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West Midlands Public Health Network Terms and Conditions

Use of the WMeHnet

By entering the WMeHNet site, users agree to the following terms and conditions. Should we choose to change our Terms and Conditions for any reason, the changes will be posted here.

This WMeHNet website exists to support public health networks within the West Midlands. Users must only use this website for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use of the site by, any third party.

Users must not:

• use the contribute, feedback or discussion facilities to send abusive messages, or to spread sexist, racist or obscene material
• attempt to impair the running of the site or corrupt its content
• use data or other resources obtained from the site for commercial purposes

In such circumstances we reserve the right to:

• de-register such users
• report them to their host organisation's IT department
• inform the police if appropriate

Privacy

We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. These Terms and Conditions let you know how any personal information is processed and used by WMeHNet. Our procedures covering the storage and disclosure of your information are designed to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Consent

Your use of this web site signifies your consent to us collecting and using personal information about you as specified below in accordance with this Document. If you are a registered user, this policy will be applied subject to any particular limitations or choices you express in your Details.

All users: You may provide personal information when communicating with us. In addition we will collect information about your preferences when you tell us what these are. We may use personal information collected about you to let you know about functionality changes to our web site, or changes to our terms and conditions of use; we may also send you information about relevant meetings, events and publications.

Registered users: As part of the registration process we ask for your name, email address and organisation address as required fields; this data is stored in our database of contacts. Once you have been approved for registration and supplied with a username and password, the default disclosure level for the data you have supplied is that it is available to all other registered users (who will be people with a role or relevant interest in public health). A prerequisite for registration is that you indicate your agreement with our terms and conditions by ticking the appropriate box on the registration page.

Site usage data

We may collect site usage statistics from our server logs. This data helps us to manage and plan website functions, and will be used as part of the evaluation of the website. Aggregate site usage statistics may be provided to third parties but will not include information that can be used to identify you.

Disclosure

We reserve the right to access and disclose individually identifiable information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate its systems properly or to protect itself or its users.

Disclaimers

Advertising

We receive no support through advertising or commercial sponsorship, and will not accept any advertising on the website.

Liability

The data and information provided on WMeHNet are intended to support the activities of the public health workforce in the West Midlands. We will endeavor to ensure that the content of the site is current, accurate and relevant.

Responsibility for use of the content rests with the user. In some cases restrictions are placed on who can use the data and for what purpose. It is the user’s responsibility to read the metadata associated with any resource and to comply with any copyrights, usage restrictions, etc.

With regard to personal information contained in the database of registered users which is made visible on the website according to that user’s consent we accept no liability arising from such disclosure.

Availability

We cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to this website. We accept no responsibility for any damages arising from the loss of use of this information.

External links

This WMeHNet website provides a number of links to other Internet sites for the convenience of users. We make best efforts to ensure that we link only to reputable sites; however, we are not responsible for the availability or content of these external sites, or for any consequence arising from visiting these sites.

Linking to this WMeHNet website

Users are welcome to link to the homepage of this WMeHNet website. However, because of the closed nature of the site only registered users will be able to gain access to resources within it, so not all registered users will be able to see the same resources.

Links to the site are also subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context, and the source (including URL) must be acknowledged.

Archiving

The metadata base on which this website is based is archived regularly. Note that, in most cases, new resources are made available in addition to those already there, rather than overwriting older versions.