Website Terms and Conditions

ALBION PLANNING CONSULTANTS LIMITED

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE WEBSITE

This is the official website of Albion Planning Consultants Limited (now known as APC) which is a limited company registered in England and Wales under Registration Number 4358670 and the registered office address is Selwyn Chambers, Sampson House, The Street, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9QN. The registered VAT number is 787 2970 70.

These Terms and Conditions govern your use of the website and all issues relating to privacy. These Terms and Conditions apply to the website reference on the web under www.albionconsultants.biz. Please note that APC can modify the Terms and Conditions or substitute new Terms and Conditions at any stage without notice. The privacy policy can also be changed without notice at any stage by APC. You are obliged to check and re-read the Terms and Conditions section on the website every time you use the website to fully understand any changes to the Terms and Conditions governing the use of the website. All uses of the website are governed by the relevant Terms and Conditions appearing on the website at the time that the website is viewed. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions contained herein you must immediately stop using the website. It should be noted that any continued use of the website should be deemed to be an acceptance of all the Terms and Conditions set out herein.

If you wish to raise any issues concerning the Terms and Conditions you are free to issue a communication to the webmaster who is resident at the registered office of APC Limited.

The following specific terms and conditions apply to use of this website at all times:-

1. You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without the prior written consent of APC Limited through its Company Secretary.

2. The use of the website and any dispute occurring relating to the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions arising out of the use of the website will be subject to the laws of England and Wales.

3. This website is made available for public inspection and observation on the strict understanding that Albion Planning Consultants Limited excludes to the full extent lawfully permitted all liability whatsoever for any loss or damage howsoever arising relating to the use of this website or reliance upon the contents of any part of this website or the whole of the said website. However, Albion Planning Consultants Limited does not exclude liability (if any) for personal injury or death resulting from the negligence of Albion Planning Consultants Limited.

4. The content and design of all pages within this website are subject to copyright owned by APC Limited or used under licence from third party copyright owner. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the full copyright notice. The copyright notice forms part of these Terms and Conditions.

5. This website contains general information and does not constitute advice on a specific matters. It does not constitute specific planning advice. It does not constitute specific legal advice. Whilst APC Limited makes every effort to ensure that the content is accurate and up to date, nothing in the pages of this website shall be construed as providing specific planning advice or specific financial advice nor specific legal advice. In using this website you confirm that you have not relied upon any such content. If you require specific advice on a specific planning problem or a specific legal problem then you should contact our office in writing and ask for specific dedicated advice in writing.

6. From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided to provide further information not intended to signify that Albion Planning Consultants Limited endorses such websites and all contents thereof. Albion Planning Consultants Limited has no responsibility for the connected or linked websites. It is your responsibility to check the Terms and Conditions of any other websites you may visit.

7. Full Copyright Notice:-

1. The contents of these pages are the copyright of Albion Planning Consultants Limited. Reproduction of part or whole of the contents prohibited other than in accordance with the following permission:-

Licence to copy for personal use only
You may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal use.

Licence to copy for limited purposes
You may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal information, but only if:-

You acknowledge the website as the source of the material; and
You inform the third party that these terms apply and the third party agrees to comply with these terms.

The Licence to copy does not permit incorporation of the content or any part of it in any other work or publication in any form whatsoever. Without limiting the foregoing, no part of the website may be:-

Distributed or copied for any commercial purpose; or
Reproduced, transmitted or stored in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

8. Privacy Policy

Albion Planning Consultants Limited may ask you to provide certain information when you use the website. You will know when Albion Planning Consultants Limited is collecting information intended to be kept for future use because the web page will contain a link to this privacy policy. Albion Planning Consultants Limited is committed to ensuring privacy is protected. This policy sets out how Albion Planning Consultants Limited use and protect any personal information that you give Albion Planning Consultants Limited when using this website. If you have any queries about this policy please contact the website editor before providing your information. Albion Planning Consultants Limited may amend this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with the changes. This policy is effective from 31 January 2008.

The information collected may include:-

Name and job title
Contact information including email address
Gender
Occupation and company details
Interests in order to provide you with details of Albion Planning Consultants produces and services
Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
Other information relevant to recruitment processes

Albion Planning Consultants Limited may use this information for the following reasons:-

Internal record keeping
To improve its products and services
Send information to you which it thinks may be of interest to you
Provide information relating to you or others if you indicate that you want to receive marketing material or similar communications
Provide aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help Albion Planning Consultants Limited develop its website and services. Albion Planning Consultants Limited may provide such aggregate information to third parties. These statistics will not include anything that can be used to identify any individual.
Recruitment and selection purposes
To pass your details to accountants, consultants and other professionals for the purpose of obtaining professional advice and complying with Albion Planning Consultants Limited’s contractual obligations.
Use the information to customise the website according to your interests

If you have supplied contact details Albion Planning Consultants Limited may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.

Cookies and IP Addresses

On this website Albion Planning Consultants Limited uses Sitestat, a Nedstat product, to measure and analyse information on visits to the website. To that effect we use your IP address (a series of numbers that identifies a computer on the internet) to collect, among other things, internet traffic data and data regarding your browser type and computer. We will not use the data to identify you personally.

In addition cookies are used. In addition cookies are used. A cookie is a small file that is stored on your computer when you visit a website. If you visit the website again, it is recognised as a repeat visit by means of the cookie. The cookie contains a unique number and therefore no personal data. We will not use the cookie to identify you personally. The cookie cannot be used to identify you on websites of third parties, including Nedstat. You can configure your web browser to refuse cookies, to delete cookies, or to be informed if a cookie is set. You can find out how to do this by clicking "help" on your browser menu.

We use the services of Nedstat to increase the efficiency of our website. For more information on Nedstat and their privacy policy we refer you to their website at http://www.nedstat.co.uk

Security

The internet is not a secure medium. Albion Planning Consultants Limited is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Personal Information

You can choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information:-

Whenever you are asked to fill in a form, look for the box which you can click to say that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.
If you have previously not objected to Albion Planning Consultants Limited using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you can change your mind at any time by writing to:

The Company Secretary
Albion Planning Consultants Limited
Selwyn Chambers
Sampson House
The Street
Woolpit
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP30 9QN

Albion Planning Consultants Limited may also like to provide you with information by e-mail. However, Albion Planning Consultants Limited appreciate that e-mail "spam" has become a problem in recent years. If you are a client or you have previously asked Albion Planning Consultants Limited for information on our products, Albion Planning Consultants Limited may send you information on our range of products by e-mail, unless you have asked Albion Planning Consultants Limited not to do so.

If the reason you have given Albion Planning Consultants Limited personal information is to receive email information from them, Albion Planning consultants Limited will continue to provide this information by email unless you ask them not to do so.

Otherwise when you provide Albion Planning Consultants Limited with personal information you will be asked whether or not you are happy for Albion Planning Consultants Limited to send you this kind of information by email.

If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive marketing emails from Albion Planning Consultants Limited please contact the Company Secretary at:-

Albion Planning Consultants Limited
Selwyn Chambers
Sampson House
The Street
Woolpit
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP30 9QN

Owing to the global nature of the internet infrastructure, the information you provide may be transferred to countries outside the EEA that do not have similar protections in place regarding your information and its use. Albion Planning Consultants Limited may also transfer details to associated offices some of which are outside the EEA or to third parties for the purposes set out above. Albion Planning Consultants Limited has taken the steps outlined above to try and improve the security of your information.

By using the website and not advising Albion Planning Consultants Limited to the contrary, you consent to Albion Planning Consultants Limited using the data in the way set out in these Terms and conditions.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you may request details of personal information that Albion Planning Consultants Limited holds about you. An official fee will be payable. If you want to make a request you should write to the Data Change Team at the above address.

If you believe that any information Albion Planning Consultants Limited holds about you is incorrect or incomplete, you should write to the Data Change Team at Albion Planning Consultants Limited at the above address. Any information which is found to be incorrect will be corrected as soon as possible.

Other Websites

The website may contain links that may it easy for users to visit other websites. If the user uses the links to leave the website and visit a website operated by a third party, Albion Planning Consultants Limited does not have any control over that website. Accordingly, Albion Planning Consultants Limited cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which users have provided while visiting such websites. Users should exercise caution and l0ok at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Data Protection and Privacy Statement

Your information will be held by Albion Planning Consultants Limited in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, and added to our marketing databases. It may be used for internal statistical analysis to fulfill any requests from you for further information and services and to contact you by mail, telephone or (if you give us your email address) electronic communication about other services or events offered by Albion Planning Consultants Limited or our associated offices. We may pass your details to our associated offices (some of which are outside of the EEA) but we will only allow their use for the purposes mentioned above. We may also transfer your details to any successor to our business (or a relevant part of it). An up to date list of our associated offices and their locations can be found on our website at www.albionconsultants.biz. This privacy statement applies to all information that we hold about you.

If you do not wish to receive further information about services and events offered by Albion Planning Consultants Limited and its associated firms, please write to us at our registered office, Selwyn Chambers, Sampson House, The Street, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9QN, telephone 01359 245140 who will assist you with your enquiries. You may also contact us this way if you wish to modify correct or object to the further processing of your information.