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Privacy Policy

In this privacy policy references to "we", "us" and "our" are to IIH Support. References to "our Website" or "the Website" are to www.iihsupport.org

What information we collect and how

The information we collect via the Website may include:

  1. Any personal details you knowingly provide us with through forms and our email, such as name, email address, etc.
  2. Your preferences and use of email updates, recorded by emails we send you (if you select to receive email updates on IIH Support and the forum).
  3. Your IP Address. This is a string of numbers unique to your computer that is recorded by our web server when you request any page or component on the Website. This information is used to monitor usage of the Website.
  4. Data recorded by the Website which allows us to recognise you and your preferred settings, this saves you from re-entering information on return visits to the site. Such data is recorded locally on you computer through the use of cookies. A cookie is a small text file that our Web server places on a user's computer hard drive to be a unique identifier. Most browsers can be programmed to reject, or warn you before downloading cookies, information regarding this may be found in your browser's ‘help’ facility.

What we do with your information

Any personal information we collect from this website will be used in accordance with applicable legislation. The details we collect will be used to keep you updated with news about our website and forums if you select to receive our email newsletter.

We do not pass on any of the information we hold about users of our website to third parties without authorisation unless requested by law enforcement agencies.

While we take all reasonable steps to safeguard the security of information stored on our servers, we cannot be held responsible for any unauthorised access to our servers and cannot be held liable for loss or damage as a result of illegal access to information held on the website.

Other Websites

This privacy policy only covers this website. Any other websites which may be linked to by our website are subject to their own policy, which may differ from ours.

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Last Modified: 25/10/07
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The IIH Support Forum is designed for educational purposes only and not for providing medical advice. IIH UK and IIH Support is a privately owned web site, run and administered by IIH sufferers, for IIH sufferers. We are not medical professionals, but wish to provide an informative and friendly environment to learn about IIH and provide support for others in similar situations. Views expressed in the forum are entirely those of the author and do not represent those of IIH UK or IIH Support. IIH Support is not responsible or liable for any damages, which may occur as a result of your use or misuse of the information available on this web site.

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