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This web site is not being used to make diagnoses, administer treatment, prescribe medications, or order tests. The information and software application contained is provided as an educational service, which can assist you in your personal research on your blood pressure or other health concerns. The interactive tools contained on this web site are provided to help you participate with your healthcare provider in the self-management of your condition.

This web site is not a replacement for the relationship you have with your healthcare provider. Any information provided, including information communicated in moderated forums, is not official medical advice and should not be substituted for regular consultation with your healthcare provider. If you have any concerns about your health, please contact your healthcare provider's office immediately.

Actual or attempted unauthorized use of the Site may rpesult in criminal and/or civil prosecution. For your protection, UKidney.com reserves the right to view, monitor, and record activity on the Site without notice or permission from you. Any information obtained by monitoring, reviewing or recording is subject to review by law enforcement organizations in connection with investigation or prosecution of possible criminal activity on the Site.

Use of the Internet is solely at your own risk and is subject to all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations. We take measures to protect the security of your Personal Information and to ensure that your choices for its intended use are honored. We take precautions to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. All sensitive information is stored on a secured server protected from unauthorized access by a firewall and an access control system. However, we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to us over the Internet.

We agree to respect your privacy and treat all data that we receive from you as confidential. To ensure privacy of your data, never share your username and password with anyone who you do not want to access your data. Please note that information posted to the forums is accessible to all users and may be collected and used by others. Please review our Privacy Policy for more information about how we protect your privacy. Use of the Site is entirely at your own risk. UKidney.com is not responsible for the consequences of reliance on any information contained in or submitted to the Site, and the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with you. The Site is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation: 1) any concerning the availability, accuracy or content of information, products or services or results; and 2) any of title or warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Neither UKidney.com nor any of its agents, directors, employees, proprietors, partners, representatives, servants, attorneys, successors and assigns will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages (including but not limited to lost profits and damages that result from inconvenience, delay or loss of use of the services provided at the Site) arising out of use of the Site, or the information contained on the Site, even if UKidney.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses. You hereby acknowledge that the provisions of this section will apply to your use of the Site and all content and information contained in the Site.

Where UKidney facilitates communication with a third party for recruitment in to clinical trials or other research activity, UKidney and its parent company, BrightBean Solutions, makes no warranty as to the safety of the proposed study. The third party conducting the clinical trial assumes all responsibility for the design, supervision, execution and safety monitoring of the study. UKidney visitors using this website to provide their personal information for participation in the proposed study do so at their own risk and neither UKidney.com nor any of its agents, directors, employees, proprietors, partners, representatives, servants, attorneys, successors and assigns will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages (including but not limited to lost profits and damages) that result from involvement in these research activities. 

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