Judge: web sites for health - support group guidelines - how to produce

	1.0 How to produce:

		1.1 Trust and reputation 1.2 Details of the organisation 1.3 Purpose of the organisation 1.4 Associated organisations 1.5 Funding sources 1.6 The way the information is written 1.7 Non-English language material 1.8 Descriptions of conditions and treatments 1.9 Medical research 1.10 Personal experiences 1.11 Communication 1.12 Links to other sites 1.13 Data protection 1.14 Copyright 1.15 Terms and conditions 1.16 Disclaimers 1.17 Kitemarks 1.18 Advertising 1.19 Interactive facilities 1.20 Other quality guidelines

1.15 Terms and conditions

Explain the terms and conditions under which you produce your site.

Privacy

You are bound by the Data Protection Act. You must give information about:

whether you use cookies or not;
whether you ask for personal information or not, or just accept personal information volunteered by the user, for example, if they send you an e-mail;
what you do with this personal information.

Copyright

You have copyright to the information on your site. However you may wish to give users various permissions, for example:

to reproduce your information as long as this is done accurately, the source is identified and your copyright is acknowledged;
to link directly to individual pages or resources within your site (deep linking).

Accuracy

Explain your policy and procedures for ensuring that the information on your site is correct, for example, Expert Medical Panel, Editorial Board.

Links to other sites

Explain your policy for making links , and how you judge the quality of these sites.

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© Copyright for this site is held by Contact a Family and the Information Society Research and Consultancy Group, School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, Northumbria University. Site published February 2003. Last updated October 2006. Review date October 2007.