HONcode certificate: respect of the 8 HONcode principles by the health website

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Certificate of compliance with the Code of Conduct HONcode

The health Website
The Millenium Project
is in compliance with the HONcode

Title of the site: The Millenium Project
Web address: http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/
HONcode PIN number : HONConduct244415
Date of initial review: 23 Jan 2002
Validity of certificate 12 Apr 2011 - Apr 2013
Date of last visit 12 Apr 2011

This certificate confirms the revision of the site by the HONcode Team at the above date.
It respects and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct (HONcode).

* 1. Authoritative 2. Complementarity 3. Privacy 4. Attribution 5. Justifiability 6. Transparency
7. Financial disclosure 8. Advertising policy

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The Health on the Net (HON) certificate serves as a guarantee that this website, at the date of its certification, complies with and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct as drawn up by the HON foundation.

The responsible of the certified site commits to keep the site in compliance with the HON code principles for the duration of the certification.

Although measures such as a complaint mechanism, the periodical review and the automatic surveillance mechanisms are put in place to guarantee the compliance of the certified website with the ethical principles of HON as much as possible, incidental inaccuracies cannot be completely excluded. In no event the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) can be held liable for any damages resulting from the use or inability to use HON certified websites nor can the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) be held liable for the content of these certified websites, including, but not limited to the information of third-parties or hyperlinks accessible via HON certified websites.

The certified website is responsible for the content of its website, unless otherwise provided by law.

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You will find below the elements identified by the HONcode team at a precise date to justify the respect of the 8 ethical principles.

The content of this certificate has been collected and written by the Health On the Net Foundation (HON) and should not be used without previous permission granted by HON. A request for permission can be sent to: HON.

1. Information must be authoritative

The company is operated by Peter Bowditch, who has had over 40 years working with computers and their applications to business.
http://www.gebesse.com.au/aboutus.htm

This site is owned and maintained by Peter Bowditch.
In real life I work for a computer consulting company and I am an exemplar of the baby boomer generation in terms of age, family structure and past indiscretions.
(12 Apr 2011) -

2. Presentation of the site
Mission: This site provides, among other things, criticism of non-scientific and fraudulent medical practices. (Webmaster)

This web site was created in March 1999 when I discovered that one of the most offensive (to me) sites on the Web had been reborn with a new domain name. I felt that there was a need to be rude to some people. The constant misspelling of the word "millennium" with only one "n" inspired me to create a millenium - that is, a collection of a thousand arseholes.
(12 Apr 2011) -

Audience:

This website is intended to the general public
(12 Apr 2011) -

Purpose of the website

I am not a medical doctor, and there is no medical advice on this site. If you are sick or think you are sick, you should see a doctor. That means a real doctor, not someone who pretends to be a doctor.
(12 Apr 2011) -

3. Confidentiality

The only information about visitors to this site which is examined or kept is that which is provided voluntarily by someone sending email to the site owner. As noted under our Email Republication Policy, we may publish any email sent to this site.

We will not sell or provide any details obtained through this site or through any other of our activities to anyone unless ordered to do so by a properly constituted court with appropriate jurisdiction.

The only time web server logs are looked at is when it is necessary to do so to solve site management problems. The traffi... (12 Apr 2011) -

4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated

Each post is dated

A version of this article was published on the Yahoo! 7 News Blog on September 1, 2009
(12 Apr 2011) -

5. Justification of claims

The content of this site is opinion. It is my opinion, and if it does not match yours then that is too bad. Some people seem to be very frightened by my opinions, although I cannot understand why this should be so. If they have businesses or beliefs which are threatened by what I say on a web site which attracts a number of visitors each month which is only a minute proportion of the hundreds of millions of Internet users, then perhaps they need to think about how strong those businesses and beliefs are. The second matter is that, because this site is an expression of my opinions, I will publ... (12 Apr 2011) -

6. User support and adequation

My email address for correspondence about this site is
(12 Apr 2011) -

7. Disclosure of funding sources

The company is operated by Peter Bowditch, who has had over 40 years working with computers and their applications to business.
http://www.gebesse.com.au/aboutus.htm

This site is funded by spending my own money, the commission on the sale of books and some other products, and by donations. Suggestions have been made that I am paid by shadowy organisations like pharmaceutical companies. If only this were true ...
(12 Apr 2011) -

8. Advertising policy

The advertisements appearing on this site are produced by Google's AdSense system and any payment for allowing them to be displayed is donated to the Australian Council Against Health Fraud to assist in the fight against quackery. Neither I nor ACAHF have any control over the content of the advertisements, which are generated by Google based on words appearing in the surrounding page. This can produce the anomalous situation of advertisements which contradict the sentiments expressed on the site. If you see an example of this, please email me with the details.
(12 Apr 2011) -

"Ads by Google"
(12 Apr 2011) -

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