Patient-Advisors.com Terms of Use Agreement and Privacy Policy

Patient-Advisors.com is an internet-based information sharing service that allows Users to find, communicate with, and learn from other Users regarding surgical experiences. The Services offered by Patient-Advisors.com include any Patient-Advisors.com-branded URL (the "Website"), any Patient-Advisors.com messaging service, chatrooms, email, blogs, and any other features, content, or applications offered from time to time by Patient-Advisors.com in connection with Patient-Advisors.com’s business (collectively, the "Services"). 

This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") contains the legally binding terms for your use of the Services.  By using the Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. Please read this Agreement and save it.  If you do not agree to be bound by this Agreement and to follow all applicable laws, you should leave the Website and discontinue use of the Services immediately. 

This Agreement includes Patient-Advisors.com’s policy for acceptable use of the Services and Content (defined below) posted on or through the Services, your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the Services and Content posted on or through the Services and our policy regarding protection of your privacy.  Patient-Advisors.com may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon posting on the Website.  Your continued use of the Services after posting of a revised Agreement signifies your acceptance of the revised Agreement.  It is therefore important that you review this Agreement regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.

Please choose carefully the information you post on or through the Services, and that you provide to other Users.  If you choose to remain anonymous, Patient-Advisors.com will make every effort to safeguard your privacy, but cannot guarantee your privacy. Any information, and in particular any Protected Health Information (PHI) that you may post, will be publicly available to others via the Website, and you are forfeiting any privacy rights you have concerning this information.

Users

The term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member. A "Visitor" is a User who simply browses the Website, including through a mobile device, or otherwise uses the Services without being registered.  A "Member" is a User who has registered with Patient-Advisors.com.  If you wish to become a Member, communicate with other Members and/or make use of the Services, you must read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance during the registration process.   Users must abide by all applicable laws and the terms of this Agreement, regardless of whether your access or use is intended.

Use of the Services and registration to be a Member for the Services (“Membership”) is void where prohibited by law.  By using the Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 18 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation.  Your registration may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning by Patient-Advisors in its sole discretion.

The Website and Services are FREE to all Users and Members.  However, in light of and in exchange for free use of these Services, you may receive periodic emails from Patient-Advisors.com and our advertisers, and advertisements will be visible on the website.  

When you sign up to become a Member, you will also be asked to choose a password.  You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password.  You agree not to use the account, screen name, or password of another Member at any time or to disclose your password to any third party.  You agree to notify Patient-Advisors.com immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or access to your password.  You are solely responsible for any and all use of your account.

The Services are for personal use and may be not be used for promotional purposes.  Patient-Advisors.com reserves the right to remove commercial content in its sole discretion.  Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Services, including collecting screen names, passwords, and/or email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website, or employing third party promotional sites or software to promote profiles for money, is prohibited.  Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of unauthorized solicitation may be removed from Member postings without notice or explanation and may result in termination of Membership privileges.  Patient-Advisors.com reserves the right to take appropriate legal action for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Services.

Each User is solely responsible for interactions with other Patient-Advisors.com Users.  Patient-Advisors.com reserves the right, but has no obligation, to become involved in any way with disputes between Users.

Content

The Website is comprised of text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, or any other materials (collectively, "Content").  Patient-Advisors.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Patient-Advisors.com’s sole discretion, posts offensive, harassing, exploitive, or illegal content (“Prohibited Content”), or uses the Services in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations..  Patient-Advisors.com may take such action as removing the offending Content from the Services and terminating the Membership of such violators.  Such Prohibited Content is determined by the sole discretion of Patient-Advisors.com.

Patient-Advisors.com may reject, refuse to post or delete any Content for any or no reason, including Content that in the sole judgment of Patient-Advisors.com violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights of any person or entity, or harm or threaten the safety of any person or entity. Patient-Advisors.com assumes no responsibility for monitoring the Services for inappropriate Content or conduct.  If at any time Patient-Advisors.com chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Services, Patient-Advisors.com nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the Content, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Content, and no responsibility for the conduct of the User submitting any such Content.

User-submitted Content may not include any form of Prohibited Content.  Despite this prohibition, information, materials, products or services provided by other Patient-Advisors.com Members may, in whole or in part, be unauthorized, impermissible or otherwise violate this Agreement, and Patient-Advisors.com assumes no responsibility or liability for this material.  If you become aware of misuse of the Services by any person, please click on the “Report Inappropriate Content” link.

Patient-Advisors.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting, or to deny, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation, and without liability.  Patient-Advisors.com expressly reserves the right to remove your postings and/or deny, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at its sole discretion.

Patient-Advisors.com does not provide medical advice.  The Content and all other material contained on Patient-Advisors.com are for informational purposes only, and Patient-Advisors.com does not verify the truth or accuracy of the content and makes no representations or warranties in that respect. Users should not substitute the information on this website for professional medical advice.   Users should seek the advice of a physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions regarding a medical condition.  In the case of a medical emergency, Users should call 911 or go to the nearest Emergency Room.  Patient-Advisors.com does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, surgeries, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Site.  Reliance on any information provided by Patient-Advisors.com, Patient-Advisors.com employees, others appearing on the site at the invitation of Patient-Advisors.com or other Users of the Site, is solely at the User’s own risk and discretion.

Intellectual Property

The Services contain Content created or owned by Patient-Advisors.com ("Patient-Advisors.com Content").  Patient-Advisors.com Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and Patient-Advisors.com owns and retains all rights in the Patient-Advisors.com Content and the Services.  Patient-Advisors.com hereby grants you a limited, revocable, non-sublicensable license to reproduce and display the Patient-Advisors.com Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the Website and using the Services.

The Services contain Content of Users and other Patient-Advisors.com licensors.  Except as provided within this Agreement, you may not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any Content appearing on or through the Services.

Patient-Advisors.com does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post on or through the Services.  After posting your Content to the Website, you continue to retain any such rights that you may have in your Content, subject to the limited license herein.  By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through the Services, you hereby grant to Patient-Advisors.com a limited license to use, modify, delete from, add to, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content solely on or through the Services, including without limitation distributing part or all of the Website in any media formats and through any media channels.  This limited license grants Patient-Advisors.com the right to sell or otherwise distribute your Content outside of the Services.  If you remove your Content from the Website we will cease distribution as soon as practicable, and at such time when distribution ceases, the license will terminate.

Patient-Advisors.com performs technical functions necessary to offer the Services, including but not limited to transcoding and/or reformatting Content to allow its use throughout the Services.     

The license you grant to Patient-Advisors.com is non-exclusive (meaning you are free to license your Content to anyone else in addition to Patient-Advisors.com), fully-paid and royalty-free (meaning that Patient-Advisors.com is not required to pay you for the use on the Services of the Content that you post), sublicensable (so that Patient-Advisors.com  is able to use its affiliates, subcontractors and other partners such as Internet content delivery networks and wireless carriers to provide the Services), and worldwide (because the Internet and the Services are global in reach). 

You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this Section 6, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or entity.  You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person or entity by reason of any Content posted by you on or through the Services.

Patient-Advisors.com respects the intellectual property of others, and requires that Users do the same.  Users may not upload, embed, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that infringes any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any person or entity, including but not limited to violations of privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights.  Patient-Advisors.com has the right to terminate the Membership of infringers.

If you believe your work has been copied and posted on or through the Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, kindly contact Patient-Advisors.com via the “Submit Feedback” link.        

COMPLIANCE WITH THE CAN-SPAM ACT

As a User, you agree to abide by the CAN-SPAM Act (15 U.S.C. §§7701-13) when utilizing the website, posting in message boards, participating in chat rooms, and contacting other Users by email.  The User may not use the Website, including, but not limited to, message boards, chat rooms, or contact information to bombard individuals or groups with uninvited commercial email, sexually explicit commercial email, or engage in other activities in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act, such as, but not limited to: (a) harvesting email addresses from the Website; (b) falsifying or using misleading header information; or (c) using deceptive subject lines.  The User may not promote Patient-Advisors.com products or services through uninvited commercial emails without the express written consent of Patient-Advisors.com.

Patient-Advisors.com will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages of any kind resulting from goods or services purchased or transactions entered into through postings on the Website.  The User agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Patient-Advisors.com its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, and agents from any and all third Party claims, liability, damages, and/or costs (including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees) arising from the User's activities in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act.  The terms of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of the Patient-Advisors.com’s successors, assignees, and licensees.  The User covenants to cooperate fully in the defense of any claim.  However, Patient-Advisors.com reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by User and User shall not in any even settle any matter without the written consent of Patient-Advisors.com   

Additional Terms

THE WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. PATIENT-ADVISORS.COM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE USER CONTENT OR THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF THE USER CONTENT POSTED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, WHETHER CAUSED BY USERS OF THE SERVICES OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN THE SERVICES.  SUCH USER CONTENT DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE OPINIONS OR POLICIES OF PATIENT-ADVISORS.COM. 

Information, advertisements, and third party applications created and posted by Members on the Website may contain links to other websites.  Patient-Advisors.com is not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such websites, and such websites are not necessarily investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by Patient-Advisors.com.  Inclusion of any linked website on the Patient-Advisors.com Services does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by Patient-Advisors.com.  When you access these third party sites, you do so at your own risk.  Patient-Advisors.com takes no responsibility for third party advertisements or third party applications that are posted on or through the Services, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. Patient-Advisors.com is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the Services.  Patient-Advisors.com assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any User or Member communication.  Patient-Advisors.com is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or players due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the Services or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Users or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with the Services.  Under no circumstances shall Patient-Advisors.com be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the Services, from any User Content posted on or through the Services, or from the conduct of any Users of the Services, whether online or offline.  The Services are provided "AS-IS" and as available and Patient-Advisors.com expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.  Patient-Advisors.com cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Services.

IN NO EVENT SHALL PATIENT-ADVISORS.COM BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF PATIENT-ADVISORS.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, PATIENT-ADVISORS.COM’S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO PATIENT-ADVISORS.COM FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.

The Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.  You and Patient-Advisors.com agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to resolve any dispute arising out of the Agreement or the Services.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY CLAIMS, COUNTERCLAIMS, CROSS-CLAIMS, OR THIRD PARTY CLAIMS) ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.  FURTHER, EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF EITHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF SUCH LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION.  EACH OF THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS SECTION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE OTHER PARTY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

You agree to indemnify and hold Patient-Advisors.com, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Services in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and/or if any Content that you post on or through the Services causes Patient-Advisors.com to be liable to another.

This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the Website or any of the Services and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member.  This Agreement also applies to Advertisers on Patient-Advisors.com. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Patient-Advisors.com regarding the use of the Services.  The failure of Patient-Advisors.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision.  The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.  This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law.  If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

This Agreement, and any posted revisions to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services or are a Member.  You may terminate your Membership at any time, for any or no reason, by following the instructions on the Website.  Patient-Advisors.com may terminate your Membership at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation, and without liability.  Even after Membership is terminated, this entire Agreement will remain in effect.

Please contact us via the “Contact Us” link on the Website, with any questions regarding this Agreement.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to Patient-Advisors.com, the Website and Services provided by Patient-Advisors.com.

The Website contains links to other sites. Once you enter another Web site (whether through an advertisement, service, or content link), be aware that Patient-Advisors.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage you to look for and review the privacy statements of each and every Web site that you visit through a link or advertisement on the Website.

Users may submit two types of information that can be traced back to an individual.  The first type of information is collectively referred to as “Personally Identifiable Information” and may include your name, home address, telephone number, and email address.  The second type of information is collectively referred to as “Protected Health Information.”  This information includes the combination of Personally Identifiable Information with health characteristics submitted by the same User.  By submitting this information, you have publicly disclosed it, disclaim any privacy rights, and agree to ensure its accuracy.  

Patient-Advisors.com collects information that is not traceable back to any individual and cannot be used to identify an individual, which may include information such as gender, age, city and state when not linked with other Personally Identifiable Information (collectively, “Non-Personal Information”) from all Users.

Patient-Advisors.com collects Personally Identifiable Information, like your name, email address, date of birth, and zip code, that you provide to us when you register as a member of Patient-Advisors.com and/or when you update your member profile. We may use the Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to respond to your questions, provide you the specific services you select, send you emails about Website maintenance and updates, and inform you of significant changes to this Privacy Policy.

Users may correct, update, review or delete information submitted.  Patient-Advisors.com may store any User-submitted data in an active database for a period of time.  This data may be moved to an active database or an inactive back-up medium for a period of time determined at the sole discretion of Patient-Advisors.com.  If a User wishes to delete  submitted information, they may delete their registration information via the “Manage Account” link.  However, Patient-Advisors.com is unable to delete any surgical experience information Users have posted, or any email correspondence. Users should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information provided by Users.  By deleting your registration, your User and/or Member rights will also be terminated.

Patient-Advisors.com collects information about your use of the Website, and your use of Web sites of sponsors and advertisers, through the use of Cookies. We may use Cookie information to deliver certain advertisements or to determine the popularity of certain content or advertisements. We may allow third parties to place a cookie on your browser in order to enable advertisers to deliver targeted advertisements or email communications.  Cookies are also used to facilitate a User's log-in, as navigation aids, and as session timers. Cookies used by the Website are also used to restrict underage use of the tools. Cookies are also used to determine whether you have seen certain content or advertising so that we may request your opinions. Most browser software can be set to reject all Cookies. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject Cookies in the "Help" section of the toolbar. If you reject our Cookies, certain of the functions and conveniences of our Web site may not work properly but you do not have to accept our Cookies in order to productively use the Website.

We also reserve the right to use Web Beacons. Web Beacons are tiny graphic image files, imbedded in a web page in GIF, jpeg or HTML format, typically used to monitor activity on a web page. Web Beacons can also be used to place a Cookie on your computer.

The information collected by Web Beacons (i) allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using the Website and selected sponsors' and advertisers' sites, (ii) how many people open our emails, and (iii) for what purposes these actions are being taken. Also we may use web beacons and Cookies to deliver advertisements on the Website based on areas of the Website that you have visited.

Patient-Advisors.com and our advertisers may use Cookies or Web Beacons to collect Information about your usage of the Website. We may use this Information to deliver advertising based on your browsing activity and areas of interest as displayed on the Website. Patient-Advisors.com may further tailor the advertising based on Information such as your geographic location (zip code), gender, age, and surgical procedures which you have undergone.

As a result of registering as a Member with Patient-Advisors.com you may receive informational/promotional newsletters via email from Patient-Advisors.com. You can unsubscribe from these emails by simply following the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.  PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU UNSUBSCRIBE FROM RECEIVING EMAIL NEWSLETTERS OR NOTIFICATIONS, YOUR MEMBERSHIP with Patient-Advisors.com WILL BE CANCELLED.

Advertising Policy

Patient-Advisors.com has established the following guidelines to govern Advertising on the Website.  “Advertising” and “Advertisements” includes but is not limited to third party banners, badges, contextual Advertising, Sponsored Content and Promotions.  These guidelines govern the acceptance of Advertisements and Promotions by Patient-Advisors.com, how Advertisements and Promotions are displayed, and the removal of Advertisements and Promotions. Patient-Advisors.com has sole and absolute discretion with respect to the interpretation and enforcement of this policy and all other issues associated with Advertising on the Website.  Patient-Advisors.com may change this policy at any time in its sole discretion by posting a revised policy to the Website.

1. Patient-Advisors.com has sole discretion for determining the types of Advertising that will be accepted and displayed on the Website, and under no circumstances will Patient-Advisors.com's acceptance of any Advertisement be considered an endorsement of the product(s) and/or service(s) advertised or for the company that manufactures, distributes, or promotes the products or services.
2. Patient-Advisors.com will not accept Advertising that, in Patient-Advisors.com's opinion, is not factually accurate and in good taste.
3. There are certain categories of advertisements that Patient-Advisors.com will not permit on the Website at any time. These categories include but are not limited to the following:
   • illegal or objectionable products
   • fraudulent, deceptive, illicit, misleading or offensive material
   • material that misrepresents, ridicules, discriminates (real or implied) or attacks an individual or group on the basis of age, national origin, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other status deemed inappropriate in the sole discretion of Patient-Advisors.com
   • alcohol
   • weapons, firearms, ammunition, or fireworks
   • gambling
   • pornography or related themes
   • tobacco use of any kind
   • the simulation of news or an emergency
   • material that directly advertises products to or is intended to attract children
   • media or messages for or that reference "M" rated video games or content
   • unreasonable, unlikely or extraordinary product or service claims
   • media messages or imagery that strobe or flash
   • media or messages that contain unsubstantiated "miracle" weight loss or other miracle claims of cure
   • advertising units that extend beyond the defined advertising space or interfere with the content or impact the readability of the content without user initiation
   • advertising units that do not retract to the defined advertising space upon user scroll off or contain a "close" or "X" for user to retract or close the ad unit/message after user initiation
   • advertising units that mimic computer functions, or deceptively indicate a computer or other function that would be reasonable to the average user to assume as a reason to click the unit
   • non-Patient-Advisors.com branded, interactive media units with data capture fields on any Patient-Advisors.com editorial (non-sponsored)
   • non-Patient-Advisors.com branded, interactive media units with personalized or diagnostic assessments
4. Advertisers must only offer products or services, which are readily available for purchase at the advertised price (with noted tax and delivery fees). The Advertising must also clearly identify the advertiser. Any Advertising that could be misconstrued as editorial content will be clearly labeled as Advertising.
5. Patient-Advisors.com recognizes and maintains a distinct separation between advertising and sponsored content and editorial content. All Advertising, promotional, sponsored or marketing content will be clearly and unambiguously identified. Patient-Advisors.com will not allow any Advertising on the Website that is not identified with the label of "Advertisement."
6. A click on an Advertisement may only link the end user to the third-party advertiser’s site or to relevant sponsored content area on the Website.
7. Patient-Advisors.com retains the exclusive right to determine how any and all search results for specific information by keyword or topic are displayed on any Patient-Advisors.com Site. Patient-Advisors.com search results are not influenced based on monetary incentives provided by Advertisers or Sponsors.
8. While third party (sponsor produced) content must adhere to this Advertising Policy, labeling of Sponsored Content on the Patient-Advisors.com Consumer Sites is governed by the Sponsor Policy (below), which describes how we label information from our Sponsors and the steps we take to help our end users understand the differences between Patient-Advisors.com Content and Sponsored Content.
9. Patient-Advisors.com reserves the right to reject, cancel, or remove at any time any Advertising from the Website for any reason, and will provide prompt notice to the advertiser upon rejection, cancellation, or removal of any Advertising, together with an explanation following the rejection, cancellation, or removal. Patient-Advisors.com also reserves the right to determine the appropriate placement of the Advertising on the Website. Any unearned pre-paid advertising fee will be credited back to the Advertiser, upon request.
10. It is the Advertiser's responsibility to comply with all applicable domestic and foreign laws, including applicable laws and regulations of regulatory bodies. This includes pharmaceutical advertising to physicians and consumers that must comply with FDA guidelines for Direct to Physician (DTP) and Direct to Consumer (DTC) advertising. Patient-Advisors.com will not monitor compliance with applicable laws and regulations. However, Patient-Advisors.com reserves the right to review all Advertising for compliance with applicable laws and regulations and, if Patient-Advisors.com becomes aware of any breach or potential breach of any applicable law or regulation or of these guidelines, Patient-Advisors.com may remove the Advertising.
11. No Advertising on the Website shall include any pixels, tags, flash containers or any other type of information collection software code or shall place any beacons, cookies or other information collection devices on the browsers of Patient-Advisors.com Users unless expressly approved in writing by Patient-Advisors.com.
12. No Advertising will be allowed on the Website that could injure the good name or reputation of Patient-Advisors.com or any Patient-Advisors.com Service. 

Sponsorship Policy

Patient-Advisors.com will occasionally offer Content provided by or paid for by third-parties.  This “Sponsored Content” is a form of Advertising and enables Patient-Advisors.com to provide Content at no cost to its Users and Members. 

Sponsored Content provided by a third-party is governed by the Patient-Advisors.com Advertising Policy, but is not reviewed by Patient-Advisors.com for accuracy, objectivity or balance.  Further, Sponsored Content will always be labeled as such.

I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.