Privacy Policy

At Groundwork West Midlands EBS, we are committed to protecting the privacy of users of our site. Set out below is our policy regarding information we receive from the users of our site.

We currently use cookies on the site www.groundworkwmebs.co.uk but only to collect basic user information for the purposes of producing aggregated statistics on the usage of the site.

Unless you have given your consent, none of the data that we obtain will be provided to third party organisations in anything other than aggregate statistical form. It is not our policy to pass on personal information about our users to third parties unless you have given your consent.

All data collected from users is protected against unauthorised access. As required by the Data Protection Act 1998, we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information that you have given to us, in order to prevent, as far as possible, any unauthorised access. However, due to the nature of the medium, we are unable to provide any guarantee that information stored by us will not be subject to unauthorised access.

Under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you, both on and offline. We use leading technologies and encryption software to safeguard your data, and keep strict security standards to prevent any unauthorised access to it. It will not be disclosed to any other organisations unless you give explicit permission, or there is a legal obligation to do so.

We collect website usage to: -
? Help us assess the effectiveness of marketing campaigns
? Help us improve the usage of the website
? Improve the design of the website and make it more usable for you.

We use IP addresses to analyse trends, track users' movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

By using our site you consent to the collection and use of information gathered by Groundwork West Midlands EBS through the site. Please leave the site immediately if you do not agree to this.

In the event that we decide to change our policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you can be aware of what information we collect, how we use it and when we disclose it.

Copyright

All content included on this site, including text, graphics, logos, icons, images, software and source code, the arrangement and compilation of such content and any databases are the property of Groundwork West Midlands EBS or its content suppliers and protected by United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws, including copyright laws. The content and software on this site is to be used solely for providing information relating to Groundwork West Midlands EBS to users of this site. Subject to the permission granted below, any other use, including the reproduction, reutilisation, extraction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance, of the content on this site is strictly prohibited.

© Copyright 2007 Groundwork West Midlands EBS at 65 Villa Road, Handsworth, Birmingham B19 1BH. All rights reserved. No information contained on Groundwork West Midlands EBS? website site may be used for commercial purposes, without written permission from Groundwork West Midlands EBS.

Permission to use, copy and distribute documents and related graphics available from this World Wide Web Server ("Server") is granted, provided that

1. the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear

2. use of documents and related graphics available from this Server is for informational and non-commercial purposes only

3. no documents or related graphics available from this Server are modified in any way and,

4. no graphics available from this Server are used, copied or distributed separate from accompanying text.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Groundwork West Midlands EBS.

Third Party Links

Some of the links from our website will link to websites maintained by other organisations. These links are provided purely for your convenience and do not imply that Groundwork West Midlands EBS endorses or supports those organisations, the information on their sites, or their products or services in any way. Groundwork West Midlands EBS cannot be held responsible for the content of any external websites that link to or from Groundwork West Midlands EBS website. As these sites are not controlled by Groundwork West Midlands EBS, Groundwork West Midlands EBS shall have no liability whatsoever for the content, advertising, products or other materials available on any such sites.

Any concerns regarding any external link should be directed to the respective website, rather than to Groundwork West Midlands EBS. Links contained in this website will lead to other websites. Although checked regularly, they are not under our control. We are not responsible for the content of any linked website. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time.

Sites linked from our website are present only because they may be useful additions to the information we provide. If a website is linked to, this does not imply endorsement; use your own business judgement to decide whether the information or service on that website is suitable for your needs and of a high quality. If a website is not linked to, this does not mean or imply that it is unsatisfactory. The Centre cannot take any responsibility for the consequences of your using the information or services on linked websites. The linked sites are regularly reviewed in the light of customer usage and feedback.

Limitation of Liability

Groundwork West Midlands EBS shall have no liability whatsoever for any death or personal injury arising out of use of the site unless such death or personal injury arises as a result of the negligence of Groundwork West Midlands EBS or its employees.

Subject to the previous paragraph, Groundwork West Midlands EBS shall have no liability whatsoever for any direct, indirect, special or consequential losses or damages, howsoever arising (including, but not limited to loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of sale, loss of goodwill, loss of profits or increased costs).

The disclaimer and limitations of liability set out in these terms of use do not affect or prejudice any other Groundwork West Midlands EBS disclaimers or exclusions relating to this site (whether contained in these terms or any other terms and conditions of Groundwork West Midlands EBS).

The disclaimers set out above do not affect your statutory rights.

Remedies

In the event that you breach any of these terms of use, Groundwork West Midlands EBS may, in addition to any other remedies available to it, deny access to the site to you and disable any user name or password associated with you.

Governing Law

These terms of use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law. You agree that the Courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any action or proceedings arising from or in connection with the use of this website.

This website is presented solely for the purpose of those accessing the site from the United Kingdom, and the site is controlled and operated from our offices in the UK. Groundwork West Midlands EBS makes no representation that the content of the website is suitable for use in other locations. If you choose to access the site from another location, you are responsible for doing so and for ensuring compliance with local laws.

Virus protection


We make every effort to check and test this website during production. However, we would advise you to run an anti-virus program on anything you download from the Internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any damage to your computer system or loss of data caused by using the Groundwork West Midlands EBS website.