Terms of Use

This page explains the rights and requirements of visitors and users of the EMSC NRC website, blogs, story-sharing forums, chat rooms and social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, online, and mobile services (collectively referred to as EMSC NRC’s websites and online services).

This policy covers all content, users and uses of the EMSC NRC website and online services. The definition of content includes all text and visuals (e.g., photographs, graphics, and videos).

Where noted on the EMSC NRC’s website and online services, additional conditions, restrictions, and privacy policies may be required to access accounts, content, or services.

Accepting the Terms of Use

By using or participating in any section of the EMSC NRC website and online services, you are agreeing to the Terms of Use. You are responsible for monitoring this page for changes and updates.

Any updates to the Terms of Use are effective immediately upon posting. By continuing to use the EMSC NRC website and online services, you are agreeing to the Terms of Use as they appear at the time you accessed the site.

Your continued use of this website indicates your agreement and acceptance of the following terms and conditions. Thank you.

Disclaimers

Disclaimers

The EMSC NRC website and online services do not replace medical advice or treatment from a health professional. By using the EMSC NRC website and online services, you also acknowledge and agree to the following:

  • You use the EMSC NRC website and online services at your own risk and assume all responsibility for doing so.
  • The inclusion of content does not necessarily mean or warrant any particular service, treatment or product is safe, appropriate or effective for you or your child.
  • The EMSC NRC website and online services are provided “as-is.” The EMSC NRC does not guarantee or warrant against errors in the accuracy, timelines, and completeness of any online content.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE EMSC NRC WEBSITE AND ONLINE SERVICES, CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED BY THE EMSC NRC WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. THE EMSC NRC DOES NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT, OR THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICE OR ANY MERCHANDISE, INFORMATION OR SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES. THE EMSC NRC DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT USE OF THE EMSC NRC WEBSITE AND ONLINE SERVICES WILL BE FREE FROM TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UNAVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION, DOWNTIME, SERVICE DISRUPTIONS, VIRUSES OR WORMS, AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUFFICIENT PROCEDURES AND CHECKPOINTS TO SATISFY YOUR PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCURACY OF DATA INPUT AND OUTPUT.

Interactive Platforms

Interactive Platforms

We encourage families to participate in EMSC NRC interactive platforms, including social media and blogs, as a way to connect with the EMSC NRC communities. By posting content, commenting or otherwise participating in any of EMSC NRC'S interactive platforms, you acknowledge and agree to the following:

  • You may not impersonate another person including, but not limited to, a spouse, child or sibling.
  • You may not allow another person to use your credentials for posting or viewing content.
  • EMSC NRC has the irrevocable right to:
    • Reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create creative derivative works or otherwise use your content for any purpose, in any form, and on any media.
    • Remove any content (posts, comments, or visuals) that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful, embarrassing or otherwise deemed inappropriate.
    • Remove any content that infringes on the rights of any third party, including intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights, or any other content deemed unlawful.
    • Remove advertisements or solicitations for business, misleading and fraudulent content, and any repetitive content that is deemed “spam. To further promote a respectful, supportive and educational environment, please review our Commenting Rules of Engagement.
Third Party Websites

Third Party Websites

The EMSC NRC website and online services may contain links to sites operated by third parties including, but not limited to, third party sites that may display the
the EMSC NRC website trademarks. These links are available for your convenience and for no other purpose.

The EMSC NRC does not warrant or make any representation about the substance, quality, functionality, accuracy, or fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, or any other representation about any third party site or its content. A link to a third party site through the EMSC NRC website and online services does not constitute sponsorship, endorsement, approval, or responsibility for any third party site.

The terms of use and privacy policy of any third party site may differ substantially from the terms of use and privacy policies for the EMSC NRC website and online services. Before using a third party site, please review the terms and privacy policy of use for these sites.

Limitations of Liability

Limitations of Liability

The use of the site is entirely at your own risk, and in no event shall the EMSC NRC be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or any other monetary or other damages, fees, fines, penalties, or liabilities arising out of or relating in any way to this service, or sites accessed through the EMSC NRC's websites and online services. Your sole and exclusive remedy for dissatisfaction with the service is to stop using the service.

Users release the EMSC NRC, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and representatives from any and all liabilities, including but not limited to attorneys fees and costs and indirect, consequential, exemplary, special and punitive damages, arising from user's use of this translation tool and the EMSC NRC website and online services. You agree that you will indemnify and hold harmless the EMSC NRC against any damages, losses, injuries, 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 or other actions taken by you on the EMSC NRC websites and online services.

The EMSC NRC does not assume liability, endorse or necessarily recommend the comments posted by individuals on interactive platforms.

Termination of Use

The EMSC NRC reserve the right to change, suspend or discontinue all or any aspects of the EMSC NRC website at any time without prior notice unless noted otherwise.

Contact information

If you have any questions about the Terms of Use for the EMSC NRC website and online services, please contact us.

Website Privacy Policy

Website Privacy Policy

The EMSC NRC is committed to maintaining the privacy of visitors and users of the EMSC NRC website and online services.

This policy explains the collection and use of your personal information when you visit and use the EMSC NRC website and online services.

Any updates to this privacy statement, including new features or services, or changes in privacy practices, will always appear on our websites.

Privacy of Children

The EMSC NRC does not offer or sell products or services for purchase to children. If you are under 18 years of age, you may not purchase products or services from the EMSC NRC, and you should not provide information to the EMSC NRC without the involvement of a parent or guardian.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. Our website is intended for adults and young adults age 13 and older. It is not intended for or designed to attract persons younger than the age of 13. We do not permit registration by, nor do we collect personally identifiable information from, any person we actually know to be younger than the age of 13.

Information We Collect

Information We Collect

General Use

To monitor site usage and improve its quality, we gather general information about the use of the EMSC NRC website and online services. We use web server logs and industry-standard website statistics software to count the number of users who visit our websites, go to each page, and to collect other general statistics. We do not track individual user's visits to our websites.

The EMSC NRC may share these anonymous aggregate statistics with other parties to provide general information about our services or arrange business relationships.

We do not share any information about individual users.

Information to Process Transactions

When you use our website to register for events or join groups, we only collect information necessary to process the transaction. This may include your name, address, telephone, and fax numbers, e-mail address, and credit card number or other payment information.

This information is encrypted to assure that your private information is transmitted in a secure fashion, but please understand that no one can guarantee that unlawful or inappropriate use by third parties will not happen. Please see "Use of Information" for details of how we use some of this information for other purposes.

Use of Information

We will not disclose any information to third parties for any other purpose, and we will not sell mailing lists.

Cookies

Some portions of our website may use "cookies." Cookies are small data files that are sent by a website and stored on your computer. Cookies can contain information about your use of the site, but they are not used to identify or track you personally. We use cookies only when the software used with certain features of our websites or Internet services requires them in order to function properly. Most web browsers permit you to choose not to accept cookies automatically, but if you do not, some functions of our websites or services may not work properly.