ACT Privacy Policy and Legal Disclaimers | The ACT is committed to protecting your privacy. Please read the following policy to understand how we will treat your personal information when you use our site.
The information we collect and how we use it
When you purchase anything or subscribe to any publication via this site, register with this site or seek to enrol on a programme (including, but not limited to the Continuing Professional Development programme) or otherwise participate in a service offered by the ACT we will need to collect information about you to process the request/order and for internal administration purposes. This information may include, but is not limited to, details such as your name, your address and your credit card details. We may also ask for your telephone number and e-mail address, which enables us to contact you swiftly if there is a problem or change with your request/order. We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to third parties without your express consent. By submitting this information you consent to the processing of the personal data you have provided by the ACT and its subsidiary and affiliate companies in connection with the purpose for which you submitted the personal data to the ACT.
How do we protect your personal information?
Every credit card purchase you make via the ACT's website is made through the WorldPay Ltd online payment system. WorldPay are fully secure and bank endorsed, and utilises a range of industry standard and WorldPay's unique security and fraud prevention systems, combined with fault tolerant secure server networks and firewalls. The WorldPay secure server encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us, so that the internet transaction stays private and protected. Furthermore, in compliance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998, (as amended from time to time) we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access.
Consent
By disclosing your personal information in using this site, you consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by the ACT in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the privacy of information we hold about you, please do not hesitate to e-mail us at enquiries@treasurers.org. | ACT E-commerce Copyright and Terms and Conditions | By using our site to purchase a product or service, you agree to our General Terms and Conditions (including the Privacy Policy), as set out below. By accessing our site to post a Technical Query or to post material on our Discussion Forum, you agree to the Technical Queries Disclaimer and/or the Defamation Disclaimer (as applicable). The Association of Corporate Treasurers and its subsidiary ACT (Administration) Ltd are referred to jointly at this site as "the ACT".
1. General Terms and Conditions
The information contained on this site is not intended to constitute any offer to sell or invitation to buy any product or service by the ACT or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
The ACT reserves the right to refuse any order placed by you.
Receipt of an order by the ACT for an event, publication or service is not a guarantee that the ACT can fulfil your order. However, every reasonable endeavour will be used to meet your order.
If your order is accepted by us, you will be sent an invoice statement from us confirming acceptance of your order. The liability of the ACT, its officers and employees in respect of any loss, costs, expenses or other damages resulting from negligence or any breach or non-performance of any such contract or any misrepresentation or any other tort on the part of the ACT, its officers and employees shall be limited to the price paid or the price due and payable by you for any goods and/or services ordered via this site and in respect of which such liability arises.
You warrant that all details you provide to the ACT for the purpose of booking, ordering or purchasing goods or services are correct, that you are authorised to use the credit or debit card, as applicable, for the transaction and that there are sufficient funds to cover the cost of the goods and/or service.
The ACT seeks to comply at all times with its obligations under the EU directive on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts (the "Directive") and with its obligations under any applicable UK distance selling legislation which may be implemented from time to time ("Legislation"). Your rights under the Directive and under any Legislation are set out on the applicable order form for the ACT good or service. It is important that you read the information contained in each order form carefully. Subject to your rights under the Directive and/or any Legislation, cancellations for conferences received by the ACT at least ten (10) working days prior to the conference or event starting, will be eligible for a refund less £50 + VAT as an administration fee. If you are unable to attend, you may nominate a colleague to take your place. Except as outlined above, all purchases are non-exchangeable, non-refundable and non-transferable.
Our site technology will not prevent you from making more than one booking at an event. If you make any booking in error, the ACT is under no obligation to give you a refund except as outlined above.
2. Site content
The copyright in this site belongs to the ACT. All other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in all text, images, sound, software and other materials on this site are owned by the ACT or affiliated companies or are included with permission of the relevant owner. The site is for personal use only, and all material is provided for information purposes only.
Information located in this site does not constitute any form of advice or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities and must not be relied upon for any investment decision.
Information on this web site is provided without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. Neither the ACT, any of its officers or employees nor any person represented here can accept responsibility or liability (express or implied, contractual, tortious or otherwise) for the accuracy, correctness or timeliness of any information displayed on the site. Please verify any information before relying on it.
Save as set out below, you may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, licence, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information (whether in hard copy or electronic format) obtained from this site. You are permitted to browse this site and may only download a single copy of the material to your personal computer for viewing purposes and print out pages for your personal use. [You must retain on any copy made all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original material]. If you do not observe any of these requirements, your permission to use the material contained on this site shall automatically terminate and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of such material.
3. Links to other sites
The site offers automatic links to other sites which we hope you will be interested in. The ACT makes no representations whatsoever about any other web site which you may access through this one. When you access a non-ACT web site, please understand that it is independent from the ACT, and that the ACT has no control over the content on that site. The inclusion of a name should not necessarily be taken as a recommendation by the ACT or any of its officers or employees or an endorsement by them of other persons' suggestions for the inclusion of names.
In addition, a link to a non-ACT site does not mean that the ACT endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such web sites. Although all external links may be checked, from time to time, the ACT cannot be held responsible for the validity of any of the links and it is your responsibility to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature.
4. Privacy Policy
Please read our legal notice above relating to privacy and our use of your personal data.
5. Interruption to Service
Though we make every effort to ensure that the quality of this site remains high, the Internet is not an inherently stable medium, and errors, omissions, or interruptions of service may occur at any time. As a result, we do not accept any ongoing obligation, liability or responsibility in respect of such errors, omissions or interruptions.
6. Trade Marks
The following are trade marks of the ACT or are located within this site with the consent and permission of the trade mark owners and are registered in the United Kingdom and certain other jurisdictions:
- ACT name and logo
- The Treasurer name and logo
- The European Treasurer name
- The International Treasurer name
- Standard Chartered Bank name and logo
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers name and logo
- Standard & Poor's name and logo
- J.P. Morgan Investments name and logo
- The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
- Adobe Acrobat name and logo
Any unauthorised use by you of any trade marks, copyright materials or any other information contained on this site will constitute a breach of these general terms and conditions and an infringement of intellectual property rights.
7. Choice of Law
Some of the goods and/or services offered through site may not be lawfully offered in certain jurisdictions outside England and Wales. If you seek to order, procure or otherwise avail yourself of such goods and/or services, the ACT does not accept any liability for any loss, damage or other expense incurred by you in using this site which would not otherwise have arisen if you accessed this site within England and Wales. Moreover, the ACT accepts no liability for any loss, damage or other expense incurred by you as a result of the operation of any law, regulation or other rule in any country outside England and Wales.
8. Jurisdiction
The Courts of England and Wales are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with the use of this site or any contract concluded via this site.
9. Defamation
Please read our legal notice relating to defamation and the contribution of material to the Student Discussion Forum.
10. Technical Queries
Please read our legal notice relating to Technical Queries. | Technical Queries Disclaimer | Neither the ACT nor any of its officers or employees nor any persons from whom it seeks advice in response to questions raised in this forum can accept responsibility or liability (express or implied, contractual, tortious or otherwise) for the accuracy, correctness or timeliness of any such response. Accordingly, users of this service should not rely on such advice but should consider taking their own independent professional advice. The views and opinions expressed in any such response are not necessarily those of the ACT or of the members of its Council. In no event should any response be viewed as investment advice. Any user of this service who requires advice on investments or securities should obtain it from an organisation duly authorised under applicable legislation. |
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