Terms & conditions
Website Terms & conditions
www.business.wales.gov.uk is managed by the Welsh Government: (referred to as "We" below). In entering this site you as a user ("You") are accepting these terms and conditions. This page was last updated on 1 October 2012.
The Welsh Government's business support services including www.business.wales.gov.uk is available for your personal use and viewing. The access and use of business.wales.gov.uk featuring these terms and conditions constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions. They take effect from the date on which you first use this website.
You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site.
You are prohibited from posting or transmitting via this website any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, likely to give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any law. We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order lawfully requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials on this website.
Linking to and from business.wales.gov.uk
We welcome and encourage other websites to link to the information that is hosted on these pages, and you don’t have to ask permission to link to business.wales.gov.uk
However, we don’t give you permission to suggest that your website is associated with, or endorsed by business.wales.gov.uk
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Using business.wales.gov.uk content
business.wales.gov.uk is published under the Open Government Licence, and you can reproduce information from the site as long as you obey the terms of that licence.
The material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.
The names, images and logos identifying The Welsh Government are proprietary marks of the Welsh Government. Copying or use of the logo and/or any other third party logos accessed via this website is not permitted without prior approval from the relevant copyright owner.
Requests for permission to use the Welsh Government logo should be should be directed to the Welsh Government Corporate Communications Branding Team
Email: brandingqueries@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Disclaimer
The business.wales.gov.uk website and material relating to government information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided 'as is', without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security, completeness and accuracy.
We do not warrant or represent that the functions contained in the material available on this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy or reliability of the materials.
In no event will we be liable for any expense, loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any expense, loss or damage whatsoever arising from use, or loss of use, of data, or loss of profits, arising out of or in connection with the use of www.business.wales.gov.uk or reliance on its content.
No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Whilst we strive to protect such information, we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information which you transmit to us. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to us is transmitted at your own risk.
The business.wales.gov.uk website is not a substitute for independent professional advice and users should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.
The material on this website may include the views or recommendations of third parties, which do not necessarily reflect the views of the Welsh Government, or indicate its commitment to a particular course of action. We assume no responsibility or liability arising in respect of any such third party material.
Governing law
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which You employ for accessing this website does not expose You to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. It is always wise for You to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the internet.
We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.
Variation
We may at any time revise these terms and conditions without notice. Please check regularly. Continued use of the business.wales.gov.uk website after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change.
General
We accept no liability for any failure to comply with these terms and conditions where such failure is due to circumstance beyond our reasonable control.
If We waive any rights available to us under these terms and conditions on one occasion, this does not means that those rights will automatically be waived on any other occasion.
If any of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions shall nevertheless continue in full force.
Privacy & cookies
www.business.wales.gov.uk privacy policy
We aim to make sure that we adhere to a sound privacy policy. We're only collecting information that will:
• help us make the site work better for you
• let us contact you if you've asked us to
• let us keep you informed of relevant updates and changes to business support if you subscribe to our newsletters
• let us give you accurate local information if you need it
• give us a sense of how people are using the site, so we can keep improving it.
The information we collect
We collect the following information from people visiting the website:
• the questions, queries and feedback people leave, including your email address if you send us email
• brief personal and business details (your name, business name, email address, region)
• visitors' IP addresses, and details of which browser they used
• information on how people use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques
If you send us feedback, we will keep a record of your message.
More about cookies
www.business.wales.gov.uk uses small data files stored on your computer called 'cookies'. Most big websites do this. They help us improve the website experience for you. Find out what we use them for, and how to control their use on our cookies page
How we use your information
Any information we collect is used to:
• improve the content and design of the website
• contact you (with your permission) to respond to feedback
• contact you through our newsletters to send you information about possible support for your business, and associated news
We will not share your information with other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes, and we don’t pass on your personal information to any other website.
Connecting to other websites
This site contains links to and from websites of government departments and other organisations. We should make it clear that this privacy policy (the one you're reading) only applies to this business.wales.gov.uk site.
Following a link to another website
If you go to another website from this one, please read the privacy policy on that website if you want to know what it does with your information.
Following a link to business.wales.gov.uk from another website
When you come to business.wales.gov.uk from another website, we may get personal information about you from the other website. You should read the privacy policy of websites you visit that link you to business.wales.gov.uk if you want to know about this.
Linking to and from www.business.wales.gov.uk
The Welsh Government welcomes and encourages other websites to link to the information that is hosted on these pages, and you don’t have to ask permission to link to it.
However, we don’t give you permission to suggest that your website is associated with, or endorsed by, www.business.wales.gov.uk
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.