Website Terms & Conditions of Use
This is www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk a website operated by The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (PMC). PMC is a company and a charity that is registered in the UK with Company Number 00983028 and Charity Number 313838 and with a registered address at 16 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JA United Kingdom. PMC's VAT Registration Number is 233 7581 58.
Your use of this website is subject to the following Terms & Conditions of Use, which you are deemed to accept by using the website.
1. Additional Terms
Additional terms will apply to our use of your registration and other personal data (see below).
2. Copyright
The purpose of this website is to enable users such as yourself to have a reliable source of information that you can make full use of for your own benefit and so that you can provide information and materials found to those whom you think might benefit from them. However, we also need to ensure that this website is not abused or unfairly exploited which is why we have to impose certain conditions on your use of it. Subject to what is said below material from this website may be downloaded, viewed, listened to (where appropriate), printed, copied on the hard disk of your computer, photocopied in reasonable numbers and used for your own personal, non-commercial purposes or those of your friends and family as a personal information resource in good faith ONLY. Any other type of use requires our prior written agreement.
3. Prohibited use
You agree not to use this website:
· to create a database (electronic or otherwise) that includes material downloaded or otherwise obtained from this website except where expressly permitted on the website;
· to disseminate advertisements or for any other commercial purposes (which would include using the Website to promote or encourage the sale of your goods/services);
· to transmit or re-circulate any material obtained from this website to any third party except where expressly permitted on this website;
· in such a way so as to remove the copyright or trade mark notice(s) from any copies of any material made in accordance with these terms;
· to disseminate any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
· to disseminate any material which is abusive, defamatory or obscene, may harass, offend or inconvenience any person, applauds, encourages or entices abuse, discrimination or criminal activity or which might restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Website by any person;
· to disseminate any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
· in any way that might infringe third party privacy or other rights, is unlawful or that might bring PMC or any of its subsidiaries into disrepute; or
· to post link(s) that take users to material that contravenes any of the above restrictions.
4. Information and availability
Whilst we take every care to ensure that the information on this website is accurate and complete, some of it may be supplied to us by third parties and we are unable to check its accuracy or completeness. You are advised to verify the accuracy of any information before relying on it. Further, due to the inherent nature of the Internet, errors, interruptions and delays may occur in the service at any time. Accordingly, this website is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any warranties of any kind and we do not accept any liability arising from any inaccuracy or omission in the information or interruption in availability.
5. No reliance
The information on this website does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of PMC or any of its brands. Neither should any suggestions or advice contained on this website be relied upon in place of professional advice. You are responsible for checking the accuracy of relevant facts, instructions, suggestions and/or opinions given on this website before entering into any commitment based upon them.
6. Links to other websites
On this website you may be offered automatic links to other websites. Whilst we hope you will be interested in those websites, you acknowledge that the content on those pages is not subject to our control, their owners may be independent from us and we do not endorse or accept any responsibility for their content.
7. Computer viruses
We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the website does not contain or promulgate any viruses or other malicious code. However, it is recommended that you should virus check all materials downloaded from the website and regularly check for the presence of viruses and other malicious code. We exclude to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws all liability in connection with any damage or loss caused by computer viruses or other malicious code originating or contracted from the website.
8. Trade marks
Paul Mellon is a trade mark of PMC and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. No use of this trade mark is to be made by you except for the purpose of referring to PMC or its associated brands lawfully and in good faith only.
9. Severability
In the event that any term of these Terms & Conditions of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms & Conditions of Use shall remain valid and enforceable.
10. Variation of these Terms & Conditions of Use
PMC reserves the right to vary these Terms & Conditions of Use from time to time. Such variations become effective immediately upon the posting of the varied Terms & Conditions of Use on the website. By continuing to use the website you will be deemed to accept such variations.
11. If, for any reason, PMC believes that you have not complied with any of these Terms & Conditions of Use PMC may, at its sole discretion, cancel your access to the registration areas of the Website immediately and without giving you any advance notice.
Further, PMC reserves absolutely the right to withdraw or suspend the Website where it deems this to be necessary without notice and will not be liable to you for such unavailability.
12. General
Nothing in these Terms & Conditions of Use shall restrict or exclude any liability that we have to any party which cannot be excluded by law and in particular, and notwithstanding any term of these Terms & Conditions of Use, our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence shall not be limited or excluded in any way.
These Terms & Conditions of Use shall be governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
Privacy Policy
1. The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (PMC) is responsible for the www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk website and is committed to protecting your privacy and security.
2. From time to time we may invite you to supply personal information in order for us to authenticate your identity or to provide you with services. In order to deliver such services, we will need to process and store your personal information and may need to transfer it to the relevant partner(s), to PMC?s for processing both inside and outside the European Economic Area (EEA). By submitting your personal information, you consent to such processing and transfers in connection with such orders, offers or services and for any other purposes to which you consent at the time you provide the information or as provided in this privacy policy.
3. PMC is registered in accordance with and seeks to comply with the UK Data Protection Act 1998. We follow appropriate security procedures in the storage and disclosure of personal information so as to prevent unauthorised access by third parties. We also require those parties to whom we transfer personal information to comply with the same. However, the Internet is not a totally secure medium and you acknowledge and agree that PMC shall not be responsible for any unauthorised use, distribution, damage or destruction of personal data, except to the extent We are required to accept such responsibility by the Data Protection Act 1998.
4. This Policy only applies to the use that we make of data provided to us via the Internet and email. Other uses may be made of data provided to PMC in correspondence, by telephone or by other means not detailed in this Policy. These terms apply in addition to Terms & Conditions Of for the website (outlined above).
5. Why We Need To Collect Information From You
We will notify you as to the types of information we are collecting about you as well as the uses we intend to make of that information. We may use the information we collect about you to notify you from time to time about important new features and changes to our online services or special offers, competitions or promotions we think you'll find of interest.
6. Who Else Will We Provide Your Data To?
Subject to what we say below, we will not pass on your personal details to any third party, including site sponsors or advertisers, without your consent. In order to provide goods and services to you we may need to provide your data to our agents and service providers. We may provide aggregate statistics about our users, sales, traffic patterns and related site information to our third-party partners (if any), but these statistics will not contain any information about you from which you could be identified.
7. Also, we may transfer your personal information to purchasers or subsidiaries (and potential purchasers or subsidiaries) if PMC acquires, or is acquired by or merged with, another company. This will enable you, for example, to continue your relationship with PMC despite a change of ownership.
8. Security and possibility of international transfer.
Please note that countries outside the EEA may not have the same level of protection as countries within the EEA, but we always demand that those parties to whom we transfer data adhere to the same security procedures that we follow ourselves. By submitting your personal information, you consent to such processing and transfers in connection with such orders, offers or services and for any other purposes to which you consent at the time you provide the information.
9. The Use Of Cookies
In order to enable us to provide you with a personalised browsing experience, this site might use 'cookie' information collection technology. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are issued to your computer when you enter a website. Cookies are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive, and they can be used for a wide range of purposes, such as identifying your computer's previous visits to this website, and to ascertain the most popular features of this website.
10. Why Might We Use Cookies?
Like many other websites, this website might use cookies as they would enable us to identify your computer when you visit this website. For example, cookies can make it possible for us to identify and automatically log in registered users of certain services on this website without the need for us to ask users for their registration details and password each time they visit. We would also use cookies to develop a clearer picture of which parts of this website are the most popular to its visitors, and your preferences. You are not obliged to accept cookies and you may amend your browser's settings to prevent it from accepting cookies. Please be aware that if you do disable cookies, certain services on this website may not be available to you and your enjoyment of this website may be impaired.
11. Links and Third Party Advertising
Any links on the website may take you to third party sites over which we have no control. Similarly, advertisements appearing on this website may be posted by third parties who may use their own cookies and have their own privacy policies. When linking to another website you should read the privacy policy stated on that website. This privacy policy covers the use made of cookies and personal data by PMC and does not cover the use made of cookies and personal data by any third parties.
If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy you should not submit your personal information on this website.