ING: Website "Terms of Use" Policy

Website "Terms of Use" Policy

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The "Terms of Use" Policy set forth below applies to material on the following websites:

www.ingmdgroup.com (Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group)
www.ingspine.com (Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group / Spine)
www.ingbrain.com (Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group / Brain)

Please read and consider our Terms of Use Policy carefully. By using any of these websites, you agree to accept and comply with Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group (hereafter, "ING") Terms of Use Policy. ING reserves the right to change or update this Terms of Use Policy at any time (without advance notice). Any edits or amendments will be posted here.

TERMS OF USE POLICY

Ownership and Responsibility for Content
Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group is the sole owner of all content on each of the websites identified above, unless otherwise specifed. ING has not accepted any payment with respect to any of the posted content, and is solely responsible for the creation and maintenance of all content on its websites, whether created internally or by a contracted Business Associate.

Disclaimer
You acknowledge that the materials on this website are provided “as is” for general information only and without warranties of any kind. The materials on this website are not meant to be used for self-diagnosis or to replace the services of a medical professional. More specifically, visiting this website or using information obtained from this website does not create a "physician-patient" or "provider-patient" relationship, by itself; only a proper "consultation" with a licensed ING healthcare provider, who reviews relevant protected health information and performs appropriate examinations, can create or maintain a "provider-patient" relationship.

Please understand that ING does not recommend, endorse or make any warranties or representations of any kind with regard to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, efficacy or non-infringement of any of the programs, services or other information provided by this website or by the companies or organizations linked or referred to in this website.

Restrictions on Use of Materials
Except for sponsored materials used with permission, or unless otherwise indicated, ING holds the copyright to all materials on this website, including text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio/visual clips and design. Additionally, except for sponsor trademarks, service marks and logos (“Marks”), or unless otherwise indicated, ING owns all of the Marks used and displayed on this website.

Without the express written consent of ING, no material from this website, including the Marks, may be copied, reproduced, displayed, republished, downloaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way. You may, however, use such materials for personal or education purposes only, provided that you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. Any unauthorized use of materials or Marks contained on this website may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

Limitation of Liability
You agree that you will hold harmless ING, its physicians, employees, and Business Associates from all claims arising out of, or related to, your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, this website or other sites to which it is linked. In no event will ING be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Site Visitor information which may be collected and stored
As with many websites that you may visit, ING reserves the option to collect specific information regarding your visit including:

The Internet Service Provider (ISP) from which you accessed our website.
The Domain Name from which you access the Internet.
The date and time you accessed our website.
Which pages you visit.
The Internet address of the Web site from which you linked to our website.

We may collect this data, from time to time, for statistical purposes and to help make our website more useful to visitors. We cannot identify you from this information.

Personal Information Provided by You
At this time, ING does not automatically collect any personally identifiable information from any of its websites. We obtain personally identifiable information about you ONLY if you choose to give us this information. For example, if you send us an email or complete an online information form, either now or at some future time, and send that to us electronically, we will use the information you send only for the intended purposes identified on the form or within the body of your message.

Types of personally identifiable information we ask you to provide may include (but is not limited to) the following:

Name
Address
Zip/postal code
Telephone number
Occupation
Email address
Credit card number and expiration date (for online purchases or donations)

Use of Personal Information
If you provide personally identifiable information, ING may use that information in one or more of the following ways:

ING may allow access to personally identifiable information by certain third parties that provide technical (or other) services (for example, credit card processing services). However, third parties retained by ING to provide such services are obligated by applicable Business Associate agreements with ING to maintain the confidentiality of this information as we describe and are not authorized to use this information for any purpose other than providing those contracted services.
ING may use your name and postal address to send you information advising you of our announcements from our group, such as new physicians, new office locations, or other information that we believe may be of interest to you.
ING may use personally identifiable information for internal purposes, such as tracking demographic data to make this Web site more useful to our visitors.
ING will disclose personally identifiable information if required by law to do so.
Except as identified above, ING will not make your name and postal address available to any other organization.

Applicability of Policy
This Privacy Policy applies only to the ING websites identified in the first paragraph above. Please note that our Web site contains links to other websites that are not under our direct control. ING is not responsible for the content of any linked website, any changes or updates to such websites, or the privacy policies of such websites. Further, the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by ING of that Web site.

For More Information
If you have questions about the ING "Terms of Use" Policy, please contact us at:

Privacy Officer
Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group
8402 Harcourt Road, Suite 500
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Phone: 1-888-225-5464

Last update of this Policy: December 11, 2002