Terms and Conditions

Thank you for accessing this website – http://publichealth.swo.org.uk - which is owned by the South West Observatory whose principal place of business is at East Reach House, East Reach, Taunton, TA1 3EN.

The website acts as an interface between the existing South West Public Health Observatory website and other South West Observatory Thematic Module sites. The content for this site is provided by SWPHO but managed by SWO.

We hope you find this site is useful for regular users of the www.swo.org.uk websites in providing Public Health information. Equally, we hope it proves of use to those regular users of the SWPHO site in linking up work with other policy issues via the other SWO Thematic Modules and providing local analysis from the Local Intelligence Networks.

The South West Observatory website is maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use of this site by you constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. This takes effect from the date of first use.

The names, images and logos identifying the South West Observatory, are proprietary marks of the South West Observatory or South West Public Health Observatory. Copying or reproducing these logos and/or any other third party logos accessed via this website is not permitted without prior approval from the relevant copyright owner.

Requests for permission to use the SWO logo should be made to enquiries@swo.org.uk (Telephone - 01823 447390); requests to use the SWPHO logo should be made to info@swpho.nhs.uk . Please tell us how and why your wish to use our logo(s) and include your contact details name, address, telephone number, fax number and email in any correspondence.

This site is protected by copyright. It is published by the South West Observatory and made available to you on the understanding of the following terms (which apply to the whole or any part of the site):

a. it is for your personal use only;

b. you may not copy or transmit it or otherwise reproduce it or make it available except to download it onto a single computer and view it for private use only;

c. you may not, except with our express prior written permission, distribute or commercially exploit it;

d. you may not transmit it or make it available on a network without our express prior written permission;

e. use of it is at your sole risk.

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. However, It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

The South West Observatory website, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided 'as is', without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of the South West Regional Observatory website.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Any infringement of the South West Observatory rights will result in appropriate legal action. If you require any further information, please contact enquiries@swo.org.uk.   

This statement sets out our policy in relation to the holding and using of information, which we may obtain from you in the course of your use of the South West Observatory website and associated sub-domain microsites including http://publichealth.swo.org.uk .

 If you are a user with general public and anonymous access, the South West Observatory website does not store or capture personal information, but merely logs the user's IP address that is automatically recognised by the web server.

 If you have opted to provide us with personal information we may use this information to send you website updates as part of our update service, to send you newsletters and to contact you by email to provide you with details about our services or any other information which we believe may be of interest to you. The information you provide will also help us to understand your interests and needs and to develop our services accordingly.  We may also use your information for monitoring and evaluation purposes and to seek feedback from you on our services.

It is intended that by providing personal information about yourself to us you consent to its use for the above purposes. If you do not want us to use your information in this way please contact us. We will not sell, lease or otherwise pass your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission to do so, or are required to do so by law.

This privacy statement only covers the South West Observatory website at www.swo.org.uk. This statement does not cover links within this site to other websites.

Access the full SWPHO privacy statement.