Introduction

This site is operated by The Department of Investigative Medicine. This Privacy Statement outlines the way in which the Department of Investigative Medicine ("we") gather and use information relating to you, the user of this site ("you").

By using this site, you consent to the use (including transfer) of information as described below. All content images that have been used on this site were used with the full consent of the individuals involved.

What information do we collect?

We collect the following information from visitors to our website: information such as IP addresses and information relating to what pages have been viewed (e.g. using cookies as described further below) and information volunteered by you, such as contact details and email address sent to us.

How do we use your information?

We use the information we collect on the website to help us understand how the website is being used. Information will enable us to enhance the site with any matters relating to the Department of Investigative Medicine.

Cookies

The Department of Investigative Medicine website does use cookies. A cookie is a small file containing an identity code. Your computer accepts the cookie and stores it and when you next visit the website, the code is retrieved, allowing individual visitors or computers to be recognised. Cookies are used for a variety of purposes including providing personalized web pages and recognizing your choice of language. Cookies do not cause harm to your computer but if you do wish to stop your computer accepting cookies, go to the help section of your Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) where you will find information on how to do this.

Internet Security

The Department of Investigative Medicine is required to ensure that personal data processed by it is subject to appropriate security. Although we will meet this requirement, we cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website. As best practice, we also strongly recommend that you regularly run an anti-virus programme on all material downloaded from the Internet.

Links to other web sites

Our web site may contain links to other web sites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours.

Changes to Privacy Policy

If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the web site, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.

How can you contact The Department of Investigative Medicine?

We welcome your views about our website and our privacy policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments, please send an email to K. Meeran

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We strive to make our Website accessible for all users. Each page is tested using the W3C validator for XHTML compliance.

Standards compliance

All links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article). Links are written to make sense out of context.

Aesthetic design

This site uses cascading style sheets, and avoids the use of tables for positioning and layout. This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers. If your browser or browsing device does not support style sheets at all, each page should degrade gracefully and the content of each page should still be readable. This site has been tested in the following browsers:

• Internet Explorer (versions 5.5 or higher)
• Mozilla Firefox (version 1.0 or higher)
• Netscape (version 6 or higher )
• Opera (version 7 or higher)

If you experience problems viewing our website, please contact: K. Meeran