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Terms and conditions of use for CatBloodDonors.com

Thank you for using the CatBloodDonors.com website. Our terms and conditions of use are meant to protect this website for the benefit of pet owners and veterinary professionals to find potential animal blood donors.

CatBloodDonors.com is a subsidiary of The Animal Blood Register, the following terms and conditions of use apply equally to CatBloodDonors.com and AnimalBloodRegister.com, the Animal Blood Register.

Privacy PolicyPrivacy Policy

CatBloodDonors.com share your contact details and information you have provided with bona fide veterinary professionals. This is specifically by request by veterinarians seeking pet blood donations to help save lives. Personal data such as your name, your phone number, email address even your pet's name are strictly private. We do not sell or contribute strictly personal information with any third party organisations. If you wish your information removed from our database please conact our administrators for assistance.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

IMPORTANT: Care of donors

The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com and affiliated websites), is simply a matching service. The procedure of donor selection, donor care, typing and/or cross matching and blood collection is the responsibility of the veterinary surgeon. All donors should be examined and checked for suitability before a blood collection is performed.

Further information on the procedure and protocols can be found in the following resources, and elsewhere:

Clare Knottenbelt and Andrew Mackin (1998) Blood transfusion in the dog and cat. Part 1. Blood collection techniques. In Practice 20:110-114

Clare Knottenbelt and Andrew Mackin (1998) Blood transfusion in the dog and cat. Part 2. Indications and safe administratio. In Practice 20:191-199

Anthony Abrams-Ogg (2000) Chapter 15: Practical Blood Transfusion, in Michael Day, Andrew Mackin and Janet Littlewood (Eds.) BSAVA Manual of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine. British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Gloucester, England.

Service
This service is provided to USERS who agree to abide by the terms of use. The web site and its pages may be used for professional use only by strictly bone fide veterinarians. Business (commercial) users other than veterinarians seeking blood donors for specific patients must obtain written consent from AnimalBloodRegister.com (CatBloodDonors.com). before use.

Any user who breaks this agreement may have their use cancelled at any time, at AnimalBloodRegister.com (CatBloodDonors.com) sole discretion. The user may be permanently banned from using AnimalBloodRegister.com (CatBloodDonors.com) website. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless AnimalBloodRegister.com (CatBloodDonors.com) for any loss, liability, and damage arising from or in connection with the contents or service of any AnimalBloodRegister.com (CatBloodDonors.com) web service.

The Animal Blood Register and affiliate websites, organisations and subsidiaries are not responsible for the quality of service or products of third parties. You are reminded, medical procedures and outcome thereof, medical equipment and paraphernalia, animal health and welfare, promises insurance and assurances remain the responsibility of the pet(s) owner(s) and/or veterinary practitioner(s) as applicable.

'Blood Banks'

Organisations with a blood storage facility who supply third-party users MUST OBTAIN A DOGBLOODDONORS.COM LICENSE in writing, signed and witnessed by AnimalBloodDonors.com staff BEFORE USING OUR FACILITIES. It is not permitted to review donor listings at Animal Blood Register and affiliate websites to facilitate donor recruitment for blood-bank and similar storage purposes. If for any reason, including emergency use, you have obtained a donor from this website as part of a blood-bank scheme without an approved license you may be liable to costs and fees at the discretion of the Animal Blood Register and its affiliates.

Right to refuse
A pet owner may deline a request for a donation at any time. Further, pet owners are not responsble for costs or expenses incured even if the cancelation is at their request.

Online Conduct
You are entirely responsible and liable for all of your activities, conduct etc. on and at AnimalBloodRegister.com (CatBloodDonors.com). You will not post on, from or through the service, or transmit to other users of the service, any material that infringes or violates another party's intellectual property rights (including another party's copyrights, trademark rights or trade secret rights) or rights of privacy, publicity or personality.

Site Monitoring
The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) reserves the right without obligation or responsibility, to monitor the materials posted on the CatBloodDonors.com web site and pages. The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) reserves the right to remove or modify any such material that at, The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) sole discretion, violates, or may violate, any third party right, applicable law or this agreement. You remain solely responsible for the content of the materials you post in any area of the service and your private eMail messages should such services be available to you. Users are responsible for all content submitted to CatBloodDonors.com and will be held legally accountable when necessary. The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) reserve the right to make amendments or modifications to any material posted, incorporated into other documents or records as fits CatBloodDonors.com requirements.

Prohibited Use
You agree not to do any of the following:

Copy any software or content provided to you by The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com). Copying and placement of prepared promotional material such as link graphics, press releases and other specific promotional items is acceptable.
Translate any software or content provided to you by The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com).
Merge any software or content provided to you by The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) with another program or modify any software or content provided to you by The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com).
Reverse-engineer, disassemble, decompile, or make any attempt to discover the source code underlying the services offered by or in connection with The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com).

Right to Refuse Service
The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com), the CatBloodDonors.com website reserves the right to refuse service to anyone at any time, for any reason and without prior notice.

Prohibited Material
This includes but is not limited to the following:

No profanity, or harassment
No hate or racist propaganda
No illegal activity under any law
No nudity or pornographic material
No material that violates or infringes third party rights.
Any material which The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) deems inappropriate, at its sole discretion If your use contains any of the above material, you may not use The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com).

If you violate the terms of use, and place prohibited material on a CatBloodDonors.com web page anyway, your use will be subject to deletion without notice and possible banning from the service.

If you think material you use may be questionable, eMail the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for a review before using the service.

Material Available
You understand that information available to you from third parties or directly from The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) may include materials that are unedited, Inaccurate or offensive to you and that your access to such materials is at your own risk. The Animal Blood Register, AnimalBloodRegister.com, CatBloodDonors.com and its affiliates hereby disclaim any responsibility for or control over such materials. In addition, The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) and its affiliates disclaim any responsibility for the use of any personal information that you may choose to disclose in connection with the use of this service.
Third Party Service/Products
We urge you to verify the validity of third party information, services or products sourced at The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) or partners and affiliates including advice offered in chatrooms, via email or posted directly to any web pages etc. The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) accepts no liability for the conduct of third parties or for losses incured from contact with such third parties.

Modifications
The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) reserves the right to modify or discontinue the service, or any portion of the service, with or without notice to you, and shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any consequences arising from such modification or discontinuation.

Ownership
The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) retains ownership and all rights to CatBloodDonors.com and The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) name, logo's, software, media products such as databases, reports, web site, downloaded material and all information.

Copyright Policy
The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask our users to respect those rights as well. You should not breach existing or claimed property rights when using CatBloodDonors.com. You should not copy & paste or re-key printed material elements of copywritten material for publication at The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com). The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) use promotional material such as packaging/record/video sleeve art etc in a 'fair usage' context, respective copyrights apply.

Cancellation
Either you or The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) may cancel your use and access to the service at any time for any reason, or for no reason. You may cancel your use by stopping the use of the service and it’s web pages. All original material added to CatBloodDonors.com listings becomes the property of the Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com). Donations and offerings made to the CatBloodDonors.com website, are the property of the Animal Blood Register

Disclaimer
You agree and understand that you are using the service and this web site at your own risk. The service and this web site are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) makes no warranties with respect to the service, either express or implied, and The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) hereby disclaims to the fullest amount allowed by law, any warranties of satisfactory quality, quiet enjoyment, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. You acknowledge and agree:

That the service may contain bugs, defects and errors.
That the service may be unavailable or inaccessible to you for
substantial periods of time.
That lost or corrupted data, including online and on your own computer is not the responsibility of The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com).
You agree to back-up onto your own system, if possible, any data or information you do not want to lose. No oral advice or written information given by The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com), its employees, affiliates, or the like, will create a warranty; nor may you rely on any such information or advice.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Under no circumstances, including negligence, will The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com), or its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, reliance, special, exemplary or consequential damages that result from the use of or inability to use the service or this web site. This includes but is not limited to reliance on any information obtained via the service, or that results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or eMails, loss of or damage to data, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation, or in transmission, or any failure of performance, whether or not limited to acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorised access toThe Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) records, programs or services, lost profits or goodwill.

You hereby acknowledge that the foregoing limitation applies to you regardless of the theory of liability (including breach of contract, negligence and strict liability) that this provision will apply whether or not The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) is given notice of the possibility of such damages, and that this provision will apply to all content, merchandise or services available through the service, or from The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) or its affiliates. In addition, The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) disclaims all liability regardless of the form of action, for the acts or omissions of other users (including unauthorised users, or "Hackers" of the service. The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) is not responsible for the procurement of substitute goods or services.

Indemnification
Upon The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) request, you shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless The Animal Blood Register (AnimalBloodRegister.com, CatBloodDonors.com), its affiliated companies, employees, agents and licensees, from any claims, losses, damages, expenses, and fees including without limitation reasonable solicitors fees, arising out of or relating to: Your use of and enrolment in the service, including without limitation any violation of this agreement.

Amendment
The Animal Blood Register (CatBloodDonors.com) reserves the right to modify the terms of use at their sole discretion and without prior notice. It is your responsibility to keep current with changes in the agreement, since changes are effective for all users. Any modification is effective immediately and can be accessed at the terms of use page, currently located at: http://www.AnimalBloodRegister.com/01_Clerical/TNC.php and If any modification to this Agreement is unacceptable to you, you may immediately cancel your use of the web site. However, if you continue to use the service following any modification to this Agreement, your continued use will mean that you have accepted any modification.