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Terms of Use
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The owners of this site will be referred to as 'Concept' for the duration of this page.

Warranties
Concept - does not warrant in any manner any materials available either directly or indirectly through this site.

Whilst Concept uses reasonable precautions to ensure materials are free from incorrect, defamatory, offensive, or other harmful content (including but not limited to viruses) it does not guarantee in any way the exclusion of such. Concept shall not therefore accept liability, financial or otherwise, resulting to you or any third-party from use of the site.

Linked Sites
Linked sites maintained by Concept or its agents shall be subject to these terms of use.

Concept has no responsibility nor does it guarantee secure use for linked sites it does not maintain. Such links do not imply endorsement or otherwise of such sites or the goods, services or material they offer or contain.

Liability
Concept nor any of its agents shall not, under any circumstances, be liable for any damages how so ever caused arising directly or indirectly from this site (or its use) or linked sites (or their use).

Site Use
The site shall only be used for lawful purposes.

Unless expressly permitted copyrighted or proprietary material on the site must not be reproduced or exploited in any way.

Software available for download from time to time is governed by the terms of its appropriate license agreement.

Use of trademarks and similar authorised marks is strictly prohibited.

Privacy Statement

Concept endeavours to treat your personal data with the respect and care which it deserves, using our best endeavours to ensure that it is appropriate for the purpose for which it is to be used and is accurate and complete and kept up-to-date.

What personal information is collected from me and how is it used?
The Concept Web site collects online information in a number of ways. This is normally recorded through the use of online forms, which will ask for information such as name, home/company address, email, telephone, fax, job function, preferred mailing address, where did you hear about the Concept and its services?

In order to tailor communications to individuals, we will ask for voluntary information, such as professional interests and experience within the profession.

If agreed by you, Concept will accept from time to time approved mailings to the membership database. The Institute will act as a mailing facility, this maybe for third-parties. Concept recognises the need to protect individual information, only when consent is given will the Institute provide a mailing facility to third-parties for approved mailings and will not divulge your personal information unless specifically authorised by yourself for any particular purpose.

Non-sensitive information:
Not all information submitted through the Web site will be encrypted by SSL. Emails, forms requesting information and feedback forms via the Web site are not secure. Any information submitted via these forms is done so at your own risk. Concept will not be responsible for any personal information sent by email.

Concept takes reasonable precautions to ensure that access to sensitive and non-sensitive information is restricted to Institute authorised personnel.

Back office procedures:
The Concept Web server is based, under an agreement with a third-party ISP, in the United Kingdom. The ISP, together with Concept, take reasonable precautions to ensure that appropriate security measures are in place for hosting this service.

Links
The Concept Web site contains links to other sites. Such links are sanctioned by Concept. Note: Concept is not responsible for the security and/or contents of these sites, and would encourage you to read the individual privacy guidelines when visiting other sites.

Guide to Data Protection

The Data Protection Act 1998 places a number of rules and responsibilities upon organisations which use personal information, giving rights to individuals in controlling the use of the personal data. Concept is an advocate of the principles of data protection and endeavours to confirm to The Data Protection Act 1998

How can the Data Protection Act help you?
The Data Protection Act works in two ways. It gives you certain rights. It also says those who record and use personal information must be open about how the information is used and must follow the eight principles of 'good information handling'

The Data Protection Act encompasses the following principles, it says data must be:

fairly and lawfully processed;
processed for limited purposes;
adequate, relevant and not excessive;
accurate;
not kept for longer than necessary;
processed in line with your rights;
secure; and,
not transferred to countries without adequate protection.

For information on Data Protection, visit: www.dataprotection.gov.uk or contact:

Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Wycliffe House,Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

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