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Terms of Use

1. Use of the Site

By accessing the Site (as defined below) you ("the User") agree to these terms of use.  

2. Privacy Statement

We may collect information from visitors to the Site. This information may include e-mail addresses and personal details such as your name and postal address. We will use this information for the purposes specified below:

2.1 E-mail alerts

If you request e-mail alerts we will only use your e-mail address for the purpose of providing you with those alerts. Please inform us if you want to be removed from our e-mailing lists and deleted from our records. Under these terms of use you consent to us processing this information which may include e-mail addresses and other personal details submitted.

2.2 Publications

If you request any publications we will only use your postal address for the purpose of providing you with such publications. Please inform us if you want to be removed from our mailing lists and deleted from our records.

3. Disclaimer

The Board of the Pension Protection Fund (“the Board”) is a statutory corporation established under the Pensions Act 2004 to hold manage and apply the Pension Protection Fund. References elsewhere on this Site to ‘the Pension Protection Fund’ are references to the Board or to the Pension Protection Fund as appropriate.

The www.pensionprotectionfund.org.uk website, functions and material contained on it ("the Site"), is provided by the Board with no warranty, guarantee or endorsement of any kind, whether express or implied by law.

The Board shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising in negligence, contract or otherwise from the use, or loss of use, of the Site, from the content of any information available on the Site including any error, infringement, defamation, obscenity or inaccuracy, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using the Site, including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damages. This clause shall not limit or exclude the Board's liability for negligent misstatement or death or personal injury arising from the negligence of the Board.

Information provided on the Site is in some cases based on legislation that has not yet been fully enacted and / or may be subject to subsequent amendment. The Board accepts no liability for changes in the law that affect the accuracy of the information it provides on the Site.

4. Legal Advice

The information provided on the Site does not constitute legal or other professional advice. The Site is intended to provide guidance only and where legal or other professional advice is required the User must contact his or her own professional advisers.

5. Third Party Websites

Lists and links contained within the Site may take the User to websites that are not under the control of the Board ("the Third Party Websites"). The Board accepts no responsibility for the content of Third Party Websites and any linking or listing should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind. The Board accepts no liability in respect of the content of Third Party Websites and provides no warranty, guarantee or endorsement of any kind, whether express or implied by law.

6. Copyright

Except where otherwise indicated, the Board owns the copyright in material on the Site (excluding material on Third Party Websites). The User is licensed to reproduce this material provided the User does not do so for financial gain and the User acknowledges the Pension Protection Fund as the source of this material.

7. Linking

The User may link to the Site provided the links are not placed in such a way as to suggest an endorsement of any kind by the Board or Pension Protection Fund.

8. Logos

The User is not authorised to reproduce in any way the logos or images contained on the Site.

9. Law and Jurisdiction

These terms and conditions are subject to the laws, and the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts, of England and Wales.

10. Updates

We may revise these terms of use at any time and it is the User's responsibility to check for these changes. Continued use of the Site constitutes your acceptance of any change.