This website is owned and operated by the European Parkinson's Disease Association ("EPDA"), a charitable organisation registered in Buxelles (Numéro de l'association: 87272000, No TVA ou no entreprise: 465299201).

For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions "We", "Our" and "Us" refers to the EPDA.

The material contained within the website includes copyrighted animations, photographs, images, videos, text, music, and sounds(collectively, the "Content").

The "Site" refers to the website, its content, design, organisation, layout and functions.

The terms and conditions and the use of the Site shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the parties hereto submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in all disputes arising out of or relating to the Site and/or any transactions made on the Site, or these Terms and Conditions.

However, some of the information in the pages contained in this Website may not be accessed from certain jurisdictions and no representation or warranty is made as to whether the information available in this Website complies with the regulatory regime of countries other than the United Kingdom.

Your access to and use of this Site and/or the media on which it is stored is subject to the following terms and conditions and all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing this Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, these Terms and Conditions (the "Terms of Use") and acknowledge that any prior agreements, written or oral, between you and the EPDA are superseded and of no force or effect. If these Terms and Conditions are not accepted in full, the use of this site must be terminated immediately.

Furthermore, your use of this Site warrants to Us that you will not use the Site, the Content or any part thereof for any purpose that is in contravention of any applicable law or regulation or in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademarks, service marks or other intellectual property rights of third parties or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others or in any defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful manner.

You agree to use this Site only for lawful purposes and in a manner which does not infringe the rights or restrict, or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the site by any third party.

The Website is provided on an 'as is' basis and no warranty is given that the Site will be accessible by any particular browser, operating system or device.

The EPDA may, at its sole discretion, modify or revise these terms at any time by posting changes online and without notice. Your continued use of this Site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms of Use to which you are bound.

Any failure of the EPDA to exercise or enforce any of its rights under these Terms of Use shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such rights or operate so as to bar the subsequent exercise or enforcement or any such rights. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Terms of Use will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of these Terms of Use.

 

Disclaimers

The Site has not been written to meet individual requirements and is intended to provide general information only and, as such, should not be considered as a substitute for advice covering any specific situation.

Before making any decisions based on the information contained on the site, you are strongly advised to refer to alternative, independent sources of information to substantiate the basis for your decision. It is your sole responsibility to satisfy yourself prior to using the information in any way and to seek appropriate advice before taking or refraining from taking any action in reliance on any information contained in this site.

So far as permissible by law, the EPDA does not accept any liability to any person or organisation relating to the use of any such information.

Whilst reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the site content is accurate and up-to-date, we make no warranties or representations about accuracy, sequence, timeliness or completeness of the site content and may discontinue distributing the site without prior notice. The Content may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.

The EPDA reserves the right to make changes, corrections and/or improvements to the Content, and to the products and programs described in such Content, at any time without notice.

 

Warranty and Indemnity

The EPDA does not represent or warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this Site will be uninterrupted or error free, that any errors, omissions, or defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or other damaging elements or represents the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials.

These materials are provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. The EPDA has no liability whatsoever in respect of any use which you make of such content except in the case of personal injury or death caused by the negligence of the EPDA. Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.

In no event will EPDA or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, licensors, suppliers, or distributors be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, economic, or consequential damages, in contract, tort or otherwise from the use or inability to use the site, software or downloaded content, even if the EPDA has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

In no event will liability of the EPDA or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, licensors, suppliers, or distributors exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing or using this site, or purchasing or downloading content and products from this site.

You agree to indemnify the EPDA, its employees and agents, harmless against all claims, liability, losses, damages and expenses including, without limitation, legal fees and costs arising out of or incurred as a result of any claims made, or litigation brought, against the EPDA, its employees and agents, as a result of your use of the Site, the Content or any part thereof for whatever purpose, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Whilst We make all reasonable attempts to exclude viruses from the site it cannot ensure such exclusion and no liability is accepted for damage caused through the downloading of viruses. You are recommended to take all appropriate safeguards before downloading information from the Website. You assume the cost of service, repairs, or corrections to your hardware, software, or other equipment.

 

Links to Other Websites

The Site contains links to websites operated by parties other than the EPDA. Such links are provided by Us for your convenience only. We are not responsible for the content of any linked sites.

Links to third-party sites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or the activities or views of that organisation or any association with their operators and We are not responsible for the information, material, products or services contained on or accessible through those web sites. Your access and use of such web sites remains solely at your own risk and without Our permission.

By making use of any such links, you understand that the legal statement and privacy policy of the linked site will apply and which may be different from those of the EPDA.

You may only link to this Web site with Our express written permission. We expressly reserve the right to withdraw Our consent at any time to a link which in Our sole opinion is inappropriate or controversial.

 

Proprietary Rights

All trade marks, copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights in the materials on this Site (as well as the organisation and layout of this Site) are owned either directly by Us, by our Content suppliers or by Our licensors.

Without Our prior written permission, you may not copy, modify, alter, publish, broadcast, distribute, sell or transfer any material on this Site in whole or in part. However, the contents of this Web site may be downloaded, printed or copied for your personal non-commercial use.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any licence or transfer of title or intellectual property rights to you by Us or any third party.

All works in the nature of databases attract database rights.

Some documents and photos have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not EPDA). All rights are reserved on these documents and permission to copy them must be requested from the copyright owners (the sources are indicated within these documents/photographs).

Many of the images used within the Site feature images of people, animals and places. Models have been used in many of the pictures and no inference should be made as to their personal state of well-being or to their having any past, present or future relationship or communication with the EPDA, its employees, directors, and officers, or third party.

Furthermore, the EPDA make no representation or warranty as to your right to use any individual's name, likeness, and/or image appearing in the Content without first obtaining appropriate rights from such individual.

You may not use photos or images of people or identifiable entities in any manner that suggests the endorsement or association of any product or service or in connection with any pornographic or immoral materials.

Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the site including any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary information. Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of EPDA or its affiliates and may, at Our sole discretion, be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting.

Furthermore, EPDA is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information.

ALL RIGHTS NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED HEREIN ARE RESERVED.

Last updated: 17 October 2006

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