HITRUST® Alliance (herein referred to as “HITRUST,” “Company,” “we,” “our," or “us) provides the information and services of our World Wide Website(s) (the “Site”) under the following terms and conditions (“Terms”). By accessing and/or using the Site, you, and to the extent applicable, the entity on behalf of which you are using the Site (“you”, “your," or “user(s)”), indicate your acceptance of these Terms and our Privacy Policy incorporated herein by reference. We may update these terms and conditions from time to time, and your continued use of the Site after we post any changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes. You can determine when these Terms were last revised by referring to the top of this page. All changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of updated Terms on the Site. If you do not want to agree to these Terms or our Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Site.

HITRUST was founded in 2007 as a not for profit. The Terms to this Site operate under the HITRUST name, brand, and include those of other websites, applications, emails, certifications, rich media, sales enablement materials, and other communications linked to or referenced in these Terms. HITRUST governs your access to and use of our Site, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through such Site, whether as a guest or a registered user.

Access to and use of the Site are subject to all applicable international, federal, state, and local laws and regulations. You agree not to use the Site in any way which violates such laws or regulations.

This Site is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the U.S. or any of its territories or possessions. If you access the Site from outside the U.S., you do so on your own initiative and agreement. By using this Site  you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the company and meet all the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all these requirements, you must not access or use the Site. 

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Site, and any service or materials we may provide on the Site, to our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or any part of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period of time. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site or the entire Site and/or all users. 

You are responsible for: 

• Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Site. 
• Ensuring that person(s) who access the Site through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and our Privacy Policy requirements.  

To access the Site or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain contact information and/or other personal information. It is a condition of your use of the Site that all the information you provide on the Site is accurate, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to this Site, including but not limited to the use of any interactive features on the Site, is governed by our Privacy Policy. Use of any personal data you provide to us will be compliant with our Privacy Policy and based on legitimate reasons for processing.   

We have the right to disable any user at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms. 

The Site and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, graphics, photographs, icons, video, audio, materials, databases, trademark(s), logo(s), slogans, names, products, services, documentation, brand, design, selection, and arrangement thereof), are owned by the company, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. Any unauthorized use of the Site or related intellectual property belonging to HITRUST or any third party is strictly prohibited. The Site may contain references to third-party marks and copies of third-party copyrighted materials, which are the property of their respective owners. 

You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Site, except as follows: 

• You may download and store information where such download is permitted by the Site, pursuant to any agreement or other requirements that may exist before accessing the download. 
• Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials. 
• You may only store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes. 
• You may print one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Site for your own use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution. 
• If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features. 

You must not: 

• Modify copies of any materials from this Site. 
• Use any illustrations, photographs, video, or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the accompanying text. 
• Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this Site. 
• Use any information on this Site as your own.
• Provide another person or third party with access to any part of the Site in breach of these Terms.
• You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Site or any services or materials available through the Site, unless permitted via written agreement between you and HITRUST. Upon such agreement, all access and use of the Site must comply with these Terms.  

If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Site in breach of the Terms, your right to use the Site will cease immediately. You must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Site or any content on the Site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the company. Any use of the Site not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. 

If you wish to make any use of material on the Site other than that set out in this section, please contact us at support@hitrustalliance.net.  

HITRUST, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans (collectively, “Brand Assets”) are marks of HITRUST or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use the Brand Assets without prior written permission from HITRUST, and any such use of the Brand Assets must comply with the Trademark Policy and Brand Guidelines.  

This Site may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators, and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, articles, responses to questions, and any other content, other than the content provided by the company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the company. We are not responsible or liable to you or any third party for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third party. 

To the extent that any third-party marks, logos, content, or other intellectual property are used on this Site, you are not granted any rights in or to such intellectual property by accessing or using the Site.  

The Site may contain links or link to other websites that are not under the control of HITRUST. The links are only provided as a convenience, and we do not endorse any of these sites directly. HITRUST assumes no responsibility or liability for any material that may be accessed on other websites reached through the Site, nor do we make any representation regarding the quality of any product or service contained at any such Site. HITRUST takes no responsibility for the content of these Sites or links or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any third-party websites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites. 

You may use the Site only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Site: 

• In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the U.S. or other countries). 
• For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm anyone in any way. 
• To send, knowingly receive, download, use, or reuse any material in a manner that does not comply with these Terms or other applicable requirements. 
• To transmit or procure the sending of any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent, including any “junk mail,” “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation. 
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the company, a company employee, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses or other contact information associated with any of the foregoing). 
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Site, of which, as determined by us, may harm the company or users of the Site, or expose them to liability. 

Additionally, you agree not to: 

• Use the Site in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage or impair the Site, or interfere with any other party’s use of the Site, including their ability to engage in real-time activities through the Site. 
• Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Site for any purpose, including monitoring or copying of the material on the Site. 
• Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Site or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent. 
• Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Site. 
• Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. 
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Site, the server on which the Site is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Site. 
• Attack the Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. 
• Or otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site. 

You agree not to modify, move, add to, delete, or otherwise tamper with the information contained in the Site. You also agree not to decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or unlawfully use or reproduce any of the software, material protected by copyright or trademark, trade secrets, or other proprietary information contained in the Site. You are prohibited from probing, scanning, or testing the vulnerability or security of the Site. You are prohibited from using any automated system or software to extract or scrape data from the Site unless authorized in writing by HITRUST.

The Site is available for tablet and mobile devices, which may require data usage. To the extent you access any HITRUST Site(s), products, and services through a mobile device, your wireless service carrier’s standard charges, data rates, and other fees may apply.

Access to and use of password-protected and/or secure areas of the Site is restricted to authorized users only. Any unauthorized access to such areas is prohibited and may lead to criminal prosecution.

HITRUST uses social media for the company and its audience to share information, start conversations, and share experiences. HITRUST strives to maintain a positive experience for all users on HITRUST social accounts. Accordingly, HITRUST prohibits content that the company, in its sole discretion, considers illegal, obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable. HITRUST may, but has no obligation to, review the content placed on their social media accounts. However in the event HITRUST discovers content that, in its sole discretion, it deems a violation of these Terms or that is otherwise illegal, HITRUST may, but has no obligation to, take action, including restricting access to the content, removing the content, and limiting or terminating a user’s access. 

Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination 

We have the right to: 

• Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Site. 
• Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Site for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms. 

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone using the Site. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, LICENSEES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. 

However, we have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section. 

The information presented on or through the Site is made available solely for general information purposes except as otherwise specified. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We deny all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Site or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

We may update the content on this Site from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up to date. Any material on the Site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

All information we collect on this Site is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy. 

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our Site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY SITE LINKED TO IT. 

YOUR USE OF THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. 

THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. 

IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, ANY SITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE SITE OR SUCH OTHER SITES, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR SUCH OTHER SITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the company, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Site, including, but not limited to any use of the Site’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms or your use of any information obtained from the Site.

All matters relating to the Site and these Terms and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Texas without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction).

Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or the Site shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the U.S. or the courts of the State of Texas in each case located in or having jurisdiction over Collin county. Although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country, you waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to the venue in such courts.

ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE SITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

No waiver of any term or condition set forth in these Terms by the company shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition and any failure of the company to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect.

HITRUST respects your privacy and gives you an opportunity to opt out of receiving announcements of certain information. You may opt out of receiving any or all communications from HITRUST by contacting us via email at info@HITRUSTAlliance.net, via phone at 469-269-1100, or via regular mail at 6175 Main St, Suite 400, Frisco, Texas 75034. You may also visit our Privacy Policy for more information.

Except as otherwise set forth on our Site, the Terms and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and HITRUST with respect to the Site and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Site.

This Site is operated by HITRUST, located at 6175 Main St, Suite 400, Frisco, Texas 75034.

All notices of copyright infringement claims should be sent to the address above.

All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Site should be directed to support@hitrustalliance.net.

Thank you for visiting the HITRUST Site.