Terms and conditions

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This website is owned and managed by the Poole Parents/Carers` Special Needs Forum.

This website has been established to provide parents and carers of children and young people with special needs in Poole with information about how they can contribute their views to the Poole Parents/Carers` Special Needs Forum - views on education, social care and health services

Any opinions shown on this website are those of parents and carers in Poole and not of any of the other organisations referenced, unless otherwise stated

In consideration of using this site, you agree that you will not misrepresent any information provided and only use, reproduce and print materials and information for your own personal, non-commercial purposes

You must not use any contact details provided other than in connection with a genuine enquiry relating to the use of services

The pages contained in the website may contain technical inaccuracies and typographical errors. The information in these pages may be updated from time to time and may at times be out of date. We accept no responsibility for keeping the information in these pages up to date or liability for any failure to do so although we will always try to manage the content of the site and keep it a closely accurate as possible

The information contained in the material in the website is only for information purposes. The material on the website does not constitute advice and you should not rely on any material on the Website to make (or refrain from making) any decision or take (or refrain from taking) any action

The website contains material submitted and created by service providers and other third parties. We exclude all liability for any illegality arising from or error, omission or inaccuracy in such material.
We give no warranties, conditions, guarantees or representations, express or implied, as to:-

(a) the completeness or accuracy of the information contained on the website or any website to which it is linked;
 
(b) the completeness of any search of any list.

Copyright, Trade Marks and Images

All rights, including copyright, in the content of these web pages and in images displayed on the website from time to time and all rights, are owned or controlled for these purposes by the Forum.
All trade marks, names, and logos are the proprietary marks of us or of our associated organisations. Marks identifying third parties are owned or licensed by those third parties or their associated organisations. Nothing in these terms and conditions in any way confers on you any licence or right under any trade marks, names or logos.

Except as expressly permitted by these terms and conditions, you may not copy, reproduce, redistribute, download, republish, transmit, display, adapt, alter, create derivative works from or otherwise extract or re-utilise any of the contents of the website. In particular, you must not cache any of the contents for access by third parties nor mirror or frame any of the content of the website nor incorporate it into another website without our express written permission.
Any images used within the website are used only by the permission of those within the image and appropriate proof of authorisation is available on request. No images may be taken from this site and used without permission of the Forum.

Liability

The Forum may need to carry out routine maintenance and servicing of our servers and equipment from time to time. While we will seek to keep disruption to a minimum, we cannot guarantee that the Website will be continuously available on-line. We therefore provide the Website on an "as is" and "as available" basis.
We make no warranty that the website (or websites which are linked to the website) is free from computer viruses or any other malicious or impairing computer programs. It is your responsibility to ensure that you use appropriate virus checking software

We are not liable for any failure to perform any of our obligations under these terms and conditions caused by matters beyond our reasonable control.

We shall not be liable for any damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect or consequential damages, howsoever arising out of your use of the website or in respect of any of your actions or omissions taken in reliance on any of the information contained on the website or any website to which the website is linked.

Nothing in these terms and conditions limits our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.

Links to non Poole Parent/Carers` Special Needs Forum sites
The Website contains hypertext links to websites that are not operated by the Forum. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their content. Our inclusion of hypertext links to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material contained on the websites or of the owners.

Links to the Website

You may establish a hypertext link to the home page of the website, but not otherwise, without the need for our written consent, provided there is thereby no implied endorsement or sponsorship of you, your organisation or your website by the Forum.

Registration details

To gain access to certain services on the website you may need to register (free of charge). As part of the registration process, you will be given a username and password. You agree that the information supplied with your registration will be truthful, accurate and complete. You also agree that you will not attempt to register in the name of any other individual nor will you adopt any username with we deem to be offensive.

General

These terms of use shall be governed by and in accordance with English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
If you do not agree to obey these terms and conditions you must stop using the Website immediately.

Data Protection Act 1998

No personal information supplied to the Forum will not be passed onto a third party without your permission.

Accessibility

We are committed to providing an online experience that is accessible to all its audiences, including those with disabilities or visual impairments. We are constantly reviewing this site to make improvements and our aim is to make browsing and using this site a pleasant and engaging experience.
The site has been tested on the following browsers:

  • Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8
  • Firefox 3
  • Safari 4
  • Google Chrome

If you experience any difficulties using this site, or have a question for us, please contact us.

Use of Information

1. To generate an overall audience profile of visitors using the Web Site. This information is then used to assist in developing relevant content on the site as well as ensuring that services looking to reach specific audience groups are encouraged to place their information on the site.

2. To provide our web site visitors with the option to receive the email and postal information from selected services  that we believe may be of interest to them

Use of Cookies

When you visit our web site we may issue a "cookie" or unique identification code that enables us to recognise your computer and store settings to help facilitate your use of our site.

If your computer is configured to accept cookies we will be able to provide time saving functionality such as:

  • the ability to pre-fill the search form with your postcode, thus preventing the need to re-input it each time you need to run a search.

Please note you need to enable cookies in your browser in order to place an advert. For further information on cookies or for details on how to delete them or refuse their installation on your computer, please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/



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