Terms and conditions

Definitions
CFOA / The Association / Us / We- The Chief Fire Officers' Association
APFO - The Association of Principal Fire Officers
The website / The site - www.cfoa.org.uk, www.business-streams.cfoa.org.uk, www.communities.cfoa.org.uk, www.apfo.org.uk, www.my-association.org.uk, www.rpfo.org.uk.

Access to and use of the website constitutes acceptance of the following terms and conditions:

Copyright
All rights, including copyright and database right, in the web site and its contents, are owned by or licensed to CFOA or otherwise used by CFOA as permitted by applicable law.
You may download and make copies of the content of the site for your own personal use only. Unless expressly noted on the page, you are not permitted to copy, download, store (including in any other web site), distribute, transmit, broadcast, adapt or change in any way the content of the web site for any other purpose without prior written permission from CFOA.
© 2007 CFOA, 9-11 Pebble Close, Amington, Tamworth. B77 4RD. All rights reserved.

Accuracy of information
Whilst reasonable effort is made to ensure that the information contained within the web site is correct and up to date, CFOA makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy and accepts no liability or responsibility for any loss due to any errors or omissions in the content of the site or caused by reliance on this information - the information on the website is provided "AS IS" and on an "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representations or any kind of warranty made (whether express or implied by law), including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

As a user of the site, you agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless CFOA, APFO, thier affiliates, business partners, partners, officers, agents and employees from any and all claims, demands and damages (whether actual and/or consequential), resulting from or associated in any way with any supplied content. It is advised that users check any information before acting or relying on it.

Functions embodied on, or in the materials of, the website are not warranted to be uninterrupted or without error.

Privacy policy

Your consent
Your use of the website signifies your consent to allow CFOA to collect and use personal information about you in accordance with this policy.
Should we change our policy for any reason, the changes will be posted on this page, so that you are always kept informed of how we collect, store, use and disclose your personal information.

CFOA carries a firm commitment to the privacy of your personal data.

This privacy policy describes:

  • The information we collect through the website
  • What we do with it
  • Who we share parts of it with

The information we collect and how we use it
We believe it is highly important to respect the privacy of all visitors and to make only safe and ethical use of the information provided to the website. We aim to give you as much control as possible over the information you do give, and in all cases the disclosure of your personal details is voluntary.

Where we ask for information we do so in order to offer you better services, both on the website and in the rest of our operations.

If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, please notify us, and we will do our best to correct it as quickly as possible.

Some of the information you give will be held in databases: we will ensure that these are secure and can only be accessed by authorised people.

We may also ask you to complete surveys or questionnaires on the website from time to time. These will always be voluntary, but we may use the information from them to personalise the website and to target marketing to relevant users.

We ask you for your e-mail address so that you may fully participate in all services offered through the website.

Who will have access to the information
Any information you give will be available to CFOA and APFO.

Information you give in response to surveys and questionnaires on the website will be used in two ways:

  • By CFOA and APFO to help determine policy and to help improve its services to members
  • By third parties that the Association may make the information available to for market research: in this case, the information will be made available only in the form of anonymous statistical reports.

We may follow up some survey responses by phone or e-mail.

How long will personal information be stored for
We will retain personal information, on our systems, for the length of time it takes us to provide our services to you.

Forum System
All content, information and opinions (collectively, the "Material") presented in the forum section of the website (the "Forum") are those of the authors of posts and messages (collectively, the "participants") and not those of CFOA or APFO. CFOA and APFO do not guarantee the reliability, completeness, accuracy, timeliness or up-to-date-ness of the material presented on the Forum. The material is published "as is", and does not represent the official views and opinions of CFOA or APFO. Any reliance upon the Material presented on these forums shall be at User's own risk. CFOA and APFO do not review the substance of the content posted by users on these forums and is therefore not responsible for any of such content. CFOA merely provides a space for users to express and exchange their own opinions.

NOTICE THAT by submitting the post(s) on the Forum the participant grants CFOA the copyright of the material submitted. Any solicited or non-solicited idea, suggestion, or comment that is mentioned in this discussion forum becomes the intellectual property of CFOA and might end up in one of it's products or services without credit or monetary consideration given to the originator of the idea.

The following disclaimer and terms of use apply generally to all postings to the Forum. It is hereby also understood that any person posting to the Forum will have been presented with this disclaimer and terms of use prior to doing so and, as such, be subject to its terms:

FORUMS DISCLAIMER

CONDITIONS OF USE: You are entirely responsible and liable for all postings to the Forum. Listed below are some, though not all, violations which may result in CFOA deleting your postings. You agree not to do any of the following actions while posting to the Forum: (1) harass, threaten, embarrass or slander any person or entity; (2) transmit via the Forum any information, data, text, files, links, software, chat, communication or other materials ("Content") that CFOA considers to be unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (3) impersonate in the Forum any business or person, living or dead, famous or not yet so; (4) disrupt the normal flow of dialogue in the Forum or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users; (5) post or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or any other forms of solicitation; and (6) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including but not limited to any regulations having the force of law while using or accessing the Forum or in connection with your use of the Forum in any manner.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: You agree that you will not upload or transmit any Content to the Forum that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party. You alone are responsible that you indeed have the right to submit Content to the Forum.

CONTENT: You must evaluate, and bear the risk associated with, the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any Content. CFOA shall not be responsible for any Content. CFOA does not prescreen or monitor all Content as a matter of policy, but CFOA shall have the right, but not the responsibility, to remove Content which is deemed in CFOA's sole discretion harmful, offensive, or otherwise in violation of this Agreement, national or international legislation or any rules CFOA has in place at the time. CFOA may elect at its sole discretion to monitor some, all, or no areas of the Forum for adherence to this Agreement or CFOA's rules.

WHAT TO DO: If you witness a posting that violates these terms, please email the offending person's identification and cut and paste the relevant content into an email to it.support@cfoa.org.uk. CFOA cannot guarantee that any action will be taken as a result of your email. Please refer to this Disclaimer from time to time for any updates CFOA may make to it.

Technical information
Like most web sites, our servers gather limited information about you during a session, including the IP address and domain name from which you are accessing the web site, and your browser configuration. This information is only used to help us improve the content, design and performance of the site.

Our site uses cookies. Cookies are small pieces of information that are transferred to and stored by your browser on your computer. Cookies allow us to record the areas of the site that have been visited by your computer. We use this data to determine which parts of the website are most popular.

In addition to this we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies, to help analyse how visitors use our site. The information generated by the cookie about the use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for us and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your Web browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to make full use of our website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Other web sites
The website contains external links to other sites. CFOA is not responsible for the privacy policies, content or practices of these sites. You are advised to read the privacy policies of other websites before disclosing any personal information.

Data Protection
This privacy statement forms part of CFOA's commitment to the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.
If you wish to exercise your rights of access to your personal data processed by CFOA then please contact CFOA at the address below:

CFOA
9-11 Pebble Close
Amington
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B77 4RD

General
The terms and conditions contained in this legal notice shall be governed by English law. You may access the website from anywhere in the world; however, this legal notice shall apply regardless of how you access the website and from where.
A company limited by guarantee (NO. 3677186) and registered as a charity (NO. 1074071)
Registered in England, Registered Office: 9-11 Pebble Close, Amington, Tamworth. B77 4RD.

 

Updated: 23/04/08