MedMaps.co.uk Terms and Conditions
| 1 | Contract Formation and Terms and Conditions |
| 1.1 | If you become a member of MedMaps.co.uk, a contract between you and MedMaps.co.uk, incorporating these Terms and Conditions, will come into force. MedMaps.co.uk may refuse to accept anyone as a member, without giving any reason. |
| 1.2 | MedMaps.co.uk reserves the right at any time to add to, change or delete from the services it provides and the facilities available via this site (the MedMaps.co.uk services). |
| 1.3 | In return for MedMaps.co.uk providing access to this site and its services, you agree to these Terms and Conditions. |
| 1.4 | MedMaps.co.uk may change these Terms and Conditions or its Privacy Policy (or both) at any time without notice, either by publishing the change or the amended version on this site or by sending it to you by e-mail. The change will be effective as from the date of the posting or e-mail. |
| 2 | The Site and Services |
| 2.1 | MedMaps.co.uk aims to make this site and MedMaps.co.uk services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but reserves the right to suspend access to this site and any or all of those services at any time, without notice, for maintenance purposes, or if MedMaps.co.uk suspects that there has been any breach of security, a breach of these Terms and Conditions, or any unlawful use of this site or those services. MedMaps.co.uk may, at its discretion, restrict the use of this site and any or all of the MedMaps.co.uk services, or limit their availability. |
| 2.2 | MedMaps.co.uk reserves the right to introduce charges, terms and conditions relating to the payment of those charges, and to review and amend charges for access to this Site and the MedMaps.co.uk services. You will be given at least 30 days' notice of any new payment terms and conditions or any new or increased charges, and the opportunity to cancel your membership before those charges or terms come into effect. |
| 2.3 | MedMaps.co.uk reserves the right to remove material without notice from this site. |
| 3 | Newsletter Service |
| 3.1 | As a condition of receiving the MedMaps.co.uk services, you agree to receive and acknowledge a regular Newsletter, (the Newsletter) distributed by e-mail. The Newsletter will contain information carefully targeted to the website’s audience. |
| 3.2 | The Bulletin may contain the
following types of information:
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| 4 | Your Obligations You will, when accessing or using this site or any MedMaps.co.uk service: |
| 4.1 | Act in a professional and ethical manner; |
| 4.2 | Not send unsolicited e-mail, or send or post any message which is disruptive. |
| 4.3 | Not flame, hack or obtain unauthorised access to any data or system; |
| 4.4 | Not post any message whose subject or content is unrelated to the subject matter of the mindmap to which it is posted; |
| 4.5 | Not obtain any information or material from MedMaps.co.uk for any commercial purpose. |
| 4.6 | Not be involved in any criminal or unlawful activity, or post any information or material which might be legally actionable; |
| 4.7 | Not introduce into this site or any MedMaps.co.uk service, any virus, logic bomb, harmful code, trojan horse or anything else that might corrupt, damage or render inaccessible any software, data or system; |
| 4.8 | Comply with all your obligations to third parties such as internet service and software providers; |
| 4.9 | Not seek redress from MedMaps.co.uk if you suffer loss or damage, or if you are harmed, defamed or offended by material, information, products or services which you accessed or obtained through or which were posted on this site or any MedMaps.co.uk service; |
| 4.10 | Not post or send any libellous, defamatory, obscene, derogatory, menacing, offensive, pornographic, or indecent material to this site or via any MedMaps.co.uk service. |
| 4.11 | Obtain all necessary permissions from MedMaps.co.uk to display, transmit, or distribute intellectual property obtained from this website. |
| 4.12 | Obtain patient consent before posting any material on this site that includes identifiable or potentially identifiable case material; |
| 4.13 | Comply with all applicable laws, regulations and conventions, including those related to privacy, personal data, international communications, or the export of technical data; |
| 4.14 | Not attempt to interfere with this site or any MedMaps.co.uk service or any other service. (This includes, but is not limited to, "denial of service" attacks, "flooding" sites, deliberate attempts to overload any site and attempts to "crash" any website host.); and |
| 4.15 | Not use any program, script or command which interferes with any person's use of any site or service, or which results in any unfair advantage or disadvantage for anyone in relation to their receipt of rewards or competition prizes. |
| 5 | Your Personal Data and Other Information |
| 5.1 | MedMaps.co.uk will use your personal data only in accordance with its Privacy Policy. |
| 5.2 | MedMaps.co.uk may (but is not obliged to) monitor and record your use of this site and the MedMaps.co.uk services. |
| 5.3 | No information which is posted to this site will be treated as confidential. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not include e-mails, which are treated as confidential. |
| 5.4 | MedMaps.co.uk may block, delete or remove from this site and from any MedMaps.co.uk service any information or other material that you have posted, sent or received at any time and without giving notice. |
| 5.5 | MedMaps.co.uk has no obligation to monitor or moderate any forum, newsgroup, e-mail or message, and usually does not do so. If you have any complaints, please contact us at: help@medmaps.co.uk. |
| 6 | Third Party Goods, Services and Links |
| 6.1 | If you purchase or acquire goods or services from any third party, even if you have been directed from this site or by any MedMaps.co.uk service to them, any contract entered into with that third party and any use made of its site is a matter between you and that third party. MedMaps.co.uk has no liability for the quality or type of services or goods provided by any third party it may mention on this site or to whom this site may be linked. It is for you to make your own judgement about them. |
| 6.2 | Any opinion, advice, statement, service, offer, or information or content provided or made by any third party on this site or via any MedMaps.co.uk service, or on any site to which this site is linked, is that of the author or provider, and not of MedMaps.co.uk. MedMaps.co.uk does not endorse, and it is not responsible for, the accuracy or reliability of, any such opinion, advice, statement, service, offer, information or content. |
| 6.3 | Where content or information on or services available via this site have been supplied by a third party, MedMaps.co.uk does not control or endorse them in any way. All information, content and services supplied by third parties are made available in good faith but MedMaps.co.uk does not (to the extent allowed by the law) accept responsibility for their accuracy or use. |
| 6.4 | MedMaps.co.uk does not make any representation or give any warranty about any other site or any services or goods provided by any third party, or any opinion, advice, statement, offer, information or content on any such site or made by any such party. MedMaps.co.uk has no control over their quality, content or availability. MedMaps.co.uk will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by or in connection with use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on or through any other site. |
| 6.5 | Any concern about any other website should be directed to that site's website administrator or webmaster. |
| 7 | Limitations and Exclusions of Liability |
| 7.1 | MedMaps.co.uk tries to ensure that any information and content on this site or available through its services that has not been supplied by a third party is accurate, but it makes no representation and gives no warranty that any information or content is accurate, up to date or complete. It accepts no liability for any loss or damage caused by inaccurate information or content. |
| 7.2 | If you find any inaccurate, out of date or incomplete information or content on this site, or if you suspect that something is an infringement of any intellectual property right, you must let MedMaps.co.uk know immediately by contacting help@medmaps.co.uk. |
| 7.3 | You should independently verify any information and content on this site or made available to you through any MedMaps.co.uk service before relying on it. That information and content are not intended to address any particular requirements; they do not constitute any form of advice or recommendation by MedMaps.co.uk and are not intended to be relied upon in making (or refraining from making) any decision. The information and content on and through this site are not, and the MedMaps.co.uk services are not, substitutes for the exercise of professional judgement. If you are not qualified nor experienced enough to make that judgement, you should take professional advice. |
| 7.4 | This site, its content and all MedMaps.co.uk services are provided "as is". MedMaps.co.uk gives no warranty that this site, its content or any service is error-free or will be available without interruption, or at all. |
| 7.5 | No warranty, representation, or undertaking in respect of the quality, or fitness for purpose of any content or any service is given, and all implied terms conditions and warranties relating to the same, whether implied by statute, common law, custom, trade usage, course of dealing or otherwise, are excluded to the extent allowed by the law. |
| 7.6 | You assume all risk for using, and for any results obtained, or liability incurred, by or as a result of accessing this site or any MedMaps.co.uk service. |
| 7.7 | MedMaps.co.uk is not liable for any third party's information, programs, products or services, whether or not MedMaps.co.uk has negotiated special terms for the provision of the same to its members. If you access or use any information on this site that has been supplied by a third party, you will be bound by any additional terms and conditions specified by that third party. You agree to read those additional terms and conditions before accessing or using such third party information and not to access or use that information you do not accept those additional terms and conditions. You should always read the relevant terms and conditions before accessing any information. |
| 7.8 | MedMaps.co.uk does not guarantee the prevention of the loss of, alteration of, or improper access to, any information or computer systems. MedMaps.co.uk is not responsible for invalid destinations or transmission errors in, the corruption of, or the security of information or messages on this site or transmitted using any MedMaps.co.uk service or carried over any telecommunications or data communications facilities. Passwords and user IDs are personal to individual members. It is your responsibility to keep your password and ID secret and secure, and not to allow anyone else to use them. You are responsible for the use or misuse of this site and any MedMaps.co.uk service by any person accessing them through your password or ID (whether that use is authorised or unauthorised) and you agree to bear all losses, expenses, inconvenience and site charges arising as a result of that use. You must not use or attempt to use anyone else's password or ID; to do so may be an offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. |
| 7.9 | MedMaps.co.uk is not liable for any claim that your access to or use of this site, any content or any MedMaps.co.uk services infringes any third party's intellectual property or other rights. |
| 7.10 | In no event is MedMaps.co.uk liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to perform your obligations. |
| 7.11 | MedMaps.co.uk is not liable for any of the following, whether arising because of its negligence, or in any other way: |
| 7.11.1 | Loss of profits, loss of business, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goodwill or reputation, lost or wasted management time; |
| 7.11.2 | Loss, destruction or corruption of data; |
| 7.11.3 | Any indirect, or consequential loss or damage; or |
| 7.11.4 | Any loss or damage arising as a result of any claim against you by any other party; even if MedMaps.co.uk has been advised of the possibility of that loss or damage arising. |
| 7.12 | You will indemnify MedMaps.co.uk and keep it indemnified against all and any losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses arising in connection with your breach of any of these Terms and Conditions or arising as a result of a third party accessing or using this site, any content or any MedMaps.co.uk service by means of your password or user ID. |
| 7.13 | The maximum liability of MedMaps.co.uk to you in connection with this site, any content and any services, or the failure to provide any of the same, is £1 or the aggregate of sums you have paid to MedMaps.co.uk in the 12 months immediately before the cause of action to which your claim relates, arose (whichever is the greater). |
| 8 | Termination |
| 8.1 | If you are dissatisfied with the services provided by MedMaps.co.uk or any feature provided in or through this site, you may terminate your membership by giving not less than 7 days' notice to help@medmaps.co.uk. This is your sole remedy if you are dissatisfied with this site or any such service. |
| 8.2 | Your membership may be terminated by you or by MedMaps.co.uk at any time by giving the other seven days notice. In addition, MedMaps.co.uk may terminate or suspend your membership and access to this site and any service at any time without notice if you breach or are suspected of having breached these Terms and Conditions, if you cease to meet the criteria from time to time for access to or use of this site or any service, or if your agreement with any internet service provider for access or connection to the internet is terminated for any reason. |
| 8.3 | Conditions 1, 6, 7, 8.2, 9 and 10 will survive termination and continue indefinitely. |
| 9 | Intellectual Property Rights |
| 9.1 | This site, its contents and information, and the MedMaps.co.uk services and their content and information, are protected by copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights. |
| 9.2 | You assign to MedMaps.co.uk the copyright in all material that you post to this site (except for e-mails, notes, and comments). You will always be credited as the author of any work you submit. |
| 9.3 | Subject to any conditions
specific to any service, you may read, print and download parts of the
material and information on this site or through any MedMaps.co.uk service
for your private, non-commercial use or use in the ordinary course of
the your profession, but you may not make any profit from the use of
that material or information nor republish, disseminate or transmit
any of it, or exploit it for any commercial purpose, or make any derivative
work, or copy it for any other purpose without first obtaining MedMaps.co.uk's
written permission. To seek permission please contact: help@medmaps.co.uk |
| 9.4 | You must not post to this website, or send, using any MedMaps.co.uk service any data, software, or other work or material that infringes the intellectual property rights of MedMaps.co.uk or any third party. |
| 10 | General |
| 10.1 | Any terms purporting to vary these Terms and Conditions in any order, or other written or electronic communication from you, are ineffective unless specifically accepted by MedMaps.co.uk in writing. |
| 10.2 | You may not assign or transfer your membership to, or share or sublicense the advantages of membership of MedMaps.co.uk with, any other person. |
| 10.3 | MedMaps.co.uk may assign or sub-contract its rights or obligations (or both) to any third party. |
| 10.4 | If any part of any of these Terms and Conditions is invalid or unenforceable, it will not affect any other provision and all other provisions will remain in full force and effect. |
| 10.5 | These Terms and Conditions, and the contract between you and MedMaps.co.uk, are governed by the laws of England and Wales and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. |
| 10.6 | These terms and conditions, together with the Privacy Policy, any conditions specific to any MedMaps.co.uk service and any rules that MedMaps.co.uk publishes from time to time governing the criteria for access to this site or any service, are the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between MedMaps.co.uk and you in relation to the use of this site, its contents and any MedMaps.co.uk service. They supersede any proposal or prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communications between MedMaps.co.uk and you relating to their subject matter. |
| 10.7 | Nothing in these Terms and Conditions confers or purports to confer on anyone except you any right under the Contracts Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or in any other way to enforce any of these Terms and Conditions. |
