Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Further eligibility: competitors, harmful use, sanctions lists, embargo, Quebec
Beyond the age rule, users may not use the Services if they are a direct competitor of Ovia Health investigating the Services for competitive research, or are using the Services for a harmful, malicious, disruptive, or unlawful purpose. Users certify they are not listed on any sanctions list published by the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Treasury, or State (including the Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons List and the Denied Persons List), and certify they are not accessing any Services or Content from an embargoed destination such as Cuba, Iran, or North Korea. Separately, the Services are not intended for use in Quebec.
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B) a direct competitor of Ovia Health investigating the Services for competitive research; or C) otherwise using the Services for a harmful, malicious, disruptive, or unlawful purpose
You certify that you are not listed on any sanctions list published by the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Treasury, or State, including, but not limited to, the Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons List or Denied Persons List and you certify you are not accessing any Services or Content (as defined below) from an embargoed destination such as Cuba, Iran, or North Korea.
The Services are not intended for use in Quebec.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The sanctions/embargo sentence is a user certification, not an independently verified screen.
- The Quebec sentence is an intention statement, not an enforceable geo-block in these Terms.
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Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Usage rules: conduct must be lawful — no fraud, no collection/tracking tools, no reverse engineering, no access to
Section 16 adds usage rules on top of the Section 15.4 prohibited-content rules: the user's use of and conduct on the Services must be lawful and must not (1) violate the Terms or any applicable local, state, federal or international law, rule or regulation, or rules of conduct posted for individual features; (2) trick, defraud, or mislead Ovia Health or other users, especially to learn sensitive account information such as passwords; (3) make improper use of support services or submit false abuse/misconduct reports; (4) disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm Ovia Health and/or the Service; (5) disseminate or transmit viruses, worms, Trojan horses, RATs, keyboard loggers, time bombs, spyware, adware, cancelbots, passive collection mechanisms (“PCMs”), or other malicious or invasive code, or upload/transmit material acting as passive or active information collection or transmission (including clear gifs, 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or similar devices); (6) copy or adapt the Services' software (including Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code); (7) reverse engineer, decompile, reverse assemble, modify, or try to discover the software that generates the Services or anything accessible through them; (8) access or try to access any Services or Ovia Health infrastructure not intended for end users, or any data of other users; (9) except as the result of standard search engine or browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute automated systems (spiders, robots/bots, cheat utilities, scrapers, offline readers) or unauthorized scripts; (10) cover or obscure any notice, banner, or other branding on the Services; or (11) interfere with or circumvent any security feature or any feature that restricts or enforces use/access limitations.
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16. Usage rules
15.4 Prohibited content.
You agree that the following actions shall constitute a material breach of these Terms, and that you will not upload, post or transmit any communications or content of any type that:
In addition to the prohibited content rules in Section 15.4, you agree that your use of and conduct on the Services shall be lawful and will not:
be in violation of these Terms, any applicable local, state, federal or international law, rule or regulation or the rules of conduct posted with respect to any individual feature of the Services
trick, defraud or mislead Ovia Health or other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as passwords
make improper use of Ovia Health’s support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct
disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm Ovia Health and/or the Service
disseminate or transmit viruses, worms, Trojan horses, RATs, keyboard loggers, time bombs, spyware, adware, cancelbots, passive collection mechanisms (“PCMs”), or any other malicious or invasive code or program or upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including, without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies or other similar devices
copy or adapt the Services’ software including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code
reverse engineer, decompile, reverse assemble, modify, or attempt to discover any software (source code or object code) that the Services create to generate web pages or any software or other products or processes accessible through the Services
access or attempt to access any parts of the Services or Ovia Health infrastructure not intended for use by end users of Ovia applications, nor access or attempt to access any data of other users
except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use or launch, develop or distribute any automated system, including, without limitation, any spider, robot (or “bot”), cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Services, or use or launch any unauthorized script or other software;
cover or obscure any notice, banner, or other branding on the Services
interfere with or circumvent any security feature of the Services or any feature that restricts or enforces limitations on use of or access to the Services
Qualifications & exceptions
- The automated-system rule carries its own exception for standard search engine or Internet browser usage.
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Security & Safeguards · Company practice
Registered members are solely responsible for preventing unauthorized access to their passwords and accounts
All registered members must take all reasonable steps to ensure no unauthorized person gains access to their Ovia Health passwords or accounts. It is the registered member's sole responsibility to (1) control the distribution of their passwords or account information; (2) authorize, monitor, and control access to and use of their account and password; and (3) inform Ovia Health as soon as possible of any need to deactivate their password or change their registration.
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18. Passwords
All registered members of the Services are responsible for taking all reasonable steps to ensure that no unauthorized person shall have access to their Ovia Health passwords or accounts.
It is the registered member’s sole responsibility to: (1) control the distribution of their passwords or account information; (2) authorize, monitor, and control access to and use of their Ovia Health account and password; (3) inform Ovia Health of any need to deactivate their password or change their registration, as soon as possible.
Security & Safeguards · Context
Recommended password hygiene: unique, complex, long (over 5 characters), changed at least yearly
For any Ovia Health-related account, Ovia recommends passwords that are unique (not re-used anywhere else), complex (a mix of letters, numbers, symbols, uppercase and lowercase; not any part of the user's name and not easily guessed), long (greater than 5 characters), and changed regularly (at least once a year).
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For any Ovia Health-related account, we recommend choosing passwords that are:
Unique (not re-used anywhere else)
Complex (a mix of letters, numbers, symbols, uppercase, and lowercase; not any part of your name, and not easily guessed)
Long (greater than 5 characters)
Changed regularly (at least once a year)
Qualifications & exceptions
- These are recommendations, not enforceable requirements.