggest that you check this page periodically. You agree to use this site and all related services only for purposes that are permitted by (i) these terms and conditions and (ii) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other relevant countries). If you do not agree to these terms of use, you may not use the site. You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Starr Hospice has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under these terms and conditions and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Starr Hospice may suffer) of any such breach. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Starr Hospice and its partners, agents, officers, directors, employees, subcontractors, successors, assigns, third party suppliers of information and documents, attorneys, advertisers, product and service providers, and affiliates from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including reasonable attorney’s fees, related to your violation of these terms or use of this site and all related services.
1. Use of Materials on the Starr Hospice website
You may use Starr Hospice material on this website solely for your personal non-commercial information and education. You may download to one computer or print one copy of material from the Starr Hospice website. You may not remove or change any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices. Except for one-time use as stated above, you may not reproduce anything you see or read on the Starr Hospice website. This includes images, photographs, illustrations, icons, texts, video clips, written and other materials.
Except as expressly set forth in these terms, you may not use, copy, reproduce, modify, alter, transform, create derivative works of, build upon or publicly display any Starr Hospice material without our express written permission.
You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts this site (or the servers and networks which are connected to this site).
If you fail to follow these terms, your permission to use Starr Hospice material will automatically end. If that happens, you must immediately destroy any copies of all Starr Hospice materials in your possession or control.
2. Disclaimers
Use of the Starr Hospice website is at your own discretion and risk. Your submissions will be handled by Starr Hospice as described by the privacy policy located elsewhere on this site. Starr Hospice and its suppliers make no guarantees or warranties about results to be obtained from using this website and do not guarantee or warrant that Starr Hospice material, software, text, graphics, or links will be accurate, available, complete, current, error-free, secure, truthful, or reliable.
Starr Hospice does not guarantee or warrant that the functional aspects of this website will be error-free or that defects, errors, or omissions will be corrected. We also do not guarantee or warrant that the Starr Hospice website or the servers and networks that make it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. Your use of Starr Hospice material is at your own discretion and risk, and if such use results in damage, loss, or the need for servicing or replacing property, material, equipment or data, Starr Hospice is not responsible therefor.
Without limiting the foregoing, everything on this website is provided to you “as is” and “as available”, and Starr Hospice expressly disclaims any and all warranties of any kind, including, but not limited to, express, implied or statutory warranties as to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, latent defects, uninterrupted service or freedom from computer viruses.
No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Starr Hospice or through or from this site shall create any warranty not expressly stated in these terms.
3. Limitation of Liability
Neither Starr Hospice nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering this website shall be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, moral, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, loss of revenue, profits, goodwill, reputation, opportunities, data, or information) resulting from your access to, or use of, or inability to use, this website and Starr Hospice material whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including, but not limited to, negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not Starr Hospice is advised of the possibility of such damage. Because some states and countries do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.
4. Links
Starr Hospice provides links to other sites that are not under the control of Starr Hospice, Inc., and for which Starr Hospice is not responsible. The appearance on this site of the name or logo of another entity, or the appearance of any link to another entity’s site, does not indicate endorsement or referral by Starr Hospice of the other entity or its products and services, and Starr Hospice expressly disclaims any such endorsement or referral. Starr Hospice is not responsible for the privacy policies of or any actions of any third parties that control activities of such third-party sites. You will need to contact parties that control these sites for information about how they collect and maintain data. You acknowledge and agree that Starr Hospice is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites, products or services, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products, services or other materials on, or available from, such sites.
5. Limitation on Scope
Unless otherwise stated, Starr Hospice information and materials are presented only to promote products and services of Starr Hospice, Inc., and companies with whom we have signed agreements. Starr Hospice, Inc., controls and operates Starr Hospice and Health Services from its headquarters in Dublin, California. We make no representation that Starr Hospice’s material is appropriate or available for other uses.
If you access Starr Hospice from other website locations, you do so at your own discretion and risk. You are also responsible for abiding by local laws, since access to Starr Hospice’s material may not be legal everywhere. Hospice and home health products and services are available in many parts of the world. However, Starr Hospice may describe products that are not available worldwide.
6. Termination
Starr Hospice may end your use of this website for any reason with or without notice to you. Without limiting the foregoing, Starr Hospice may end your use of this website, with or without notice to you, if we believe that you have violated (i) the letter or spirit of this Agreement or (ii) the rights of Starr Hospice or any third party. We may also change or remove www.hopehospice.com, with or without notice to you and without any penalty.
7. General Provisions
These terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and Starr Hospice and completely replace any prior agreements between you and Starr Hospice in relation to this website.
If any portion of these terms is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law to the greatest extent possible and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of California without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Any legal action or proceeding relating to your access to, or use of, this website or Starr Hospice’s material will be instituted in a federal court in the Central District of California.
You agree that if Starr Hospice does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in these terms (or which Starr Hospice has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Starr Hospice’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to Starr Hospice.
Last updated: May 15, 2023; KS