PRIVACY POLICY – Birdshot Uveitis Society of North America (BUSNA)
This website is operated by the Birdshot Uveitis Society of North America (BUSNA). It recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of visitors to our website and is committed to protecting it whether you are a visitor or submitting information. Any personal information you send to us will only be used for the purposes for which you provide it.
The handling of all personal information is taken very seriously by BUSNA and governed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States and the Personal Information Protection, Electronic Documents Information Act (PIPEDA) in Canada and in Mexico the Federal Economic Competition Commission (FEC). You are not obliged to disclose your personal data when visiting our site.
When completing a survey of BUSNA, requesting information or submitting a form, you may be asked to provide personal information, such as your name or email address. This information will only be held as long as necessary and will not be shared with third parties. BUSNA respects the confidentiality of your personal data.
The information provided on BUSNA’s website is confidential and designed to support and not replace the relationship that exists between a patient/website visitor and his/her existing Ophthalmologist. Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and site visitors to include their identity, is respected by the BUSNA website. BUSNA undertakes medical/health information privacy in the country and states where the website is located. We do not advertise on the BUSNA website. The BUSNA website is operated and funded by the Birdshot Uveitis Society of North America.
BUSNA prohibits the reprints or electronic reproduction of any document in part or in its entirety, unless you obtain prior written consent from the Birdshot Uveitis Society of North America. Imperfect security for outside e-mail encrypted transmissions creates obvious potential privacy risks.
Our BUSNA website may depend on cookies to function properly for privacy. Cookies are used to make it possible to provide these services and to assist us in understanding user’s preferences. We may update our privacy policy at any time and post an effective date on BUSNA’s website.
If you have any questions or concerns, or have any comments about our privacy policy or information practices, please contact:
Christine Griffith
President, BUSNA
christine.griffith@busna.org
4/25/2025
TERMS OF SERVICE AND AGREEMENT- Birdshot Uveitis Society of North America (BUSNA)
BUSNA welcomes you to this website. By using this website or its services you agree to be bound by the Terms of Service (TOS) below. You also agree that you have read and agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not register as a user of this website. This website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control.
1. You understand and agree to these definitions: The terms “You” and “User” as used here and refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this website for any reason. The term “website” refers to www.BUSNA.org.
2. You agree you will not use the BUSNA website in order to store, transmit, distribute, or destroy material, including without limitation the violation of applicable laws or regulations or in a manner that will infringe the website copyright, trademark, trade secret or intellectual property rights of others, violate the privacy or personal rights of others, or that is defamatory, obscene, or threatening.
3. You will not violate copyrights, trademarks or intellectual property rights of BUSNA. All the content of this website, including text and art graphics of logos, buttons, images, pictures, audio clips, software, and code is the property of BUSNA and our partners or content providers and is protected by the US and international copyright laws. Any other use of such content, including modification, transmission, presentation, distribution or re-publication is strictly prohibited.
4. You agree to BUSNA’s restrictions on your use of this website and may not sell or modify BUSNA website content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the website content in any way for public or commercial purpose. The use of the website content on any other website or in a networked environment for any purpose is strictly prohibited.
5. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of BUSNA’s website, including, without limitation, accessing data not intended for outside users or logging into our accounts or servers which the user is not authorized to access, probe or test the vulnerability of our system or network or breach BUSNA’s security or authentication without proper authorization. Attempting to interfere with BUSNA’s users, hosts or networks, including submitting a virus to the website, overloading, spamming, mailbombing, crashing, or sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions, advertising of products or services, or forging information in any e-mail, or posting of our newsletter is strictly prohibited.
6. You agree that BUSNA, the BUSNA Board Members and BUSNA Advisory Board Members, officers and affiliates are not liable to users on our website. In no event shall BUSNA and the BUSNA Board Members and BUSNA Advisory Board Members, officers and affiliates be liable for any direct damages for its products or services and indirect or punitive damages of any kind not limited to wrongful death, personal injury or loss of profits, interruption of service or data or negligence in any way connected to this BUSNA website.
7.You agree BUSNA’s website contains links to third party web sites and is provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by BUSNA of the contents on such third-party web sites. BUSNA and the BUSNA Board Members and BUSNA Advisory Board Members, officers and affiliates are not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and do not make representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials posted on such third-party websites.
8. You agree BUSNA, the BUSNA Board Members and BUSNA Advisory Board Members, officers and affiliates do not provide medical advice or endorsements or recommend specific tests, drugs, devices, products, services, physicians, or medical institutions that may be mentioned or referenced on its website. Online information and services on the BUSNA website are for educational purposes only.
9. You agree BUSNA can terminate your account and reserves the right to refuse services and terminate accounts, including, but not limited to, if the user’s conduct violates applicable laws or is harmful to BUSNA’s interests or other users and agree to abide by U.S. export control laws regulating the export and re-export of technology originating in the United States. This includes the electronic transmission of information and software to foreign countries and to certain foreign nationals but not limited to the Export Administration Act and the Arms Export Control Act.
10. You agree to indemnify, and defend BUSNA and the BUSNA Board Members, BUSNA Advisory Board Members, officers and affiliates against any claims, actions, liabilities, and settlements, including but not limited to, reasonable legal and other fees resulting from, or alleged to result from, your violation of terms of service or any activity related to your account including infringement of third parties’ intellectual property rights worldwide or negligent or wrongful conduct by you or any other person.
11. You agree BUSNA offers translation into various languages on its website. Please note that not all translations are certified, and you agree to consult your physician or health care provider before acting on information from the BUSNA website.
12. You agree BUSNA and including the BUSNA Board Members, BUSNA Advisory Board Members, officers and affiliates do not recommend or endorse any specific clinical trials, studies, treatments or medications, tests or procedures, products, opinions by our website or users of our website or links obtained through our website. BUSNA and including the BUSNA Board Members, BUSNA Advisory Board Members, officers and affiliates cannot guarantee accurate information from clinical trials or treatments obtained from our website and the consequences resulting from participating or not participating in a clinical trial.
4/26/2025