Website & Social Media Acceptable Use Policy MStranslate welcomes all comments on our website and social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. MStranslate wants to engage with and hear from members of the multiple sclerosis (MS) community all around the world. Using its website and social media channels, MStranslate aims to facilitate an open, honest, independent and accurate conversation on all MS-related topics, with the objective of enhancing understanding and reducing uncertainty for all who follow MStranslate. In return, MStranslate expects that all followers, regardless of the platform on which they participate, show courtesy and respect at all times. Further, they must not use MStranslate’s website or social media channels to abuse / defame MStranslate, abuse / defame MStranslate community members, expose MStranslate community members to offensive and / or inappropriate content, or use MStranslate’s website an / or social media pages for any illegal purpose. When using MStranslate’s website and / or social media channels, all followers must please ensure that they: protect their personal privacy and that of others by not including personal information about themselves and / or others in their posts (for example, email addresses, private addresses or phone numbers) represent their own views and not impersonate or falsely represent any other person are not abusive and do not harass or threaten others do not make defamatory or libellous comments do not use insulting, provocative or hateful language do not use obscene or offensive language do not post material to MStranslate’s website and / or social media channels that infringes the intellectual property rights of others do not post multiple versions of the same view to MStranslate’s website and / or social media channels or make excessive postings on a particular issue do not promote commercial interests in their posts to MStranslate’s website and / or social media channels do not include internet addresses or links to websites that community members may deem inappropriate or offensive in posts placed on MStranslate’s website and / or social media channels. MStranslate reserves the right to enforce this Acceptable Use Policy at its discretion. MStranslate may remove any posted messages that it considers to be in breach of the Policy. If you have any questions about this policy, please contact MStranslate at eric@mstranslate.com.au. Website & Social Media Terms of Use MStranslate is a science communication initiative that presents information on multiple sclerosis (MS) and MS research for the purposes of keeping the international MS community informed and up-to-date. MStranslate are not practicing medical professionals and, as a result, do not advise on the treatment and / or lifestyle approaches of individuals. MStranslate expects all followers to discuss information viewed on MStranslate’s website and / or social media channels with their healthcare professional(s) (i.e. GP or neurologist) before making any treatment and / or lifestyle decisions. MStranslate takes no responsibility for followers who act independently of this advice. Except as permitted by the copyright law applicable to you, MStranslate does not allow the reproduction or communication of any of the content on this website, including files downloadable from this website, without the permission of MStranslate. The Australian Copyright Act allows certain uses of content from the internet without the copyright owner’s permission. This includes uses by educational institutions and by Commonwealth and State governments, provided fair compensation is paid. MStranslate extend this exception to multiple sclerosis community support organisations around the world, again, on the grounds that permission is sought from MStranslate in advance of publication. In this instance, compensation will be assessed based on the nature, volume and use of the content being requested. If you are paying someone to re-purpose MStranslate’s original content, you must seek prior permission. Please respect and support our effort. MStranslate reserves the right to amend these terms of use at any time. Website & Social Media Privacy Statement MStranslate may record any information posted to its website and / or social media channels (including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube) and may use that information for the purpose of administering its website and / or social media channels, and for considering and / or addressing any comments made. No attempt will be made to further identify users of MStranslate’s website and / or social media channels except where authorised by Australian law. MStranslate is not responsible for the privacy practices or terms of use implemented by the social media platforms on which it participates. MStranslate is not responsible for any content published on a website or social media channel linked to its page(s). For further information contact MStranslate at eric@mstranslate.com.au. Cookies The MStranslate website has been built using WordPress and therefore does use cookies. To understand how cookies are used when visiting the MStranslate website, please refer to the WordPress Cookie Policy, available here. However, it is important to note that MStranslate does not use any cookies of its own creation to tailor and/or promote website content. Use of Statcounter In order to help assess the multiple sclerosis community’s interest in MStranslate’s published content, MStranslate uses a service called Statcounter. Statcounter is an online service which helps us to understand our visitors; for example, how visitors find our website, how long they spend on our site, which web pages they are most interested in etc. We use Statcounter because better understanding how visitors are interacting with our website helps us to improve the content, design and functionality of our site. This allows us to offer a better online experience to our visitors. Statcounter uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on visitors and visitor activity on our website. This data includes: Time and date of visit (this can help us to identify and plan for busy periods on our website) IP address (this is a numerical label assigned to a device by an Internet Service Provider to enable the device to access the internet) Browser and Operating System (this can help us to make sure that our website functions correctly in the browsers/operating systems used to access our site) Device Information e.g. device type and screen size (this can help us to make sure that our website functions correctly in the devices used to access our site) Referring Data e.g. a search engine link (this can help us to understand which search engines are helping visitors to find our website) Furthermore, when you visit our website a Statcounter cookie (called “is_unique”) may be placed in your browser. This cookie is used only to determine whether you are a first-time or returning visitor and to estimate unique visits to the site. You can learn more about cookies from Statcounter and set your browser to refuse same here. For further details, please see the Statcounter privacy policy here.
