Cancer Chat Terms & Conditions
Your use of this site
- Medical information and advice posted by users of Cancer Chat must never be used in place of the advice of a health professional.
- Please do not promote alternative therapies on Cancer
Chat.
- Please do not post medical advice on Cancer Chat.
- To register with Cancer
Chat you must provide a unique username. You may only register
once. Anyone found to have registered twice will be excluded from
using the forum.
- You must not impersonate anyone else, including, but not limited
to, any Cancer Research UK employee, Cancer
Chat staff, or falsely state or suggest that you have an affiliation
with a person or association.
- We advise that you do not post any personal details on Cancer
Chat. You must not post phone numbers or a third party's personal
details. This is to help protect you and others from intrusive
contact from third parties you may not know.
- We advise caution if you want to meet another Cancer
Chat user. If you do choose to meet another user you do so
at your own risk and should take common sense precautions.
- Do not post any material that names individual healthcare professionals.
- Please check your facts. Inaccurate information is not helpful.
- Posting of confidential information is prohibited. If you think
that your message may include confidential information then do
not post it.
- Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and requests
for money are prohibited.
- You must not use the forum for research purposes, surveys, recruitment, or any commercial purpose.
- You are responsible for the content of any messages that you
post.
- You must be 14 years of age or older in order to participate in
Cancer Chat. If you
are under this age please do not try to access the board, anyone
found to be using the board under this age will have their account
terminated. If you are under 14 years of age, you can find organisations
that offer information and support for children and young people
with cancer on CancerHelp UK.
- You must not upload, post, transmit, or make available, any
material that contains viruses or any other computer code, programs
or files designed to destroy, interrupt, or limit the functionality
of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
- Please check that you have posted in the right place.
- You are responsible for keeping the details of your password
and account confidential and are fully responsible for all postings
that come from your password or account.
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Respect for others
- Postings must not contain any material that is abusive, vulgar,
obscene, hateful, fraudulent, unlawful, threatening harassing
or defamatory towards any person whether a user on this site or
not.
- Do not post any material which may be discriminatory or cause offence
on the grounds of an individual's sex, race, religion or belief,
ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status,
disability or working status.
- You may not use Cancer
Chat to post any material or links to any material which is
knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, harassing,
obscene, profane, threatening or otherwise in violation of the
law.
- You must not post or link to any material that contains any
information about any person under the age of 18.
- Please do not attack someone for having an opinion that differs
from your own; if you disagree with someone, please express yourself
respectfully.
- Remember that Cancer
Chat is a public forum and your comments may stay on-line
for a long time. Try to make sure you cannot be misunderstood.
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Copyright and third party rights
- You own the copyright to the material you post but you agree
to grant us perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive rights to publish
your entry on any media.
- You agree that you will not use Cancer
Chat to post any copyright material or intellectual property
that is not your own without the express permission of the copyright
or intellectual property holder.
- You may add links to internal or external sites within your
post but you agree to remain responsible for any links you add.
We reserve the right to remove any links we consider inappropriate.
- If you post links to photos or upload an avatar you must ensure
you have the permission of the person who owns the photos and
the people who are in the photos. Links to photos that include
children are prohibited.
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Restricting access
- Provided you stick to these common sense rules you may continue
to access Cancer Chat.
- We reserve the right to restrict access to Cancer
Chat for any user.
- We reserve the right to remove any post breaking these rules
without prior contact with the author.
- If you are responsible for any breach of these terms and conditions
it will not be an excuse to say that you did not read the terms
and conditions.
- As a last resort we may issue a ban (either temporary or permanent)
if it becomes evident that you are unwilling to keep to these
terms and conditions. This will only occur if we feel it is necessary
to protect others or the integrity of the forum.
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Your promise to us
- You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Cancer Research UK from and
against any claim, liability, cost , damage or loss we may incur
(including, without limitation legal costs) as a result of any material
you post on our forum or any violation by you of your obligations under
these terms and conditions.
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Complaints
- If you wish to make a complaint regarding a post (i.e that it is
objectionable or in breach of these terms and conditions) then please
contact us using the 'report this post' button which is on every
message. If a formal complaint is made against you, we reserve the
right to suspend your account and only reinstate it if the complaint is
resolved. You can also contact us using the 'contact us' button at the
top of every page.
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General
- We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any
time. If you are uncertain about anything in these Terms and Conditions,
please contact us using the 'contact us' button at the top of every
page or write to us at Cancer Chat, Patient Information Department,
Cancer Research UK, P.O. Box 123, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London,
WC2A 3PX. This website is intended for people based within the United
Kingdom. We cannot guarantee that the site or the contents of the
site complies with requirements of, or is appropriate for use in,
other countries. We will try to ensure Cancer
Chat's availability, but shall not be liable if for any reason
Cancer Chat is unavailable
for any period.
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Disclaimer
- Opinions posted on Cancer
Chat are those of the individual and in no way represent the
views of Cancer Research UK. We reserve the right to terminate any account, delete any avatar and delete any
message for any reason whatsoever in our sole discretion.
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