Website Terms and Conditions of use

1. Contact details

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This Website is operated by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). CIPD is a charity and a company incorporated by Royal Charter. Its registered office is at 151 The Broadway, London SW19 1JQ, registered charity number 1079797 and VAT number GB 756 202 737.

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Through the Website you may gain access to the commercial products and services of CIPD Enterprises Limited which is wholly owned by CIPD, and of Personnel Publications Limited, which produces and distributes People Management on behalf of CIPD, its publishers. In addition to these terms and conditions the provision of such products and services will be governed by such additional terms and conditions as you may be made aware of at the time of ordering.

1.3
If you have any queries relating to your registration with and use of the Website, please email web support.

2. Registration

2.1
In order to register with the Website you are required to submit your first and last names, preferred user name and password. You must also indicate whether you are a guest, CIPD member, a member through an organisational membership or a People Management subscriber. If you have any queries about your details on the CIPD database, please email database@cipd.co.uk.

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When you have completed your registration, you will be asked to submit additional information including your address, email address and areas of interest (the "Additional Information"). You are not obliged to submit this additional information in order to register with or use the Website, but if you choose to do so, then, subject to paragraph 3 below, CIPD may use it in order to provide you with a more personalised service.

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We may suspend and/or terminate (either in whole or in part) your use of any user name, password or this Website immediately for any reason.

3. Data protection and privacy

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4. Intellectual Property

4.1
All intellectual property rights in the design and layout of the Website and the material and information published on the pages of the Website, including, but not limited to, copyright and rights in registered and unregistered trade marks, are owned by or licensed to CIPD.

4.2
Save as may be incidental to you obtaining authorised access to the content on the Website, you must not reproduce, download, transmit or retransmit, manipulate or store on paper, electronic (including, but not limited to any database or any part of the Internet), CD Rom or other offline product on any other format in whole or in part the design and layout of the Website or the information or material published on the pages of it, nor hypertext or otherwise link to it, without the prior written consent of CIPD, such permission to be given or withheld at CIPD's absolute discretion.

5. ‘Link to us’ policy

5.1
CIPD ‘Link to us’ logos may be downloaded and used on your web site to provide a hypertext link to the CIPD web site. They are available from here.

5.2
CIPD ‘Link to us’ logos are provided at the CIPD’s absolute discretion and may be altered, or removed from your site, by us, at any time.

5.3
CIPD’s ‘Link to us’ logos must not be presented on your site in a way which suggests that the CIPD has an official association with your organisation or has endorsed any of your products.

5.4
The CIPD is not responsible for the content contained on any web site using one of our ‘Link to us’ logo links.

6. Disclaimer

6.1
The material and information contained on the Website is for general information only and does not constitute any form of offer for sale (except for products available to purchase on our online sales website at www.cipd.co.uk/bookstore), advice or recommendation by CIPD. You should not rely on the material or information on the Website as a basis for making any business, legal or other decisions. You should seek appropriate independent advice before making any such decisions.

6.2
CIPD does not warrant or represent and excludes all warranties or representations that the material and information, including advertising material, on the Website is accurate, true or complete or that it is free of viruses or that it does not contain any material which is defamatory, obscene or illegal in any way.

6.3
In no circumstances will CIPD be liable to you or any other third parties for any loss or damage (whether direct or indirect, including loss of profits, loss of opportunity or any consequential loss) resulting from or in any way connected with your use of the Website or its content, whether caused by negligence, misrepresentation, breach of any statutory duty, or breach of contract or otherwise. CIPD does not limit or exclude its liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence.

6.4
You may access other websites via hypertext links from the Website. You use such links and other websites entirely at your own risk. Such websites are provided by independent third parties and CIPD accepts no responsibility for the availability, content or use of such websites or information contained on them.

7. Indemnity

7.1
You agree to indemnify and to keep CIPD indemnified from and against any costs, claims, demands, expenses and liabilities suffered or incurred by CIPD arising from or which is directly or indirectly related to your access to and/or use of the Website and/or any other person or entity's use of the Website where such person or entity was able to access the Website using your password.

8. General

8.1
CIPD reserves the right to assign or transfer all or any of its rights and obligations under these terms and conditions to any of its group companies or to any other third party. In the event of assignment or transfer, notification will either be given to you by e-mail or posted on the Website.

8.2
Failure by CIPD to exercise or enforce any right conferred upon it shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right nor operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement of that or any other right on any later occasion..

8.3
CIPD reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions from time to time. Such changes will either be notified to you by e-mail or posted on the Website. Changes in this manner shall be deemed to have been accepted if you continue to use the Website after a period of 2 (two) weeks from the date of transmission of the e-mail or of posting on the Website, whichever occurs later.

8.4
These terms are governed by and will be interpreted in accordance with English law. The English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any claim or dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions..

Appendix: A Community rules

The purpose of the CIPD Community is to allow you to exchange thoughts, ideas, advice and resources with other users (including both CIPD Members and Visitors). Any content added or submitted by you to the Community remains your intellectual property. By adding or submitting content to the Community you grant CIPD an unrestricted worldwide licence to publish the material on this website.

Non-Members may reply to discussion threads but are unable to post a new thread or view member's Profile information. When using the Community please ensure that:

• when you post a message, you are concise, civil, tasteful and relevant
• your posts and responses are concerned with requesting and offering helpful advice, commenting on current practice issues, and sharing information and experience on relevant professional subjects
• you are careful when using ambiguous language or humour that may inadvertently offend
• you are patient and supportive of other users
• you do not make unwarranted criticism, abusive or libellous comments about other people or organisations, commercial or non-commercial
• you do not advertise your services, or the services of any company or organisation with which you are associated
• you do not include any personal contact information (e.g. telephone, email, company) within the body of your posting. CIPD Members may publish this information in your Profile which you can choose to have linked from your postings.
• you do not distribute text or graphics that are copyright protected unless you have clear permission to do so
• if you quote a book, journal, web site or other reference please clearly state your source
• when adding attachments to a post you state in your message which software application is needed to view the file. Note that the maximum size allowed by our systems is 2mb
• you are reminded that your use of this Community is subject to the site [Terms and Conditions] and to the [CIPD Code of Professional Conduct]. Please read the Disclaimer below before participating in the Community.

If you feel that any behaviour in the Community is unacceptable for any reason, contact the moderator privately by e-mail to raise your concerns (a moderator's e-mail address can usually be found on their home page).

Disclaimer:

The CIPD endeavours to ensure that the information it provides through its website is accurate and accepts no liability for any errors and omissions, or misuse of copyright or personal information in breach of the above rules.

The CIPD does not accept any liability for views, opinions or advice expressed by users contributing to the Community on the website, which are those of the users and are not necessarily shared by the CIPD. It reserves the right to remove content and postings which in the CIPD's opinion do not observe the Community guidelines and/or to prevent persistent abusers from adding further contributions.

CIPD Website Terms and Conditions of use
December 2004