Use of the Site
William Osler Health System (“Osler”) invites you to interact with us online, learn about our great community and be the first to know about upcoming events and announcements. We encourage our community to share their stories and engage with us. By accessing and continuing to use our website, www.williamoslerhs.ca (“Site”) and Osler's social media channels and associated sites (including without limitation Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube, mobile versions) you agree to comply with these Terms of Use and all applicable laws.
By accessing our website you agree that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by our Terms of Use and further agree that:
- you are solely responsible for the information you post.
- information and comments posted on our Site are not considered medical advice. Please contact your physician if you have any medical questions or concerns.
- comments posted by others on our website are not the opinions of any Osler staff.
You agree to use our website responsibly and will not:
- post offensive comments or language that is threatening, obscene, profane or hateful
- defame, harass or personally attack another user
- promote unrelated organizations or events
- post material copied from other sources (unless credited)
- share private information
- participate in illegal activities
The Digital Media team at Osler moderates all comments before publishing and reserves the right to remove any comments that violate our Terms of Use. We also reserve the right to block or remove access to repeat offenders of our terms. Osler has the right to monitor the Site and to disclose any information as required by law, regulation or any other governmental order, to operate the Site or any of the services provided or to protect itself or its website users in accordance with its legal obligations.
Ownership of Content
All content on the Site and available through the service, including designs, text, graphics, pictures, video, information, applications, software, music, sound and other files, and their selection and arrangement, are the property of Osler, its users or its licensors with all rights reserved. You are granted a limited license to access and use the Site and the Site's content and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Site's content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact.
Osler, www.williamoslerhs.ca, and other graphics, logos, photographs, videos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are registered trademarks, trademarks or trade dress in Canada and/or other countries. Osler's trademarks and trade dress may not be used, including as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in connection with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without its prior written permission.
By posting user content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Osler an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such user content for any purpose. You waive any and all claims you may now or later have in any jurisdiction to "moral rights" or equivalent rights of authorship with respect to the user content. You may remove your user content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your user content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that Osler may retain archived copies of your user content.
Modifications
Osler reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or delete portions of these Terms of Use at any time. Your continued use of the Site after any such changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms of Use. Please note that it is your responsibility to regularly check this page to determine if there have been any changes to these Terms of Use and to review such changes.
Permitted Use
The Site is available for your personal, non-commercial use only. You represent, warrant and agree that no materials of any kind submitted through your account or otherwise posted, transmitted, or shared by you will violate or infringe the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights; or contain libelous, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material.
In addition, and without limitation, you agree not to use the service or the Site to:
- harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of other users for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails or other unsolicited communications
- solicit other users to join or become members of any commercial online service or other organization without Osler's prior written approval
- use the Site in any unlawful manner or in any other manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Site
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any videos other than those of a personal nature that: (i) are of you or your friends, family or colleagues, (ii) are taken by your friends, family or colleagues, or (iii) are original art or animation created by you or your friends, family or colleagues
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offence, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any municipal, provincial, federal or international law
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available content that, in its sole judgment, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Site, or which may expose us or its users to any harm or liability of any type.
Disclaimer
This is a Canadian website. Its content is intended for Ontario residents only. Content and information published on Site and social media channels is provided for informational and educational purposes only based on information known at a certain point in time. The content and information on this Site is not intended to constitute medical or legal advice and not to constitute a certain “standard of care” for healthcare professionals in Canada. As each individual is unique with their own medical history and needs, healthcare professionals and others are advised to use their own professional judgement to determine the appropriateness of any content and information for their own specific situation and before making any decision regarding medical treatment or legal matters.
All messages and comments posted in forums express the views of the author and Osler will not be held responsible for the content of any message. Although Osler provides rules for user conduct, it does not control, is not responsible for what users may post, transmit or share on the Site and is not responsible for any offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful or otherwise objectionable content you may encounter on the Site. Osler is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Site.
Osler does not accept any liability for your use of the Site and your use of the Site is at your own risk. The Site is provided on an “as is” basis, without any representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, and including without limitation implied representations or warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of proprietary rights, all of which are disclaimed by Osler to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Osler expressly disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions or conduct of any third-party user of the Site or any advertiser or sponsor of the Site (collectively, a “Third Party”). Under no circumstances shall Osler or its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, or licensors be liable for any injury, loss, damage (including special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages), or expense arising in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, from (1) the acts, omissions, or conduct of a Third Party; or (2) any use or inability to use any content located at or made available at any website linked to or from the Site.
If you decide to access or use any linked website or content, materials, software, goods or services from any website linked to or from the Site, you do so entirely at your own risk.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold Osler, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their directors, officers, contractors, partners and employees, harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim, demand, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or in connection with any user content you post or share on or through the Site, your use of the Site, any loss or damage to any user content or personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the Site, any user content or third party content posted on or through the Site or transmitted to users, or any interactions between users of the Site (whether online or offline), your conduct in connection with the Site or with other users of the Site, or any violation of this Agreement or of any law or the rights of any Third Party.
You hereby release Osler and its officers, directors, employees, agents and their respective successors and assigns from any injury, loss, damages or expenses that you may incur, and agree not to assert any claims against them, arising directly or indirectly from your purchase or use of any products or services referenced by or made available through the Site or by Third Party(ies) through the Site.
Third Party Sites
The Site contains (or you may be sent through the Sites) links to other websites ("Third Party Sites"), as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software and other content or items belonging to or originating from Third Parties. Such Third Party content is not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by Osler and Osler is not responsible for any Third Party Sites accessed through the Sites or any Third Party content posted on, available through or installed from the Sites. Inclusion of, linking to or permitting the use or installation of any Third Party Sites or any Third Party content does not imply approval or endorsement by Osler.
Use of Google Analytics
We have integrated Google Analytics on this website.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analysis is the gathering, collection and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data on which website a data subject has come to a website from (so-called referrers), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for which period of time a subpage was viewed for the purpose of website optimization.
Google Analytics uses cookies. The cookies introduced by Google Analytics are unknown to and not accessible by Osler. If you would prefer not to accept cookies in general, you can: (i) go to your browser settings and change your settings so you are notified when you receive a cookie and you can choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) disable existing cookies by selecting this option in your browser; or (iii) set your browser to automatically reject any cookies. Disabling cookies may negatively impact how this website functions for you.
Should you have any questions or concerns about how we use cookies or our privacy practices, you may contact us at Privacy.Office@williamoslerhs.ca.
Learn more about Google's applicable privacy regulations.
Privacy
Osler collects, uses, and discloses personal information only with your consent, and after identifying the purposes for which the personal information is collected, or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law. Generally, information may be collected to improve the operation of the Site, process requests, and/or respond to feedback. We also use contact information to send periodic e-mail alerts or bulletins to subscribers who have opted to use this service.
The Site may automatically collect information including but not limited to the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, your operating system, the parts of the Site you visit, the pages and images viewed, the content you post or download from the Site and your internet service provider's IP address. Such information collected is generally used to improve the Site and for Site administration purposes. The information may be used to create aggregate tracking information reports regarding Site traffic patterns and Site user demographics.
Please refer to Osler's privacy policy for further information about how we use your information.
Governing Law
The Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. You hereby attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario.
General
Osler's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision in that or any other instance. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
