Terms of use

Access to and use of this website both within the UK and internationally is provided by the Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors on the following terms.

1. This website is maintained for your personal use and viewing. By using this website you agree to be bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of the site. If you do not agree to be bound by all of the following terms please do not access, use and/or contribute to the site. We may change these terms from time to time so you should check these terms regularly.

Use of this site

2. You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of this domain. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within this site.

3. In order to contribute to this site you will be required to agree to these terms and register on the site. Any personal information supplied as part of this registration process and/or any other interaction with this domain will be collected, stored and used in accordance with the Privacy Statement.

4. All user accounts must be registered with a real name and a valid personal email address that you access regularly so that moderation emails can be sent to you. Accounts registered with someone else's email address, or with temporary email addresses may be closed without notice. We may require users to re-validate their account if we believe they have been using an invalid email address.

Disclaimers & limitations of liability

5. Whilst we make every effort to keep the information on this domain accurate, we disclaim any liability for any warranty or representation, express or implied about the accuracy, completeness or appropriateness of that information for a particular purpose and you must satisfy yourself on these matters before using such information. Accordingly, you assume full responsibility for using the information on this website, and you understand and agree that by doing so neither the Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors nor its employees are responsible or liable for any claim, loss or damage arising from the use.

6. Web site material and that relating to third party information, products and services is provided 'as is', without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness or a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

7. A proportion of content posted on this site is created by members of the IEHF. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors. We are not responsible for the availability or content of any third party sites that are accessible through this site.

8. Although we do strictly monitor discussions, comments, postings and the like, we are under no obligation to do so and assume no responsibility or liability arising from the content, nor for any error, omission, infringement, defamation, obscenity, or inaccuracy contained in any information on this site.

9. We do 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 service that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with this site.

10. We add links to third party sites to help you find more information as a service to you. However we cannot be held responsible for the content of any external site linked to from within this site. Any links to third party websites from this domain do not amount to any endorsement of that site by the Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors and any use of that site by you is at your own risk.

Forum and comment rules

11. Personal abuse will not be tolerated in the forums or in any comments posted, under any circumstances. If you are offended by another user's post or conduct you should contact a moderator rather than responding in kind.

12. Swearing of any kind is not permitted on any forum or in any comment. If in doubt as to whether what you are about to post would be considered swearing, err on the side of caution and do not post it.

13. Images, links or other content which other forum users may find obscene or offensive must not be posted. This includes, but is not limited to, racism, sexism, incitement to violence or extreme religious or political views. Discussion of any activity which is illegal in the UK is not permitted.

14. Commercial or personal advertising is not permitted except with the express agreement of the site administrators. If you wish to post a link to a commercial site, or your own personal site, then please contact the administrators before posting.

15. Please stay on-topic in the forums. Posts that do not relate to the primary discussion in a particular thread may be split out or removed at the moderators' discretion. Threads that are posted in the wrong forum may also be moved. When creating a thread, make sure that your thread title is clear and relates to the content of your thread.

16. Discussion of moderator actions on the forums is not permitted. If you have any issue with a moderator's actions then contact them directly by PM. If you are unhappy with their response then contact the site administrator. The site administrator's decision is final.

17. While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.

18. You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered above being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent the webmaster, administrator and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.

19. This forum system uses cookies to store information on your local computer. These cookies do not contain any of the personal information, they serve only to improve your experience of this site. The email address is used only for confirming your registration details and password (and for sending new passwords should you forget your current one).

Personal profile information (My account)

20. The Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors has allowed additional fields to be added to the standard profile for a registered user. This is done solely as a service to you in order for you to include additional information about yourself for access by other site users. These fields must not be used for any purpose other than to hold your professional or personal biographical information such as your professional interests or your personal social networking links.

21. Your profile record must not be used to directly advertise products or services. You may use it to declare your professional interests and achievements.

22. You agree not to use the profile to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws.

23. The administrators and moderators of this site will attempt to review every profile and will remove or edit any objectionable material as quickly as possible. However, it will not be possible to review every change to a profile.

24. You recognise that all posts made in the users' profiles express the views and opinions of the users, and not the IEHF, the administrators or moderators, who will not therefore be held liable.

Privacy policy

25. The IEHF is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. The IEHF may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

26. We may collect the following information: your username and full name; your email address; demographic information such as your general location, preferences and interests. The information as it appears in your 'My account' details is under your control. You can change your name, email address, links and biographical details at any time.

27. We require this information to provide you with a better service, and for use in membership lists on the website. We may use it in the future to send you newsletters concerning the Institute and its services to you.

28. We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

29. A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

30. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.

31. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

32. Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

33. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.