Terms and Conditions of Use

VV Health – Real & Intimate Conversations about Women’s Health, is designed to publish a collective of writings written by people who would like to share their experiences regarding vulval and vaginal health, offering the opportunity for people to talk more openly about this topic with each other.

By accessing this site you agree to observe and abide by these terms and conditions.

In these terms and conditions, ‘we’ and ‘us’ refer to the registrants and the moderators of the website at vvhealth.au from time to time.

Upon accessing this site, you are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use this site strictly in accordance with these terms of use (“Terms”). Any use not in accordance with these Terms is absolutely prohibited. If you do not agree with these Terms, you should cease using the site immediately.

Minimum age

To access this site or any of its content, you must be a minimum of 18 years of age. If you are under this age, you must cease using this site immediately.

Warning as to intimacy of Information

This site contains intimate language and names and discusses body parts and functions that some users may find offensive. It is strictly your choice to access this site. If you are sensitive to the naming of private parts in the body, or reference to private female experiences of their body, you should cease using or reference to this site immediately.

Purpose of this site

This site does not contain medical information and no content on it is prepared or provided by a registered medical professional. This site is the product of women with no specialty whatsoever in female anatomy, medical conditions or health. The women who are authors of blogs or presenters in podcasts on this site share personal information about their experiences. There is absolutely no guarantee, promise or representation that any of the information shared may be relevant to you.

Posting content to this site

We may allow users of this site to submit blogs and comments or make available files for us to post and upload to this site (“User Submissions”). You will be asked to provide your email address when commenting. Your IP address will also be recorded.

By submitting or making available User Submissions: (1) you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty free, irrevocable, perpetual licence to use, reproduce, store, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your User Submissions on this site or decide not to publish your User Submissions at all, as we deem appropriate without further reference to you; (2) you warrant that you independently created or otherwise have permission to publish the User Submissions submitted by you; (3) you must ensure, and warrant, that your User Submissions, and our use of them in accordance with the licence that you grant us under paragraph (1), do not infringe the rights of any third person; and (4) you consent to us doing anything in relation to your User Submissions that may otherwise constitute an infringement of your moral rights.

You acknowledge and agree that we may, at our sole discretion and without any prior notice to you: (1) remove or edit or deny access to any of your User Submissions; (2) copy, reproduce and create derivative works of your User Submissions (with or without attribution to you) for the purposes of direct advertising or testimonial advertising for this site; and (3) suspend or terminate your ability to submit, remove or modify your User Submissions.

Unless expressly permitted by these terms, you must not (1): republish material published on this site (including republication on another website); (2) sell, rent or sub-licence material from this site; (3) show any material published on this site in public; (4) exploit material published on this site for a commercial purpose; or (5) redistribute material published on this site.

We invite you to notify us if you consider that any comment or other content published on this site does not comply with our Terms of USE.

Medical Disclaimer

This site is not designed to and does not provide any medical advice, or information or other content that is intended to assist in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention or cure of any medical condition whatsoever.

The information and other content found on this site, whether written, audio or audio-visual (together, “Information”) is and represents the personal views of the individual authors or presenters and is of a general nature only. The Information is not in any way intended to provide substitute for or alternative to medical advice or professional medical care and nor is it or does it purport to be evidence-based science. No Information is tailored to your personal circumstances and could be harmful if relied upon without professional medical consultation and care. You should not use the Information in place of a consultation with a registered medical practitioner or other professional healthcare provider. Neither we nor the individual author or presenter of any Information that is posted in this site are or will at any time now or in the future be liable or responsible for any use you make of any Information, services or product you access or obtain through this site.

We do not recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, procedures, opinions or other information that now or later may be provided on this site. Your choice to use any Information is entirely your responsibility, and your use of all Information is solely at your own risk.

What to do in a medical emergency

IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CALL an emergency services number in your area (e.g. 000 or 911) OR A REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.

If you believe you have any other health problem, or if you are experiencing any symptoms, or if you have any questions regarding your health or any medical condition, you should promptly consult a registered medical practitioner or other professional healthcare provider. Never disregard medical or professional advice. Do not delay seeking it because of something you read or access on or from this site or a linked website. Never rely on Information on this website in place of seeking professional medical advice or care. If you are unclear about the relevance of Information to your particular circumstances, you should consult with a registered medical practitioner or other professional healthcare provider.

Disclaimer

The Information published on this site is published on an ‘as is’ basis, without warranties, representations and guarantees of any kind, either express, implied or statutory, including without limit, suitability, fitness for purpose, accuracy or completeness.

All Information published on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from this site, is for informational purposes only. You must make your own assessment of the suitability of the content for your own purposes. You are solely responsible for the actions you take in reliance on Information on or accessed through this site.

We will not be liable for any loss, injury, or damage, howsoever caused, whether direct or indirect, and whether now or in the future, in negligence or otherwise, from or in connection to the display or use of any Information for any purpose whatsoever.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any loss, damage, claim, expense, cost or liability you may suffer as a direct or indirect result of: (1) inaccuracy of any Information, including Third Party Content, contained on this site; or (2) action taken by you as a result of Information or Third Party Content contained on this site.

Conditions of use (“Conditions”)

You acknowledge and agree as a condition of access to this site:

that we do not authorise, condone or endorse any User Submission submitted by other users of this site (“Third Party Content”), and are not responsible for the accuracy, legality or decency of such content;
we are under no obligation to monitor the site however we reserve the right to review Third Party Content posted on it and to edit, replace or remove content in our sole discretion at any time without notice to you or anyone;
by publishing Information, including Third Party Content, on this site we make no representation or warranty as to its accuracy, currency or suitability to anyone or anything;
you will use the site, and any Information including Third Party Information, only for your personal use in accordance with these Terms, and will make no other use of the content without our express prior written consent;
you agree to the use of log files and cookies as described in these Terms;
you will not:

a) use the site, or the Information for any purpose that is unlawful, vilifying or harassing of anyone, or prohibited by these Terms;

b) post or upload content that is or could be considered to be inappropriate, profane, obscene or indecent;

c) upload files that contain or could contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer;

d) advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose;

e) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying this site;

f) harvest or otherwise collect information about others without their consent whether anonymously or otherwise;

g) modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer, or create derivative works from any Information or content found on this site;

h) use this site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the site or interfere in any manner with any other person or party’s use and/or enjoyment of the site;

i) interfere with the intended operation or otherwise seek to circumvent any anti-piracy or other applications that protect content on this site.

Copyright and Intellectual Property

All content included as part of the site, including without limitation text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the site, is the property of the registrants of the website from time to time, their contractors and suppliers or the authors of the blogs, comments and/or audio or audio/visual content contained on this site and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in the content on this site or pertaining to the site as a whole.

Log files

This site follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and it is a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the site, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and web beacons

Like many websites, this site uses ‘cookies’. Cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimise the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

Any questions in relation to this site should be directed to the moderators or registrants via the contact form.