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This website has been designed and written by our own staff to give us complete control over the layout and content. It has been designed to be as accessible as possible and does not require a text version in order to be compatible with screen readers.

The entire website is Bobby Approved which means that it is accessible to people with disabilities. It is validated by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as Valid HTML 4.0 Transitional, and also conforms to the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. We are also rated with the Internet Content Rating Association as being suitable for visitors of all ages.

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The content is updated and added to on a regular basis. If you have any comments about the content, or suggestions for improving the site, do please email us at webeditor@deafcouncil.org.uk

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"Congratulations on the new website. Its wonderful! So accessible and easy to find your way round. Well done."
Teresa Waldron, Secretary, Ddeaf Equality Forward

"Your site reads well with speech screen reader and links are easy to follow, well done."
Mike Brace, Development Director, Vision 2020 UK

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It is our policy to respect and protect the privacy of our web site users. We will never willfully disclose individually identifiable information about our web site users without their permission. This policy statement tells you how we collect information from you and how we use it.

There may be instances when we will ask you for personal information such as your name, telephone number or email address. We will only do this when we require that information for specific purposes, for example to answer an enquiry you have submitted or send information that you have requested. Users wishing to advertise on our web site or have details included in one of our web site directories, are required to provide their name and address for administration purposes.

If at any time after giving us personal information you decide that you no longer wish us to hold or use this information, you are free to notify us, and we will make all reasonable endeavours to remove the information promptly.

A condition of use of our web site is that you acknowledge and agree that in certain circumstances we may be obliged to disclose personal information relating to you to third parties, for example, in order to conform to any requirements of law or to comply with any legal process.

To help us monitor and improve the performance of our web site, we use IP addresses from our server log files to analyse trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. We do not use cookies for collecting user information from the site and we will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration.

Our web site contains links to other sites, which are outside our control and are not covered by this privacy policy. If you access other sites using the links provided, your information may be used by the operator of the site in accordance with its privacy policy, which may differ from ours.

Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online - for example, via forums or chat rooms - information can be collected and used by third parties who are unknown to you or to us. Therefore, we give no guarantees in relation to the security of information, which you disclose online, and you acknowledge and agree that you do so at your own risk.

We reserve the right at our discretion to make changes to this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes.

If you require any further information or assistance please contact us at webeditor@deafcouncil.org.uk

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UK Council on Deafness E-mail Policy

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that people who communicate with UK Council on Deafness understand the way in which Electronic mail (e-mail) should be used. Its aim is to ensure that e-mail is used effectively for its intended purpose without infringing legal requirements or creating unnecessary business risk.

The statement below applies to all incoming and outgoing e-mail messages to or from UK Council on Deafness:

"This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any reading, printing, storage, disclosure, copying or any other action taken in respect of this e-mail is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by using the reply function and then permanently delete what you have received.

Incoming and outgoing e-mail messages are routinely monitored for compliance with the UK Council on Deafness policy on the use of electronic communications.

The views expressed by the author may not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UK Council on Deafness.

Internet e-mail is not a secure medium. E-mails sent via the Internet could be intercepted and read by someone else. Please bear that in mind when deciding whether to send material to us.

You have a responsibility to ensure laws are not broken when composing or forwarding e-mails and their contents.

Attachments to e-mail messages may contain viruses that may damage your system. Whilst UK Council on Deafness has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise this risk, we cannot accept any liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of these factors. You are advised to carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment."

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The UK Council on Deafness makes available this web site and the information and services contained herein for the benefit of member organisations only. Whilst making every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this site, UK Council on Deafness does not endorse, approve, or certify such information nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timelessness or efficacy of such information. The use of such information is voluntary. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favouring by UK Council on Deafness.

At certain places on this site, links to other web sites can be accessed. Such external sites contain information created, published, maintained or otherwise posted by institutions, individuals or organizations independent of UK Council on Deafness. UK Council on Deafness does not endorse, approve, certify or control these external sites and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timelessness or efficacy of such information located at such sites. Use of information obtained from such sites is voluntary.

UK Council on Deafness assumes no responsibility for consequences resulting from use of the information obtained herein or from use of information obtained at the link sites or in any respect for the content of such information and is not responsible for and expressly disclaims all liability for damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, reliance on or performance of such information.

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