Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

TERMS OF USE

Last modified: March 17, 2022

These Terms of Use are entered into by and between You and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (“we,” “our” or “us”). Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Site (the “Site”). Connecticut Children’s Medical Center provides this Site to you subject to the following Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you use this Site, you agree to abide by these terms.

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center reserves the right to make changes to the Site, these Terms of Use and/or the Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason, and without notice. Review these terms frequently to stay aware of changes. Your continued use of this Site after changes are posted constitutes your continuing agreement to the then-current terms.

Accessing the Site and Account Security

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Site, and any service or material we provide on the Site, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or the entire Site, to users, including registered users.

You are responsible for both:

Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Site.
Ensuring that all persons who access the Site through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

To access the Site or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Site that all the information you provide on the Site is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Site or otherwise, including, but not limited to, through the use of any interactive features on the Site, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Site or portions of it using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.

We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

Not Medical Advice

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center offers the information on this Site for general information and educational purposes only. This information is not intended as medical advice and should not be used for diagnosis. Information on this Site is not intended to create any physician-patient relationship, nor should it be considered a replacement for consultation with a health care professional. If you have questions or concerns about your health, please promptly contact your health care provider. Connecticut Children’s Medical Center makes no commitment and undertakes no obligation to update or ensure accuracy of the information contained on the Site.

Intellectual Property

All content included on this Site, including text, graphics, logos, trademarks, button icons, images, digital downloads, and software is the property of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center or its third party licensor and is protected by United States and international intellectual property laws. All software used on this Site is the property of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center or its software suppliers and is protected by copyright laws. Nothing contained on this Site grants you a license or right to use any trademarks, copyrights, images or other content displayed on this Site without prior written permission of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Neither this Site nor any portion of this Site may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, visited or otherwise exploited for commercial purposes without the express written consent of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing Connecticut Children’s Medical Center’s name or trademarks without our express written consent. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to this Site so long as the link does not portray Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, its affiliates or its services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner.

These Terms of Use permit you to use the Site for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Site, except as follows:

Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Site for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
If we provide desktop, mobile, or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.
If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.

Specifically Prohibited Use

You agree that you will not use this Site for any purposes that are unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use. You acknowledge that any such unlawful or prohibited use may subject you to civil or criminal liability. You are responsible for ensuring that any materials you post to this Site or a discussion area via email or otherwise does not (i) violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality, contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or other personal or proprietary rights of any third party; (ii) contain a virus, spyware, or other harmful component; (iii) contain embedded links, advertising, chain letters or pyramid schemes of any kind; or (iv) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin, endorsement or statements of fact. You agree not to disrupt, modify, or interfere with this Site or its associated software, hardware and servers in any way and you agree not to impede or interfere with others’ use of this Site. You are prohibited from posting on or transmitting through the Site any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including but not limited to any material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law. You further agree not to alter or tamper with any information or materials on or associated with this Site. You alone are responsible for the content and consequences of any of your activities and any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

Use of Email Content and Any Materials Submitted to Us

By visiting the Site or by sending emails to us, you are knowingly and voluntarily consenting to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by email or by posting notices on this Site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communication we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. If you would like to opt-out of receiving electronic communications from us please contact communications [at] connecticutchildrens.org.

We welcome any comments you may have regarding the Site, its products and services. Any comments you submit to us through the Site, such as remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information become and remain the exclusive property of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, even if these Terms of Use or any other agreement you have entered into with us is later terminated or amended. This means that we do not have to treat any such submission (including, but not limited to, product or advertising ideas) as confidential. We will not pay you or anyone else for any information that you provide which is used by us. Additionally, you acknowledge that you have full responsibility for any such submission you make, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and non-infringement.

Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We have the right to:

Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Site.
Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Site for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Site. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE CONNECTICUT CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES, AND SERVICE PROVIDER FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY CONNECTICUT CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER/ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING, OR TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF, INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

However, we do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on the Site, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.

Third Party Content and Web Site Links

This Site may provide content from, or links or references to, other sites. Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is not responsible for information, products or services obtained on such other sites and is not liable for any damages arising from access to such Sites. Any links to other sites are provided merely as a convenience to the visitors of this Site and any inclusion of such links in this Site does not imply an endorsement or warranty of the linked sites or their content, products or services. The Terms of Use stated in this policy apply only to this Site and the products and services we offer. Visitors to this Site are cautioned that linked sites are governed by their own use and privacy policies, so visitors linking to such sites should make sure to visit the appropriate pages of those sites to determine what policies will apply. Connecticut Children’s Medical Center reserves the right to remove any link or linking program from this Site, at any time, without notice to you.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center makes no representations or warranties about the suitability of the Site or these materials for any purpose. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE USING THIS SITE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY CONNECTICUT CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. CONNECTICUT CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION, TEXT, GRAPHICS, EMAIL RESPONSES, LINKS AND OTHER ITEMS CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE OR ON ANY OTHER SERVER. CONNECTICUT CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR EMAIL SENT FROM CONNECTICUT CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

CONNECTICUT CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS SITE AND IN ANY EMAIL RESPONSES FROM CONNECTICUT CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER TO YOU ARE INTENDED TO BE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. FURTHER, THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR CONSULTING WITH YOUR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use and any dispute arising under or related to these Terms of Use (whether for breach of contract, tortious conduct or otherwise) will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut, without regard to principles of conflict of laws. At our sole discretion, we may require you to submit any disputes arising from these Terms of Use or use of the Site, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association. You acknowledge that monetary damages for improper use of this Site or other breach of these Terms of Use may be inadequate. Therefore, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is entitled to seek equitable relief in any court in the State of Connecticut, including injunctive relief against you, in addition to all other remedies.

Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Site is based in the State of Connecticut in the United States. We provide this Site for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Site or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Separate Agreements

You may have entered into other agreements with Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Those agreements are separate and in addition to these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use do not modify, revise or amend the terms of any other agreements you may have with Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

If any of these terms shall be deemed invalid, void or for any reason unenforceable, that term shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining terms.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site, including, but not limited to any use of the Site’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Site.

Waiver and Severability

No waiver by the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

Your Comments and Concerns

This Site is operated by Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

We reserve the right to remove any content that allegedly infringes a third party’s copyright or otherwise violates the rights of any third party, or for any reason whatsoever, and to prohibit further use of the Site by the individuals responsible for said infringement or violation. We also reserve the right to pursue any party that submits an erroneous declaration. If you believe that any content appears on this Site in violation of your copyright or other proprietary rights, you should send a notice to the Company by first-class mail, return receipt requested, at the following address:

282 Washington Street
Attn. Legal Department
Hartford, CT 06106

Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity. Include information reasonably sufficient to permit the Company to locate the material.
Information reasonably sufficient to permit the Company to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail address.
The signature of the complaining party.
Include the following statement: “I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.”
Include the following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”

All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Site should be directed to: communications [at] connecticutchildrens.org.

PRIVACY POLICY

Last modified: March 17, 2022

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy describes the guidelines Connecticut Children’s Medical Center uses for protecting information you provide to us during your visit to this Site. In addition to this Privacy Policy, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center conducts itself in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding the handling and security of personally identifiable information.

The Information We Collect and How We Use It

In general, you can visit this Site without identifying yourself or revealing any personally identifiable information. There are times, however, that you may choose to voluntarily give us personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, phone number, email address and other information about yourself. We receive and store any information you enter on the Site or give us in any other way. For example, if you send us an email or fill out a form, you are transmitting the information that appears to you in the form or the message. The information we collect may be used for several purposes, including, for example, to improve the content of our Site, track activity on our Site, develop new products or services, assist with our fundraising and community outreach programs, or respond to inquiries. We also allow access to our database by affiliates and third parties that further our mission or provide us with services only for the purpose and only to the extent necessary to provide you with those services. There may also be occasions when we are legally required to provide access to our database, or provide information about a user of the Site in order to cooperate with investigations or other legal proceedings. In those instances, the information is provided only for that purpose.

Certain information may be automatically collected when you visit the Site. You may have read about “cookies,” nuggets of information that are placed by a web site in a storage place on your own computer. The types of information we collect with cookies may include the name of your Internet service provider, the web site that referred you to us (if any), the date and time our web site was accessed, the page or pages you visited, and/or your IP address. You can refuse to accept these cookies by following your browser’s instructions; however, if you do not accept them, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Site.

From time to time you may also provide us with non-personally identifiable material, including information, suggestions, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, questions, comments, or other communications which you transmit to this Site in any manner (“User Communications”). Such User Communications will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. Please note that our Terms of Use for this Site prohibit you from transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, offensive, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law or damage the reputation of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Connecticut Children’s Medical Center will have no liability related to the content of any User Communications, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise.

While your individual information is protected as outlined above, we reserve the right to use aggregated, anonymous data about our visitors as a group for any business purpose, such as, without limitation, analyzing usage trends.

Other than as outlined above, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center will not sell, trade or rent your personally identifying information we may collect on this Site to any third party without your permission. All Connecticut Children’s Medical Center entities, affiliates and third party service providers that receive access to your personally identifiable information in accordance with this Privacy Policy are subject to this policy with respect to how they are permitted to use your personally identifiable information.

When transmitting any information please keep in mind that due to the nature of electronic communications, we cannot and do not provide any assurances that the contents of your emails or other electronic transmissions will not become known or accessible to third parties. Connecticut Children’s Medical Center endeavors to adopt industry standard security procedures applicable to the type of information collected on this Site. Our security measures are periodically reviewed and revised as necessary.

BECAUSE THE SITE IS NOT TO BE USED FOR THE SOLICITATION OR RENDERING OF MEDICAL ADVICE, NOR ARE YOU PERMITTED TO DISCLOSE INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE HEALTH INFORMATION, BE ADVISED THAT THE PRIVACY PROTECTIONS THAT GENERALLY APPLY TO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A DOCTOR AND A PATIENT MAY NOT APPLY TO COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE SITE OR EMAIL.

Google Analytics and Google Optimize

Connecticut Children’s currently uses Google Analytics and Google Optimize to analyze the audience of the website and improve our content. For further information, visit Google Analytics and Google Optimize.

We use Google Analytics for aggregated, anonymized website traffic analysis. In order to track session usage, Google drops a cookie with a randomly generated ClientID in a browser. This ID is anonymized and contains no identifiable information like email, phone number, name, etc. Google Analytics is used to track aggregated website behavior, such as what pages are looked at, for how long, and so on. This information is important to us for improving the user experiences and determining site effectiveness. You can delete your cookie history and/or install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.

Links to Other Sites

You should be aware that when using the Site, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. For example, if you click on an advertisement or a link in a news article, you may be taken to another site. These other sites may send their own cookies to your computer, collect data, or solicit personal information from you. These other sites are not bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of such sites before disclosing any personally identifying information.

Your Consent

By using the Site, you consent to the collection and use of your information as outlined in this Privacy Policy. If we make changes to this statement, we will post them on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it. Changes are effective when posted to this page. Your continued use after any change is posted is an acceptance by you of such change.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: communications [at] connecticutchildrens.org