This web site is presented by Martin & Pleasance for the purpose of disseminating health information free of charge for the benefit of the public and our customers. This web site is not a substitute for independent professional advice. Nothing contained in this site is intended to be used as medical advice and it is not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, nor should it be used for therapeutic purposes or as a substitute for your own health professional's advice. Martin & Pleasance does not accept any liability for any injury, loss or damage incurred by use of or reliance on the information.

Martin & Pleasance is aware that the protection of personal data and its confidential handling is of great concern to our users.  We would therefore like to illustrate below what information we collect and how we handle it.

Updating of this privacy policy

Due to constant technical and legal innovations, we must amend or update the existing declaration from time to time.  Please check each time before you use our website when the last version of the conditions was posted on the website.

Information collected

•    We gather collective data, i.e. data on the number of visitors to our website and the pages which they visit. The name of the file, the date and time of the call, the volume of data transferred and a message regarding whether the call was successful is saved for each call. This information gives us information on the general interests and preferences of our visitors. The data is not person-related, but only of a general, statistical nature. We are therefore unable to determine which users have called up what data.
•    In addition, we automatically gather and save information which is transferred by your browser, in particular your IP address and the version of browser software. This data is a foundation stone of the Internet's fundamental technology and is used solely for system administration purposes and to ensure that our pages are transmitted correctly.
•    When you send e-mail to us by clicking on 'Contact' or request information material from us at other locations, we ask for your name, address and e-mail address. This data is retained. Please note that it is not compulsory to provide all of this information; you can to a large extent determine for your self what information you wish to entrust us with. The compulsory data is required so that we can complete the service which you have requested from us. Naturally, you may also remain anonymous or use a pseudonym.

Passing on information to third parties

Martin & Pleasance does not pass on the collected data to third parties; specifically, it is not sold, leased out or exchanged. Only when we must use subcontractors or agents to perform the services which you have requested from us, do we supply the necessary data to these parties. In such cases, our partners are required to handle the data confidentially in accordance with statutory provisions and to delete it immediately that it is no longer required. Therefore, please understand that as we are unable to comprehensively check that this obligation is complied with, we bear no liability for any possible infringements.

Quality of Information

Martin & Pleasance makes every effort to ensure the quality of the information available on this web site and updates the information regularly. However Martin & Pleasance cannot guarantee and assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information.

Links

This web site contains links to other web sites which are external to Martin & Pleasance.

Martin & Pleasance takes reasonable care in selecting linking web sites. It is the responsibility of the user to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in linked external web sites.

Linkage to external web sites should not be taken to be an endorsement or a recommendation of any third party products or services offered by virtue of any information, material or content linked from or to this site. Users of links provided by this site are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the site they visit.

Views or recommendations provided in linked sites do not necessarily reflect those of Martin & Pleasance

Security

Every endeavour is made to ensure that this site is secure. However, users should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user's transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses or other defects.

Martin & Pleasance accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user's computer system, software or data occurring in connection with this web site. Users are encouraged to take appropriate and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this site is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage the user's computer system, software or data.