Terms of use and privacy policy

Purpose:

Welcome to Kristin Rojas MD personal website. It is intended for external communication of Dr Rojas services, articles and health information with broad appeal to the general public, patients, family members and health professionals. All information conveyed on this site is intended to support this purpose and all content is consistent with ensuring the integrity of Dr Rojas. It is our intention to operate this website in the manner described in these Terms of Use. We do reserve the right to change the Terms of Use at any time and will post revisions to our site.

Governance Of The Website

The information on our website is managed by Kristin Rojas MD and her webmaster.

Content

Only appropriate content that is consistent with the site’s stated purpose will be considered for publication. All clinical and other material will be prepared in a format suitable for the general health care consumer. Clinical material that is educational in nature and highlights the services Dr Rojas offers will be posted. Specific diagnostic and treatment advice is not included. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor, go to the emergency department, or call 911 immediately.

The Health-Related Information On This Site Is Derived From Two Primary Sources

  1. Kristin Rojas M.D. – has written, reviewed and approved the information posted on this site.
  2. Other online sources that have been reviewed and approved by Dr Rojas.

We feature external links to other websites that we believe consumers may find useful; however, we do not endorse these sites. Dr Rojas includes such links for the convenience of the user, but does not control or take responsibility for their content. We are not responsible for the Terms of Use or privacy policies of these external sites. We will make every effort to notify you when you are leaving our site and we encourage you to read the Terms of Use or privacy policies of each site you visit that may collect information or ask you to disclose personal or health related information. The links themselves will clearly indicate the destination organization. In general, the organizations to which we link are nonprofit or governmental organizations. In limited cases, we may link to a commercial site if it offers information we believe is not available in a comparable fashion on a .edu, .org or .gov site, or if its omission would seem to do a disservice to site visitors. Users are invited to provide feedback concerning the quality of the material found when following a link off Dr Rojas site. Our inclusion of links does not imply any endorsement of the material on these websites or any association with them.

Disclaimer

Dr Rojas provides this site as a community service, primarily as an educational resource to supplement a person’s general knowledge. Our site does not provide specific medical advice and does not endorse any medical or professional service obtained through information provided on this site or any third parties linked to this site. It is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions, and is not intended to take the place of the advice and recommendations of a personal physician. If you or a loved one suspects you have a health problem, you are advised to seek the prompt medical services of a physician or health care professional. You are also advised to consult a physician before starting a new fitness regime or diet. Individuals should never disregard, avoid, or delay in obtaining medical advice from a licensed practitioner because of something that was read on this site.

Dr Rojas makes no warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding this website, including, but not limited to, any warranty of accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose, or any warranty that these pages, or the computer server which makes them available, are free of viruses or other harmful elements, and such warranties are expressly disclaimed. Dr Rojas shall have no liability to its users for any damages of any type, whether direct or indirect, incidental, special, or consequential, or costs whatsoever, resulting from or related to the use of this website.

Website Privacy

KristinRojas M.D. is dedicated to providing you with health care information and referral services of the highest quality, while at the same time protecting your privacy.

We only request your name and contact information on the “Contact Us” section. Your personal information is used to reach back to you and answer to your message. The information is SSL encrypted and stored in our secure server managed by MyDomain.com. We will not share your personal information for any other purpose, nor will we share that information with anybody without your consent. You can contact us anytime to request your personal information to be deleted permanently from our database.

When you browse our website, you do so anonymously. We do automatically log your IP address (the Internet address of your computer), the web pages you visit, and the time of your visit, but we do not link this information to anything that could identify you personally. This information helps us understand how our site is being used and which parts of the site are of most interest to those who use it.

This Website Privacy policy is consistent with our policy on patient confidentiality and our commitment to respect your right to privacy about your medical records and experience with this hospital. Please refer to the Medical Center’s HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices regarding the privacy of your protected health information.

Copyright And Trademark

The work of authorship contained in this website, including, but not limited to all design, text and images, are owned or licensed by Kristin Rojas M.D.. It may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed, rented, sublicensed, altered, or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without prior written consent, except copies for educational, personal and non-commercial uses which do not harm Dr Rojas.

Children

Federal Trade Commission rules prohibit us from collecting any identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental permission. We abide by those rules, and so we always request that information on this site of interest to children be requested by their parents or legal guardians.

More About Privacy On The Web

Dr Rojas’ website operates in compliance with the principles established by the Health on the Net Foundation. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission provides useful information about online privacy on its website entitled, Site Seeing on the Internet.

We Encourage Your Comments

Our website’s “Contact” section is available on every page of this site and provides an online contact form. Additionally you can contact Dr Rojas by mail or phone at:

Maimonides Breast Center
745 64th Street, 1st Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11220
(718)765-2570