Privacy Policy and Terms of Use – سياسة الخصوصية و شروط الاستخدام

Who we are

Our website address is: https://letstalkortho.com.

• The purpose of “letstalkortho.com “ website is to present a series of lectures in Orthopaedic Surgery in Arabic and English languages. These lectures are available on this website for free for everyone and are not for sale or exchange. The aim is to deliver the medical information in Arabic language to Arabic speaking physicians and those who want to learn medical Arabic language. The Arabic terms used in these slides were verified by the Unified Medical Dictionary.
• The medical information presented in these slides are not true translation of any textbook or reference, but they are simplified illustration with figures and pictures taken from textbooks in orthopaedic surgery. These figures and images are not owned by “letstalkortho.com “ website nor by the surgeon who prepared these slides and they are owned by the publisher of the referenced textbooks. Therefore, any use of these figures and images should be cited with the name of the reference / textbook to comply with copyrights.
• The lecture and article presented in this blog are prepared by orthopaedic surgeon. These articles did not undergo a peer review process.
• Letstalkortho.com is designed to provide medical information for medical professionals, not as a substitute for professional medical care. The information provided on this site cannot be used to make medical, clinical or other decisions related to patient care without consult medical professionals. This website / blog is not responsible or liable if this site or any information on this site is wrongly used for patient care.
• This website may provide links to other websites on the Internet or include references to documents, software or services provided by other websites or companies. Letstalkortho.com is not responsible for the accuracy, legality or any other aspect of the content of such sites including no responsibility for errors or any references to other websites or companies. The inclusion of such a link or reference is provided merely as a convenience and does not imply endorsement of, or association.
• The x-rays used in this PowerPoint are of patients treated at Rubin institute for Advanced Orthopaedic, Baltimore, MD, USA, the Children Hospital of New Orleans, LA, USA and IWK health center in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• All patients have signed a written consent to use their radiographs for teaching and research purposes. There is no indication of patients’ name complying with patient private information protection.
• The content of this blog is in Arabic and English. The information provided in both languages are similar but are not “word to word” translation. If you have concern about discrepancy between the two languages, please do not hesitate to drop a line.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

All comments will be reviewed to minimize and hopefully limit distribution of hate, racism and damaging ideas. In addition, no clinical or surgical case will be allowed to be presented if contains patient's name to comply with patient information protection policy.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.