Terms and conditions
Copyright
© Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
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The material on this site is subject to copyright protection of the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust unless otherwise indicated.
The permission to reproduce the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust protected material does not extend to any material on this site that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders.
Links policy
Links to third party websites are provided for information and convenience only. We cannot accept responsibility for the sites linked to, or the information found there. A link does not imply an endorsement of a site; likewise, not linking to a particular site does not imply lack of endorsement.
The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust encourages users to establish hypertext links to the site. Permission from us is not required to link directly to pages hosted on this site. However, we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. The pages must load into the user's entire window. You must not use our logo to link to our site without prior permission.
Please link using the words “Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust” linking to our home page www.royalfree.nhs.uk
Accuracy
Every effort is taken to ensure that the information contained in this website is both accurate and complete. However, medical knowledge is constantly changing and we cannot guarantee that all of the information is accurate and consistent with current NHS practice. Please contact us if you feel we are providing inaccurate information.
Availability
We cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to this website, or the sites to which it links. We accept no responsibility for any damages arising from the loss of use of this information.
Intellectual property
The names, images and logos identifying the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust are the proprietary marks of the NHS. Copying our logos and any other third party logos accessed via this website is not permitted without the prior approval of the relevant copyright owner.
Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus programme on all material downloaded from the internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system that may occur while using material derived from this website.
Privacy policy
The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust website does not automatically capture or store personal information, other than logging the user's IP address and session info such as the duration of the visit and the type of browser used. This is recognised by the Web server and is only used for system administration and to provide statistics that are used to evaluate use of the site. We do not use cookies for collecting user information from the site.
Sending information to our site
When asked to provide sensitive information via a web form (such as the 'Appointment change' form), the information submitted is encrypted using industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL 3.0, RC4 with 128bit) encryption. When viewing a secure page, form, a lock icon will appear on the bottom of your Web browser. To view the information on the SSL certification click on the lock icon. In each case we will only use the personal information you provide to deliver the services you have told us you wish to receive. We have also implemented security mechanisms and procedures to protect data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.
The information you submit will be treated in the strictest confidence. However, we cannot guarantee the security of the global internet/email systems. This means that it is possible (although unlikely) that someone may read your enquiry/message other than yourself or the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust. If you are concerned about this possible loss of privacy please contact us by alternative means such as post or telephone.
The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust does not recommend that you send us any personal information by email.
The statements above only cover this website at
http://www.royalfree.nhs.uk. Other links within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy. For more information about the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act visit:
http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk.
Web translations
The trust shall have no liability or obligation regarding errors in web translation services (mistranslation, omissions, typos, grammatical mistakes) provided by a third parties (e.g. Altavista).