1. You have read and accepted the Disclaimer and the Privacy Statement and agree to abide by them.
2. All material contained on this site (including its selection and arrangement) is protected by copyright or other proprietary rights which belong to DIPEx and its licensors. All rights are fully reserved. DIPEx is a trademark of DIPEx Ltd No 4178865. All data obtained by DIPEx is held and used in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
3. You are not permitted to change, store, copy, publish, sell or distribute any such material without our prior consent in writing. Where you transmit material to us you grant us the non-exclusive, worldwide right in all media now known or hereinafter invented to distribute such material without any further obligation to you. 5. You may not link to this site, nor frame it, without the express permission of DIPEx.
6. You shall not reverse engineer, decompile, copy or adapt any software or other code or scripts that form part of our website nor attempt to transmit to or via our website any information that contains a virus, worm, trojan, or other harmful or disruptive component.
7. We may provide links to sites owned and operated by third parties. We do not endorse the content of such sites (nor does the absence of links imply non-endorsement) nor can we be liable for non-availability of, or any loss or damage incurred by you as a result of visiting such sites which is undertaken at your own risk.
8. You agree that your use of this site is at your sole risk and is provided by us on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We give no warranties in connection with the site including but not limited to warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement of third party rights. To the extent that it is lawfully possible to do so, we make no warranty that
(a) the web site and/or any information will meet your requirements,
(b) your access to and use of the site will be error-free,
(c) any errors or inaccuracies will be corrected.
Further, if your use of the web site results in the need for servicing or replacing equipment or data, this will not be at our risk or expense.
9. You agree to indemnify us in respect of any and all losses and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by us in connection with any breach by you of these terms and conditions by you.
10. These terms and conditions (together with the documents incorporated by reference herein) namely the Disclaimer and Privacy Statement form the entire agreement between us in connection with your use of the site and supersedes all other prior agreements between us.
11. Any legal action or proceedings arising between you and DIPEx in relation to this website shall be governed by English Law and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
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Privacy policy
DIPEx (which expression includes “healthtalkonline” and “youthhealthtalk”) respects your right to privacy and this statement is intended to identify the ways in which we collect and intend to use the personal and other information that you transmit when you visit the site to enable us to provide material that gives a useful service.
Collection of Information
On the DIPEx website, in order to make the site more responsive to your and other users' requirements, we use "cookies" (the information sent from a web server to your browser identifying which internet sites you have visited) to enable us to tailor the site's content to your interests. We may also use cookies to track the pages of the site that are most visited to identify which are of most interest. You can set your browser not to accept cookies, but if you do we will be less able to provide a service that most closely matches your needs.
We will use the information provided by you within DIPEx for the purposes specified in this Privacy Statement but will not sell, trade or rent the information we get from you to any third parties without consent. We may, however, disclose such information where it is necessary to comply with the law, or to enforce or apply our
Terms of Use or to protect our rights and those of other site users. DIPEx complies with the UK Data Protection Act 1998.
All information collected from you is password-protected for storage purposes within a database controlled by us. We cannot absolutely guarantee the security of the database or that the information you supply to us will not be intercepted over the Internet. Any information you post in the Forum will be available to anyone with Internet access. We may use personal data for the provision of demographic information of an aggregated and collective nature for our own analysis of commercial trends, site usage and other similar research and statistics. We may share this with third parties in an anonymous format that does not allow you to be identified.
If we need to change our privacy policy at any point, we will post changes on this page.
If you would like to alter the way in which we process your personal information, please contact us using our contact form
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Disclaimer
DIPEx (which expression includes “healthtalkonline” and “youthhealthtalk”) provides its service on this website (“the Service”) to you, subject to the following Conditions for Use ("Conditions"), which may be updated by DIPEx from time to time without notice to you. You should review the Conditions periodically for changes.
The documents contained in the Service are presented for information purposes only. The material is in no way intended to replace professional medical care or attention by a qualified practitioner.
The materials in the Service cannot and should not be used as a basis for diagnosis or choice of treatment. The materials are not exhaustive, and the Service cannot always reflect all the most recent research in all areas of medicine. Information on the Service presents the more commonly found aspects of medical conditions which are likely to be of general interest, and for editorial reasons may not include certain substantive and commonly found phenomena.
DIPEx strongly advises all users with health problems to consult a doctor, who will be trained in observation and interpretation of symptoms and will be able to provide a proper diagnosis based on a knowledge and understanding of all aspects of your condition and your medical history. You should not rely on this website as medical advice and DIPEx does not accept any liability for any claims, losses or damages (whether direct or indirect) to any person who does rely on the content of this website
Some of the information on the Service may be provided by third parties. DIPEx is not in a position to verify this information or guarantee its privacy. DIPEx does not warrant that such information is true, secure or accurate. DIPEx is not responsible for the content of any third party website which may be linked to their websites
DIPEx does not conduct independent clinical or other trials of any kind.
DIPEx makes no warranty or representation that (i) the Service will meet your particular requirements, (ii) the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the Service will be accurate or reliable, and (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the Service will meet your expectations. DIPEX does not accept responsibility for damage arising from unavailability of the website.
No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from DIPEx or through or from the Service shall create any warranty or other obligation not expressly stated in the Conditions.