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Website terms and conditions

Thank you for visiting the Parkinson's UK website.

Parkinson's UK is the operating name of the Parkinson's Disease Society of the United Kingdom. The operating name Parkinson's UK was adopted on 8 April 2010.

Parkinson's Disease Society of the United Kingdom is a registered charity in England and Wales (258197) and in Scotland (SC037554). A company limited by guarantee. Registered No. 948776 (England and Wales). Registered Office: 215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EJ

Below you'll find a few important things you need to know about us and your use of our website:

Definitions

"Parkinson's UK" means Parkinson's UK, the operating name of the Parkinson's Disease Society of the United Kingdom.

"Website" means www.parkinsons.org.uk and any website under the ownership or control of Parkinson's UK from which a link has been created to these terms and conditions.

"User", "you", "your" and "yours" means the person(s), firm, company or organisation accessing the website.

"We", "us" and "our" means Parkinson's UK.

"Material" and "content" means information, data, text, graphics, video, audio, images, links or programming code contained or available on our website.

"Terms and conditions" means the terms and conditions set out below, and where applicable, the forum terms and conditions

Governing law

Parkinson's UK is governed by a Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association.

For further details or copies of our governing documents please contact:

Company Secretary
215 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London
SW1V 1EJ
Tel: 020 7932 1327
Email: governance@parkinsons.org.uk

Access and use of the Parkinson's UK website

Access to and use of this website is provided subject to the following terms and conditions. By using our website you are accepting our terms and conditions and agree to use this site only for lawful purposes and in a way which does not infringe upon or restrict, or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the website by any third party.

Changes to terms and conditions

We may change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online. By continuing to use the site after changes are posted you are accepting our new terms and conditions.

Liability

In no event will we be liable for any damages, including indirect or consequential damages, or loss of profits arising from or in connection with the use or loss of use of our website.

We do not claim that this website or any of the content will be uninterrupted or error free, or that this website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses and bugs.

We take no responsibility for the content of any external websites we link to. The existence of a link from any organisation's site to the Parkinson's UK site does not imply that we endorse the activities or views of that organisation.

Medical information

We make every effort to ensure that the information on the website is accurate. We make no guarantee as to, and assume no responsibility for, the correctness, sufficiency or completeness of such information or recommendation.

The user is advised to consult a doctor regarding all aspects of individual health care.

Privacy and data protection

This privacy policy only applies to the collection of your personal information by us and those we authorise. It does not cover any third party websites to which we may provide links. Third party websites may have their own privacy policies and/or terms and conditions of use.

Your personal information

When you are on our website and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with us alone, unless stated otherwise.

Information we collect

We collect information about which pages on our website are accessed and when, information volunteered by you, such as survey information, email address and your preferred means of communication.

We will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information, unless we have your permission.

Parkinson's UK does not sell or rent user information to anyone.

How we use cookies

Cookies are pieces of data created when you visit a website and are stored in the cookies directory of your computer.

We use cookies along with web analytic tools to see how our site is used and help us provide a better service.

The use of cookies does not give us access to your computer and they cannot be used to identify an individual user.

Changing your contact details

The accuracy of your individual identifying information is important to Parkinson's UK.

If you change email address or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email us at:donorservices@parkinsons.org.uk

Online transactions

Our online donation facility is provided by Blackbaud. All online transactions take place via a secure server.

If you have any queries concerning our data protection policies, please write to:

Data Protection Officer, Parkinson's UK, 215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EJ

Copyright

Unless stated otherwise, all material contained on our website is covered by a disclaimer and protected by copyright laws.

Commercial use or publication of all or any item displayed is strictly prohibited without prior written authorisation from Parkinson's UK.

Material on the website

This website and the information, names, images, logos regarding or relating to Parkinson's UK are provided "as is" without any representation or endorsement made, and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied.

Use of your content

Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the site including any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and may be used by us on our website and in other publications.

Contacting us about the terms and conditions

If you have any comments about our website or our terms and conditions please email webmanager@parkinsons.org.uk