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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor email service for the professional
information
needs of UK Health Visitors
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healthvisitors.com June 2005/ of
midwivesonline.com Ltd
Welcome to Our 'Student Health Visitor 2
Health Visitor' Q & A (Questions & Answers) email
service
@ healthvisitors.com
By using 'Student Health Visitor 2 Health
Visitor' you agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use.
If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions of Use and do not
intend to be bound by them you must not use this service and should
exit it immediately. Your continued use of this service will constitute
acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
This service provides Student Health Visitors with
a free email facility whereby Student Health Visitors can email
a Health Visitor with their Q & As for web-based links and information
relating to their professional information needs.
midwivesonline.com Ltd reserves the right to change
these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online.
You are responsible for regularly reviewing information that we
post online to get notice of such changes and amendments.
SERVICE
Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor
is a free Q and A email service for Studentl Health Visitors and.
This 'Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor' service aims to
provide Student Health Visitors with a small number of direct web
based links to resources currently existing on the web containing
information that may match their query.
To ensure a quality and consistent service, questions
and answers are reviewed by two qualified Health Visitors prior
to responses being returned. Student Health
Visitor 2 Health Visitor is
only available to Student Health Visitor users within the United
Kingdom.
No promises are made, given or intended by the advice
or information given by Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor and no information,
advice or diagnosis made shall be deemed the only or best possible
at that time with respect to the matter in question.
We will respond to every email request within
7 working days and are unable to provide an 'urgent response' to
any Query sent to www.healthvisitors.com . While our aim is to respond
to your question within 7 working days, there may be occasions when
further information needs to be researched and you will be informed
of this process, therefore no response time limit will be guaranteed.
At times we may not be able to respond to your query as quickly
as we would like due to circumstances beyond our control.
PERSONAL DATA
When you use this service, it will be necessary
for us to collect certain information about you.
Student Health
Visitor 2 Health Visitor will make clear when you
are being asked to submit any information about yourself and how
that information will be treated. The use of any personal information
will be in accordance with our Privacy and Confidentiality, Policy
which is set out below.
Your Rights
The Data Protection Act 1998 gives every individual
a number of rights. In brief, you have the right to:
- Access
information held about you - please note: in accordance with the
Act a fee may be charged for this service
- Prevent
processing of information likely to cause distress
- Prevent
use of information about you for direct marketing
- Correct
and inaccurate record
- Seek
compensation if you suffer damage
- Have
an assessment made if your think the Act has been contravened
We undertake to respect these rights.
Our Obligations
The Data Protection Act 1998 imposes a number of
obligations on our services. In brief, these are:
- Information
about you will be processed fairly and lawfully
- Information
will be used solely for planning and delivering health advice
and will not be used in a inappropriate way
- The
information recorded about you will be adequate and relevant
- You
can request a copy of all information we hold about you
- Information
will be kept no longer the necessary
- All
of the information will be processed within the service in accordance
with your rights
- We
will take all necessary measure to prevent unlawful processing,
accidental loss, damage or destruction
PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY
At Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor we take confidentiality
very seriously. Student Health
Visitor 2 Health Visitor is an email based service
and we fully respect your right to confidentiality. We fully comply
with confidentiality best practices followed by NHS hospitals, GP's
and Health Visitors.
Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor
is required to comply with data protection requirements in the way
in which it uses any personal information collected from you in
your use of this service and in relation to any services provided
to you by Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor. This requirement
is in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and certain other
legal requirements which put into effect various pieces of European
law.
At Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor, we therefore take
very seriously your rights in relation to the way in which we use
your personal information and the security of that data which you
provide to us is very important.
The personal data which we collect from you will
be held and used for the proper administration of our business and
in order to provide information services to you or to answer any
questions which you may raise. We will retain copies of any communications
which you send to us (including copies of any e-mails) in order
to maintain accurate records of the information which we have received,
such as queries and requests for advice as well as information and
stories which you have submitted to us. This information will also
be used to give us a better understanding of who is using our site
and the types of subject areas which are of interest.
Some of the information which you may submit may
include what is known under the relevant legislation as "sensitive
personal data". This includes for example information relating
to your health, any disability which you may have or your race or
ethnic origin. Should you supply any such information you specifically
consent to our use of that information which you submit.
USERS OF STUDENT HEALTHVISITOR 2 HEALTHVISITOR
If any user of this service behaves in such a way
that is deemed rude or aggressive towards our Student Health Visitors,
contact will be terminated
Once you have asked your question, you agree not
to use Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor in the following
manner:
- (i)
in a manner that is prohibited by any law or regulation, or to
facilitate the violation of any law or regulation;
- (ii)
to invade the privacy of third parties;
- (iii)
to impersonate Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor personnel or other
parties or entities;
- (iv)
to transmit unlawful, fraudulent, offensive, obscene, pornographic,
defamatory, abusive, threatening, or otherwise objectionable material,
or
- (v)
to encourage conduct that would give rise to civil or criminal
liability; not to violate, or assist in violating, the security
of e-med, whether intentionally, negligently or otherwise.
This service also includes out free monthly newsletter
from healthvisitors.com
ADVERTISING POLICY
www.healthvisitors.com
web site contains links to third party web sites and also contains
details of products which may be available for purchase from those
third parties. Those third parties may offer for sale generally
or directly to you products or services and any purchase of such
products or services shall be directly between you and the third
party. In no way shall Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor
be liable for any such products or services and Ask a Health
Visitor does not make any representations or give any warranties
or recommendations in respect of such products or services and the
links to such web sites and any images or information relating to
such products or services which appear on the healthvisitors.com
web site which are provided for information and convenience only.
Further, none of the products or services which are featured as
part of this service constitutes any recommendation for treatment
in any given case.
LINKED SITES
This service contains links to many other web sites
which may be of interest including by way of example, web sites
which are based in the US, Australia, New Zealand as well as in
the UK. These links are provided for your convenience only and Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor has no control over
and does not endorse nor is in any way responsible for the content
of such web sites. Reliance by you on any of the information contained
on any of those web sites shall be at your own risk.
DISCLAIMER
Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor
is providing this service on an "as is" basis and to the
fullest extent permitted by law makes no and expressly excludes
all representations (except for fraudulent misrepresentation) and
warranties of any kind with respect to this service and its contents
including, without limitation, warranties as to quality and fitness
for purpose. Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor does not represent
or warrant that the information accessible via this service is accurate,
complete or current nor that this service will meet particular requirements,
be available, accessible, uninterrupted, timely, and secure or operate
without error or that it will be free from viruses or other harmful
elements.
Whilst it is our aim to provide researched based
information, in no way does
Student Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor
guarantee that the information contained within this service, is
up to date or that all medical or technical developments are taken
into account in the information contained on the Web site.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED AT LAW, NEITHER
ASK A HEALTHVISITOR, HEALTHVISITORS.COM NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES,
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES, WILL BE LIABLE WHETHER
UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE OR OTHERWISE HOWSOEVER ARISING FOR
ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES, COSTS, CLAIMS, LIABILITIES OR EXPENSES ARISING
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE. THIS EXCLUSION
AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES,
COSTS, CLAIMS, LIABILITIES AND EXPENSES OF ANY KIND WHETHER DIRECT
OR INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LEGAL
COSTS OR EXPENSES, DIRECT LOSS OF PROFIT, DIRECT LOSS OF ANTICIPATED
SAVINGS, LOSS OF DATA, INDIRECT LOSS OF PROFIT, INDIRECT LOSS OF
ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF
USE OF MONEY, LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY OR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
AND/OR ANY WASTED EXPENDITURE AND THIRD PARTY CLAIMS.
COMPLAINTS
Any complaint about Student
Health Visitor 2 Health Visitor or advice provided
by the Student Health Visitors will be handled in writing. For further
information you may send an email to
healthvisitor2healthvisitor@healthvisitors.com
The information contained within this service is
presented for information purposes only. The material is not intended
to substitute care or advice from qualified medical personnel. If
you are at all concerned about your clients/patients, either you're
own or your baby's health, contact your GP or Health Visitor immediately
for advice.
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