Terms of use
Site owner
This site (the "Site") is administered, hosted and owner by Waitemata District Health Board ("we", "our", "WDHB").
Agreement to terms
These terms apply to the entire contents of the Site. By viewing and using the Site, you will be deemed to agree to these terms.
General obligations
You agree not to:
(a) damage, interfere with or harm the Site, or any network, or system underlying or connected to them, or attempt to do so; or
(b) use a robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Site or information featured on it for any purpose.
Revisions
We may revise these terms of use at any time. Any such revisions will take effect once notified through a post on the Site.
Copyright
© Copyright
Waitemata District Health Board
The Site and material featured on this Site is subject to copyright. Unless specified in or on the material, all material contained on the Site may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context.
Where the material is being published or issued to others, the source and copyright status must be acknowledged.
Privacy
You may access information contained within this Site without providing personal information. Where you voluntarily provide personal information (e.g. through online forms or email requests), we are required as a minimum to hold your personal information as directed under the Privacy Act 1993. The Privacy Act 1993 regulates us through the Information Privacy Principles as to how we collect, use, hold, disclose, access, correct, manage and dispose of your personal information.
Some information, however, is automatically retrieved while visiting our Site, such as Site browsing patterns. Please be assured that in the event that any personal information is sourced we only use this information in aggregate form so that no effort is made to identify individual visitors.
To view any personal information held by us, or if you have any concerns about personal information that we hold and wish to request its correction, please write to:
Waitemata DHB Corporate Office
Private Bag 93-503
Takapuna
NORTH SHORE CITY 0740
Disclaimer
The Site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. WDHB does not warrant that the Site provided will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free. To the maximum extent permitted by law, WDHB disclaims and excludes all implied conditions or warranties, including, but not limited to, any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
This Site is for information only. The information provided on the Site is not intended to supplant the need for you to take appropriate medical advice in relation to any health issues and should not be relied upon in the place of medical advice. We recommend that you seek the advice of your doctor if you have any queries or questions, or require any medical or health-related advice or assistance. The information contained on this Site is derived from a number of sources. While the WDHB has taken all reasonable steps to ensure that all information is from reliable and reputable sources and is accurate, it accepts no liability or responsibility for any acts or omissions, done or omitted in reliance in whole or in part, on the information. The WDHB accepts no responsibility for the manner in which this information is subsequently used.
You agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any and all liability and responsibility of WDHB to you or any other person under or in connection with these terms of use, or in connection with this Site, or the material on the Site, or your use of or inability to use this Site, is excluded regardless of whether such liability arises in contract, tort (including negligence), equity, breach of statutory duty or otherwise. WDHB’s liability and responsibility is excluded in respect of any and all loss or damage, whether direct or indirect, including, without limitation, loss of profits, loss of data, loss of business or anticipated savings, general and special damages, and consequential and incidental loss.
Links
WDHB is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. WDHB cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and WDHB has no control over availability of the linked pages or documents. WDHB does not author, edit, or monitor the content, links, or services provided by third parties.
It is the policy of WDHB not to permit links to the Site (included in so-called "deep links" to pages of the Site other than the homepage) without the prior written permission of WDHB.
General
These terms of use are governed by the laws of New Zealand. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of New Zealand.
Please contact us if you have any questions.