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April 2010
Note: This policy pertains to public use of North Valley Hospital Social Media sites.
BY POSTING ON ANY NORTH VALLEY HOSPITAL SOCIAL MEDIA SITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE
TERMS. North Valley Hospital has opened publicly facing pages on social media sites for viewing
content and/or videos and posting comments. These social media sites include, but are not limited, to
various sites such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs, multimedia or other user-generated content. By accessing,
viewing and/or posting any content to any North Valley Hospital Social Media Site on the internet, you
accept without limitation or qualification the following terms of use. If you do not agree to the terms of
this Policy, you may not view or post any content to any North Valley Hospital Social Media Site on the
internet. Your use of North Valley Hospital Social Media Sites is acceptance of this Policy and has the
same effect as if you had physically signed an agreement.
1. If you are a North Valley Hospital employee, you must adhere to the Employee Social Media
Guidelines supplied by North Valley Hospital and acknowledged by your signature. Failure to
comply with these policies and procedures may result in disciplinary action up to and including
termination of employment.
2. You must be at least 18 years old to post any content on any North Valley Hospital Social Media Site.
3. You are prohibited from posting personal health information content, including patient images, on
any North Valley Hospital Social Media Site. You are also prohibited from using the North Valley
Hospital Social Media Site to provide medical advice or medical commentary or to make, recommend
or increase referrals to providers.
4. As a guest posting content to any North Valley Hospital Social Media Site on the internet, you agree
that you will not: violate any HIPAA, local, state, federal and international laws and regulations,
including but not limited to copyright and intellectual property rights laws regarding any content that
you send or receive via this Policy; transmit any material (by uploading, posting, email or otherwise)
that is unlawful, disruptive, threatening, profane, abusive, harassing, embarrassing, tortuous,
defamatory, obscene, libelous, or is an invasion of another's privacy, is hateful or racially, ethnically
or otherwise objectionable as solely determined by North Valley Hospital’s discretion; impersonate
any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
transmit any material (by uploading, posting, email or otherwise) that you do not have a right to make
available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; transmit any material (by
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uploading, posting, email or otherwise) that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or
other proprietary rights of any party; transmit (by uploading, posting, email or otherwise) any
unsolicited or unauthorized advertising (including advertising of non-North Valley Hospital services
or products or use of logo), promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid
schemes" or any other form of solicitation; transmit any material (by uploading, posting, email or
otherwise) that contains software viruses, worms, disabling code, or any other computer code, files or
programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or
hardware or telecommunications equipment; harass another; or collect or store, or attempt to collect
or store, personal data about third parties without their knowledge or consent; or to share confidential
pricing information of any party.
5. North Valley Hospital reserves the right to monitor, prohibit, restrict, block, suspend, terminate,
delete, or discontinue your access to any North Valley Hospital Social Media Site, at any time,
without notice, for any reason and at its sole discretion. North Valley Hospital may remove, delete,
block, filter or restrict by any other means any materials at its sole discretion. You understand and
agree that North Valley Hospital may disclose your communications and activities with North Valley
Hospital in response to lawful requests by governmental authorities, including Patriot Act requests,
judicial orders, warrants or subpoenas, or for the protection of North Valley Hospital rights. In the
event that North Valley Hospital exercises any of its rights hereunder for any reason, you agree that
North Valley Hospital will have no liability to you.
6. By posting any content on any North Valley Hospital Social Media Site, you grant to North Valley
Hospital the irrevocable right to reproduce, distribute, publish, and display such content and the right
to create derivative works from your content, edit or modify such content and use such content for
any North Valley Hospital purpose.
7. You shall defend, indemnify, and hold North Valley Hospital and its corporate affiliates and their
respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, successors and assigns harmless from
and against, and shall promptly reimburse them for, any and all losses, claims, damages, settlements,
costs, and liabilities of any nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys' fees) to which any of
them may become subject arising out of, based upon, as a result of, or in any way connected with,
your posting of any content to a North Valley Hospital Social Media Site, any third party claims of
infringement or any breach of this Policy.
8. YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY RELATED TO THE
SECURITY, PRIVACY, AND CONFIDENTIALITY RISKS INHERENT IN SENDING ANY CONTENT
OVER THE INTERNET. BY ITS VERY NATURE, A WEBSITE AND THE INTERNET CANNOT BE
ABSOLUTELY PROTECTED AGAINST INTENTIONAL OR MALICIOUS INTRUSION ATTEMPTS.
NORTH VALLEY HOSPITAL DOES NOT CONTROL THE THIRD PARTY SITES AND THE INTERNET
OVER WHICH YOU MAY CHOOSE TO SEND CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL OR HEALTH
INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT AND, THEREFORE, NORTH VALLEY HOSPITAL DOES NOT
WARRANT ANY SAFEGUARD AGAINST ANY SUCH INTERCEPTIONS OR COMPROMISES TO
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YOUR INFORMATION. WHEN POSTING ANY CONTENT ON AN INTERNET SITE, YOU SHOULD
THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT YOUR OWN PRIVACY IN DISCLOSING DETAILED OR PRIVATE
INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY. FURTHERMORE, NORTH VALLEY
HOSPITAL DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY PRODUCT, SERVICE, VIEWS OR CONTENT DISPLAYED ON
THE NORTH VALLEY HOSPITAL SOCIAL MEDIA SITE.
9. You agree that any claim or dispute relating to your posting of any content on a North Valley
Hospital Social Media Site on the internet shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the state
of Montana without regard to its conflict of laws provisions, and you agree to be bound and shall be
subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the local, state or federal courts located in the city of
Whitefish, Montana.
10. You may not provide any content to a North Valley Hospital Social Media Site that contains any
product or service endorsements or any content that may be construed as political lobbying,
solicitations or contributions; or use the North Valley Hospital Social Media Site to link to any sites
or political candidates or parties; or use the North Valley Hospital Social Media Site to discuss
political campaigns, issues or for taking a position on any legislation or law.
11. THIS POLICY MAY BE UPDATED AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND EACH TIME A USER
ACCESSES A NORTH VALLEY HOSPITAL SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, THE NEW POLICY WILL
GOVERN USAGE, EFFECTIVE UPON POSTING. To remain in compliance, North Valley Hospital
suggests that you review the Policy, as well as the other website policies, at regular intervals. By
continuing to post any content after such new terms are posted, you accept and agree to any and all
such modifications to this Policy. |