We will never sell or share your personal information with other companies or persons who are not directly affiliated with Certified Bariatric Surgeons. We dislike spammers as much as you do.
- We will collect the following personal information from you: Your Name; your e-mail address; your postal address, telephone number, birth date and other personal information such as your height and weight in order to calculate your BMI (body mass index).
- We will use this information in order to coordinate and assist in giving you the correct information for your personal situation; process bookings or applications submitted by you; carry out marketing analysis and make general improvements to our Site; send you information about our products and services; and obtain your views or comments on the services we provide.
- We may also gather other non-personal information (from which we cannot identify you) such as the type of your internet browser which we use to provide you with a more effective service.
- We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our Site and recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions. In addition, if you linked to this Site from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners or operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or question.
- Results may vary from one patient to another. All testimonials are done by real patients, and are not intended to represent or guarantee that every patient will achieve the same or similar results.
Cancellation Refund Policy
Surgery Deposits & Payments
Refunds of the deposit are only given if you cancel your surgery at least 14 days prior to your scheduled surgery date. If you cancel within fourteen days of your scheduled surgery date then the following will occur:
1. The deposit will be applied to a future surgery date with the same Surgeon*.
2. If your surgery has been pre-paid all monies except the $500.00 deposit will be refunded and your deposit can be applied to a future surgery date with the same surgeon*.
Surgical Refunds
If you arrive for surgery and the Surgeon decides, for your health and safety, not to attempt or complete your surgery then any expenses incurred will be deducted from monies paid and the remaining portion will be refunded to you.
IMPORTANT NOTES: Any credit or debit card processing fees charged are non-refundable at any time. By making payment to Certified Bariatric Surgeons you understand that Certified Bariatric Surgeons is a scheduling service, not a medical facility or healthcare provider. We shall not be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on information provided to you. The information does not constitute medical advice and does not create any physician-patient relationship.
*Some surgeons have their own refund and cancellation policy. You will be notified by their office when you pay your deposit/surgery directly to them of what their policy is and it will over-ride this refund/cancellation policy.
Terms and conditions
Agreement between user and www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com
Welcome to Certified Bariatric Surgeons . The www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com website (the “Site”) is comprised of various web pages operated by Certified Bariatric Surgeons, Certified Bariatric Surgeons is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions and notices contained here in (the “Terms”). Your use of www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.
www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com is an informational Site to educate and inform clients of surgical procedures and specific Surgeon information.
Privacy
Your use of www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com is subject to Certified Bariatric Surgeons Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices.
Electronic Communications
Visiting www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com or sending emails to Certified Bariatric Surgeons constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirements that such communications be in writing.
Your Account
If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password (if applicable) and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that Certified Bariatric Surgeons is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. Certified Bariatric Surgeons and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.
Certified Bariatric Surgeons does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are Under 18, you may use www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com only with permission of a parent or guardian.
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Your use of Certified Bariatric Surgeons services and/or website is subject to Certified Bariatric Surgeons Cancellation/Refund Policy. Please review our Cancellation/Refund Policy for complete details.
Links to Third Party Sites or Services
www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Certified Bariatric Surgeons and Certified Bariatric Surgeons is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Certified Bariatric Surgeons is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Certified Bariatric Surgeons of the site or any association with its operators.
Certain services made available via www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Certified Bariatric Surgeons may share such information and data with any third party with whom Certified Bariatric Surgeons has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com users and customers.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use of Intellectual Property
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferrable, revocable license to access and use www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to Certified Bariatric Surgeons that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.
All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Certified Bariatric Surgeons or is suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.
You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. Certified Bariatric Surgeons content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without expressed written permission of Certified Bariatric Surgeons and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, expressed or implied, to the intellectual property of Certified Bariatric Surgeons or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.
Use of Communication Services
The Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, “Communication Services”), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service.
By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not: defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information; upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents; uploaded files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer, advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows for such messages; conduct or forward surveys, contest, pyramid schemes or chain letters; download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such a manner, falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded, restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services; violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service; harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email addresses, without their consent; violate any applicable laws or regulations.
Certified Bariatric Surgeons has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Certified Bariatric Surgeons reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Certified Bariatric Surgeons reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice or any reason whatsoever.
Certified Bariatric Surgeons reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, authorized Certified Bariatric Surgeons Spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Certified Bariatric Surgeons.
Materials Provided to www.certifiedbariaticsurgeons.com or Posted on Any Certified Bariatric Surgeons Web Page
Certified Bariatric Surgeons does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Certified Bariatric Surgeons (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Certified Bariatric Surgeons Site or associated services, such as our Facebook page or Twitter page (collectively “Submissions”). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submissions you are granting Certified Bariatric Surgeons, or affiliated companies and necessary sublicenses permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitations, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submissions; and to publish your name in connection to your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to use of your Submissions, as provided herein. Certified Bariatric Surgeons is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove a Submission at any time in Certified Bariatric Surgeons sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
Third Party Accounts
You will be able to connect your Certified Bariatric Surgeons account to third party accounts. By connecting your Certified Bariatric Surgeons account to your third-party account, you acknowledge and agree that you are consenting to the communication release of information about you to others (in accordance with your privacy settings on those third-party sites). If you do not want information about you to be shared in this manner, do not use this feature.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Certified Bariatric Surgeons, it’s officer, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user posting made by you, your violation of any term of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. Certified Bariatric Surgeons reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Certified Bariatric Surgeons in asserting any available defenses.
Liability Disclaimer
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. WEIGHT LOSS SERVICES, INC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME.
WEIGHT LOSS SERVICES, INC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITIBILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRENTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. WEIGHT LOSS SERVICES, INC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRENTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRENTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WEIGHT LOSS SERVICES, INC. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNATIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABLITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WEIGHT LOSS SERVICE, INC. OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIESRS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURIDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SITE.
Termination or Access Restriction
Certified Bariatric Surgeons reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.
Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Certified Bariatric Surgeons with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Certified Bariatric Surgeons with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement or any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in any judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties of this agreement that all related documents be in English.
Changes to Terms
Certified Bariatric Surgeons reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which www.certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Certified Bariatric Surgeons encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.
Contact Us
Certified Bariatric Surgeons welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:
Email Address: info@certifiedbariatricsurgeons.com
Telephone Number: 1-800-635-8039
