Terms of Use

Consent

You agree that your use of the Skyland Trail website and any uses of any services or materials are subject to your agreement with all of these Terms of Use and the Website Privacy Policy. You agree that you will not violate any local, state, federal, or international laws in using this website or accessing any Material on this website.

Medical Disclaimer

THIS WEBSITE SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR THE TRANSFER OF MEDICAL INFORMATION OR AS A METHOD OF CONTACT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OR EMERGENCIES. IF THIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY CALL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL (911) TO GET PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION. DO NOT RELY ON ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THIS WEBSITE FOR ASSISTANCE IN REGARD TO ANY MEDICAL NEED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMMEDIATE, URGENT MEDICAL NEEDS. THIS WEBSITE IS NOT DESIGNED TO FACILITATE MEDICAL TREATMENT OR EMERGENCIES.

Disclaimer of Warranty

MATERIALS, SERVICES AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" BY SKYLAND TRAIL FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. SKYLAND TRAIL MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, TITLE OR NON INFRINGEMENT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT, BY ITS VERY NATURE, A WEBSITE CANNOT BE ABSOLUTELY PROTECTED AGAINST INTENTIONAL OR MALICIOUS INTRUSION ATTEMPTS. FURTHERMORE, SKYLAND TRAIL DOES NOT CONTROL THE DEVICES OR COMPUTERS OR THE INTERNET OVER WHICH YOU MAY CHOOSE TO SEND CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CANNOT, THEREFORE, PREVENT SUCH INTERCEPTIONS OF COMPROMISES TO YOUR INFORMATION WHILE IN TRANSIT TO SKYLAND TRAIL. THEREFORE, SKYLAND TRAIL HEREBY MAKES NO GUARANTEE AS TO SECURITY, INTEGRITY OR CONFIDENTIALITY OF ANY INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM THIS WEBSITE, OR STORED WITHIN THIS WEBSITE.

BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CARE TO SAFEGUARD YOUR INFORMATION WHILE IN TRANSIT, SKYLAND TRAIL CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ABSOLUTE SECURITY OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR TRANSMISSIONS SINCE ANY TRANSMISSION MADE OVER THE INTERNET BY ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANY INDIVIDUAL RUNS THE RISK OF INTERCEPTION.

IN ADDITION, WE HEREBY MAKE NO GUARANTEE AS TO SECURITY, INTEGRITY OR CONFIDENTIALITY OF ANY INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM THIS WEBSITE, OR STORED WITHIN THIS WEBSITE.

Skyland Trail has the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the site, including, without limitation, the content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use of the site. Use of this site is solely at Skyland Trail's discretion, and Skyland Trail reserves the right to prohibit anyone from accessing, browsing, supplying information to, downloading information from, or conducting business on this site.

Limitation of Liability

YOU ASSUME THE SOLE RISK OF TRANSMITTING YOUR INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, AND FOR ANY DATA CORRUPTIONS, INTENTIONAL INTERCEPTIONS, INTRUSIONS OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INFORMATION, OR OF ANY DELAYS, INTERRUPTIONS TO OR FAILURES PREVENTING THE USE THIS WEBSITE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL SKYLAND TRAIL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR MONETARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING FEES, AND PENALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF MATERIALS POSTED ON THIS SITE OR CONNECTIVITY TO OR FROM THIS SITE TO ANY OTHER SITE. SKYLAND TRAIL MAY CHANGE THESE TERMS OF USE WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU.

Other services provided by Skyland Trail on this website may require you to agree to additional terms.

BY USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS.

If you have any questions about these terms of use or our use of information gathered through our website, please contact our webmaster at info@skylandtrail.org.

Governing Law

You agree that any claim or dispute relating to the Skyland Trail website or your use or reliance on this website shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. The parties agree to be bound and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the local, state, or federal courts.

Children

Accept as otherwise indicated, Skyland Trail does not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information from children under age 18. The content of our web site is directed at adults, and therefore this site is intended for use only by adults over the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please consult a parent or guardian for help in using this web site.

Inbound Links

You may not, under any circumstances, establish a link to the Skyland Trail web site without the express written consent of Skyland Trail, including but not limited to deep linking.

External Links

Please note that pages of this site may be linked to other sites, which may have different terms of use. Skyland Trail does not own, control, manage, supervise, direct, or otherwise have any involvement in the business or affairs of any third party site. Skyland Trail is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of the third party site. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy and terms of use of that site. Skyland Trail encourages you to be aware when you are leaving Skyland Trail site and to read the privacy statements and terms of use of each and every website that you visit before providing any personally identifiable information.

Trademarks and Copyrights

All trademarks, service marks, and logos or copyrights displayed and used in this site are the property of their respective owners. Nothing in this site should be construed as granting any right or license to use any trademark without the written permission of its owner.

Blog and Social Media

The purpose of our blog and social media platforms is to share news and information about Skyland Trail, highlight progress in the treatment and support of individuals with mental illness and address the stigma sometimes associated with mental illness.

We encourage you to add your voice to our blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram accounts as long as your comments are consistent with the purpose stated above.

If you would like to discuss concerns you have about treatment or services provided at Skyland Trail or by a Skyland Trail staff member, we ask that you contact us directly so that we can effectively address your concerns. Please direct your concerns to our senior vice president of clinical services at 404-315-8333 or ccline@skylandtrail.org.

We also expect a basic level of civility and mutual respect and do not tolerate profanity, threats or abusive language. Below are detailed policies for appropriate and legal social media engagement on our pages.

By posting content on our sponsored social media pages, you give Skyland Trail the right to reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works from, and otherwise use your submission for any purpose in any form and on any media. Further, you must be 18 years or older to post any content on our social media pages.

You also agree that you will not:

  1. Post material that infringes on the rights of any third party, including intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights.
  2. Post material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by Skyland Trail in its sole discretion.
  3. Post any content that contains personal health information, including patient names and images. You are also prohibited from using Skyland Trail-sponsored social media pages to provide medical advice or medical commentary by non-Skyland Trail professional staff or to recommend or increase referrals to physicians/psychologists who are not employed by Skyland Trail.
  4. Post advertisements or solicitations of brands.
  5. Post chain letters or pyramid schemes.
  6. Impersonate another individual.
  7. Allow any other person or entity to use your identification for posting or viewing comments.
  8. Post the same note more than once or "spam."

Skyland Trail reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following:

  1. Remove communications that are abusive, illegal or disruptive, or that otherwise fail to conform with these Terms and Conditions.
  2. Terminate a user's access to our social media pages upon any breach of these Terms and Conditions.
  3. Edit or delete any communications posted on our social media pages, regardless of whether such communications violate these standards.

Finally, you agree that you will indemnify Skyland Trail against any damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of a claim by a third party relating to any material you have posted.