Health Protection Agency

Terms of Use

This website is provided by the Health Protection Agency ("the Agency"), whose office is at Health Protection Agency, 11th Floor, The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT.

Your use of the website is governed by these Terms of Use. By accessing or using any part of the website you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms of Use, you may not access or use the website, and you should exit the website immediately.

Terms of Use

  1. All material included in the website is intended for information purposes only. You are hereby placed under notice that you should take appropriate precautions to verify the accuracy of such information.
  2. The information included in the website should not be used for self-diagnosis. If you have any doubts about your wellbeing you should contact a healthcare professional.
  3. Any e-mail communications made by you to us either through the website or otherwise shall take effect when they are actually received by us if sent to the relevant e-mail addresses published on the website. The Agency may act on any instruction or other communication, whether made by e-mail or otherwise, if we believe in good faith it has been given or sent by you or on your behalf. There may be delays in executing any instructions that you send to us by means of e-mail. For example, your e-mail may be received by us outside normal business hours, in which case we will only act thereon as soon as may be practicable during the next business day.
  4. The website is provided on an "AS IS" basis. All material accessed or downloaded from the website is obtained at your own risk. It is your responsibility to use appropriate virus software.
  5. All rights in the material on the website are either owned by the Agency or made available to the Agency under licence. The material on the website is protected by copyright. All trade marks and devices displayed on the website are owned by the Agency and/or our licensors, and may be registered in many jurisdictions across the world. Save as provided in these Terms of Use (or otherwise expressly provided on the website with respect to specific material) any use or reproduction of this material, trade marks and/or devices is prohibited.
  6. You may store electronically and print in hard copy the content available on the website for your personal, non-commercial use only. You are not permitted to sell or trade in material obtained from the website. Any other use, reproduction, modification, distribution, republication, retransmission, storage or incorporation of any part of the website in any other work, is prohibited without the prior written consent of the Agency.
  7. The Agency makes no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy of the information contained in the website. All conditions, warranties and representations, expressed or implied by (i) statute, (ii) common law or (iii) otherwise, including, without limitation, conditions, warranties or representations of fitness for a particular purpose or satisfactory quality, are excluded to the fullest extent permissible by law.
  8. It is a condition of our allowing free access to the website that the Agency shall not (subject to the matters set out in paragraph 9 below or as otherwise provided by law) be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage (including, without limitation, loss of profits, business, anticipated savings, goodwill, use of data) caused by the use and reliance on, or the inability to use, the website which results, without limitation, from inaccurate information, omissions, interruptions, suspension, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission, or any other failure of performance with respect to the website.
  9. The Agency accepts no liability for any statements, information, products or services that are accessed by you through any external third party websites. The Agency does not endorse or approve the contents of any such website. Such websites are owned and operated by third parties and we provide access to such websites solely as a convenience. You should be aware that different terms and conditions may apply to your use of third party websites. All intellectual property rights in the material on any other web sites which you may be able to link to from the website are owned by third parties.
  10. Nothing in these Terms of Use shall operate to exclude or restrict the Agency’s liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, or fraud.
  11. You shall indemnify, and keep indemnified, the Agency against each loss, liability and cost which the Agency incurs as a result of the use by you of this website other than in accordance with these Terms of Use or any external websites accessed from this website, or the breach by you of any intellectual property rights in the website except in so far as such loss, liability or cost arises from the Agency’s negligence or breach of these Terms of Use.
  12. We may make changes to the website that we feel appropriate from time to time (including without limitation to their operation, "look and feel" or information made available on them).
  13. We reserve the right to make changes to these Terms of Use. We will notify you either clearly on the home page of the website or by email, that changes will be made to the Terms of Use, that the amended Terms of Use may be viewed on the website and when they become effective. If you do not wish to be bound by the amendments to the Terms of Use, you may not continue to access or use the website.
  14. This website and the content and information on this website is intended for use by residents of the UK only and is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation. Non-UK residents accessing these pages should inform themselves and observe any restrictions imposed by such law or regulation. If you do not know or are in any doubt as to whether the website can be lawfully used by you, you must not use the website for any purpose.
  15. These Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and any other documents referred to herein constitute the entire agreement, and supersede any previous agreement, between you and the Agency relating to use of the website.
  16. These Terms of Use and all matters arising from or connected with them are governed by English law.