Terms & Conditions; Privacy & Cookies
Access to and use of this site is provided by CRY subject to the following Terms and Conditions. Your use of this site constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions as of the date of your first use of the site.
CRY reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified.
Access and use
This site and the information, names, images, pictures, logos regarding or relating to CRY are provided “as is” without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. In no event will CRY be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages or loss of profits whatsoever arising from the use or in connection with such use or loss of use of the site, whether in contract or in negligence.
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.
CRY cannot be held liable for the result of any action based on the information within this website.
CRY does not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials.
Privacy & Cookies
The CRY website uses cookies. By using this website you are agreeing to this privacy and cookies policy and you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
Cookies are small pieces of data created and stored on your PC when you visit a website. The CRY website uses ‘session’ cookies to track where you are whilst you are browsing the site. These cookies do not contain any personal information about you and will be removed from your computer when you leave the site. We use this information to monitor website traffic data, which helps us to develop the website so that it provides a user-friendly browsing experience whilst also effectively conveying CRY’s key messages. We can tell how many people have visited specific pages but we cannot identify who these people are.
Additional types of cookies are also used when you interact with CRY in certain ways via links on this website:
Shopping cart cookies are used when you visit the CRY online shop and order items. These cookies are essential to perform the ‘purchasing’ actions that people request whenever they shop online (e.g. when you click on ‘Add to basket’)
Social media cookies are used by Facebook, Twitter and so on. Social networking websites need to know who you are in order to work properly.
Most web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc) accept cookies automatically, but you can alter the settings of your browser to prevent this automatic acceptance. However, if you reject the use of cookies please note that your experience of the CRY website (and indeed, all websites) may be affected.
Information on how to turn off cookies can be found at these links;
Internet Explorer http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx
Mozilla Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies
Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies
Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/
Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of this site including any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary information.
Copyright Restrictions
Commercial use or publication of all or any item displayed is strictly prohibited without prior written authorisation from CRY. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license by CRY to use any item displayed.
Documents on this site may be copied for personal, non-commercial use only on the condition that copyright and source indications are also copied, no modifications are made and the document is copied entirely. However, some documents and photos have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not CRY). 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).
The material on the CRY website is protected by copyright laws.
Medical information
The CRY website should not be used for the diagnosis or treatment of a heart abnormality. If you would like more information contact CRY or consult your own doctor.
The medical information contained in this website is provided for information only. It is not intended to replace a consultation with an appropriately qualified medical practitioner.
External internet sites
CRY takes no responsibility for the content of external Internet sites. The existence of a link from any organisation’s site to the CRY site does not imply that CRY endorses the activities or views of that organisation.
Any references on this website to third party goods or services do not constitute or imply endorsement by CRY unless expressly so stated.
The privacy policy above only covers the CRY website at www.c-r-y.org.uk. Other links within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy.
Users under 18
If you use this site for information about fundraising campaigning or supporting the work of CRY, please let an adult know.
Trademarks
The Cardiac Risk in the Young name and logo, ‘CRY Heart’, and ‘Heart Line’ are trademarks of the Cardiac Risk in the Young. The names, images and logos identifying CRY or third parties and their products and services are the proprietary marks of the CRY and/or third parties as appropriate. Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions or on the CRY website may be construed as conferring any license or right under any trademark or patent of the CRY or any third party.
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These Terms and Conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.
If these Terms and Conditions are not accepted in full, the use of this site must be terminated immediately.
Please contact CRY with any questions regarding this site.
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Web site design and maintenance including search engine optimisation
Nat Jenkins maintains the CRY website and can be contacted at the CRY office at [email protected]
Search engine optimisation involving web site design and maintenance have enabled this site to achieve high rankings in search engine results for CRY’s key word phrases. David Gregory has been proud to offer this service and can be contacted via the CRY office email.
Medical Information has been provided by:
- Dr Elijah R Behr
- Dr Sabiha Gati
- Dr Saqib Ghani
- Dr Martina Muggenthaler
- Dr Michael Papadakis
- Dr Hariharan Raju
- Professor Sanjay Sharma
- Dr Nabeel Sheikh
- Dr Abbas Zaidi
Other input
We actively seek suggestions, ideas and input from visitors to the CRY website. If you have any comments or suggestions please contact Kerry Gray or Steve Cox at [email protected]
