Website Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

This page sets out the terms of use applying to our website www.humantalk.co.uk (the website). Please read them carefully before you start to use the website, as your use of the website indicates your acceptance of the terms and your agreement to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use the website.

We may revise the terms 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 made, as they are binding on you.

ABOUT US

www.humantalk.co.uk is a website operated by Humantalk Limited (a company) whose directors are Ben Evans and John Steel (We). Our registered office is Regis House, 45 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AN. Details about Ben and John’s experience, qualifications and membership of professional bodies can be found on the ‘Who we are’ page of this website.

ACCESSING THE WEBSITE

Access to the website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may withdraw parts or the whole of the website or any information we provide on it without notice and will not be liable if for any reason the website (or any part of it) is unavailable at any time or for any period.

From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the website, or our entire site, to users who have registered with us.

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We may disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the website through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in the website, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright 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 the website for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on the website.

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, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on the website must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the materials on the website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy or download any part of the website in breach of these terms of use, your right to use the website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

TRADE MARKS

"Humantalk/humantalk” is the trading name of Human Talk Limited. Registered in England and Wales. Company number: 11475004. VAT number: 435380792. HumanTalk / Human Talk are UK registered trademarks: UK00003426981 and UK00003426987. © Humantalk 2024.

RELIANCE ON MATERIALS

Materials posted to the website are not designed to meet your specific needs and do not amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We do not accept any liability or responsibility arising from any reliance you may place on such materials or any decisions you may make as a result of visiting the website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE

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

OUR LIABILITY

The material displayed on the website is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we expressly exclude:

All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.

Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with the website or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of the website, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including:

  • loss of income or revenue;

  • loss of business;

  • loss of profits or contracts;

  • loss of anticipated savings;

  • loss of data;

  • loss of goodwill;

  • wasted management or office time; and

  • whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, provided that this term shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.

This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND VISITS TO THE WEBSITE

Humantalk Limited is a data controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and we will only hold data about you if you give us your explicit and unambiguous consent.

By contacting us or proceeding to use any of the services that we offer you consent to us processing the personal data (including possible sensitive personal data) that we collect from you in these circumstances:

  • to deal with your correspondence;

  • to provide services to you that you request;

  • for internal record keeping; and

  • to provide you with information on other services that we offer which we feel may interest you, but only if you have given us explicit consent to do so.

For more information, please read our privacy notice detailed below:

PRIVACY NOTICE

HUMANTALK LIMITED PRIVACY NOTICE – INFORMATION FOR CLIENTS, CUSTOMERS AND ASSOCIATES

This Privacy Notice is for clients, customers and associates of Humantalk Limited (“Humantalk”) to ensure that, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you are informed of the data we hold about you, what we might use your data for, how we store it, and how you can give, refuse or update your consent regarding the information we hold. If you have any queries about what data is held and how it might be used, please contact us by emailing hello@humantalk.co.uk. You may also contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) via their website - ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

PRIVACY NOTICE

  • Data we hold about you will typically be your name, the organisation you work for, your current role title, an email address, a work address, and a contact number.

  • Humantalk will only collect and hold data about you with your explicit and unambiguous consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • As well as withdrawing your consent you also have the right to have your data updated, restricted, transferred to another organisation, or erased from our database. 

  • Under GDPR, Humantalk is known as a "data controller" meaning that we store and process personal data such as email address, contact numbers, your name and the organisation you work for.

  • Your data will only be kept for the purposes of contacting you about our services, or special offers being offered by Humantalk which we believe may be of interest to you.

  • Your data will not be transferred outside of the European Union and will be stored securely.

  • Your data will not be shared with any other organisation and will only be accessed by directors, employees or associates of Humantalk.

  • You may request to see the data we hold about you at any time. To do this please contact us by emailing hello@humantalk.co.uk. We will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible and no later than one month after your initial request.

VIRUSES, HACKING AND OTHER OFFENCES

You must not misuse the website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website, the server on which the website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the website. You must not attack the website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the website will cease immediately.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

LINKING TO THE WEBSITE

You may not link to all or any part of the website without direct written permission from one of the company directors of Humantalk Limited.

LINKING FROM THE WEBSITE

Where the website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

JURISDICTION AND GOVERNING LAW

The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to the website although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country.

These terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

YOUR CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS

If you have any concerns about material which appears on the website or questions about any personal data that we may hold about you, please contact us at hello@humantalk.co.uk.