Disclaimer & Privacy Policy
Disclaimer:
While every effort is made in preparing material for publication on this website, no responsibility is accepted by the Health Service Executive or its agents for any errors, omissions or misleading statements on these pages or on any site to which these pages connect. The information contained within this site is of a condensed and general nature only and can change from time to time. Users are advised to verify by direct and live contact with the Health Service Executive any information on which they rely.
The site may contain links or references to web sites that are provided by independent third parties either directly or through links. The availability of such third party material does not constitute any form of recommendation, endorsement or publication of such third party material by us. Any complaints that you have about the third party material should be taken up with the relevant third party. You may not link to this site without our prior written permission.
Privacy Policy:
This statement relates to our privacy practices in connection with this site. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any other linked sites.
The Health Service Executive website does not store or collect any personal information about site users. Any personal information which you choose to send to the Executive via the website will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003.
Cookies
This website does not use cookies, apart from temporary "session" cookies which enable a visitor's web browser to remember which pages on this website have already been visited. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive while they are visiting a particular website. It contains simple information about the user's identity but no personal information. When the user closes their browser, the cookie is destroyed. You can set your computer not to accept cookies without a loss of functionality on this website.
Log Files
Technical details in connection with visits to this website are logged by our internet service provider for statistical purposes. No information is collected that could be used by us to identify website visitors. Our log records do not contain any personal information about users. Statistical information that is gathered does not constitute "personal data" for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003.
If any changes are made to the Privacy Policy or Disclaimer, they will be available here.