Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Access to and use of this site (ascribe.com) is provided by Ascribe plc subject to the following terms:

1. By using ascribe.com you agree to be legally bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of ascribe.com. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following terms please do not access and/or use ascribe.com.
2. Ascribe plc (Ascribe) reserves the right to vary these terms of use at any time and will post any variations here. Please review these terms regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes made by Ascribe. Your continued use of ascribe.com after changes are posted means you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated and/or amended.

Ownership of rights and limitation of use:

1. This website, its design, text, graphics and content shall at all times remain the copyright of Ascribe. Third party copyright materials may be included on the website from time to time and these will be designated by that third party's proprietary notice.  The trade marks and trade names depicted in this website are proprietary to Ascribe, or where other proprietary trade marks and company names are featured, these will remain the trademarks of their respective owners. 
2. Any commercial reproduction, distribution or transmission of any part or parts of this website or any information contained therein by any means whatsoever is not permitted without the prior written permission of Ascribe.

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability: 

1. ascribe.com content, including the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and on an "IS AVAILABLE" basis without any representations or any kind of warranty made (whether express or implied by law) to the extent permitted by law, including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
    
2. Under no circumstances will Ascribe plc be liable for any of the following losses or damage (whether such losses where foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise): (a) loss of data; (b) loss of revenue or anticipated profits; (c) loss of business; (d) loss of opportunity; (e) loss of goodwill or injury to reputation; (f) losses suffered by third parties; or (g) any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of ascribe.com regardless of the form of action.
    
3. Ascribe does not warrant that functions contained in ascribe.com content will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that ascribe.com or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.  

Links to and from external sites: 

1. Links to external sites from this website are for information only. If you leave this website via a link, and view material that is not provided by Ascribe, you do so at your own risk. The material to which you link has not been developed, checked for accuracy or otherwise reviewed by Ascribe. Ascribe will not accept responsibility for any damages or losses caused by any delays, defects or omissions that may exist in the information provided in such site.
2. You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without Ascribe's prior written consent.

Investors:

1. The information contained in the website is not an invitation to invest in the shares, or any other products or services or otherwise deal in these or enter into a contract with Ascribe or any other company. The information provided should not be used as a basis to determine any investment decision.

Governing Law:

1. These terms and conditions are governed by English Law and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
2. To the extent that any part of these terms of use is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction that part shall to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, all of which shall remain in full force and effect as permitted by law.

Privacy and Cookies:

1. Ascribe cares about your privacy. Your information is used to help us provide you with better products and services.
2. Any personal information that you choose to provide(such as contact or newsletter request information) will not be fowarded on to any third parties without your express permission.
3. Ascribe reserves the right to store the IP address of visitors. This information is used to monitor web traffic and is not linked back to you as an individual.
4. Ascribe uses a 'cookie' to create a 'guest identity' when you browse our website. The sole purpose of this cookie is allow our dynamic web site to provide a better user experience and is necessary only for the effective operation of the underlying technology of this website. Our cookies that recognise you as 'anonymous' do not contain any personally identifying information. While it is possible to block cookies from being loaded onto your computer, please note that by blocking cookies, you may adversely affect the performance and or availability of this website.
5. To protect your security, we allow users to create a user-account on our website. This is currently configured to allow visitors to register for newsletters but in the future, certain product or market information may be made available to recognised account users in a password-protected area. Account users will therefore be given a session-cookie which will recognise their identity and access privileges - session-cookies will be timed to protect site access security.

What is a cookie: A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your web browser from a website's computer when you visit that website. The cookie is stored on your computer's hard drive and allows the website to record information about your online preferences. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it. As each browser is different, please check the "Help" menu of your own browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.  To protect your privacy, you may select to have your browser configured to permit a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you,  and not the cookies sent to you by other sites. For further information on cookies please visit www.aboutcookies.org.

Data Protection Act:

1. If you wish to request a copy of any personal information that you may have submitted to Ascribe, please send us a written request (this may be at a small charge). We may require proof of identity from you prior to disclosing such information; this is in order to protect the security of your information and ensure your privacy is respected.
2. If wish to be removed from any services to which you have subscribed please email us at info@ascribe.com.
3. If you want to know more about your data protection rights under UK law then please visit the website of The Office of The Information Commissioner.

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