Personality disorder programme No longer a diagnosis of exclusion

General terms

The content of the pages of the Personality Disorder website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.

Unauthorised use of the Personality Disorder website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Scotland and Wales.

Liability and indemnity

Your use of any information or materials on the Personality Disorder website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through the Personality Disorder website meet your specific requirements.

Personality Disorder Team is not liable for any of the following losses or damage arising from the use of the Personality Disorder website (whether such losses where foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise):

• loss of data
• loss of revenue or anticipated profits
• loss of business
• loss of opportunity
• loss of goodwill or injury to reputation
• losses suffered by third parties, or
• any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages regardless of the form of action.

You hereby agree to indemnify Personality Disorder Team from and against any loss, damage, costs, proceedings claims and liability ‘claims’ suffered or incurred by us arising out of or in connection with your use of the Personality Disorder website.

Intellectual property

The Personality Disorder website contains material which is owned by or licensed to the Personality Disorder Team. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the Personality Disorder Team, are acknowledged on the website.

Copyright notice

You may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use Personality Disorder website content for commercial use.

You may not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any Personality Disorder website content for commercial use.

You are only permitted to share content on the Personality Disorder website provided you do so in a responsible manner, using common sense and caution and exercising proper judgment.

Accuracy of information

Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on the Personality Disorder website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Linking

The Personality Disorder website contains links to other websites. We do not accept nor do we assume any responsibility or liability for the content of other websites. Any link is not intended to be, nor should be construed as, an endorsement of any kind by us of that other website

You must notify us if you wish to link to the Personality Disorder website from another website or document and obtain our approval in writing before any link is made. We have the right to refuse the use of this link and to require the same to be disconnected at any time.

You must remove any links to the Personality Disorder website, to another website linked to the Personality Disorder website or document, on our request.

Registration

You will choose a username and password when you register, to enable you to use certain areas of the Personality Disorder website. This includes posting comments on news items and posting discussions in the discussion forum.

You will receive confirmation of this password in an email sent by us. You must keep the password secure and confidential at all times. You must provide your email address and password (“log in”), to enable you to use certain areas of the Personality Disorder website.

You will be liable for all use of your password including access of material made through use of the password, whether authorised or unauthorised. If you become aware of any unauthorised use of your password please notify us immediately by email to info@personalitydisorder.org.uk.

Misuse of the Personality Disorder website will lead to the removal of your access to privileged areas of the Personality Disorder website.

Acceptable use policy

You are permitted to share content on the Personality Disorder website provided you do so in a responsible manner, using common sense and caution and exercising proper judgment.

You are not permitted to share content that is contrary to law, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, racist or threatening in any way.

Any ideas, suggestions, thoughts, recommendations, opinions, comments, advice or observations set out in the content are those of the person submitting the content and do not represent those of the Personality Disorder Team.

By submitting content to the Personality Disorder website you grant the Personality Disorder Team with an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty free, non-exclusive and worldwide licence to edit, amend, modify, reproduce, publish, translate, distribute the content, in whole or in part, in any form or media.

You also permit any other user of the Personality Disorder website to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content, providing that it is not for commercial use.

The Personality Disorder Team makes no guarantee regarding the reliability, accuracy, or quality of the content.

The Personality Disorder Team is under no obligation to post any content that you have submitted to the Personality Disorder website.

You shall not, in submitting content, impersonate any other person (whether actual or fictitious) or otherwise falsify the origin of the content.

The Personality Disorder Team will use all reasonable endeavours to remove content that users may find offensive as soon as it is brought to our attention. You can request the removal of offensive content by email to info@personalitydisorder.org.uk.

Privacy policy

The Personality Disorder Team is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

We regularly gather non-personal information about visitors to our website using cookies (see how we use cookies below), log file data and code which is embedded on the Personality Disorder website. We do this to understand visitor needs and to improve our products and services. For example, we collect the IP address and network location of the computer that you use to access the Personality Disorder website. We also collect information about your computer operating system and the web browser application that you use.

We store your chosen username, password and email address when you register to enable you to use certain areas of the Personality Disorder website. The username that you provide on registration will be visible to all Personality Disorder website users.

We will not disclose your registration details to any third parties under any circumstances. We will not match or exchange information about registered users of the Personality Disorder website with the Electronic Patient Record, NHS Staff Record or any other personal data records held by any public organisation.
We occassionally run surveys and we may collect demographic information when freely given. For example, information about your preferences and impressions. We may also collect your contact details, such as name, job title, telephone number, email address and postcode information.

How we use cookies

During any visit to the Personality Disorder website, the content on the pages you view, along with a short text file called a ‘cookie’, may be downloaded to your computer.

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website’s computer and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies record information about your online preferences. For further information on cookies please visit www.aboutcookies.org.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Personality Disorder website.