RadLinks.ca Forum is a place for exchanging ideas and discussion on topics of interest to Canada’s radiology community. All registered members are encouraged to contribute to the Content. Our members are highly educated professionals and, at all times, their online behavior should reflect their respect of the ethical code of the profession. The following “Code of Conduct” aims to ensure that certain rules and guidelines are adhered to, so that all participants have a rewarding and enjoyable experience in the Forum. In addition, the functions of the “Career Center” of RadLinks.ca involves posting of paid advertising and paid browsing of online resumes; therefore, the “Code of Conduct” also seeks to protect the right of its paying members/sponsors by forbidding any kind of unpaid advertisement and solicitation, as outlined below.
Introduction:
1. Moderation and Modification on RadLinks.ca Forums: In order to ensure compliance with the “Code of Conduct”, and to protect the dignity of all participants as well as interests of our paying parties, all postings may be moderated. Content that violates RadLinks.ca Forum “Code of Conduct” will be removed at our sole discretion. Participants are encouraged to contribute to this moderation by reporting breaches of “Code of Conduct” using the “Report Abuse / Advertising” function or sending an email to webmaster@RadLinks.ca.
2. Posting Personal Information: Do not provide sensitive personal information on the forums, such as your name email or postal addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers and financial information. Be especially suspicious if you are asked to reveal this information in the Forum, or via other means of correspondence. You information may and can be used for identity theft, or unsolicited advertising. Consider your postings as public information. For more information, visit the Identity Theft Q&A from the Government of Canada website.
3. Spamming or Flaming: Any type of commercial spamming or excessive flaming will not be tolerated and will be removed from the Groups. RadLinks.ca also reserves the right to limit further access of the offending member to the site, regardless of the type of membership (general or paid). RadLinks.ca also reserves the right to remove any content belonging to paying members in these situations. RadLinks.ca Forums are best used to explore issues related to radiology and enhance the function and integrity of its community, not to assault other’s ideas, beliefs or character.
4. Due Diligence in Content: Your posting bear your alias, your digital identifier. Invest in the richness of the content of your postings, as it will be a surrogate of your online professional character. Take pride in respecting your audience; write as if your identity is known to your colleagues, as if yours words are not written in cyberspace, but spoken in the presence of people you respect and desire to be respected by. Do not allow the cloak of anonymity to lull you into a false sense of security and carelessness. Review what you want to post, and if your emotions are running high, allow yourself some time to regain the moderation needed in a professional correspondence. Make your posts enjoyable and not a source of distress, to you or to others.
“Code of Conduct”
RadLinks.ca Forums and all related applications (”Forum”) are provided on the condition of acceptance of the website’s “Terms and Conditions”, as well as the “Code of Conduct” described below. RadLinks.ca may refuse to continue providing the Services to members who breach the “Code of Conduct”. In selected or extreme cases, RadLinks.ca reserves the right to cancel the offender’s membership, general or paid, and to prevent any future access to content on the website.
Use of the Forum implies deliberate acceptance of the “Code of Conduct”. RadLinks.ca may monitor the Forum and reserves the right to remove content that does not satisfy the “Code of Conduct”, in its sole discretion.
1. Accountability: All content, including but not limited to personal or digital data, text, software, multimedia (picture, graphics, sound, music, etc) and other materials (”Content”), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which the Content originated. The member under whose login the posting is created (whether directly or by proxy), and not RadLinks.ca, is solely and entirely responsible for all Content that is transmitted or otherwise made available via the Forum discussions or connections
2. Content RadLinks.ca may moderate, but does not control, the Content posted via the Forum and accordingly can not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of posted Content. By using the Service, you accept the possibility to be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable, and do so at your own risk. Under no circumstance will RadLinks.ca be liable in any way for any content, including but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content transmitted or otherwise made available via the Forum. RadLinks.ca does not pre-screen Content, but has the right, without any obligation and at their sole discretion, to remove any Content made available in the Forum. Without limiting the foregoing, RadLinks.ca and its designees reserve the right to remove any Content that violates the “Code of Conduct”. Members agree to evaluate and accept all risks associated with the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In addition, all Content is further bound to abide by the “Terms of Use” that govern general use of RadLinks.ca website.
3. Forbidden content: RadLinks.ca Forum doe not allow its users to: a. upload, post, email, transmit, submit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; b. is harmful to minors in any way; c. reveal personal or financial identifying information of a third party; d. advocate illegal conduct or participate in illegal or fraudulent schemes to distribute unauthorized copies of copyrighted material (including photos, artwork, text, recordings, designs, or computer programs). e. post, exchange, trade or swap sexually explicit, obscene or vulgar content; f. upload, post, email, transmit, submit or otherwise distribute or make available malicious software of any nature, including but not limited to destructive applications such as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and privacy-invasive software such as adware, spyware, etc. g. post or use any bots or scripts on the server, whether they are benign or destructive in intent; h. invite others to visit web sites that offer materials or content that does not comply with the “Code of Conduct”; i. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party; j. state, indicate, suggest or otherwise imply affiliation with RadLinks.ca, its subsidiaries or affiliates, in any form or extent such as employee or representative; k. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law; l. collect or store personal data about other users. m. adopt the identity of another person or company through the use of a user name that is not your own.
4. Forbidden content, special clause regarding examination material: Distribution or any attempts to disseminate to acquire material corresponding to any certification exams (written, oral or otherwise), including but not limited to recalled questions, clinical information, and diagnostic images, protected by its administering body is specifically and strictly prohibited in the Forum. Users of the Forum who have participated in any previous professional licensing examinations are bound by the confidentiality contract that was a prerequisite for, and was signed and adhered to, upon administration of the exam. RadLinks.ca can and does guarantee that such copyrighted information is not made available in the Forum, nor it assumes any responsibility regarding the immediacy that such content is discovered and removed from the site or any distribution that takes place within the time between posting and removal. However, upon discovery, in addition to content removal and membership termination, RadLinks.ca also reserves the right to reveal the identity of offenders for disciplinary action, if requested by the involved examination board or other legal authority including regulatory and licensing medical/professional associations.
5. Unpaid Advertising: The “Career Center” in RadLinks.ca involves posting of paid advertising and paid browsing of online resumes. RadLinks.ca site sponsors banners also are made available through paid subscription or contract, and contain product or service advertisement content. The rights, privileges and commercial interests of our professional paying members and sponsors shall and will not be jeopardized by availability of unpaid advertising content in the Forum. It is strictly forbidden to upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any kind of advertisement and solicitation information, explicit or implicit, formal or informal, to: a. engage in any commercial activity, including but not limited to posting or transmitting of unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, promotional materials or any other forms of solicitation to other users. b. introduce, promote, sell or distribute any commercial product, commercial website or professional service; c. recruit or contact professional workforce, bypassing the functions available in the “Career Center”. All members, including paid members/sponsors are strongly encouraged to cooperate with RadLinks.ca in protecting the right and interests of the latter by reporting any instances of infringement of these rules using the “Report Abuse / Advertising” function. RadLinks.ca commits itself to seriously pursue any reported instances and complaints; suspicious content may be suspended or removed while investigation to the nature and purpose of these postings are on the way. Final determination of whether a specific content is of detriment to the rights and interests of our paid members/sponsors or RadLinks.ca, can be done in consultation with the parties of interest, but remains at the exclusive and sole discretion of RadLinks.ca owner (s) / operator (s). Exemptions to the unpaid advertising clause include postings featuring personal belonging or material for sale or exchange or donation, such as books, computers, and other belongings of personal nature. Members are, however, strongly encouraged to limit their postings to items of relevance and interest to the professional audience of the Forum (e.g. radiology books & software). In addition, third party referrals by members are allowed, in the form of recommendations, suggestions or sharing of past relevant experiences with products or service providers or employers, as long as there is no proven or suspected affiliation, financial or otherwise, between the referring members and these third party services. These exemptions stand as long as they remain within the acceptable norms of such behaviors, without conflicts of right or interest with RadLinks.ca or its paid members/sponsors, to be determined at the sole discretion of RadLinks.ca.
6. Contact Consent: By using RadLinks.ca Forum, you deliberately initiate a conversation, invite and accept a response and consent to be contacted by electronic or other means in return.
7. The Right To Release Information RadLinks.ca reserves the right to release information to the proper authorities in the event of a violation of “Code of Conduct”, or in response to an appropriate subpoena, or if RadLinks.ca deems it necessary and/or appropriate at its sole discretion.
8. Disclaimer: Neither RadLinks.ca nor any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, partners, advertisers or third party content providers make any representation or warranty with respect to any content, information or services provided through, or in conjunction with, the Forum. RadLinks.ca, its affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, partners, advertisers and third party content providers are not liable for conduct by users of the Forum. Neither RadLinks.ca , nor any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, partners, advertisers or third party content providers make any guarantee, representation or warranty as to the accuracy, correctness or completeness of any information obtained as a result of using the Forum, and are not responsible for: (i) any errors of omission arising from the use of such information; (ii) any failures, delays or interruptions in the delivery of any content or service contained within the site; (iii) any libelous or unlawful material contained within member postings; or (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the service. You agree to indemnify and hold RadLinks.ca and its affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, partners, advertisers, and third party content providers harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content you submit, post, transmit or make available through the service, your use of the service, your connection to the service, your violation of the “Code of Conduct”, or your violation of the rights of another.
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