Community Guidelines
In short. SiriON Community is a professional space for people in dentistry. Be respectful, be accurate and never share anything that could identify a patient. You can report posts, comments, messages, listings and members, and block anyone. We review every report within 24 hours. Breaking these rules can lead to removal of content or of your account.
1. Who these rules apply to
1.1 These guidelines apply to everything you post or send in Community and Jobs: your profile, posts, comments, polls, reactions, direct messages, media and job listings. They form part of our Terms of Use.
2. Patient privacy comes first
2.1 Never post or send anything that identifies a patient, or could identify one when combined with other details. This includes faces, names, phone numbers, addresses, dates of birth, OPD or IPD numbers, charts, distinctive tattoos or jewellery and X-rays or photos that show names or dates.
2.2 Share clinical cases only after removing every identifying detail and only where you have the patient's consent to use the material for teaching or discussion. You confirm this each time you share clinical media.
2.3 If you see identifiable patient information, report it. We remove it.
3. What is welcome
- Clinical questions, case discussions and learning, with patient details removed
- Research, publications, events and opportunities in dentistry
- Honest experience and respectful disagreement
- Genuine dental job openings that follow our Jobs Board terms
4. What is not allowed
- Anything listed as not allowed in section 8 of our Terms of Use, including content that is obscene, harassing, hateful, harmful to children, infringing, misleading or unlawful
- Harassment, bullying, threats or abuse of any member
- Content that discriminates against anyone on the basis of religion, caste, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, age or place of origin
- False or dangerous health claims, and advice that contradicts accepted clinical practice presented as fact
- Impersonation, fake profiles or false credentials
- Spam, unsolicited advertising, referral schemes and fee splitting arrangements that break professional rules
- Selling or advertising prescription medicines
- Sexual content or intimate images of anyone
- Images that are artificially created or altered to look real and that mislead, unless clearly labelled
- Sharing someone's personal contact details without their permission
5. Professional conduct
5.1 Follow the ethical rules of your profession, including the Dental Council of India's code of ethics, when you discuss cases, colleagues and patients. Be honest about your qualifications and experience.
6. Reporting and blocking
6.1 You can report a post, comment, direct message, event, job listing or member from the menu next to it. Choose the reason that fits best and add details if you can. What you reported is hidden from you straight away. If you report a direct message, a copy of it is shared with our moderators.
6.2 You can block a member. They will no longer be able to message you, and you will not see each other's posts, comments, profiles or listings. They are not told. You can unblock them in Settings, Blocked members.
6.3 Our moderators review every report within 24 hours. Reports about intimate images of a person are acted on within 2 hours. We do not tell the member who reported them.
6.4 You can also write to our Grievance Officer at grievance@sirionhealth.com.
7. What moderators can do
7.1 Depending on how serious the breach is, our moderators may:
- remove the content;
- hide content while they review it;
- warn you;
- stop you posting or messaging for a time;
- suspend or close your Community profile or your whole account.
7.2 We tell you what we removed and why, unless the law or a safety reason prevents it.
8. Appeals
8.1 If you think we got it wrong, write to grievance@sirionhealth.com within 30 days with the details. Someone who did not make the first decision will look at it again, and we will reply within 7 days. If you are still not satisfied, you can follow the routes in our Grievance redressal policy.
9. How we judge job listings
9.1 Listings must be real dental roles, posted by someone authorised to post them, with honest details. Listings that ask applicants for money, discriminate, mislead or are not dental roles are removed. Details are in our Jobs Board terms.
10. Consequences
10.1 Serious or repeated breaches lead to the account being closed. Where content is unlawful we may preserve it and share it with the authorities as the law requires, and where the law requires an offence to be reported, we report it.