IN RELATION TO ALL WEB SITE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE BUSINESS BOARD ON THIS WEB SITE

We are committed to:

    • Protecting the personal information you give us.
    • telling you how we use the information we gather about you.
    • getting your consent to our disclosure of your personal information.

Our privacy policy is set out in detail below. Any changes to this policy will be posted here. Please also refer to the General Terms and Conditions of Access and Use and the Noticeboard Terms and Conditions of Use below.

Why we may collect information about you

  • We want to offer you a service which you want to use. We may use information about you to help us customise our site to improve their usefulness to you. It can also help us to choose services we think will interest you.
  • Information about you helps us sell space to advertisers of products and services relevant to you so that we can continue to fund the site through advertising and you can continue to use the site for free.
  • In addition to the services we provide on the Websites we want to offer you goods and services provided by us and others (with your consent) which are of interest to you.
  • We compile anonymous records of user trends which we may make use of ourselves, or pass to our associated companies or to unconnected parties.

What information do we collect from you?

  • We may collect information from you when you fill in an online registration form for any of our Websites. We may also collect information you give us over the telephone or in written or other communications. The type of information we will collect includes , for example, your name. mailing address, email address, telephone numbers, gender, preferences and where relevant, financial, credit card or bank details.
  • We collect information about your use of our Website services through “cookies”. Cookies are blocks of text placed in files on your computer’s hard drive when you visit a website which contains information to identify you. A cookie does not contain any personal information you have provided us with, except your user name or email address, unless the cookie is attached to personal information collected another way, such as by means of your online registration form.
  • Where it is lawful and necessary, we may monitor emails you send and receive.

This policy applies only to The Business Board and not to other Websites to which this Website is linked. Accordingly, we cannot be held responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting other Websites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statements applicable to the Websites in question. By using this Website you agree that we may collect and use information about you as described in this policy. We will always make clear how we do this and allow you to tell us whether and to whom your information may be disclosed.

Under British and European law we have to make clear that your details may be supplied to third parties, possibly outside the European Economic Area.

Where we ask for personal information, such as name and address, we will always tell you why we need this information and what it will be used for. Should your personal information change or you no longer wish to have the services you have signed up for, you may request that we amend, correct or delete your data by emailing info@thebusinessboard.co.uk

We may supply third parties with overall statistics about visitors to our Websites. This information will not contain anything that could personally identify you. Personal information you disclose to us will only be passed on to third parties where you have consented or to comply with the law and lawful government requests, to operate our systems properly or to protect ourselves and others and other users.

We reserve the right to disclose your identity and personal details to the police or other appropriate regulatory or enforcement bodies or other third parties at our sole discretion.

We may also use the information to inform you about changes to the Websites and let you know about any services and products you may be interested in. This will be done only with your consent.

The Business Board is registered with the Data Protection Commission in the UK and adheres to the Data Protection Act 1998.

We always endeavour to keep your personal data stored securely and have a number of measures in place to ensure this. However, due to the nature of this medium we cannot give a full guarantee that your details will stay, at all times, completely secure.

GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS

General disclaimer and conditions of access to

Use of and access to this site is subject to the following terms. Bu entering the site you agree to these terms.

Any legal proceedings arising as a result of content of or use of this site shall be subject to the laws of England and Wales.

The Business Board, accept no liability in respect of the content of any third party material appearing on this site or in respect of the content of any other website to which this Website may be linked from time to time.

No metatags hyperlinks or other forms of linkage whatsoever to any other site may be imposed on any Websites owned by The Business Board without our express written consent.

The Business Board makes no warranty in respect of the contents of the Websites and accepts no liability for any loss or damage whatsoever and however arising whether directly or indirectly as a result of access to and use of the Websites including without limitation acting or failing to act in reliance on any information contained herein.

The Websites, and in particular the directories, contain material submitted by third parties. In using the directories you accept that we do not pre-monitor or pre-edit posts on the directories (see further details of terms relating to use and definition of the directories below).

The Websites contain advertising material submitted by third partied. Individual advertisers are solely responsible for the content of material they submit to us, including ensuring that it complies with all relevant legislation and self-regulatory codes of practice. We do not accept any responsibility for the content of advertising material (see below for our terms and conditions of acceptance of advertisements).

Access to particular areas of this site may be subject to additional terms to which you must consent in order to use those areas.

In view of the vast flow of information transmitted by an Internet service provider and/or Websites operator (as applicable) each day, it is not technically possible nor economically feasible to monitor all materials that pass through its system (and in particular we do not pre-moderate or monitor views and/or comments posted therein). Notwithstanding, The Business Board shall have the right to remove, edit or amend any material which it considers may be unlawful or in breach of its terms and conditions of use and access to the Websites.

Availability and Security of the Websites

Due to the nature of the Internet, The Business Board does not promise full and error free operation of the Websites at all times. All liability of The Business Board, its directors or employees howsoever arising from your use of or inability to use the Sites and/or the Interactive Services is excluded, insofar as it is possible to do so in law.

The Business Board shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure the the Sites, the Interactive Services and any information it holds on you are kept secure. However, due to the nature of the Internet, The Business Board cannot accept any liability for those who intentionally attempt to and/or gain unauthorised access to the same by means such as, without limitation, computer hacking (save to the extent the The Business Board is unable to exclude such liability by law).

Registration

Where you are asked to complete The Business Board registration form the personal details that you provide must be true, accurate and complete.

Variation of Terms

The Business Board reserves the right to vary this Agreement from time to time. Such changes shall either be notified to you by e-mail or posted on the home pages of the Site. Changes in this manner shall be deemed to have been accepted if you continue to use the Sites and/or the Interactive Services after a period of two weeks from the date of transmission of the e-mail or of posting on the home page of the Sites, whichever occurs later.

Copyright Notice and License

The Business Board Websites and the contents of their pages are the copyright of © The Business Board. Reproduction in any form, printing or downloading of part or all of the contents is forbidden save in accordance with the following licence.

Licence to copy for personal use: you may print copies of any item in hard copy provided that it is for personal use or for use by others in your organisation and provided that you do not edit, alter, amend, or delete any part of it or combine it with other material. You may recopy the material to individual third parties for their personal information only if you acknowledge the source as being our Website and include the address of The Business Board Website (www.thebusinessboard.co.uk) in the copy of the material AND you inform the third party that they may not copy the material to any third party or use it for commercial gain.

No part of the The Business Board Websites or the contents thereof may be reproduced on or transmitted to or stored in any other Websites or other form of electronic retrieval system.

E-commerce

On-line security is a primary concern of The Business Board and we have donated a great deal of effort to implementing security measures that help safeguard you information. Our Sites use industry-standard security technology to encrypt:
Potentially sensitive information, such as your name and address.
Critically sensitive information, like your credit card number.
Credit card transactions are handled in a secure manner by a third party bureau that is recognised by bankers. However, we are not responsible for the actions of the third party although we do store your credit card details ourselves.

Conditions of access to and use of The Business Board Directories

By using the directories you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. “We” and “us” means The Business Board. “Directories” means any area of any Website owned, operated and controlled by us which allows for you to post Content including by way of contributing to online discussions or forums on the Websites and “Content” means any information data, text, image, graphics, message, or other material posted or intended to be posted to the directories.

1, Your email address, username and password are personal to you; you must not allow anyone else to use them and you must not impersonate any other user of the site or do anything to assist an unregistered user to gain access to the directories.

2, You warrant agree and undertake that you shall not post e-mail, transmit any Content which is or may be unlawful, indecent, offensive, harmful, threatening, abusive, vulgar, defamatory or violent or which breaches the copyright or other intellectual property rights, moral rights or any other rights of any third party and that you have secured all necessary permissions licences and consents in respect of any Content uploaded or posted by you.

3. Without prejudice to any other rights we may have at law or under this Agreement, we reserve the right to exclude you from the Henley Standard Noticeboards at our sole discretion and without notifying you of any reason therefor. We reserve the right to disclose your identity and personal details to the police or other appropriate regulatory or enforcement bodies or other third parties at our sole discretion.

4. You acknowledge and agree that in providing The Business Board  directories we are acting as a passive conduit and that we do not act as publishers of any of the material posted there. In particular, you accept that we do not review, edit, moderate or amend material before it is posted. Users should report immediately any material which they believe may be in breach of our Terms of Use. We do not undertake any liability or obligation with regard to any Content and you therefore enter at your own risk. We reserve the right (but do not undertake to) at our sole discretion to remove, delete or amend Content. This is without prejudice to our rights at law, all of which are specifically reserved.

5. We reserve the right to disclose your identity and personal details to the police or other appropriate regulatory or enforcement bodies or other third parties at our sole discretion.

6. You acknowledge agree and undertake that you shall be legally responsible for any Content placed by you in respect of any legal proceedings worldwide and you agree and undertake to indemnify us and keep us at all times fully indemnified from and against any claims, demands, costs, damages or awards whatsoever arising directly or indirectly as a result of Content placed by you on the Noticeboards.

7. You acknowledge and accept that the nature of the Internet means that your use of the directories may put your computer at risk of being infected by a computer virus, worm. cookie or other manner of electronic program which may impair or destroy the working of your computer and any data held in it and you therefore agree that your use of the Noticeboards is entirely at your own risk.

8. These terms and conditions are in addition to our General Terms of Access and Use (above) all of which shall continue to apply and be binding in respect of your use of any part of the Websites including the directories.