Online Diabetes Support Team: Terms and Conditions 

JDRF ONLINE DIABETES SUPPORT TEAM WEBSITE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

JDRF’s Online Diabetes Support Team website (“Site”) is provided for informational purposes only in order to provide information about Type 1 diabetes, and to share the personal experiences of volunteers related to diabetes.  By using or downloading any materials from this Site, you agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions of Use set forth in this notice.  We reserve the right to amend, modify or terminate all or parts of these terms of use at any time, and you agree to any such amendment(s).  If you do not agree to abide by these Terms and Conditions of Use, do not use or download materials from this Site.  Information contained on this Site and provided by our volunteers is for general informational purposes, as a convenience to our users and as a public service to provide educational material about medical issues that may be of interest to you.  Any information obtained related to your use of this Site is not meant to replace or supplement the advice of health care professionals.  We encourage you to make an independent determination concerning the use of any health-related information you may review or obtain by your use of this Site.  THE VOLUNTEERS WHO COMMUNICATE WITH USERS OF THIS SITE ARE NOT HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.  NEITHER JDRF NOR THE VOLUNTEERS ARE ENGAGING IN RENDERING ANY MEDICAL OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BY MAKING INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, AND YOU SHOULD NOT USE THIS SITE, OR YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS TO REPLACE THE SERVICES OF QUALIFIED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.  YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES WITHOUT FIRST CONSULTING YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.   

AGE LIMITATIONS

If you are under 13, the Online Diabetes Support Team is unable to respond to you directly.  If you have a question, please have a parent contact the team, using the online form provided, or you can visit JDRF Kids Online for information or to become a Diabetes Pen Pal.

SITE INFORMATION

JDRF strives to provide useful information to those who use this Site.  However, we cannot ensure that information provided is exhaustive or complete, or that it will necessarily include all of the most recent information available on a particular topic.  The information we provide on this Site is of a general nature and for informational and educational purposes only.  Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the application of the general information provided to you while using this Site to your particular health care symptoms and/or condition, we urge you to review your specific questions and/or concerns regarding your particular circumstances with your physician or healthcare professional.  Users should never delay, ignore or fail to obtain medical advice from qualified health care professionals based on information obtained from this Site.

LINKS

This Site may contain links to other sites.  If you use these sites, you will leave this Site. 
If you decide to visit a linked Web site, you do so at your own risk.  JDRF is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other Web sites.  JDRF makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not endorse, any linked Web sites, or the information appearing thereon or of any other products or services described thereon.  Links do not imply that JDRF or this Site sponsors, endorses, is affiliated or associated with, or is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright-protected material accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of JDRF. 

DISCLAIMER

 JDRF DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE MATERIALS OR THE RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE.  YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT OR INFORMATION SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.  JDRF RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY PORTION OF THE SITE.  JDRF MAY MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE SITE, THE MATERIALS AND THE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES DESCRIBED IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.  THIS SITE, AND THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON THIS SITE, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  INFORMATION ON THIS SITE MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES OR ERRORS.  INFORMATION MAY BE CHANGED OR UPDATED WITHOUT NOTICE.  JDRF HAS NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE THIS SITE, AND ANY INFORMATION PRESENTED MAY BE OUT OF DATE. 

 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL JDRF BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THIS SITE, OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITE.

TRANSMISSIONS TO JDRF

You agree not to send to JDRF any material that you consider confidential or proprietary.  All personally identifiable data provided to JDRF will be protected and treated confidentially.  JDRF cannot make any representation or warranty concerning errors, omissions, delays or other defects in the information supplied to users, or that its files are free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that include or manifest contaminating or destructive characteristics.