Terms & Conditions
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Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this web site. Your use of Centene Corporation’s web site (the “Site”) is expressly conditioned on your acceptance of the following terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”). By using the Site, you signify your assent to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any part of the following Terms and Conditions, you must not use the Site.
1. Ownership. Except for items in the public domain, the information, photos, graphics, programs, services, processes, designs, software, technologies, trademarks, trade names, inventions and all other materials comprising the Site (collectively, the “Materials”), are wholly owned by (or licensed to) Centene Corporation (“Centene”), its affiliates, and/or its content providers. The Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information including, without limitation, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of the Site is copyrighted under the United States copyright laws. Centene owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of such content as well as in any original content. Nothing contained on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the Materials without the written permission of Centene or such other party that may own the Materials.
2. Use of Site. Except for your non-commercial personal use, the Site, in whole or in part, may not be sold, reproduced, published, broadcasted via radio or television, or redistributed in any medium, directly or indirectly, for any commercial or non-commercial purpose, or used for advertising or any other purpose other. Unauthorized use of the Site and/or the Materials may violate applicable copyright, trademark or other intellectual property laws or other laws. You must retain all copyright and trademark notices, including any other proprietary notices, contained in the materials. The use of such materials on any other web site or in any environment of networked computers is prohibited. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.
By uploading or otherwise submitting a file or other information (”Contribution”), including but not limited to Contributions to chat rooms, bulletin boards or other user forums, and the content of any such Contribution, to the Site, you automatically grant, or warrant that the copyright owner of the Contribution has expressly granted, to Centene a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, publicly display and/or perform, modify, store, publish, adapt, translate, create derivative works from, and/or distribute the Contribution (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any medium now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in the Contribution, as if the Contribution were public domain information and not confidential or proprietary. You similarly permit any Internet user to download, store, manipulate, reformat, view, print and display the Contribution for that user’s personal use.
Centene does not and cannot review all Contributions posted to or created by you and is not in any manner responsible for the content of these Contributions and materials. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to view and distribute user generated content on the Site, Centene is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any Contribution or activities on the Site. Centene reserves the right to block or remove Contribution, communications or materials that it determines to be (a) abusive, defamatory, or obscene, (b) fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading, (c) in violation of a copyright, trademark or; other intellectual property right of another or (d) violates any law or regulation or (e) offensive or otherwise unacceptable to Centene, or its affiliates, at its sole discretion. Note that any personally identifiable information you may post or transmit will be treated by Centene in accordance with Centene’s Privacy Policy.
3. Age and Responsibility. You represent that you are of sufficient legal age to use the Site and to create binding legal obligations for any liability you may incur as a result of the use of the Site. You understand that you are financially responsible for all uses of the Site by you and those using your login information. By using the Site, you signify you meet all of the foregoing criteria, and agree any action taken by you on the Site shall be deemed an action taken on your own behalf and/or, to the extent you are accessing or using the Site for your business, you represent, warrant and covenant that you have the power, authority and capacity to act on behalf of your business and that your actions are and shall be deemed to be authorized actions on behalf of your business.
4. Privacy. You have read the Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein, and agree that the terms of such policy are reasonable. You consent to the use of your personal information by Centene and/or its third party providers and distributors in accordance with the terms of and for the purposes set forth in the Centene Privacy Policy.
5. Services. By using this Site, you authorize Sales Professionals to view and access your web session using third-party software and services, to a limited extent, in order to provide you with live assistance to address your customer service inquiry (the “Service”). You acknowledge that the Service is provided to you by Centene, its affiliated companies, its vendors, or a combination of these entities. You may end your current use of the Service at any time by clicking the “DISCONNECT” button or closing your browser window. Your current co-browse session will automatically be terminated at the end of your call with a Sales Representative if neither you nor the Sales Representative ended the session prior to ending your call.
6. Your Use of the Service. You agree to only use the Site with the interfaces and servers provided on or through the Site. You agree to only use the Site in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, and applicable laws and regulations. You agree not to use the Site to the extent doing so would result in your breach of an obligation to a third party (e.g. your employer prohibits use of such a web site on its equipment or through its network). You agree that any information you provide to Centene during or through your use of the Site will be true, accurate, current and complete at the time you provide it, and that you will update such information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. Centene or its affiliates is under no obligation to validate any Centene or third-party card or other information that you provide while using the Service.
To the extent your use of the Site requires a username, password or other account information or credentials for access, you are solely responsible for all activity occurring under those credentials, and are prohibited from sharing or disclosing them. You are solely responsible for safeguarding your access credentials at all times. You should log out of your account at the end of each usage session. You may not impersonate others and you must not allow others to impersonate you or others, or otherwise use your credentials to gain access to the Site and/or your account. You must promptly notify us of any unauthorized use of the Site with your information or credentials or any other breach of security you become aware of involving or relating to this Site.
We have the right to interrupt or restrict use or access to the Site, without notice to you, if we suspect fraudulent or abusive activity. You shall cooperate with us in any fraud investigation and to use any fraud prevention measures we prescribe. Failure to cooperate will result in your liability for all fraudulent usage.
7. Third Party Software, Hardware and Services. You solely are responsible for all your and any third-party software, hardware and services used in connection with the Site. Any third-party software, hardware or services (whether required or optional) that you use in conjunction with the Site, are the sole responsibility of you and/or such third party, and your use of such third-party software, hardware or services is subject to the terms, conditions, warranties and disclaimers provided by such third party, and not these Terms and Conditions.
8. No warranties and Limitation of Liability. Your use of the Site is at your sole risk. You assume full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from the downloading and/or use of files or other material (including software) obtained through the Site. Neither Centene nor any of its affiliates or content providers endorse or stand behind the accuracy, truthfulness or reliability of any information provided on or by means of Centene or its affiliates.
THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, AND NEITHER CENTENE NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, CONTENT PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, OR THE LIKE MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE USABILITY, CONDITION OR OPERATION THEREOF. No oral advice or written information given to you by Centene, its affiliates, or any of its content providers, agents, or the like shall create any warranty. Neither Centene, its affiliates, nor any of its content providers, agents, or the like warrants that access to, or use of, the Site will be uninterrupted, virus free, or error-free, or that the Site (including, without limitation, any content on the Site) will meet any particular criteria of performance or quality. CENTENE, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF, ITS AFFILIATES AND ALL OF ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, AND THE LIKE, HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND/OR REPRESENTATIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, REASONABLE CARE, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (WHETHER OR NOT CENTENE KNOWS, HAS REASON TO KNOW, HAS BEEN ADVISED, OR IS OTHERWISE IN FACT AWARE OF ANY SUCH PURPOSE), IN EACH INSTANCE IN RESPECT OF THE SITE. FURTHERMORE, CENTENE, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ALL OF ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS, AGENTS AND THE LIKE, HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE SITE.
9. Limitation of Liability. Centene and all of its affiliates, content providers, agents and the like, in each instance will not be liable for (a) any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential and/or special damages arising out of your use of, or inability to use, the Site, and you hereby waive any claims with respect thereto, whether based on contractual, tort or other grounds, even if Centene has been advised of the possibility of such damages, and/or (b) damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of any file, in each instance whether for breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence, or under any other cause of action. For further clarity, in all events, Centene, its affiliates, and all of its content providers, agents and the like shall not be liable for the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of other users of the Internet. Some jurisdictions do not allow implied warranties to be excluded or modified or liability to be limited, so not all of the above limitations may apply to you. In no event shall Centene or its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, contractors, and vendors be liable for any action that is not brought within six (6) months from the date you first used this Site.
The provisions of this Section 9 and Section 8 above represent a reasonable allocation of the risks under this Agreement. Centene’s willingness to allow you to use the Site reflects this allocation of risk and the limitations of liability specified herein.
10. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify Centene and all of its affiliates, content providers, agents and the like, in each instance from and against any and all claims, suits, liabilities, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees), and/or damages arising out of claims based upon your use of the Site including, without limitation, any claim of libel, defamation, violation of legal rights of others (including rights of privacy or publicity), loss of service by other subscribers and/or infringement of intellectual property or other rights.
11. Links. The Site may contain links to web sites operated by parties other than Centene. Such links are provided for your reference only. Centene does not control such web sites and is not responsible for their contents. Centene makes no representation or warranty regarding any other web sites or the contents or materials on such web sites. The Site’s inclusion of links to other web sites does not imply Centene’s endorsement of the material on the web sites or any association with their operators. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular service or resource.
12. Governing Law. This Agreement and its performance shall be governed by the laws of the state of Delaware, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the state of Delaware, United States of America, in all questions and controversies arising out of your use of this Site and this Agreement.
13. No Waiver. The failure of either party to insist upon or enforce strict performance by the other party of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between you and Centene nor the trade practice shall modify any provision of these Terms and Conditions.
14. Modification. Centene may at any time modify these Terms and Conditions and your continued use of this Site will be conditioned upon the Terms and Conditions in force at the time of your use.
15. Additional Terms. Additional Terms and Conditions may apply to purchases of goods and services and other uses of portions of the Site, and you agree to abide by such other Terms and Conditions.
16. Severability. These Terms and Conditions shall be deemed severable. In the event that any provision is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.
17. Intellectual Property Notices. All contents of the Site are Copyrighted © 2013 Centene Corporation. All rights reserved. Centene and other names of Centene products or services referenced in the Site are trademarks or registered trademarks of Centene and/or its affiliates. Other products or services and company names mentioned in the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.
18. Entire Agreement. These Terms and Conditions, together with those incorporated herein or referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any prior understandings or agreements (whether oral or written) regarding the subject matter, and may not be amended or modified except in writing or by making such amendments or modifications available on this Site.