Patients & Families Terms & Conditions of Use

Boston Children's Hospital respects the privacy of its web site users. Please refer to Children's Privacy Policy, which explains the users' rights and responsibilities with respect to information that is disclosed on this web site.

Although Boston Children's Hospital attempts to ensure the integrity and accurateness of the site, it makes no guarantees as to the correctness or accuracy of the site or information posted on the site. It is possible that the site may include typographical errors, inaccuracies or other errors, and that unauthorized additions, deletions and alterations could be made to the site by third parties. In the event that an inaccuracy arises, please inform Boston Children's Hospital.

You agree that you will not:

• Post material that infringes on the rights of any third party, including protected health information, intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights;
• Post material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by Boston Children's Hospital in its sole discretion;
• Post advertisements or solicitations of business;
• Post chain letters or pyramid schemes;
• Impersonate another person;
• Allow any other person or entity to use your identification for posting or viewing comments; and
• Post the same note more than once or "spam."

You agree that you will:

• Indemnify Boston Children's Hospital and any of its parent or subsidiary companies or organizations, and any of its successors, assigns or licensees, together with any of its respective officers, directors and employees, against any damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of a claim by a third party relating to use of this web site or any breach or violation of these terms and conditions;
• Comply with all user responsibilities and obligations as stated in these terms and conditions; and
• Comply with all user responsibilities and obligations of other social medial web sites and platforms, including their terms and conditions.

Boston Children's Hospital reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following:

• Remove communications that are abusive, illegal or disruptive, or that otherwise fail to conform with these Terms and Conditions of Use;
• Terminate your access to the web site upon any breach of these terms and conditions; and
• Edit or delete any communications posted on the web site, regardless of whether such communications violate these standards.

You also agree that you will indemnify Boston Children's Hospital against any damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of a claim by a third party relating to any material that you have posted.

Your submissions may be reviewed before posting and edited in the sole discretion of Boston Children's Hospital. Submissions may be reviewed infrequently and so no material of an urgent nature should be submitted. There is no guarantee or expectation of a personal response to any individual submission, regardless of the subject matter. Submission of material to this web site is no guarantee that all or any part of a message will be posted, which is in the sole discretion of Boston Children's Hospital. Boston Children's Hospital reserves the sole right to review, edit, and/or delete any comments it deems are inappropriate. You warrant that all submissions to this web site are your original work and are not taken from other sources without permission, and that they contain no defamatory, malicious or false content.

Boston Children's Hospital is not responsible for any links to or from other sites.

This web site may contain links to other web sites and other web sites may provide links to this web site. These links are provided for your convenience only. Boston Children's Hospital does not control these other web sites and assumes no liability or responsibility for them, including any content or services provided to you by such web sites or links from other web sites to content on this web site that was provided to you. You should not consider any link to or from another web site as an endorsement of that web site by Boston Children's Hospital unless Boston Children's Hospital expressly states so.

If you link to this web site, your link, when activated by a user, may not trigger any interstitial or pop-up or pop-under windows. You may not frame this web site or modify or alter the content or manner of display of this web site. You may not link from any web site or webpage containing material, that:

• Infringes or otherwise violates any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property right;
• Is libelous, defamatory or invasive of any right of publicity or privacy or other personal right;
• Is misleading or inaccurate or constitutes false or deceptive advertising;
• Is sexually explicit, indecent, harassing or otherwise objectionable at the sole discretion of Boston Children's Hospital;
• Violates any applicable law, rule or regulation;
• Disparages or reflects negatively upon Boston Children's Hospital

This agreement is governed by Massachusetts law. Any action against Boston Children's Hospital must be brought in Boston, Massachusetts. You agree that this agreement is entered into between you and Boston Children's Hospital in the State of Massachusetts, United States of America and is performed within the State of Massachusetts. You agree that this agreement is governed by and will be construed in all respects under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, exclusive of its choice of law or conflict of laws provisions. In any claim or action by you directly or indirectly arising under these terms and conditions or related to this web site, you irrevocably agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in or serving Boston, Massachusetts. You waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such court.

If any of the provisions of this agreement are held to be not enforceable by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, then such provisions will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Boston Children's Hospital relating to the access and use of this web site. This web site may not be modified, in whole or in part, except as described elsewhere in this agreement. Anything contained in this web site that is inconsistent with or conflicting with the terms of this agreement is superseded by the terms of this agreement.

If you violate these terms and conditions, your use of this web site will terminate. Boston Children's Hospital may notify you of your breach of this agreement. Boston Children's Hospital may, in its sole discretion, terminate your access to this web site, or any portion thereof, or discontinue providing this web site, or any portion thereof. These actions are in addition to and not in lieu or limitation of any other right or remedy Boston Children's Hospital may have available at law. Further, Boston Children's Hospital will not be liable to you or any third party for any such termination or discontinuance.

All text, graphics, and code used on this web site are covered by United States and international copyright laws. All Rights Reserved by Boston Children's Hospital. The materials on this web site are copyrighted by Boston Children's Hospital and/or by other applicable rights holders. You may download and reprint a single copy of the materials from this web site ONLY for your own personal, noncommercial use, provided you include all applicable notices and disclaimers. Any other use of the materials is strictly prohibited without the prior written permission of Boston Children's Hospital and the permission of the applicable rights holder(s).

Boston Children's Hospital's failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others of these terms and conditions does not waive Boston Children's Hospital's right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. These terms and conditions set forth the entire understanding and agreement between Boston Children's Hospital and any site user with respect to this web site.

If you have any questions about these terms of use or the practices of this web site, please email Public Affairs.

Or write to Boston Children's Hospital at:
300 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA 02115

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The information provided on this site is for general informational and educational purposes only. Please read and review the following Terms and Conditions of Use carefully before accessing or using this web site. This web site and related services are provided subject to your compliance with the Terms and Conditions of Use set forth hereunder. Your access and use of this web site constitute your acceptance of these terms and conditions as they appear at the time of your use.