Effective Date: May 08, 2025
Welcome to omicXchange, a social media platform designed to facilitate discussions about health issues and enable users to share personal health data for community engagement and potential research purposes. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website, mobile application, and related services (collectively, the “Platform”). By accessing or using the Platform, you (“you” or “User”) agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Statement, which is incorporated by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Platform.
Given the sensitive nature of health-related content shared on the Platform, we strongly recommend reviewing these Terms carefully.
By creating an account, accessing, or using the Platform, you confirm that you are at least 16 years old, have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms, and agree to comply with all provisions herein. We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the updated Terms on the Platform or via email. Your continued use of the Platform after such changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
The Platform is intended to provide a space for users to discuss health issues, share personal health data, and engage in community-driven support. You may use the Platform to:
The Platform is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical concerns.
To access certain features, you must create an account by providing accurate information (e.g., name, email, password). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities under your account.
You agree to:
We may suspend or terminate your account at our sole discretion, with or without notice, for reasons including but not limited to:
Upon termination, your access to the Platform will cease, and we may delete your content, subject to our Privacy Statement.
You retain ownership of the content you post, upload, or share on the Platform, including personal health data, posts, comments, or files (“User Content”). However, you are solely responsible for the accuracy, legality, and appropriateness of your User Content. By sharing User Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable license to use, store, display, reproduce, and process your User Content for the purpose of operating the Platform and conducting research, as described in our Privacy Statement.
Sharing personal health data is voluntary and at your own risk. You acknowledge that:
You agree not to post or share User Content that:
We reserve the right to remove or moderate User Content that violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable, at our sole discretion.
We may use anonymized or aggregated User Content, including health data, for research purposes, such as analyzing health trends or publishing studies. Where required by law, we will obtain your explicit consent before using identifiable health data for research. You acknowledge that anonymized data may be shared with third parties (e.g., researchers, institutions) and that we are not liable for how such data is used once anonymized. See our Privacy Statement for details.
You agree to use the Platform in a lawful, respectful, and safe manner. Prohibited conduct includes, but is not limited to:
The Platform, including its design, code, logos, and content (excluding User Content), is owned by [Platform Name] or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works of the Platform without our written permission.
By posting User Content, you grant us a license to use it as described in Section 4. You also grant other users a non-exclusive license to view, share, or interact with your User Content as permitted by your privacy settings.
The Platform may integrate with or link to third-party services (e.g., social media logins, analytics providers). These services are governed by their own terms and privacy policies, and we are not responsible for their practices or content. You access third-party services at your own risk.
The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that:
You use the Platform at your own risk, and we are not responsible for the consequences of sharing sensitive information, including health data.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, omicXchange, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from or related to:
You acknowledge that sharing health data on a social platform carries inherent risks, and you release us from liability for any harm resulting from your voluntary disclosure of such data. Our total liability, if any, shall not exceed the amount you paid to use the Platform, if applicable.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless [Platform Name], its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, losses, liabilities, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from:
You may terminate your account at any time by contacting us at [insert contact email]. We may terminate or suspend your access to the Platform at our sole discretion, with or without notice, for any reason, including violation of these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Platform ceases, and we may delete your User Content, subject to our Privacy Statement and legal obligations.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, USA, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from these Terms or your use of the Platform shall be resolved through binding arbitration in Pennsylvania, conducted by the American Arbitration Association under its rules. You waive any right to participate in a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration. If arbitration is not enforceable, disputes shall be resolved in the state or federal courts of Pennsylvania.
The Platform is operated from the United States. If you access the Platform from outside this jurisdiction, you are responsible for complying with local laws. You acknowledge that your data may be transferred to and processed in countries with different data protection standards, as described in our Privacy Statement.
These Terms, together with our Privacy Statement, constitute the entire agreement between you and [Platform Name] regarding the Platform, superseding any prior agreements.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.
You may not assign these Terms or your rights under them without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms at our discretion.
For questions or concerns about these Terms, please contact us at:
omicXchange
Email: support@omicxchange.com
By using the Platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. You further acknowledge that sharing personal health data on the Platform is voluntary and at your own risk, and you release omicXchange from liability for any consequences arising from such sharing.
Thank you for being part of the omicXchange community.
Congratulations on discovering the new world of omicXchange! This website provides a wide variety of resources that will empower you in your journey toward wellness. The biological system is very complex and no one has all of the answers. Together, in community, we have more opportunities to find the health solutions we are looking for. With our unique platform, more of these health solutions will emerge exponentially as we grow with more and more members. By sharing our experiences with various health interventions we create an organized space for us to explore what works for who and why. Your voice is important and provides value in the collective community. The more people share the more effectively you will find your omic matches. Omics are your biological markers that make you distinctly you. There are thousands of interventions and diagnostic tools currently in use including nutrition, body work, pharmaceuticals, herbals, homeopathics, frequency/energy, lab work, etc. The fact is there are multiple ways to restore wellness. Which intervention works for who and why is very individual, thus, it would not make sense for us to recommend any one intervention. Matching you with other people who have similar omics paves the way to a more organized, effective and personalized healthcare approach. Additionally through discovering solutions together we more easily identify practitioners who are more specifically qualified in individual omic patterns and pathways to effectively assist you. By becoming a member of OmicXchange you are agreeing to allow your voice to be heard and shared with the collective community to finally tap into the biggest resource we have which is each other.
OmicXchange does not offer medical advice. This site is for people to share what works and doesn’t work for them – the magic is in the OMICS!
RULES
No politics, including thoughts on global warming, masks, vaccines etc…This site is solely to make omic connections to enable a more personalized healthcare approach.
Be kind and courteous. Remember no one person has the answers. One diet could be good for some and not others. Please refrain from opinions and be more objective with your chats as those objective chats will lead to moving the needle in the right direction
No recommendations on interventions. You could state what you are using without being sure it will help others
State only what has worked or not worked for you without stating opinions of what may work or what may not work
No soliciting. The website is not to sell products. There will be a business component eventually where you will have the opportunity to share your business but please not through the chats.
De-identification Since some chats may be studied further to identify patterns so our members can get a direction it is important that the chats are de-identified. Use an email that does not point to a specific name.
Our website address is: https://omicxchange.com
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
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These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
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