Privacy Policy

Last Updated August 12, 2018

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in the OE Physicians website, a noncommercial service providing educational information for ophthalmic physicians by Ophthalmic Edge.

This Policy is subjected to our Terms of Use. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Policy have the meaning given to them in our Terms.

We recognize the importance of maintaining your privacy. We value our relationship with you and we appreciate the trust you show in providing information to us. Explaining how we collect, use and protect customer information is, therefore, of utmost importance to us. By visiting this site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

We do not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. Your information will not be shared without your permission.

Information Collected From You

This section of our privacy policy applies to the different types of information we collect from or through the Services.

The information that we collect from you helps us personalize and continually improve upon your experience on our Services. We may also process data upon your consent, asking for it as appropriate. You have the option not to provide certain information; however, withholding information may prevent you from being able to take full advantage of some of our Site’s features.

User-Provided Information

When you visit our Site, we automatically receive and store any information you enter on our Site. For example, you provide information when you create an account, log into the Site, fill in your account profile, communicate with us by phone or e-mail, complete a questionnaire, post comments, submit a donation or any number of other ways.

As a result of those actions, you might supply us with such information as your name, address, and phone numbers; transactional information based on your activities on the Site and content you generate or that relates to your account. This information might also result from your participation in community discussions, your correspondence through the Site, and correspondence with us.

Automatically-Collected Information

Whenever you interact with us, we collect and analyze some data about you, which may include the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) click stream to, through and from our website, including date and time and cookie data. Your IP address is used for internal use only and helps us diagnose problems with our server and administer our Site.

We also automatically track certain information about your activities on our Site. These may include: browser type and version, operating system and platform; statistics on page views, traffic to and from the Site; and standard web log information. We use this information to do internal research on your interests and to help us better understand and serve you.

If you are a registered user, we link this automatically-collected data to your personally-identifiable information. We may collect and measure session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.

Cookies

We also store certain types of information when you interact with us on our Site. For example, we use “cookies” and can obtain certain information from your web browser. By transferring these alphanumeric identifiers or “cookies” that your browser creates at our request in an approved and standardized place on your computer, we assign you a unique customer code and records information about your activity on our Site.

When you visit or return to our site, we read the cookie to identify you as one of our users. This enables us to recall orders or preferences you have selected and to identify you as a registered member, if applicable. The cookie also enables us to recall your past activities, post your account data, and tailor site elements to you.

How We Use The Information We Collect

We use the information that we collect in a range of ways, including the following:

Operations

We use the information to operate, maintain, and provide all features of the Services, to serve the information that you request, to respond to comments and questions and to provide support to users of the Services.

Improvements

We use the information to understand, process and analyze the usage trends and preferences of our Users, in order to improve our Services, and to develop new features and functionalities.

Communications

If we have your email address, we may use it to contact you for administrative purposes such as customer service, or with updates on news, educational information and events. You have the ability to opt out of receiving any communications as described below, under “Your Choices.”

Cookies, Tracking Technologies and Pixels

We use automatically-collected information and other information collected on the Services through cookies and such technologies to: personalize our Service, such as recalling a User’s information so that you will not have to re-enter it during subsequent visits; monitor and analyze the effectiveness of Services; and monitor site usage metrics such as total number of visitors and pages viewed.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to measure and evaluate traffic on the Site, and to create user navigation reports for our Site administrators. Google operates individually from us and has its own privacy policy, which we recommend that you review. Google may use the information collected through Google Analytics to evaluate activity on our Site. For more information, see Google Analytics Privacy and Data Sharing.

The data collected is only used to remedy technical issues; administer the Site and evaluate visitor preferences; and is in a non-identifiable form.

To Whom We Disclose Information

Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose the personal information collected or stored through our Services to third parties without your consent. We may disclose information to third parties if you consent to us doing so, as well as in the following circumstances:

Unrestricted Information

Any information that you choose to submit or publish, such as a comment, will be available to any User who has access to that content.

Service Providers

To carry out certain organizational functions, such as e-mail delivery, we sometimes hire other companies to perform these functions on our behalf. These companies have access to the information needed to perform their functions, but are required to keep it secure and confidential and do not use it for any other purpose than completing their contractual requirements to us.

As a part of the normal process of completing your donation, we may provide your personal data to a third-party payment processor, for example. Any credit card or payment information you submit is used for billing the donation transaction for which the information was submitted and may also be used to bill future renewal transactions, as in the case of periodic donation requests.

Non Personally Identifiable Information

We may use aggregate, non-personally identifying information for purposes that we deem necessary. For instance, we will use this non-identifying and aggregate information to better design or add features to our Site. However, in these instances, we do not disclose anything that could be used to identify you.

Law Enforcement, Legal Process and Compliance

Other than as described in this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose any account or personal information about you with anyone except in order to enforce our Terms of Use, to protect our rights or property or others, or if we are compelled to by law.

Your Choices

Access, Correction, Deletion

We respect your privacy rights and provide you with reasonable access to the Personal Data that you may have provided through your use of the Services. If you wish to access Personal Data we hold about you, or to request that we delete or transfer any information about you that we have received from an Integrated Service, you may contact us using the information in the “How to Contact Us” section.

You may update or delete your Account preferences at any time by contacting us. Please note that while any changes made will be reflected in active databases or within a reasonable period of time, we may retain your submitted information for backup purposes, archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, or in situations with legitimate reason to do so.

You may decline to share certain Personal Data with us, in which case we may not be able to provide to you some of the features of the Services.

At any time, you may object to the processing of your Personal Data, on legitimate grounds, except if otherwise permitted by applicable law. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with data protection authorities. If you believe your right to privacy granted by applicable data protection laws has been infringed upon, please contact us.

Navigation Information

You may opt out from the collection of information about your Site visit by Google Analytics by using the Google Analytics Opt-out feature.

Third-Party Services

The Services may contain features or links to third-party web sites and services. Any information you provide on third-party sites or services is provided to the operators of those services and is subject to their privacy and security policies, even if accessed through the Services. We encourage you to learn about third parties’ privacy and security policies before providing them with information.

Data Security

We follow accepted industry standards to protect your information submitted to us, both during transmission and once it’s received by us. We also maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect your data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, unauthorized disclosure or access, and other unlawful forms of processing of your data in our possession.

This includes, for example, firewalls, password protection and other access and authentication controls. We use SSL technology to encrypt data during transmission through public internet.

However, no method of transmission electronic storage over the Internet is 100% secure. We cannot ensure the complete security of any information you transmit to us or store on the Services, and you do so at your own risk. We also cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our l safeguards.

If you believe your data has been compromised, please contact us using the information in the “How to Contact Us” section. If we learn of a security breach, we will take measures to inform you.

Data Retention

We keep the Data collected from a User for as long as the User’s account is active or otherwise for a period of time as long as we need it to fulfill the purposes for which we have initially collected it, unless otherwise required by law. We will retain and use information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. If you are a visitor to our Site, we will retain your information for as long as necessary.

Children’s Privacy

Protecting the privacy of minors and young children is important to us. For that reason, we do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information.

Settings

Please be aware that no security measures are perfect. We are not responsible for the breach of any privacy settings or security measures on the Services. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other third-party users with whom you may choose to share your information.

Further, even after information posted on the Services is removed, caching and/or archiving services may have preserved that information, and/or other users or third parties may have copied or stored the information available on the Services. Consequently, we cannot and do not guarantee that information you post on or transmit to the Services will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Social Media Widgets

Social media features, such as social sharing buttons integrated with Facebook and Twitter, as well as other widgets, run on our Site. These features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on our Site, and may set tracking technologies such as cookies or custom audience pixels that allow the feature to function properly.

Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the organization providing it.

Changes and Updates to this Policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we do this, we will post the changes to this page and indicate at the top of the page the date the Policy was last revised. You can access this document at any time by selecting the Privacy link located at the bottom of every page on our Site.

Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account. Your use of our Services after changes are made to this Policy means that you agree to be bound by such changes.

We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.

How to Contact Us

You may contact us with any questions, concerns or comments in the following ways:

Our postal address is:

Ophthalmic Edge
c/o Dr. Yale Fisher
950 Third Avenue 3rd Floor
NY, NY 10022

We can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].

Last Updated August 10, 2018

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in the OE Physicians website, a noncommercial service providing educational information for ophthalmic physicians by Ophthalmic Edge.

This page describes the Terms of Use and Agreement (the “Agreement” or “Terms of Use”) that govern your use of the websites (the “Sites”), products or services (the “Services”), that are made available by and Ophthalmic Edge, as well as its affiliates (collectively “we”, “us” or “our”).

Please read the Terms on this page carefully, as it explains your rights in visiting or using our Site or Services.

General Rules and Conditions

The Site is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical help, advice, diagnosis, treatment or hands-on training experience.

Use of, or posting of information, images or educational materials on, the Site does not constitute establishment of a physician-patient or clinical relationship with any individual, nor establishment or offer to enter into a business relationship with any medical professional, institution or organization.

We do not endorse any medical or professional service obtained through information provided on this Site or any links to this Site. Use of this Site does not replace medical consultation with a qualified health or medical professional to meet the health and medical needs of yours or others.

Any reliance on any information provided by the Site or individuals using the Site is solely at your own risk. We are not not liable for any adverse events which occur from use of the Site or as a result of any medical conditions you may have.

Information on this Site should never replace the advice of a physician. IF YOU HAVE, OR ARE HAVING, A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR LOCAL EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, OR GO TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM.

You may view the Terms of Use any time in the footer of the Site. By joining, registering, and/or accessing and using the Services, you indicate that you have read, understand and consent to the Terms of Use.

If you do not agree with the terms and conditions as outlined on this page, you should not access, visit and/or use the Services. Use of the Services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions. These Terms are as binding and effective as an agreement in writing.

As a condition of your use of Services, you agree that you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful, or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the Services in any manner which could damage, disable, or impair the Services or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Services. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Services.

We reserve the right to terminate your access to the Services at any time, without notice.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and the Services as a result of Terms and use of the Services. Our performance of this Agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this Agreement is in derogation of our right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Services provided to or gathered by us with respect to such use.

We may change, add, or modify areas of the Terms of Use at any time. This may include the availability of any feature, content or database related to the Services. Such changes shall become effective immediately upon publishing.

Any time changes are made, we will revise the “Last Updated” at the beginning of this page. Under our Agreement, it is your responsibility to carefully review the Terms of Use, and by continuing to use the Services, you accept any changes or revisions.

Please note that these Terms of Use also apply during your usage of social media that engages with our own social media or where your usage of social media engages with the Services.

Privacy

In addition to reviewing the Terms of Use, please also carefully review our Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect, use and share any personal information. Such information also belongs to the Agreement between you and us.

Content

The Services and all content contained on the Services, including, but not limited to, text, images, photographs, designs, and computer code (collectively, the “Content”) is owned, controlled or licensed by us, or by the source or party named as the provider of the Content, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. For the purposes of the Terms, “Content” also includes all User Content (as defined in the following section).

You may use information made available for downloading from the Services for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you do not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices.

You may not modify, publish, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce (except for personal, noncommercial use only), nor create new works from, distribute, display, or exploit, any of the Content or the Services.

We strive for accuracy and seek to remedy any errors in Content, when they come to our attention. With that in mind, we will not be held liable for any delays, errors or omissions in any Content, or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof, or for any damages arising therefrom.

We do not guarantee that any Content will be made available through our services. We reserve the right to, but do not have any obligation to remove, edit, or modify any Content in our sole discretion, at any time, without notice to you and for any reason, or for no reason at all and to remove or block any Content from the Services, as we see fit.

User Content

All Content added, created, uploaded, or posted to the Services by users (the “User Content”), whether posted publicly or transmitted privately, is the sole responsibility of the person who produced such User Content.

By using the Services, you are solely responsible for your User Content and represent that the User content is accurate, complete, and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. You accept that all Content, including User Content, accessed or consumed by you using the Services is at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage or loss to you or any other party resulting therefrom.

You shall not upload or otherwise publish to our Services any material that may be considered defamatory, abusive, illegal, or messages that are considered “spam”. Without our explicit approval, you shall not publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services.

While we are not responsible for the content of these messages, we reserve the right to delete, move, or edit User Content that is considered defamatory, abusive, illegal, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable.

By submitting User Content, you acknowledge that it shall be deemed the property of Ophthalmic Edge; that such information is not confidential; that it may be displayed and published our Services; that it may be used for any purpose whatsoever, without compensation. User Content may also be republished through other channels, such as RSS feeds.

Registration

You may register for an account on the Services (an “Account”). This process will include the creation of login credentials through the selection of a password and providing of an email address. To engage with the Services, you are not required to sign up for an Account. However, specific features of the Services, such as posting to articles on the Site, require you to register for an Account. In doing so, you must provide accurate and complete information.

When selecting or using a username, you shall not choose a name subject to any rights of a person other than you without the appropriate authorization; nor choose a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene.

You are solely responsible for all activity that occurs on your Account, including use by any third party authorized by you to use your credentials. You are also responsible for keeping your Account password secure. You may never use another person’s user account for the Services without permission.

Please notify us immediately at [email protected] of any change in your eligibility to use the Services, breach of security or unauthorized use of your Account. You have the ability to delete your Account, through a request made to our employees.

Links

The Services may contain links to other independent third-party websites. Such links are provided solely as a convenience to users of our Services. We do not control, are not responsible for, and do not endorse the content of such third-party sites. You agree that we shall not be held responsible or liable for any information, software, or materials found at any third-party website.

Electronic Notices

You agree to electronic transactions with us. Your act of registering, using or logging into the Services or donating to Ophthalmic Edge indicates your acceptance of these Terms.

We may send electronic notices (the “Notice”) to you via e-mail if you have provided us with a valid email address through Account registration or completion of a donation transaction. The delivery of any Notice is effective when sent by us, regardless of whether you read the Notice or receive delivery of the Notice. You can withdraw your consent to receive Notices electronically by contacting our employees.

Trademarks

The trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on our Services are registered or unregistered trademarks by us. Nothing contained on our Services should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark displayed on our Services without our written permission.

Governing Law and Limitations

You agree that the laws of the state of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions, shall govern these Terms of Use and all matters relating to your access to or use of our Services, including any dispute that may arise between you, us and/or our affiliates.

You agree to the personal jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts in Manhattan County, New York, and waive any objection to such jurisdiction or venue. Any claim under these Terms of Use or otherwise relating to your access to or use of our Services must be brought within one (1) year after the cause of action arises, or such claim or cause is barred.

Legal

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be void, unenforceable or invalid, such provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms of Use will otherwise remain in full force and effect. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and us with regard to your use of our Services, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous representations, communications, agreements and understandings between you and us with respect to the subject matter hereof.

These Terms of Use cannot be modified or supplemented except in a writing expressly stated for such purpose and signed by you and us. Failure to insist upon strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use or to exercise any right arising out of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of that provision or right, in whole or in part, in that instance or in any other instance.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE USING OUR SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, “WITH ALL FAULTS” AND ON AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND CONTENT INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SERVICES MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. WE MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES TO OUR SERVICES AT ANY TIME.

ANY ADVICE RECEIVED VIA OUR SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.

WE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON OUR SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND.

WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF OUR SERVICES, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH OUR SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OUR SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.

BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF OUR SERVICES, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING OUR SERVICES.

How to Contact Us

You may contact us with any questions, concerns or comments in the following ways:

Our postal address is:

Ophthalmic Edge
c/o Dr. Yale Fisher
950 Third Ave
NY, NY 10022

We can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].