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​Agreement in Regard to Your Use of This Site 

Your use of this Website and related services and links are provided subject to your agreement to comply with the provisions of this Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement.  By using this Website or any other The Christ Hospital operated website, you fully agree to all of the Terms and Conditions of Use.  If ​you do not agree to all of the Terms and Conditions of Use, do not access or use the Website.  The Christ Hospital may change the Terms and Conditions of Use any time by posting amended Terms and Conditions of Use on the Website.  Such changes are effective upon posting on the Website.  


Discl​​aimer​

The Website is owned and operated by The Christ Hospital.  The Website allows users to access health-related information that is provided by us and third party content suppliers.  Your reliance on content obtained by you at or through the Website is solely at your own risk.  The information provided on the Website is for general informational purposes only. None of the information provided on the Website constitutes, directly or indirectly, the practice of medicine, the dispensing of medical services, a professional diagnosis or a treatment plan. The information on the Website should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied upon to suggest a course of treatment for a particular individual.  You should not rely on information provided on the Website as a substitute for personal medical attention, diagnosis or hands-on treatment.  You should never disregard medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the Website.   If you have any healthcare-related concerns, please call or see your physician or other qualified healthcare provider.  Never discontinue treatment or medication without first consulting your physician, clinicians or therapists.  

The Website may provide links and pointers to other sites on the Internet (“Third Party Sites”). The Christ Hospital has not investigated the content of information provided on Third Party Sites and does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, reliability or timeliness of such information or the performance of the Third Party Sites.  The Christ Hospital’s inclusion of links to Third Party Sites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such sites or any association with their operators. You acknowledges and agree that The Christ Hospital is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You agree that The Christ Hospital shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, products or services available on such external sites or resources. 


To the extent the Website provides links to a variety of commercial websites offering products and services, we assume no responsibility for the appropriateness, fitness or reliability of the products or services offered for sale on such websites.  You enter into any transactions with these companies at your own risk, under the terms and conditions of each website.  We make no representations, warranties or covenants about these companies, products or services.


We do not warrant against human and machine errors, omissions, delays, interruptions or losses, including loss of data.  We cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the Website will be free of infection, viruses, worms, Trojan Horses or other codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.  We do not warrant or guarantee that the functions or services provided by us will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects in the Website will be corrected.


The Christ Hospital does not make any representations or warranties as to the opinions or other service data you may access, download or use as a result of this Website.  Nor does The Christ Hospital make any warranty that the content contained on the Website satisfies government regulations requiring disclosure of information on prescription drug products.  


The Website is provided “as is” and without warranty, express or implied.  All warranties with regard to the accuracy, reliability, timeliness, usefulness or completeness of the information contained on the Website are expressly disclaimed.  All implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular use are hereby excluded.


Assumption o​​​f Risk and Waiver​

Your use of the Website is solely at your own risk.  Neither The Christ Hospital nor any entity or individual with which The Christ Hospital contracts in connection with the operation of the Website shall be liable or responsible to any person or entity for any loss or damage, including special, incidental, consequential, punitive or indirect damages, caused, or to have been caused (including, but not limited to, liability arising out of contract, negligence, strict liability, tort, patent or copyright infringement) directly or indirectly by or from the information or ideas contained, suggested, or referenced on the Website for any errors, misstatements, inaccuracies or omissions in the information or ideas contained on the Website or any delays or interruptions in the use of Website.  You hereby release and forever waive any and all claims you may have against The Christ Hospital, its contractors and any of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, if any, for losses or damages you sustain in connection with your use of the Website, even if you have advised The Christ Hospital or any contractor of the possibility of such damages.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the total liability of The Christ Hospital, its contractors, their respective officers, directors and agents, if any, for losses or damages shall not exceed the lesser of $1,000 or the amount, if any, paid by you for the particular information or service provided. As set forth above, use of the Website constitutes an acceptance of these provisions.


Web Traffic Data Co​llected​

When you use our website, we collect information about how you use our website (such as places visited and searches performed).


Information collected also includes the domain names and/or IP addresses of browsers that visit our website, time of day the website was visited and other non-personally identifiable information. Collecting this information helps to characterize Website users to improve our services.


We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website. We use cookies to identify returning visitors, so that they do not have to reenter a password whenever they return to our website.


Personal Inform​ation Collected​

Our Website may use various forms for users to request information, products and services. We collect a visitor's contact information (such as an email address) and financial information (such as an account or credit card numbers) in various forms on the Website. This information is used to fulfill orders and process payments or donations.


The user's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary. For example, we might have a question about the processing of an order. If a user so requests, we may use the contact information to send the user additional information about The Christ Hospital.


Use of Third Party Technology

We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices (in particular device's IP address (captured and stored only in anonymized form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), preferred language used to display our website). Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. Neither Hotjar nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user. For further details, please see Hotjar’s privacy policy by clicking on this link.

You can opt-out to the creation of a user profile, Hotjar’s storing of data about your usage of our site and Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies on other websites by following this opt-out link.


Public Dom​​ain 

You should be aware that when you voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information (for example, user name, email address) on the bulletin boards, chat areas and other interactive areas (collectively “Public Domain”) of the Website, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in your communication, can be collected, correlated and used by other users and third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other users or third parties.  Such activities are beyond our control.  We make no representations, covenants or warranties about the discoverability of your identity by methods beyond our control.  If you use a Public Domain, you are solely responsible for your own communications and the consequences of posting those communications.


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