Disclaimer:

Because this is an interactive website, the majority of the content that you find here is provided by our users. Considering the real-time nature of this site, it is impossible for us to review every message and/or ad to confirm the validity of information posted and/or the identity of the author. Therefore, we make no claims as to the veracity, either stated or implied, of the material contained within our discussion forums, classified ads, listserv, chat room and/or any of the interactive areas of Surrogate Mother Online LLC, hereinafter referred to as SMO. We would encourage you **NOT** to rely solely on the information that you find here, but, rather to seek appropriate professional advice or care for your personal situation or problem. In addition, information and/or opinions found herein do not necessarily represent the ideas and opinions of those who volunteer their time to operate SMO.

SMO does not "screen" advertisers or other individuals who post on the site and, therefore, we advise you to excercise a reasonable amount of caution, especially in regards to revealing any personal information.

We do not assume any legal or financial responsibility for contacts that may occur as a result of the messages/ads posted on this site. All liability for the contacts made here and the subsequent relationship that may or may not occur remain solely with the individuals who post the messages/ads and/or those who respond to them. Individuals who post or respond to such messages or ads on this website do so at their own risk.

Terms of Service:

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this web site to post any material which known to be unlawful, false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, libelous, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, racially offensive, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you *or* you have been given permission by the copyright owner to post such material and you give due credit to the copyright owner by including the copyright information in your post.

Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

Although the owner and volunteers who run this web site and discussion forum do not and cannot review the messages posted and are not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. Such decisions will be made at the discretion of our owner and/or moderators. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages and/or ads, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this web site and any entity associated with this web site with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).

Privacy Policy:

The following describes SMO’s privacy practices, including its policy for information received from or about you during visits to the Web site. The amount and type of information received depends on how you use the Web site. We may collect and store information during normal Web site usage such as the name of your internet service provider, the web site that referred you to us, the pages you request, and the date and time of those requests. We may use this information to generate statistics and measure site activity to improve the usefulness and development of this site.

During normal Web site navigation, we do not collect or store information that will individually identify you (such as name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, etc). However, we may request such information if you choose to participate in certain interactive areas of the site (such as the classifieds, message boards, Q&A, chat room, listserv, etc.). Such information (including your name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, or other information) is collected, stored and used consistent with all applicable laws and in a manner appropriate to the nature of your request and is used to fulfill it.  It will not be sold to anyone without the informed consent of the subscriber providing the information, except as may be required by law. In the event that a complaint or possible legal action concerning a user on this site should arise, we will cooperate with the appropriate authorities in investigating claims of inappropriate and/or illegal activity.

Users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personal information (e.g., name, e-mail address, etc) on the bulletin boards, classifieds, chat, Q&A or other areas, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or parties. Children should ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to us or anyone else over the Internet.

We may amend this agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on our this page (http://www.surromomsonline.com/disclaim.htm).  Any amendments made take effect seven days after they are posted on this page.  The terms were last amended on February 12, 2004.  Your use of the SMO Web site following the amendment of terms shall constitute your binding acceptance of said terms.

If you do not agree to the terms stated above, Click here to leave now as you are not authorized to use the information or the interactive features that SMO provides.

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