Terms of Use

The Site is provided by Cedar Communications Ltd. By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.

The information on this website is provided “as is” and without warranty of any kind - express or implied including (but not limited to) any implied warranties or satisfactory quality, fitness for any particular purpose, or non infringement of third party rights.

While we make reasonable efforts to ensure that information is accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Cedar Communications shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damages (including direct, special, indirect or consequential damages) relating to this material unless caused by gross negligence or intentional misconduct. The contents of the Site do not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making, or refraining from making, any decision.

There is no guarantee that the Site will be free of infection by viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive. You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans, worms or other such malicious or technologically harmful material. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site 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 and your right to use our site will cease immediately.

To the extent permitted by law, Cedar Communications disclaims all liability (howsoever arising) in connection with any loss and/or damage, arising out of or in connection with any use of, or inability to use, all or any part of the Content, the Site and/or any website to which the Site is linked, or any action taken (or refrained from being taken) as a result of using any of these.

We reserve the right to moderate all comments made on this website or any other Cedar Communications social media channel. If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to the site or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on any Cedar service, we may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.

These terms of use are governed by English law and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Site changes

We may add to or change these conditions of use by revising this page. It is your responsibility as a user to ensure that you are aware of any such changes from time to time. Changes will become effective 24 hours after first posting and you will be deemed to have accepted any change if you continue to access the Site after that time.

Intellectual Property, copyright and trademarks

This Site is owned and operated by Cedar Communications and the information and materials appearing on the Site ("the Content") are displayed for personal, noncommercial use only and you agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes. We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, including all software and all Content (including without limitation Site design, text, graphics, audio and video and the selection and arrangement thereof). The site (and its content) is protected by international copyright laws.

None of the Content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. You may print off one copy of any page(s) for personal, non-commercial home use only, provided that all copyright and proprietary notices are kept intact – and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted.

Modification of any of the Content or use of any of the Content for any purpose other than as set out herein (including without limitation on any other website or computer network) is prohibited.

Blog posts and comments made by Cedar staff are their own opinions and do not represent the opinions of Cedar Communications, our partners or our parent companies. However, if you refer to the material or use material from this site you also undertake to acknowledge them as authors of this content as per our Intellectual Property rights.

Requests to republish any of the Content and to use quotations or extracts published by Cedar Communications should be addressed to the Syndications Department at the following address: Bankside 3, 90-100 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SW, United Kingdom.

The Cedar Communications name and logo are registered trademarks.

Links

The Site may provide links to other websites and resources. These links are included solely for information only and do not constitute any endorsement by Cedar of the sites linked or referred to. We have no control over the contents of these sites and accept no responsibility for the content or availability of any website that is maintained by third parties.

You may link to pages on our site provided that you do so in a way that is fair and legal and which does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor should you establish a link to any part of our site other than the homepage, case studies, services or news & views. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Privacy policy

Cedar Communications Limited. (“Cedar”) respects your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we collect about individuals on www.cedarcom.co.uk (the “Site”), how we may use the information, with whom we may share it, and the choices available regarding our use of the information. The Privacy Policy also describes the measures we take to safeguard the personal information, how long we retain it and how individuals can contact us about our privacy practices and to exercise their rights.

Click on one of the links below to jump to the listed section:

  • Information We Obtain
  • Automated Collection of Data
  • Third-Party Web Analytics Services
  • How We Use the Information We Obtain
  • Information Sharing
  • Data Transfers
  • Your Rights and Choices
  • Other Online Services and Third-Party Features
  • Retention of Personal Information
  • Children’s Personal Information
  • How We Protect Personal Information
  • Updates to Our Privacy Policy
  • How to Contact Us

Information We Obtain

In connection with your use of the Site, you may provide personal information to us in various ways. The types of personal information we may obtain include:

  • Contact information, email address, postal address, IP, online identifiers, location data, telephone number, credit card details and
  • Personal information contained in content you submit, such as when you email us by clicking on Cedar email address hyperlinks on the Site.

You are not required to provide this information but, if you choose not to do so, we may not be able to offer you certain of our services and features of the Site.

How We Use the Information We Obtain

We may use the information we obtain on the Site to:

  • provide you with information about our goods or services we fell may interest you, if you have given your consent to receiving marketing material from us at the point we collected your information, where required by law or otherwise in our legitimate interests provided these interests do not override your right to object to such communications;
  • ensure in our legitimate interests that:
  • content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
  • we provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us
  • conduct credit checks;
  • respond to your requests and enquiries;
  • send you newsletters and other communications if you sign up to receive them;
  • communicate with you about, and administer your participation in, surveys and market research;
  • operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing new services; enhancing and improving our services; analysing our services; managing our communications; performing data analytics and market research; and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions);
  • protect against, identify and prevent fraud and other criminal activity, claims and other liabilities; and
  • comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards and our policies, including this Privacy Policy and Cedar’s Terms of Service.

As required by applicable law, we use the personal information we obtain to comply with applicable legal requirements, carry out our contractual obligations; and, as permitted by law, pursue our legitimate interests (such as managing the Site, performing data analytics, and operating, evaluating and improving our business, transfers of personal data for internal administrative purposes, including the processing of clients’ or employees’ personal data within a group of companies). Otherwise, we obtain consent to process personal information. We also may use the information we obtain in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection. We may combine information we obtain about you (such as through the Site or from third parties) for the purposes described above.

Where we intend to further process your personal data, we may contact you to seek your consent for such new purposes.

Automated Collection of Data

When you use the Site or open our emails, we may obtain certain information by automated means, such as browser cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, server logs, and other technologies. The information we obtain in this manner may include your device IP address, domain name, identifiers associated with your devices, device and operating system type and characteristics, web browser characteristics, language preferences, clickstream data, your interactions with the Site (such as the web pages you visit, links you click and features you use), the pages that led or referred you to the Site, dates and times of access to the Site, and other information about your use of the Site.

A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. A “Flash cookie,” also known as a local shared object, functions like a web cookie to personalise a user’s experience on sites that use Adobe Flash Player. A “web beacon,” also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag or clear GIF, links web pages to web servers and their cookies and may be used to transmit information collected through cookies back to a web server. We and our third-party service providers may use beacons in emails to help us track response rates, identify when our emails are accessed or forwarded, and for other purposes listed above.

These technologies help us (1) remember your information so you will not have to re-enter it; (2) track and understand how you use and interact with the Site; (3) tailor the Site around your preferences; (4) measure the usability of the Site; (5) understand the effectiveness of our communications; and (6) otherwise manage and enhance the Site.

To the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before placing cookies or similar technologies on your computer. You can stop certain types of cookies from being downloaded on your computer by selecting the appropriate settings on your web browser. Most web browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new browser cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new browser cookie and how to disable existing cookies. You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking “help” on your browser’s menu or by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org. The Site is not designed to respond to “do not track” signals received from browsers. Please note that, without cookies or other automated tools, you may not be able to use all of the features of the Site.

Third-Party Web Analytics Services

We may obtain personal information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites, devices and other online services. On the Site, we use third-party online analytics services, such as those of Google Analytics. The service providers that administer these analytics services use automated technologies to collect data (such as email address, IP addresses, cookies and other device identifiers) to evaluate, for example, use of the Site and to diagnose technical issues. To learn more about Google Analytics, please visit www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

Information Sharing

We do not disclose personal information we obtain about you, except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may share your personal data to any of our group affiliates, or to our agents, partners or contractors who assist us in providing the services we offer through our website/application, processing transactions, fulfilling requests for information, receiving and sending communications, updating marketing lists, analysing data, providing IT and other support services or in other tasks, from time to time. Our agents, partners and contractors will only use your information to the extent necessary to perform their functions.

Our agents, partners and contractors will only use your information to the extent necessary to perform their functions:

  • data analytics
  • our subsidiaries and affiliates
  • our distribution suppliers
  • suppliers aiding processing of payment details
  • suppliers aiding provision of support services

This list may change and will be updated from time to time"

We also may disclose information about you (1) if we are required to do so by law or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena); (2) in response to requests by government agencies, such as law enforcement authorities; (3) to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights; (4) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical or other harm or financial loss; (5) in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity; (6) in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganisation, dissolution or liquidation); or (7) otherwise with your consent.

Data Transfers

"Your personal data which we collect is sent to and stored on secure servers located in the United Kingdom. Such storage is necessary in order to process your personal data.

Your personal data may also be transferred by us to our other offices and/or to the third parties mentioned in the circumstances described above which may be situated outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

Country benefits from an adequacy decision issued by the European Commission. Those countries that do not benefit from such a decision are self-certified under the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield frameworks".

We may transfer your personal information outside the EEA:

  • In order to store it.
  • In order to enable us to provide goods or services to you and fulfil our contract with you. This includes order fulfilment, processing of payment details, and the provision of support services.
  • Where we are legally required to do so.
  • In order to facilitate the operation of our group of businesses, where it is in our legitimate interests and we have concluded these are not overridden by your rights.

We may transfer your personal information to the following countries outside the EEA: United States, Philippines.

Your Rights and Choices

We offer you certain choices in connection with the personal information we obtain about you. To update your preferences, update or correct your information, limit the communications you receive from us, or submit a request, please contact us as specified in the How to Contact Us section of this Privacy Policy. You also can unsubscribe from our marketing mailing lists by following the “Unsubscribe” link in our emails.

You have the right under certain circumstances

  • To see the personal data we hold on you.
  • Request your data be corrected or erased where appropriate
  • To restrict the processing of your personal data whilst we investigate your concern;
  • Where your processing is based on your consent, to receive your personal data in a commonly used electronic format or ask we move the data in that format to another provider where your request relates to the data that you gave us directly and where technically possible.
  • To withdraw your consent at any time when the processing relies upon consent

You can also object to direct marketing or in certain other cases object more generally.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority (see http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.html). The Information Commissioner is the supervisory authority in the UK and can provide further information about your rights and our obligations in relation to your personal data, as well as deal with any complaints that you have about our processing of your personal data. a supervisory authority".

Other Online Services and Third-Party Features

The Site may provide links to other online services and websites for your convenience and information, and may include third-party features such as apps, tools, widgets and plug-ins (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter buttons) These services, websites, and third-party features may operate independently from us. The privacy practices of these third parties, including details on the information they may collect about you, are subject to the privacy statements of these parties, which we strongly suggest you review. To the extent any linked online services or third-party features are not owned or controlled by us, Cedar is not responsible for these third parties’ information practices.

Retention of Personal Information

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we retain personal information we obtain about you as long as (1) it is needed for the purposes for which we obtained it, in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy, or (2) we have another lawful basis for retaining the data beyond the period for which it is necessary to serve the original purpose for collecting the data.

How We Protect Personal Information

We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information we obtain through the Site against accidental, unlawful or unauthorised destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use.

Children’s Personal Information

The Site is designed for a general audience and is not directed to children under the age of 13. Cedar does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13 through the Site. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will promptly delete that information from our records. If you believe that a child under the age of 13 may have provided us with personal information, please contact us as specified in the How to Contact Us section of this Privacy Policy.

Updates to Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will indicate at the top of the notice when it was most recently updated.

How to Contact Us

To update your preferences, update or correct your information, submit a request, ask us questions about this Privacy Policy, or exercise other applicable privacy rights, please contact us by email at karen.huxley@cedarcom.co.uk or write to us at:

For the purposes of European data protection law, the data controller is:

Karen Huxley
Cedar Communications Limited
Bankside 3
90-100 Southwark Street,
London SE1 0SW
United Kingdom

Journalistic integrity

Cedar believes in the highest standards in journalistic integrity. If you have found an instance where you do not believe that we have lived up to those journalistic standards, please notify us.