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(Last updated: 12 August
2004)
doctors evidence limited (referred to hereafter as 'doctors
evidence') is committed to protecting your privacy in accordance
with the Data Protection Act 1998. You can visit some pages
on this website without giving any information about yourself.
However, doctors evidence does need information from you to
provide services that you request and this privacy and security
statement explains data collection and use in those situations.
This privacy statement applies to doctors evidence, the www.doctorsevidence.co.uk
website and electronic communication with doctors evidence.
Any links from this website to other external websites are
for your convenience and doctors evidence is not responsible
for the content of those external sites and they are not covered
by this policy.
Collection of your Personal Information
doctors evidence will ask you to provide
your personal information in order to personally identify
you. Such personal information allows doctors evidence to
contact you, allows doctors evidence to register you in the
panel of experts and/or allows doctors evidence to include
you in the database of customers. Generally, this information
is requested when you are registering, signing up for an event,
training, when purchasing and/or registering for doctors evidence
services.
doctors evidence also collects certain information
about your computer hardware and software. This information
may include your IP address, browser type, operating system,
domain name, access times and referring Web site addresses.
This information is used for the purpose of operating the
service and maintaining the quality of services at doctors
evidence.
doctors evidence also collects information about
which pages customers visit within the www.doctorsevidence.co.uk
website. This site visitation data is identified only by a
unique ID number, and it is not linked with personal information.
Please note that the internet is a communication
medium open to all members of the public. doctors evidence
can commit to the maintenance of privacy of data only after
it has been accepted into the information system the company
uses. Information over e-mails or over unsecured web access
can be accessible to a third party without the knowledge of
the user. Customers and experts acknowledge by using this
website that doctors evidence cannot be held responsible for
direct or consequential damages due to any information leakage
when communicating using e-mails or unsecured web access.
For more information, see our Disclaimer on this website.
Use of your Personal Information
doctors evidence makes use of your personal
information for the following purposes:
- To ensure that the site is relevant to your
needs
- To deliver services, such as case tracking
or expert profile information that you request
- To help create and publish content that is
most relevant to you
- To allow you access to limited-entry areas
of the site as appropriate
doctors evidence will merge site-visitation
data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes
and may use this information in aggregate to provide more
relevant content.
doctors evidence may disclose your personal
information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith
belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the
edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on doctors
evidence or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights of
doctors evidence.
Control of your Personal Information
When you register or otherwise give personal
information, doctors evidence will not share that information
with third parties without your permission other than for
the purpose of conducting the business of a medico-legal agency.
In these instances your details may be shared with law-firms
or insurance companies or other professional bodies wanting
to use the services of an expert panel member or wanting to
provide services to a claimant requiring representation in
a personal injury matter.
Access to your Personal Information
As an expert panel member, you are responsible
for ensuring that the information about you is current. doctors
evidence will provide you with the means to view your personal
information either by accessing your profile on-line or by
calling doctors evidence directly by phone.
Security of your Personal Information
doctors evidence is committed to protecting
the security of your personal information. A variety of security
technologies and procedures are utilized to help protect your
personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
For example, doctors evidence stores the personal information
you provide in computer servers with limited access that are
located in controlled facilities. After you log in using a
password, your details are transmitted over the internet and
protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure
Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are not utilized by doctors evidence.
Security
doctors evidence has security measures
in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration
of the data under our control. After a log-in using a password
the site is accessed using Netscape Navigator or Microsoft
Internet Explorer versions 5.0 or higher. Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) technology protects information using both server authentication
and data encryption to help ensure that data is safe, secure,
and available only to you. doctors evidence also implements
an advanced security method based on dynamic data and encoded
session identifications and hosts the site in a secure server
environment that uses a firewall and other advanced technology
to prevent interference or access from outside intruders.
Finally, doctors evidence provides unique Usernames and Passwords
that must be entered each time a customer logs on. These safeguards
help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and
ensure the appropriate use of data.
Maintenance of this Privacy and Security
Statement
doctors evidence may occasionally update
this privacy and security statement and will post such amendments
on this website so that you can always review the current
version of the privacy and security statement.
Contact Information
doctors evidence welcomes your comments
and queries regarding this privacy and security statement.
Please contact doctors evidence by e-mail at contact@doctorsevidence.co.uk
or via post at:
Privacy & Security
doctors evidence limited
100 Commerce House
High Street
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B72 1AB
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