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Michigan Cleft Network (MiCleft) is a not-for-profit Pathfinder Partner Organization fiscally sponsored by AboutFaceUSA; an IRS tax-exempt, non-profit organization.
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"MiCleft" denotes the MiCleft non-profit corporation, its Board of Directors, General Members, Webmaster, and any other future parties specifically managed by the Michigan Cleft Network.
*First and Foremost
MiCleft and it's activites, features, and programs are free from discrimination. No persons, whether visiting, or applying for member services shall be discriminated against because of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, financial, and marital or family status.
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy covers the treatment of personal information that is collected when you use this site and its services. This Policy does not apply to the practices of third-party companies that MiCleft does not own or control, or to people that we do not manage.
Our system automatically logs your server information when you browse this site. The referring URL is also logged whenever you view a page on the MiCleft site. We use this information to allow us to determine statistical usage of this site and its services.
More specifically, it helps us to determine which areas are more popular than others on the website, the paths taken to reach each page, and it also allows us to gauge the effectiveness of any member services and new features.
We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and/or to administer the MiCleft site. No statistics reported include personal information about any users.
MiCleft does not use any persistent cookies. A session-only cookie is used to enable the forms to work properly, this cookie will expire at the end of each session. Cookies received by you while browsing members sites of the Gallery of Smiles, Community Forum, Community MailList, MiCleft Webpages, and/or other associated environments not hosted on this system are beyond the control of MiCleft.
We do not collect or harvest the email addresses of people who contact MiCleft directly.
All information submitted by you is password-protected for your privacy and security. We won't tell anyone your password and in return we can not be held responsible for any mis-use of your password if you disclose it to a third-party.
We will only use the information to respond to your queries and it will NOT be passed on to spammers. Futhermore, MiCleft will not sell, lease, rent or give away your personal information.
We may send personal information about you to other companies or people;
- If we have your consent to share the information,
- If we need to send the information to third-party companies who work on behalf of MiCleft, to provide a product or service to you. These companies do not have any right to use the personal information we provide beyond what is necessary to assist us.
- Personal information MAY be disclosed in the case of cooperating with law enforcement agencies to aid in identifying those persons using our services for illegal activities. This information may be given without the need of a subpoena or court order.
- If we respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process, or finally,
- If we find that your actions on our web site violates the MiCleft Terms of Service, or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.
MiCleft Email Account
Usage of this account is at your discretion, and you have the choice of using it universally or as an auto-forwarder. If used as a forwarder, all inbound mail is re-directed to your hidden address with no knowledge to the sender. For added security, we recommend that you use the same address for all MiCleft activity. Furthermore, you are responsible for specifying a reply-to address. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. Failing to do so will allow the receiver view of other addresses. You are solely responsible for this account and will not hold MiCleft accountable for ill use. MiCleft reserves right to determine what is 'ill use' and furthermore, reserves right to terminate the account, without notice, for any reason.
MiCleft Members-Only Community | Strength in Smiles Webring | MiCleft Community Mail
Some of the content within MiCleft is generated by site users, browsers and members; such as in the Community Forum, Strength in Smiles Webring and MiCleft Community Listserve. Every care is taken to ensure that this content is appropriate, unoffensive and not in violation of any laws, however, the moderation of these facilities is a manual process. The views within these areas of the site do not necessarily reflect the views of MiCleft, and MiCleft cannot be held responsible for the content of such areas of the site.
The "MiCleft Members-Only Community" is provided by BigTent (www.bigtent.com), Los Angeles CA. Acceptance of Big Tent "MiCleft Group" Lifetime Membership and/or entering the online environment constitutes agreement to both, Michigan Cleft Network and Big Tent Terms of Use.
MiCleft WebSpaces | Gallery of Smiles | Photographs | Publications
A small portion of content on or within the Gallery of Smiles and individual MiCleft webpages are generated by MiCleft by means of in-house resources, not limited to: design, development, layout, animation, sound, editor software, scripts and programs purchased through means of third-parties. The larger portion of these services are property of MiCleft, and/or voluntary submittals by MiCleft members, who have granted MiCleft full permission rights. MiCleft and its individual corporate members are owners of the content; images, personal detail and general information. Therefore, you are not allowed to make use of any content on or within the MiCleft website, Members-Only Community, MiCleft Calendar, Big Tent, editorials and publications, et al, without explicit permission from the owner(s).
Disclaimer
"We are not doctors. And we don't give medical advice!"
The content of the MiCleft website is provided for general information only and is not intended in any way to substitute for professional medical diagnosis or treatment. This site does not offer medical advice and is not maintained by health professionals. No medical decision should be based on information accessed, suggested, posted or viewed on this site. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health professional if you have any concern about you or your child's health. While the MiCleft site, services and content is plentiful in providing essential resources and information, it is a compilation of patients, and/or their parents thoughts, experiences, ideas and discussions.
In the event that a member is also a professional (of any rank) in the health field, MiCleft encourages the member to use precaution when identifying themselves by title or disclosing personal information. They are also asked to correspond with others 'privately' in the event of having intension to giving any professional advice, evaluation, information, or treatment.
The opinions and statements made in all articles, posts and replies do not represent the opinion of MiCleft or it's affiliates. MiCleft is not responsible for the communication; whether verbal, written, or by any technology, of it's general members, corporate sponsors, contributors, individuals holding position of MiCleft Board of Directors, and its affiliates. MiCleft is not responsible for the content of any off-site pages that are accessible from this website. MiCleft is providing this website and all information intact, as a free, public service only and no guarantees or warranties are made or implied regarding such information. Readers are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein; and contained by means of communication of MiCleft members, and visitors with other reliable sources.
MiCleft disclaims all warranties with respect to any information posted on this website. In no event shall MiCleft, its Board of Directors, General Members and its affiliates be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages whatsoever resulting from the use of the website or material, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other action, or performance of this website.
In addition, MiCleft assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for any damages to or any viruses that may infect your computer equipment or software because of your on-line activity, correspondence with others while on the site, while cookies are in place, access, use of or borrowing in this or any other site.
Visitors and members are strictly prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, 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 applicable law.
You acknowledge that the site contains information, software, graphics, videos, text, images, and other material (collectively "content") that are protected by copyrights, trademarks or other proprietary rights. Such content herein, is owned by MiCleft or third-parties that have granted MiCleft reprint permission rights. Therefore, you may not add to, publish, transfer, sell, trade, or create derivative works from, any of the content, without explicit permission from MiCleft. In the event that a request is made in efforts to obtain permissions of content not owned by MiCleft, appropriate third-party information will be provided. You may, however, make copies of select portions of the content, provided that the action is for your personal, information and noncommercial use and maintain any notices contained in the content, such as all copyright notices, trademark legends, or other proprietary rights notices.
Changes to Terms of Use, Disclaimer and MiCleft Policies
This is a living document, as circumstances change so it will too. Important changes will be announced via, the Community Forum, Community MailList and the 'News and Events' page. If you should have any problems or questions about MiCleft's Terms of Use, Disclaimer or Policies, please contact us.