Terms of Use, Privacy and Security
MedLife is strongly committed to protecting the privacy and security of its patients, families and other readers of the MedLife website. By using the MedLife website, you agree to acceptance of this Website Privacy Policy. Please read the following carefully before using the site.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
IP Addresses and Website Usage Data- We collect and log the IP address of all visitors to medlifeinternational.com. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. IP addresses allow computers and servers to recognize and communicate with one another. We collect IP address information so that we can properly manage our system and gather information about how our site is being used. This includes the pages visitors are viewing. Your IP address may be associated with records containing personal information.
Personal information - includes information that is unique to an individual, such as a name, address, email address or telephone number.
If you submit to MedLife any personal information relating to other people, you represent that you have the authority to do so and permit us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy. By submitting personal information, you grant MedLife the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store and use your information in connection with the operation of the website.
HOW WE USE THIS INFORMATION
MedLife uses the information you provide to fulfill online requests, process credit card information and respond to customer service inquiries, or in other ways as required by law.
We may use your information:
- To help us improve the services we offer
- To personalize your experience and inform you about the treatments/services in which you have indicated an interest
- To tailor digital advertisements on third-party sites based on your interactions on our site
- To improve our website offerings and send you information and updates
- To respond to your questions and requests and improve customer service
- To administer a promotion, survey or other site feature
- To communicate changes to our privacy policy or terms of use
Only those who need the information provided to perform a specific task have access to your information. These are authorized members of the MedLife workforce. In some cases, third parties contracted by MedLife may have access to your information to perform a specific task, for example, to send you a newsletter.
DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION
The Company takes seriously the privacy of your medical records and personal information. Accordingly, we have taken all reasonable restrictions necessary to protect your confidentiality in accordance with all applicable laws.
In addition, you authorize the Company and their respective physicians, employees, contractors, business associates and/or agents to access, review, research, analyze, discuss and copy your medical and personal information as may be necessary to provide the service you request. The use of your medical information will not exceed this stated purpose, unless and until you authorize and direct such additional disclosure(s).
DATA SECURITY
MedLife makes every reasonable effort to ensure that your personal information remains as secure as possible. Accordingly, we prevent unauthorized access by a secure firewall and use of security technologies to protect the integrity and privacy of any personal information you provide.
Although we endeavor to protect your personal information, MedLife cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us through online applications, and you do so at your own risk. Depending on the nature of the inquiry, your communication could be discarded or archived. If you wish, you can contact us instead by telephone at the numbers provided throughout our site.
ONLINE FORMS
Forms provided on MedLife’s website may include event registration, newsletter signups, appointment requests and referral requests. The information required to complete the transaction is noted on each specific form. Although we provide robust security measures to protect the transmission of information, MedLife is not responsible if unauthorized parties gain access to the confidential information shared in the online forms.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
If you subscribe to a newsletter, publication, press release or RSS feed published by MedLife hospital and distributed by email or RSS feed, we will maintain your email address in a private distribution list unless you have selected to "opt-out.” Messages sent electronically do not include recipients' email addresses or any other personal information.
EMAIL INFORMATION
Occasionally, we will request personal information from you in order to deliver materials you have requested, respond to your questions or provide information. MedLife keeps personal information on file, but does not share, sell, license or transmit this information to third parties or external vendors unless required to do so by legal, judicial or governmental proceedings, or in order to provide the services requested. Please note that email is considered a nonencrypted (and therefore nonsecure) form of communication, and it can be accessed and viewed by others without your knowledge and permission. For that reason, to protect your privacy, please do not use email to communicate information that you consider confidential.
EDITORIAL CONTENT
We make the Site available as a service to consumers and health care professionals for the purposes of providing an informative and educational resource. We may, but have no obligation to, have nonuser-posted information reviewed by the Site's editorial personnel.
It is important to note, however, that the timeliness and accuracy of any or all of the Information is not guaranteed. Neither the authors, the editorial personnel, nor any other party who has been involved in the preparation or publication of this work can assure you that the Information contained herein is in every respect accurate or complete, and they are not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information.
You are encouraged to independently confirm the Information contained herein with other sources and to seek the advice of a qualified physician.
COOKIES, TRACKING AND INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING
The MedLife website uses "cookies", tracking pixels and related technologies. Cookies are small data files that a website can transfer to your computer. Examples of information we collect include how often someone visits our site and what they do while on our site. We use this information in the aggregate to understand how our visitors as a group use different resources and to help us improve our site. We also collect information about the activity of individual website users. This information may be used to target related MedLife advertisements to you on other third-party sites. For users who have opted in to receive updates or other information from MedLife via email, these reports may contain personal information.
Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can set your browser to refuse them or to alert you when they are being sent. You can access the information on the MedLife website without enabling cookies in your browser.
You can opt out of receiving all interest-based advertisements on the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) website: http://www.aboutads.info/choices. Please note that if you delete your cookies or upgrade your browser after having opted out, you will need to opt out again. Further, if you use multiple browsers or devices you will need to execute this opt out on each browser or device.
THIRD PARTY VENDORS/CONTENT PROVIDERS
MedLife never shares any personal information you provide when requesting information with third parties, except as required by law or in order to provide the services requested. MedLife occasionally will engage reputable third-party vendors to help us manage our website, provide content and information, and interact better with our patients and visitors.
LINKS TO EXTERNAL WEBSITES
This Website Privacy Policy applies only to the MedLife website. In order to provide website users with other helpful information, the MedLife website contains links to other websites. However, MedLife provides no authority over external organizations’ websites and this policy does not apply to external sites that are provided as links. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policies on any external websites before providing them with personal information.
NO DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
No licensed medical professional/patient relationship is created by using information provided by or through the use of the site, links to other sites or any assistance we may provide to help you find an appropriate medical professional or specialist in any field.
RELIANCE ON MEDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.COM
You acknowledge and agree that the Medlifeinternational.com report should not in any form, shape or fashion constitute a diagnosis, medical advice, treatment, medical care or establish any doctor-patient relationship. Furthermore, you understand that your treating physician(s) will remain at all times solely responsible for your diagnosis, care, treatment and evaluation of the second opinion radiology report.
PAYMENT OF FEES
You acknowledge that you or any authorized individual acting on your behalf and who is requesting a service is responsible for all fees charged by Medlifeinternational.com for the services hereunder (including, but not limited to, fees for professional radiology services). You understand that you or your authorized agent must pay these fees in advance, and that it is your responsibility to pursue any third-party insurance reimbursement at your own expense, if any. You have been informed that you have the option to withdraw consent for this report at any time. However, if you withdraw your consent after payment is made, you will remain responsible for the full amount. No money will be refunded after services are issued.
RELEASE OF LIABILITY
You further release and hold harmless Medlifeinternational.com and its/their respective physicians, employees, contractors, business associates and/or agents for any harm, claim, injury or damages of any kind including, but not limited to, compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damage, directly or indirectly, as result of any and all uses of the services hereunder and any review, interpretation or analysis or and/or reliance on any and all reports. Although every effort will be made to generate a second opinion radiology report in reasonably timely fashion, Medlifeinternational.com makes no representation or warranty as to the timeframe in which such second opinion radiology report will be generated.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
You are responsible for all use of the Site and for all use of your Credentials, including use by others to whom you have given your Credentials. You may use the Site and the Services for lawful, non-commercial purposes only. You may not use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our servers or networks, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site or the Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Services, user accounts, or computer systems or networks, through hacking, password mining or any other means. Without limiting any of the foregoing, you agree that you shall not (and you agree not to allow any third party to):
- copy, modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Site, its content or materials and/or the Services;
- remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Site and/or the Services or in or on any content or other material obtained via the Site and/or the Services;
- use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other automated device, process or means to access, retrieve or index any portion of the Site and/or the Services;
- access, retrieve or index any portion of the Site and/or the Services for purposes of constructing or populating a searchable database of reviews related to the health care industry or medical physicians;
- reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Site and/or the Services;
- fraudulently misuse the Services by scheduling an appointment with a physician which you have no intention of keeping;
- create user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses; or
- collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited activities described in this paragraph.
In addition to our rights in these Terms of Use, we may take any legal action and implement any technical remedies to prevent the violation of this provision and to enforce these Terms of Use.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE
Unless otherwise noted, all materials, including images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, video clips and written and other materials that are part of Company or Company's Website(s) are copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property owned, controlled or licensed by Company. No material from Company's Website(s) or any other Company web site may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way, except with express written consent of Company. In addition, you shall not commit any of the following acts through use of Company's Website(s): a. transmit any content that is invasive of another's privacy or otherwise objectionable; b. use foul language or post links to adult-oriented content; c. transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes" or any other form of unrequested solicitation; d. post advertising messages or solicitations, URLs containing a referral code or referral address, or links to businesses or pages with advertising, including "blind" or "hidden" referral links; or e. collect, store, use or disseminate personal data or information about other users in any manner whatsoever, including but not limited to, solicitation of products or services by mail, telephone or e-mail (e.g. e-mail addresses).
NO SPAM
You may not use contact information provided by our users or collaborating physicians, or harvest such information for the purpose of sending, or to facilitate the sending, of unsolicited bulk communications such as SPAM. You may not allow others to use your account to violate the terms of this section. We may terminate your membership or access to the Site immediately and take other legal action if you or anyone using your Credentials violates these provisions.
VIOLATIONS
In addition to any and all remedies at law or in equity, any intentional violation of this Agreement shall give Company the right to immediately suspend or cancel its services to, and business relationship with, you.
TERMINATION
We may terminate and/or suspend your registration immediately, without notice, if there has been a violation of these Terms of Use or other policies and terms posted on the Site by you or by someone using your Credentials. We may also cancel or suspend your registration for any other reason, including inactivity for an extended period, but will attempt to notify you in advance of such cancellation or suspension. Medlifeinternational.com shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Site and/or the Services. Further, you agree not to attempt to use the Site and/or the Services after any such deletion, deactivation or termination.
PROCEDURES / PRODUCTS / SERVICES
The procedures, products, services and devices discussed and/or advertised within the Site are not applicable to all individuals, patients or all clinical situations. We make no claims as to the effectiveness of any such procedures, products, services and devices. Any products and/or services represented on the Site by advertisers, sponsors, and other Site participants, either paid or unpaid, are presented for your awareness and do not necessarily imply appropriateness for any particular individual or prediction of effectiveness, outcome or success.
CHANGES TO THE SERVICES
We may from time to time add new services to the Services, substitute a new service for one of the existing Services, or discontinue or suspend one of the existing Services. Information about the new services will be included on the Site, and the users of new services will be governed by these Terms of Use. You agree that Medlifeinternational.com will not be liable to you or any third party for any suspension or discontinuation of any of the Services.
ASSIGNMENT
We may assign this contract at any time to any subsidiary or any affiliated company, or as part of the sale to, merger with, or other transfer of our company to another entity. We will post a notice on the Site regarding any change of ownership so that you have the opportunity to discontinue your use of the Site or cancel your registration if you do not wish to continue to use the Site and the Services under the new ownership. You may not assign, transfer or sublicense these Terms of Use to any one else and any attempt to do so in violation of this section shall be null and void.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
We provide the site and the services "As is", "With all faults" and "As available." we make no express or implied warranties or guarantees about the services. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we hereby disclaim all such warranties, including all statutory warranties, with respect to the services and the site, including without limitation any warranties that the services are merchantable, of satisfactory quality, accurate, fit for a particular purpose or need, or non-infringing. We do not guarantee that the results that may be obtained from the use of the services will be effective, reliable or accurate or will meet your requirements. We do not guarantee that you will be able to access or use the services (either directly or through third-party networks) at times or locations of your choosing. We are not responsible for the accuracy, reliability, timeliness or completeness of information provided by users of the site or any other data or information provided or received through the site. Except as expressly set forth herein, medlifeinternational.Com makes no warranties about the information systems, software and functions made accessible through the site or any other security associated with the transmission of sensitive information. Medlifeinternational.Com does not warrant that the site or the services will operate error-free, that loss of data will not occur, or that the services software or site are free of computer viruses, contaminants or other harmful items.
GENERAL LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Your sole and exclusive remedy for any dispute with us is the cancellation of your registration. In no event shall our total cumulative liability to you for any and all claims relating to or arising out of your use of the services or the site, regardless of the form of action, exceed the greater of: (a) the total amount of fees, if any, that you paid to utilize the site or the services or (b) € 100. In no event shall we be liable to you (or to any third party claiming under or through you) for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential or exemplary damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the site and/or the services. These exclusions apply to any claims for lost profits, lost data, loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, any other commercial damages or losses, or medical malpractice or negligence of physicians utilized through use of the service, even if we knew or should have known of the possibility of such damages. Because some states or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states or jurisdictions, our liability shall be limited to the extent permitted by law.
INDEMNIFICATION
Upon a request by us, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our employees, contractors, officers, directors, agents, parent, other affiliated companies, and suppliers, from all liabilities, claims, demands and expenses, including attorney's fees, made by any third party that arise from or are related to (a) your access to the Site, (b) your use of the Services, or (c) the violation of these Terms of Use by you or any third party using your Credentials of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. The foregoing indemnification obligation does not apply to liabilities, claims and expenses arising as a result of our own gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
CONTACT
If you have any comments, concerns or questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@medlifeinternational.com.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
MedLife has the right to change or update this Website Privacy Policy from time to time without notice, so please review it periodically to keep informed of any changes. If you have questions about this privacy policy or concerns about how we collect, use or protect your personal information, please contact us at contact@medlifeinternational.com.