Disclaimer and Privacy Statement

The website is owned and operated by Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation. The Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation website, givebsmh.org, allows users to access health-related information that is provided by Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation and third-party content suppliers. The information provided on the givebsmh.org website is for general informational purposes only. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation does not make any representations or warranties as to the opinions or other service data you may access, download, or use because of the use of this website.  By using the Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation website, you agree to the terms of use described below and that you will comply with any local, state, federal or international laws pertaining to the use of this website.

Disclaimer: General

Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation provides the givebsmh.org website “as is” and without warranty, express or implied. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation expressly disclaims all warranties with regard to the accuracy, reliability, timeliness, usefulness, or completeness of the information contained on the givebsmh.org website and all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular use are hereby excluded.

Disclaimer: Assumption of risk; waiver

Your use of the givebsmh.org website is solely at your own risk. Neither Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation nor any entity or individual with which Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation contracts in connection with the operation of the givebsmh.org website (“contractor”) shall be liable or responsible to any person or entity for any loss or damage, including special, incidental, consequential, punitive, or indirect damages, caused, or to have been caused (including, but not limited to, liability arising out of contract, negligence, strict liability, tort, patent, or copyright infringement) directly or indirectly by or from the information or ideas contained, suggested, or referenced on the givebsmh.org website or for any errors, misstatements, inaccuracies, or omissions in the information or ideas contained on the givebsmh.org website or any delays or interruptions in the use of the givebsmh.org website. You hereby release and forever waive all existing and future claims you may have against Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation, its member, contractors, officers, directors, employees, affiliated entities, and agents, if any, for losses or damages you sustain in connection with your use of the givebsmh.org website, even if you have advised Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation or any contractor of the possibility of such damages. Use of the givebsmh.org website constitutes and acceptance of these provisions.

Disclaimer: Indemnification

By using the givebsmh.org website, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation, its member, contractors, officers, directors, employees, affiliated entities, agents, information providers and suppliers from and against any claims, lawsuits, proceedings, costs, attorney’s fees, damages, or other losses resulting from your use of the givebsmh.org website.

Disclaimer: External links

The givebsmh.org website contains links to third-party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement of the content on such third-party websites. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations, warranties, or covenants regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third-party websites. If you decide to access linked third-party websites, you do so at your own risk. Your use of third-party websites is subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites.

Disclaimer: Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation participants

Employees and other individuals affiliated with Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation contributing content to the givebsmh.org website, do so as individuals and not in any official capacity. Their opinions and expressions do not represent the opinions, expressions, or official position of the givebsmh.org website, Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation, or any of Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation’s related entities unless expressly stated.

Disclaimer: Technology

Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation does not warrant against human and machine errors, omissions, delays, interruptions, or losses, including loss of data. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that the files available for download from the givebsmh.org website will be free of infection, viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, or other codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation does not warrant or guarantee that the functions or services provided on the givebsmh.org website will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects in the givebsmh.org website will be corrected.

Terms of use

Please read these conditions carefully before using this site. The givebsmh.org website provides complimentary Internet-based communications and information services to the consumer. By using this site, you acknowledge your agreement to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, do not use this site. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation may periodically update the terms and conditions related to the use of the givebsmh.org website and you should periodically review for any such updates.

How you may use our materials

The content of this site is protected by copyright under both United States and international laws. You may not sell or modify the content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited. None of the content may be reverse engineered, disassembled, decompiled, reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, retransmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photo reproduction, recordation, or otherwise), resold or redistributed without the prior written consent of Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation. You may not create framed links to Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation websites without the prior written consent of Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation.

How you may use our marks

The Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation names and logos and all related product and service names, design marks, and slogans are the trademarks or service marks of Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively “Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation”), and nothing on this website should be interpreted or construed as granting any right or license to use these trademarks or service marks.  You are not authorized to use any Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation name or mark in any advertising, publicity, or in any other commercial manner without the prior written consent of Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation. Requests for authorization should be made to our Trademark Manager at [email protected].

Use of interactive areas

Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation may occasionally place email links on the site, which are solely to enable site visitors to communicate by email with Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation.

Any feedback, data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, or the like which you send to us may be used by Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation or its affiliates for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, and posting. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation is free to use, without any compensation to you, any ideas, concepts, knowledge, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the site for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, marketing products, and/or services using such information. By transmitting information, you grant to Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sub-license such rights through multiple tiers of sub-licenses.

Governing Law

The Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation website, givebsmh.org, is operated from a site in the State of Ohio, United States of America. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation and its affiliates make no representation that location-specific materials found at our sites are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access our sites from other locations, you are responsible for compliance with local laws. For further information on intellectual property matters, contact Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation’s Office of General Counsel at [email protected]. You agree that any claim or dispute relating to the Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation website or your use or reliance on this website shall be construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You expressly agree that sole and exclusive jurisdiction for any claim involving Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation, its member, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, contributors and editors, or any related affiliate, shall be in the local, state or federal courts located in Hamilton County, Ohio.

Complete agreement

Except as expressly provided in a particular legal notice on the site, these terms and conditions, and any amendments thereof, constitute the entire agreement between you and Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation with respect to the use of the site, including, but not limited to, any software and content.

If any provision of these legal notices is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these legal notices, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of the legal notices shall be deemed a waiver of any other legal notice.

Website Privacy Statement

This privacy statement describes the information gathering and dissemination practices for the Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation website (givebsmh.org). Please read this statement carefully. These terms are subject to change, so please check back regularly.

Email and other services

When you register for our email services, you need to provide your name and email address.

Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation respects your right to privacy. Only Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation has access to these email and phone number lists; they are not shared with any third parties without your consent. Subscribers can remove themselves from any lists they have registered for by using the opt-out process outlined in each email.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files written by the Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation Internet server to your hard drive, which allow for a personally-tailored experience at givebsmh.org. They save you time each time you visit by remembering your settings and preferences, as well as improving the speed of the site.

Information we collect and how we use it

The Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation website does not collect or disclose information that identifies or that can be used to identify you personally. However, Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation does collect non-personal information for aggregate study to assess the effectiveness of sections, pages, and features of the website. Included among these types of non-personal information are the number of visits to specific pages and the length of those visits, as well as visitor IP addresses and browser information. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation may use data obtained from cookies to tailor your experience at givebsmh.org, showing you content and advertising that may be of interest to you.

To request additional information using the Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation Website’s Contact Us email form, you must provide your name and email address. Your name and email address will not be shared with any third parties without your consent. However, Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation does track the number of requests received for certain information via the Contact Us feature to identify additional information that may be included on the website in the future.

The Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation website requests your location to customize the website content and experience to your location. The givebsmh.org website includes information for 12 different regions throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina, so providing your location ensures you get the information most relevant to you. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation will place a cookie on your device to remember your location and enhance your future use of the website. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation does not continuously track your location and no personally identifiable information is collected.

Links to other websites

The Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation website contains links to other third-party websites, which may have different terms of use.  Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation does not control and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other third-party websites.  Upon accessing such other third-party websites, you will be subject to the privacy practices and terms of use of that specific website.  Please read and comply with the privacy policies and disclaimers on these third-party websites.

Guidelines for children

The content of the givebsmh.org website is intended for adults age 18 and older. Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation does not knowingly or intentionally collect any personal information from users under the age of 18.  If you are under the age of 18, please consult with your parent or guardian for assistance in using this website.

Contacting this website

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of the Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation website or your dealings with the Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation website, you can contact us at [email protected].