We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:
information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website, such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views
information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services
information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us
information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters
any other information that you choose to send to us
We use cookies on our websites. A cookie is a small text file sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The text file is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
We may send a cookie which may be stored by your browser on your computers hard drive. We may use the information we obtain from the cookie in the administration of this website, to improve the websites usability and for marketing purposes. We may also use that information to recognise your computer when you visit our website, and to personalise our website for you.
Most browsers allow you the option to refuse to accept cookies. This will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
administer the website
improve your browsing experience by personalising the website
enable your use of the services available on the website
send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website
send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you
send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications
send you email notifications which you have specifically requested
send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by post or where you have specifically agreed to this by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications to be sent by emailing us at info@ddrc.org)
provide third parties with statistical information about our users (Note, this information will not be used to identify any individual user)
deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website
We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.
In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you:
to the extent that we are required to do so by law
in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings
in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk)
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.
Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.
If you are in the European Union, information which you provide to us may be transferred to other countries including the United States, which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Union. You expressly agree to such transfers.
We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure servers.
Data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will never ask you for your password.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email.
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00).
You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email to info@ddrc.org at any time.
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please contact us by email: info@ddrc.org or by post to:
Diving Diseases Research Centre
Hyperbaric Medical Centre
Tamar Science Park
Research Way
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 8BU
UK
These terms and conditions govern your use of our website; by using our website, you accept these terms and conditions in full.
If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, do not use our website.
Unless otherwise stated, we or our licensers own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website. Subject to the licence below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.
You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions below.
You must not without our permission:
republish material from this website (including republication on another website)
sell, rent or otherwise sub-license material on the website
reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on our website for a commercial purpose
edit or otherwise modify any material on the website
redistribute material from this website except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution such as our newsletter
The information on this website is provided free of charge, and you acknowledge that it would be unreasonable to hold us liable in respect of this website and the information on this website.
Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill).
Our liability is limited and excluded to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law. We will not be liable for any direct or indirect loss or damage arising under these terms and conditions or in connection with our website, whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing exclusion, we will not be liable for any loss of profit, contracts, business, goodwill, data, income, revenue or anticipated savings arising under terms and conditions or in connection with our website, whether direct or indirect, and whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise.
However, nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
Access to certain areas of our website is restricted. We reserve the right to restrict access to other areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion.
If we provide you with a user ID and password to enable you to access restricted areas of our website or other content or services, you must ensure that that user ID and password is kept confidential. You accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your user ID or password.
We may disable your user ID and password at our sole discretion or if you breach any of the policies or terms governing your use of our website or any other contractual obligation you owe to us.
You must not use our website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website.
You must not use our website in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
You must not use our website for any purposes related to marketing without our express written consent.
You must not use our website to copy, publish or send mass mailings or spam.
You must not use our website to copy, publish or send material which is illegal or unlawful, or material which could give rise to legal action under English and other applicable law. All material you copy, publish or send via our website must not be defamatory, obscene, indecent, hateful, discriminatory or inflammatory; such material must not infringe any persons intellectual property rights or rights of confidence, impinge upon any persons privacy, or constitute incitement to commit a crime; further, material must not be misleading, deceptive, sexually explicit, threatening, abusive, harassing or menacing.
We reserve the right to edit or remove any material posted upon our website.
We may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the posting of unsuitable material, including suspending or cancelling your account, restricting your access to our website, or commencing legal proceedings against you.
In respect of all material that you post on our website, you grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material in any media, together with the right to sub-licence such rights.
We may revise these terms and conditions from time to time. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.
These terms and conditions, together with our privacy policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.
This notice will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes relating to this notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
We are registered with Companies House
You can find the online version of the register at: http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk
Our registration number is: 1480369
Our VAT number is: 631 4167 63
We are registered with the Charities Commission as the Diving Diseases Research Centre, Charity Number - 279652 http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/
We are registered with the Care Quality Commission
http://www.cqc.org.uk/
The full name of our company is: Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC).
We are registered in England & Wales under registration number 1480369.
Our registered address is :
Diving Diseases Research Centre
Hyperbaric Medical Centre
Tamar Science Park
Research Way
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 8BU
UK
You can contact us by email: info@ddrc.org
DDRC recognises the importance of providing a website that is accessible to all our user groups, including those with disabilities.
Cascading style sheets (CSS) are used to set the colour and text size within each page. The formatting can be overridden in some web browsers:
This website aims to meet as many of the guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as possible, but we aim to achieve a minimum WCAG A standard. We strive to obey the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 with respect to the provision of services online, as required by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).
If you have any questions regarding the accessibility of this site, or if you experience any difficulty using our site please email us at info@ddrc.org