Website Privacy Policy

Robert Fortino, D.O. is the Medical Director of Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC. The information provided on drfortino.net is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician. The information on this web site is for general information purposes only. Nothing on this site should be taken as medical advice for any individual case or situation. This information is not intended to create, and receipt or viewing does not constitute, a doctor-patient relationship.

Privacy/Confidentiality Policy
Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC privacy and confidentiality policy regarding e-mail addresses, personal and medical information conforms to the requirements of the HIPAA. No confidential, private or semi-private information such as email addresses, content of emails, contact information, names, personal or medical data received from our visitors are shared with any third parties. Visitors data will be recorded in Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC database. This site has cookies. This information and the statistics are not used by a third party or by other companies. Any email address collected will be used only for the purpose stated. Email addresses will never be sold. No advertising is accepted, displayed or hosted.

Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC respects the legal requirements, including those concerning medical and personal information/privacy that apply in the USA and the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The benefits and performance of the procedures offered by Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC are based on the professional training and medical experience of the medical director, medical practitioners, staff specialists and staff experts.

Testimonial Policy
Testimonials on this site reflect the personal experiences and opinions of Dr. Fortino’s patients and may not represent the experiences of others. Results depend upon a variety of factors unique to each patient. Dr. Fortino does not compensate individuals in any way for testimonials or reviews.

Blog Policy
Robert Fortino, D.O. is the administrator and moderator of the Health & Wellness Blog found at www.drfortino.net/blog/. All users/contributors are by default considered as non medical professionals, unless otherwise stated. If a health professional gives medical information as a platform user, his status as a medical professional must be identified.

Platform users and moderators must behave at all times with respect and honesty. In the event of disrespectful or inappropriate behavior, administrators reserve the right to delete or block comments or users in question. Moderators will first warn a platform user before banning them. Everyone can read a post and use its content. All comments and posts are moderated and only administrators are able to delete or modify existing posts.

The information provided on www.drfortino.net/blog/ is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between a patient and his/her own physician.

The minimum age for the use or participation on the www.drfortino.net/blog/ is 18 years. Any user found to be below the age of 18 will be removed without further notice.

Platform users must provide references for the health/medical information they provide when it is not personal experience. Personal experience is any symptom, test, treatment etc. that the person or a close family member has undergone himself/herself.

All users of the platform undertake the responsibility to disseminate only information that is true and correct in light of their knowledge. Platform users do not have the right to publish advertisements in the form of content, banner or links.

Miscellaneous
Your use of this site shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the state of New Jersey, U.S.A., without regard to choice of law provisions. You agree that jurisdiction over and venue in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this site (including but not limited to the purchase of Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC products) shall be in the state or federal courts located in New Jersey. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to the site (including but not limited to the purchase of products) must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these terms and conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these terms and conditions. Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.

Use of Site
Harassment in any manner or form on the site, including via e-mail, chat, or by use of obscene or abusive language, is strictly forbidden. Impersonation of others, including licensed employee, host, or representative, as well as other members or visitors on the site is prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the site any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable which may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or which may otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. You may not upload commercial content on the site or use the site to solicit others to join or become members of any other commercial online service or other organization.

Participation Disclaimer
Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC does not and cannot review all communications and materials posted to or created by users accessing the site, and is not in any manner responsible for the content of these communications and materials. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to view and distribute user-generated content on the site, Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any contents or activities on the site. However, Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC reserves the right to block or remove communications or materials that it determines to be (a) abusive, defamatory, or obscene, (b) fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading, (c) in violation of a copyright, trademark or; other intellectual property right of another or (d) offensive or otherwise unacceptable to Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC in its sole discretion.

Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Broad St. Weight Management Center, Inc. and Premier Physicians Weight Loss Center, LLC, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers (collectively the “Service Providers”) from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these terms and conditions or any activity related to your account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the site using your Internet account.