Website Terms and Conditions
Last modified date: 25 January
2008
This agreement is between the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust (referred to as “we”,
“us” or “our”) and each person (referred
to as “you” or “your”) who visits or uses
the tauntonmaxfax.net website (“Website”).
1. Terms of Use
1.1. Your use of the Website is governed by the terms set out
below, together with the Privacy Policy, (“Terms”).
You may use the Website providing you agree to these Terms. If
you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Website.
If you use the Website or download material from the Website,
you will be deemed to have accepted all the Terms.
1.2. We reserve the right to change the Terms by posting any changes
on the Website. The new terms will be effective as soon as they
are posted on the Website. You signify your acceptance to any
such changes by your use of the Website following such postings.
2. Use of Website & Material
2.1. We recognise that when you access the Website, your computer
downloads a copy of the material on the Website to enable you
to view and/or print it. You agree that you will use the material
for your own personal use only. You agree not to use the material
for any commercial purpose and that you will not remove any copyright
or other proprietary notices from such material.
2.2. You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes. You
agree that you will not use or access the Website in a manner
which infringes the rights of anyone else or which disrupts, restricts
or inhibits their enjoyment of this Website.
2.3. If you would like to link directly to pages on the Website,
please let us know by emailing the Website Team. We reserve the
right to move or change our Website URLs without notice and any
external websites which link to the Website do so at their own
risk. You agree not to incorporate pages of the Website within
‘frames’ on any website which you may operate.
2.4. The Website may contain links which allow you to leave the
Website and to go to other websites which are operated by third
parties. These linked websites are not under our control and we
are not responsible for their contents. The links are provided
for your convenience only and such links do not imply any endorsement
of such websites.
3. Intellectual Property Rights
3.1. Certain material on this Website may be protected by Crown
copyright. Where this is the case, the Website and/or the material
will make this expressly clear. Crown copyright protected material
(other than the NHS logo and images) may be reproduced free of
charge in any format or medium, provided it is reproduced accurately
and not used in a misleading context. If you wish to republish
or copy any material from this Website that is protected by Crown
copyright, you must identify the source of the material and acknowledge
the material’s copyright status. The NHS logo and images
are proprietary marks of the Department of Health and may not
be used or copied without prior approval.
3.2. Material on this Website which is not expressly indicated
as being protected by Crown copyright (“Information”)
must be handled differently and the permission to reproduce such
material does not apply. All intellectual property rights (including
copyright, trade marks, design rights and patents) in the Information
are expressly reserved and remain our property and/or the property
of our licensors.
3.3. Where this Website contains images of conditions affecting
individuals (whether living or deceased), consent has been obtained
to the use of such material in order to provide an indicative
illustration of those conditions. Subject to paragraphs 3.4 and
4, such material is merely indicative of such conditions and should
not be relied upon nor used for any other purpose.
3.4. You are prohibited from reproducing, distributing, modifying
displaying, showing, publicly transmitting or otherwise creating
derivative products of any of the Website and/or Information,
in whole or in part, regardless of medium, without the prior written
permission from the intellectual property right owner(s), except
to the extent:
3.4.1. necessary to enable your personal use of the Website;
3.4.2. permitted in accordance with paragraph 3.1 (Crown Copyright);
and/or
3.4.3. permitted by applicable mandatory law.
4. Disclaimer and Liability
4.1. The Website is provided “as is”, without any
endorsements made and without any warranties of any kind, whether
express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties
of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement
of intellectual property rights, compatibility, security, availability
and accuracy.
4.2. We do not warrant or represent that the Website will be free
from errors, bugs, viruses or other harmful applications. We recommend
that you run an up-to-date anti-virus application on all material
that you download from the internet.
4.3. This Website must not be relied upon to provide medical/clinical
advice.
4.4. In no event shall we be liable (in tort, contract or otherwise)
for any infringement, loss or damage of any kind (including but
not limited to computer trouble, loss of data, loss of profits,
loss of business opportunities, loss of management time, interruption
of business, or for indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary
or consequential damages of any kind) that results from the use
of the Website, the inability to use the Website and/or any use
of the Website’s material.
4.5. Please note that we may modify or delete the Website and/or
any of the Website’s material without prior notice.
4.6. Nothing in these Terms shall limit either party’s liability
in contravention of any mandatory requirements laid down by applicable
law. No limit of liability shall apply within the jurisdiction
of England and Wales in respect of fraud, or personal injury or
death caused by the negligence of either party.
5. General
5.1. Unless otherwise specified, the Website’s materials
are directed only at users within England and Wales. If you access
the Website from outside England and Wales, you agree that you
are responsible for ensuring compliance with any local laws which
may be applicable.
5.2. Notwithstanding paragraph 5.1, if any provision of these
Terms is found to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable
by reason of the laws of any state or country then, within such
state or country, to the extent such provision is illegal, invalid
or otherwise unenforceable it shall be severed from these Terms.
Any such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the other provisions of the Terms, which shall remain in
full force and effect.
5.3. These Terms and any matter arising from or in connection
with these Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the law of England and Wales and be subject to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
6. Contact
6.1. If you have any questions regarding the Website and/or these
Terms, please contact us at the following address: feedback@tauntonmaxfax.net
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WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
Last modified date: 25 January 2008
This Privacy Policy is provided by Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust (referred to as “we”,
“us” or “our”) for the information of
the visitors to the tauntonmaxfax.net website (“Website”).
For further information regarding the terms governing the usage
of this Website, please see the Website Terms of Use. Please note
that by using the Website, you are consenting to the collection,
use and transfer of the information that you provide to us in
accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not
accept this Privacy Policy, you must not use this Website.
1. Taking Your Privacy Seriously
1.1. We are committed to maintaining your privacy and security.
This is why we have produced the Privacy Policy set out below.
Any changes to the Privacy Policy will be posted on the Website.
1.2. We have notified the Information Commissioner that we handle
personal information, as required by the Data Protection Act 1998.
We will ensure that all such personal information is processed
fairly and lawfully, in accordance with current English legislation
and we aim to meet current internet best practice.
2. Who We Are
2.1. The Website is controlled by the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery of Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust.
2.2. Our address is Taunton & Somerset Hospital, Musgrove
Park, Taunton, Somerset TA1 5DA.
2.3. If you would like to contact us in relation to the Website,
please feel free to send an email to feedback@tauntonmaxfax.net.
3. Information Gathered by Us
3.1. Please do not feel obliged to provide us with any personal
information about you. If you do provide us with information,
we will make sure we use it only in accordance with this Privacy
Policy and in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
3.2. If you contact us with a query, we may gather information
from you to deal with your enquiry. This may include your name
and contact details and such other personal details as you provide.
If the enquiry relates to a medical matter, it may be necessary
to gather sensitive personal data such as your medical history.
3.3. When you access the Website, we may record your internet
protocol (“IP”) address in order to help diagnose
problems with our Website’s servers, to administer the Website
and to help identify you. We also have the ability to know what
type of operating system and browser software you use and to identify
the geographical location of your browser. Your IP address could
also be used by us to gather broad demographic information and
for other purposes such as monitoring visitor frequency.
3.4. We may collect demographic and profile data on the Website.
This information may be combined with other forms of information
to permit us to bring together, in aggregate form, information
about the people who use our site. This information helps us to
understand, in general terms, user preferences in relation to
the content of the site and how often certain links are clicked.
4. What We Do with Information We Collect
4.1. Where you provide us with personal information, we may store
and use this information for the purpose of dealing with your
query and for analysing our Website and visitors’ needs
and to help us to make better strategic decisions.
4.2. We will not sell your personal details to third parties,
although we may transfer your personal details to third parties
as part of an NHS reorganisation.
4.3. In certain situation we may need to disclose information
to third parties, for example, in order to pass information between
government departments or where required to do so by law. However,
we do not ordinarily share your personal information with third
parties unless we have your permission to do so.
4.4. We may look at the information we collect about users in
aggregate, in order to analyse user behaviour in general. This
aggregate information will not identify individual users. This
analysis allows us to measure the overall interest in our Website
and to help us to develop and make the Website more interesting
in general terms.
5. Looking After Your Information
5.1. We take appropriate security measures in relation to the
sensitivity of the information which we hold on you.
5.2. We will not hold your information on our systems for any
longer than is necessary for us to meet the purpose of holding
that information.
5.3. Where the Website contains images of conditions affecting
individuals (whether living or deceased), consent has been obtained
to the use of such material in order to provide an indicative
illustration of those conditions. Subject to paragraphs 3.4 and
4 of the Website Terms of Use, such material is merely indicative
of such conditions and should not be relied upon nor used for
any other purpose
5.4. Where you have made us aware that the information that we
hold about you is inaccurate or not up to date, we will update
that information.
5.5. If you would like to have a copy of the information we hold
on you, please contact us. We may ask you to verify your identity
for security reasons and there may be a fee for providing this
information.
6. Cookies
6.1. You may be aware that there is a technology called “cookies”.
A “cookie” is a file that is transferred from certain
websites to the hard drive of computers which access them. We
do not use cookies on our Website.
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