Privacy Policy

These pages (the "Website") are published by Chivers Hartley Limited ("us" or "we" or "our").

By accessing and using this Website you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions of use (the "Terms") and the Privacy Policy.
If you access this Website from outside the UK, no representation or warranty is made as to whether the information available in this Website complies with the regulatory regimes of your country of access.
Disclaimer

We make no express or implied warranty or representation:
as to the accuracy, completeness, fitness for any particular purpose or currency of the information accessible via this Website and we request that wherever possible, you verify data which is available on the Website with an independent source;
that the content of this Website is free from viruses or anything else that has contaminating or destructive properties including where such viruses or other programmes result in loss of or corruption to your data or other property; or
as to the operation, quality, functionality or accessibility of the Website.
Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the Website is normally available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. The Website will on occasion be unavailable because of maintenance and repair works which we carry out on the Website. We will make reasonable efforts to ensure that downtime for maintenance and repair works is kept to a minimum.

No other warranties, conditions, undertakings, representations, terms or other liabilities whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise (if any) arising out of or in connection with the use of (or inability to use) the Website or any material on the Website or any action or decision taken as a result of using the Website or any material on it are given.

Limitations on our Liability
Except as specifically stated on this Website, to the fullest extent permitted at law, neither we nor any of our group companies, affiliates, directors, employees or other representatives will be liable for any loss or damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this Website or the information, content, materials, products or services included on this Website. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties. For the avoidance of doubt, we do not limit our liability for death or personal injury to the extent only that it arises as a result of the negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation of Chivers Hartley Limited, its group companies, directors, employees or other representatives.

Copyright, Trade Marks and Intellectual Property
Trade marks, names, logos and other intellectual property rights existing in the Website are owned or licensed by us. Nothing on this site should be considered to be granting a licence to use any of the above mentioned rights without the express written consent of Chivers Hartley Limited.
All material on the Website and all intellectual property rights contained therein are owned or licensed by Chivers Hartley Limited. Visitors to the Website shall not:
copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, broadcast, transmit, distribute, store or otherwise use the material on the Website or the Website itself (a) for any commercial purpose; (b) for incorporation in any other work or material whether in hard copy or electronic or any other form; (c) to make them appear part of any third party's website or electronic database or retrieval system; or (d) in any other way except for viewing, printing or saving a back-up copy to your local hard disk for your own personal, non-commercial use;
use the material on the Website or the Website itself in any other way without our prior written permission; or
do anything which causes damage to the Website.
Links

There may be links on this Website leading to websites operated by third parties which are outside of the control of Chivers Hartley Limited. Chivers Hartley Limited do not accept any responsibility for the content or accuracy of the content of such websites. Whilst using the third party websites you are bound by the terms and conditions (if any), including the privacy policy, of those website operators.
Miscellaneous
We may amend the Terms at any time by posting the amended Terms on the Website. All amended Terms will automatically apply once they are posted on the Website. It is your responsibility to make sure that you are aware of any such amendments and you will be deemed to have accepted them if you access the Website after they have been made.

You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights under these Terms.
If any provision of these Terms 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, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Failure by either party to exercise any right or remedy under these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.

Governing Law
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are subject to English Law and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the English Courts in relation to any matter or dispute arising out of or in connection with your use of this site.
All communications or material passed by you to us through this Website or via the internet will be treated as non-confidential unless such communications or material contains personal information which shall be subject to our Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy
We do not collect personal details and information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. This means that you do not need to register or provide personal information in order to view this site. If you register in order to use one or more of the features of this site, in addition to the other purposes described in this Privacy Policy, we use the information you supply to us for the purpose of providing the features you have requested. These features may include:
Monthly newsletters
Suggest a recipe

If you provide us with a recipe then we may decide to publish it either on this Website or in a newsletter. Should you submit a recipe to us then (i) you are confirming that the recipe is of your invention, (ii) you are consenting to the publication of this recipe on the Website or in a newsletter and (iii) you are confirming that such publication will not infringe any rights of a third party.
Depending on the features you have registered to use, we may collect one or more of the following personal information: title, name, address, phone number, email address, age, date of birth, sex. If you do not provide all of the mandatory information you may not be able to register for some or all of the features on this site.

This site may sometimes include notices of competitions or other promotions we are conducting, and we may permit you to participate electronically in some cases. If that occurs, we will use the information you provide for the purposes of conducting the competition or promotion. From time to time, this site may also be conducting questionnaires and surveys. This information will be subject to this Privacy Policy and will be used to help us improve our products, services and sites.
We will use your personal details and information we obtain from other sources and to ensure that the content, services and advertising that we offer are tailored to your needs and interests. We may keep your information for a reasonable period for these purposes. We may need to share your information with our service providers and agents for these purposes. We may disclose your personal information in order to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Any personal information relating to you will be used by us in accordance with current data legislation and this Privacy Policy. You should read this Privacy Policy in conjunction with the above Terms of which this Privacy Policy forms a part.

We may also share your information with our business partners in food manufacturing for marketing purposes or we may send you information about other organisations' goods and services. We or our business partners may contact you by mail, telephone, fax, e-mail or other electronic messaging service with offers of goods and services or information that may be of interest to you about food. By providing us with your fax number, telephone numbers or email address you consent to being contacted by these methods for these purposes.
We reserve the right to disclose your personal information to government bodies and law enforcement agencies (provided we are reasonably satisfied as to the circumstances surrounding the request), to third party companies to help us operate our systems properly and to protect our users and ourselves.
By providing us with your personal information, you consent to our processing your sensitive personal data, such as data relating to health, for the above purposes. You also consent to our transferring your information to countries or jurisdictions which do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK, if necessary for the above purposes. If we do make such a transfer, we will, if appropriate, put a contract in place to ensure that your information is protected.
If you provide us with information about another person, you confirm that they have appointed you to act for them, to consent to the processing of their personal data including sensitive personal data and that you have informed them of our identity and the purposes (as set out above) for which their personal data will be processed.

You are entitled to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected.

For quality control and training purposes, we may monitor or record your communications with us.
If you object to the use of your personal information in any of the ways described above or have any queries with regard to this Privacy Policy please write to us at Chivers Hartley Limited, Premier House, Centrium Business Park, Griffiths Way, St Albans, Hertsfordshire AL1 2RE.
This Privacy Policy may change and therefore you should review it regularly. We will of course notify you of any changes where we are required to do so. Information about the data protection regime in the UK is available on the Information Commissioner's website at www.dataprotection.gov.uk.