Welcome to the My Diabetes My Way website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following Terms and Conditions of use, which together with our Privacy Notice govern My Diabetes My Way’s relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these Terms and Conditions, please do not use our website.

The term ‘My Diabetes My Way’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website. My Diabetes My Way is developed and operated by the University of Dundee on behalf of NHS Scotland. The University of Dundee’s registered office is Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN. My Diabetes My Way is operated from School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, DD1 9SY.

We may revise these terms of use from time to time. You will be legally bound by the revised terms from the first time that you use this website after the revised version is displayed here.

The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

  • The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use. The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
  • This website is for people with diabetes and their families and friends to help find diabetes information and resources. All the information that is provided on this website has been created in consultation with people with diabetes and many healthcare professionals that specialise in diabetes medicine. This website is provided for information only and is not intended to meet your health or medical needs. 
    • In a life-threatening emergency, dial 999.
    • If you need urgent health advice but it’s less urgent than 999, or you need urgent treatment for symptoms that are not listed on this website, dial 111.
    • If you need health help in a language other than English, dial 111. Simply mention the language you wish to use when the NHS 111 operator answers your call. They can arrange a confidential interpreter service in many languages.
    • If you have difficulties communicating or hearing, you can use the NHS 111 service through a text phone by calling 18001 111.
  • Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
  • Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
  • This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited unless explicitly agreed with the My Diabetes My Way team, contactable at mydiabetes.myway@nhs.scot 
  • All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.
  • Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
  • You shall not reverse engineer, decompile, copy or adapt any software or other code or scripts that form part of this website nor attempt to transmit to or via the website any information that contains a virus, worm, trojan, or other harmful or disruptive components. 
  • We cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to this website, or the sites to which it links, or that this website or its supporting systems are free of harmful or disruptive components. We accept no responsibility for any damage arising from the unavailability of this website or the information it contains. 
  • This website uses YouTube and Vimeo to host videos created by and associated with My Diabetes My Way. While we take the utmost care to ensure only video clips specifically related to our website are visible, we cannot control the standard YouTube or Vimeo interfaces. As a result, we cannot control and are not responsible for, the viewing of any ‘related content’ not created by and for My Diabetes My Way. 
  • You may create hypertext links to our website.
  • If you submit personal information to us through this website, it will be used in accordance with our privacy notice and cookies policy. 
  • The internet is not a secure medium for communication. We cannot guarantee that any information you submit to us through our website or by email will arrive safely or be secure from interception by third parties.
  • To the extent that it is practically possible, if you breach the terms, we may terminate your access to any part of this website at any time without notice. 
  • This website includes links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
  • Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
  • If any of these terms or part of these terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable then the remaining terms shall remain in full force and effect. 
  • If you are under 16 years of age, you should seek your parent’s or guardian’s guidance about any information given on this website and/or any concerns regarding your health.

 

Version 2.3 – last updated 13th December 2024

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