Terms of Use
Aspen Dental Management, Inc Terms of Use Agreement
General Terms and Conditions
This web site ("the Site") is owned and maintained by Aspen Dental Management, Inc. By accessing or using this Site, you unconditionally agree to be bound by all of the terms, conditions and notices contained in this Site Use Agreement. These general terms and conditions in this Agreement are referred to as this "Agreement."
By using the Site, you express your understanding and agreement that you are bound by these general terms and conditions. If you are unwilling to be bound by these general terms and conditions, do not use the Site.
By using the Site, you also express your understanding and agreement that you are responsible for complying with all applicable laws and regulations. Accessing or using any portion or feature of the Site from any territory where such portion or feature of the Site is illegal is prohibited.
Aspen Dental Management, Inc. reserves the right to revise this Agreement at any time by revising the terms and conditions herein. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions. By continuing to use the Site after such revisions are made, you express your understanding and agreement to such revised terms.
Intellectual Property
The Site and all of its contents (including but not limited to all text, images and software) are the property of Aspen Dental Management, Inc. or its licensors and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark and/or other laws. Aspen Dental Management, Inc. reserves all intellectual property rights not expressly granted under this Agreement.
Disclaimers
The material and information on the Site may contain technical, typographical or other errors or inaccuracies (including errors, inaccuracies or omissions relating to product or service descriptions, pricing or availability) and may not be complete or current. ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY MATERIAL OR INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT. Aspen Dental Management, Inc. may change any material or information on the Site at any time without prior notice, but ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. DOES NOT MAKE ANY COMMITMENT TO UPDATE MATERIAL OR INFORMATION ON THE SITE. ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. MAKES NO REPRESENTATION THAT CONTENT PROVIDED ON THE SITE IS APPLICABLE, LAWFUL OR APPROPRIATE FOR ACCESS OR USE IN LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS. Aspen Dental Management, Inc. has not reviewed all of the sites to which links appear on the Site and is not responsible for their contents. The inclusion of any such link on the Site does not imply endorsement by Aspen Dental Management, Inc. of any linked site, the use of which is at the user's own risk.
Warranty Disclaimer
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE SITE AND ITS ENTIRE CONTENT ARE MADE AVAILABLE BY ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. "AS IS," WITH ALL FAULTS, AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, UNINTERRUPTED USE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION, OR ACCURACY, SECURITY OF INFORMATION, OR RELIABILITY, ARE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED. USERS OF THE SITE ASSUME ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, SUITABILITY, AVAILABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT MAY BE REVISED, ALTERED AND CHANGED FROM TIME TO TIME. ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT ANY SITE CONTENT WILL OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR ANY ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. WEB SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
Limitation of Liability
ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE HOWSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANY USE OF OR RELIANCE UPON THE SITE OR ITS CONTENT. IN NO EVENT WILL ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, LOST DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR CLAIMS (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, IN TORT, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, THE USE THEREOF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, EVEN IF ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. IF ANY WARRANTY DISCLAIMER OR LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IN THIS AGREEMENT IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. UPON ANY CLAIM (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, IN TORT, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF THE SITE, ITS USE OR ITS CONTENT SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00).
Applicable Law and Dispute Resolution
Aspen Dental Management, Inc. maintains and operates the Site from its facilities in New York in the United States of America. Use of the Site and its contents, all transactions arising from use of the Site, and this Agreement, shall in all respects be governed by and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and the state of New York, without giving effect to any principles of conflict of laws. Any dispute between Aspen Dental Management, Inc. and any user of the Site will be resolved by a state or federal court situated within Onondaga County in the state of New York, and user hereby irrevocably submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for that purpose. The parties hereby agree to exclude the application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
General
Every provision of this Agreement shall be construed, to the extent possible, so as to be valid and enforceable. If any provision of this Agreement so construed is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed severed from this Agreement, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Any section headings or titles in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall have no other meaning. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between Aspen Dental Management, Inc. and the user of the Site regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior representations, advertisements, statements, proposals, negotiations, discussions, understandings, or agreements regarding the same subject matter.
Copyright and Trademark
All Site content is Copyright ©2009 Aspen Dental Management, Inc. All rights reserved. Note that any product, process or technology described in the Site content may be the subject of other Intellectual Property rights reserved by Aspen Dental Management, Inc., and are not licensed hereunder. No materials from this Site may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way. You may download material displayed on this Site for non-commercial, personal use only, provided you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, report or use the content of this Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio and video, without Aspen Dental Management, Inc.'s prior written permission. Aspen Dental Management, Inc. and the Aspen Dental Management, Inc. logo are trademarks of Aspen Dental Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation having its principle offices at 281 Sanders Creek Parkway, East Syracuse, New York. All other marks are property of their respective owners.
Aspen Dental Privacy Policy
You can visit Aspen Dental Management Inc., on the Web without sharing information about yourself or revealing any information about who you are. Sometimes however, we may need information from you, such as your name and address or other personal information, in order to communicate with you, or allow access to special member sections of our site.
In addition, if you give us personal information via the Internet that our business partners or we need (for example to communicate with you, initiate a subscription to a newsletter or provide you with a service), we will inform you how we will use your information. If you tell us that you do not wish us to have access to your information, we will respect your wishes.
We store your information in order to personalize your experience with us and offer you features and services that more closely meet your needs. Our site contains links to other Web sites not controlled by Aspen Dental Management, Inc. The information you provide us does not transfer to those Web sites. We do not assume responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those sites.
We believe a relationship is built on trust, and thus we make a commitment to you that your personal information will be kept in confidence by us. If you have any questions or would like more information about our Web site privacy policy, please contact us at webmaster@aspendent.com.
The above Web privacy statement is effective as of January 1, 2002. Aspen Dental Management, Inc. reserves the right to change the Web privacy statement from time to time. This privacy policy is not intended to and does not imply any contractual or other legal rights in respect to Aspen Dental Management, Inc. or any other party.
Aspen Dental Patient Privacy Policy
Introduction
We recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of certain basic personally identifiable information such as names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, account numbers, social security numbers and health information of our individual patients ("Patient Information"). We have adopted this Policy to guide how we use such Patient Information.
Purpose
The purpose of this Policy is to balance our legitimate business interests in collecting and using Patient Information with the reasonable expectation of privacy which may be held by those providing such Patient Information.
Information
It is necessary for us to collect and store Patient Information to provide requested care and billing related services. Many state dental regulations and governing entities require service providers to collect and retain some or all of such Patient Information.
Security
The security of Patient Information is very important to us and we are committed to protecting the information we collect. We collect Patient Information only in a manner deemed reasonably necessary to serve legitimate business purposes and comply with legal obligations. We use commercially reasonable efforts to make our collection of Patient Information consistent with all applicable laws and regulations. We exercise care in providing secure transmission and storage of information. We take commercially reasonable efforts to create and maintain firewalls, restrict access and secure socket layers, and implement other appropriate safeguards to ensure that Patient Information is used only as authorized by us and in compliance with this policy. Our privacy protection practices help us maintain accurate, timely, complete and relevant information for our business purposes. Our communication system, software and database practices have been designed to aid us in supporting authenticity, integrity and confidentiality.
What we will and will not do with Patient Information:
- We will not sell trade or rent Patient Information to outside parties or sell such information to outside parties.
- We may use Patient Information internally to offer goods and services we believe may be of interest. We may use Patient Information to contact you to inquire or survey about the Patient experience at the location(s) visited and the prospect of future services or improvements needed to continue as your services provider. We may also create and use aggregate Patient Information that is not personally identifiable to understand more about the common traits and interests of our Patients.
- We may utilize one or more third-party service providers to send email or other communications to you on our behalf, including Patient satisfaction surveys. These service providers are prohibited from using your email address or other contact information for any purpose other than to send communications on our behalf.
Emails about Special Offers and Promotions and Opt-Out
It is our intention to only send email communications that would be useful to you and that you want to receive. When you provide us with your email address as part of the registration or appointment setting process, we will place you on our list of patients to receive informational and promotional emails. In addition, patients and visitors to our website are given the opportunity to “opt-in” to receive electronic promotional communications by selecting the option to receive promotional email from us on our website.
Each time you receive a promotional email, you will be provided the choice to “opt-out” of future emails by following the instructions provided in the email or you can “opt-out” at any time by following the instruction provided.
Destruction of Information
Prior to the disposal of Patient Information we will destroy, erase or otherwise make unreadable your personal information including social security numbers, credit card numbers and other identifiable information.
Cookies
Our website utilizes “cookie” technology. “Cookies” are encrypted strings of text that a website stores on a user’s computer. Our website uses cookies throughout the online process to keep together information entered on multiple pages. For example, cookies enable our website to “remember” information provided to us. In addition, cookies are used to:
- Measure usage of various pages on our website to help us make our information more pertinent to your needs and easy for you to access; and,
- Provide functionality such as online appointing, bill paying and other functionality that we believe would be of interest and value to you.
The two types of cookies that we use are referred to as “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you leave our website. Persistent cookies remain on your computer hard drive until you delete them. We do not use cookies to gather any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us in your dealings with us. Our cookies do not corrupt or damage your computer, programs or computer files. You may set your browser to block cookies.
Compliance with Law
We may disclose Patient Information to law enforcement agencies, or may be required to disclose it during the discovery process in litigation, pursuant to a court order, or in compliance with any applicable law, regulation, rule or ordinance.
Our Affiliates
Some of our practices are owned and operated by affiliated dentists. Each affiliate relies on us to collect Patient Information and use such information in accordance with this privacy policy.
Copyright and Trademark Notices
The contents of our website are protected by United States and International Copyright and Trademark law. Any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited and may subject a violator to civil and criminal penalties. All rights reserved.
Privacy Protection Policy Changes
In the future, we may need to change this Policy. All changes will be included in this policy so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. This Policy was last updated on September 22, 2008.
Questions or Comments
Any questions or comments that relate to this Privacy Protection Policy may be directed to us at Aspen Dental Management, Inc. 281 Sanders Creek Parkway, E. Syracuse, NY 13057, (315) 454-6000.