Copyright Disclaimer and Privacy Statement
Re-use of public sector information and
copyright
North East Ambulance Service retain all
copyright and any other applicable rights to all text and graphic
images within this site with the exception of any documents
published by third parties.
All trademarks and service marks remain the sole property of
their respective owners.
North East Ambulance Service allow you to print
copies of the information held on this site or to store the files
on your own computer provided they are for your own personal use
only. You may reference this site in your documents providing
North East Ambulance Service is credited with the
information held therein.
You may with permission re-use the information on this
website which is the copyright of theNorth East Ambulance
ServiceNHS Trust free of charge. Re-use includes copying, issuing
copies to the public, publishing, broadcasting and translating into
other languages. It also covers non-commercial research and study.
Re-use is subject to the following conditions:
- Any publication or internal network which incorporates the
North East Ambulance Service materials must
include an acknowledgement of the source of such materials.
- The material must be clearly separated from any comment made on
it by the organisation or others.
- Readers of the material must not be given the impression that
the North East Ambulance Service is responsible
for, or has in any way approved, the publication or network in
which the materials are reproduced.
- The materials may not be altered or amended unless such
material is clearly marked as altered or amended by the
organisation or others.
- No fee may be charged by any organisation reproducing the
North East Ambulance Service in respect of
reproducing materials.
- Any reproduction of the North East Ambulance
Service official forms, other than for the purpose of
submitting information to the North East Ambulance
Service, must be clearly marked 'SPECIMEN' unless
otherwise expressly agreed by the North East Ambulance
Service.
- Not using the information for the principle purpose of
advertising or promoting a particular product or service or for
commercial gain.
There is no charge for the reproduction of materials made in
accordance with these conditions.
You may not distribute any text or graphics held within this
site to others without the express written permission of
North East Ambulance Service, all enquiries of
this nature should be addressed to publicrelations@neas.nhs.uk;.
Intellectual property
The names, images and logos identifying North East Ambulance
Service are proprietary marks of the NHS. Copying our logos
and any other third party logos accessed via this website is not
permitted without the approval of the relevant copyright owner.
Disclaimer
- North East Ambulance Servicehas taken every care in the
preparation of the content of this web site. To the extent
permitted by applicable law,North East Ambulance Servicedisclaims
all warranties express or implied, as to the accuracy of the
information contained in this web site.
- North East Ambulance Serviceshall not be liable to any person
for any loss or damage, which may arise from the use of any of the
information contained in any of the materials in this web
site.
- Some hypertext links in this site may lead to other sites that
are not under the jurisdiction ofNorth East Ambulance Service. When
clicked these links will open up a new browser window which leave
theNorth East Ambulance Serviceweb site.North East Ambulance
Serviceaccept no responsibility or liability in respect of the
material found on any web site that is not under the jurisdiction
ofNorth East Ambulance Service, nor doNorth East Ambulance
Servicetake any responsibility for the privacy practices of such
web sites.
- These exclusions of liability shall not apply to any damages
arising from the death or personal injury caused by the negligence
ofNorth East Ambulance Serviceor any of its employees.
- North East Ambulance Servicewill not be responsible for any
damages your business may suffer.
- North East Ambulance Servicemakes no warranties of any kind,
expressed or implied for the services which we provide.
- North East Ambulance Servicedisclaims any warranty or
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of these same
services. This includes the loss of data resulting from delays, non
deliveries, wrong delivery and any and all service interruption
caused byNorth East Ambulance Serviceand its employees.
- North East Ambulance Servicereserves the right to revise these
policies at any time.
These disclaimers and exclusions shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with English Law. If any provision of these
disclaimers and exclusions shall be unlawful, void or for any
reason unenforceable then that provision shall be deemed severable
and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the
remaining provisions.
Privacy Policy
North East Ambulance Servicerespect and will continue to respect
the privacy of our customers and users. Please read the following
privacy policy to understand how we use and protect the information
that you provide to us.
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.
Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can
be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that
it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
We reserve the rights to change the contents of this website,
including this privacy policy at any time, by posting such changes
on the website. It is your responsibility to familiarise yourself
with this policy regularly to ensure that you are aware of any
changes. Your continued use of this website following the posting
of any such changes will constitute your acceptance of the revised
privacy policy.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name and job title
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and
interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or
offers
Cookies
'Cookies' are pieces of information stored by your web browser
to the hard drive of your computer.North East Ambulance Servicemay
use cookies to track usage of theNorth East Ambulance Servicesite
and use this information to improve the site. AdditionallyNorth
East Ambulance Servicemay use cookies in any secure client area
which is password protected to allow for quick login and
recognition on return.
However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may
alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you
choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that
some areas of our site will not function as effectively when viewed
by you. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard
drive or pass on computer viruses. A cookie does not hold any
information about which sites you visited before this one.
IP Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are
connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used
by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses
are automatically collected by our web servers so that data (such
as the web pages you request) can be sent to you.
Webserver log files are used to record information about our
site, such as system errors. The Trust also uses log files to
monitor site traffic. Log files do not contain any personal
information or information about which other sites you have
visited.
Security
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet
is not completely secure. Although we employ security measures to
protect the information provided by you, the Trust cannot guarantee
the security of your data transmitted to our site and any
transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your
information, we will use appropriate security procedures and
features aimed at preventing any unauthorised access, unlawful
processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage.
Sharing of Information
North East Ambulance Servicedo not and will not sell individual
customer names or other private profile information to third
parties. The only time thatNorth East Ambulance Servicewould
disclose client information would be if required to do so by law,
court order, as requested by other government or law enforcement
agencies with the powers to request such information or when we
have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary
to identify, contact or bring legal action against a person who may
be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether
intentionally or otherwise or if such activities could be harmful
to another person.
We may use your personal information to send you promotional
information about third parties which we think you may find
interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold
about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be
payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you
please write to:
Information Governance Manager
North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Trust Headquarters
Bernicia House
Goldcrest Way
Newburn Riverside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is
incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as
possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any
information found to be incorrect.
