TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE Introduction These terms and conditions apply between you, the User of this Website (including any sub-domains, unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions), and SOX Consulting Ltd, the owner and operator of this website. Please read these terms and conditions carefully, as they affect your legal rights. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions is deemed to occur upon your first use of the website. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you should stop using the website immediately. In these terms and conditions, User or Users means any third party that accesses the website and is not either (i)employed by SOX Consulting Ltd and acting in the course of their employment or (ii)engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to SOX Consulting Ltd and accessing the website in connection with such services. You must be at least 18 years of age to use this website. By using the website and agreeing to these terms and conditions, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age. How we get personal information and why we have it. Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons: •Contact forms and Chat-enabled forms on our website. We use the information you have given us to respond to any of your information requests and describe the services offered and the terms and conditions of such services. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are: (a) Your consent. You can remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting information@soxconsulting.co.uk (b) We have a contractual obligation. (c) We have a legal obligation. (d) We have a legitimate interest. How we store your personal information Your information is securely stored. Any information not used for 182 consecutive days will be securely destroyed via secure file deletion. Your data protection rights Under data protection law, you have rights including: Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances. You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact us at information@soxconsulting.co.uk if you wish to make a request. How to complain If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at information@soxconsulting.co.uk. Limitation of liability 1. Nothing in these terms and conditions will: (a) limit or exclude any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law. 2.We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of events beyond our reasonable control. 3. To the maximum extent permitted by law, SOX Consulting Ltd accepts no liability for any of the following: •any business losses, such as loss of profits, income, revenue, anticipated savings, business, contracts, goodwill or commercial opportunities; •loss or corruption of any data, database or software; •any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage. Intellectual property and acceptable use Unless uploaded by Users, all content included on the website is the property of SOX Consulting Ltd, our affiliates or other relevant third parties. In these terms and conditions, content means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations, page layout, underlying code and software and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this website, including any such content uploaded by Users. By continuing to use the website, you acknowledge that such content is protected by copyright, trademarks, database rights and other intellectual property rights. Nothing on this site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, logo or service mark displayed on the site without the owner's prior written permission You may, for your own personal, non-commercial use only, do the following: •retrieve, display and view the content on a computer screen •print one copy of the content •You must not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy, distribute or use any content for commercial purposes without the written permission of SOX Consulting Ltd. Prohibited use You may not use the website for any of the following purposes: In any way which causes, or may cause, damage to the website or interferes with any other person's use or enjoyment of the website; in any way which is harmful, unlawful, illegal, abusive, harassing, threatening or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable law, regulation, or governmental order; making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of content protected by copyright without the owner's permission. Availability of the Website and disclaimers 1. Any online facilities, tools, services or information that SOX Consulting Ltd makes available through the website (the Service) is provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis. We give no warranty that the Service will be free of defects and/or faults. To the maximum extent permitted by the law, we provide no warranties (express or implied) of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of the information, compatibility and satisfactory quality. SOX Consulting Ltd, is under no obligation to update information on the website. 2.Whilst SOX Consulting Ltd, uses reasonable endeavours to ensure that the website is secure and free of errors, viruses and other malware, we give no warranty or guaranty in that regard, and all Users take responsibility for their own security, that of their personal details and their computers. 3.SOX Consulting Ltd, accepts no liability for any disruption or non-availability of the website. 4.SOX Consulting Ltd, reserves the right to alter, suspend or discontinue any part (or the whole of) the website, including, but not limited to, any products and/or services available. These terms and conditions shall continue to apply to any modified version of the website unless it is expressly stated otherwise. Registration You must ensure that the details provided by you on registration or at any time are correct and complete. You must inform us immediately of any changes to the information that you provide when registering by updating your personal details to ensure we can communicate with you effectively. We may suspend or cancel your registration with immediate effect for any reasonable purposes or if you breach these terms and conditions. You may cancel your registration at any time by informing us in writing at the address at the end of these terms and conditions. If you do so, you must immediately stop using the website. Cancellation or suspension of your registration does not affect any statutory rights. Links to other websites This website may contain links to other sites. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under the control of SOX Consulting Ltd or of our affiliates. Therefore we assume no responsibility for the content of such Websites and disclaim liability for any and all forms of loss or damage arising out of their use of them. Including a link to another site on this website does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or those in control of them.