Policies

Boneandspine.com strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive and personalized experience.
How we gather information from users
How we collect and store information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and the services provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information when you register for access to certain portions of our site or request certain features, such as newsletters or when you make a purchase.
You may provide information when you participate in sweepstakes and contests, message boards and chat rooms, and other interactive areas of our site. Like most Web sites, Boneandspine.com also collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to recognize you and hold information from your visit.
Among other things, the cookie may store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked to re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be able to customize the site’s features according to your preferences.
What we do with the information we collect
Like other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. We respect your privacy and do not share your information with anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business partners. Again, this information does not include any Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on www.Boneandspine.com to communicate with you about your registration and customization preferences; our Terms of Service and privacy policy; services and products offered by www.Boneandspine.com and other topics we think you might find of interest.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by Boneandspine.com may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests, and other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting service for example) may access such information. We will use your information only as permitted by law.
In addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your information in response to a court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements
Boneandspine.com expects its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that third parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame on a www.Boneandspine.com page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through Boneandspine.com you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by other parties. Boneandspine.com is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page operated by a third party.
While on our site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other features available on our site may offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology to gather information. Boneandspine.com does not control the use of this technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.

We embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” our webpages. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” our webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update

We use a Twitter Tweet widget at our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet our webpages using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update

We use a Linkedin Share widget at our website to allow you to share our webpages on Linkedin. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

We use Pinterest Save widget at our website to allow you to pin images to Pinterest from our webpages. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

We use a GooglePlus widget at our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Google’s servers for you to be able to share our webpages using your GooglePlus account. These requests make your IP address visible to Google, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on message boards or in chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of Boneandspine.com and this policy.
Children
Boneandspine.com does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe Boneandspine.com has any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact us at the address listed below.
Contacting Us
We can be reached by emailing us.
Changes to this Policy
Boneandspine.com reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.
This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.

Boneandspine.com accepts advertising and sponsorship for its Web site. general Guidelines are as follow

1. All advertisements are subject to approval of the boneandspine.com, which reserves the right to reject or cancel any advertisement at any time.
2. Advertising is separate from content. Advertisers and sponsors have no advance knowledge of our content, nor do the editors/writers shape content to accommodate advertising.
3. Publisher will not sell advertising for a specific product on the condition that it appear in the same location, and at the same time, as a specific article mentioning that product.
4. Advertisers do not influence any of our publishing decisions or advertising policies.
5. Any reference to boneandspine.com in advertisements subject to  prior written approval.
6. Advertorials are not accepted on boneandspine.com
7. boneandspine.com may change the terms set forth herein at any time.

Image Policy

This policy has been framed because we have been receiving a number of requests for use of images.

All the images unless specified otherwise are copyright of BoneandSpine.com or used from public domain.

All images on the BoneAndSpine.com are available for use for non commercial web purposes provided a link back to the site is provided.

In case of use of images in print, you should attribute BoneAndSpine.com the image source.

If you require a better resolution of the photograph or a photp without copyright label, a mail can be sent to contact [at]boneandspine [dot]com.

Disclaimer

This website intends to enrich the knowledge of readers about orthopedic science and orthopedic problems. It cannot and does not wish to replace physician.

Any information that is published on this website should not be used for purpose of treatment without prior consultation with a physician.

If you have seeked an opinion from us, that opinion is also given for purpose of knowledge only. Your physician would be the best guide to your treatment that is best suited to your profile.