Disclaimer

Welcome to the Face2Face Healing website. By using our site, you agree to the following terms of use, which constitute an agreement between Face2Face Healing and you.

• This website is designed for general patient educational and information purposes only and does not render medical advice or professional services, unless we otherwise indicate. The information provided through this website should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. It is not a substitute for professional health care, and is designed to support – not replace – the relationship you have with your health care provider. If you have or suspect you may have a health problem, you should consult your health care provider.
• Face2Face Healing disclaims any liability whatsoever for any documentation, information, programs, software, or other material that is or may become a part of the website. Face2Face Healing does not warrant or guarantee that the information will not be offensive to any user and/or may not meet your needs and requirements.
• Our website may include links to third party Web service providers. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement of the content on such sites. We are not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites.

Website Privacy Statement

• Modern information and communication technologies play a fundamental role in the activities of a non-profit organization like Face2Face Healing. We are based in the United States of America. Our principal activity is to build a community of individuals with disfigurement to promote healing through interaction and activities.
• Our Privacy Statement covers the Face2Face Healing, its subsidiaries and any of its websites accessible via the primary websites listed below:

• You can access our website home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.
• We collect the personal information that you may volunteer while using our services.
• We do not collect information about our visitors from sources outside of Face2Face Healing, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.
• We do not collect or use personal data for any purpose other than that indicated on the Web pages where the information is requested or collected.
• If we wish to use your personal information for a new purpose, we offer you the means to consent to this new purpose by indicating in a box at the point on the site where personal data is collected.
• Except as requested by you or indicated on the Web page where your information is requested, we do not disclose your personal information to other organizations.

Children’s Privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. You should be aware that the Face2Face Healing website is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not collect personally identifiable information from any person we actually know is a child under the age of 13 without the permission of their parent(s) or legal guardian.

Security Policy

Face2Face Healing is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws, as well as applicable regulations, standards, and guidelines established by government agencies and accepted accrediting organizations.

We will provide a secure transmission method for you to send us personal information, including:

• Primary personal information (such as name and contact details)
• Specific personal information (such as survey information, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, medical information)

While such secure transmission methods provide reasonable protections against unauthorized access, if you have concerns regarding the transmission of sensitive information (such as medical information), you should consider using non-electronic communication methods.

Content Review

Face2Face Healing’s goal is to promote healing through the content on its websites. Every effort has been made to provide accurate, timely, and comprehensive information that will be useful to its readers.

We define content as all material (text, images, graphics, tables, audio, and visual) and menu icons, bars, listings, indices, as well as functions that support content such as links, navigation and search..

Face2Face Healing  uses original, stock, and purchased photography on the website as well as individuls’s or contributor’s pictures, videos and stories. The individuals portrayed in the images are real people or contributors but are not intended to imply endorsement or any association with any illness or condition.

The information provided on this website was authored by, or has been reviewed and approved by, health care professionals at Face2Face Healing.

We follow a standard set of editorial procedures for information that we post on our websites. However, we don’t offer you any warranty or guarantee related to our sites; we specifically disclaim any warranties, expressed or implied. It is the responsibility of visitors to our site to evaluate the information we provide and determine its relevancy and usefulness to them.

We welcome your feedback about the content provided on the Face2Face Healing  website. However, we must make the final decisions about the information that is posted on our site to ensure that it meets the needs of all of our users.

Please contact us with any comments or concerns regarding the content on our website.

Restrictions On Use 

By using our website, you agree to the following terms of use, which constitute an agreement between Face2Face Healing and you.

We may change these terms from time to time. You may view the most current version through the link that appears on the bottom of all pages on our website.

Face2Face Healing owns the information on this website. The entire contents and design of this site are protected under U.S. and international copyright laws. You may look at our website online, download information to your computer to read later, or print copies of pages for yourself, your family, or your friends. However, you must not remove any copyright notices from our materials. We reserve all other rights, which means that you must not sell our information, rewrite or modify it, redistribute it, use it on your own website, or use it for any other commercial purpose without our prior written permission.

We usually permit other organizations to provide a simple link from their site to ours. However, you must first ask our permission if you intend to frame our site or incorporate pieces of it into a different site or product in a way that could confuse our users. To request permission, please e-mail the Webmaster (face2facehealing.com).

Face2Face Healing controls our websites from our offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. By accessing our websites, regardless of where you are located, you agree that the statutes and laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will apply to all matters regarding the use of our websites.

By accessing our website, you agree with these terms and conditions. We reserve the right to change the terms and conditions when necessary, and your continuing use of our website constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to any changes.

Not a Substitute For Medical Advice

The contents of the Face2Face Healing website, such as text, graphics, images, information obtained from Face2Face Healing’s licensors, and other material contained on the Face2Facehealing.com website is  for informational purposes only and does not render medical advice or professional services. The information provided through this website should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. It is not a substitute for professional care. If you have or suspect you may have a health problem, you should consult your health care provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on Face2Face Healing’s website.

Face2Face Healing disclaims any liability whatsoever for any documentation, information, programs, software, or other material which is or may become a part of the website. Face2Face Healing does not warrant or guarantee that the information will not be offensive to any user. User is hereby put on notice that by accessing and using the website, user assumes the risk that the information and documentation contained in the website may be offensive and/or may not meet the needs and requirements of the user.

If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or emergency medical services immediately.

E-mail Disclaimer

Face2Face Healing will use reasonable means to protect the privacy of your health information sent by e-mail. However, because of the risks outlined below, Face 2Face Healing cannot guarantee that e-mail communications will be confidential. Additionally, Face2Face Healing will not be liable in the event that you or anyone else inappropriately uses your e-mail. Face2Face Healing will not be liable for improper disclosure of your health information that is not caused by Face2Face Healing’s intentional misconduct.

E-mail Risks And Your Responsibility

At the discretion of the UPMC, its staff, physicians and agents (UPMC) and upon your agreement to the terms outlined within this consent form, you may use e-mail to communicate with UPMC. These e-mails may contain your personal health information. If you decide to use e-mail to communicate with UPMC, you should be aware of the following risks and/or your responsibilities:

• As the Internet is not secure or private, unauthorized people may be able to intercept, read and possibly modify e-mail you send or are sent by UPMC.
• You must protect your e-mail account, password and computer against access by unauthorized people.
• Since e-mail can be used to spread viruses, some which cause e-mail messages to be sent to people who you do not intend to send e-mail messages to, you should install and maintain virus protection software on your PC.
• Since e-mails can be copied, printed and forwarded by people to whom you send e-mails, you should be careful regarding whom you send e-mails.
• As your employer may claim ownership of, or the right to access, the e-mail account issued to you by your e-mail, you should avoid using an employer issued e-mail account to communicate with UPMC.
• If you do provide an employer-issued email account to communicate with UPMC, you understand and agree that your employer may have the right to access to all email sent by UPMC to the account, and you provide permission to UPMC to send email, including billing statement availability emails, to the account, unless and until you change the email address for UPMC communication in HealthTrak.

Conditions For The Use Of E-mail

By consenting to the use of e-mail with UPMC, you agree that:

• Although Face2Face Healing will try to read and respond promptly to your e-mails, Face2Face Healing staff may not read your e-mail immediately. Therefore, you should not use e-mail to communicate with Face2Face Healing if there is an emergency or where you require an answer in a short period of time.

E-mail Instructions

• You shall put your name and such other information as is necessary for Face2Face Healing to identify you in the body of the e-mail.
• You consent to communicate by e-mail by sending an e-mail to all of the e-mail addresses (mailboxes) that you had previously communicated to.

Contact

Should you have any questions regarding these Terms of Use, the Privacy Statement, or the collection, retention, or management of any information on this website, please send an e-mail to: face2facehealing.com