Disclaimer policy
Unless otherwise stated, this website is for health/medical information only and not for medical diagnosis or treatment. Primary Ventures Limited has used all reasonable care and skill in compiling the content of this website but makes no warranty as to the accuracy of any information on this website and cannot accept liability for any errors or omissions.
Primary Ventures Limited shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of any of the information contained in any of the materials on this website. The information contained in any such materials is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for face to face consultation with your doctor nor is it intended to be for medical diagnosis or treatment.
These exclusions of liability will not apply to any damages arising from death or personal injury caused by the negligence of Primary Ventures Limited or any of its employees or agents.
This notice and disclaimer is governed by and construed in accordance with English Law. If any part of this disclaimer is deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable then that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining parts.
Credits
Primary Ventures Limited and/or its licensors are the owners of the copyright and database rights in the site, except where specifically stated otherwise, including content data, design, graphics, text, images, software and underlying source codes. Primary Ventures Limited is the owner of all trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos and devices appearing on the site, whether registered or unregistered, except where specifically stated otherwise.
Linking to the DrAdvice website
If you would like to link to the DrAdvice website, please email us via our contact page. Primary Ventures Limited is registered in England and Wales at Companies House.
Privacy Policy
At Primary Ventures Limited we are committed to protecting your privacy and confidentiality. We only use your information to provide you with medical advice and to inform you of new services offered by Primary Ventures Limited.
What information do we collect and how do we use it?
We do not provide a registration service and therefore no longer collect any personal information. We do collect non-specific visitor information by means of "cookies". Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that are stored by your web browser on your computer's hard-drive that enable our system to recognise you when you visit the site. This helps Primary Ventures Limited to track basic visitor information in order that we can better tailor the site to our visitors' needs. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can disable this function by changing your browser settings if you so wish.
With respect to Ad Servers: To try and bring you offers that are of interest to you, we have relationships with other companies that we allow to place ads (please see our advertising policy) on our Web pages. As a result of your visit to our site, ad server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and click stream information. For further information, consult the privacy policies of Google Adwords.
Will Primary Ventures Limited disclose the information it collects to third parties?
We may share overall visitor trends and other generic information collected on this website with third parties, we do not collect personal information and therefore cannot not pass on any personal details or personally identifiable information.
We no longer store any medical or personal information on our servers. Data collected from our previous consultation service is securley stored by the consulting doctor. This electronic patient record is a copy of your full name, date of birth and a record of all yours questions and their respective answers, this is electronically stored in an encrypted format and not stored online. We are unable to delete this record, as this is the only record our doctors have of the advice given. For medico-legal reasons this data cannot be removed, as doctors are required to keep accurate records of all consultations. Instead your electronic patient record will remain with the consulting doctor. Data is never shared. All email addresses stored with Mailchimp, our former newsletter service have been deleted.
If you have any further questions please feel free to email us via our contact page.
Advertising Policy
DrAdvice is a service provided by Primary Ventures Limited. Primary Ventures Limited finances this service using revenue generated from advertising. Our service also uses adverts placed using Google Adwords.
Advertising with DrAdvice website
If you would like to advertise with us please read the following. Editorial material will be distinguished from advertisement material using the word advertisement above the advertising panel. In general advertising must be legal, honest, decent and acceptable by the medical profession. Approval of your advert will not imply endorsement of your service or product by DrAdvice. All advertising will have to meet our minimum criteria, which is available on request. Please contact us using our contact form, marking the subject "advertising".
Conflict of interests
Editorial and advertising responsibilities are not shared and are clearly separated. Dr Chughtai is the founder and chief editor of the DrAdvice service, and he naturally has an interest in the success of the service. To avoid conflict between editorial and advertising decisions, the latter are the sole responsibility of our Advertising Officer, Ms Benjamin.
