PediHeart Organization

Terms and Conditions of Use


Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates ("PediHeart Organization") maintains this site ("Site") as a community service for your personal information, education, and communication. Materials displayed on this Site may be downloaded only for non-commercial, single, personal use, as long as all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. Materials including, but not limited to, the text, images, audio and video, displayed on this Site may not be used, modified, distributed or transmitted for public or commercial purposes, without Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates' prior written permission.

Access and use of this Site is subject to the following terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions") and all applicable laws. As a condition to accessing this Site, you must accept the Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you are not permitted to access the Site or the materials contained on this Site. Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates may, at its sole discretion, revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting.

Contents/Availability of Site. You should assume that everything you see or read on this Site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted, and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the relevant text on this Site, as applicable. Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates neither warrants nor represents that use of the materials displayed on this Site will not infringe rights of third parties. While Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates uses reasonable efforts to include accurate information on this Site (which is updated periodically), the accuracy of such information cannot be verified or confirmed. Reliance upon or use of such information is solely at your own risk. Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates makes no warranty or representation concerning the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of the information contained in this Site, or the software, text, graphics, links or communications provided on or through the use of this Site. This Site may also contain information posted by others, where Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates does not have any control. Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates may change the content of this Site, restrict access to this Site, or terminate this Site at any time.

Proprietary Rights. Images of people or places displayed on this Site are the property of Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates or third parties. The use of such images by you, or anyone authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific prior written permission is provided by the owner of such images. Any unauthorized use of these images may violate United States copyright laws, trademark laws, laws of privacy and publicity and communicators regulations and statutes or laws of foreign jurisdictions. The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively, the "Trademarks") displayed on this Site, including [insert names of trademarks] are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates and others. No Trademark displayed on this Site may be used without the prior written permission of the owner of such Trademarks. Misuse of the Trademarks displayed on this Site, or any other content on this Site, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including seeking criminal prosecution where authorized.

Other Sites. This Site may contain links to third party websites, that are not under our control. Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates has not reviewed all of the sites linked to this Site and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates does not recommend or endorse any particular products, services or the content or use of any third party websites, or make any determination that such products, services or websites are necessary or appropriate for you or for the use in rendering care to patients. Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to this Site. Use of the links provided on this Site to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your sole risk.

Legal Compliance. Although Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and other communications on this Site, Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates is under no obligation to do so, and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations, or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy of any information contained within such locations on this Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

Limitations on Warranties, Liability and Damages. Use of this Site is at your sole risk. Neither Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering this Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of access to, use of, or inability to use this Site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on this Site is provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply. Check for any restrictions of limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties. Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates also assumes no responsibility and cannot be liable for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, computer equipment or other property on account of access to, use of this Site, or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from this Site.

Indemnity. You agree to hold Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers harmless from and against all claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result to you or any patient from your violation of the Terms and Conditions.

Lack of Confidentiality. Any communication or material transmitted to this Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, or suggestions, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You agree not to upload or transmit any communications or material of any type that infringe or violates any rights of any party. By submitting communications or content to any part of this Site, you agree that such submission is non-confidential for all purposes. Anything transmitted or posted may be used by Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates, its affiliates and others providing services for this Site, for any purposes, including reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, posting and market research. Furthermore, Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates and those providing the services for this Site are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, and techniques contained in any communication sent to this Site for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information.

Availability of Product. Since this Site may be accessed from sources internationally where Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates does not do business, Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates does not represent that it is doing business in all such areas, or that its products or services will be available in any particular country or jurisdiction. Such products or services will only be made available when Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates makes them available, and in compliance with applicable laws.

Healthcare Information. The material contained on this Site is intended to be general healthcare information for self-educational purposes only and should not be considered complete or used in place of a visit, call, consultation or advice from a physician and/or healthcare provider. Pediatric Heart Surgery Associates does not recommend self treatment of patients and advises that all decisions regarding medical conditions or patient care be made by a qualified healthcare provider who can consider the unique circumstances of each patient. The use of information provided on this Site does not create a doctor-patient or hospital-patient relationship with you. Should you have any questions about any of the information found on this Site, please call your physician or healthcare provider. Please DO NOT disregard your

Disclaimer Information. See also our disclaimer information.