About this site

This page gives information on the use of the Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) website and its content.

Viewing this site

This site is written according to web standards, and aims to be accessible to all. We do make an effort to ensure that our site is readable with older browsers, but the site may not look as it is intended. If you are using version 4.x or earlier of Internet Explorer or Netscape, then we suggest you upgrade to a better browser, for example Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Internet Explorer 7 or above.

Copyright and trademarks

Alzheimer's Disease International retains copyright on all text and images on this site, unless otherwise stated. If you wish to use any of our content, please contact us.

Use of our logos or trademarks without prior permission is prohibited.

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Site map

A list of the main pages in our site is available in our site map.

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Disclaimer

ADI tries to ensure that the information provided on this web site is accurate, timely, and useful. However, the information contained on the site should not be considered medical guidance or professional advice. Readers are encouraged to direct any specific questions concerning their personal health to appropriate health care professionals.

This site contains links to web sites operated by parties other than ADI. Such links are provided for your convenience only. ADI does not control such web sites, and is not responsible for their contents. Inclusion of links to other web sites does not imply any endorsement of the material on those web sites or any association with their operators.

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Linking policy

Other web sites are free to link to this site and formal requests are not required. However, ADI reserves the right to determine which sites we will link to. Requests for reciprocal links are frequently not granted, due to the volume of requests submitted and ADI policies (generally links will only be made to affiliated organisations). As mentioned above, use of the ADI logo requires permission, which will not generally be given to unaffiliated organisations.

If you need a short description for a link on your site, we suggest:

Alzheimer's Disease International is the umbrella organisation of Alzheimer associations around the world, which offer support and information to people with dementia and their caregivers.

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Privacy Policy

ADI regards your privacy as important, and you are welcome to access our site without disclosing your personal data.

We will only use any personal information you send us for the purposes for which you provide it. For example, we collect your information, where you choose to provide it to us, for administration, fundraising, and development of the web site, products and services. All employees and agents who have access to your personal data and are associated with the handling of that data are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your personal data.

ADI tries to keep the information we have about you accurate and up to date. If, however, you find errors or inaccuracies in your data, we will erase, complete or amend that information upon request.

The internet address, browser type, and any referral information provided by your browser when you use this site may be logged. This information will only be used to collect broad usage statistics, to help us improve the site and diagnose technical problems. We make no use of cookies ourselves, but our hosting provider may include cookies with our pages to improve the efficiency of serving web pages - these cookies are stored only for the duration of a session. Payment transactions are handled on our behalf by RBS WorldPay and RBS Worldpay's terms of use and privacy policy apply to those transactions and the pages on which the payment forms appear. Site search is handled by Google and Google's terms and privacy policy apply to use of the search facility and pages where the search box appears.

If you have any concerns about the processing of your personal data by ADI, please contact us.

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Feedback about this site

Let us know what you think of this site by completing a feedback form or by emailing info@alz.co.uk. Your opinions are important to us and help us make improvements to the site.

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