Legal Notice of Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website
The Website is operated by Alexander Forbes
Services Limited (“Alexander Forbes”) a company registered in England and Wales
(company number 05888855 ) whose registered office is at 6 Bevis Marks, London,
EC3A 7AF on behalf of companies within the Alexander Forbes Limited Group (as
defined below) which owns or has licence rights to the content.
The following terms and conditions (the
“Terms”) set out the basis for use of the Website and by accessing the Website
you agree to be bound by the Terms which should be read in full and may affect
your use of the Website. The Terms may be updated from time to time. You are
advised to check this page each time you access the Website.
The “Group” shall include Alexander Forbes
Limited, a South African company and all its directly or indirectly owned
subsidiary companies.
Liability and Disclaimer
1. Whilst Alexander Forbes has sought to ensure the information
contained in the Website was accurate on the date of inclusion no warranty is
given regarding the content of the Website, any product or service offered
through it, its completeness or accuracy. Alexander Forbes does not
warrant that this Website, or the server through which it is accessed, are free
of defects, viruses or other harmful components. All information provided
in the Website has been prepared for general information and illustration
purposes only and does not establish, in any form, a business or professional
relationship with the author, Alexander Forbes itself, or any company in the
Group.
2. To the fullest extent permissible by law Alexander Forbes disclaims
all warranties, conditions or duties of every nature whatsoever, including
without limitation, any implied warranties of satisfactory quality or of
fitness for a particular purpose, any express or statutory warranties and any
warranties or duties regarding accuracy, timeliness, completeness or
performance in respect of the Website and your use of it. You agree that
(to the fullest extent allowed by law) Alexander Forbes and all companies
within the Group will not be liable to you and/or any third party for any loss
or damages (including, without limitation, damages for any indirect or
consequential loss, loss of business opportunities or projects, or loss of
profits) howsoever arising even if Alexander Forbes has been advised of the
possibility of such damages and even in the event of fault or tort (including
negligence, strict liability or otherwise).
3. To the extent that the Website contains links to other third party
services and websites Alexander Forbes cannot provide any warranty (implied or
otherwise) as to the accuracy or source of information contained in these
sites, or the information you download. Links from the Website, over which
Alexander Forbes has no control, do not constitute any endorsement or approval
of these third party organisations or the content of these sites.
Copyright Notice and Reproduction
4. The Website and all present and future copyright, trademarks, and
other intellectual property rights relating to the Website are vested in
Alexander Forbes and its licensors. You acquire no rights in the Website
other than the limited right to use the Website in accordance with the Terms.
You agree to protect the proprietary rights of Alexander Forbes and its
licensors and agree to promptly notify Alexander Forbes in writing (contact
details below) upon becoming aware of any unauthorised access or any use of the
Website that infringes upon any proprietary rights.
5. You are permitted to print out or download information and content
from this Website only for your own personal non-commercial use or for the
non-commercial use of your organisation. You may not offer for sale or sell
or distribute over any medium any part of this Website or its content.
You may not make any part of the Website available as part of another Website,
whether by hyperlink framing on the Internet or otherwise unless you have been
authorised to do so in writing by Alexander Forbes. To apply for
authorisation, you must either e-mail or write to Alexander Forbes (contact
details below) with the following details: (a) your name or the name of the
technical contact responsible for the link(s); (b) the name of your company;
(c) the email address and telephone number for you. You may not use the
Alexander Forbes name or misuse the Alexander Forbes brand in any way, such use
or misuse to be determined solely at the discretion of Alexander Forbes. All moral
rights, intellectual property rights and other equivalent rights derived from
the contents of the Website are hereby asserted and reserved.
Confidentiality and Data Protection
6. Information that we acquire will be treated as confidential and will
not be disclosed, other than in the normal course of performing services on
behalf of our clients unless their consent has been obtained, the information
is required to be disclosed by operation of law or regulation, it is already in
the public domain or it has been received independently from a third party whom
we reasonably believe is permitted to supply such information to us.
7. In the normal course of performing services for our clients,
information may be shared within the Group and may be used both for research
and statistical purposes and crime prevention. It may be transferred to
any country, including countries outside the European Economic Area, for any of
these purposes and for systems administration. It may also be used to provide
our clients with information about products and services that we believe could
be of interest.
8. When our clients supply us with information containing personal data
(names, addresses, or other information relating to living individuals), we
will hold and use that data to perform services for those clients on the
understanding that the individuals to whom the data relates have been informed
of the reason(s) for obtaining the data and the fact that it may be disclosed
to third parties such as other members of the Group.
9. The Group will treat any personal information received about you
with the utmost respect and in accordance with data protection legislation,
including the Data Protection Act 1998 as amended from time to time.
10. Information provided by you, or which is obtained from other sources
in the course of our dealings with you, may be used by the Group and its
subsidiaries to facilitate the provision of the services applied for or
requested.
11. We may disclose your personal information to other companies
including other members of the Group. We may use that information to
advise you of our products and services or with your permission details from
other companies, which may be of interest to you (a list of third party
companies is available upon request).
12.
Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you are
entitled to a copy of your personal data held by us upon written request
(contact details below) and payment of a fee. If the details are
incorrect then you can ask us to amend them. You may also remove your personal
information from our database, so as not to receive further communications, by
emailing or writing to Alexander Forbes (contact details below).
13.
Calls may be recorded.
Cookies
14. Cookies are used on our site for the purpose of compiling web
statistics. They are not used to gather personal information about Website
users. Any information stored in the cookie is solely for server administration
purpose.
15. Cookies are programmes which track the movements of individual
visitors to the Website and gather information. The web browser stores this
information on disk in the form of a small data file. You may refuse the
cookie, if you wish. To do so, you will need to adjust your browser settings.
Governing Law
16. The use of the Website by you and any dispute or claim relating
thereto in respect of the Terms or otherwise shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with English Law and you hereby submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the English Court to determine all matters relating thereto.
Contact Details
17. Head of Legal and Company Secretarial
Alexander Forbes
Services Limited
Leon House
233 High Street
Croydon
Surrey
CR9 9AF
Tel: 020 8686
0660
Email: legalandcosec@aforbes.co.uk