Terms of Use

We are EMRLD Health LLC trading as “Scope”, a free-to-use platform dedicated to medical education and collaboration. More information about our company is available at the end of this document. 

By accessing and using Scope, you agree to comply with and be bound by the following terms of use. These terms of use are available in English only. Please read the entire document carefully and contact us if anything is unclear. Save a copy, as we don’t file a copy specifically for the transaction with you.

  • Acceptance of Terms

By using Scope, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the platform.

  • Definitions

This section defines certain words and phrases used throughout this document. Whenever these words appear with a capital letter, they have the specific meanings set forth below:

  1. “Company”: Refers to EMRLD Health LLC, the legal entity responsible for the services provided under the name “Scope.”
  2. “Services”: The various functionalities, features, and content provided by the Company through its website. 
  3. “User”: Any individual or entity that accesses or uses the Services provided by the Company (whether or not registered with us).
  4. “Content”: All text, images, videos, and other materials available through the Services, whether created by the Company or by Users.
  • How You Enter a Legal Contract with Us

This section explains how and when you become legally bound by a contract with us.

  1. Registration and Use of Services: By registering for our Website, you enter into a legal contract with the Company to use our Services.
  2. Access Without Registration: By accessing any part of our Services that does not require registration, you are also bound by these terms to the extent they are relevant.
  • Changing These Terms of Use
  1. Modification of Terms: The Company may modify these terms and conditions. We will provide reasonable notice before the changes take effect by posting them on our website and/or communicating them to you via email or other means.
  2. Disagreement with Changes: If you do not agree to the new terms and the changes are significant and not merely reflective of changes in law or regulation, you may terminate this contract by emailing us at the address provided below before the new terms take effect.
  •  User Conduct
  1. Prohibited Actions: You agree not to do any of the following in connection with our Service:
    1. Break the law or infringe anyone else’s rights.
    2. Send, store, display, or link to unlawful, infringing, or otherwise inappropriate Content.
    3. Victimize or harass other people.
    4. Use offensive, obscene, abusive, discriminatory, or other inappropriate language or images.
    5. Deceive or mislead anyone.
    6. Upload any identifiable patient information.
    7. Send, store, display, or link to any Content that includes someone else’s personal information unless that person is 18 years or over and you have obtained their written consent or you are otherwise legally permitted to do so.
    8. Impersonate anyone.
    9. Use our Service to help you compete with us or to infringe our rights.
    10. Disrupt our Service, e.g., through spam, viruses, or phishing.
    11. Interfere with or damage our Service or gain unauthorized access to any part of our system, data, passwords, or otherwise.
    12. Intercept or modify communications.
    13. Impose an unreasonable load on our Service.
    14. Deliberately exploit any bugs found within our Service.
    15. Circumvent any security features, including those designed to prevent copying of Content.
    16. Attempt, encourage, or assist any of the above.
  1. User Obligations: You agree to:
  1. Comply with the guidance and requirements of our Service.
  2. Cooperate reasonably with us in relation to our Service.
  1. Accuracy of Information: You agree to ensure that any contact or other information you supply to us is accurate and not misleading, and you will inform us of any important changes.
  2. Your Content
    1. You are responsible for your Content. 
    2. You agree that you have (and will keep) all rights needed to enable us to use your Content as contemplated by the Service and these terms and conditions.
    3. We reserve the right, without prior notice or refund, to reject, suspend, modify, remove, or delete any Content. Additionally, we may disclose such Content or related behavior to law enforcement, relevant authorities, or complainants if it is subject to a complaint, if we believe it breaches our terms and conditions, if necessary to protect ourselves or others, if a criminal offense may have been committed, if required by law, or if requested by law enforcement or other appropriate authorities or our upstream providers. We also reserve these rights if we determine that the Content does not meet our quality standards.
    4. We are not legally liable for any misuse of your Content by others. You are responsible for exercising reasonable care when deciding which Content to display or transmit through our Service.
    5. We may place advertisements near or within your Content. All revenue generated from such advertisements is retained by us.
    6. We recommend that you maintain your own backup copies of any important Content before uploading it to our Service to prevent loss.
  3. Additional Provisions for Specific Services:
    1. Creation and Sharing: Users can create and share new cases, ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and these terms.
    2. Groups and Collaboration: Users can create groups and invite members to contribute or work on cases together, adhering to the same standards of conduct and privacy.

6)  User’s rights

  1. We grant you a limited personal non-transferable right to use our Service on any applicable device owned or controlled by you subject to these terms and conditions.

7)  Intellectual Property

  • User Content: By uploading content to Scope, users grant Scope a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, distribute, and display the content.
  • Copyright Compliance: Users must ensure that their content does not infringe on any third-party copyrights.

8) Interactions with Other Users

  1. Disclaimer of Endorsement and Responsibility

We do not endorse or recommend any Users or their Content. You engage with other Users at your own risk. We are not legally responsible for the accuracy of, or any issues related to, case studies or other Content, nor for any interactions between Users. Be aware that individuals may not be who they claim to be.

  1. Reporting Inappropriate Content or Behavior

If you encounter any inappropriate Content or behavior in connection with our Service, or if you have any safety concerns, you agree to immediately (1) cease communication with the other person and (2) notify us. Additionally, please utilize any available blocking mechanisms and seek relevant external assistance if appropriate (e.g., from law enforcement authorities).

  • Other peoples’ services/advertising / websites
  1. We may display other peoples’ services, advertising and/or links to other websites. We do not recommend or endorse, nor are we legally responsible for, any of these.  You use them at your own risk.

  • Disclaimer of Warranties

Scope is provided “as is” without any warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any content uploaded by Users on the platform.

11) Limitation of Liability

  1. Scope will not be liable for any damages arising from the use of the platform or the inability to use the platform.
  2. If we provide any general guidance or similar information on or through our Service, we do not guarantee its accuracy, currency, or relevance to you. We do not accept legal responsibility for such information. Before acting on this information, you must conduct your own appropriate and careful inquiries, including verifying its accuracy and suitability for your purposes. You rely on this information at your own risk.

12) Service and Support

  1. We do not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
  2. We are entitled without liability to suspend the Service for repair, maintenance, improvement or other technical reason.
  3. The Service includes support only if we choose to provide it, and if so, through the specified contact methods. Any support service is intended solely to address configuration and proper use of, or any errors or interruptions arising from, our Service.
  4. Unless stated otherwise, any support we provide is available only via email between 9 AM and 5 PM EST time on business days in the United States of America. We do not guarantee any specific response times or outcomes. Any response times provided are calculated in U.S. business hours/days unless otherwise specified. We reserve the right to change or withdraw our support service at any time.
  5. We are not obligated to provide support if you have breached this contract.
  • Ending or suspending this contract
  1. You may terminate this contract at any time by deleting your account.
  2. We may terminate this contract, suspend part or all of our Service, or impose restrictions on our Service at any time if:
  1. You breach this contract;
  2. We reasonably believe it is necessary to protect you, us, or others;
  3. We are required to do so by applicable law or regulation, or to comply with an order, instruction, or request from a competent authority; or
  4. You or anyone on your behalf acts inappropriately towards us, our staff, or agents.
  1. We may terminate this contract if we decide to discontinue our Service as a whole, if we reasonably believe it is necessary for security, technical, or operational reasons.
  2. Effects of Termination: If this contract ends (meaning your account is deleted):
    1. Your right to use our Service and all licenses are terminated.
    2. Existing rights and liabilities remain unaffected.
    3. All terms in this contract that are stated or intended to continue after termination will continue to apply.
  • Limitations on Our Legal Responsibility
  1. Nothing in this agreement limits or excludes our liability for negligence causing death or personal injury, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be legally excluded or limited. In this section, any reference to “us” includes our employees and agents, who have the right to enforce this agreement.
  2. If you are a User, subject to the above, we shall not be liable for any loss or damage where:
  1. There is no breach of a legal duty owed to you by us;
  2. Such loss or damage was not reasonably foreseeable (meaning it was not an obvious consequence of our breach or not contemplated by you and us at the time we entered into this contract);
  3. Such loss or damage is your fault, for example, by not complying with this agreement; or
  4. Such loss or damage relates to a business of yours.
  1. You will be responsible to us for any reasonably foreseeable loss or damage we suffer (including claims made by other people) resulting from your breach of this agreement or misuse of our Service.
  2. To the fullest extent allowed by law, you and we exclude all terms, conditions, warranties, and representations howsoever arising, whether imposed by statute, law, or otherwise, that are not expressly stated in this agreement.
  3. Subject to the first paragraph in this section (“Nothing in this agreement…”), we shall under no circumstances be liable under or in connection with this agreement, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), misrepresentation, breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any:
  1. Loss of profit; loss of data; loss of use; loss of production; loss of contract; loss of opportunity; loss of savings; or harm to reputation or loss of goodwill; or
  2. Indirect, consequential, or special losses.
  1. Subject to the first paragraph in this section (“Nothing in this agreement…”), if you are using our Service, our total liability in respect of all other losses arising under or in connection with this agreement, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), misrepresentation, breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any act or omission or series of connected acts or omissions shall in no circumstances exceed the amount of $30, as no fees are paid or payable by you to us in connection with our Service.

 

You agree to indemnify us against all claims and liabilities arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service and/or breach of this agreement (except insofar as we are at fault).

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between us with respect to its subject matter and supersedes any previous communications or agreements between us. We both acknowledge that there have been no misrepresentations and that neither of us has relied on any pre-contractual statements.

  • Your Personal Information

You agree that we can deal with your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy which may change from time to time.

  • Force Majeure

We shall not be liable for any failure to perform or delay in performing any obligation under this agreement if such failure or delay is caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to third-party telecommunication failures, epidemics, pandemics, natural disasters, acts of government, or other events of force majeure.

  • General
  1. All notices under this agreement may be sent by email to the most recent email address you provided. You can send notices to our email address below.
  2. If any part of this agreement is ineffective or unenforceable for any reason, the rest of the agreement will still apply. 
  3. A person who is not a party to this agreement can’t enforce it unless the agreement says otherwise. 
  4. The parties are independent contractors and, except as otherwise specifically stated above, nothing in this agreement makes any party an agent, employee or representative of the other.

  • Contact Information

For any questions or concerns regarding these terms, please contact us at support@emrld.health