Updated: Friday the 01st of June, 2012 Legal and Copyright Notices
1. General
This Website is operated, under Licence, by First Directory Ltd and is made available on the following terms and conditions. By using the Website you accept these terms and conditions, which shall be interpreted according to the laws of England.
2. Data Protection
First Directory Ltd's use of personal information supplied by you when you use this Website is governed by our privacy policy.
3. Copyright
3.1 First Directory Ltd grants you a non-exclusive licence to access and use the content in this Website for your personal purposes. You may not reproduce or distribute any part of the content for commercial purposes.
3.2 You acknowledge that the copyright, database rights, taxonomy and all other intellectual property rights comprised in or relating to this Website and in the data or the taxonomy it contains belongs to First Directory Ltd.
3.3 You are permitted to print or download extracts from this material for your personal use only. None of this material may be used for any commercial or public use.
3.4 No part of 1stdirectory.com, the data, the taxonomy or any material appearing on the site may be reproduced, stored in or transmitted on any other Website without written permission of First Directory Ltd and any payments of a specified fee. Requests to republish any material may be sent to support@1stdirectory.com.
3.5 You may not send automated queries of anysort to 1stdirectory.com without express permission in advance from First Directory Ltd. Note that "sending automated queries" includes, among other things: data scrapping 1stdirectory.com, meta-searching 1stdirectory.com and performing "offline" searches on 1stdirectory.com.
4. Disclaimer
4.1 First Directory Ltd does not give any warranty or other assurance as to the operation, quality or functionality of the site. Access to the site may be interrupted, restricted or delayed for any reason. First Directory Ltd also does not give any warranty or other assurance as to the content of the material appearing on the site, its accuracy, completeness, timelessness or fitness for any particular purpose.
4.2 To the full extent permissible by law, First Directory Ltd disclaims all responsibility for any damages or losses (including, without limitation, financial loss, damages for loss in business projects, loss of profits or other consequential losses) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use the Site or any material appearing on 1stdirectory.com, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using 1stdirectory.com or any such material.
4.3 1stdirectory.com contains links to external sites. First Directory Ltd is not responsible for and has no control over the content of such sites. Information on 1stdirectory.com, or available via hypertext link from 1stdirectory.com, is made available without responsibility on the part of 1stdirectory.com.
First Directory Ltd disclaims all responsibility and liability (including for negligence) in relation to information on or accessible from 1stdirectory.com.
5. Advertising Material
Advertisers are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on 1stdirectory.com complies with all relevant laws and regulations. First Directory Ltd will not take responsibility for any error, omission or inaccuracy in advertising material.
5.1 Cancellation or suspension
Requests for cancellation or reduction of an order may be considered but only if received in writing by the publisher within 28 (twenty-eight) days of the order. No cancellation or reduction will be effective until confirmed in writing by an authorised signatory of the Publisher.
6. Protection Rights
The name and logo of 1stdirectory; 1st directory; firstdirectory; first directory; are trademarks of First Directory Ltd. You are not permitted to use or reproduce or allow anyone to use or reproduce these trademarks for any reason.
7. Changes to the Website
First Directory Ltd may at any time make alterations to or to withdraw this Website or any part of it.
First Directory Ltd collects and uses information from users of its websites and subscription services in the following ways. By using this website or service you consent to this collection and use of information.
1. Company Entry Details
Details of personnel provided to us in company entries will be published in our industrial/commercial directories in printed, CD and online formats.
2. Contact details
Contact details provided by you (such as your name, job title, telephone and fax number and your e-mail and postal addresses) may be used occasionally to tell you about important changes to the service or website and its functionality.
3. 'Cookies'
Cookies are small pieces of information stored by us on your computer which enable us to identify your computer when you access our services or websites. We may use cookies to provide you with a convenient means of access, without needing your password. Also to protect the integrity of registered user names and passwords and to limit access to 'paid for' services. We will not disclose information obtained by the use of cookies to third parties.
4. Data Protection Policy
E-mails sent to companies via 1stdirectory.com will be monitored for statistical purposes by First Directory Ltd and these statistics may be passed onto to advertisers on the website.
5. Financial Information
First Directory Ltd do not store credit card details
6. Information Sharing
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and would like to know your options in relation to not having this information used by these companies, click here.
7. Recording of Telephone Calls
In accordance with The Privacy of Messages condition of the Self-Provision Licence all telephone calls to First Directory may be recorded for training purposes.8. Statistical information
Aggregate statistical information provided by us to our advertisers or others regarding sales or website usage will not include personally identifying information.
9. Voluntary Information
We may ask for further information about you as part of online surveys or if you enter any competition or other promotional feature. This information will be used to enable us to improve our website or online service.
1. Acceptance Terms
First Directory Ltd provides its service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of the TOS at any time at: http://www.1stdirectory.com
2. International Users
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom or the country in which you reside.
3. Description of Service
First Directory Ltd provides users with access to additional information on companies included within its site, you understand and agree that their service may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for First Directory Ltd to provide their service. You also understand and agree that the service will include email from First Directory and their customers; these communications are considered part of the First Directory user service. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augments or enhances the current service shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the service is provided "As-is" and that First Directory assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings.
4. Passwords and Security
You will receive a password and account designation upon completing the service's registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to immediately notify First Directory Ltd of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security.
5. User Conduct
You agree not to use the service to send a message to a listed company that is irrelevant to their business or undesirable in any other way, such as abusive material, “Spam”, viruses or other unwanted programs. ACCEPTANCE by using this site you indicate that you agree to and have read and understand the above terms of service and agree to them. Your use and membership of this service will constitute your consent to the collection and use of this information and the transfer of this information for processing and storage by First Directory Ltd. You also agree to receive required administrative and legal notices such as this electronically.