Disclaimer 

 We reserve the right in our sole discretion to deny any user access to our websites or any part of them without prior notice. We also reserve the right to edit, or require a user to edit, material posted by them on our websites, if the relevant user or material appears to us to be in breach of any provision of these Terms. Any person whose access has been suspended or terminated must not re-register for, or re-access, our websites without our prior consent. You are responsible for everything which is done on or through our services while you are logged on to our service or through your e-mail address(es).

We do not warrant that the functions contained in our websites will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that our websites or the servers that make them available are free of viruses or bugs or represent full functionality, accuracy or reliability of the materials. We cannot accept any liability for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur as a result of you using our websites. There may also be times when our services become inaccessible as a result of technical difficulties experienced by Childhood Cataract Network or on the Internet; we will, however, use reasonable skill and care to overcome these difficulties where they are within our control. Please note that there will be no refund of fees for withdrawal, modification or unavailability of our services. For security or other reasons, we may require you to change password or other information which facilitates access to our services.

Childhood Cataract Network has tried to ensure that the contents of our websites are accurate. However, Childhood Cataract Network does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via our websites is accurate, complete or up to date. Price and availability of information is subject to change without notice. Our websites are made available for public use solely on the basis that Childhood Cataract Network excludes to the extent lawfully permitted all liability whatsoever for any loss or damage arising out of use of our websites or reliance upon their contents. Childhood Cataract Network is not a medical organisation, therefore we can only provide general information that is not intended to be a substitute for a proper medical assessment. If you have a specific question about a condition, we recommend that you obtain further information from your medical practitioner. The information contained on our websites was correct at the time of writing. However, due to research and medical advances, the content may not be completely up to date.

Copyright

All material on our website is the copyright of Childhood Cataract Network or third parties. You may view the contents of our websites on screen. Material submitted by users becomes the copyright of Childhood Cataract Network. By submitting any material to the content of our websites, you: are representing that you are fully entitled to do so; grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-terminable licence right to copy, modify, distribute, show in public and create derivative works from that material in any form, anywhere; and authorise us to adapt the relevant material in the course of doing so, and so waive your moral rights to object to any derogatory treatment, or to be identified as the author, of the material in question.

You are permitted to print one copy of reasonable extracts from our websites for your personal use or private study and to save one copy of such reasonable extracts to your local hard disk for your personal use or private study. Apart from this and other than as authorized in Term 5 (b) below, no part of our websites or of any material on them may be reproduced in any form whatsoever or translated without first obtaining the written permission of Contact a Family or any other copyright holder. If you require any further information on permitted use, or a licence to republish any material, please contact webmaster@childhoodcataracts.org.uk

Any material on our websites which is under the copyright of Childhood Cataract Network may be reproduced for teaching or study purposes only without obtaining our prior consent. You may print and copy the pages for your private study or for teaching purposes in schools, colleges or universities, provided in each case that:

• copyright and source indications are also printed and copied
• no modifications are made to the materials and they are not used as part of any other publication
• the document is printed and copied entirely and is not used in a derogatory or misleading context
• a maximum of 30 copies are made.

No other use of material in our websites may be made without first obtaining our written permission. In particular, material may not be incorporated in any other work or publication, whether in hard copy or electronic form and commercial use or publication of any material on our websites is strictly prohibited (other than as necessary for the purpose of viewing the site in the course of business).

Privacy

The CCN will not pass on your details to any other organisation or individual without your permission. Personal information will be kept securely and will only be accessible to authorised CCN staff. If you would like your details to be removed from our database, please email members@childhoodcataracts.org.uk The information we hold about you will only be used to further the aims of the CCN.

Control of links to other sites

Our website contains links to other websites. Such links are provided for your convenience only. Childhood Cataract Network does not control such websites and is not responsible for their contents. The mere inclusion of such links does not imply any endorsement of the material on those websites or any association with their operators. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and Childhood Cataract Network has no control over the availability of the linked pages.

Author: CCN
Last updated: 26/02/08