Privacy policy
Privacy notice
This site is owned by The Trade & Public Policy Network (TAPP) and maintained by Herd. In this notice we explain the terms on which TAPP provides the information on this site. By accessing TAPP’s website you are agreeing to the terms set out below. If you have any questions or comments please contact us.
Changes to these conditions
TAPP may change the terms and conditions for using this site. The current terms will be displayed on these pages.
Choice of law and jurisdiction
If any dispute arises out the use of this website you agree that these terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Data
TAPP is committed to the highest standards of quality in the information provided on this site. Despite our best efforts, the information contained within this website may become out of date over time. If you think that there are any errors or out of date information please contact us, saying which page is in error. Thank you for your help.
Intellectual property rights
TAPP owns the copyright and all other intellectual property rights associated with the content of this website except where otherwise stated. You are welcome to print individual pages or store them in electronic form on a PC for your own personal use. You may not reproduce, modify, broadcast, use for financial gain, or use for anything other than personal use any material on this site without first getting permission from the copyright holders or owners concerned.
Using any information provided on the site
While every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of information on this site TAPP accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions, or misleading statements on these pages. In line with this, TAPP is not liable for any action you may take as a result of relying on such information or advice or for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of taking this action.
Disclaimer for links to other sites
TAPP’s website may include links to other websites to help you find other relevant information quickly and easily. TAPP does not endorse or approve the contents of any third party websites to which these pages are linked and does not accept any liability for action you may take as a result of relying on information or advice obtained from such sites.
Disclaimer for suppliers/businesses named on the site
Where TAPP provides details of companies, firms or individuals in business directories or other pages on this site the description of the goods or services they provide is based upon information supplied by them. TAPP cannot confirm that they are legally entitled or professionally qualified to carry on a particular trade, business or profession and bear no liability for merely supplying their details. You should check any information obtained from the website before you act upon it.
Trademarks
All trademarks that may appear on the site are acknowledged, and are the property of their respective owners.
YouTube
We use YouTube to house our video content, which is then embedded within our site. YouTube use cookies. For example, to monitor the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns and to monitor visitors and pages viewed. For more details please view the YouTube Privacy Policy.
Availability
Our intention is to make this web service available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. However, it is possible that on occasion it may be unavailable for very short time periods to permit maintenance or other development activity to take place.
We have set our Internet service standard at 98% availability. If for any reason we have to interrupt the service for longer periods than we would normally expect, we will publish in advance details of such activity on the home page of this website.
Privacy
You can access our website homepage and browse our site without disclosing your personal data. There may be pages on the site that invite visitors to send information via forms or email to enable you to ask for publications or information and advice, or to tell us what you think about particular issues. TAPP takes great care of any personal information you give us in this way and in the following paragraphs we set out how any personal information you give us is treated. If you choose to give us information about yourself you will be consenting to the collection, processing and storage of the information you provide.
Before collecting any personal details through its websites, TAPP will tell you why we need the information and what it will be used for. You always have the option of declining to give us personal information or data.
TAPP ensures that only staff that have a business reason to look at your information or data can do so, they cannot look at your information or data for personal reasons or out of curiosity. TAPP may employ other companies and individuals to do work which may mean they have access to some personal information or data but they have the same restrictions as our own staff and are never allowed to use it for any other purpose. TAPP will never sell personal information or data or share personal information or data with third parties unrelated to the services we provide unless we are required to do so by law or unless you have told us you consent to our doing this.
Information you provide will be stored by TAPP and used to process the request; it will be retained for a reasonable period. Where a business transaction is then enacted commercial records may be retained for up to seven years.
TAPP has no way of knowing if any person providing information through this site is who they say they are. TAPP will assume all information is genuine and cannot be held responsible for any action taken as a result on relying it. If you have any reason to think someone has provided information to TAPP using your identity please let us know and we will correct or delete the information. You have the right to request us to remove personal data from our Web site at any time.
Should you have any concern regarding collection, processing, storage or disclosure of information submitted via this Web site please contact TAPP. You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information or data TAPP holds about you. You will be asked to confirm your identity. If the information we hold about you is wrong you have the right to ask us to correct it.