Terms and Conditions of sign-up to My Healthy Warwickshire
Collection and use of personal information.
We shall collect and use any personal information you give to us in accordance with the site’s privacy
policy, terms and conditions and the statements below. We shall not disclose your personal information
to any third parties without obtaining your prior consent unless we are required by law to do so.
In particular:
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When signing up for a personal account, you will have an option to submit personal information,
including postcode, age, date of birth, phone number, email address, mobile phone number. In addition
you may submit information about your diet and lifestyle, including drinking or exercise habits. By
submitting this information, you consent to NHS Warwickshire using it for the purpose of offering
relevant content to you on the website and, if you so chose, by email.
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Additionally, you may submit health information, including your height and weight, or declare
your interest in one or more health goals, conditions or treatments. By submitting this information
you explicitly consent to NHS Warwickshire using the information, or any information we may infer from
it, to provide relevant content and information to you in your account pages or, if you so chose, by email.
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From time to time, NHS Warwickshire may wish to use the information you have submitted for research
purposes or producing statistics. With your permission, academic institutions may occasionally use our
data in relevant studies. In these instances, we shall inform you in advance and you will have the choice
to opt out of the study. The information that is used will be made anonymous and will be confidential.
NHS Warwickshire forums
The NHS Warwickshire forums are aimed at supporting people in living more healthy lifestyles and in getting
involved with the NHS in this region. They are intended to provide a warm and supportive environment for the
online Warwickshire community to express their views and concerns.
Registration to the forums is free; we do however insist that users abide by the rules and policies outlined
below. If you agree to the terms and conditions please check the “I agree” checkbox and click the register button.
By registering for, and participating in the forum, users are showing their willingness to comply with the forum rules.
The moderators of the NHS Warwickshire forums will attempt to ensure that all objectionable messages are kept off the forums.
NHS Warwickshire will moderate all posts to the forum prior to them being published; this will result in a lag
between the submission of a post and it appearing on the forum. All posted messages express the views of the author and neither
the forum administrators, nor NHS Warwickshire, will be held responsible for the content of any message.
By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not submit messages that are obscene or vulgar, sexually-oriented,
hateful, threatening or illegal.
NHS Warwickshire reserves the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.
NHS Warwickshire reserves the right to edit, delete or restrict member’s activity on the forums.
The forum rules and guidelines and their enforcement are not a subject for debate. The rules are in place to serve the best
interests of all forum users, supporting the development of a peaceful and constructive environment.
Rules of Conduct
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Be respectful of others at all times.
NHS Warwickshire forums are designed to provide a supportive platform for users to communicate with NHS Warwickshire
and to share their health experiences. Whilst debate and discussion is fine, we will not sanction rudeness, insulting
posts or personal attacks. There will be occasions where the views and perspectives of individual members are different;
please be courteous when disagreeing with others. Please also remember that the meaning of phrases when written in an
electronic format can often be misconstrued. Jokes can often end up causing offence.
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Personal attacks (Flaming) are banned.
Personal attacks are messages which are designed to insult or offend the reader of a message. This doesn’t have to be
directed at a specific individual. Posts of this type are not beneficial to open debate and will not be tolerated.
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"Trolling” i.e. the posting of messages designed to deliberately anger, insult or offend, will not be tolerated.
“Trolling” will result in NHS Warwickshire restricting access to online forums.
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Do not post personal information.
Please respect the privacy of other forum users and do not submit your own personal details to the forum.
The moderator will monitor all messages to ensure that they are not of a personal nature.
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Non-commerciality.
We do not allow forum users to utilize the forum as a platform for advertising commercial websites, products or services.
Forums are for informational purposes only.
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Restrictions: warnings or bans.
Any warnings issued by the forum moderators remain private between the moderator and the user. Questions or comments about
individual cases should be submitted via email and not become the subject of a thread.
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Instant restriction.
Forum users can/will be instantly “banned” where the following activities have been engaged in:
- The posting of pornography
- The posting of discriminatory remarks, sexually-explicit comments, harmful,
- threatening or abusive comments
- The posting of comments which are obscene, defamatory, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive
- The posting of aggressive, violent or vulgar language
- The posting of spam
- Any post which discusses illegal activity
- Any post which provides a link to sites which contain any of the above
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Constructive Feedback.
Tell us what you think about the forums. Even negative comments can be very useful. Please ensure that
these are presented in a civil and factual manner.
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Username.
Users may register for one My Healthy Warwickshire account. Multiple aliases are not permitted. We also do
not allow users to register with multiple email accounts. If a member is found to be using more than one alias,
all their accounts will be terminated immediately. We reserve the right not to allow a username that might be deemed offensive.
In addition we will not allow forum users to register with a commercial username. We will also not allow
users to register usernames that are intended to point other forum users towards specific websites, be they commercial
or personal.
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Images.
The selection of an avatar image is permissible from the stock collection. We do not allow users to upload images from
their own computers / collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Q. Do I have to register to use the forums?
- A. You must register to post and reply to NHS Warwickshire forum posts.
- Q. May I promote or advertise my website or product here
- A. No. Advertising or the promotion of products and services is not allowed in the forums.
- Q. Are certain types of posting banned?
- A. Yes, for details of the types of posts that are banned, please see the terms and conditions outlined above.
- Q. Who decides if a rule has been broken?
- A. The forum moderators and the My Healthy Warwickshire administrator decide if a rule has been broken. For minor transgressions a warning email will be sent and your post removed from the forum. If warranted the account will be terminated.
- Q. Who will answer questions on the forum?
- A. Any registered user may answer a question. In addition each forum will have a moderator who will contribute to the debate.
- Q. Can I get medical advice?
- A. No, these forums are designed for support and sharing experiences, they are not to be used to deliver clinical information. For medical advice always refer to your doctor.