Forum terms and conditions
The purpose of the forum is to provide users with a positive
space in which they can share experiences and exchange views.
The forum is for debate and discussion. It is not a suitable
place to obtain medical advice and users should note that such
advice may be inaccurate. No advice given by users on this forum
should be taken as actual professional advice unless identified by
Parkinson's UK as a qualified expert or professional.
Parkinson's UK cannot be held responsible for advice given by
forum users. If you need support or information, contact our free
and confidential helpline 0808 800 0303
from Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm and Saturday 10am to 2pm, and
speak to one of our skilled nurses or specialist advisers.
If you feel unwell or need advice in an emergency situation,
help should be obtained from one of the following sources:
- Your local GP service - either your surgery or, if closed, the
local out-of-hours centre. Some regions also have NHS Walk-in
centres.
- NHS Direct - a nurse-led advice
line which can provide medical advice, or call an ambulance if
needed – in England and Wales telephone 0845 4647. In Scotland,
contact NHS24 at 08454 24 24 24
- Dialling 999 for an emergency ambulance, or by going to your
local Accident and Emergency department
We may update these rules from time to time, so please check
back here regularly. When significant changes are made we’ll inform
all forum users.
We have established these terms and conditions to help protect
users and allow you to get the most out of the forum. In using this
discussion forum and our site, you agree to be bound by all forum
rules, including the user guidelines and terms and conditions.
The following terms and conditions apply to all content posted
in the community including, but not limited to posts, private
messages and links.
1 Your registration obligations
1.1 By registering with our forum, you
agree:
1.1.1 to provide true, accurate, current and
complete information about yourself when filling out our
registration form
1.1.2 to maintain and promptly update your
registration data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
If we have reasonable grounds to suspect that any information is
untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to
suspend or terminate your registration
1.1.3 to choose a username that is
not your correct full name. This is for the protection of our
users as all posts on the forum are publicly available on the web
and can be found using search engines. Your posts are not deleted
if you decide to leave the forum.
1.1.4 to act in accordance with user
guidelines and keep all messages tasteful, civil and relevant
1.1.5 to maintain respect for other people
on the forum, including moderators
1.1.6 to use only one account to access
these message boards. We will suspend users who create multiple
accounts.
1.1.7 that you are over the age of 18
1.1.8 to abide by and be governed in
accordance with the laws of England and Wales and to accept legal
responsibility for the contents of your communications
2 Online conduct
2.1 You agree that you will not use the
discussion forum to:
2.1.1 attack others
2.1.2 make inflammatory remarks
2.1.3 upload, post or email any content that
is unlawful, libellous, tortuous, defamatory, abusive, threatening,
harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented or explicit or
invasive of another's privacy
2.1.4 upload, post or email any content that
is hateful or racially, religiously, ethnically or otherwise
objectionable material
2.1.5 harm minors in any way
2.1.6 impersonate any person or entity,
falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a
person or entity or disguise the origins of any content
2.1.7 'stalk' or otherwise harass other
forum users
2.1.8 collect or store personal data about
other users
2.1.9 publish email addresses, the content
of email or private messages, phone numbers or personal contact
information in posts
2.1.10 allow other people to post to the
forum using your account
2.1.11 post messages advertising commercial
products or services, 'junk mail', 'spam', 'chain letters' or any
other form of solicitation
2.1.12 use the private messaging service to
send multiple copies of the same message
2.1.13 participate in manipulative or
malicious behaviour with intent to cause damage to Parkinson's UK,
the Parkinson's UK website or any of the computer systems linking
to Parkinson's UK
2.1.14 use the forum to gather information
for research, surveys or similar
2.1.15 post messages which contain
discussion of any illegal activity or threats of violence (eg
illicit drug use including medicinal marijuana, fraud, etc)
2.1.16 post messages of an overtly political
or religious nature OR posts promoting advocacy of particular
religion or political or religious causes. As the forum is intended
for offering mutual personal support, limited religious references
are allowed (eg "my prayers are with you" or a brief quote as part
of a larger post), but the forum should not be used to convert
others
2.1.17 post links to external websites which
are not relevant to the topic and/or have no connection with
Parkinson's or related conditions
2.1.18 upload, post, or email any content
that you do not have a right to transmit under law or under a
contractual or fiduciary relationship
2.1.19 upload, post or email any content
that infringes any intellectual property rights of any party.
Please see section 4 below for further information on copyright
infringement.
2.1.20 violate any applicable national or
international laws or regulations
3 Privacy and data protection
Details provided by you and certain other information about you
are subject to our website terms and
conditions.
4 Parkinson's UK activities on the forum
Parkinson's UK activities may include consultations, question
and answer (Q&A) sessions or user consultations in the 'About
the forum' section. If you participate in these activities through
the forum, you agree that Parkinson's UK may use and reproduce this
information without prior notice.
Any information that is used will remain anonymous. Details
provided by you and certain other information about you are subject
to our website terms and conditions.
5 Private messaging
If you agree to participate in private messaging, the person you
make contact with will then have access to your email address.
Parkinson's UK has no responsibility for content in messages
exchanged between forum users through private messaging or through
personal email with other forum members.
6 Copyright
Information copyrighted or owned by any individual or entity
other than the member should not be posted on the discussion forum
without the consent of the owner.
You may not violate, plagiarise or infringe on the rights of
third parties including copyright, trademark, trade secret,
privacy, personal, publicity or proprietary rights. If such an
event occurs, the individual posting the information shall be held
solely responsible.
Parkinson's UK shall not be held responsible for member-posted
information that may violate copyright law.
7 Licence
You grant to us a worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable,
non-exclusive licence (including the right to sub-license) to use,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative
works from, distribute, perform and display any content (in whole
or part) you post and/or to incorporate such content in other works
in any form, media or technology now known or developed.
8 Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold us and our subsidiaries,
affiliates, employees, officers, agents or partners harmless from
and against any direct or indirect loss or damage (including
consequential loss) and loss of profits, goodwill or business
opportunities arising from any third party claim in relation to any
content you upload, post or email on or through our forum or our
site, your use of the forum and our site, or your breach of the
provisions of these rules.
9 Sanctions
9.1 As soon as we are made aware of
activities that breach our terms and conditions, our privacy policy
or our user guidelines, prompt action will be taken. If you witness
such breaches in the forum or anywhere else in our site, please
notify forum@parkinsons.org.uk
immediately.
9.2 On being made aware of any such
breaches, we may ban, delete or prohibit any content that relates
to those breaches or that we judge harmful to individuals or the
rights of Parkinson's UK or any of our affiliates, licensors or
partners.
9.3 We reserve the right to take whatever
action we deem necessary to prevent such breaches including, but
not limited to, the following:
9.3.1 request that the member edit the
post
9.3.2 send the member a written warning
9.3.3 edit or remove posts or threads
9.3.4 close a thread
9.3.5 modify or delete information relating
to a user
9.3.6 suspend, ban or delete a user's
account
9.4 Breaches we deem serious may result in
an automatic ban from our forum and our site in general. All cases
will be logged and our decision is final in such cases.
9.5 Any breaches may lead to us reporting
your activities to your internet service provider, your employer,
relevant authorities, or to legal action being taken against you,
or both.
9.6 In addition we may at any time move,
modify or remove any content or take further legal action as a
result of breaches or suspected breaches of these rules, our
privacy policy, any applicable laws or regulations or where our
rights or third party rights are threatened or infringed.
9.7 You acknowledge that we shall have the
right to remove, edit, move or close any posts.
9.8 You acknowledge that we have the right
to modify or delete any or all information relating to a user,
including deletion of a user's account (whether temporarily or
permanently) without prior notice or reason.
9.9 You acknowledge that any information
posted to publicly accessible areas may remain publicly accessible
indefinitely. Parkinson's UK is under no obligation to remove
content from the site once it has been posted.
9.10 You acknowledge that our decision to
remove or ban an individual from using the forum is binding and the
decision final.
10 Disclaimer
10.1 All communications made available as
part of this forum, and any opinions, advice, statements, views or
other information expressed in this forum are solely provided by,
and the responsibility of, the person posting such communication
and not of Parkinson's UK.
10.2 Parkinson's UK does not certify,
endorse or verify the contents of any communication posted to the
forums. Parkinson's UK makes no warranty of any kind, express or
implied, with regard to the posted communications or information
contained therein.
10.3 Parkinson's UK is not responsible for
defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any author posting to
this forum.
10.4 Although Parkinson's UK reserves the
right to remove any postings from this forum at its discretion,
this reservation creates no affirmative duty in Parkinson's UK, and
failure to exercise this power shall not subject Parkinson's UK to
any liability of any sort.
11 Changes to terms and conditions
These terms and conditions are subject to change at any time
without notice.
If you have any concerns about posts or users in the forum,
please contact forum@parkinsons.org.uk
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