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Content,
Disclaimers, Privacy, and Copyright
Bright
Futures is dedicated to the principle that every child deserves
to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting
relationship between the health professional, the child,
the family, and the community as partners in health practice. Readers
can learn more about
Bright Futures at Georgetown University.
As part
of Georgetown University,
this site follows the university's established policies on
copyright, disclaimers, and terms of use. The following Bright
Futures policies have been adapted with permission from the
university's Web site.
Content
The
Bright Futures Web site is designed and maintained by the National
Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health.
NCEMCH staff add content to and maintain the functionality
of the site, such as links to other Web sites. Please contact Bright
Futures at Georgetown University should you have questions
regarding the information contained in the site.
Content Disclaimer
Information
on this site is based on published guidelines for
health supervision of infants, children, and adolescents.
This site is designed to be used by both health professionals
and families and to help users better understand the diagnostic
process and what to expect during health supervision visits.
Information presented by this site has undergone peer review
to ensure accuracy and currency. However, since some of
the materials on the site are out of print and because
standards in the field may change rapidly, some information
on this site may be out of date. Users are advised to consult
other sources, including the American Academy of Pediatrics,
to confirm information presented on this site. NCEMCH and
Georgetown University do not assume responsibility for
omissions or inaccuracies in materials on this site nor
any consequences resulting from the use of information
from this site.
Information presented
by this site is not intended to replace medical advice that is offered by a physician
or other medical professional. NCEMCH and Georgetown University are not liable
for damages resulting from information obtained from this site or its publications.
The Bright Futures at Georgetown Web site contains links to other Web sites which
are independently run sites outside of the brightfutures.org domain. NCEMCH is
not responsible for the privacy practices, activities, or content of such independent
sites.
Links
Disclaimer
Any links to external
Web sites and/or non-Georgetown University information provided on NCEMCH pages
are covered under Georgetown University's links
disclaimer.
Copyright Information
The
materials contained on the Bright Futures Web site are
copyrighted and are protected by Georgetown University's copyright
policies, unless otherwise stated. If you would like
to report a copyright infringement on the Bright Futures
Web site, please contact us or
Georgetown University's DMCA
agent.
Copyright Permission
To
use our materials (text or graphics/illustrations) you
must submit an official request in writing (click here
for a sample letter in Word or PDF)
on your organization's official letterhead. Send
requests to:
Copyright
Officer
The MCH Group
Georgetown University
Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272
Fax: (202) 784-9777
Read
the Bright Futures Permission Policies for more information:
Permission
to use Bright Futures photographs cannot be granted. Select Bright
Futures publications, listed below, can be downloaded for multiple
use and free distribution (i.e., you may not charge for the copies
you make). (To request permission to incorporate content
from these materials into new materials, see above.)
Contact
Information
Bright Futures
Georgetown University
Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272
Fax: (202) 784-9777
brightfutures@ncemch.org
Privacy
of Usage Data
Any information
that the Bright Futures at Georgetown Web site collects is kept
strictly confidential. NCEMCH does not sell or share e-mail addresses
of individuals who have used the site or have ordered materials
through it. If you have questions or concerns about privacy,
please contact Bright Futures.
Information
Automatically Collected and Stored
When you
browse through any web site, certain personal information about
you can be collected. We automatically collect and temporarily
store the following information about your visit:
-
the
name of the domain you use to access the Internet (for example,
aol.com, if you are using an American Online account, or
stanford.edu, if you are connecting from Stanford University's
domain);
- the date
and time of your visit;
- the pages
you visited; and
- the address
of the web site you came from when you came to visit.
We
use this information for statistical purposes and to help us
make our site more useful to visitors. Unless it is specifically
stated otherwise, no additional information will be collected
about you.
Intrusion
Detection
For site
security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available
to all users, we employ software programs to monitor traffic
to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information,
or otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized law enforcement
investigations, and pursuant to any required legal process,
information from these sources may be used to help identify
an individual.
Reporting
Web Site and Other Technical Problems
To report technical
problems with this Web site, please contact the Bright Futures
at GU Webmaster.
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