Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Please read this page carefully. This page states the Terms and Conditions under which you, the website visitor (hereinafter “You” or “visitor”), may use this site, the content of which is owned by or licensed to HealthTree Foundation, Inc. By using this site, You agree to be bound by all of the Terms and Conditions set forth below. If You do not accept these Terms and Conditions, please do not use this site. The HealthTree Foundation may, at its sole discretion, revise these Terms and Conditions at any time.

The HealthTree for AML site is a patient-led initiative that seeks to support and educate AML patients through education and social media. The HealthTree for AML site strives for timeliness and accuracy in all of its materials, it makes no representations, warranties, or assurances as to the availability, accuracy, currency, or completeness of this site or its contents. The HealthTree for AML site or any patients posting as authors or participants on this site shall not be liable for any damages or injury resulting from Your access to, inability to access, or use of this site, including, without limitation, any damages or injury arising from any links to other sites contained within or referred to in this site.

This Site does not provide medical advice.

All of the contents of this Site such as text, information, images, graphics, advice, forum postings, photographs, treatments, charts, educational materials, outcomes, and any other material contained on this site are for informational purposes only and are not substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard or delay seeking professional medical advice because of something you have read on the Site.

If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. The HealthTree for AML site does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, treatments, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Site. Reliance on any information provided by HealthTree Foundation or any other people or organizations appearing on or visiting is solely at your own risk.

Privacy

The HealthTree for AML site is committed to preserving Your right to privacy. The HealthTree for AML site does not collect identifying information about you (such as your name, address, telephone number, or email address) unless you voluntarily submit that information to us through our Contact Us page, member login, or other means.

Any information you do submit will not be sold to any third parties. If we publish any information you provide to us on the website, we will not disclose personally identifiable information.

We collect non-personal information about your use of our website through the use of cookies. The information collected by cookies allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using our website. We may use cookie information to determine the popularity of certain content and how long visitors stay on the site.

Additionally, the HealthTree for AML site may include a third party cookie from Google in order to use Google Analytics to monitor site statistics. Please note that Google and its wholly owned subsidiaries may retain and use, subject to the terms of its Privacy Policy (located at http://www.google.com/privacy.html, or such other URL as Google may provide from time to time), information collected in Your use of the Service.

Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the “Help” section of the toolbar. You do not have to accept our cookies in order to productively use our site.

When You visit the site, the HealthTree for AML site may automatically collect certain non-identifying information about You, such as the type of browser or computer operating system You use or the domain name of the site from which You linked to us.

Any automatically collected information may be maintained indefinitely and used for our internal business and marketing purposes, such as assessing traffic patterns and usage of various features on the site, but will not be sold or otherwise disclosed to third parties for any purposes. Notwithstanding any other statements or representations here or elsewhere on our site, the www.healthtree.org/aml/community site reserves its right to disclose any information in its possession if it is required to do so by law, or it believes, in good faith, that such a disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, defend its rights or property, or to respond to an emergency situation.

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us at info@healthtree.org. If you are a European resident please note that any information you share with us on the site will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

If You are concerned about the information You have provided to the HealthTree for AML site or would like to review, update, or delete that information, please contact us via the Contact page at the top of the Home page. The HealthTree for AML site will make reasonable efforts to comply with Your wishes.

Contact Us

The Contact Us page is the primary means of communication with HealthTree for AMLsite for a website visitor. Website visitors may use the Contact Us page to send content suggestions or questions about the site. Website visitors may also use this form to ask general questions about the Website or content, submit notification of broken links, communicate privacy concerns, and/or submit praise and/or complaints.

All comments are forwarded to our staff who will review any ideas or technical difficulties as reasonably as possible.

The Contact Us page is secured using 128-bit encryption. We may, unless you indicate otherwise, store, edit, and excerpt your email for use in Q&As, presentations, analyses, and other similar purposes. In these cases, we will delete any content that would specifically identify you as the writer of the email.

Security

The HealthTree for AML site employs reasonable security measures to protect the personal information You submit. Such security involves the use of SSL-secured Web forms, firewalls, and other commonly employed security methods.

User Submissions

The www.healthtree.org/aml/community site welcomes Your comments on its site and content. However, You acknowledge that if You send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, inventions, or other information (collectively, the “Information”), the Information shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of the www.healthtree.org/aml/community site. By submission of any Information to us, You assign to us and we shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to such Information and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Information for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to You.

As a user of this site, You are responsible for Your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. Therefore, do not do any of the following things: transmit to us material that is copyrighted, unless You are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; send material that reveals trade secrets, unless You own them or have the permission of the owner; send material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; send material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; send sexually explicit images; send advertisements or solicitations of business; send chain letters or pyramid schemes; or impersonate another person.

The HealthTree for AML site reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to this site for violating these terms or the law and reserves the right to remove any communications from this site. The violation of any of the terms and conditions set forth on this Terms and Conditions page shall result in the immediate revocation of Your right to use the content and obligates You to immediately destroy any copies of the content in Your possession.

Editorial Policies

Blog articles published on this site are reviewed in detail by the HealthTree for AML site editorial staff, however, all information on this site is for educational or informative purposes only.

Links

This site contains links to websites owned by third parties. These links appear as additional “AML Resources.” These links are provided solely as a convenience to You and are not an endorsement by the HealthTree for AML site of the contents of those other sites. The HealthTree for AML site is not responsible for the content of any linked sites and makes no representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such sites. If You decide to visit any third-party sites using links from this site, You do so at Your own risk.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The HealthTree for AML site does not warrant that the site will operate error-free or that the site or its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful material. If Your use of the site or the site’s material results in the need for servicing or replacing of equipment or data, The www.myelomacrowd.org site shall not be responsible for those costs. This site and its material are provided on an “as is” basis without any warranties of any kind. THE HEALTHTREE FOR AML SITE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’ RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Disclaimer of Consequential Damages

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE HEALTHTREE FOR AML SITE , PATIENTS, AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS, ITS EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED IN THE SITE CONTENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE OR SITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER THE HEALTHTREE FOR AML SITE SITE IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Use of Site Material

The contents of this site, including, without limitation, text, graphics, images, and other content (the “Content”) are owned by or licensed to the www.healthtree.org/aml/community site and are protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Unauthorized use of the Content violates copyright, trademark, and other laws. You agree to retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Content on any copy You make of such material. You may not sell or modify our Content or reproduce, display, distribute, or otherwise use the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. Use of the Content on any other website or in a networked environment is prohibited. For permission to reprint or link to the HealthTree Foundation, Inc. content, contact us using the Contact link on the Home page.

Miscellaneous

This site originates from within the United States. The HealthTree for AML site does not claim that the Content on this site is appropriate or may be used outside of the United States. Access to the Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If You access the site from outside the United States, You do so at Your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of Your jurisdiction.

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts situated in the State of Delaware with respect to any dispute, disagreement, or cause of action related to or involving this site. If any provision is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this site, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between You and HealthTree for AML site with respect to Your use of this site.

HealthTree for AML and HealthTree are trademarks of the HealthTree Foundation, Inc.