1.1 The website at www.approach-hr.com is owned and operated by Approach Human Resources Ltd (“Approach Human Resources“, “We“, “Us“, or “Our“). Approach Human Resources is a Limited Liability Company Registered in England and Wales under company number 8782356, with a registered office address of International House, 101 Kings Cross Road, London, WC1X 9LP. Approach Human Resources provides certain services through the Website, including but not limited to allowing you to access documents or reference materials, read news and/or sign up for Our news and notifications (together the “Services”).
1.2 These terms and conditions (the “Terms”) incorporate the Approach Human Resources privacy policy, below. They form a contract between you and Approach Human Resources which governs your access to and use of the Website and the Services whether you are a visitor or a client. The Website and Services are designed to be compliant with applicable UK laws, rules and regulations. Although users outside of the UK may have access to the Website and Services, the information contained on the Website and through the Services is intended only for use by residents of the UK. Approach Human Resources specifically reserves all rights to limit the provision of Our Services to select persons, countries or geographic regions.
1.3 Please read these Terms carefully. By accessing the Website you are deemed to understand and accept these Terms in their entirety. If you do not accept these Terms please do not use the Website or any Services. These Terms may be changed or updated at any time. The date of our most recent changes will appear at the bottom of this page. Regular viewing of this page is recommended.
2.1 The contents of the Website are designed to provide opinion and information on employment matters under the laws of England and Wales only (the “Information”) to employers. While Approach Human Resources has made every effort to provide accurate Information through the Website, the law is always changing and Approach Human Resources provides the Information on an “as is” and “as and when available” basis. Information, particularly that included in news articles, may not be updated following changes, and has been revised up to the publication date shown only.
2.2 Approach Human Resources provides Information for guidance only and Information may also include the personal opinion of the author. Information on the Website should not be regarded as an authoritative statement of the law or a substitute for independent legal or professional advice. You should not act or refrain from acting on the basis of the Information without first obtaining independent legal and/or professional advice to verify the Information. Approach Human Resources will not be liable to you if you rely on the Information.
2.3 Approach Human Resources provides the Information without any express or implied warranty of any kind including warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of intellectual property, or fitness for any particular purpose. Whilst Approach Human Resources may make changes to the Information at any time without notice, Approach Human Resources makes no commitment to update the Information.
2.4 Nothing herein excludes or limits any liability for death or personal injury resulting from Approach Human Resources’ negligence, its liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, nor any losses which may not be lawfully excluded or limited by applicable law.
2.5 Approach Human Resources does not guarantee the availability of any of the Services mentioned on the Website.
3.1 Your access to the Website and the Services may be occasionally suspended or restricted without notice to allow for repairs, maintenance, or the introduction of new facilities or Services.
4.1 You agree to use the Website and Services for lawful and fair purposes and you agree not to use the Services in any improper or unlawful way so as to breach any rules or laws that apply to you. In particular you agree that you will not upload any files that contain any Destructive Features (as described below) or in any way damage, disable or impair the operation of the Website, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website or to networks connected to it, by hacking, spoofing or other similar means.
4.2 You agree that you will only use the Website and Services for your own personal use or for internal use within your organisation and will not in any way seek to or actually resell the Services or materials including the Information contained on the Website.
4.3 You agree that any information that you provide to Us will be true and complete and accurate in all respects and will not be misleading in any way.
4.4 If you breach these Terms your permission to use this Website terminates immediately without notice being given to you. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from the illegal, incorrect or inappropriate use of the information provided on this Website or through the Services by you or anyone else whilst they are in your possession.
4.5 To the extent permitted by law, you indemnify and hold Approach Human Resources and any of Our officers, employees or agents harmless from and against all and any expenses, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses incurred or suffered and any claims or legal proceedings which are brought or threatened, in each case arising from your use of, or conduct on, the Website and/or any breach of these Terms.
5.1 We will process the personal information you provide when using the Website and Services in accordance with our Privacy Policy (below). If you do not agree to Us collecting and using your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy you should not use the Website. Other than contact details were appropriate, you should not provide other confidential or sensitive information via the Website.
6.1 We promise that all Services will correspond with their relevant description on the Website and that they will be of satisfactory quality and fit for the purpose for which they are sold or otherwise supplied. We promise that We will provide the Website and Services to you with reasonable skill and care but We do not guarantee that the Website or Services will be fault free or meet your requirements.
6.2 We exclude all other express or implied terms, conditions, warranties, or representations whatsoever with regard to any goods or any Information or Service, including but not limited to implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose, non infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy, provided through the Website or the Services other than those which cannot be excluded by law. We will not be liable for any loss or damage howsoever arising out of or in connection with your use of the Website. For the avoidance of doubt, the above limitations of liability do not apply in the case of death or personal injury caused by Our negligence, or where We have acted fraudulently.
6.3 We accept no liability for any indirect or consequential loss or damage, however caused, even if foreseeable (save that these limitations on our liability do not affect your non-excludable statutory rights as a consumer if relevant) including any damages arising from loss of use, data or profits, whether in contract, tort or otherwise.
6.4 Except in respect of a payment obligation, neither We nor you will be liable for any failure to perform any obligation owed to the other due to reasons beyond Our or your reasonable control, for example, industrial disputes, acts of God, terrorism and technical difficulties.
7.1 When you access an external website via a link from the Website you accept that it is independent from the Website. Approach Human Resources is neither responsible for, nor necessarily endorses, the content of external websites linked from the Website. We do not accept responsibility for any losses or penalties incurred as a result of your use of any links or reliance on the content of any website to which the Website is linked. External links will open in a new window.
7.2 Although We strive to link to third party websites which comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, the content of these websites may change without Our knowledge. You should take precautions to ensure protection of your privacy as well as to guard against Destructive Features (as described below).
7.3 You may provide hypertext, links or deep-links to the website only where the context is related to the Services and / or Information on the Website, and the links do not alter the context of the Information linked. We reserve the right to require you to remove any links or deep-links that we believe are not appropriate or in context of the Information or Services. You may not frame the Website without Our prior written consent. If you would like to frame the Website please email contact@approach-hr.com.
8.1 We use reasonable endeavours to check and test material and to protect the Website from computer viruses, worms, Trojan Horses and other destructive features (the “Destructive Features”). It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the internet, including from the Website. We do not warrant that the Website is free from Destructive Features and We do not accept any liability for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur from the transmission of any Destructive Feature via the Website or the Services.
8.2 You are responsible for ensuring that your computer system meets all relevant technical specifications necessary to use the Website or any Services made available through it and that it is compatible with the Website.
9.1 The material featured on the Website is subject to copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. You may use the information, in its original format, for your own personal use and for internal use within your organisation only. You agree that you will not in any way seek to or actually resell the Information or materials contained on the Website.
9.2 You must obtain Our permission in writing if you would like to use the material featured on this website in a way which is not permitted under paragraph 9.1.
9.3 Subject to Paragraph 9.1 and except for client logos and as is otherwise indicated on the Website, Approach Human Resources and/or its licensors own the copyright in all the Information featured on the Website and in the Services and all related intellectual property rights, including but not limited to all database rights, copyright, unregistered and registered trade marks and logos. You should not infer any affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement from the use of third party marks on the Website.
9.4 Subject to Paragraph 9.3, nothing in the Website or Services is intended to grant, by implication or otherwise, any licence or right under any patent, trademark or other intellectual property owned by Approach Human Resources or any licensor or third party.
9.5 Save as may be incidental to you obtaining authorised access to the content on the Website, you must not reproduce, download, transmit or retransmit, manipulate or store in any format in whole or in part the information or material published on the pages of the website, without the prior written consent of Approach Human Resources, such permission to be given or withheld at Our absolute discretion.
9.6 You are not permitted (except where We have given you express permission to do so or you are otherwise permitted to do so by law) to use, copy, disseminate or transmit in any other way any of the Information on the Website or in the Services.
10.1 Certain files of Information may be available for download from the Website. These files of Information are subject to these Terms.
11.1 If you have any complaints or queries concerning the Website or Services please contact Us at contact@approach-hr.com.
12.1 If these Terms or any part of them should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable under the laws of any state or country in which these Terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent that they are so illegal, invalid or unenforceable, they shall in that state or country be treated as severed and deleted from these Terms and the remaining Terms shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable in that state or country.
13.1 Except for in the case of fraud, these Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Us in relation to the Website and the Services.
14.1 These Terms are subject to the laws of England and Wales and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.
Date of last update to terms and conditions: 25 November 2016
1.1 This Privacy Policy forms part of the Website Terms and covers the Approach Human Resources website which may be accessed via www.Approach-HR.com (the “Website“) and the Services provided through it. It describes how We collect, protect and use information We receive from Website visitors. The data controller for the Website is Approach Human Resources (“We“, “Us“, “Our” or “Approach Human Resources“) whose registered office is at International House, 101 Kings Cross Road, London WC1X 9LP.
1.2 Approach Human Resources operates a separate Confidentiality Policy regarding the handling of client data, a copy of which is available on request, as appropriate.
2.1 We collect several kinds of information, depending on the part of the Website being visited. We collect personal information from you when you subscribe to a mailing list, download resources, request a meeting, provide feedback, send email enquiries or participate in another part of the Website.
2.2 We may ask you for personal information such as your name, email address, postal address, postcode, job title, phone number and information about your workplace and the nature of your business. You may also voluntarily provide Us with other personal information.
2.3 You should not use the Website to provide Us with confidential or sensitive information regarding employee data, employee disputes or practices or other
3.1 We use the personal information We collect via the Website for the purposes of:
a) providing, developing, improving and personalising Our Services and the Website
b) providing you with information about Our Services
c) dealing with your inquiries and requests
d) generating anonymous reports about use of the Website and its features.
3.2 Approach Human Resources may use the personal information collected via the Website to provide you with Approach Human Resources mailings for marketing purposes or to inform you of Our promotions or changes to Our Services. You may opt out of receiving information about Our Services by selecting the relevant option on the emails or by sending Us an email at contact@approach-hr.com.
4.1 Approach Human Resources takes steps to safeguard the security of the personal information you provide to Us with physical, electronic and managerial procedures.
4.2 Any personal information you provide will be held securely and your personal information will not be sold or traded to third parties. In some circumstances We may need to disclose your personal information (i) to a third party to provide a service you have requested, (ii) to fulfil a request for information, (iii) to comply with a legal requirement or request from a competent court, regulator or other authority, or (iv) if We believe that there has been a violation of the Terms, of Our rights or the rights of any third party. Any information about you that We pass to a third party service provider will be held securely by that party and used only to provide the services or information you have requested.
5.1 Cookies are small pieces of data sent to your computer when you visit the Website and which enable Us to collect information about you. They are stored in the cookie directory of your hard-drive, and do not necessarily expire at the end of your session although session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. The information We collect in this way may include data about how you use the Website, information about your computer (including your IP address and browser type), demographic data and, if you visited the Website by clicking on a link from a different website, the URL of that website. We may also collect information about your online activity, such as the pages you have viewed.
5.2 Although your browser may be set up to allow the creation of cookies, you can specify that you wish to be prompted before a website puts a cookie on your hard drive, so that you can decide whether to allow it. Alternatively, you can set your computer not to accept any cookies. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen for information about how to do this.
6.1 Our Website may offer you the opportunity to share or follow information about the Website (or the products and/or services available through it) using third party social networking functionality (such as through “share this”, “like” or “follow” buttons).
6.2 We offer this functionality in order to generate interest in Our Website among the members of your social networks, and to permit you to share and follow opinions, news and recommendations about the Website with your friends. However, you should be aware that sharing personal or non-personal information with a social network may result in that information being collected by the social network provider or result in that information being made publicly-available, including through Internet search engines.
6.3 Please note that We do not exercise any endorse or control the policies or practices of any third party social network whose functionality you may access through Our Website. You should always read the privacy policy of any social network through which you share information carefully in order to understand their specific privacy and information usage practices.
7.1 You have the right to request a copy of the personal information Approach Human Resources holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. Please address requests (with a return email address where possible) to: contact@approach-hr.com
7.2 If you have a query or complaint about this Privacy Policy or about the Website, you can contact Us using the same email address.
8.1 The Website contains links to other websites. These websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy and Approach Human Resources is not responsible for the privacy practices within any of these other websites. You should be aware of this when you leave the Website and We encourage you to read the privacy statements of other websites.
9.1 Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal information necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Territories outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) may not have laws which provide the same level of protection for personal information as those inside the EEA. By visiting the Website and communicating electronically with Us, you acknowledge Our processing of personal information in this way.
9.2 As such, you must not disclose any personal employee data, confidential details or other sensitive data through the Website.
10.1 If this Privacy Policy changes in any way, We will place an updated version on this webpage. If you do not agree with the changes We make please do not continue to use the Website. Regularly reviewing this webpage ensures you are always aware of what information We collect, how We use it and under what circumstances, if any, We will share it with other parties.
Privacy Policy last updated: 25 November 2016
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