TERMS OF USE and PRIVACY STATEMENT

Bipolar Hope provides this Web site (www.bipolarhope.org)  as a free information source for site visitors (users). Use of this site indicates understanding and
acceptance of the following:

Information on this site is not meant to replace consultation with a qualified health care provider. Users are encouraged to discuss information found on this site
with their health care provider(s).  For specific concerns regarding your health or your medication management, please consult with your health care provider(s).

This site does not provide counseling or crisis intervention services. Individuals in need of these services should contact their health care provider or community
mental health center or the National Hopeline Network at (800) 442-HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know is having immediate thoughts of self-harm, suicide or
harm to others, call 911.

Visitors agree to hold harmless Bipolar Hope, its administrators and volunteers from all claims arising out of or related to the use of, or inability to use, this Web site,
any function on this Web site, any information contained in this Web site or other sites to which it is linked. This includes but is not limited to, information viewed or
downloaded, discussions held in chat rooms or message posted on message boards.

INTERNET LINKS
Organizations are free to link to the Bipolar Hope  web site. As individual pages are subject to change or deletion, please link directly to www.biopolarhope.org.  As
a general rule, Bipolar Hope  does not link to any commercial site. To request a link to your organization’s Web site, please write to webmaster@bipolarhope.org.

This Web site contains links to other organizations that may provide useful information for users. Links may also exist from third party Web sites to the Bipolar Hope
web site. Users acknowledge that Bipolar Hope is not in control of these sites and cannot control their content or practices. Existence of a link to or from the Bipolar
Hope Web site does not indicate endorsement of any individual, organization, product or practice by Bipolar Hope., its administrators, or volunteers.

USE OF CONTENT
No content (including text, graphic image, photo, audio/video clip, bulletin board or chat room message, or computer/Internet programming code) contained on
this site may be downloaded, printed or distributed via print or electronic format for any commercial use without prior written consent from Bipolar Hope.  
Information found on this site, may be printed and duplicated and distributed in limited quantity for non-commercial, educational purposes only with the inclusion
of the following acknowledgement: Copyright Bipolar Hope(www.bipolarhope.org). May not be reproduced or duplicated with prior written permission.

For questions regarding use of information on this site, please contact webmaster@bipolarhope.org.

Users agree to use interactive chat and bulletin board messaging functions included in this site responsibly. The use of obscene, libelous, profane, abusive, harmful,
offensive, inaccurate, or otherwise objectionable language of any kind is prohibited. It is prohibited to use language or post materials that are unlawful seems to
encourage or promote illegal behavior. Bipolar Hope  reserves the right to edit and/or delete any postings and terminate a user's access to chat and/or bulletin
board features at any time for any reason without notification.

PRIVACY STATEMENT
Bipolar Hope  does not obtain information that will personally identify Web site visitors, unless visitors choose to provide such information by using the site’s
interactive features including requests for information, chat, and message boards. Information about visitors' use of this Web site is collected automatically without
any personal or identifying information. This includes: domain name from which a user accesses the Internet, the date and time and duration user was connected
to the site, the Internet address of the Web site from which a user linked directly to this Web site, the type of browser used to access this site and the search engine
and keywords used when searching for this site. This information is in aggregate to measure Web site performance.

Bipolar Hope  does not give, rent, share, sell or transfer any personal information collected on this site or through any contact to Bipolar Hope to any third party.
When inquiries are e-mailed to Bipolar Hope staff; the message and email address is stored to allow staff to respond electronically. Unless otherwise required by
statute, Bipolar Hope does not identify publicly who sends questions or comments through this Web site.

When deemed appropriate at its sole discretion, Bipolar Hope may provide user information, including identifying information that may have been entered into
the site by the user, to authorized law enforcement agencies when the site has been used in connection with illegal practices.

WHO WE ARE

Bipolar Hope is composed of individuals with bipolar disorder.  We are not doctors, merely a group of individuals coming together to support each other on the
bipolar journey.  If you seek medical advise, pleasecontact your physician.


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