PMR Website: Terms and Conditions; Privacy Policy
PMR Terms and Conditions
1. Terms and Conditions of Use of the Platinum Metals Review Website
Platinum Metals Review is the scientific journal on platinum group metals and is owned by Johnson Matthey PLC.
By accessing this Website, you agree to be bound by these Conditions and you may only access this Website in accordance with these Conditions. If you do not agree to be bound by these Conditions please discontinue your use of this Website. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from your use of the Website and your sole recourse is to discontinue its use.
We reserve the right to change these Conditions from time to time, without notice to you and your continued use of the Website (or any part thereof) following such change shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change.
2. Definitions
"Conditions" means these terms and conditions
"User(s)" means (a) user(s) of the Website either collectively or individually, as the context requires;
"We/us/our" means Platinum Metals Review;
"Website" means this website located at www.platinummetalsreview.com; and
"You/your" means you as a user of the Website.
3. Information
The Website contains general information and although every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of that information it should not be used as a substitute for obtaining professional advice. In particular we make no warranties, representations or undertakings in relation to any of the content of this Website including the accuracy, quality or fitness for any purpose and whether or not it has been placed on the Website by us, a User or other third party.
3.1 Information Posted by You
You may place or post material on the Website or make it available to other Users only where and as permitted by us from time to time. We do not approve, endorse or exert editorial control over information posted by Users and do not therefore accept responsibility for or make any warranties in connection with such information. We may monitor contents of the Website and therefore reserve the right to remove any information from the Website without warning or to refuse to post any information on the Website. By placing information on the Website or making it available to other Users or by submitting material to us for publication, you hereby grant us an irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable licence to use, copy, distribute, publish and transmit such information in any manner we wish.
4. Intellectual Property and Right to Use
The copyright, database rights and any other intellectual property rights in all material on this Website are vested in Johnson Matthey. You may not copy any part of this Website or do any other act in relation to any part of this Website which is prohibited by copyright other than the following:
- You may print any page or download it to a local hard disk for your personal use only.
- In material issued to third parties, commercial documents or material sold or otherwise made available for profit you may quote from this Website so long as you give due accreditation.
5. Links and Linking
We are not responsible for nor do we endorse or approve the contents of any websites referred to in or accessed through this Website, including but not limited to their privacy policy, terms and conditions or contents. We shall not be liable to you in tort, contract or otherwise in respect of any such website.
If you would like to create a hypertext link to this website please contact us before doing so at jmpmr@matthey.com.
6. Indemnity
You agree to be fully responsible for (and fully indemnify us against) all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including legal fees, suffered by us and arising out of any breach of these Conditions by you or any other liabilities arising out of your use of the Website, or the use by any other person accessing the Website using your PC or internet access account.
7. Limitation of Liability
7.1 The Website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any representation or endorsement. Moreover, we do not warrant that defects will be corrected, or that the Website is free of viruses or bugs. We will not be responsible or liable to you for any loss of content or material as a result of uploading to or downloading from the Website.
7.2 Notwithstanding any other provision in the Conditions, nothing herein shall limit your rights as a consumer where the same cannot be limited under English law.
7.3 We will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), pre-contract or other representations (other than fraudulent misrepresentations) or otherwise out of or in connection with the Website for any economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); any loss of goodwill or reputation; any special or indirect or consequential losses; in any case whether or not such losses were within the contemplation of either of us at the date on which the event giving rise to the loss occurred.
7.4 Nothing in the Conditions shall exclude or limit our liability in respect of fraud or for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our servants, agents or employees.
8. Jurisdiction
These Conditions will be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the parties to these Conditions submit to the jurisdiction of the English Courts.
If you wish to contact us for any reason please email us at: jmpmr@matthey.com or fax us at +44 (0)1763 256359.
PMR Privacy Policy
This privacy policy should be read in conjunction with the Conditions. All words and expressions defined in the Conditions shall have the same meaning in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time, without notice to you and your continued use of the Website (or any part thereof) following such change shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and will use our reasonable endeavours to safeguard the privacy of all users of this Website. The information we gather from you is used exclusively by us to ensure that we give you the best possible service.
1. The information we hold about you and how it is used
During your visit to the Website you may voluntarily, or you may be asked to, enter personal details such as your name, postal address or E-mail address. Your disclosure of those details will be deemed to be consent for us to use your details for the purpose for which they were disclosed. We will not use your data for purposes other than those you are informed of at the time of disclosure or as otherwise consented to by you.
Our "Contact” form, enables you to update your personal information at any time and/or request that we delete your information from our records. This allows us to maintain accurate and up-to-date personal data. You can access this form here.
We use information collected about you and your visit to the Website to concentrate and specialise the Website towards your needs.
3. Will we disclose the information we collect to third parties?
Subject to the following paragraph we do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your prior consent.
We may transfer your personal information to a successor company which acquires Johnson Matthey PLC or any part of it. If this happens we will require the acquiring organisation to observe standards of data protection and privacy no less secure than those set out in this statement.
Johnson Matthey PLC and its affiliated companies reserves the right to access and disclose individually identifiable information:
- where necessary to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests
- to operate its systems properly or to protect itself or its Users.
- as a result of a complaint concerning your use of the Website where that use is considered by us, at our sole discretion, to be inconsistent with the Conditions.
4. Protecting your information
We have strict security procedures covering the storage and disclosure of your information in order to prevent unauthorised access. This complies with the UK Data Protection Act of 1998.
5. Access to personal information
You are entitled to request a copy of the information we hold about you in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We may ask for proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you and we may charge a fee for complying with this request.
If you become aware that the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate you may request that we amend it. Any requests should be made by using the Existing Reader Details Change form referred to above or send an E-mail to this effect to: jmpmr@matthey.com.
6. Cookies
A cookie is a piece of information that is deposited by our computer server when you visit our Website. It is stored on your computer's hard drive by your web browser. On revisiting the Website, our computer server will recognise the cookie, giving us information about your last visit. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but usually you can alter the settings of your browser to prevent automatic acceptance if desired.
7. IP address
Each time you connect to our Website we store web server logs which show your IP address, what you look at, whether the page request was successful or not and which browser you use to view the pages. This data is strictly for statistical purposes only. It helps us understand which areas of the site are of particular interest and which pages are being requested. It also tells us how many hits and page requests we get.
8. Third party processors
Our information technology systems are operated by us however, some data processing in relation to webs and E-mail services is carried out on our behalf by a third party. We endeavour to ensure appropriate security measures are in place to prevent unauthorised disclosure of personal information.
9. E-mail monitoring
E-mails which you send to us or which we send to you may be monitored by us to ensure compliance with our internal compliance policies. Monitoring is not continuous or routine, but may be undertaken on the instruction of a senior member of staff where there are reasonable grounds for doing so.
10. Feedback
We welcome your questions and comments about privacy issues and the design of our Website. Should you have comments, complaints or questions about how we are using your personal data, please send an E-mail to jmpmr@matthey.com.
This privacy policy is not intended to and does not create any contractual or other legal rights.