Disclaimer and legal notice
Disclaimer
The information provided on and from this website is given in good faith and for general information only. It does not constitute legal advice and must not be relied upon as such. If you have a specific legal question you should address it to the relevant Wedlake Bell partner as indicated on this website. Alternatively, you can send an email to legal@wedlakebell.com or telephone us on 020 7395 3000.
We make every effort to ensure that the information on this website is correct but we cannot guarantee that its contents will be entirely accurate and up to date at all times or that your access to it will be uninterrupted. We reserve the right to change the contents of this website (including without limitation the terms of this Disclaimer and Legal Notice) or withdraw the website at any time without notice and we will not be liable to you for any such modification or withdrawal.
Whilst steps have been taken to ensure that this website is free from viruses, no warranty is given in this regard and users are responsible for ensuring that they have appropriate virus checking software.
We do not accept any responsibility for and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exclude any liability for, any loss or damage whatsoever arising out of or related to any use of, inability to use or reliance on this website (or any third party website which is linked from this website) or any information provided on or from it. You shall compensate us in full if we incur any losses or if any claims or legal proceedings are brought or threatened against us by any other person arising from your use of this website.
Links
Electronic links to this website from any other website are prohibited without our prior written consent. In addition, if you want to display the content of our website surrounded or framed by material not originating from us, you must obtain our prior written consent. Requests should be addressed to legal@wedlakebell.com. We reserve the right to require the removal of any link to our website at any time (whether or not our prior consent to such link has been given).
This website may from time to time provide links to third party websites. These links are provided for your information only. Please note that the content of a third party website may be outside our control and may be subject to terms and conditions imposed by the owner of that content. If you access other sites using the links provided, we cannot be responsible for the content of those sites or for the way in which they deal with you or use any information they may acquire about you.
We do not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content of or software downloaded from any website linked from this website or which links to it.
Copyright
© and Database Right: Wedlake Bell 2006. All Rights Reserved. The intellectual property rights in this website and its content are owned by Wedlake Bell or its third party licensors. The content of this website is protected by copyright. Copying all or part of the content of this website is not permitted without our prior written consent, save that permission is granted for:
- the downloading, temporary storage and printing of hard copies for personal use or for internal, non-commercial use within your organisation; and
- the distribution of copies (in printed or electronic form) to third parties for their personal use or for internal, non-commercial use, provided that (a) Wedlake Bell is acknowledged as the source and copyright owner; (b) the text is not adapted in any way; and (c) their attention is drawn to this Disclaimer and Legal Notice.
Privacy Policy
We are committed to preserving the confidentiality of any personal data which we collect through your use of this website, either when you or your organisation provide us with your contact details or when we track your visits to our website and the resources that you access (your "Personal Data"). This Privacy Policy sets out how we will use your Personal Data. When you submit your Personal Data to us, you are giving your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Data as set forth in this privacy policy.
For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 Wedlake Bell is the data controller in respect of your Personal Data.
How do we collect your Personal Data?
We may collect and use any Personal Data which you provide via this website including (without limitation) the following:
- any data which you provide when you complete and submit any forms on our website, participate in any forums/blogs or send us emails (which will of course identify you); and
- any data which you provide to us when you sign up to any newsletters or bulletins or request any marketing information.
In each case the purpose for which you are submitting your details will be made clear, for example to receive particular bulletins or be sent information on events. When you submit any Personal Data to us (other than as a result of participating in any forum), you will be given the option to receive information from us by email, post or telephone about services, events etc. which we think may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to be contacted for such purposes, please ensure that you tick the appropriate box as you make your submission.
If you would prefer that we do not collect any Personal Data from you, please do not submit any Personal Data to us.
How do we store your Personal Data?
We will keep your Personal Data on a secure server located in the United Kingdom. The technology that we use and the security policies which we have implemented are intended to safeguard your Personal Data from unauthorised access and improper use. We will keep your Personal Data for a reasonable time to enable us to use it for the purposes described in this privacy policy.
How do we use your Personal Data?
We use your Personal Data for the following purposes:
- responding to any enquiry you have made;
- contacting you by email, post or telephone to send you details of newsletters, bulletins and/or alerts, information regarding our services or invitations to marketing or other events (provided that you have indicated your agreement for us to do this when you submitted your Personal Data); and
- in aggregate form, for internal business purposes, such as generating statistics and developing our marketing plans.
Who do we disclose your Personal Data to?
From time to time we may use third parties to process or administer the Personal Data on our behalf, for example to send out invitations to events but such third parties are not allowed to use the data for their own purposes.
If you have any queries about this Policy or the data we hold about you, or if you wish to update any information we hold about you, please email legal@wedlakebell.com.
Our Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text files which this website places on your computer to identify your computer, to store information about your use and navigation of this website and to obtain certain information on you. The use of cookies helps us in tracking patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site, to build up marketing profiles and understand browsing patterns. While the cookies, by necessity, contain some personal information (for example, the URL you came from, IP address, domain types, your browser type, the country and telephone area code where your computer is located), they also enable us to: -
- estimate our audience size and usage pattern;
- store information about your preferences and therefore allow us to customise this website according to your individual interests; and
- recognise you when you return to this website.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you will be unable to access this website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to this website. If you have any queries about how we use the cookies, please email legal@wedlakebell.com.
User Forums
We are committed to ensuring that our website and the services we provide remain informative and safe for you. We encourage the lawful use of and contribution to user forums (for example blogs). The forums assist website users in discussing and exploring issues of concern and provide an opportunity to share common experiences.
By using this website, you warrant that you will only use this website for lawful and acceptable purposes and will not submit any unlawful or unacceptable content to this website.
The following are examples of actions and material which would be unacceptable:
- using our website for unlawful purposes, for example, sending, posting or distributing material which is indecent, racist, defamatory or invasive of privacy;
- using our website to post or distribute advertising, chain messages, spam or press releases;
- harassing other users;
- impersonating any other person;
- any use which is intended to disrupt or vandalise our website; or
- breaching any person's trade mark rights, copyright, moral rights or other intellectual property rights or misusing any confidential information.
You acknowledge and agree that notwithstanding that we have the right (but not the obligation) to examine and monitor any submissions to any forums to ensure lawful and acceptable use, all such submissions are your sole responsibility. Subject to the following restrictions, you will be free to submit messages to us about issues of interest and/or concern:
- if you choose to submit a message to us for posting on the forum, you may disclose Personal Data about yourself or your organisation to other users (who may be outside the European Economic Area), but you must not, through using the forums, collect, store, or otherwise process personal data about other users to our website;
- we reserve the right to examine any submissions and delete, move, edit and/or disable access to any message posted on the forums for any reason, at any time and without notice to you. We may also choose not to post or allow certain messages to be posted on the forums for any reason and without notice to you;
- if, while using our website, you discover anyone in breach of this section titled "User Forums", you shall inform us straight away; and
- we shall not have any liability to you in respect of any messages posted by other users to our website.
You must comply with any laws local to you wherever you are physically present when you access the forums or post or read a message. You must treat everything you read or post as private and confidential to the forums and other users of our website. You are responsible for ensuring that any message that you post on the forums is free from any error.
Governing law
This Disclaimer and Legal Notice and all issues regarding this website are governed by English law and any dispute arising from this website will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. If you experience any problems with this website please email legal@wedlakebell.com.