Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Please read this agreement entirely and carefully before accessing this website. If you choose to use Sharp.com or any of its features, including but not limited to mySharp (Sharp HealthCare’s online patient tools such as the appointment center, pharmacy refills and billing), health tools and calculators, mobile and text messages, email newsletters, RSS, podcasts and videos, widgets, blogs and other social media, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions below.

1. Disclaimer

2. Online Conduct

3. Sharp Blog and User-Generated Content

4. Consents and Copyrights

5. Registration and Security

6. Privacy Policy

7. Collection and Use of Personal Information

8. Collection and Use of Anonymous Information

9. Communications from Sharp HealthCare

Disclaimers
Sharp.com is an online information and communication service that Sharp HealthCare provides to the community for educational purposes only. The information provided should in no way be taken to be the provision or practice of medical, nursing or health care diagnosis, advice or be considered a substitute for a call, visit, consultation or advice from your physician or other health care providers.

If you have specific health-related questions or a health problem, please call your physician or other health care provider. Sharp HealthCare has used reliable sources in an effort to provide broad consumer understanding and knowledge of health-related topics, but do not depend on the information presented on this website, as each individual case is different.

Except for information, products or services clearly identified as being supplied by Sharp HealthCare, Sharp HealthCare does not operate, control or endorse in any way information, products or services on the Internet.

While Sharp HealthCare takes reasonable measures to protect its website, Sharp HealthCare cannot guarantee that files available for downloading will be free of contaminating or destructive properties. Users are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures to protect themselves and their own computer systems.

Links to other websites are provided as a service to you. However, other websites are neither managed nor controlled by Sharp HealthCare. While Sharp makes reasonable efforts to include other websites that provide relevant information, neither Sharp HealthCare nor its employees, agents or contractors, review, control or take responsibility for the content of these websites.

Sharp.com is provided without warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, including but not limited to, those of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement or any warranty arising from a course of dealing, usage or trade practice. Sharp HealthCare will not be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you or anyone else in reliance upon the information provided. By accessing this website and the Internet generally, you assume all responsibility and risk for use.

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Online Conduct
You agree not to use Sharp.com or any of its features for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this agreement. Sharp HealthCare reserves the right to deny access to any part of Sharp.com at our sole discretion. You are personally responsible for the material that you send and for adhering to rules of conduct on any page of Sharp.com.

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Sharp Blog and User-Generated Content
By viewing or posting comments, links or other information on Sharp’s blog or other user-generated content on Sharp.com, you agree to:

1. Give Sharp HealthCare the right to publish, distribute, reproduce, edit and otherwise use your submission in any form on any media — royalty-free and unrestricted.

2. Be respectful of others.

3. Not use language that discriminates based on race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, etc.

4. Not post anything that is obscene, abusive, libelous, threatening or otherwise illegal.

5. Not impersonate any other person or allow another person to use your identity to post or view comments.

6. Not post advertisements, business solicitations or spam.

7. Not post materials that are copyrighted or trademarked.

All comments and other posts are subject to review by Sharp HealthCare. Those that do not abide by these policies will be removed.

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Consents and Copyrights
All trademarked, logo or copyrighted material contained within these pages, including but not limited to content, documents, forms, photographs, images and illustrations, podcasts, videos, blogs and user comments, is the sole property of Sharp HealthCare. Any reproduction or redistribution of this material beyond personal use is prohibited without the express written consent of Sharp HealthCare.

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Registration and Security
You will be required to register for an account with Sharp.com to use mySharp and to apply for a job at Sharp HealthCare online. A user name and password will be needed to register. You will be asked to provide information pertinent to your account. You are responsible for securing the confidentiality of your password. Sharp will secure mySharp and job application submissions using SSL (Secure Socket Layer).

You must be at least 18 years old to register on Sharp.com. You may cancel your account at any time by notifying Sharp HealthCare at info@sharp.com. Sharp HealthCare reserves the right to cancel or remove Sharp.com accounts impersonate another person, are abusive, illegal or are otherwise inappropriate or violate any part of this agreement.

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Privacy Policy
Sharp HealthCare is dedicated to protecting your privacy. View Sharp’s Privacy Practices for more information.

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Collection and Use of Personal Information
Sharp HealthCare will not collect your name, email address or other personal information unless you voluntarily provide it. Sharp HealthCare will not sell, trade, rent or share personal information about you or other website visitors to any third party.

Sharp collects, uses and stores the following personal information:

1. Names and email addresses for email newsletter subscriptions, online surveys, customer feedback and contact forms, and other communications with Sharp HealthCare. Sharp HealthCare will not send unsolicited email messages to you or other website visitors. Email messages sent to Sharp.com users are strictly limited to email newsletter subscriptions, responses to questions or other uses in which the user has specifically requested the message.

2. Personal information (such as but not limited to name, email address, billing and shipping address, date of birth and date of health care service) when you register for a class, pay a bill, make an online donation, purchase a product or other online functions.

3. Credit card information to pay a bill, make an online donation or purchase a product. Sharp does not store credit card numbers. All credit card transactions are secured and processed using the standard practices of banks and retail stores.

4. Physician appointments and appointment requests made through mySharp.

5. Online pharmacy refill requests made through mySharp.

6. Past billing statements (for Sharp Rees-Stealy patients only).

7. Demographic information (such as but not limited to gender and ethnicity) is optional but requested when you apply for a job.

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Collection and Use of Anonymous Information
By using Sharp.com, you consent to the collection and use of information as discussed below. Changes in this policy will be posted on this page so you will always know what information is being collected, how it is being used and under what circumstances it is being disclosed.

Sharp HealthCare collects the following nonpersonal information about its website visitors on an aggregated basis: 

• Date and time of visit
• IP address (numbers that identify your Internet service provider or network)
• Name of the Internet browser you used to visit Sharp.com
• Pages visited and files downloaded on Sharp.com
• Referring website (the last website you visited before coming to Sharp.com)
• Search keywords used to find Sharp.com
• Type of computer (PC or Mac) you used to visit Sharp.com

This information is used to improve your experience on Sharp.com. Sharp regularly makes changes and updates to Sharp.com based on the collection of this information. Website administrators will gather this information and may report on broad user trends, site usage and popular web pages to senior leaders within Sharp HealthCare.

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Communications From Sharp HealthCare
If you are an email subscriber, you may be contacted by Sharp HealthCare about new programs, services, website features, classes, etc. Sharp will only send you information related to offerings at Sharp HealthCare. If you wish to not receive promotional emails from Sharp, email us at info@sharp.com. You may choose to provide more information and must be 18 years of age or older to communicate with us by email or to subscribe to Sharp’s email newsletters.

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Share Your Opinion
Sharp HealthCare welcomes your questions and comments about privacy. Please feel free to send us an email.