Legal
Terms of Use
Welcome to the Urban Design Compendium website. Set out below are the rules that will apply to your use of our website. In using our website you are agreeing to comply with these rules. We may amend the rules at any time by posting the amended rules on our website. All amended rules will apply from the time they are posted on our website.
Data Protection Notification
The Urban Design Compendium website is operated by the Homes and Communities Agency. Set out below are Homes and Communities Agency's arrangements for protection of the personal information published on the site.
At the Homes and Communities Agency we are committed to protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information that users of systems operated by us choose to share. Personally identifiable information is information that can be associated with a specific individual, including, for example, name, address, telephone number and email address.
All data collected from users is protected against unauthorised access. We will use the personal information you provide in relation to the Urban Design Compendium website for following purposes:
- To send hard copy publications to users who have requested them and who have provided their address details for that purpose.
- To keep a record of email enquiries received through the website and replies thereto, to ensure that we have a means of responding to our enquirers.
We will not supply the data you provide to us to any third parties. It is not our policy to sell information about our users to third parties
In the event that we decide to change our data protection notification, we will post these changes on an appropriate page on the Urban Design Compendium website.
As required by the Data Protection Act 1998, we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information that you have given to us, in order to prevent, as far as possible, any unauthorised access. However, due to the nature of the medium, we are unable to provide any guarantee that information stored by us will not be subject to unauthorised access. Our security procedures mean that we may request proof of identity before we are able to disclose sensitive information to you. If you would like to have a copy of the information we hold about you please contact us at mail@urbandesigncompendium.co.uk or make a written request to:
Information Access Officer
Homes and Communities Agency
Central Business Exchange II
414 – 428 Midsummer Boulevard
Milton Keynes
MK9 2EA
Privacy policy (Cookies)
Homes and Communities Agency reserves the right to gather information relating to website usage. The Urban Design Compendium website uses a web analytics service, which uses “cookies” (text files placed on your computer) for the purpose of analysing your use of the website. Cookies will not be used for any other purpose on this website and no information relating to cookies will be provided to a third party.
The cookies used on this website contain no personal information about the user. Only the Internet Protocol address of the computer used to access the website will be recorded.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. For more information, please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org
Other websites linked from this website are not covered by this privacy policy.
Intellectual property rights
All content included on this site, including text, graphics, logos, icons, images, software and source code, and the arrangement and compilation of such content and any databases are the property of the Homes and Communities Agency or its software suppliers and is protected by United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws, including, copyright laws. The content and software on this site is to be used solely for providing information to users of this site.
You may print material from the Urban Design Compendium website for your legitimate business purposes, but you may not charge a fee for any use and commercial use is expressly prohibited. Any other re-use, including the reproduction, reutilisation, extraction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance of the content on this website is strictly prohibited. If you would like to re-use the information, the Homes and Communities Agency will consider your application in accordance with the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. You should make a written request to
Information Access Officer
Homes and Communities Agency
Milton Keynes
MK9 2EA
Please note charges may apply.
Disclaimer and limitation of liability
Due to the changing nature of the information contained in this website the Homes and Communities Agency shall not be liable for any damage or loss resulting from information accessible via this website not being accurate, complete or current.
Due to the nature of communications over the Internet and the inherent risks of the transfer of data over the Internet, the Homes and Communities Agency shall not be liable for any damage or loss whatsoever or howsoever resulting from viruses or the corruption or loss of data or damage to software or hardware.
Whilst the Homes and Communities Agency will use all reasonable endeavours to minimise any amount of downtime on the website, due to the intrinsic nature of websites, the Homes and Communities Agency shall not be liable for damage or loss whatsoever resulting from you being unable to access the website.
In any event the Homes and Communities Agency shall not be liable for any death or personal injury arising out of use of the website unless it is due to the negligence of the Homes and Communities Agency or its employees.
Without prejudice to the above, the Homes and Communities Agency shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential losses or damages whatsoever, howsoever arising (including but not limited to loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of sale, loss of goodwill, loss of profits or increased costs).
The disclaimers set out above do not affect or prejudice any other Homes and Communities Agency disclaimers or exclusions relating to this website (whether or not contained in these terms).
Remedies
If you breach any of these rules, the Homes and Communities Agency may, in addition to any other remedies available to it, deny access to the website to the user and disable any user name and password associated with any such user.
Hyperlinks
The Urban Design Compendium website may provide hyperlinks to other websites. the Homes and Communities Agency is not responsible for the availability of such other websites and does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for any content, products or other materials available on such other websites.
General
This website is created and controlled by the Homes and Communities Agency. Rules as to use or access to this site are subject to English Law and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the English Courts in relation to any matter or dispute arising out of or in connection with your use of this website.
Any waiver or amendment of any of these rules will be effective only if signed by the Homes and Communities Agency and the failure of the Homes and Communities Agency to exercise or enforce any rule shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Homes and Communities Agency reserves the right to make changes to this website and these rules at any time.