Terms and Conditions of Use

1. General
These Terms and Conditions of Use govern your use of the Mater Private Healthcare website (the “Website”). By using this Website, you accept these Terms and Conditions of Use in full. If you disagree with any part of these Terms and Conditions, you should immediately discontinue using the Website. Mater Private Healthcare reserves the right to modify these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time. You should therefore review these Terms and Conditions of Use every time you begin using the Website to check for any changes. By using the Website after we post any changes you will have agreed to accept those changes.

2. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions of Use and all issues relating to the Website are governed by the Irish Courts and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish Courts. For the avoidance of doubt, the courts of the Republic of Ireland have exclusive jurisdiction over all claims or disputes arising in relation to, out of, or in connection with these Terms and Conditions of Use, the information contained on this Website, and any use made of that information.
 
3. Disclaimer as to Accuracy of Information
The information contained on this Website is for general information purposes only. While care has been taken in the preparation of the information contained on the Website, we do not make any representations, guarantees or warranties as to the accuracy of the information contained on this Website. No liability whatsoever is accepted by Mater Private Healthcare for any action taken in reliance on the information on this Website. Visitors who rely on any information contained on this Website do so entirely at their own risk.
 
4. Intellectual Property
All materials and content on this Website including, for the avoidance of doubt, text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio or video and software are protected by applicable copyright and/or other intellectual property laws and are the property of Mater Private Healthcare and/or its content suppliers.

5. Need for Professional Advice
You should not rely on any information contained on the Website in relation to a specific issue or decision without taking advice from an appropriately qualified medical professional or, depending on the nature of the specific issue, another suitably qualified person.
 
6. Use  of Site
All information and other material contained on this Website is provided for private use only. All or any content, information and software contained on this Website may not be copied, duplicated, transmitted, amended, reproduced, sold, resold or otherwise exploited in any form whatsoever without the express prior written consent of Mater Private Healthcare. Any modification, distribution, transmission, republication or display in public of any part of this Website is strictly prohibited.

7. Prohibited Use of Website
The information on this Website is not intended to be provided to and should not be used in any State or jurisdiction of any nature in which access to or use of such information is prohibited, whether in the format in which it is presented on this Website or otherwise. If you have any doubts about the legality of your using this Website, you should not continue any further.

8. Unauthorised Access
You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which the site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. 

9. Amendments
The contents of this Website, including these Terms and Conditions of Use, any information contained on this Website and our Privacy Statement are subject to change and to being updated without notice from time to time.

10. Hypertext links
This Website contains hypertext links to websites not maintained by Mater Private Healthcare or any member of Mater Private Healthcare. Such links are provided to you for convenience only. Mater Private Healthcare does not endorse or represent the reliability, accuracy, or quality of any information, goods, services, or products displayed or advertised on such other websites. Mater Private Healthcare has no control over these sites and is not responsible for their availability or content. No member of Mater Private Healthcare is or shall be (or be deemed to be) a party to any contract that you may or do enter into with the providers of such goods, services or products. You are reminded that different terms and conditions of use will apply to you as a user of such websites. Mater Private Healthcare hereby disclaims any and all liability for the content of such websites and any loss or damage of any nature suffered by you as a result either: (a) of accessing or using such websites; or (b) availing of or acquiring any or all of the goods, services or products advertised or available on or via such websites. The use by you of such websites is at your sole risk.

11. Viruses, Damage and Availability
Mater Private Healthcare does not warrant that this Website is free from delays, interruptions or errors, or that defects will be corrected.  Mater Private Healthcare does not warrant that the server which makes the Website available is free from viruses or bugs. You must not misuse this Website by knowingly or recklessly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or harmful. You acknowledge and accept that it is your responsibility to implement sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other appropriate security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements.

12. Security
Please note that Mater Private Healthcare cannot guarantee, ensure or warrant the privacy, security or confidentiality of information relating to you that passes over the Internet. In accessing this Website and in availing of any of the services/information available on or via this Website, you are deemed by these Terms and Conditions of Use to accept that electronic mail messaging and Internet communication may not be free from interference by third parties and may not remain confidential.

In all circumstances the use by you of this website is at your sole risk.
 
13. Privacy Statement
Mater Private Healthcare will use your personal data in the manner set out in its Privacy Statement. However, in the event of a conflict between the Privacy Statement and these Terms and Conditions of Use, the Terms and Conditions of Use shall prevail.

14. General disclaimer of liability
14.1
No shareholder, director, employee, contractor or agent of Mater Private Healthcare (or any other person or 3rd party involved with the provision and maintenance of this Website) takes any responsibility for the accuracy of the information provided on this Website. Use of such information is at the user’s sole risk. No shareholder, director, employee, contractor or agent of Mater Private Healthcare (or any other person or 3rd party involved with the provision and maintenance of this Website) accepts any liability for any loss, personal injury or damage of any nature, including but not limited to loss of profits, goodwill, or any other type of financial or other pecuniary or direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential loss howsoever arising whether in negligence or for breach of contract or other duty as a result of:
(i) use of this Website, including but not limited to any electronic mail messaging and Internet communication that may arise from, in the course of or pursuant to such use; and/or
(ii) reliance on the information contained in this Website (including any errors, inaccuracies or omissions in such information or any faults, interruptions or delays in connection with the Website), whether:
(a) downloaded or not;
(b) authorised or not.

14.2
Mater Private Healthcare makes no representation or warranty or undertaking of any kind in relation to the analysis or information contained on this Website or the completeness or accuracy of such information.

14.3
Except as expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions of Use, all representations, warranties, terms and conditions whether express or implied in relation to this Website or the information contained herein are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

15. Attempted use of Website
These Terms and Conditions of Use shall also apply, subject to alteration as necessary, to attempted access of the website and attempted use of information on it.

16. General
16.1
In the event that any provision in these Terms and Conditions of Use is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision shall be severed and the remaining provisions shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of Republic of Ireland.