Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Teaching Anatomy collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (each, a "User") of the www.anatomyshortcut.blogspot.com website ("Site"). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by Teaching Anatomy.

• We may use the feedback you provide to improve our Site.

• We may use the email address to send the notification regarding various updates related to this Site. It may also be used to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests.

Anatomy shortcut is a blog intended to provide educational material, especially to medical and allied health sciences students in the form of simplified class notes/ handouts on the subject of Human Anatomy and its various sub-domains like Gross Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Cytogenetics, and Neuroanatomy. We have used Google's Blogspot blogger interface to create this blog. The notes in the various posts use the standard textbooks in Anatomy and its subdomains.
Some of the standard Text Books that are referred to prepare these posts are as follows:

For Gross Anatomy:

Grey's Anatomy & Atlas

Snell's Clinical Anatomy
Keith L Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy
BD Chaurasia
AK Datta
Netters Atlas
Grants Atlas
McMinn Atlas 

For Histology:
Inderbir Singh
Wheater's Functional Histology
Ross Histology
Difiore's atlas of histology
Junqueira

For Embryology:
Developing Human by Moore and Persaud
Langman's Medical Embryology by T W Sadler

For Cytogenetics:
Thomson and Thomson Genetics in Medicine, 7th Edition
Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics, 14th Edition

For Neuroanatomy:
Gray’s Anatomy
Snell’s Clinical Neuroanatomy 

  
*Users are highly recommended to refer to the above-mentioned textbooks to enhance their understanding of any given topic in this blog.
Different editions, preferably the latest, of books have been used. 

Copyright
References are most of the time included at the end of each post along with other references not listed above. The images used in these posts are governed by various creative commons license agreements. Users are suggested to go through the license agreement policy or copyright policy before reproducing or redistributing or modifying the images from this site. 
Personal identification information
We do not collect personal identification information from Users in any form. Users may submit their email id if they wish to subscribe to the site.  Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities. Users may choose to provide feedback in the comment sections of the posts on this site.
Non-personal identification information
Non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site will automatically be recorded. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer, and technical information about the User's means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.
Web browser cookies
This Site may use "cookies" to enhance User experience. Users' web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Users may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies or to alert them when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
How we use collected information
Sharing your personal information
We do not sell, trade, or rent Users' personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above. We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.
Third-party websites
Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors, and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites that have a link to our Site, is subject to that website's own terms and policies.
Advertising
Ads appearing on our site may be delivered to Users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non-personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Google Adsense
Some of the ads may be served by Google. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to Users based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. DART uses "non-personally identifiable information" and does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Changes to this privacy policy
Teaching Anatomy has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will post a notification on the main page of our Site, revise the updated date at the bottom of this page and send you an email. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
Your acceptance of these terms
By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:
anatomyshortcut@gmail.com 
This document was last updated on Feb 4, 2023