MyTreatment.com Advertising Policy
Effective Date: August 1, 2008MyTreatment strives to provide a warm, caring community where you can discuss anything you like with others in a safe environment. Our primary goal is to offer a secure place where you can reveal as much (or as little) as you choose to reveal about yourself and your life challenges as you meet and interact with other members.
The purpose of this policy is to explain the types of advertising featured on our site and the rules we follow with respect to advertising. This policy will also help you recognize the difference between advertising and independent, consumer generated or editorial content on our site.
MyTreatment makes a concerted effort to distinguish advertisements and sponsored opportunities from content (user generated and editorial) where relevant. If at any time, the MyTreatment staff feels an advertisement or offer may be confused with consumer generated content or unbiased health information, at the sole discretion of MyTreatment, the material will be designated with "sponsored" or "advertisement" notice.
When we speak of "advertising" or "advertisements," we mean any type or form of advertising, sponsorships, and promotions for which we receive compensation. Please refer to our Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy for further details.
Endorsement of Products and Services
All products or services provided by or advertised by third parties are considered sponsored and not an endorsement by MyTreatment of the quality and/or services offered by said sponsor. If at any time, MyTreatment becomes aware of any breach of these guidelines, we reserve the right to remove such advertising. MyTreatment will not permit any advertising that seeks to harm the MyTreatment name or brand.
We have established guidelines, using clear and consistent language and visual aids, to enable you to distinguish between advertising and editorial content. You will see the following descriptors on our Site for different types of advertising:"Advertisement" is the label used to identify the most common form of advertising on our Site, which is banner advertising. Ads are labeled with the word "Advertisement" in the top or along the right-hand side of the advertisement.
When you click on an advertisement, it will link to a website that's operated or promoted by the advertiser. MyTreatment has no control over the advertiser's website or the policies on that site. We encourage you to review the terms of use, privacy policies, or other policies applicable to those sites before using them.
- "Sponsored by" is the label used when an advertiser has paid for association with an article or service. You should know that the content or service is not editorially controlled or influenced by the advertiser. This kind of advertising is clearly identified when the content or service is "Sponsored by" the advertiser.
- Paid links are displayed in their own frame and are generated algorithmically by MyTreatment's partners (Google and Yahoo). MyTreatment does not influence the nature of the listings or order in which these links are presented on our site.
MyTreatment identifies paid link advertising in the following manner:
Personalization of Advertising
MyTreatment provides its users with advertising and sponsored opportunities determined by such factors as communities joined, health conditions, symptoms and product usage among others. These factors are ascertained through questions presented within the Site. Our goal is present our users opportunities that may be useful not only to themselves, but also to members within their household and people they care for. If at any time, a user of the Site is presented an opportunity that does not fit their specific taste or relevance, MyTreatment offers several ways to abandon said opportunities or offers, and move onto a more congruous area of the Site.
MyTreatment cares about the relevance of member-tailored opportunities or offers, and prohibits any advertisements that, as determined by MyTreatment at its sole discretion, are fraudulent, deceptive, offensive, or not in good taste.
Advertisements We Do Not Accept
MyTreatment has adopted certain rules and guidelines on the types of advertising that we accept.
Advertisers must agree not to place any advertising that:- Contains false claims or claims designed to be misleading to our members
- Makes health claims that are not adequately substantiated
- Promotes products that are illegal or whose distribution would violate the law
- Promotes the sale of firearms, ammunition, or weapons designed to inflict serious bodily harm
- Promotes the sale of fireworks
- Promotes any form of betting or gambling
- Promotes or encourages pornography
- Advocates a political, religious, or controversial public position or candidate for public office
In addition, we do not accept advertising that promotes alcohol or tobacco products. However, we do accept advertising for educational campaigns such as smoking cessation and responsible drinking messages that are consistent with our desire to assist in educating consumers.
*MyTreatment does not independently verify advertisers' compliance with this agreement.
Updates to This Policy
MyTreatment reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, update, change, modify, or revise this Advertising Policy or our services simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Website. Any such addition, update, change, modification, or revision will be effective immediately upon posting. Upon any change to this Advertising Policy or our services, we may also notify you via e-mail if you have opted-in to receive email from MyTreatment.
If you do not accept the terms of this Policy, we ask that you do not register with MyTreatment, or alternatively, click here to unsubscribe.
If you have any questions, you may contact us at:MyTreatment.com
1755 Route 105
Mactaquac, New Brunswick, E6L1C4
CANADA
general-advertising@mytreatment.com