Terms of Use & Privacy

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions of Use
By using this website, you accept and agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use. Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP) reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms and conditions at its discretion at any time. Please check these Terms and Conditions of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of this website following the posting of changes to the Terms and Conditions of Use will mean that you accept the changes.

Information Not Legal Advice
This website provides information to help Pennsylvania residents resolve their legal problems. The information on this website is not legal advice. Legal information is not the same as legal advice, which is the application of law to an individual’s specific circumstances. The information on this website is not a substitute for and does not replace the advice or representation of a licensed attorney. Although PHLP goes to great lengths to make sure the information on the website is accurate and up to date, we make no claim as to the accuracy of this information and are not responsible for any consequences that may result from the use of this website. We recommend that you consult with a licensed attorney if you want assurance that the information on the website and your interpretation of it are appropriate for your situation. You should not and are not authorized to rely on this website as a source of legal advice. The use of this website does not create an attorney-client relationship between PHLP and any user.

No Warranties and Limitation of Liability
Information provided on this website is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement. PHLP periodically adds, changes, improves, updates or removes information and documents on this website without notice, and assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the contents of this website. Your use of this website is at your own risk.

Privacy Policy
PHLP does not actively collect any information from its users. If you provide your e-mail address to us when providing feedback on the website we may use your e-mail address to communicate with you. We do not release any personally identifiable information that is collected to any unrelated third party. PHLP will not share, sell, or disclose your information to third parties in any form, for any purpose, at any time, without your consent, except when the request is initiated by law enforcement authorities and when PHLP is ordered to do so by a court, or when we believe it is necessary to assert or protect our legal or intellectual property rights.

The phlp.org website may also collect information passively, using cookies. A cookie is a small text file that writes to your hard drive. The cookie file contains a user ID and the name of the website, as well as other technical information. A user ID has no personally identifiable information attached to it. A cookie is only a text file and cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience, and to permit many of the functions of the website to operate properly. For example, we may use cookies to keep track of the page that you last viewed and to track any errors that might occur on our website.

Linking to Other Websites
When using phlp.org, you may be directed to content and websites that are not contained within our website. External websites are governed by their own terms and conditions of use, and you agree that you recognize that PHLP takes no responsibility for the contents of other linked websites, including those provided by the government. External websites linked to from phlp.org are not under the control of PHLP, and we are not responsible for any link contained in a linked site. These links are provided only as a convenience. Inclusion of any link does not imply recommendation, approval or endorsement of that website by PHLP, nor does it imply that the linked site recommends, approves of, or endorse phlp.org.