ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS APPLYING TO IOM SICKNESS ABSENCE SART DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE

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Disclaimer on use of evaluation copy of SART

The prototype SART database tool is provided free for the purposes of evaluating and developing improved approaches and resources for effective sickness absence management. It has been developed by IOM on behalf of HSE.

Every effort has been made to ensure that the content and related information is accurate and up to date, and that all systems provided will operate accurately and without error, but no legal responsibility is accepted for any errors, omissions or misleading statements, or
damage to any individuals, items or systems resulting from its use.

At this stage of development direct user support of this evaluation version of the tool
cannot be provided by the IOM or the HSE; users are encouraged to send their comments on the tool to the contacts as described in the contacts page.

Contextual links have been provided to other sickness absence related information and websites; neither the IOM or HSE is responsible for, and nor can they guarantee the accuracy of, information on sites that they do not manage; nor should the inclusion
of a hyperlink be taken to mean endorsement by the IOM or HSE of the site to which it points

 

Standard terms and conditions for use of IOM websites

  1. Your access to and use of iom-world.org ("the Website") and any Services referred to in Clause 2, is subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions. You will not use the Website/Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By using the Website/Services you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in this notice. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions you must immediately stop using the Website/Services.
  2. We reserve the right to update or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time and your continued use of the Website/Services following any changes shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is therefore your responsibility to check the Terms and Conditions regularly for any changes.

THE SERVICES

  1. The Website may provide communication tools such as email, bulletin boards, news groups, forums and/or other message or communication facilities ("the Services") designed to enable you to communicate with the IOM and others. Unless stated otherwise the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use only.

OWNERSHIP OF THE WEBSITE

  1. This Web Site belongs to the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) and IOM Consulting Ltd, Research Park North, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP. A recognised charity limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland No. 123972.

PRIVACY POLICY

  1. The IOM subscribes to the principles of data protection legislation in the UK and is registered under the UK Data Protection Act. We are committed to maintaining the privacy of our users and maintaining the security of any personal information received from you. If you register for any of the Services you will be asked to provide basic personal information. At any point where we collect personal information we will clearly indicate this, with a link to more details on how your information will be used by us. The information provided by you is not available for sale or for use third parties.
  2. We use a technology called "cookies" as part of our normal business procedure to track patterns of behaviour of visitors to the Website. A cookie is an element of data that the Website sends to your browser that is then stored on your system. Cookies can be used for session management, to track browsing patterns of use, and to customise user settings and preferences. You can set your browser to prevent this happening.

USER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY

  1. If a particular Service requires you to open an account you will be required to complete the registration process by providing certain information and registering a username and password for use with that Service. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password and also for all activities which take place under your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security. In no event will iom-world.org be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever resulting from the disclosure of your username and/or password. You may not use another person's account at any time, without the express permission of the account holder.

ACCEPTABLE USE

  1. You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site.
  2. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting via this website any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, likely to give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any law. We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order lawfully requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials on this website.
  3. In using the Website/Services you agree not to:
    1. use the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other unsolicited messages, commercial or otherwise;
    2. post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that is defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;
    3. post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that incites discrimination, hate or violence towards any person or group on account of their race, religion, disability, nationality or otherwise;
    4. threaten, abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
    5. use any information or material in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary right of any party;
    6. make available or upload files that contain a virus, worm, trojan or corrupt data that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another;
    7. collect or store personal information about others, including email addresses, unless specifically permitted by the person who's information is being processed;
    8. advertise or offer to buy or sell goods or services for any commercial purpose, unless such communication facility specifically allows such messages;
    9. mpersonate any person or entity for the purpose of misleading others;
    10. violate any applicable laws or regulations;
    11. use the Website/Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website/Services or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Website/Services;
    12. post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information or confidential information disclosed in the course of employment or under a confidentiality agreement);
    13. attempt to gain unauthorised access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Website/Services through hacking, password mining or any other means.
  4. We have no obligation to monitor the Services but shall be entitled to review materials posted to a communications facility and, at our sole discretion, to remove any material that breaches these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable.

TERMINATION

  1. We have the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Services at any time, without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, breach of these Terms and Conditions. We may also at any time, at our sole discretion, discontinue the Website/Services or any part thereof without prior notice and you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Website/Services.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

  1. The Website/Services may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and agree that iom-world.org is not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites.

LOG FILES

  1. Log files allow us to record visitors' use of the website. We analyse log file information from all our visitors and use it to assess overall usage statistics and patterns and to make changes to the layout of the website and to the information in it, based on the way that visitors navigate the website. Log files do not contain any personal information and they are not used to identify any individual patterns of use of the site.

VIRUS PROTECTION

  1. We make reasonable efforts to check and test material at all stages of production and to exclude viruses from the Website. You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing the Website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. It is always wise to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, damage or disruption to your data or computer system, which may occur whilst using the website.

INTERNATIONAL USE

  1. You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom or the country in which you reside (if different) and with all local laws and rules regarding acceptable use of and conduct on the Internet.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

  1. The Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website and the Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property rights and laws. All Intellectual Property Rights (including, without limitation, all database rights, rights in designs, rights in know-how, patents and rights in inventions (in all cases whether registered or unregistered and including all rights to apply for registration) and all other intellectual or industrial property rights in any jurisdiction) in any information, content, materials, data or processes contained in the Website belong to the IOM. All rights of the IOM in such Intellectual Property Rights are hereby reserved.

COPYRIGHT

  1. The Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website and the Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property rights and laws. The copyright in the material contained in this Web Site belongs to the Institute of Occupational Medicine or its licensed source. Any person may copy any part of this material, subject to the following conditions:
    1. the material may not be used for commercial purposes;
    2. the copies must retain any copyrights or other intellectual property notices contained in the original material;
    3. he findings, products and technology or processes described or reported in this Web Site may be subject to other intellectual property rights reserved by the IOM or by other third parties (and no licence is granted in respect of those intellectual property rights);
    4. images on this Web Site are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or appropriated in any manner without the written permission of their respective owner(s).
    These conditions exclude the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website or IOM reports for personal or non-commercial use.
  2. iom-world.org does not claim ownership of any materials you may post, upload or submit to any publicly accessible area of the Services. However, by doing so you are granting us a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive licence to copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, publicly display, edit, translate or publish such Content for as long as you elect to display such Content via the Services. The licence shall be terminated when such Content is deleted from the Services.

INDEMNITY

  1. You agree to indemnify and hold iom-world.org harmless from and against any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and any claim or demand brought against iom-world.org by any third party arising out of your use of the Services and/or any Content submitted, posted or transmitted through the Services, including without limitation, all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) howsoever suffered or incurred by iom-world.org in consequence of your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

  1. Use of the Website/Services is at your own risk. The Website/Services are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis 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.
  2. To the extent permitted by law, iom-world.org will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website/Services.
  3. No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. Whilst we strive to protect such information, we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information which you transmit to us. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to us is transmitted at your own risk.
  4. iom-world.org is not a substitute for independent professional advice and users should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.
  5. iom-world.org makes no warranty that the Website/Services will meet your requirements, that Content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality of the Website/Services will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website/Services or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.

TRADEMARKS

  1. The images, logos and names on the Website which identify the IOM or third parties and their products and services are proprietary marks of the IOM or the relevant third parties. Nothing contained in this Web Site shall be deemed to confer on any person any licence or right on the part of the IOM or any third party with respect to any such image, logo or name.

SEVERANCE

  1. If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

GOVERNING LAW

  1. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Scotland and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.