Terms of Use

The DNA Haplogroups website is an internet service (DNA Haplogroups) owned and operated by Genetrack Biolabs Inc., an ISO 17025 and AABB accredited genetics facility. 'You' refers to any user of DNA Haplogroups products or services or any minor that you allow to use or gain access to the DNA Haplogroups website and DNA Haplogroups services. By using DNA Haplogroups services, this means that you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions described in this agreement.

You are responsible for making the decision to upload your personal information to the DNA Haplogroups website. Once you upload your information to DNA Haplogroups's public database, it becomes accessible by all persons accessing DNA Haplogroups or Genebase for comparison. DNA Haplogroups will not have any liability or obligation in connection with the publishing of any information by you.

DNA Haplogroups is a distributor of submissions and is not a publisher of the submissions. If any of the submissions are inaccurate, misleading, or deceptive, DNA Haplogroups does not endorse them and shall not be held responsible for the reliability or accuracy of the submissions of users. The sole remedy if you are dissatisfied with any part of DNA Haplogroups is to discontinue using the DNA Haplogroups site.

You may select your own username and password for your DNA Haplogroups accounts. However, DNA Haplogroups reserves the right to reject a username that is already used by someone else, that belongs to someone else, that violates the rights of someone else, that is vulgar or offensive, or that DNA Haplogroups finds objectionable at our sole discretion.

When entering information into the DNA Haplogroups database, you agree to provide true, accurate and complete information. You agree that if any information you provide is false or misleading, DNA Haplogroups reserves the right to terminate your use of DNA Haplogroups and/or delete all content that you have submitted and remove you from the DNA Haplogroups site.

DNA Haplogroups offers User Sites, Surname Project Sites, Groups, associated forums, GeneMail, and other features which allow users to post, distribute and send content. DNA Haplogroups does not have an obligation to pre-screen content posted by users and DNA Haplogroups is not responsible for or obligated to monitor or edit such content. However, DNA Haplogroups shall have the right to remove content which is in violation of DNA Haplogroups Terms and Conditions, which DNA Haplogroups has received complaints about, or that DNA Haplogroups finds objectionable for whatever reason without notice to you.

All submissions made by users to DNA Haplogroups are the responsibility the user who contributed the submission. DNA Haplogroups is not responsible for any inaccuracies of the submissions or submissions which contain misleading or deceptive information and DNA Haplogroups does not endorse or shall be held responsible for any injury, loss, or damage which occurs as a result of such submissions. You must bear all of the risks associated with the use of any content from DNA Haplogroups.

Any user who chooses to make any personally identifiable or other information publicly available in DNA Haplogroups does so at his/her own risk.

All information that you post through your control panel or through the administrator control panels, unless otherwise specified, will be displayed at your public DNA Haplogroups website and is available for others to view and to compare markers. In order to do this, by submitting your information to DNA Haplogroups or allowing your information to be posted on DNA Haplogroups, you grant DNA Haplogroups a worldwide royalty free, irrevocable, non-exclusive and unrestricted license to transmit, distribute, archive and display any such information. You agree that you will not receive any compensation, monetary or otherwise for submissions that you have contributed to DNA Haplogroups. You maintain the ownership rights to your own information and you are free to remove any or all of your information from the DNA Haplogroups database when you choose to do so.

We do not endorse nor are we responsible for any communications between users and to users of DNA Haplogroups.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and you are responsible for all activities under your username and password. To maintain your privacy, you agree to logout from your account at the end of each session. DNA Haplogroups is not responsible for any losses or consequences arising from your failure to comply with these terms and conditions.

DNA Haplogroups users may provide links to other sites. DNA Haplogroups does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, products or services available from such sites and links.

You must agree not to use DNA Haplogroups's products and services to:

A. Post, transmit, or display anything that is illegal, threatening, harmful, abusive, harassing, invasive of another's privacy, degrading, defamatory, vulgar, hateful, libellous, fraudulent, obscene, pornographic or otherwise objectionable.

B. Post, transmit, or display content which is protected by copyright or trademark or that does not belong to you and that you do not have authorization of the owner of the copyright or trademark to use.

C. Post, transmit, upload, or display content which contains proprietary or confidential information that you do not have a right to transmit.

D. Use the sites for any illegal activity or provide material which promotes or teaches illegal activity.

E. Post or transmit material which violates the privacy or rights of others.

F. Impersonate any person or entity or falsely misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity or falsely claim an endorsement that you do not have.

G. Post, transmit or make available unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, chain letters or any other form of solicitation.

H. Reproduce, copy or sell any portion of DNA Haplogroups or DNA Haplogroups database contents.

I. Stalk or harass others.

J. Systematically download contents and data of the DNA Haplogroups database to make or populate another database or for a commercial purpose.

These Terms and Conditions are applicable for users who proceed with DNA testing.

a. The company reserves the right to refuse any service to a customer. In such an event, the customer will be provided with a refund for any payment made for the refused service.

b. All pricing is in US dollars.

c. Payment must be made in full before the results of the DNA test are posted to DNA Haplogroups or released to the Customer.

d. The cost of the testing is set at the time of the order. Additional testing at a later date will be at the current rate on the date of the additional order.

e. By submitting a sample to DNA Haplogroups for analysis, the customer warrants that it has the right to take and submit such samples to DNA Haplogroups for DNA testing and that it provides DNA Haplogroups with authorization to conduct the DNA testing on the samples. By submitting a sample to DNA Haplogroups, you warrant that either you are the owner of the sample or have full authority by the owner of the sample to submit the sample to DNA Haplogroups for testing. Minors must have approval and consent from their legal guardian.

f. By submitting the sample, the customer agrees that it has complied with DNA Haplogroups's sample collection instructions. If the customer does not comply with the sample collection instructions and a retest is required because of blatant non-compliance, the customer may be required to pay an additional fee if more samples need to be collected for a retest.

g. DNA Haplogroups warrants that the samples are used only for the purpose of Y-Chromosome DNA testing for the markers stated.

h. Once a DNA sample is submitted to DNA Haplogroups, it will be destroyed or consumed for the purpose of the DNA test. The sample will not be returned to the submitter and it will be securely destroyed after the DNA testing is complete.

i. In the event that a sample is lost or damaged or if a report cannot be generated from a sample which was properly collected, DNA Haplogroups will replace the kit at no charge and conduct the test on the replacement kit. The Customer does not have a right to cancel the test or demand a refund because of a request by DNA Haplogroups for recollection of the sample. DNA Haplogroups is not liable for any loss or damage of any kind whatsoever arising from failure to submit the sample according to DNA Haplogroups instructions or incorrect, incomplete or false information submitted with or for a sample for testing.

j. DNA Haplogroups is not liable for any loss or damage of any kind whatsoever resulting from opinions given by DNA Haplogroups in response to questions given to DNA Haplogroups.

DNA Haplogroups is not liable in any way for any damages, costs or expenses incurred for any reason in connection with the use of DNA Haplogroups products or services, or in connection with the DNA tests, or the use and disclosure of the test results or other personal information. In respect to direct loss, DNA Haplogroups's total liability for any and all claims, whether arising from DNA Haplogroups's negligence or otherwise, shall not exceed the price of the amount paid, if any, directly to DNA Haplogroups for its service.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless DNA Haplogroups and its affiliated companies and their directors and employees from and against all claims, losses, costs arising out of your activities in connection with your use of the site, your violation of the Terms and Conditions for using this site, and any content that you post or make available on DNA Haplogroups sites including but not limited to any violations of copyright or trademark or the rights of any party.

You are not permitted to copy or distribute materials presented to you on the DNA Haplogroups site, including but not limited to logos and text. DNA Haplogroups, Genetrack, GeneGroup, GeneMail, and any associated logos are Trademarks and service marks of DNA Haplogroups and Genetrack Biolabs Inc.

This site and services associated with this site are provided by DNA Haplogroups and without any representations or warranties of any kind regarding the operation of this site and the content contained in this site. DNA Haplogroups makes no representations concerning the suitability, reliability or accuracy of the contents of its site, the contents posted by users to the site, or the service provides. In no case will DNA Haplogroups be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including direct, indirect, punitive damages, even if advised of the possibility thereof. DNA Haplogroups and its affiliated companies disclaim all warranties with respect to the site and any content contained thereon, the submissions and any responsibility to archive or maintain such submissions.

DNA Haplogroups reserves the right, at its sole discretion to terminate your use of DNA Haplogroups site and services for any reason, including a belief by DNA Haplogroups that you have violated these Terms and Conditions. DNA Haplogroups is not liable to you or to any third party for any termination of your services and/or deletion of your content from the DNA Haplogroups site.

The Agreement shall be governed by the laws of British Columbia, Canada. You agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Canadian courts.

DNA Haplogroups reserves the right at its sole discretion to modify the site, these disclaimers, this agreement, and the terms and conditions of this agreement at any time. Any changes to this agreement will be reflected in this section of the DNA Haplogroups website. If you continue to use DNA Haplogroups services after a change is posted to the Terms and Conditions section of the DNA Haplogroups website, this means that you have accepted and are bound by the changes.