Thank you for visiting our website, Osteosynthesis.org, or using our app which includes content from our website. By accessing the website or app, or by submitting your registration information, you agree to be bound by these terms of use, which may be updated from time to time. We agree to allow you to access and use the website or app as long as you follow these terms of use. It is important that you read these terms of use carefully, as they include information about your legal rights, obligations, and limitations. They also include a medical disclaimer. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use the website or app. If you continue to browse the website or app, it will be considered acceptance of these terms of use. If you want to add, curate, or edit content on the website or app, contact other users, subscribe to services, have a profile page, or receive notifications of changes to these terms of use, you must register for an account on the site. This account may be terminated according to these terms of use.
The following terms are a legal agreement between you and Osteosynthesis.org. By accessing, browsing, or using any platform, you agree to these terms of use and to follow all applicable laws and regulations. Osteosynthesis.org may change these terms of use at any time without notice by updating this posting. It is your responsibility to check for changes to these terms of use. However, if you have registered for an account with a valid email address, we will try to notify you of any changes to these terms of use by email. Osteosynthesis.org may also make improvements or changes to the products, services, or programs described on any platform at any time without notice. These terms of use only apply to your access and use of the platforms and do not affect any other agreement you may have with Osteosynthesis.org.
The content on the platforms is intended for educational purposes for medical professionals only and should not be used for self-diagnosis or self-treatment. It is not a substitute for professional medical care. It is recommended that you speak with your own doctor about any diagnosis, imaging interpretation, or treatment. Since the content is submitted by individual users, Osteosynthesis.org and its associates cannot guarantee its accuracy and are not legally responsible for its accuracy, currency, or completeness. Medical practitioners must make their own assessments before making a diagnosis or recommending treatment. The platforms should not be used as a replacement for consulting with colleagues or other sources or for conventional training and study. If you are not a medical professional and are registering as a layperson, you acknowledge that the content on the platforms is intended for educational purposes for medical professionals only. You agree to use the information solely for your own private educational purposes and not to rely on it in any way.
The website is not meant for laypersons and the products, procedures, and therapies described on the website should only be used by medical professionals who are trained and certified for such procedures in specialized environments. The information on the website is for educational and research purposes only and does not provide professional advice or recommend specific products, procedures, or therapies. The information on the website is not meant to be the only or the best options for products, procedures, or therapies. Any suggested tests or procedures should only be done if the user, who is a medical professional, believes the risk is justified. Whoever uses the products, procedures, and therapies described on the website does so at their own risk and is responsible for following all local laws, regulations, and medical practices. Because medical information is constantly advancing, Osteosynthesis.org recommends verifying diagnoses, therapies, drugs, dosages, and methods before taking any action.
The website and its connected services are provided "as is," "with all faults," and "as available," and the user is responsible for the quality, performance, accuracy, and effort. Osteosynthesis.org does not make any representations or warranties, express or implied, under the agreement. Any and all representations and warranties of Osteosynthesis.org under or in connection with the agreement are excluded to the extent legally possible, including but not limited to:
The website does not endorse or recommend any advice and does not screen or examine the information uploaded by users, but simply provides the platform. Any graphic or pictorial materials on the website are digitized reproductions that are viewable but not of diagnostic quality and are not meant to be a permanent part of any patient's medical record. The user represents and warrants that:
To the fullest extent allowed by law, Osteosynthesis.org is not responsible for any damages or losses, including personal injury, financial loss, loss in business projects, loss of profits, or other consequential losses, that may arise from using the website or any materials on it, or from any actions or decisions taken as a result of using the website or materials, or any other act or omission in connection with the website.
When you contribute image content, such as radiology cases including but not limited to X-rays, CT, MRI, ultrasound, angiography, images, diagrams, and photos (but not text content), to any platform, you are giving Osteosynthesis.org a license to use it under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC License).
In order for text content you contribute to Osteosynthesis.org to be easily accessed by other Osteosynthesis.org users, all rights to the text content you contribute to any platform, including but not limited to articles, case and image descriptions, multiple-choice questions, blog posts, playlists, tutorials, and all communications you transmit to anyone through any platform (Text Content), become the property of Osteosynthesis.org and you assign to Osteosynthesis.org, without charge and effective upon contribution, all right, title, and interest in the content (including any copyright, but excluding any non-assignable personal rights). Unless otherwise agreed upon by Osteosynthesis.org in writing, all such content is also licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You may modify Text Content in good faith and for legitimate use on a platform, but you may not otherwise modify, copy, distribute, reuse, reproduce, republish, download, display, post, transmit, or sell Text Content in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, outside the scope of this license, without written permission from Osteosynthesis.org.
For all content, including Image Content and Text Content, that you contribute to any platform (Your Content), you warrant that you have the right to contribute this content to the platforms and to allow it to be used in accordance with these terms of use. You also warrant that the content:
You agree that Osteosynthesis.org and third parties can use Your Content in any way that would normally infringe on any personal rights that you may have in Your Content, even if the Creative Commons License or other laws say otherwise.
If you contribute content, including Image Content and Text Content, to any platform (Your Content), you acknowledge that the platform is a "Collection" as defined in the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC License). You also acknowledge that the CC License is amended as follows in regards to Your Content (regardless of when you posted it):
You may use selected Text Content and User Generated Image Content from Osteosynthesis.org for teaching and other non-commercial educational activities, as long as you follow the Attribution, Non-commercial, and Share-Alike provisions of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC License). However, you may not copy entire sections of the site for reproduction in other websites or mediums.
Osteosynthesis.org is not intended to be used as a data set for machine learning or artificial intelligence research, nor can it be bulk downloaded using an automated script or robot. Similarly, the "Download all Images" feature is only intended for downloading cases for teaching, presentations, or personal study. Downloading a large number of cases with hundreds of images using this feature is not allowed.
We reserve the right to block unauthorized automated access and take other necessary measures to protect the intellectual property rights of user-contributed content and the stable operation of the website. If you have a legitimate need to access large numbers of our cases, please contact us at info@osteosynthesis.org.
Osteosynthesis.org owns all rights to the software, designs, arrangements, and graphics on the platforms. All trademarks, product names, company names, and logos displayed on the platforms are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Osteosynthesis.org or its associates, and cannot be reproduced, imitated, or used without permission. Page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and logos are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress of Osteosynthesis.org or its associates, and cannot be reproduced, imitated, or used without permission.
In using any platform from Osteosynthesis.org, you agree:
You also agree that you are responsible for actions and communications under your account and will follow all applicable laws and regulations when using the platform.
If you think your content has been used improperly on any platform or that someone has violated these terms of use, please contact us.
Osteosynthesis.org values your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information that you share with us. We collect personal information from you when you use our platforms, such as your name, email address, and location. We also collect information about your use of our platforms, such as the pages you visit and the content you view. This information is used to improve your experience on the platforms and to better understand how people use our platforms. We may also use this information to send you updates or newsletters about our platforms.
We only use your personal information for the purposes described in this privacy policy, and we do not share it with third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We take steps to keep your personal information safe and secure, and we have implemented measures to protect against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of your personal information.
You can control the information that we collect about you by adjusting your settings on our platforms. If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy or the way we handle your personal information, please Contact Us.
User Information is information that you provide to us when you register online for any Platform. This includes:
You may also choose to provide additional information, such as your city, institution(s), and qualifications, during the registration process or by editing your account settings page. We may also collect information about how you interact with the Platforms, such as the number of cases you upload, edit, or contribute, and link this information to your account.
Your computer has a unique identification number called an Internet Protocol (IP) address when it's connected to the internet. When you access our services through any platform, our servers need to know your IP address, which is sent automatically when you request information (e.g. a web page showing a particular patient case on the Osteosynthesis.org website).
If you are logged in to any platform, we may link your IP address to your login. When you are not logged in, we do log your IP address, but we do not automatically link it to any information that would allow us to identify you. However, if it becomes necessary to enforce our terms of use or protect our platforms, other users, or third parties (e.g. patients), we may try to use the logged IP address with other information to try to identify you. We also use IP addresses to determine the approximate location of the device you used to access our platforms.
Usage Data includes information about how you interact with the web pages and websites on the Platforms. This is collected using cookies or similar technologies placed by us and others. Cookies are small pieces of data sent from a website and stored in a web browser, and they may assign an anonymous identifier to the user. Usage Data includes:
This information is used to understand how people use our platforms and to improve the user experience. It may also be used to send updates or newsletters about our platforms or to personalize the content you see.
We use your User Information to communicate with you about the Platforms, including contacting you about your contributions, managing newsletters, and marketing products to you. If you are a registered user, we also publish your User Information (except your email address) on your profile on the Platforms. Other users can contact you through a link on your profile, but your email address will remain hidden. We may also use your User Information in other ways described below.
We use your User Information to communicate with you about the Platforms, including contacting you about your contributions, managing newsletter distributions, directly marketing products to you, and notifying you of administrative matters like changes to this privacy policy or alterations to the Terms of Use. If you are a registered user, we also publish your User Information (excluding your email address) on your profile on the Platforms. Other users may contact you through a "contact user" link on your profile, but your email address remains hidden when the link is activated and a communication window opens.
We use Usage Data to understand how people use our platforms. Web analytics services on the Platforms allow us to measure, collect, analyze, and report on Usage Data to understand and improve users' experiences on the platforms. We also use this information to focus our marketing efforts and develop the Platforms. Location information in the Usage Data helps us tailor your experience on the Platforms by displaying different content based on your location, such as local advertising offers and content in your local language. We also use Usage Data for remarketing (sometimes called retargeting) to better target ads to users. Retargeting uses cookies to identify users who visit a website with a particular brand of goods or services, and then targets advertisements of that brand to the user on other websites.
Usage Data is also collected directly or disclosed to certain other providers during a session on any Platform. These other providers use the data for a range of purposes, including to distribute direct marketing materials from Osteosynthesis.org, connect to social networks (such as via links to Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and other platforms on the Platforms), and pay commission to our affiliates.
We share User Information with third parties when you have agreed to receive direct marketing materials and, if you are a registered user, with other users of the Platforms through your user profile.
We may also disclose personal information to third parties for the following purposes:
There may also be times when we are legally required to share personal data, such as with regulators, law enforcement agencies, government agencies, courts, or other third parties when we believe it is necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations or to exercise our legal rights.
We may share your User Information and Usage Data with third parties located overseas and may store this data on servers located overseas or managed by third parties. To protect your personal data when we transfer it, we will put appropriate safeguards in place.
For individuals in the European Union (EU), this means that your personal data will be transferred outside the EU. We will only transfer EU personal data to countries that have been identified as providing adequate protection for EU data, or to a third party where we have approved transfer mechanisms in place, such as a Data Processing Agreement or appropriate data protection measures.
For more information about how the third parties mentioned above handle personal information (which may include your User Information and Usage Data), we recommend visiting their websites and reading their privacy policies.
We may receive commission on sales of products and services that are listed on our Platforms through affiliate marketing links. These links do not affect the editorial content on our Platforms. When you click on an affiliate link, a cookie is placed to optimize the affiliate program. We may also share some Usage Data with our affiliate partners.
It is required by our terms of use that all patient cases uploaded to any of our platforms by users are de-identified, meaning that the identity of the patients referred to in the case (e.g. medical images and notes) is not identifiable. This applies to all images uploaded to any platform, including but not limited to cases (public, unlisted, or draft), slides, diagrams, and blog posts. If you believe that you or someone else can be identified from a case on our platforms, please contact us at privacy@osteosynthesis.org immediately.
There is certain information that should not appear on any patient cases uploaded to our platforms, based on HIPAA guidelines. This includes but is not limited to:
Additionally, if a case is unique in a way that could lead to the identification of an individual from the images alone, it should not be uploaded. This means that cases that have received media attention or show rare symptoms are usually not appropriate for upload. The text accompanying the images should also not contain identifying information or unnecessary details that could help identify a patient.
Please note that our privacy policy does not override the policies of institutions, and users should ensure that they are using images within their local guidelines. We take patient privacy very seriously, and failing to follow these rules is a breach of our privacy policy and terms of use. If you upload a case with patient information or that could reasonably be used to identify the identity of a patient, it will be edited to deleted by an administrator without warning.
We have implemented security measures to protect the personal information we collect online. These measures include physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information.
We do not alter our data collection practices based on the Do Not Track setting in your web browser. This setting will not prevent us from collecting Usage Data or allowing other providers to do so.
You can ask us to let you see any personal information we have about you, like your User Information. We will try to answer your request as soon as possible, and within 30 days if you are in the European Union. We will usually let you see this information, unless there are certain reasons why we cannot. You can also ask us to fix any mistakes in your personal information that we have. If it is reasonable, we will try to change the information to make it accurate, up-to-date, complete, and relevant, or not misleading. If you want more information about how to see or change your personal information, or if you have any complaints, please contact us.
If you no longer want us to use your personal information for certain purposes, you can:
If you don't want to receive marketing materials from us, we won't use your information for that purpose anymore. However, we may still contact you about your use of any platform, changes to our terms of use, or if we are legally allowed or required to do so.
If you disable cookies or opt out in other ways, the platforms might not work as well and your experience may be less personalized and enjoyable. Disabling cookies may also cause you to lose saved information, such as login information, on other websites.
If you don't want us to use your information for certain purposes, we may not be able to provide the platforms to you anymore.
The personal information we have about you belongs to you, and you have the right to:
If you don't want to receive marketing emails from us anymore, just click the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the emails.
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, you can contact us by email at privacy@osteosynthesis.org. We will try to answer your questions as soon as possible, and within 45 days at the latest.
The platforms may sometimes have links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience and do not mean that Osteosynthesis.org endorses, sponsors, or recommends the linked websites or their content, platforms, or products. If you visit a linked website, it is your responsibility to protect yourself from viruses and other harmful elements.
Links do not mean that Osteosynthesis.org or its partners are legally allowed to use any trademarks, names, or logos displayed or accessed through the links, or that the linked websites are allowed to use Osteosynthesis.org's or any provider's trademarks, names, or logos.
Users should not post links to other websites, except when they are links to reference textbooks or journals in the reference section of articles. Osteosynthesis.org reserves the right to remove any links from any part of any platform at its own discretion.
Osteosynthesis.org must give written permission for all links to its site, except for links that:
Osteosynthesis.org can cancel this permission to link at any time and for any reason, and you must remove any links that Osteosynthesis.org no longer allows.
Sometimes, the platforms will have material, data, or information from third parties, including ads or posts in online discussions. You agree that Osteosynthesis.org and its partners will not be responsible for any of this third-party material, data, or information to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Osteosynthesis.org and its associates provide platforms, including image and text content, on an "as is" and "as available" basis. These platforms come with no warranties or guarantees. You acknowledge that you have read and understood these terms of use, including the "medical disclaimer," and any other conditions brought to your attention. When using these platforms, you agree that you are doing so at your own risk. Osteosynthesis.org and its associates are not responsible for any information, advice, opinions, statements, or other content or products or services distributed or made available by third parties through the platforms. Osteosynthesis.org and its associates also do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or usefulness of this information. They also do not guarantee that the confidentiality of information transmitted through the platforms will be maintained, or that the platforms will be of merchantable quality, fit for a particular purpose, or meet your requirements. Osteosynthesis.org and its associates are not liable if you experience any damages or harm while using the platforms, or if your computer system is damaged in any way while using the platforms. You must take your own precautions to ensure that the information or products you select from the platforms are free of defects, viruses, or other harmful elements. Osteosynthesis.org does not control the information, products, or services offered by third parties through the platforms. No warranties or representations are made except as expressly stated in these terms of use.
Osteosynthesis.org and its associates will in no event be held liable for more than AU$500 in connection with these terms of use, unless otherwise stated. However, if any legislation implies a term, condition, or warranty in the agreement and voids any provision that excludes or modifies the application or exercise of, or liability under, such term, condition, or warranty, then that term, condition, or warranty will be included in these terms of use. If Osteosynthesis.org or its associates breach such a term, condition, or warranty, their liability will be limited to one or more of the following options:
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Osteosynthesis.org and its associates exclude all liability for any loss or damage of any kind (including negligence) arising from or related to any access to or use of any platform. This includes liability for any special, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages, such as loss of profits, revenues, business interruption, loss of programs or other data, or costs of replacement goods.
You must indemnify and keep indemnified Osteosynthesis.org and its associates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any claims, losses, liabilities, costs, expenses (including investigative costs, court costs, legal fees, penalties, fines and interest) and damages of any kind (including those which are prospective or contingent) whatsoever and howsoever, directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with these terms of use or your use of any platform, including liability arising in connection with your breach of these terms.
Osteosynthesis.org may terminate your account or access to any platform at any time and for any reason, without liability to you or any third party. They will send an email to the address recorded on your account settings page and the termination will be effective upon sending the email. You can also terminate your account at any time by sending an email requesting termination to info@osteosynthesis.org, and Osteosynthesis.org will promptly implement your request. If your account is terminated, Osteosynthesis.org may delete any content related to your use of the platform. You will no longer be able to use any registration features on the platform after your account is terminated. You can continue to browse content on the web platform, but your continued browsing will be considered acceptance of these terms of use.
These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the State of New South Wales, Australia.
In the absence of mutual agreement, any dispute arising from the interpretation and/or performance of the present Terms of Use shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent Courts of the State of New South Wales, Australia.
These terms of use became effective on 01.01.2021 (last updated 26.12.2022). Osteosynthesis.org may update these terms of use (including the privacy policy) by posting the changes online. If required by law and if you have registered with the site, Osteosynthesis.org will send you an email notification of any significant changes. If you subscribe to email updates, Osteosynthesis.org will try to notify you of all changes. If you continue to use any platform after these updates, it means you accept the revised terms. Any changes to the privacy policy will apply to both user information and usage data that Osteosynthesis.org already has about you at the time of the change, as well as any information created or received after the change takes effect. If you do not agree to any changes, you should not continue to use any platform. If any part of these terms of use is deemed unenforceable, the rest of the terms will still be in effect.
These terms of use are the complete agreement between you and Osteosynthesis.org regarding the platforms and replace any previous agreements or understandings on the subject. If we make any significant changes to these terms of use, we will notify all registered users by email and also post a notification on the site. We will not notify users of spelling, grammar, or typographical errors unless they change the meaning of the terms.