1. Whilst International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO) takes every care to ensure that the materials, information and data (together the 'Materials') provided on this site (the 'Website') are accurate and up-to-date, we must emphasise that the Materials are provided 'as is' and without warranty or guarantee of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, or whether relating to title, the rights of third parties or otherwise. 
   
   
2. IAPO reserves the right, at its absolute discretion, to add, revise or remove any Materials without notice.
   
   
3. The Materials are designed for outline guidance and general information purposes only and IAPO assumes no responsibility for information contained in the Website and disclaims all liability in respect of such information.
   
   
4. The Materials are protected by copyright and all other rights (if any) are reserved.
   
   
5. Permanent copying and or storage of all or part of the Materials or reproduction or incorporation of all or any part of the Materials in any other work or publication, whether paper or electronic media or other form, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of IAPO.
   
   
6. Notwithstanding section 5 above, you may copy small sections (in any event not more than five pages) of the Materials for personal use and recopy to individual third parties for their personal information provided that
   
   
   1. you acknowledge the Website as the source of the Materials,
      
      
   2. such an acknowledgement and suitable reference to IAPO is made in the copy of the Materials, and 
      
      
   3. you inform the third party that they are subject to and must comply with the conditions of this Website. This permission is, however, revocable at any time by IAPO. 
      
      
7. IAPO makes no warranty that the Materials are free of infection by computer viruses or other contamination. The downloading of any of the Materials is at the individual user's own risk and the user will be solely responsible for any damage or loss, whether suffered by the user or a third party in consequence of the user's actions, which results from a download and/or use of any such Materials. 
   
   
8. IAPO is not responsible for any content of any other website accessible from the Website, nor does it endorse or in any respect warrant any third party products or services by virtue of any information, material or content referred to or included on, or linked from or to the Website.
   
   
9. The host server for the Website is located in England, and the applicable law in respect of the Website shall be the laws of England and Wales only.

Privacy policy

IAPO respects and protects the privacy of people who use IAPO's website. Individually available information about you is not disclosed to any third party without first receiving your permission, as explained in this Privacy Policy.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that websites store on your computer so that the information contained within a cookie may be returned to the website later.

IAPO makes use of cookies to carry an authentication token and other information which is used to grant the appropriate access rights and facilities to your account on the site.

We use these once you register with the site to allow us to personalise our service to you.

Note: If you opt not to allow a cookie to be stored (eg via your browser settings), you will not be able to login to the system, and thus cannot participate in any discussion or 'restricted access' areas. We use a test cookie during the login process to check if you are able to accept cookies so we can alert you about this.

• What information do we collect?
  
  IAPO does not collect any unique information about you (such as your name, e-mail address etc), except when you specifically and knowingly provide such information (registration and/or email newsletter). By providing personal details you are consenting to its use. Such personal information will be used to identify you as a unique user, and the information will not be shared with any other entity or organisation.
  
  IAPO also notes and saves information such as time of day, browser type and content requested. That information is used to provide more relevant services to users.
  
  
• With whom does IAPO share information?
  
  IAPO will not share personally identifiable information with any third party without your express consent.
  
  
• Who can I ask if I have additional questions?
  
  IAPO will answer any additional questions you may have. The e-mail address is: info@patientsorganizations.org