Using this website

injurywatch is a brand of Watch Media Group. The injurywatch website is maintained by Watch Media Group for your personal viewing and use. Access and use by you of this website constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

Disclaimer

Although we hope this website will be of interest to users, injurywatch accepts no liability and offer no warranties in relation to it and its content, to the fullest extent such liability can be excluded by law.

Articles, FAQs, case studies, documents and other material made available on this website are intended as illustrations of our legal panel's expertise and approach. We may also refer clients to them in conjunction with legal advice. However they are not substitutes for legal advice, and are not intended or offered as such. Every case is different, and the only way to ensure that the advice is appropriate to your particular circumstances is to instruct a solicitor, who can take full instructions on all relevant issues. We do not therefore accept any duty of care to anyone who makes use of, or seeks to rely on, material on this website without instructing one of our panel solicitors to advise.

Nor do we accept any responsibility for the content on any other website that is hyperlinked from this site. They simply represent publicly-available sources of information with some legal relevance, which we hope you may find of interest.

All use of this web site is subject to English law and jurisdiction. Its content relates only to English law, Scottish law (where stated) and relevant European Community law, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Copyright and database rights

Information included on this website is subject to copyright and / or database rights which are owned by injurywatch, Watch Media Group and others. Authorisation to reproduce material can usually be obtained through us or from the original copyright owner. Please contact us by email for more information.

Trade marks and logos

The names, images and logos identifying injurywatch are proprietary marks of Watch Media Group or its licensors. Other names, images and logos identifying government departments, third parties and their information, products and services are the proprietary marks of third parties. Copying or use of third party logos accessed via this website is not permitted without prior approval of the relevant trade mark and / or copyright owner.

Interactive material

Portions of this site may allow users to post their own material. Materials posted by users do not necessarily reflect the views of injurywatch. By posting materials on this site, you represent that you have all necessary rights in and to such materials and that such materials will not infringe any personal or proprietary rights of any third parties, nor will such materials be defamatory, unlawful, threatening, obscene or otherwise objectionable. injurywatch reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to review, edit or delete any material posted by users which it deems defamatory, unlawful, threatening, obscene or otherwise objectionable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, injurywatch expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for any material communicated by third parties through this web site.

Virus protection

Watch Media Group makes every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot accept responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Law and jurisdiction

These terms and conditions are governed by and should be construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Privacy Policy

injurywatch is committed to protecting your privacy online. Our policy explains how we will do this.

What information do we collect?

• We collect email addresses.
• Registration: on some parts of the site we ask you to register, and if you do we ask for your name, email address, geographical address and other personal information.
• If you seek to make a claim we will ask you for further information. This information will be shared only with solicitors registered with the Law Society who are committed to you privacy. We do not store this information on the website and you can request that we delete any information we may hold at any time.
  
• We may also use cookies. For an explanation, see the section on cookies below.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small files which many web sites transfer to your hard disk. They can inform the web site what pages you visit, and your preferences, which enable web sites to provide you with a more personalized service. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to warn you before accepting them.

We use cookies, but most parts of our site can be accessed even if your cookies are turned off. But you may find there are parts of the site which you cannot access if your cookies are turned off.

How do we use your information?

We use the information to help us understand more about how our web site is used, and to improve our site

When do we share information?

We do not sell your personal information to others. If you instruct us to find a solicitor on your behalf, information regarding the circumstances of your claim (although not your name or contact details) will be sent to our panel of professional solicitors. Solicitors willing to take your claim will then respond to you and you can choose the solicitor you wish to instruct. At this point we will provide your contact details to the solicitor and the solicitors contact details to you.

A number of other people's web sites have links on our site. If you visit the link to their sites they may collect information. Such sites are not within our control and are not covered by this privacy statement.

Security

All personal information is encoded using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology before being sent over the Internet. To protect your data further, your information is always stored in encrypted form in a database that is away from our Web site database, so it isn't connected to the Internet.

Children

Some of our pages are specially designed for children. We do not send unsolicited direct email to users who have indicated on registering of those pages that they are under 13. Children under 13 should ask a parent, guardian or teacher for permission before sending us information online.

We will review this policy in the light of comments we receive so please check the latest version. If you have any questions specifically about privacy please contact us.

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