Privacy Policy

Last Updated July 31, 2015

This privacy policy is provided by the owner, Susan Noonan (“I” or “me”), of the web site at susannoonanmd.com (“Website”) and shows information I collect from the Website and how I use it. You may use accounts from other companies such as Mailchimp.com, disqus.com, facebook.com, and twitter.com to send comments and feedback on this website and they may collect information also. You do not have to use these providers to use most of the features of this website. If you use these providers, you should consult with these providers for additional information on their privacy policies. At the time of the latest revision of this privacy policy, Mailchimp’s privacy policy may be obtained at http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/; disqus.com’s privacy policy is located at: http://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466259-privacy-policy; Facebook’s privacy policy is located at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; and twitter’s privacy policy is located at: https://twitter.com/privacy.

Contact and Personal Information

You may choose to provide information to Mailchimp by using the Mailchimp service. If you provide this information to Mailchimp, we will receive a copy of your name and email address. Any user that provides this information will be used to send you a free excerpt from the book Managing Your Depression: What you can do to feel better (the “Book”).   We may use this data to also send you out other notices on the Book or other works I may write. You may opt out of receiving these notices by using the Contact Us form on the Website indicating your desire to opt out of receiving information.

You may also provide information by commenting or sending feedback on blog entries; however, I will not ask you for any credit card number, social security number, driver’s license number, or other financial account number (“Personal Information”). I also will not ask you for any health information. You should not provide any Personal Information or health information on this Website.   To comment and send feedback on a blog entry, you will need to log in using your Facebook, Twitter or Disqus account. We will not receive any information related to these accounts. Should we post any comments, we will back up and archive the information you provide as comments. All other comments are sent as private messages which may also be subject to backup. We do not currently post comments, but reserve the right to do so in the future. Please consider any submission as suitable for publication.

Other Information

I collect certain aggregate and non-personal information when you visit this Website. Aggregate and non-personal information does not relate to a single identifiable visitor. It tells us such things as how many users visited our Website and the pages accessed. By collecting this information, I learn how to best tailor the Website to the Website visitors. I collect this information through website logs.

Information I Share

I do not sell or otherwise disclose personal information about my Website visitors, except as described here. I may share information provided by visitors to the Website with service providers I have retained to perform services on my behalf. In addition, I may disclose information about you (i) if I am required to do so by law or legal process, (ii) to law enforcement authorities or other government officials, or (iii) when I believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity.

I reserve the right to transfer any information I have about you in the event I sell or transfer all or a portion of the website or rights associated with the works on the Website. Should such a sale or transfer occur, I will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal information you have provided through this Website in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Statement.

Updating/Removing Your Personal Information

If you do not want your Personal Information. you should not provide personal information in any comments or feedback to the Website. You should make sure that personal information you supply to other service providers is pursuant to their privacy policy.

Links to Other Sites

I provide links to other web sites for your convenience and information. These sites may have their own privacy statements in place, which I recommend you review if you visit any linked web sites. I am not responsible for the content of linked sites or any use of the sites.

Children’s Privacy

This Website is not directed to children under the age of thirteen and I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen on the Website. If I become aware that I have inadvertently received personal information from a visitor under the age of thirteen on the Website, I will delete the information from my records.

Updates to Our Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our online information practices. I will post a prominent notice on this Website to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Statement and indicate at the top of the statement when it was most recently updated.

How to Contact Me

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Statement, or if you would like us to update information I have about you or your preferences, please contact us by using the contact us form.

Terms of Use

Last Updated July 31, 2015

These terms of use provided by the owner, Susan Noonan (“I” or “me”), the owner of the web site at susannoonanmd.com (“Website” or “Website”), including all information, tools and services available from this Website, to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all the terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here(the “Website”). Your use of this Website or any affirmative action you take on a click through box constitutes your agreement to these Terms of Use. You may use accounts from mailchimp.com, facebook.com, twitter.com, and disqus.com for certain features on this Website (an “account”); however you are not required to have such an account to visit the website. Our terms are different and in addition to any of the terms from an account provider.

Accuracy, Completeness and Timeliness of Information on This Website

This Website is meant to promote the work Managing Your Depression: What you can do to feel better (the “Book”) and provide limited additional information related to said Book. I am not responsible if information made available on this Website is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this Website is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or timelier sources of information. The content is not intended to be a substitution for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this Website. Any reliance on the material on this Website is at your own risk. I reserve the right to modify the contents of this Website at any time, but I have no obligation to update any information on the Website. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to the Website.

If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately or go to the nearest emergency department. I do not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Website.  PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS FORUM SEEKING MEDICAL ADVICE OR MEDICAL TREATMENT

Use of Materials on the Website

All content on this Website (including, without limitation, text, design, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips, downloads, interfaces, code and software, as well as the selection and arrangement thereof), is the exclusive property of and owned or licensed by me and is protected by copyright, trademark and other applicable laws. You may access, copy, download and print the material contained on the Website for your personal and non-commercial use, provided you include the following copyright notice: “Copyright ©2013-2015, Susan Noonan. All rights reserved.” Any other use of content on the Website, including but not limited to the modification, distribution, transmission, performance, broadcast, publication, uploading, licensing, transfer or sale of, or the creation of derivative works from, any material, information, software, products or services obtained from the Website, or use of the Website for purposes competitive to Susan Noonan, is expressly prohibited. You agree to abide by all additional restrictions displayed on the Website as it may be updated from time to time. I reserve the right to refuse or cancel any person or account’s use of this Website, block a user’s IP address for access to the Website, remove any person or account from this Website or prohibit any person or account from using this Website for any reason whatsoever.

You may not use contact information provided on the Website for unauthorized purposes, including marketing. You may not use any hardware or software intended to damage or interfere with the proper working of the Website or to surreptitiously intercept any system, data or personal information from the Website. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of the Website in any way. I reserve the right, in my sole discretion, to limit or terminate your access to or use of the Website at any time without notice. Termination of your access or use will not waive or affect any other right or relief to which I may be entitled at law or in equity.

Materials You Submit

You will have the opportunity to submit feedback to my blog posts through a Comments or Feedback section. You acknowledge that you are responsible for any material you may submit via the Website, including the legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright of any such material. You may not submit any content that (i) is confidential, proprietary, false, fraudulent, libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, infringing on intellectual property rights, abusive, illegal or otherwise objectionable; (ii) may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party (including their intellectual property rights) or otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law; or (iii) may contain software viruses, political campaigning, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You should not provide any credit card number, social security number, driver’s license number or other financial account number (“Personal Information”) or any health information about any person, including yourself. This forum is not meant to establish a doctor/patient relationship.

The materials you submit helps me determine future blog posts and tailor my communications related to managing depression. If you do submit material, and unless I indicate otherwise, you grant me an unrestricted, nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute and display such material throughout the world in any media. You further agree that I am free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to the Website. You grant me the right to use the name you submit in connection with such material, if I so choose. All personal information provided via this Website will be handled in accordance with the Website’s online Privacy Policy accessible from the link at the bottom of the page. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all the rights to the content you submit to me; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate any provision herein and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify me for all claims resulting from content you supply.

Conduct on the Website

The comments feature and other future features require that you login to the website through an account by another provider. You are responsible for protecting your own account information. You agree that you will be responsible for any and all submissions made, and acts or omissions that occur, through the use of your account.

No Framing

You or third parties acting on your behalf are not allowed to frame this Website or use our proprietary marks as meta tags, without our written consent. These marks include, but are not limited to the title of the Book. You may not use frames or utilize framing techniques or technology to enclose any content included on the Website without my express written consent. Further, you may not utilize any Website content in any meta tags or any other “hidden text” techniques or technologies without my express written consent.

Blog Comments And Feedback

Presently all feedback and comments from the Blog (“Blog Comments”) send private messages directly to me. I do not currently publish Blog Comments, but do reserve the right to publish blog comments, and if necessary, update the terms regarding blog comments accordingly. You agree that all previous warranties regarding the non-infringement of other person’s rights applies to the Blog Comments and Feedback, and that my future publication of those items will not violate any term of your promise.

Links

This Website may contain links to other web sites. These links are meant to give you an opportunity to explore other information at your sole risk. I have not reviewed all the information on those other sites, and my posting them is not a recommendation or endorsement of their content. I will not be responsible for the content of those or any other sites or any products or services that may be offered through those or any other sites and I am not responsible for any losses, damages or other liabilities incurred as a result of your use of any linked sites.

Trademarks and Copyrights

Trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on this Website are registered and unregistered trademarks me or other third parties. All of these trademarks, logos and service marks are the property of their respective owners. Nothing on this Website shall be construed as granting or implying any license or right to use any trademark, logo or service mark displayed on the Website without the owner’s prior written permission. I reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and its content. This Website and all of its content, including but not limited to text, design, graphics, interfaces and code, and the selection and arrangement thereof, is protected as a compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries.

DISCLAIMERS

YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE OR ANY FEATURE OR PART THEREOF AT ANY TIME. I EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS WELL AS WARRANTIES IMPLIED FROM A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR COURSE OF DEALING; THAT ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE SECURE; THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE WEBSITE AVAILABLE WILL BE VIRUS-FREE; OR THAT INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE WILL BE COMPLETE, ACCURATE OR TIMELY. IF YOU DOWNLOAD ANY MATERIALS FROM THIS WEBSITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIALS. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM ME OR THROUGH OR FROM THE WEBSITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. I DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF THE MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THEIR COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, USEFULNESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.

IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS, THE LAW MAY NOT PERMIT THE DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU SEND OR RECEIVE DURING YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE MAY NOT BE SECURE AND MAY BE INTERCEPTED BY UNAUTHORIZED PARTIES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT THE WEBSITE IS MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU AT NO CHARGE. RECOGNIZING SUCH, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER I OR ANY OF MY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE WEBSITE, OR ANY OTHER WEBSITE YOU ACCESS THROUGH A LINK FROM THIS WEBSITE OR FROM ANY ACTIONS I TAKE OR FAIL TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF COMMUNICATIONS YOU SEND TO US, OR THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ADVERTISED IN OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE, REMOVAL OR DELETION OF ANY MATERIALS SUBMITTED OR POSTED ON ITS WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE I HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. THIS DISCLAIMER APPLIES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY ARISING FROM ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECTS, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUSES, FILE CORRUPTION, COMMUNICATION-LINE FAILURE, NETWORK OR SYSTEM OUTAGE, YOUR LOSS OF PROFITS, OR THEFT, DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, LOSS OR USE OF ANY RECORD OR DATA, AND ANY OTHER TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE LOSS. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NEITHER I NOR THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY USER OF THE WEBSITE. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE CLAIMS OR ANY DISPUTE WITH ME IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. YOU AND I AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE WEBSITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES OR THE CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, ALL OR A PORTION OF THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless me and my employees, contractors, agents, licensors, service providers, subcontractors and suppliers from and against any and all losses, liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, arising or resulting from any violation of these Terms of Use. If you cause a technical disruption of the Website or the systems transmitting the Website to you or others, you agree to be responsible for any and all losses, liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, arising or resulting from that disruption. I reserve the right, at my own expense, to assume exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and, in such case, you agree to cooperate with me in the defense of such matter.

Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

The laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts govern these Terms of Use and your use of the Website, and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts located in the County of Worcester for any action arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use. This Website has been designed to comply with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and of the United States. If any material on this Website, or your use of the Website, is contrary to the laws of the place where you are when you access it, the Website is not intended for you, and I ask you not to use the Website. You are responsible for informing yourself of the laws of your jurisdiction and complying with them.

Changes to These Terms of Use

I reserve the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, at any time, by posting revised terms on the Website. It is your responsibility to check periodically for any changes I make to the Terms of Use. Your continued use of the Website after any changes to the Terms of Use or other policies means you accept the changes.

Entire Agreement and Admissibility

These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and I with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between the parties with respect to such subject matter. A printed version of these Terms of Use shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based on or relating to use of the Website to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

Severability

If any provision of this agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the agreement will remain in place.

How to Contact Me

If you have any questions or comments about these Terms of Use, or if you would like us to update information I have about you or your preferences, please contact us by using the Contact Us form.