Terms of Use
These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Bethlyn Arthur website and its content, resources, forms and related services. By accessing or using this website, you agree to use it responsibly and in accordance with these Terms.
1. About This Website
This website provides information about Bethlyn Arthur's advocacy, public speaking, media work, partnerships, healthcare education, resources and related initiatives.
The website is intended to provide educational, informational and professional communication resources. Certain information may be provided for public awareness and educational purposes and should not be interpreted as creating a professional relationship between you and Bethlyn Arthur.
2. Acceptable Use
You agree to use this website lawfully and responsibly. You must not use the website in a way that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the website or interfere with another person's ability to access or use it.
You must not:
- Use the website for unlawful or fraudulent purposes.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or its systems.
- Introduce malicious software, harmful code or other security threats.
- Attempt to interfere with the normal operation of the website.
- Use automated systems to scrape or reproduce website content without permission.
- Misrepresent your identity or your relationship with Bethlyn Arthur.
- Use information obtained from this website to cause harm to another person.
3. Health and Medical Information
Important health information:
Information relating to sickle cell disease, healthcare, pregnancy, maternal health, genotype education and other health-related subjects is provided for educational and awareness purposes only.
It is not intended to replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or care from a qualified healthcare professional.
Do not rely on information on this website as a substitute for speaking with your doctor, nurse, midwife, pharmacist or another appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
If you have an urgent medical concern or emergency, contact an appropriate healthcare provider or emergency service.
4. Website Content and Accuracy
We make reasonable efforts to ensure that information published on this website is accurate, clear and useful. However, information may change over time and we cannot guarantee that every item of content will always be complete, current or free from error.
Health guidance, recommendations and other information may also change as professional knowledge and evidence develop.
Where appropriate, health-related resources may identify authors, reviewers, publication dates, review dates, references or other information intended to support responsible use of the material.
5. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, the text, graphics, photographs, videos, logos, branding, downloadable resources, illustrations and other original material appearing on this website belong to Bethlyn Arthur or are used with appropriate permission or licensing.
You may access and use website content for personal, educational and non-commercial purposes, subject to any specific conditions attached to individual resources.
You must not reproduce, modify, distribute, publish, sell or commercially exploit website content without appropriate permission from the relevant rights holder.
6. Downloadable Resources
Some resources may be provided as downloadable PDFs, guides, checklists, infographics, videos or other educational materials.
Unless a resource states otherwise, downloadable materials are provided for personal, educational and awareness purposes.
Downloading a resource does not transfer ownership or intellectual property rights to you.
7. Media, Speaking and Partnership Requests
Submission of a speaking request, media inquiry, partnership inquiry or general contact form does not guarantee that Bethlyn Arthur will accept the request.
Requests may be reviewed based on relevance, availability, feasibility, ethical considerations, safeguarding requirements, patient dignity, medical responsibility, public trust and the values of the work.
Bethlyn Arthur reserves the right to decline requests or collaborations that are inconsistent with these principles.
8. Information Submitted Through Forms
When you submit information through a contact, media, speaking or partnership form, you confirm that the information you provide is accurate to the best of your knowledge and that you have the right to provide it.
Please do not submit confidential medical records, emergency health information or unnecessary sensitive health information through website forms.
Information submitted through this website is handled in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
9. User Submissions and Communications
If you voluntarily send comments, suggestions, feedback, ideas or other non-confidential material through the website, you grant permission for Bethlyn Arthur to use that material for the purpose of responding to your communication or managing the relevant professional relationship.
This does not transfer ownership of intellectual property that you independently own unless you expressly agree otherwise.
10. Third-Party Websites and Services
This website may contain links to websites, platforms, publications, organizations or services operated by third parties.
These links are provided for convenience or informational purposes. Bethlyn Arthur does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, security or privacy practices.
You should review the terms and privacy policies of third-party websites before using them or providing information to them.
11. Website Availability
We aim to keep this website available and functioning properly, but we do not guarantee that it will always be available, uninterrupted, secure or free from technical errors.
Website features, resources, pages and services may be changed, suspended or removed when necessary.
12. Privacy
Your privacy is important. Information collected through this website is handled according to the Privacy Policy.
The Privacy Policy explains the information collected, why it is collected, consent, analytics, email communications, health-related information, children's data, retention, deletion requests and how to contact us about privacy matters.
13. Changes to These Terms
These Terms of Use may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, services, legal requirements or operating practices.
When changes are made, the "Last updated" date at the beginning of this page may be revised.
Your continued use of the website after updated Terms are published indicates your acceptance of the updated Terms, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
14. Disclaimer and Limitation of Responsibility
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Bethlyn Arthur is not responsible for losses or damages arising from reliance on information available through this website where such responsibility cannot reasonably be attributed to the website or its operators.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
15. Contact
If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please contact Bethlyn Arthur.
Contact Bethlyn Arthur
Email: arthurbethlyn@gmail.com
For privacy-related requests, please refer to the Privacy Policy.