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TERMS OF WEBSITE USE

This website is owned and operated by Debenhams Ottaway Solicitors of Ivy House, 107 St Peter’s Street, St Albans AL1 3EW (we). This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of www.dolegal.co.uk (our site). Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the site. By using our site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using our site.
Reliance on information posted
The information that is made available on our site is for general interest and for information only, and does not under any circumstances amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. In particular, this information is not offered as a substitute for specific legal advice. We therefore disclaim to the fullest extent permitted by law all liability and responsibility arising (however such liability or responsibility shall arise) from any reliance placed on such information by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. No representation, guarantee or warranty is given that the information on our site is accurate, complete or up to date. If you have a particular issue on which you need legal advice, please contact us.
Links from our site

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, those links are provided solely for your information and convenience. When you access those sites and resources, you leave this site. We have not reviewed those sites, do not endorse them and make no representation about them. We have no control over their contents, accept no responsibility for them or their availability, or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them, or otherwise.

 

Accessing our site

We cannot guarantee uninterrupted and totally reliable access to our site, and accept no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage arising as a result of problems with access. Whilst we take reasonable precautions to prevent computer viruses and other malicious programs from entering our site, we hereby exclude (to the fullest extent permitted by law) any loss or damage incurred by you as a result of using our site.

 

Intellectual property rights

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it, including without limitation, all designs, text, graphics and their selection or arrangement on this site. Those works are protected by patent, trade mark, service mark, design right, copyright and/or other intellectual property right (as the case may be) laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs or graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Any use of materials on this site which is not authorised above or which is without the prior written consent of us or our relevant licensors is strictly prohibited.

 

Our site changes regularly

We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Our liability

We cannot guarantee that any information appearing on this site will always be completely accurate and up-to-date. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the material displayed on our site is provided without any guarantees, representations, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy.

Information about you and your visits to our site

We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Linking to our site

You may not link to our home page or any other part of our site without our prior written consent.

Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site without our prior written consent.

Jurisdiction and applicable law

The Courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these terms of use in any other relevant country. These terms of use are governed by English law.

Variations

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.

Your concerns

If you have any concerns about material that appears on our site, please contact lawyers@dolegal.co.uk.
PRIVACY POLICY
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (together with our Terms of Website Use) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Debenhams Ottaway of Ivy House, 107 St Peter’s Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 3EW.
Our nominated representative for the purpose of the Act is contactable at lawyers@dolegal.co.uk.
Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site and/or which you send to us. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site.
Details of your visits to our site and the resources that you access.
In addition:
If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and marketing analysis. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
Your personal data
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Uses made of the information
We may use information held about you in the following way.
To ensure that the content of our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
To provide you (whether by email, phone or post) with information or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you.
To carry out our obligations arising from your instructions to us.
To notify you about changes to our services.
Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Website Use or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Debenhams Ottaway Solicitors, our clients, or others. This includes exchanging information with any applicable regulatory bodies for the purposes of crime or fraud prevention.
Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy should be addressed to lawyers@dolegal.co.uk.
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