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Important Legal Notice

PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SITE. IT REGULATES YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ALL MATERIAL WITHIN IT.

General

This website (excluding linked sites) is controlled by the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service. The site can be accessed from various other countries around the World. As each of these places has laws that may differ from those of South Africa by accessing the site both you and we agree that the laws of South Africa will apply to all matters arising from or relating to the use and contents of this site.

By accessing and using this website in any way, including, without limitation, browsing the website, using any information, using any content, using any services, downloading any materials, you agree to and are bound by these Legal Notices. If you do not accept these Legal Notices in full, please cease using this website immediately.

Use

You agree not to use this site in such a way that disrupts, interferes with or restricts the use of this site by other users. In particular, you shall not reverse engineer, decompile, copy or adapt any software or other code or scripts forming part of this site nor attempt to transmit to or via this site any information that contains a virus, worm, trojan horse, or other harmful or disruptive component. You shall not change, modify, delete, interfere with or misuse data contained on this site entered by or relating to any other user of this site.

If you post, upload or transmit any information to, on or through this site you shall ensure that the details you supply are accurate and kept up to date. You agree to ensure that any materials uploaded, displayed or transmitted by you to, on or through this site are not false, offensive, defamatory, threatening, obscene or unlawful and do not breach or infringe the rights of any person anywhere in the world.

Content

The information on this site has been included in good faith but is for general informational purposes only and is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. It should not be relied on for any specific purpose and no representation or warranty is given as regards its accuracy, completeness or fitness for any particular purpose. To the fullest extent permissible by law, neither the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service nor any of its affiliates nor its or their officers, employees or agents shall be liable for any loss, damage or expense arising out of any access to, use of or reliance on this site or any site linked to it including, without limitation, any loss of profit, indirect, incidental or consequential loss.

We reserve the right to make any changes and corrections to this site, including to any products or services marketed, offered or sold through this site, as and when we consider it appropriate and without notice.

Linked Sites

At various points throughout the site, you may be offered automatic links to other Internet sites relevant to a particular aspect of this site. This does not indicate that Western Province Blood Transfusion Service is necessarily associated with any of these other sites or their owners. Whilst it is the intention of the WPBTS that you should find these other sites of interest, neither the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service, its affiliates, nor its officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility or liability of any nature whatsoever for these other sites or any information contained in them, none of which have been verified or endorsed by the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service or its affiliates. If at any time you find that you have accessed another site you may return to this site by clicking on the "backwards" arrow, or by keying in the address of this site in your browser address bar.

Security of information

We take reasonable precautions to keep your Personal Information secure. All personally identifiable information is subject to restricted access to prevent unauthorised access, modification or misuse.

Availability of Products

Reference to any product or service on the site does not constitute an offer to sell or supply that product or service.

Copyright

Western Province Blood Transfusion Service information and materials on this website, including data, pages, documents, online graphics, images and web pages, audio and video are protected by copyright, unless specifically notified to the contrary.

Linking to this site

You may link to this site, but permission is restricted to making a link without any alteration of the site's contents. Permission is not granted to reproduce, frame or reformat the files, pages, images, information and materials from this site on any other site unless express written permission has been obtained from the webmaster at the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service .

Disclaimer

This website is presented by the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service for the purpose of disseminating health information. This website is not a substitute for independent professional advice. Nothing contained in this site is intended to be used as medical advice and it is not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, nor should it be used for therapeutic purposes or as a substitute for your own health professional's advice. The Western Province Blood Transfusion Service does not accept any liability for any injury, loss or damage incurred by use of or reliance on the information.

The Western Province Blood Transfusion Service makes every effort to ensure the quality of the information available on this website and updates the information regularly. Before relying on the information on this site, however, users should carefully evaluate its accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance for their purposes, and should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. The Western Province Blood Transfusion Service can not guarantee and assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information.