Terms of use
Latest update: November 16th 2009
The goal of the Diabetes Quebec website is to offer reliable and readable information on diabetes to people suffering from diabetes, to members of their family and to health professionals.
The information provided and the tests suggested on our website are not meant in any way whatsoever to replace a medical consultation. It is provided to Web browsers for information purposes only.
Only a medical doctor can diagnose and treat diabetes.
Warning
The information provided and the tests suggested on our website are not meant in any way whatsoever to replace a medical consultation. It is provided to Web browsers for information purposes only.
Only a medical doctor can diagnose and treat diabetes.
Professionalism
Most of the material on the website comes from Plein Soleil, a magazine that Diabetes Québec has been publishing and editing for the last 45 years. This magazine is directed by an editorial committee comprising a multidisciplinary team of health professionals with recognized expertise in diabetes and communication specialists. All texts are reviewed and updated at the time of their online publication.
Other texts are written specifically for the website. They too are reviewed and corrected by Diabetes Quebec’s team of the health and communication specialists.
Copyright on text
Diabetes Québec holds copyright on all text on its website unless specified otherwise at the end of a text. No text on the website can be used or reproduced in any form whatsoever without prior written permission from the Director of Communications of Diabetes Québec. Once permission is granted, Diabetes Québec must be cited as the source.
Text may be used for commercial purposes only after written authorization has been obtained from the Director of Communications of Diabetes Québec, and Diabetes Québec is cited as the source of the information.
Only the associations affiliated with Diabetes Québec may use these texts as part of their normal activities without prior written permission. However, Diabetes Québec must be cited as the source.
All requests for permission should be addressed to Marc Aras, Director of Communications, Diabetes Québec, aras@diabete.qc.ca.
Copyright on Photos and Artwork
Photos and artwork on the Diabetes Québec website belong to their respective creators and prior written permission must be obtained before reproducing them in any form. All requests for permission should be addressed to Marc Aras, Director of Communications, Diabetes Québec, aras@diabete.qc.ca.
Cookies
Diabetes Québec does not use cookies on its public website. Cookies are used to recognize users who are registered as members and help speed transactions. Our website at www.diabete.qc.ca does not have this capability at this time. Should the situation change, visitors to the site will be notified.
Personal Information
Diabetes Québec compiles in its database information voluntarily provided by donors, members or buyers of products from our site. All this information remains strictly confidential. Diabetes Québec does not sell, rent or transfer any information in its database in any form under any circumstance whatsoever.
For credit-card transaction, Diabetes Québec always calls the purchaser to finalize the transaction.
Although it is possible to ascertain who visits our website, Diabetes Québec uses this information for statistical purposes only to help it better respond to visitor needs.
Advertising
Diabetes Québec does not sell advertising space on its website. Diabetes Québec defrays the cost of the development and management of its website.
Hyperlinks
The Diabetes Québec website provides hyperlinks to other websites on the Internet for information purposes only. Diabetes Québec does not endorse any product or service on these other sites and cannot in any way be held responsible for the content of these referred sites.
Pharmaceutical companies pay a retainer for a hyperlink on the Diabetes Québec website.