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Please be sure to read our Terms of Access and Use for the RPA site.
This privacy statement applies
specifically to the Renal Physicians Association (RPA)
Web Site. Questions regarding this statement should
be directed to Rose
Butts. If you do not receive a response within 2
days or if your inquiry has not been satisfactorily
addressed, please contact RPA
(inquiries currently accepted in English only). RPA
is committed to protecting your privacy and to giving
you a powerful, safe, online experience
Privacy Principles
Because your privacy is important to us, RPA operates
by the following principles:
Principle 1
Principle 2
Principle 3
Principle 4
Disclaimer
This web site contains links to third-party web sites.
These links are provided solely as a convenience to
users of this web site. RPA is not responsible for the
content of linked third-party sites and does not make
any representations regarding the content or accuracy
of materials on such third-party web sites. If you decide
to access linked third-party web sites, you do so at
your own risk. Your use of third-party web sites is
subject to the Terms and Conditions of use for those
sites.For more information about our privacy statement,
see the following Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Frequently Asked Questions
How does
RPA ensure my privacy?
What about Cookies?
Does RPA collect other forms of
information about its users?
How do I correct or change personal
information that I have give to RPA?
Is my Personal Information
secure from others using the RPA site?
How else might someone learn
of my personal information while visiting another site?
How is RPA registration information
used in the RPA Directory and how can I remove my name
from the Directory?
Privacy Principles
Principle 1
RPA explicitly asks when it needs information that personally
identifies you ("Personal Information"). RPA
asks for your first and last name, state and zip code
(or country and postal code for non-U.S. residents),
gender, year of birth, and occupation. You may update
this information at any time from within your RPA account
by clicking the "For Members Only" button
on the navigation bar, and then clicking on the "Personal"
icon.
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Principle
2
Your Personal Information is used only for demographic
statistics and to display appropriate individualized
advertisements. RPA keeps all of your Personal Information
private and does not share it with any third parties.
RPA will not disclose your Personal Information unless
acting under a good faith belief that such action is
necessary to: (1) conform to legal requirements or comply
with legal process; (2) protect and defend the rights
or property of RPA; or (3) act to protect the interests
of its members or others.
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Principle
3
RPA will not send you any unsolicited information, including
email, except as mentioned below. New users will receive
a RPA welcome letter explaining the features provided
by the service. Under exigent circumstances, RPA may
be required to send you information about the service
or your account, but RPA will not send you unsolicited
email regarding any commercial offers or advertisements
at any time.
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Principle
4
If at any time you believe that RPA has not adhered
to these principles, please notify us by email at RPA and we will use reasonable efforts to promptly
determine and correct the problem.
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Frequently
Asked Questions
How
does RPA ensure my privacy?
RPA has partnered with its web site developer to create
standards and best practices for putting people in control
of their personal information online.
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What
about Cookies?
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers
to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes.
Cookies can make the Web more useful by storing information
about your preferences on a particular site. The use
of cookies is an industry standard, and many major Web
sites use them to provide useful features for their
customers. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally
identify users, although they do identify a user's computer.
Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies.
If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies.
However, you may not be able to take full advantage
of a Web site if you do so.
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Does
RPA collect other forms of information about its users?
In addition to the use of personal information to operate
the site, RPA also gathers anonymous information, which
may be used by RPA or shared with its advertisers. This
is information which does not personally identify you,
but which may be helpful for marketing purposes or for
improving the services we offer. Generally, this information
is collected through "traffic data" and may
entail the use of "Cookies" "IP addresses"
or other numeric codes used to identify a computer.
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How
do I correct or change personal information that I have
give to RPA?
You may update this information at any time from within
your RPA account by clicking the "Options"
button on the navigation bar, and then clicking on the
"Personal" icon.
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Is
my Personal Information secure from others using the
RPA site?
Personal Information collected by RPA is stored in secure
operating environments that are not available to the
public.
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How
else might someone learn of my personal information
while visiting another site?
In addition to directly providing information to RPA,
you might also provide personal information through
chat sessions, email exchanges or bulletin board use
made available to you on other sites, including other
MSN sites. Chat sessions and bulletin board or newsgroup
use is considered public and you are responsible for
your actions in these areas. The RPA Privacy Statement
does not cover this type of transfer of your personal
information. You should always be careful when distributing
your personal information in this manner.
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How
is RPA registration information used in the RPA Directory
and how can I remove my name from the Directory?
During the RPA registration process you are given the
choice as to whether you want to be listed in the RPA
Directory. If you did not make a choice during the initial
registration process, your registered name and location
is listed in the RPA Directory. At any time, you can
change or remove your personal information from the
RPA Directory by clicking on the "Options"
button on the navigation bar, and then clicking on the
"Personal" icon.
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Terms of Access and Use for RPA Site
The following are terms of a legal agreement (“Agreement”) between you and the Renal Physicians Association (“Company”). By accessing, browsing and/or otherwise using this web site (“Site”), you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including U.S. export and re-export control laws and regulations. If you do not agree to all of these terms and conditions, you may not access, browse and/or use this Site. The material provided on this Site is protected by law, including, but not limited to, United States copyright law and international treaties.
These terms of access apply to your access to and use of this Site and do not alter in any way the terms and conditions of any other agreement you may have with Company for products, software, services or otherwise, unless otherwise directed by Company. If you breach any of these terms and conditions, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed materials and discontinue use of any hyperlinks to this Site.
USE RESTRICTIONS
Copyright. All Site materials, including, without limitation, text, pictures, graphics and other files and the selection and arrangement thereof are copyrighted materials of Company ©, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, or by the original creator of the material. Permission is granted to display, copy, distribute, and download the materials on this Site for personal, noncommercial use only, provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the materials. You may not, however, distribute, copy, reproduce, display, republish, download, or transmit any material on this Site for commercial use without prior written approval of Company. You may not “mirror” any material contained on this Site on any other server without prior written permission from Company. Any unauthorized use of any material contained on this Site may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity and communications regulations and statutes.
Trademarks. The trademarks, service marks, trade names, and logos (the “Trademarks”) used and displayed on this Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Company. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts are service marks, trademarks and/or trade dress of Company, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Company. You acknowledge that the Trademarks used and displayed on this Site are and shall remain the sole property of Company or the Trademark owner. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer any right of ownership of any of the Trademarks in you. Further, nothing in this Site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right to use any Trademark used or displayed on the Site, without the express written permission of Company or the Trademark owner. The misuse of the trademarks displayed on this Site, or any other content on the Site, is strictly prohibited.
Hyperlinks. You are granted a limited, nonexclusive right to create a “hypertext” link to this Site provided that such link is to the entry page of this Site and does not portray Company or any of its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise defamatory manner. This limited right may be revoked at any time for any reason whatsoever. You may not use framing techniques to enclose any Company trademark, logo or trade name or other proprietary information including the images found at the Site, the content of any text or the layout/design of any page or any form contained on a page without Company’s express written consent. Links to third party sites on this Site are provided solely as convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave this Site. Company has not reviewed all of these third party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites, their content or their policies, including, without limitation, privacy policies or lack thereof. Company does not endorse or make any representations about third party sites or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this site, you do so entirely at your own risk. You acknowledge and agree that Company 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 the use of or reliance on any such third party sites.
Downloadable Materials. Any software, including codes or other materials that are made available to download from this Site, is the copyrighted work of Company and/or its suppliers and affiliates. If you download software from this Site, use of the software is subject to the license terms in the software license agreement that accompanies or is provided with the software. You may not download or install the software until you have read and accepted the terms of the applicable software license agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, copying or reproduction of the software to any other server or location for further reproduction or redistribution is expressly prohibited unless otherwise provided for in the applicable software license agreement in the case of software, or the express written consent of Company in the case of codes or other downloadable materials.
Limited Access. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by Company, any access or attempt to access other areas of the Company computer system or other information contained on the system for any purposes is strictly prohibited. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to “screen scrape,” monitor, “mine,” or copy the Web pages on the Site or the content contained therein without Company’ prior, express, and written permission. You will not spam or send unsolicited e-mail to any other user of the Site for any reason. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Company’s infrastructure.
Additional Use Restrictions. You shall not post, transmit, e-mail, re-transmit or store material on or through any of the services provided by Company (the “Services”) which, in the sole judgment of the Company: (i) is in violation of any local, state, federal or non-United States law or regulation, (ii) is threatening, obscene, indecent, defamatory or that otherwise could adversely affect any individual, group or entity (collectively, "Persons") or (iii) violates the rights of any person, including rights protected by copyright, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property or similar laws or regulations including, but not limited to, the installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software products that are not appropriately licensed for use by you. You shall be responsible for determining what laws or regulations are applicable to its use of the Services. In addition, you may only use the Services in a manner that, in the Company's sole judgment, is consistent with the purposes of such Services. If you are unsure of whether any contemplated use or action is permitted, please contact the Company at webmaster@renalmd.org. By way of example, and not limitation, the following uses described below of the Services are expressly prohibited:
- upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials (collectively, “Content”) that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable. Pornography and pornographic related merchandising are prohibited under all Services, including providing links to pornographic content elsewhere;
- harm minors in any way;
- impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a the Company official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Services or develop restricted or password-only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to from another accessible page);
- upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements;
- upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
- upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas of the Services that are designated for such purpose;
- upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges;
- interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services;
- intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;
- “stalk" or otherwise harass another;
- promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promote any act of cruelty to animals. This may include, but is not limited to, providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other weapons, and creating "Crush" sites; and
- effecting security breaches or disruptions of Internet communication. Security breaches include, but are not limited to, accessing data of which you are not an intended recipient or logging into a server or account that you are not expressly authorized to access.
DISCLAIMER WARRANTY
This Site, including all software, functions, materials, and information, is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Company disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of quiet enjoyment and non-infringement and implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, title, quiet enjoyment, merchantability of computer programs, data accuracy, system integration, and informational content. Company does not warrant or make any representations regarding the operation of this Site, the use, validity, accuracy or reliability of, or the results of the use of the materials on this Site or any other sites linked to this Site. The materials of this Site may be out of date, and Company makes no commitment to update the materials at this Site. Company does not and cannot guarantee or warrant that the files available for downloading from this Site, if any, will be free from infection, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. Company does not warrant that this Site, software, materials, products, or services will be uninterrupted or error-free or that any defects in this Site, software, materials, products, or services will be corrected.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event will Company, its suppliers or other third parties mentioned at or in this Site be liable for any damages, including, without limitation direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, damages resulting from lost profits, lost data or business interruption arising out of relating to the use, inability to use, or resulting from the use of this Site, any web sites linked to this Site, the materials, software or other information contained in any or all such sites, whether based on warranty, contracts, statutes, regulations, tort (including but not limited to, negligence) or any other legal theory and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages. If your use of the materials or information from this Site results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment or data, you assume all costs thereof. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS
The materials on this Site are provided with “RESTRICTED RIGHTS.” Use, duplication, or disclosure by the government is subject to restrictions as set forth in applicable laws and regulations. Use of the materials by the government constitutes acknowledgment of Company’s or other owner’s proprietary rights in them.
REVISIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT
Company may revise this Agreement at any time without notice by updating this posting. By using this Site you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this Site and page to determine the then current terms and conditions of use to which you are bound.
TRANSMISSIONS
Any material, information or idea you transmit to or post on this Site by any means will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be disseminated or used by Company or its affiliates for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, profane material or any other material, including but not limited to any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under both domestic and international law.
APPLICABLE LAWS & MISCELLANEOUS
If any provision(s) of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect. Company’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Company in writing. The section titles in this Agreement are solely used for the convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual significance. This Agreement may be assigned in whole or in part by Company. This Agreement may not be assigned in any manner by you without the express, prior written permission of Company. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Anystate notwithstanding any conflict of laws provisions. You irrevocably and unconditionally (i) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal in the County of Anycounty, Anystate (the “Anystate Courts”) for any litigation or dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, (ii) agree not to commence any litigation arising out of or relating to this Agreement except in the Anystate Courts, (iii) agree not to plead or claim that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient forum, and (iv) agree the Anystate courts represent the exclusive jurisdiction for all disputes relating to this Agreement.
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