Terms of Use

Visitor Agreement
Welcome to the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) Web site. CHR&R is a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and is a collaboration between RWJF and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. By accessing or using the Web site you confirm that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by this Visitor Agreement (Agreement).

The Web is an evolving medium. CHR&R has the right to periodically change the terms of this Agreement without notice. By continuing to use this Web site after CHR&R has posted such changes, you agree to be bound by this Agreement, as modified. CHR&R has the right to change, restrict access to, suspend, or discontinue this Web site, or any portion of this Web site, at any time.

CHR&R grants you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable limited right and license to access and use those portions of the CHR&R Web site without a password or logon for your own personal research use, subject to this Agreement. In order to use the CHR&R Web site, you must provide and maintain adequate communications and computer equipment and obtain access to the World Wide Web directly or through devices that access web-based content. You are responsible for paying any and all service fees associated with such access.

Feedback
We encourage you to contact us in regards to any questions, comments, suggestions, or other feedback you have about the Web site. You may send feedback to the following e-mail address: i[email protected]. You acknowledge and agree that any feedback provided by you to CHR&R is non-confidential. By sending us your feedback, you grant CHR&R and its affiliates a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display (in whole or in part) your feedback, your name and any related copyrights, moral rights or other intellectual property rights.

Proprietary Rights in Web site Content; Limited License
All content on the CHR&R Web site, including but not limited to designs, text, graphics, pictures, video, information, applications, software, music, sound and other files, and their selection and arrangement (together, the "Content"), is the property of CHR&R or its licensors with all rights reserved. You are authorized to view, play, print, and download Content found on the Web site for personal, informational, or noncommercial purposes only, provided that you keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact. The Web site Content may not be copied or otherwise used for commercial use without CHR&R’s express prior written consent.

Trademarks
The CHR&R Web site and any of certain of the program’s graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are CHR&R’s trademarks or trade dress, and CHR&R reserves all rights with respect to those trademarks and trade dress.

Copyright Complaints
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you are an owner of intellectual property and you believe your intellectual property has been improperly posted or distributed via this Web site, please notify us by sending an email to i[email protected] or by sending a notice by U.S. Mail to: 610 Walnut Street, WARF 524, Madison WI, 53726. In your e-mail or letter, you will need to include all of the notice elements listed in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) at 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). Please be aware that under the DMCA, copyright owners may be liable if they materially misrepresent that a user's content is infringing.

Security
You are solely responsible for protecting against viruses, Trojan horses, or other computer programming routines intended to damage a computer’s functionality.

Choice of Law/Forum Selection
CHR&R is located in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

You agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any content posted to the CHR&R Web site, including copies and republication thereof, whether based in contract, tort, statutory or other law, will be governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, excluding its conflicts of law provisions.

Any legal action between you and CHR&R related to this Agreement and/or the CHR&R Web site shall only be brought in a federal or state court having jurisdiction in Madison, Wisconsin. You consent, and waive all objections, to the personal jurisdiction of said federal and state courts serving Madison, Wisconsin.

Disclaimer of Warranty/Limitation of Liability
THIS WEB SITE AND ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR USE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND/OR NONINFRINGEMENT.

CHR&R does not warrant, and hereby disclaims any warranties, either express or implied, with respect to the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any information on this Web site or information obtained from any link on this Web site. CHR&R does not warrant that this Web site will operate in an uninterrupted or error-free manner or that this Web site is free of viruses or other harmful components. Use of the CHR&R Web site and the information obtained from or through this Web site is at your own risk.

YOU AGREE THAT CHR&R AND STAFF OF THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES, EITHER ACTUAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR TO YOUR (OR ANY THIRD PARTY'S) USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE, OR TO YOUR PLACEMENT OF CONTENT ON THIS WEB SITE, OR TO YOUR RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE. IN PARTICULAR, CHR&R AND STAFF OF THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR DEFAMATION, ERRORS, LOSS OF DATA, OR INTERRUPTION IN AVAILABILITY OF DATA), ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE, ANY OF THE CONTENT ON THIS WEB SITE, ANY PURCHASES ON THIS WEB SITE, YOUR PLACEMENT OF CONTENT ON THIS WEB SITE, AND/OR TO YOUR RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY OR OTHER LAW.

CHR&R makes no representation regarding your ability to transmit and receive information from or through this Web site. You acknowledge and agree that your ability to access the Web site is not guaranteed and may be impaired. CHR&R disclaims any and all liability resulting from or related to such events.

Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold CHR&R and RWJF harmless from any and all claims, losses, costs, and/or damages (including but not limited to attorney’s fees, court costs, expert witness fees, and all such other expenses) that arise, directly or indirectly, from your violation of this Agreement, your use of the CHR&R Web site, and/or your placement of any content onto the CHR&R Web site, and you further agree to fully cooperate in CHR&R's defense against any such claims.

Other
The Web site may contain errors and omissions relating to product description, pricing and availability. We reserve the right to correct errors or omissions without prior notice.

General
This Visitor Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and CHR&R and its affiliates with respect to the subject matter herein and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements.

Links to this Web Site
By creating a link to any portion of this Web site, you agree to be bound by the following terms:

  • You may not insert any intermediate page, splash page or other content between the link and the applicable page from the Web site or create a frame around the information provided from the Web site or present it in any way other than it is presented on the Web site;
  • The posting of a link to the Web site is not an endorsement by CHR&R of you, your viewpoints or any of the products or services that you or your organization may provide, and, when linking to the Web site, you may not state or imply that CHR&R is endorsing you, your viewpoints or any of the products or services that you or your organization may provide;
  • CHR&R assumes no liability or responsibility whatsoever for any content of any other Web site that is linked to the Web site; and
  • CHR&R reserves the right to terminate any links to the Web site as it deems necessary, with or without cause or warning. If CHR&R chooses to exercise this right, you will be required to remove your link to the Web site immediately.