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By using our web site, you agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use. If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions of Use, please do not use our web site. The IU Simon Cancer Center reserves the right in its discretion, to modify portions of these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time. This page should be reviewed periodically so that you are updated on any changes.

Disclaimer

The materials on IU Simon Cancer Center's web site have been prepared by the IU Simon Cancer Center for informational purposes only and do not constitute medical advice. Display of this information is not intended to create a healthcare provider-patient relationship between the IU Simon Cancer Center or any physician who practices within the IU Simon Cancer Center and you. You should not act or rely upon any medical information in this web site without seeking your physician's advice.

Privacy

Visitors to IU Simon Cancer Center's web site can be confident that we are very respectful of their privacy concerns. Specifically, we recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information collected about our visitors. As a general policy, no personally identifiable information, such as name, address, or e-mail address, is automatically collected from visitors to our site.

The IU Simon Cancer Center will notify you when it is collecting personally identifiable information about you, as well as the use or uses the IU Simon Cancer Center intends to make of such information. For example, we may need to collect information to respond to your requests for information, in connection with promotions, or to allow you to send messages. Personally identifiable information about our visitors is collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted by those visitors. The IU Simon Cancer Center uses such information only for the purpose for which it was submitted, unless we disclose other uses at the time of collection. The IU Simon Cancer Center does not sell personal information to third parties. The IU Simon Cancer Center maintains appropriate safeguards to ensure the security, integrity, and privacy of personally identifiable information in its possession.

Advertising Policy

The IU Simon Cancer Center Web site does not host or receive funding from advertising.

IP Address

We may collect and disclose certain non-personal information from your IP address. This information is used only to provide an enhanced on-line experience for our visitors by optimizing our web pages for your computer (i.e., the identity of your Internet browser, the type of operating system you use, and the domain name of your Internet service provider). We may also use this non-personal information to determine the total number of visitors to our web sites.

Use of Cookies

When you view our web site, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a 'cookie' or similar file and will help us in many ways. For example, cookies allow us to tailor a web site to better match your interests and preferences. With most Internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.

Links to Other Sites

To help you find authoritative and up-to-date health information, the IU Simon Cancer Center provides selected and evaluated links to other web sites. The evaluation criteria are:

1. Clear Sponsorship
   • Responsibility and support is clearly identified.
2. Clear Purpose
   • The primary purpose is educational and is not selling a product or service.
   • Information is used to support and not replace your relationship with your doctor.
3. Identified Sources
   • Original sources are identified (if material itself is not original).
   • "Evidence-based" medical facts cite the research on which they are based.
   • Opinions or advice are set apart from "evidence-based" information. Opinions and advice are clearly designated as such.
4. Authority of Content
   • The source of the content is established, respected and dependable.
   • Medical credentials of the people who prepare or review the material are provided.
5. Quality of Content
   • Information is appropriate for the audience level, well-organized, easy to find and and easy to use.
6. Current Information
   • The most recent update or review date are clearly posted.
7. Linking Policy
   • A policy about how links to other external sites are established and maintained is provided.
8. Privacy Policy
   • If users are asked for personal information, the Web site explains exactly what they will and will not do with the information. The Web site has a privacy policy that is easy to locate. Please see the disclaimer regarding external (third party) Web sites.
9. Contact Information
   • There is a way for users to contact the site owners with problems, feedback and or questions.

All external links are evaluated against these criteria every year by librarians of the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. The IU Simon Cancer Center reserves the right to include or exclude a Web site as it deems appropriate.

The IU Simon Cancer Center chooses its advertisers and business partners carefully. However, the IU Simon Cancer Center is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of web sites operated by third parties that are linked to our web site. These links are meant for the visitor's convenience only. Links to third party web sites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement, or approval by the IU Simon Cancer Center of content, policies or practices of such sites. Once you have left the IU Simon Cancer Center web site via such a link, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party site. The IU Simon Cancer Center's web site may also be linked to web sites operated by companies affiliated with the IU Simon Cancer Center. Visitors to those sites should refer to their separate privacy policies and practices.

Terms and Conditions

Use and participation in the IU Simon Cancer Center web site is contingent upon your acceptance of the following terms and rules. By using our web site, you accept these terms. In addition, your continued use of our web site after a change has been made to the policies of our web site implies your consent to those changes.

The IU Simon Cancer Center does not make any warranty, express or implied, with respect to the use of the information and/or links provided; does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, usefulness, or adequacy, of any resources, information, apparatus, product or process accessed through the IU Simon Cancer Center's web site and is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the resources or information accessed through the IU Simon Cancer Center's web site or the results obtained from the use of such resources, information, apparatus, product, or processes. Reference in the IU Simon Cancer Center's web site to any specific product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by the IU Simon Cancer Center.

In consideration for your use of and access to the IU Simon Cancer Center web site, you agree that in no event will the IU Cancer Center, its affiliated and related entities, its content providers or any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering this web site or any site linked to this web site, be held responsible or liable to you or any third party in which you are involved in any manner whatsoever (including, but not limited to, persons [hereinafter, collectively "IU Simon Cancer Center and related entities"] who may use or rely on such data or materials or to whom such data and materials are furnished) for any loss, damage (whether actual, consequential or punitive), injury, claim, liability, or other cause of any kind or character whatsoever based upon, or resulting from any information provided in the IU Cancer Center's web site, or arising from any decision made or action or non-action taken by you or any other person in reliance upon the information provided through the IU Simon Cancer Center's web ssite, even if you advise the IU Simon Cancer Center of the possibility of any claims or damages.

You, as a visitor and/or user of the IU Simon Cancer Center's web site, agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the IU Cancer Center and related entities and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims, losses, costs, and expenses (including attorneys' fees) arising out of your use of the IU Simon Cancer Center's web site.

The IU Simon Cancer Center shall have the right to immediately terminate your use of the IU Simon Cancer Center web site if the IU Cancer Center determines, in its sole discretion, that you have violated the Terms and Conditions of Use set forth above or otherwise breached this agreement, or have engaged in conduct which the IU Simon Cancer Center determines, in its sole discretion, to be unacceptable.

The IU Simon Cancer Center does not warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the IU Simon Cancer Center's web site or server that makes such site available is free of viruses or other harmful components. You assume the sole cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana, and the parties consent to the jurisdiction of the courts in the Southern District of Indiana, without regard to its conflict of laws. If any term or provision of this agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining portions of this agreement shall continue to be valid and will be performed, construed, and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable term or provision will be amended and limited in accordance with the intent of the parties, as determined from the face of this agreement, to the extent necessary to permit the maximum enforceability and/or validation of such term or provision.

Thank you for visiting the IU Simon Cancer Center's web site. It has been created and is maintained to serve you and your family.