{"id":1496786,"date":"2024-06-26T12:42:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T12:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthinfocanada.ca\/?page_id=1496786"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:26:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:26:04","slug":"terms-of-use","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/healthinfocanada.ca\/?page_id=1496786","title":{"rendered":"Terms of Use"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Chima | Canadian College of Health Information Management<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Welcome to Canadian Health Information Management Association (\u201cCHIMA<\/strong>\u201d,\u00a0 \u201cwe<\/strong>\u201d, \u201cus<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cour<\/strong>\u201d as the context dictates). Your use of our website (www.healthinfocanada.ca<\/a>) and any of the associated subdomains (collectively the \u201cWebsite<\/strong>\u201d) and the utilization of any products or services we offer through our Website (together the \u201cServices<\/strong>\u201d) is subject to terms set out below (these \u201cTerms of Use<\/strong>\u201d) in combination with our Privacy Policy (these Terms of Use together with our Privacy Policy, our \u201cTerms<\/strong>\u201d).<\/p>

Please read our Terms carefully since they are legally binding and have sections that contain important information about use, rights, liability, and your obligations and matters related to disputes, including the exclusive use of arbitration to resolve disputes.\u00a0<\/p>

By accessing and using the Website, you agree that you are bound by our Terms. You expressly acknowledge that you have read our Terms and agree to all terms and conditions herein.\u00a0 If you do not, or are unable to, agree to our Terms, please do not use our Website. For any clarification, please contact us at\u00a0general@echima.ca\u00a0. Any continued use of the Website by you shall be considered to express your consent and agreement with our Terms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cAccount<\/strong>\u201d means a User\u2019s account that was registered on our Website and created for the purposes of accessing our Services.<\/p>

\u201cAggregated Information<\/strong>\u201d means all information derived from your use of the Services and include without limitation, usage information, data and other content, provided however, such information shall not be able to reveal the identity of the User.<\/p>

\u201cCertify<\/strong>\u201d means being officially recognized as possessing a certain qualification, criteria or meeting certain standards.<\/p>

\u201cContent<\/strong>\u201d means any information, text, document, articles, blogs, links, reports, data, databases, tools, e-mail, code, photographs, pictures, audio, video, postings, graphics (including illustrations and animations), comments, interfaces, webpages, files, software, product names, company names, trade-marks, logos, trade names, or other materials.<\/p>

\u201cHandle<\/strong>\u201d means to process, record, transfer, access, receive, use, disclose, retain, dispose of, destroy, manage, collect, store, or otherwise handle and any variation of \u201cHandle\u201d and \u201cHandling\u201d has the same meaning depending on the context.<\/p>

\u201cIntellectual Property<\/strong>\u201d means inventions, discoveries, or improvements (whether patented or able to be patented and whether or not reduced to practice), including patents, patent applications, certificates of invention, utility models, continuations, continuations-in-part, provisionals, divisions, reissues, renewals, re-examinations and extensions thereof; trade secrets, know-how, designs, methodologies, processes, rights in data, and similar rights; semiconductor chip protection and mask work right; the protection of works of authorship or expression and copyright (whether or not registered); trademark, trade names, service marks, logos, domain names and trade dress; and similar rights under any laws or international conventions throughout the world, whether now existing or hereafter arising or developed, including the right to apply for registrations, certificates, or renewals with respect thereto, the rights to prosecute, enforce, and obtain damages.<\/p>

\u201cIntellectual Property Rights<\/strong>\u201d means any rights pertaining to Intellectual Property.<\/p>

\u201cLaws<\/strong>\u201d means any statute, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, constitution, treaty, common law, governmental order or other requirement or rule of law of any governmental authority.<\/p>

\u201cMembers<\/strong>\u201d means persons who pay membership fees to us.<\/p>

\u201cOffering<\/strong>\u201d means certain products and services which may be listed or accessbile through our Website.<\/p>

\u201cPassword<\/strong>\u201d means Account log-in and other details which are relevant to your access to the Services. \u201cPurchase<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cPurchasing<\/strong>\u201d means accessing, licensing, subscribing, or acquiring, as applicable in the context when a User avails an Offering.<\/p>

\u201cSocial Media<\/strong>\u201d means platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Instagram, Snap-chat and others websites, such as Youtube, which have a strong user content origination and sharing mandate.<\/p>

\u201cThird Party Providers<\/strong>\u201d means any an independent third party provider that may be accessible through our Website.<\/p>

\u201cUser(s<\/strong>)\u201d means anyone who is using our Website, whether or not he or she has an Account.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

\u201cUser Input<\/strong>\u201d means any Content submitted or otherwise shared by a User in the course of using our Website, including suggestions, modifications or other actions undertaken by User or is otherwise shared with other Users through the Website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our Website allows Members to interact with us, other Users, access various types of Content, purchase products and gain access to events. We provide the Services in our own personal or corporate capacities, and not as employees, agents, or representatives of a User or a Third Party Provider.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

We are not responsible in any manner for the Content provided by a User or a Third Party Provider. All Content on the Website is for information purposes only and we do not guarantee the reliability or accuracy of any Content.\u00a0<\/p>

We are not under any obligation to verify the actual identity or authority of the User of our Website or to safeguard any login name or password of a Member.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We grant you<\/strong>, subject to your compliance with the Terms, a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited and revocable right to access and use the Website. Unless explicitly granted herein, no other rights are granted by us and our licensors and we will continue to own, and you will not assert, any ownership interest in any part of our Website as a result of your use of our Website and Services. Our Services may include the ability for you to Purchase certain Offerings which have their own specific terms applicable to their use. Please ensure you understand the rights and limitations in each Purchasing scenario as this grant does not provide a blanket grant to use any Offering which is Purchased \u2013 such\u00a0Purchase shall requires a separate transaction, whether or not directly executed on our Website and be subject to separate terms and conditions for utilization of such Offering<\/strong>.<\/p>

We withhold all other rights in Content on our Website.<\/strong>\u00a0Unless explicitly granted herein, no other rights are granted by us and our licensors and we will continue to own, and you will not assert, any ownership interest in any part of our Website as a result of your use of our Website and Services. None of the Content found on any of our Website or Offering, including our marks and logos, which are subject to trademarks, may be reproduced, republished, distributed, displayed, sold, transferred, or modified in any form without the express written permission of CHIMA or the applicable Third Parties.<\/p>

You grant us a<\/strong>\u00a0non-exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-free and transferable\u00a0right to Handle your data\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0 provide you the Services, including any Offering, and generate Aggregated Information \u2013 you agree that (i) all such data may be, without further required consent by you, Handled by a third-party for either (A) the third party\u2019s own legitimate business function, (B) purposes which serve our business purposes, including transaction processing and data monitoring or storage, or (C) for regulatory or other reasons which are imposed on us in Canada, United States of America, or in any other jurisdiction in which we provide services or may otherwise decide to store or process such data, and (ii) we\u2019ll own all Aggregated Information for any purpose we see fit, including but not limited to publication of, and creation of derivative works from the Aggregated Information, provided that such usage shall not reveal to a third party any confidential information or the identity of a User.<\/p>

You further grant us<\/strong>\u00a0a royalty-free, worldwide, transferrable, sub-licensable, irrevocable, perpetual\u00a0license to use or incorporate into Services any User Input<\/strong>, which you are not obliged to provide. Although we do not seek to monitor or control the submission of User Input, we reserve the right to delete, move and edit any User Input submitted where, in our sole and absolute discretion, it is considered prudent or necessary to do so. User Input is the sole responsibility of the person or entity that provided the User Input. You shall be solely responsible for any Content you provide on our Website and any consequences that may arise from posting, providing or publishing it on the Website.<\/p>

You consent to receive communications from us, our affiliates, and the applicable Third Party<\/strong>\u00a0Provider<\/strong>\u00a0in electronic formats, including via the email address you have submitted or other agreed upon contact methods. You can opt-out from receiving certain communication from any such party at any time by completing the formalities on the Website (although you cannot opt out of receiving member renewal communications from us). We do not take on any liability for any communication of another party to you, particularly if you have provided your contact information to them independently rather than using the communication functions of the Website. You agree that the Terms, agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if they were in writing and physically presented to you.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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You represent, warrant, and covenant that:<\/strong>\u00a0(A) in case you are registering an Account for the use of our Services, you will maintain true, accurate, complete and current information about you\/the Account holder; (B) all Content you provide on our Website shall be accurate and provided in good faith; (C) to the extent you share with us any personal data of any person for any purpose, including the names, email addresses and phone numbers, you have the authority (including any necessary consents), as required under applicable law, to provide us with such personal data and allow us to use such personal data for the purposes for which you shared it with us; (D) you authorize us, and we reserve the right to, provide information relating to the applicable Service to the appropriate Third Party Provider as required for you to avail the applicable Service; (E) you are 18 years old or older; (F) you have the authority to bind yourself, or such other party which you may be representing, to our Terms; and (G) your use of our Services and our Website shall conform to our Terms; and you will not engage in, nor will you link our Website to another site which engages in as applicable, any of the following Restricted Actions:\u00a0<\/p>