Terms of use

Welcome to the Piper Group Plc website. By accessing this website you agree to the following terms. If you do not agree to the following terms, please do not use this site.

Copyright

This site and its contents are the property of the Piper Group Plc, which are protected by international copyright laws and any unauthorised use of this site or its contents may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. If you breach any of these terms, your authorisation to use this site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed data, information or materials.

You may not modify this site or its contents in any way, or reproduce or publicly display, perform, or distribute or otherwise use this site or its contents for any public or commercial purpose. Any use of this site or its contents on any other site or networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

Trademarks

Product names are either trademarks or registered trademarks. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks or trade names of their respective owners. Your access to this site should not be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any licence or right to use any marks appearing on this site without the prior written consent of the Piper Group Plc or the third party owner thereof.

Links to third party sites

For your easy accessibility this site may include links to sites on the Internet that are owned or operated by third parties. By linking to such third-party site, you shall review and agree to that site's rules of use before using such site. You also agree that Piper Group Plc has no control over the content of that site and cannot assume any responsibility for data, information or other material created or published by such third-party sites. The Piper Group Plc does not endorse or make any representations about such third-party sites, or any information, software or other products, data, information or other materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third-party sites linked to this site, you do so entirely at your own risk.

Links to our site

The Piper Group Plc welcomes links to its website, but you may not display the contents of our website framed or otherwise surrounded by material not originating from us without our consent.

If you would like to license our material, please contact us.

Feedback and reader-generated content

By transmitting data, information or other material to any of our servers, by email, via the Piper Group Plc webpages or otherwise, you agree that (i) the contents thereof will not be unlawful or otherwise unfit for publication; (ii) you will use reasonable efforts to remove any viruses or other

Except where expressly described otherwise by the Piper Group Plc, all comments and materials submitted to the Piper Group Plc through or in association with this Web site shall be considered non-confidential and the property of the Piper Group Plc. By submitting such comments or materials to the Piper Group Plc, you agree to a no-charge assignment to the Piper Group Plc of all worldwide rights, title and interest in copyrights and other intellectual property rights to the comments or materials. The Piper Group Plc shall be free to use such comments or materials on an unrestricted basis.

Disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability

THIS SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. ACCORDINGLY, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, IS MADE IN RELATION TO THIS SITE, ITS CONTENTS, THE AVAILABILITY, USE, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENTS. WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THIS SITE, ITS CONTENT OR TO ANY PRODUCTS AND PRICES DESCRIBED AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND WE MAKE NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE.

PIPER GROUP PLC EXCLUDES ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AMOUNT OR KIND OF LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT MAY RESULT TO YOU OR A THIRD PARTY AS A RESULT OF PROVIDING THIS SITE, OR ITS CONTENTS, OR ARISING OUT OF THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THIS SITE, ANY WEB SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, OR THE CONTENT, DATA, INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL CONTAINED ON ANY OR ALL SUCH SITES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE DUE TO VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, DATA OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING THIS SITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY CONTENT, DATA, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIALS FROM THIS SITE OR ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE.

PIPER GROUP PLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES (‘AFFILIATES’) AND THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS OR AGENTS OF ANY OF THEM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SITE IN ANY WAY OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THIS SITE, ANY WEB SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, OR THE DATA, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIALS CONTAINED ON ANY OR ALL SUCH SITES, FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND HOWSOEVER ARISING, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGES OR ANY LOSS OF INCOME, PROFITS, GOODWILL, DATA , CONTRACTS, USE , OR LOSS OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR CONNECTED IN ANY WAY TO BUSINESS INTERRUPTION AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE, KNOWN OR FORESEEN OR OTHERWISE AND WHETHER IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE. HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT OUR LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY PROVEN NEGLIGENCE OR FOR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, TO SUCH EXTENT THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

The Piper Group Plc makes no representation that the contents of this site are appropriate or available for use outside the United Kingdom. You may not use or export or re-export the contents of this site or part thereof, adaptation or copy thereof, in violation of any applicable laws or regulations including without limitation United States and United Kingdom export laws and regulations. If you choose to access this site from outside the United Kingdom, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and by using this site you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Use of software

Any use of software and accompanying documentation from this Web site is subject to the terms of a software license agreement between you and the Piper Group Plc.

You must read the software license agreement and indicate your agreement to its terms prior to installing or using the software. All rights, title and interest not expressly granted therein are reserved.

Privacy Policy

Use of information

We will not collect any information about individuals, except where it is specifically and knowingly provided by them. Examples of such information are

· your name

· our telephone number

· your email address

· your occupation

The information collected will be used to send you the information you have requested and to provide information that may be useful to you.

We may share non-personal aggregate statistics (group) data about our site visitors' traffic patterns with partners or other parties. However, we do not sell or share any information about individual users.

Your rights

In addition to the company's safeguards, your personal data is protected in the UK by the Data Protection Act. This provides amongst other things that the data we hold about you should be processed lawfully and fairly. It should be accurate, relevant and not excessive. The information should be kept up to date, where necessary, and not retained for longer than is necessary. It should be kept securely to prevent unauthorised access by other people. You have the right to see what is held about you and correct any inaccuracies online.

Policy changes

Any changes to this policy will be posted here.

Security

We treat all the data held about you as confidential and will store such data with the utmost care and security.

Please contact the Piper Group Plc for further information.

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