Legal statement
Updated July 2012
This is the website of the City of London Corporation’s Bridge
House Estates Trust Fund and City Bridge Trust ("the City Bridge
Trust") of PO Box 270 Guildhall London EC2P 2EJ. Telephone 020 7332
3710. Email
citybridgetrust@cityoflondon.gov.uk.
Definitions
"Website" means the City Bridge Trust’s website currently
located at www.citybridgetrust.org.uk.
"We / us / our" means the City Bridge Trust
"You / your / yours" means a user of the Website
"Users" means collectively users of the Website
"Special Conditions" means specific conditions relating to a
product or service on relevant webpage of the Website.
Terms and Conditions of Use and General Conditions of Sale
By using the Website you agree to be bound by the
"Terms and Conditions of Use".
If you are uncertain as to your rights or require any
explanation about them please email
citybridgetrust@cityoflondon.gov.uk
or telephone 020 7332 3710.
Disclaimer
The City Bridge Trust is committed to the highest standard and
quality of information and every attempt has been made to present
up-to-date accurate information. However, the City Bridge Trust
gives no warranty as to the accuracy of the information on the
Website. The City Bridge Trust shall not be liable for any losses
or damages arising from your use of the Website, including reliance
on information contained on the Website, other than in respect of
death or personal injury caused by our negligence or in respect of
fraud.
The information provided on the Website has not been written to
meet the individual requirements of Users and it is the
responsibility of Users to satisfy themselves prior to using this
information in any way that it is suitable for their purposes.
Before making any decisions based on any information contained on
this Website, Users are strongly advised to refer to alternative
independent sources of information to confirm the basis of their
decision.
Although the City Bridge Trust takes all reasonable measures to
ensure that the information provided to it from third parties is
accurate and not defamatory or offensive it cannot control the
content or take responsibility for pages maintained by external
providers or linked pages.
of the Website of the City of London Corporation’s Bridge House
Estates Trust Fund and City Bridge Trust ("the City Bridge Trust")
"
About Us".
1. General
1.1 In accessing information from the Website you agree to be
bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use as set out below.
1.2 These Terms and Conditions of Use may change from time to
time. Please check our Website frequently to see recent changes.
The date when these Terms and Conditions of Use were last updated
will be displayed. If you do not agree to any change you should not
continue to use the Website.
1.3 The Website contains proprietary notices and copyright
information the terms of which you agree to observe and follow.
1.4 In the event that the City Bridge Trust opens a prize draw
to Users*:-
(a) only one entry per User will be accepted;
(b) an eligible entrant must be an individual aged 18 or
over;
(c) by entering, all entrants agree to abide by these Terms and
Conditions of Use;
(d) all prizes are subject to availability, not exchangeable for
cash, and the City Bridge Trust may at its absolute discretion
alter or substitute any prize for an alternative of the same or
comparable value; and
(e) the City Bridge Trust does not endorse, guarantee or accept
liability arising from any products or services of a third party
offered as a prize in any prize draw.
2. Security
2.1 You assume full responsibility for the protection of your
computer system (including but not limited to any form of computer,
PDA, mobile phone, or other web browsing equipment) including
hardware, software and stored data on your computer system
including hardware, software and stored data of third parties who
may access or be otherwise connected to your computer system. You
will assume the responsibility of ensuring that programs or other
data downloaded or otherwise received from this Website are free
from viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other items of a destructive
nature. We would advise you to run an up-to-date anti-virus program
on anything you download from the Internet.
2.2 You must take reasonable precautions to prevent the
fraudulent use of your security details including password and must
notify the City Bridge Trust in the event that you suspect a third
party has obtained your security details.
2.3 In accordance with the requirements of the
Data Protection Act 1998 the City Bridge Trust will take
reasonable steps to ensure that data transmitted electronically to
the City Bridge Trust via the Website or otherwise and stored by
the City Bridge Trust is not accessed by unauthorised third
parties. You accept the risk that data transmitted electronically
to the City Bridge Trust via the Website or otherwise may be
intercepted before reaching the City Bridge Trust or accessed from
the City Bridge Trust's data storage by third parties not
authorised by the City Bridge Trust and may be exploited unlawfully
by such unauthorised third parties.
2.4 The City Bridge Trust makes no representations as to the
security, quality or propriety of any website which may be accessed
through the Website and accepts no liability for the content or for
any loss or damage caused or alleged to have been caused by the use
of or reliance on information contained in such websites or goods
or services purchased from them. Connected websites accessed
through the Website are independent websites over which the City
Bridge Trust does not exercise any control whether financial,
editorial or of any other kind and are not in any way endorsed by
the City Bridge Trust.
3. Errors
3.1 Information contained in the Website may contain technical
inaccuracies or typographical mistakes and should not be relied on
as totally accurate. Information may be changed or updated without
notice and any queries relating to the information including
queries as to its currency and accuracy should be addressed to the
person or persons stipulated in the Special Conditions on the
appropriate web pages relevant to the goods or services sought. For
general content queries relating to the Website email us at
citybridgetrust@cityoflondon.gov.uk.
4. Warranty and Liability
4.1 All information made available from within the Website is
provided "as is" for information purposes only and should not be
relied on as totally accurate. See Disclaimer above.
4.2 Goods supplied from the Website should only be used for
their approved uses and in accordance with their accompanying
instructions for use, servicing and maintenance. You are strongly
advised not to use goods supplied for any non-approved or abnormal
uses.
4.3 No employee or agent of the City Bridge Trust is authorised
to recommend non-approved uses and you should not rely on any such
recommendations.
4.4 The City Bridge Trust will only be liable to you for any
losses resulting from the use of the Website in the following
circumstances:-
(a) where the losses are suffered as a result of the City Bridge
Trust breaking any term of the Conditions of Use and/or General
Conditions of Sale / Special Conditions; or
(b) where there is a breach of a legal duty of care owed to you
by the City Bridge Trust or any employees or agents of the City
Bridge Trust; and
(c) provided the losses are a foreseeable consequence of the
City Bridge Trust breaking the Conditions of Use and/or General
Conditions of Sale / Special Conditions; Losses are foreseeable
where they could be contemplated by the User and the City Bridge
Trust at the time the Website is made available to the User.
4.5 The City Bridge Trust will not be liable for:
(a) indirect losses which happen as a side effect of the main
loss or damage and which are not foreseeable;
(b) any increase in loss or damage resulting from breach by you
of any term of the Conditions of Use and General Conditions of Sale
/ Special Conditions;
(c) any loss or damage resulting from the use of any other
website connected to the Website by means of a hypertext link or
any other link;
(d) any loss of profits or other economic loss resulting from
the use of the Website for business purposes
4.6 The City Bridge Trust accepts no responsibility whatsoever
for any data corruption, interception or delay or any inaccuracies
or errors that may occur except in consumer sales to the extent
that the City Bridge Trust or its employees or agents is in breach
of its agreement with you, negligent or in breach of its statutory
duty when the provisions of Clauses 4.4 and 4.5 above will
apply.
4.7 Nothing in these terms shall exclude the City Bridge Trust's
liability for death or personal injury arising from the negligence
of the City Bridge Trust, its employees, agents or contractors
resulting from the use of the Website.
4.8 The City Bridge Trust publishes the images and information
on the Website in good faith. The City Bridge Trust will use all
reasonable endeavours to ensure that all intellectual property
rights are respected and that the information and images are
accurate and neither defamatory nor offensive.
5. Copyright and Linking Policy
5.1 The Website belongs in all respects to the City Bridge
Trust.
5.2 All intellectual property rights including copyright,
Database Right, First Publication Rights, patents, Registered Trade
Marks, know-how, intellectual or industrial property rights
including format, art direction, look and feel of the Website and
its content subsisting throughout the World shall vest in the City
Bridge Trust.
5.3 Users may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display,
reproduce, publish, licence or create derivative works from data or
other content found on the Website or sell any information or
images obtained from the Website. Users may download information or
images for private non-commercial viewing purposes only unless
permitted for the purpose of making an offer appropriate to the
goods or services required. Any information or images attributed to
a third party and not in copyright and downloaded by you may only
be used in compliance with this clause and must be properly
attributed to the owner.
5.4 Linking to other websites is permitted in accordance with
the following Linking Policy:-
The City Bridge Trust is keen to promote e-government and access
to online public services by encouraging other reputable websites
to create links to our Website. It therefore grants a limited,
revocable and non-exclusive right to create a link / s to web pages
on the Website subject to the following conditions:-
1. Links to content / web pages are permitted provided you
do not represent the City Bridge Trust Website or content as your
own or otherwise misinform Users about the origin of the content of
the City Bridge Trust Website.
2. Content (including but not limited to text, graphics,
photographs, databases) on the Website must not be copied in
isolation or presented to give the impression that the content is
owned by you. Content should not be loaded into frames or a border
environment. City Bridge Trust pages must load into the User’s
entire window.
3. Links to the Website must not be used for commercial or
private gain or to imply endorsement of your website, product or
service by the City Bridge Trust without our express written
approval (email
citybridgetrust@cityoflondon.gov.uk).
4. The City Bridge Trust will not support links to the City
Bridge Trust Website by political pressure groups.
5. Your website must not contain distasteful, obscene,
offensive, defamatory or otherwise illegal content or portray the
Trust in a false, misleading, derogatory or offensive manner. You
must not bring the City Bridge Trust into disrepute by associating
us with undesirable products, services or opinions.
6. Any trade mark, logo, crest or other identifiable emblem
of the City Bridge Trust shall remain the property of the City
Bridge Trust at all times and no licence or right to use any of the
same shall be granted or implied in any way.
7. If you wish to link to any part of the Website you will
be bound by the City Bridge Trust Legal Notices including but not
limited to copyright restrictions and our disclaimer.
8. Any breach of these conditions will result in the
termination of your limited licence to link to content on the
Website.
6. Availability of Website
6.1 The City Bridge Trust will use its reasonable endeavours to
ensure the availability of the Website and that transmissions are
error free. However, due to the nature of the Internet it is not
technically possible for the City Bridge Trust to provide a
completely fault free service and the City Bridge Trust gives no
guarantees or warranties express or implied as to the quality or
reliability of access to this site
6.2 The City Bridge Trust reserves the right to suspend or
cancel the Website or refuse access to it immediately and without
notice in order to maintain, repair or update the Website or if it
is necessary for legal reasons. However, the City Bridge Trust will
where possible give notice of any suspension or cancellation on the
Website.
7. Waiver
7.1 The failure by the City Bridge Trust to enforce any term or
condition hereof or of the Conditions of Sale or Special Conditions
(if applicable) shall not be deemed as a waiver of the right to
enforce such term or condition.
8. Jurisdiction
8.1 The Website is situated in London England and all the Terms
and Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of England and Wales and subject to the
jurisdiction of the English Courts.
9. Contact
In the event of any queries about how to use the Website, please
email us at
citybridgetrust@cityoflondon.gov.uk.
Privacy and data protection statement
This is the current Privacy and Data Protection Statement for
the City Bridge Trust Website. If this Privacy Statement is revised
an updated version will be placed on the Website.
1. Policy and personal data
1.1 The City Bridge Trust will use all reasonable endeavours to
ensure that your privacy is protected. When you register with any
part of the Website, the City Bridge Trust will require to know
personal information about you - including your name, address,
email address and telephone number. This information allows the
City Bridge Trust to fulfil your request for information or
services
1.2 The City Bridge Trust would like to use your information for
the purpose of providing you with material about any special areas
of the City Bridge Trust which it is believed may be of interest to
you and for related marketing purposes. If you do not wish to
receive this material, please inform us at
citybridgetrust@cityoflondon.org.uk.
1.3 The personal data collected by the City Bridge Trust will be
evaluated periodically to determine whether it should continue to
hold such data. Subject to any legal retention requirements, eg VAT
regulations require appropriate financial records to be retained
for six years, you may notify the City Bridge Trust if you do not
wish data to be continually held by the City Bridge Trust. You may
also request details of your Personal Data held by the City Bridge
Trust.
1.6 Please click here for
Enquiries under the Data Protection Act 1998.
2. Statistics
2.1 The City Bridge Trust may provide aggregate statistics about
traffic patterns and related site information on the Website and
also provide statistics to Central Government, Government agencies
and other public bodies, but these will not include any personally
identifying information. Please note in particular that statistical
records are maintained of pages visited by Users whether or not
they have registered.
2.2 The City Bridge Trust may monitor user traffic on an
aggregate basis in order to help it develop and improve the Website
for the benefit of all Users.
3. Security
3.1 You are advised that the Internet is not a secure medium.
The City Bridge Trust will use reasonable endeavours to keep your
information confidential and store it on a secure server which is
password protected and hidden behind a firewall from the outside
world. Internal procedures cover the storage access and disclosure
of your information. The City Bridge Trust will not sell or pass
your information on to any third parties without first obtaining
your consent.
4. Transmission and transfer of data outside the EU
4.1 Because the Internet infrastructure is global and it is not
possible to predict the routes that information sent over the
Internet will take, the information you provide may be transmitted
temporarily via a route which takes it outside the European
Economic Area (EEA) as it passes between you and the City Bridge
Trust. By submitting your information you consent to such
transmission.
The City Bridge Trust shall not transfer User data outside the
EEA except where it is necessary to fulfil an order for goods or
services placed by a User in a country or territory outside the
EEA. The City Bridge Trust will only be storing the information
supplied together with details of the activities you have
undertaken with the City Bridge Trust and mailings that have been
sent. You acknowledge that countries or territories outside the EEA
do not provide the same level of data protection as the EEA. By
submitting an order for goods or services with the City Bridge
Trust you consent to such transfer
5. Disclosure
5.1 The City Bridge Trust may disclose personal information if
required to do so by Law or in good faith believes it is required
to do so by any order of the Courts or other competent body or
agency or may do so to protect or defend the rights or property of
the City Bridge Trust or to protect the personal safety of the City
Bridge Trust's employees or the public at large.
6. Links
6.1 The City Bridge Trust Website has links to other websites
which will have different privacy, trading and use policies and
conditions and you should familiarise yourself with the same.
7. Data protection
7.1 The City Bridge Trust uses all reasonable endeavours to
comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the following
principles:
(a) Personal data should be processed fairly and lawfully This
means that individuals should not be deceived or misled into
supplying information.
(b) Data should only be obtained for a specified purpose and
should not be used for any other purpose.
(c) Personal data should be adequate relevant and not excessive
in relation to its purpose.
(d) Personal data should be accurate and up to date where
necessary.
(e) Personal data should not be kept longer than is needed for
its intended purpose.
(f) Personal data should be processed in accordance with the
rights of the individual which the information concerns.
(g) Appropriate measures should be taken against unlawful
processing or destruction of records. Computer systems should have
back up facilities and security provisions.
(h) Personal data should not be transferred outside the European
Economic Area (the EU states plus Lichtenstein, Iceland and
Norway).
See the City of London's
Access to Information Page which provides Users with guidance
about their rights of access to information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and Data Protection Act 1998.
For more information on the
Data Protection Act 1998, you can call (UK) 01625 545 700.
8. Cookies
8.1 A cookie is a small file which stores information that a
website puts on your hard disk so that it can remember something
about you at a later time. Typically, a cookie records your
preferences when using a particular site.
View the City Bridge Trust's guide to cookies.
