PPA Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

The following terms apply to your use of the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) website ('the Website'). By using the Website you acknowledge and agree that:

Terms of use

1. Copyright in the Website and all its content, including databases, is owned by PPA and its licensors. You are permitted to download and print content from the Website for your own personal use. The Website content must not be copied or reproduced, used or otherwise dealt with for any other reason. You are not entitled to modify or redistribute the content of the Website or reproduce, link, frame, or deep link it in any other Website without the express written permission of PPA. You are not entitled to use the content of the Website for commercial exploitation in any circumstances.

2. The names, images, pictures and logos identifying PPA or third parties and their products and services, are proprietary marks of PPA, and/or may be the proprietary marks of third parties. Any use made of these marks without obtaining permission may be an infringement of rights in those marks and PPA reserves all rights to enforce such rights.

3. Content on the Website is provided for general information purposes only to inform you about PPA and any legal or commercial developments which may be of interest. It does not constitute legal advice (or any other type of advice) and should not be relied upon for this purpose.

4. PPA is providing the content in good faith but no warranty or representation is given that the content is accurate, complete or up to date. Use of content on the Website is at your own risk. While PPA takes reasonable precautions to prevent computer viruses and other malicious programs on the Website no liability is accepted for them.

5. The Website and the information, names, images, pictures and logos are provided by PPA without any warranty, whether express or implied. In no circumstance will PPA be liable in contract, tort, negligence, or otherwise for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential loss or damage whatsoever, or for any economic loss whatsoever arising from the use or in connection with the use or loss of use of the Website.

6. The Website and all of the content is only to be used for lawful purposes.

7. PPA may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website at any time and without giving notice.  

8. Information transmitted via this Website will pass over public telecommunications networks. PPA makes no representation or warranty that the operation of this Website will be interrupted or error free and disclaims all liability in respect thereof.

9. This Website contains links to other websites. PPA accepts no responsibility or liability for any material supplied by or contained on any third party website which is linked from or to this, or any use of personal data by such a third party. The inclusion of any link on the Website does not imply endorsement by PPA of the linked site. If you decide to access linked third party websites, you do so at your own risk.

10. PPA reserves the right, at its sole discretion to change the terms and conditions by posting changes online. Any subsequent use of the Website is deemed to amount to acceptance of those revised terms and conditions.

11. The above terms of use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the parties agree to irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

Registration to members only area

Access for employees of PPA member companies (including associate members) to the PPA members' area is controlled by username and password. We allow you to access the members' area of the site on the basis that:

1. Your username and password are personal to you and shall not be used by anyone else to access the PPA members' area;

2. You provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested by PPA in the registration form;

3. You do not do anything that would assist anyone who is not an PPA member to gain access to the PPA members' area or any documents contained therein;

4. You do not maliciously create additional registration accounts for the purpose of abusing the functionality of the site, or other users; nor do you seek to pass yourself off as another user;

5. You have read and understood the Website Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy.

Termination of registration to members only area

PPA reserves the right to cancel your registration to the site and/or refuse you access to the secure pages. PPA shall not be liable for any loss or damages whatsoever arising from your inability to access any pages on the site.

Privacy policy

The privacy of your personal data is important to PPA. The following sets out what we do and what we do not do with the information we collect using this Website:

Cookies

1. The Website will give the user, on sign-in, the option to be remembered automatically. If this option is selected, a cookie (a small piece of computer code) is sent to and stored on your computer containing a unique session identifier. The identifier is used to record site usage statistics. PPA does not recommend that the option to accept the cookie is taken if the computer is shared.

2. In a separate automatic operation the webserver will collect your IP address and details of the Website where you came from before entering the PPA Website. This information is used to:

i) Work out how many times the Website has been visited;
ii) Record which parts of the Website have been visited so we can improve the content and layout of the Website.

Paragraphs 2 i) and ii) apply to all visitors on the Website whether or not they have registered. The information collected is not linked to you as an individual unless you choose to register.

Cookies stored on your computer will automatically be deleted if you do not revisit the Website for 90 days.

Personal data

If you submit your details to PPA via this site, we may write to you about other PPA events and information, or pass your name and address to other reputable companies whose products and services may be of interest to you or your company. On each form where personal or work details are submitted, and on each subsequent email communication, a facility to unsubscribe is offered, which we will action as soon as is reasonably practicable.

Contact

If you have any questions in relation to the above please do not hesitate to contact Kerry Neilson, PPA Director of legal and public affairs, on 020 7404 4166 or write to PPA at: Queens House, 28 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JR.