WEB SITE LEGAL NOTICES

for

North Yorkshire Family Mediation

 

A)        Web site Terms of Use

 

Use of this web site is subject to acceptance of these Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimers as well as other notices posted on this web site from time to time. The “look” and “feel” of this site is also subject to intellectual property law. Users of this site must read and adhere to the copyright/trade mark notice.

 

As this web-site is an interactive one, NYFM will protect and keep personal information transmitted through it secure and confidential. Before transmitting your personal information to us please refer to our Privacy Policy set out below. We will not disclose personal or confidential information collected through our web-site to third parties apart from our mediator member who is to deal with your case save with your written authority.

 

Although every effort has been used by the service to keep network communications secure, we cannot guarantee the privacy of online communications. Individual users have to take appropriate steps to protect their personal information when using this web-site.

 

Your use of this site or the services provided on it will constitute your acceptance of all the terms and other notices herein. Once accepted, the terms and notices will constitute a binding agreement. The service reserves the right to deny access to a user where there is reasonable suspicion of violation of any law by the user.


 

CHANGES   -   NYFM reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these terms in whole or in part, at any time. Users should check the terms and notices regularly to ensure that they are conversant with changes effected. Your use of the site after any change has been effected will constitute your agreement to the changes.

 

WARRANTY  -  NYFM has used utmost care to ensure and maintain the accuracy, completeness and currency of information published on this site. We, however, take no responsibility for any errors or omission, though if notified of any we will endeavour to rectify such immediately.

 

WEBSITE USER CONDUCT   -   Users of this web site are prohibited from:

¨      disrupting or interfering with the security of the site or otherwise abusing any service provided on the site or linked web site.

¨      disrupting, interfering or abusing any other user's enjoyment of the site

¨      obtaining unauthorised access to any part of the site that is restricted from  public access.

¨      Defaming, abusing, harassing, threatening or otherwise violating the legal rights of others.

¨      Impersonating another person or entity or falsifying anyone's attributions.

¨      Restricting or prohibiting any other user from using this website

 

LINKS   -   The web site may contain links to other sites. Although utmost care is exercised in providing links to sites that share our high standards, NYFM shall not be responsible for the content, security, availability and privacy practices used by such linked sites.

 

The linked pages are provided for the convenience of our web site users only and do not constitute an approval of their services or practices.

 

Links from other web sites to our home page do not require prior permission from us but deep linking into any other page of our site should not be effected without prior permission from us.

 

SITE SECURITY   -    Users of this web site are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the site or services provided herein. Any such violation may result in liability. Violation of the security of the site and services include, without limitation, the following:

¨      Accessing secured data or using secured services not intended for the particular user.

¨      Tampering, hacking, modifying or otherwise corrupting the web site.

¨      Transmitting material that contains viruses, trojan horses or worms with the intention of damaging, destroying, disrupting or otherwise impairing the web site functionality or the operation of the site.

¨      Altering any software or computer data or intentionally enabling others to do so.

¨      Interfering with, intercepting or expropriating data or information on the web site.

 

INDEMNIFICATION BY USERS   -   Users of the company's web site agree to indemnify, defend and hold the web site operators, officers, members, employees, agents and business partners harmless from any loss, liability, claim, demand, damage or expense asserted by any third party relating to a visitor's use of this web site or breach of these terms of use.

 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY   -   The operators of NYFM’s web site will not be liable to users or any third party for any damages however caused, whether direct, indirect, incidental or consequential relating to or arising out of a visitor's use or misuse of this web site. Where a user is dissatisfied with the site terms or services provided, the sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the site or the services.

All users hereby acknowledge and accept that any services provided after initial referral are the sole responsibility of the individual mediator dealing with the matter. Users from that point should satisfy themselves as to the mediators own privacy policy and terms of

business which will then be relevant and binding on the parties.

PRIVACY POLICY   -   The Privacy Policy of  NYFM is incorporated by this reference into this web site terms of use and describes the information collected when you visit this site and how such information is used. Please read the Privacy Policy  carefully for more information on this.

 

APPLICABLE LAW   -   These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and any dispute between this firm and its web site users will be settled by English courts.

 

B)       Web-site  Privacy Policy

 

NYFM is committed to protecting the personal information of all visitors to this web site. We recognise our obligation to keep personal information secure and believe it is important for our customers and web site users to know how we treat their personal information.

 

INFORMATION COLLECTED   -   Users of our web site can visit the site without revealing their identity or providing information about themselves.

We collect information directly from users when they voluntarily submit their personal information to us. At certain parts of our web site, we may provide the opportunity for users to register to join a mailing list or request information.

 

When this sort of information is collected we will provide the reason for collecting the information and how the information will be used. We reserve the right to add to this list of opportunities available to our users to interact with us. It is completely up to users to provide us with their personal information.

 

USE OF COLLECTED INFORMATION  -   Generally, visitors are informed of the use of their personal  information at the time of collection. Personal information provided or collected will be used to respond to inquiries or to process requests.

 

We may share visitors' personal information with other companies that we have hired to provide services to us. Such companies are contractually bound to adhere to our privacy policy and to use such personal information strictly for the performance of the particular services only.

 

SECURITY OF COLLECTED INFORMATION   -   The firm maintains strict physical, electronic and administrative safeguards to protect user's personal information from unauthorised or inappropriate access. Employees, business partners and affiliates who misuse a user's personal information are subject to legal or disciplinary actions.

 

USER'S ACCESS TO COLLECTED INFORMATION   -   Users of our web site may review and update any personal information that is provided to us or collected through this web site and actually stored by us on written request to the firm.

 

C)       Copyright/ Trade Mark Notices

 

The web site operator, affiliates and business partners each reserve copyright in all content that they provide to the site, including but not limited to design, text, software, drawings, graphics and other files.

 

No part of this web site may be republished, reproduced, downloaded, displayed, distributed, posted transmitted or sold in any form or by any means in whole or in part without prior written permission of the copyright owner. Users of this web site may not reproduce or reuse for any commercial purpose whatsoever any aspect of the web site content.

 

The rights owners, therefore, retain copyright in all page headers, button icons, collection material, custom graphics and all other types of graphics used on this site and these may not be copied or imitated without the rights owners' permission.


 

The trade marks, logos and service marks displayed on the web-site belong to the operators of the site and others who have contributed to the design of the site. The owners of the marks on this site retain exclusive rights in and to the marks. Nothing grants users the right to use, reproduce or display any of the marks without prior authorisation from NYFM.

 

D)       Disclaimers

 

This service has used its best efforts to obtain and post on this web site the most accurate and reliable information available and does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information on or accessed through this web site. Due to the nature of electronic transmission of data over the Internet and the number of  users of this web-site, we will not be liable for losses or claims arising from the inability to access this site or its content.

 

E)        Contact Details

 

Our contact details are as follows:

 

Head Office

 

North Yorkshire Family Mediation

17 Valley Bridge Parade

Scarborough

North Yorkshire

Y011 2JX

Tel: (01723) 383922

Fax: (01723) 500459

 

Once allocated the individual mediator will provide you with his/her own contact details.