Social Media Comment Disclaimer

TriCounty health Department Social Media Comment Disclaimer

Thank you for being a fan of the TriCounty Health Department (TCHD) on our social media accounts. TCHD participates in social media in order to engage individuals and organizations in leading healthier lives. TCHD provides content on social media platforms to encourage discussion of health information.

If you have any questions regarding TriCounty Health Department, please visit our website at https://tricountyhealth.com. Representatives are available to answer your questions in English and Spanish from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday -Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday (closed holidays) 435-247-1177.

For media inquiries, please contact our Public Information Officer at 435-247-1169.

Comment Policy Disclaimer

Posted comments and images by followers/users do not necessarily represent the views of TCHD. External, non-TCHD links on this site do not constitute an official endorsement on behalf of TCHD. While we encourage fans to share thoughts and opinions on TCHD social media pages, we expect that this will be done in a respectful manner. TCHD does not agree with or endorse every comment that individuals post on our pages. Our goal is to share ideas and information with as many individuals as possible and our policy is to accept the majority of comments made to our profile.

A comment will be deleted if it contains:

Hate speech,
Profanity, obscenity or vulgarity,
Nudity in profile pictures or posted images,
Defamation to a person or people,
Name-calling and/or personal attacks,
Comments whose main purpose is to sell a product,
Comments that infringe on copyrights,
Spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly on a profile, and
Other comments that TCHD Office of Public Information deems inappropriate

All links posted as comments on TCHD posts will be reviewed and may be deleted. Repeated violations of TCHD comment policy may cause the author to be blocked from TCHD pages.

We understand that social media is a 24/7 medium; however, our moderation capabilities are not. We may not see every inappropriate comment right away, and we are trusting in the maturity of our community to ignore personal attacks and negative speech or respond politely.

Terms of Use

TCHD is dedicated to protecting your health and promoting quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability. For official TCHD information, go to https://tricountyhealth.com.

TCHD social media page is provided as a service to social media users for educational use. Posted comments may not originate from TCHD and therefore do not necessarily represent the views of TCHD.

Privacy Notice Regarding Third Party Websites

This is the TriCounty Health Department page on Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram. If you’re looking for the official and most comprehensive source of information about TCHD please visit our official website at https://tricountyhealth.com.

Please note that Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram and other social media platforms are not a government website or application; it is controlled or operated by Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram, and TCHD privacy policy does not apply. TCHD does not own, manage, or control Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram. If you choose to provide information to Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram through registration or other interaction with the Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram website, such actions are between you and Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram, any information that you provide is voluntarily contributed by you and is not maintained by any TCHD entity. TCHD does not collect, maintain, or disseminate the information you proved to Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram. Although you may voluntarily contribute to Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram with the intent to share the information with others on TCHD Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram page, to protect your privacy, please do not disclose personally identifiable information about yourself or others.

TCHD Privacy Policy does not apply to Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram, and TCHD cannot guarantee the privacy or security of information that users provide to linked external third-party websites such as Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram. Content from tricountyhealth.com is provided to third-party websites, such as Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram, in accordance with the agency’s mission and goals. TCHD cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided by Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram, or any other non-TCHD site. TCHD collaboration with third-party websites, including Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram, does not imply endorsement by TCHD or any of its employees of the site, the sponsors of the site, or any information, product, or service depicted on the site.

TCHD does not collect personally identifiable information such as your name, address, or telephone number from third-party websites such as Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram. TCHD may use information that visitors make available to it on Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Instagram and other third-party websites to improve our programs and better serve the public (for example, improving our education and outreach materials and activities). TCHD will maintain any such information in accordance with federal law.

Please contact our Public Information Officer at 435-247-1169 if you have any questions.