Terms and conditions

Welcome to our website, we hope you enjoy exploring the content and find it a useful and beneficial resource. The use of this website, provided by the Birthmark Support Group, is subject to the following terms of use:

  1. Your use constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions as at the date of your first use of the site.
  2. Birthmark Support Group makes use of cookies. Please read our Cookie Policy here.
  3. Birthmark Support Group reserves the rights to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified.
  4. You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the rights, or restrict, or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the site by any third party. Users of the Online Community should also refer to our 'Community Do's and Don'ts'.
  5. This site and the information, names, images, pictures, logos regarding or relating to Birthmark Support Group are provided "as is" without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. In no event will Birthmark Support Group be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from the use or in connection with such use or loss of use of the site, whether in contract or in negligence.
  6. Birthmark Support Group does not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials.
  7. Commercial use or publication of all or any item displayed is strictly prohibited without prior authorisation from Birthmark Support Group. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any licence by Birthmark Support Group to use any item displayed.
  8. Documents may be copied for personal use only on the condition that copyright and source indications are also copied, no modifications are made and the document is copied entirely. However, some documents and photos have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not Birthmark Support Group). All rights are reserved on these documents and permission to copy them must be requested from the copyright owners (the sources are indicated within these documents/photographs).
  9. Birthmark Support Group takes no responsibility for the content of external Internet sites. Other websites that we link to are owned and operated by third parties and Birthmark Support Group has no control over them. The fact that we include links to other websites does not mean that Birthmark Support Group approves of or endorses any other third party website or the content of that website. We accept no liability for any statements, information, products or services that are published on or are accessible through any websites owned or operated by third parties.
  10. Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the site including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary information.
  11. If there is any conflict between these terms and conditions and rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.
  12. These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
  13. If these terms and conditions are not accepted in full, the use of this site must be terminated immediately.
  14. The BSG online community is a public forum so can be viewed by anyone searching the internet and posts will be indexed by search engines such as Google. Therefore, please be careful what you post - do not post anything confidential, contact details or personal information which could put yourself or someone else at risk. We hope you will make friends within the community but do not share personal information unless you absolutely trust that person is genuine. If you plan to meet anyone you have befriended on the internet, never go alone and always meet in a public place. Please read the BSG community guidelines for more information.