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Terms and conditions and Privacy statement

Department of Health's Immunisation web site and MMR the facts web site are government funded web sites maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you the user of this web site constitutes acceptance of our Terms and Conditions which take effect from the date of first use.

1. Privacy Policy

Department of Health takes your privacy seriously.

We hope you will take the time to read the following privacy statement, which explains what information we collect from you at the sites we own, and operate and how we use that information.

Links within these sites to non-DH web sites are not covered by this policy.

By using one of our sites, products or services you agree to be bound by this policy. This policy may change from time to time, so please check back periodically.

1.1 Information collection and use

Except where information is specifically required when completing feedback or registration forms, this web site does not store or capture personal information but merely logs the user's IP address, which is automatically recognised by the web server.

1.2 Cookies

Our web sites do not use cookies for collecting user information from the site.

1.3 Copyright licensing application forms

This applies if you want to reuse our material.

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) collects personally identifiable information when you complete an application form for a licence to re-use Crown or Parliamentary copyright material, such as that published by Department of Health. OPSI will use this information to maintain a database of those companies and individuals who are licensed to re-use Crown or Parliamentary copyright materials.

1.4 How your information is used

We treat your e-mail address, telephone number and fax number as private information that might not ordinarily be known to others.

When you submit personal identifying information through any of our sites, that information is used to improve and to market our products and services, and to keep you informed of developments. It is kept on a database on the network behind a secure firewall.

Only those staff members authorised to deal with this database are permitted to do so. They may not disclose its contents to anyone without permission.

DH will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to anyone.

DH will only send personally identifiable information about you to other government departments, companies or people when:

we have your consent to share the information
we need to send the information to government departments whose materials you wish to re-use
we respond to court orders or other legal processes, or
where we are required by law to provide information to others (e.g. the Inland Revenue).

You have the right under the Data Protection Act to see what information we store about you. Email us if you need to do this.

2. Intellectual property

The names, images and logos identifying DH, the NHS, government departments, third parties and their information, products and services are proprietary marks of the NHS, the government departments and/or third parties.

Copying or use of the DH logo, immunisation logo, government logos and/or any other third party logos accessed via this site is not permitted without prior approval from the relevant copyright owner.

2.1 Crown copyright

Material featured on this web site is Crown copyright unless otherwise indicated.

The Crown copyright material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, health promotion, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation in the UK and its dependencies only.

Use is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not being used in a misleading context. Where any of the Crown copyright items on this web site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.

Any other proposed use of the material requires a Click-Use Licence that you can apply for on the OPSI web site (www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/index.htm) or by writing to OPSI, Information Policy Team, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU; licensing@opsi.gov.uk

Permission to reproduce Crown 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 holder concerned.

For further details of the licensing of Crown copyright material please refer to the current guidance issued by OPSI.

2.2 Logos

Copying or use of the DH logo, immunisation logo, government logos and/or other third party logos accessed via this web site is not permitted without prior approval from the copyright owner. Requests for permission to use the NHS and/or any government logo should be directed to the Department of Health. Tell us how and why you wish to use our logos. Please include your contact details, name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail.

3. Hyperlinking

3.1 Linking to us

You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on this site. However it would be considerate if you told us by emailing the web site editor at immunisationinformation@dh.gsi.gov.uk

We do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our site. However, we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. DH pages must load into the user's entire window.

3.2 Links from us

We are not responsible for the content or reliability of the linked websites. Listing should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of linked pages. If you would like us to link to your web site, please send the relevant url to the web site editor for consideration.

4. 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 program 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 which may occur whilst using material derived from the DH website.

5. Translation policy

Translations of immunisation information leaflets are provided on a case-by-case basis. In the majority of cases this means that most leaflets are translated into at least the Top 10 languages in most demand on the NHS Direct language line at the time of publication.

6. Disclaimer

Department of Health’s material published on this web site and material relating to government information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided 'as is' without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that make it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use of this web site and any material found upon it.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Summary of terms

Browser

Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Microsoft Internet Explorer and NetscapeNavigator.

Cookie

Message given to a web browser by a web-server. The message is then stored by the browser in a text file called cookie.txt. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. A cookie's main objective is to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. E-commerce sites uses cookies to remember your order. A site using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and interests.

IP (Internet Protocol)

All networks connected to the internet speak IP, the technical standard which allows data to be transmitted between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood.

IP address

If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look something like this 198.184.98.9

Web server

Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.