CANCER SCREENING TERMS OF USE
The Cancer Screening website is part of Débora Miranda’s final project as a Science Journalism MA student at City University London. The content moderator is Henry Scowcroft and technical support is provided by Ian Randall.
These are the terms and conditions of Cancer-Screening.net, and apply whenever you access this site from any device. By using the site you are deemed to have accepted these conditions. Any changes we make to the terms and conditions will be reflected on this page.
Use of material appearing on cancer-screening.net
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- Be patient: users of all ages and abilities may be taking part in the relevant cancer-screening.net community.
- No spamming or off-topic material: we don’t allow the submission of the same or very similar contributions many times. Please don’t re-submit your contribution to more than one discussion, or contribute off-topic material in subject-specific areas.
- No advertising or promoting.
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- If you’re under 16 seek a parent or guardian’s permission before commenting.
- Never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example, school, telephone number, your full name, home address or email address).
If you breach any of these Rules:
- Your comment will be removed
- Further content posted by you will be checked and you may not be allowed to contribute on the site again in the future.
Cancer Screening reserves the right to delete any contribution, or take action at any time, for any reason.
The majority of content posted in comments and message sections is created by other members of the public and their views do not represent those of the Cancer Screening project, unless specifically stated. Débora Miranda, Henry Scowcroft and Ian Randall are not responsible for any content posted by members of the public.
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To the extent permitted at law, we do not accept any responsibility for any statement in the material. You must not rely on any statement we have published on cancer-screening.net without first taking specialist professional advice. Nothing in the material is provided for any specific purpose or at the request of any particular person.
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Governing law & jurisdiction
This agreement is governed by English law and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
