Terms and Conditions
Please take a moment to read the following terms and conditions of use.
Introduction
The intellectual property rights in respect of any work or research on this
site are owned by or licensed to IPF unless stated otherwise. Access to and use
of this website are subject to the following terms and conditions and privacy
policy.
1. Rights granted and main restrictions
1.1 The access and use of any IPF website featuring these Terms and Conditions
constitutes the user's acceptance of these Terms and Conditions which take
effect from the date from which each user first uses any such website
2. Copyright and printing
2.1 All rights, including copyright, in the websites and contents of IPF web
pages and downloads are owned by IPF or controlled for these purposes by IPF
(on behalf of our partners). Users may download printed copies of the material
displayed on an IPF website for personal use only (including use at work);
provided that you maintain all copyright notices and other proprietary notices
and comply with all confidentiality obligations hereunder. You must NOT
permanently store or otherwise copy contents for commercial gain.
2.2 The trade marks, logos of IPF, names and images displayed on IPF websites
are the registered or unregistered trade marks of IPF.
2.3 You shall comply with all copyright laws worldwide in the use of the
contents of this website and to prevent any unauthorised access or copying of
its contents
3. Liability and disclaimer
3.1 While reasonable care has been taken in the preparation of the websites to
ensure that the information contained on them is accurate, the IPF websites,
content, names, text and images included on them are provided 'AS IS' and
without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. To the fullest
extent permissible pursuant to UK law, IPF disclaims all warranties expressed
or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of reasonable care,
satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement
of title
3.2 IPF cannot warrant that the website and any associated services will be
uninterrupted or error free, that any defects will be corrected, or that this
website is free of viruses or other harmful components. IPF does not warrant
the materials in this website in terms of the correctness, accuracy or
otherwise
3.3 IPF websites contains guidance and notes as they might affect the average
person. They are intended as general information only and do not constitute
legal or other professional advice. It should not be relied on as the basis for
any decision or legal action. IPF takes every reasonable step to ensure the
accuracy and reliability of information published on the website, but cannot
accept liability for any loss suffered due to reliance on the contents of it.
The law is constantly changing so expert advice should always be sought.
3.4 To the extent permitted by applicable laws, no liability is accepted for
any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss or damage to
any user (whether arising in contract, tort including negligence or otherwise)
arising out of or in connection with the use of any IPF website or these terms
and conditions except for personal injury or death of any person caused by
negligence or for fraud
4. Third party links
4.1 Links contained in IPF websites may lead to other websites. The linked
sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the contents of
any linked site or any link contained in a linked site
5. Supply of information
5.1 Although IPF may from time to time monitor or review discussions, postings,
transmissions, bulletin boards and the like on its websites, IPF is under no
obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the
content of any such locations nor for any error, omission, third party
infringement, defamation, obscenity, or inaccuracy contained in any information
within such locations on its web-sites. Users are prohibited from posting or
transmitting any unlawful, defamatory, obscene or scandalous material or any
material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a
criminal offence, likely to give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates
any law. IPF reserves the right to delete, edit or move any content or
materials supplied by you in its absolute discretion and to cancel your
registration and access rights at any time and for any reason. IPF will fully
co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or
directing IPF to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information
or materials on its web-sites.
5.2 IPF's web servers may automatically recognise the domain name and email
address (where possible) of users of its websites. IPF may collect the domain
name and email address of visitors to its websites, the email address of those
who post messages to its bulletin boards, the email addresses of those who
communicate with the IPF via email, email addresses of those who make postings
to IPF's discussion areas, aggregate and /or analyse information on what pages
users access or visit and information volunteered by the user, such as survey
information and/or site registrations
5.3 The information collected by IPF is used for internal review, used to
improve the content of its website, used to customise the content and/or layout
of its web-sites for each individual user, used to notify users about updates
to its websites, used by IPF to contact users for marketing purposes and is not
shared with other organisations outside of the cIPFA Group for commercial
purposes.
5.4 Please refer to the privacy policy for further details on how the IPF uses
personal data transmitted by a user to an IPF web-site.
6. Revision of terms and conditions
6.1 IPF may at any time revise these terms and conditions without notice by
posting changes on-line. It is the responsibility of users to review all
information posted on-line. These changes will be effective and binding from
when they appear on this site.
7. Law
7.1 Your use of this website and any download from it and the operation of
these terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of England and Wales
8. Contact
8.1 If you have a query or comment on any of these terms or conditions or the
operation of the website then please email online@ipf.co.uk