Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to ISHD. This privacy policy will tell you what information we collect, how we protect it, and what choices you have about how that information is used. We urge you to read our privacy policy so that you will understand both our commitment to you and your privacy, and how you can participate in that commitment.

PLEASE NOTE: Any information (including but not limited to personal information) that you reveal in a public forum apart from this website is not subject to this privacy policy. This information will be seen by third parties outside of this website and may be used by them to contact you or for unauthorized purposes. If you follow a link to a third party site from ISHD, any information you reveal on that site is not subject to this privacy policy. You should consult the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Contributing authors submit contact and credential information. We use contact information to help manage the site and to facilitate communication between users. ISHD stores this information in a secure manner and provides this data only to its members. This helps us to maintain the privacy of our users and to ensure the integrity of our message boards' content.

Visitors may access some ISHD content without registering and providing personally-identifiable information. We track information provided to us by individuals—originating websites, types of browsers used, times and dates of site visits, and other information that does not personally identify users.

We require registration to access only certain parts of the ISHD website. Information we request may include, but is not limited to, your name, address, phone number, and email address. Users who are ISHD members and who additionally choose to provide this information about themselves may have access. Within the registration process, we clearly mark which information fields are required and which fields are optional.

Registered users may be contacted by ISHD. No identifying or individual registration information is shared with any other corporation.

We also collect information about the use of our site through the use of cookies. Cookies are small computer files that transfer to your computer's hard drive and allow us to know how often someone visits our site and the activities they conduct while on our site. This information helps us to monitor how many people are using our site and for what purpose, so we can assess the use of the ISHD website and adjust our activities to better suit the needs of our users.

Terms of Use

By using the ISHD website, you agree to the following terms of use, which constitute an agreement between ISHD and you. We may change these terms from time to time. You will always be able to view the most current version by clicking on a link at the bottom of any page on our site.

The ISHD website is designed for use by qualified physicians and other medical and institutional professionals. The information contained herein IS NOT a substitute for the advice of a qualified and licensed physician or other health care provider. The information provided here is for educational and informational purposes only. In no way should it be considered as offering medical advice. Products, drugs, and therapies and other materials discussed on this site may not be approved for use in your country or region. It is wholly your responsibility to investigate the legal and regulatory aspects of any information presented on this site.

Our message boards are intended for the use of ISHD members. Members who use our message boards should exercise their own best judgment as to how they use the information.

ISHD owns the information on this website and the entire contents and design of the ISHD website are protected under U.S. and international copyright laws. You may look at our website, download individual articles for your personal use, and even print a reasonable number of copies of pages for yourself, your family, or friends. You may not remove any copyright notices from our materials. We reserve all of our other rights. Users must not sell our information, rewrite or modify it, redistribute it, put it on any website, or use it for any commercial purpose without prior written permission.

This agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Illinois. ISHD makes no claim that materials on this website are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access these sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

By accessing materials on our website or registering you agree with all the terms and conditions of this agreement.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change the terms and conditions of this agreement from time to time, and your continuing use of our website constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to any changed terms and conditions. We will post any such changes in a timely manner, and draw your attention to any significant changes.

If you don't comply with these terms, we have the right to suspend or eliminate your account, and remove any information you have placed on our site. We may also take any legal action we think is appropriate. If your violation of this agreement causes harm to others, you agree to hold ISHD harmless against any liability for that harm. If there is any dispute between us concerning this agreement our your use of our website, we both agree to submit the dispute to non-binding mediation, followed by binding arbitration.

The ISHD website, content, related materials, and any other products or services related to them are provided as is and as available. ISHD disclaims any and all warranties, written or oral, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose, currency, accuracy, or comprehensiveness. ISHD advises you to confirm information regarding the indications for and dosages of drugs mentioned in the Content with Product Information Sheets provided by the manufacturer, especially for new drugs or drugs you are unfamiliar with or are prescribed infrequently. You assume all responsibility for use of the Content and ISHD assumes no responsibility for such use. ISHD shall not be liable to you for any error, inaccuracy or omission, regardless of cause, or any damages that may result from this.

If you have questions or concerns about these terms or our privacy policy, please contact us.
http://www.ishd.org/contact.php