Terms & Conditions
What is the Red Blood Cell Disorders Hub?
This website, known as “The Red Blood Cell Disorders Hub”, is provided by the University Health Network’s Red Blood Cell Disorders Clinic as a publicly available resource for the purpose of sharing information and blog stories related to red blood cell disorders with the RBCD community and the public. The RBCD Hub includes content gathered from patients, clinicians, and external parties. The UHN RBCD clinic manages the website’s content and the UHN RBCD social media accounts that are linked from this website.
Using the website
By using this website (“site”), you are indicating that you agree to the Terms and Conditions set out here. If you do not agree with all of these Terms and Conditions, do not use the site.
The Red Blood Cell Disorders (“RBDC”) Clinic at University Health Network (“UHN”) may change the Terms and Conditions at any time. Your continued use of the site indicates that you agree with the changes.
This is a Canadian website. Its content is intended for Canadian residents only.
This site does not provide medical advice or medical care.
This site does not provide legal advice.
All of the information on the site is provided for informational purposes only. This site does not provide medical advice. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have or suspect you have a health problem, please consult your doctor. If you are having a health or mental health emergency, please call 911 or the number for emergency services in your area, or go to an Emergency Department near you.
This site may contain health- or medical-related materials that are explicit and may be disturbing. If you find these materials offensive or disturbing, you may not want to use our website.
Viewing or using the information, provided by The RBCD Hub on the site, is solely at your own risk.
The site and the content provided are on an “as is” basis. When using the site, information will be transmitted on the internet and beyond the control and jurisdiction of UHN. As such, UHN assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of this site.
Use of Content
The RBCD Hub authorizes you to view or download a single copy of the material on the site solely for your personal, non-commercial use if you include the following copyright notice: “Copyright © 2022 University Health Network. All rights reserved.” Any other use of the material is strictly prohibited without our prior written permission and the permission of the applicable rights holder(s). If you violate any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the content automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the content.
Stories and Recordings on the site
The material contained in stories on the site is intended for informational purposes only. The site may also include photos, audio, and/or video recordings. Please be advised that site users may be cautioned as some content may contain explicit scenes and/or graphic images that may be inappropriate for certain audiences. By accessing the stories and recordings, you acknowledge and fully understand that they are for informational purposes only.
The views and opinions of authors expressed in the stories and recordings do not necessarily state or reflect those of UHN and they may not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. UHN does not endorse or recommend any commercial products, processes or services.
Specific medical advice will not be provided. UHN urges you to consult with a qualified physician for consultation, diagnosis, and/or treatment plans with respect to your medical condition(s). It is not the intention of UHN to provide specific medical advice through video, but rather, to provide users with information to better understand their health and their diagnosed disorders.
External Websites Linked from the site
Any websites linked from the site are created by organizations outside the University Health Network. Those organizations are responsible for the information contained within their sites. UHN does not recommend and does not endorse the content on any third-party websites. UHN is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites or third-party advertisements and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites. Any specific comments regarding these sites should be directed to that individual organization.
Social Media linked from the site
This site includes links to The RBCD Hub’s social media pages on third party social media platforms. By participating in these social media pages, you agree and understand that your account name and any text, image, or recording that you post may be posted/re-posted by anyone, for any purpose. It is possible as with any social medial use, your posts may be altered or manipulated to change your intended sentiment, and posted by a third party without your consent and may exist online forever.
UHN does not endorse, or support any views, opinions, recommendations, information, or advice that may be in posted by participants, nor do we vouch for any post’s accuracy or reliability, usefulness, safety, or the intellectual property rights of any posted content. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.
Risks
Electronic communication of any kind may have some risk. Third parties may take over electronic communication and introduce malware, phishing scams, or other unauthorized access.
UHN is not responsible for the security of participants' internet service providers, email domains, personal devices, or personal computers.
Sharing your personal information, personal health information or sensitive information on a public website or social media platform carries risk that third parties will view and use the information for their own purposes. Please do not share any information on The RBCD Hub platforms unless you are comfortable with the information being viewed and further used or shared by the general public.
General Information
Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others of these Terms and Conditions does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. These Terms and Conditions set forth the entire understanding and agreement between us and any site user with respect to the site, its uses, and services.
At UHN’s sole discretion, any information that is deemed to be harmful, criminal, or in opposition to the Terms and Conditions may be removed from the site by UHN.
At UHN’s sole discretion, we reserve the right to discontinue your use of the site where we deem your activities on the site to be harmful, criminal, or contradict these Terms and Conditions in any way.
Except as expressly provided in a particular “legal notice” on the site, Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and UHN with respect to the use of the site.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions or the website in general, please contact us at RBCDhub@uhn.ca.