KEEPING YOUR PRIVACY SAFE - AND LOOKING AFTER OUR WEBSITE CONTENT

PRIVACY POLICY:

General

Personal Information is any information from which an individual can be identified. For example, your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address may be Personal Information. It is Metis’s policy to take all necessary steps to ensure that Personal Information held by Metis is held securely and processed fairly and lawfully, in accordance with the eight Data Protection Principles contained in the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998.

Information that Metis collects from you

When you visit our website or contact us through it, you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name, contact details, and other personal information. Metis may also collect information about your usage of our website as well as information about you from any messages you post via the website and e-mails or letters you send to Metis.

Metis' use of your Personal Information

Metis may use your Personal Information for the following purposes: monitoring and providing website access; sales and billing; advertising; marketing and public relations; providing consultancy and advisory services; maintaining customer databases; technical and commercial research. In using this website, you consent to such use of your Personal Information. If you do not wish Metis to provide you with any details of our services or offerings now or in the future, please notify us at privacy@metislaw.com

Cookies

When you view the website, Metis may store some information on your computer. This will be in the form of a “cookie” file, which will enable Metis to tailor the website to match your interests and preferences. The cookie file is used to store the IP address of your machine and will not contain any data personal to you. Your Internet browser may allow you to erase the cookie file, block all cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored, although, in that case, you may not be able to use certain features on the website. If you do not wish to receive cookies in the future, please let Metis know. Please refer to your browser instructions to block cookies. The following website may assist you: www.aboutcookies.org. We may also use monitoring of customised links and pixel tags on the website to gain information about use of our site.

Third parties and disclosure of Personal Information

Metis will look not disclose your Personal Information to any third parties, nor transfer it outside of the European Economic Area without your express prior consent. This website may contain links to other websites that are not owned by Metis. Metis are not responsible for the content of such websites or for the privacy policy of such websites or for Personal Information which such websites may collect or place on your computer.

Obtaining, correcting or updating your Personal Information

You can find out what Personal Information Metis hold about you by emailing us at privacy@metislaw.com, or writing to us at our registered office address. Metis are entitled to charge the relevant statutory fee for this service and to request further details from you, if required. If any of the Personal Information Metis hold about you is incorrect or needs updating, or if you want Metis to delete any Personal Information or change Metis’s method of contact with you, please email us your request.

WEBSITE TERMS OF USE:

This website is owned and operated by Metis Law LLP (“Metis”). Through your continued access of this website, you are deemed to have accepted these terms of use. Metis grants you a non-exclusive revocable licence to access this website. Access may be suspended or withdrawn without liability at any time for technical, commercial or legal reasons.

IP, trade marks, and how you can use the information on this site

All content on this website is owned by or is licensed to Metis and is protected by intellectual property laws including (as applicable) trademark and copyright. You may view, use, download or store the material on this website for personal use only. Commercial use or re-distribution / re-publication is prohibited without our advance written agreement. Metis reserve all other rights. The words "Metis" and "metis" are UK registered trade marks of Metis Law LLP.

Warning about content

The information on this website is given in good faith for general information purposes only, and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time. Metis give no warranty as to its completeness or accuracy. It does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation, and in particular does not constitute legal advice. If you have a specific legal problem or issue, you should seek specific advice from a lawyer (preferably one of ours!) on it.

Other people

Any links to third party websites are not endorsements by Metis of such third parties or their websites. Metis has no control over the content of such websites and as such can accept no responsibility for them - you will be bound by the terms of use and privacy policy of such third parties. You may not create a link to this website from any other website or document without Metis’s advance written agreement.

Please behave yourself

You agree not to mis-use this website in any way including in any illegal or criminal way; in any way which would give rise to civil liability for Metis; or in any way which would be technically harmful to the website or to Metis’ systems (in all cases, in any jurisdiction in the world).

Disclaimer

Subject as set out in the paragraph below, Metis will be under no liability to you whatsoever whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, restitution or otherwise for any injury, damage or direct loss, indirect loss or consequential loss (all of which terms shall include, without limitation, pure economic loss, loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and like loss) howsoever caused arising out of or in connection with the use of this website or the use, accessing, downloading or relying on any information or other materials contained in this website, including, without limitation, as a result of any computer virus, worm, trojan horse, logic-bomb or other malicious program. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Metis excludes all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms which but for this legal notice might have effect in relation to this website.

These website terms of use do not exclude Metis’s liability (if any) to you for personal injury or death resulting from our negligence, for fraud or for any matter which it would be illegal for Metis under English law to exclude or to attempt to exclude its liability.

Future changes

These terms of use, the privacy policy above, and any dispute relating to them, this website, its content and use are subject to English law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. Metis may revise these terms of use and the privacy policy above at any time by posting them on this website.