Terms and Conditions

...of use for the Website

• Copyright statement

• Privacy policy

• Data protection

• Disclaimer

• General

By viewing any of the Website (being the website at www.dorchestergrp.com) the user (also referred to in this document as ‘you’, ‘your’ etc) is deemed to consent to all terms and conditions set out below. If you have any questions regarding the terms and conditions, you should contact the Company Secretary at Dorchester Group of Companies (known in this agreement as ‘Dorchester’, ‘we’, ‘us’).

We reserve the right at all times to vary, change, alter, amend, add to or remove any of these terms. By browsing the Website you accept that you are bound by the current terms and conditions and notices and we therefore recommend that you check these each time you revisit the site. The current version of these terms and conditions was adopted and published on 1 August 2006.

Copyright Dorchester © 2006. All rights reserved.

All copyright and other intellectual property rights in any material contained on this Website is either owned by us or has been licensed to us by the right`s owners. The Website contains trademarks, which belong to us or have been licensed to us by the trademark owner for use on the Website. Use of these trademarks is forbidden unless prior written permission has been obtained from the owner of the trademark.

You may not remove any copyright, trademark or intellectual property notices contained in the original material from any material downloaded or copied from the Website. Copying, distributing or any use of the materials contained on the web site for any commercial purpose is prohibited. You may not create a database by systematically downloading substantial parts of the Website.

Privacy policy

We reserve the right to gather information relating to site usage. Any information gathered is primarily for internal use to allow us to refine and improve our customer service. Where disclosure of information to a third party is likely we will, where possible, endeavour to ensure that this is clearly indicated. This does not affect your statutory rights.

Data Protection Act 1998

The processing of personal data is governed by the Data Protection Act 1998, under which Dorchester is registered as a data controller. Any personal data you provide will be held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We will use your personal data for the purpose(s) in relation to which you have provided it. We may however need to disclose personal data to a third party so that they can provide the service you have requested, or fulfil a Subject Access Request.

We may additionally need to disclose information where there is a legitimate reason for disclosure (such as a court order) but we will ensure that we always comply with the Data Protection Act. Any information about you that we pass to a third party will be held securely by that party, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, and used only to provide services or information you have requested.

We will not sell, trade or rent your Personal Information to others. With your permission, we may send you information considered relevant on behalf of carefully chosen, reputable and trustworthy third parties. If you do not wish your Personal Information to be used for marketing purposes you must ensure that you tick the box on the relevant page.

You may, at any time, withdraw your permission for us to use your Personal Information or share it with third parties for the purposes of sending you information about products or services by writing to the Data Protection Officer, Dorchester Group of Companies, 23 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, W1J 6HE. You may also write to our Data Protection Officer if you have any questions, or wish to have any of your Personal Information edited or deleted.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request jus to provide you with details of Personal Information that we hold about you. If you want to make a request for this information you should write to our Data Protection Officer at the above address.

Disclaimer

The content of the Website is for general information only and does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation upon which a specific decision should be made. Dorchester has done its best to ensure the accuracy and currency of the materials contained on its Website but excludes any warranty express or implied as to quality, accuracy, timeliness, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose of the material contained on the Website.

Dorchester will not be liable for any claims, penalties, loss, damages or expenses arising from the use or the inability to use the Website or from any unauthorised access or alteration to the Website by a third party. This clause shall not exclude liability for death or personal injury directly caused by the negligence of Dorchester.

Dorchester accepts no responsibility for loss or damage which may arise from reliance on information or advice contained on its Website.

General

These terms are not intended to confer any benefit on a third party under the provision of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to Dorchester.

We reserve the right, at any time, to suspend or terminate your access to, or use of, the Website.

We will always seek criminal prosecution of any individual or organisation which seeks to use our name, logos or trademarks for unlawful purposes and, where appropriate, will take action within the civil courts of any applicable jurisdiction against any individual or organisation discovered to be using our name, logos or trademarks for unauthorised or unlawful purposes.

These Terms & Conditions of use shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with English law. The courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any claim, dispute or other matters arising from them. For the exclusive benefit of Dorchester, we shall retain the right to bring proceedings in the Courts of the country of residence of any user of the Website.

If any provision of these terms and conditions is found to be invalid by any Court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions which shall continue to have full force and effect. The failure by us to exercise any right or remedy under these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.