This website (the ‘Site’) is published and maintained by QED Advanced Systems Ltd and the website administrator can be contacted at [email protected]. Please note that when you access, browse or use this Site you accept, without qualification or limitation, the terms and conditions below.
Your right to use the Site and its contents
This site is for your personal use only. You may not distribute, exchange, modify, sell or transmit anything you copy from this Site, including but not limited to any text, images, audio and video, for any business, commercial or public purposepus. As long as you comply with the terms of these Terms & Conditions of Use, QED Advanced Systems Ltd grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable limited right to enter and use this Site. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of this Site in any way.
Ownership
All materials on this Site, including but not limited to images, software and text (the ‘Content’), are protected by copyright under UK copyright law, international conventions, and other copyright laws. You cannot use the Content, except as specified herein. You agree to follow all instructions on this Site limiting the way you may use the Content. Any unauthorised use of the Content may violate copyright laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and civil and criminal statutes. If you download any Content from this Site, you may not remove any copyright notices or other notices that go with it.
QED Advanced Systems Ltd Right to change these Terms & Conditions of Use or Content on the Site
QED Advanced Systems Ltd may add to, change or remove any part of these Terms & Conditions of Use at any time, without notice. Any changes to these Terms Conditions of Use or any terms posted on this Site apply as soon as they are posted. By continuing to use this Site after any changes are posted, you are indicating your acceptance of those changes. QED Advanced Systems Ltd may add, change, discontinue, remove or suspend any other Content posted on this Site, including features and specifications of products and/or services described or depicted on the Site, temporarily or permanently, at any time, without notice and without liability.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold QED Advanced Systems Ltd and all of its directors, employees, associates, information providers (collectively, “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against all liability and costs incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claims arising out of any breach by you of these Terms & Conditions of Use or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. You will cooperate as fully as reasonably required in QED Advance Systems’s defence of any claim. QED Advanced Systems Ltd reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of QED Advanced Systems Ltd
Disclaimer of Warranties and Damages: Limitation of Liability
Your use of this site is at your own risk. This site (including all content and functions made available on or accessed through this site) is provided “as is.” to the fullest extent permissible by law, with regard to the content on this site, QED Advanced Systems Ltd makes no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever (1) for the accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of any content published on or available through the site, (2) that the server that makes this site available is free of viruses or other components that may infect, harm or cause damage to your computer equipment or any property when you access, browse, download from or otherwise use the site. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to QED Advanced Systems Ltd negligence, shall QED Advanced Systems Ltd be liable for any consequential, direct, incidental, indirect, punitive or special damages related to (a) the use of, (b) the inability to use or (c) errors or omissions in the contents and functions of this site, even if QED Advanced Systems Ltd or an authorised representative thereof has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
General Provisions
These Terms & Conditions of Use and any additional terms posted on this Site together constitute the entire agreement between QED Advanced Systems Ltd and you with respect to your use of this Site. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of the Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim of action arises. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Terms & Conditions of Use, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of this agreement, and the remainder of these Terms & Conditions of Use shall continue in full force and effect. These Terms & conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom.
Privacy policy and GDPR
BACKGROUND:
QED Advanced Systems Limited understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of all of our customers and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please follow this link to download our full privacy policy and how we comply with GDPR legislation.
Use of cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage your system.
The use of Google Analytics and Cookies
We use first-party cookies in order to track visitor interactions and generate custom reporting via Google Analytics. Cookies are text files sent between the users computer and a website which contain information about your visit. Users do have the option to refuse cookies by accessing privacy settings within their browser.
The use of Re-marketing and Cookies
This website uses the Google AdWords re-marketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an enquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the QED Advanced Systems Ltd website. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page, and if you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or by using a browser plugin.
Refusing Cookies
To refuse to accept cookies please follow the below instructions:
- In Chrome, you can adjust your cookie settings by clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content Settings”
- In Internet Explorer, you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector
- In Safari, you can adjust your cookie settings by clicking “Safari”, “Preferences” and “Privacy”
- In Firefox, you can adjust your cookie settings by clicking “Tools “, “Options” and “Privacy”
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact on your interactivity with some websites.
Links to Other Sites
The QED Advanced Systems Ltd website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that QED Advanced Systems Ltd is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Internet-based transfers
Given that the internet is a global environment, using the internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing the QED Advanced Systems Ltd site and communicating electronically with us you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.