These terms and conditions govern your access to and use of the Website. By accessing and using the Website you agree that you have read and accept these terms and conditions and that they shall apply to your use. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, please leave the Website.

1. Contact details

1.1

PPL publishes and operates this Website at the url peoplemanagement.co.uk (the "Website ") and the People Management magazine (the "Magazine") on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (" CIPD ") and CIPD Enterprises Limited ("CIPDE"). Through the Website you may gain access to the products and services of CIPD and CIPDE. You may also gain access to the subscription services of Alliance Media who administer Magazine subscriptions on behalf of PPL. In addition to these terms and conditions the provision of such products and services will be governed by such additional terms and conditions as made available to you on the relevant CIPD or PPL website or otherwise at the time of any purchase.

1.2

If you have any queries relating to your registration with and use of the Website, please email web support or contact us.

2. Registration

2.1

The Website is accessible to all, but some specific services are only available to CIPD members or Magazine subscribers (together defined as " Members "). Only Members may register with the Website to gain access to Member-only services. Non-Members may register as a guest user. Information about Magazine subscription can be found at the subscription page. Information about CIPD membership, guest user registration and free newsletter registration can be found on the CIPD website.

2.2

When you have completed your registration, you will be asked to submit additional information including your address, email address and areas of interest (the "Additional Information"). You are not obliged to submit this additional information in order to register with or use the Website, but if you choose to do so, then, subject to paragraph 3 below, CIPD may use it in order to provide you with a more personalised service.

2.3

We may suspend and/or terminate (either in whole or in part) your use of any user name, password or this Website immediately for any reason.


3. Use of the jobs service and display advertising service by Members and Non-Members

3.1
You acknowledge that the jobs service provided via the Website (including the "My Jobs" area) has the sole purpose of facilitating introductions between users of the Website and potential employers (the "Service"). You further acknowledge that, following any such introduction being made, it shall be up to the relevant user and potential employer in each case to agree how to progress matters further. Neither CIPD, CIPDE nor PPL shall have any liability to either such party in respect of the introduction or the relationship between such parties.

3.2
PPL provides the "My Jobs" area of the Website to help you search for the right career move more quickly and more effectively. The "My Jobs" area enables you to save job details, keep records of any applications you have made as well as opt-in to receive job alerts by email.

3.3
When using the Website and/or the jobs Service and/or display advertising service, you agree to:
(a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information when registering as a user of the Service or when applying for employment through the Website and notify us immediately of any changes in such user information or status; and

(b) abide by all applicable national and international laws, regulations and codes of practice and ensure that any information uploaded, distributed from or stored under your account registration does not infringe the rights of others; and

(c) not impersonate another person, use a false name or a name you are not authorised to use, create a false identity or e-mail address or try to mislead others as to the identify or origin of any communications; and

(d) maintain the confidentiality of your password and user name; and

(e) be entirely responsible for all activities conducted under your password and user name; and

(f) not make available or upload any text, graphics or photographs that are protected by copyright unless you have clear permission to do so from the copyright owner; and

(g) not damage, interfere with or disrupt access to the Service or the Website or do anything which may interrupt or impair the functionality of the Service or the Website; and

(h) not publish, post, distribute, disseminate or otherwise transmit to the Website or via the Website any defamatory, offensive, obscene, indecent or other unlawful or objectionable material or information or any material or information which you do not have the right or authorisation to publish; and

(i) not make available, upload or distribute by any means any material or files that contain any viruses, bugs, corrupt data or any other harmful software to the Website.

3.4
Whilst you acknowledge that PPL and CIPD do not pre-screen the information or material transmitted to the Website, PPL reserves the right to remove without prior notice any information or material which PPL and CIPD deem to be in breach of any of these terms and conditions.

4. Data protection and privacy

Click here to view our Privacy Policy. We will collect and process your personal data in accordance with this policy.

5. Intellectual Property

5.1

All intellectual property rights in the design and layout of the Website and the material and information published on the pages of the Website, including, but not limited to, copyright and rights in registered and unregistered trade marks, are owned by PPL or licensed to PPL from CIPD or third parties.

5.2

Save as may be incidental to you obtaining authorised access to the content on the Website, you must not reproduce, download, transmit or retransmit, manipulate or store on paper, electronic (including, but not limited to any database or any part of the Internet), CD-Rom or other offline product on any other format in whole or in part the design and layout of the Website or the information or material published on the pages of it, nor hypertext or otherwise link to it, without the prior written consent of PPL, such permission to be given or withheld at PPL's absolute discretion.

6. ‘Link to us’ policy

6.1
PPL ‘Link to us’ logos may be downloaded and used on your web site to provide a hypertext link to the PPL web site or the CIPD website. They are available from the Link to us page on this site.

6.2

‘Link to us’ logos are provided at PPL’s absolute discretion and may be altered, or removed from your site, by us, at any time.

6.3

‘Link to us’ logos must not be presented on your site in a way which suggests that PPL or CIPD has an official association with your organisation or has endorsed any of your products.

6.4

PPL is not responsible for the content contained on any web site using one of our ‘Link to us’ logo links.

7. Disclaimer

7.1

The material and information contained on the Website is for general information only and does not constitute any form of offer for sale (except for products available to purchase on our online sales website at www.cipd.co.uk/bookstore), advice or recommendation by PPL or CIPD. You should not rely on the material or information on the Website as a basis for making any business, legal or other decisions. You should seek appropriate independent advice before making any such decisions.

7.2

Neither PPL nor CIPD makes any warranty or representation and each exclude all warranties or representations that the material and information, including advertising material, on the Website is accurate, true or complete or that it is free of viruses or that it does not contain any material which is defamatory, obscene or illegal in any way.

7.3
In no circumstances will PPL or CIPD be liable to you or any other third parties for any loss or damage (whether direct or indirect, including loss of profits, loss of opportunity and any consequential loss) resulting from or in any way connected with your use of the Website or its content, whether caused by negligence, misrepresentation, breach of any statutory duty, or breach of contract or otherwise. PPL and CIPD do not limit or exclude its liability for death or personal injury resulting from their negligence.

7.4

You may access other websites via hypertext links from the Website. You use such links and other websites entirely at your own risk. Such websites are provided by independent third parties and PPL and CIPD accept no responsibility for the availability, content or use of such websites or information contained on them.

8. Indemnity

8.1

You agree to indemnify and to keep PPL and CIPD indemnified from and against any costs, claims, demands, expenses and liabilities suffered or incurred by PPL and CIPD arising from or which are directly or indirectly related to your access to and/or use of the Website and/or any other person or entity's use of the Website where such person or entity was able to access the Website using your password.

9. General

9.1

PPL reserves the right to assign or transfer all or any of its rights and obligations under these terms and conditions to any of its group companies or to any other third party. In the event of assignment or transfer, notification will either be given to you by e-mail or posted on the Website.

9.2

Failure by PPL or CIPD to exercise or enforce any right conferred upon it shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right nor operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement of that or any other right on any later occasion.

9.3

PPL reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions from time to time. Such changes will either be notified to you by e-mail or posted on the Website. Changes in this manner shall be deemed to have been accepted if you continue to use the Website after a period of 2 (two) weeks from the date of transmission of the e-mail or of posting on the Website, whichever occurs later.

9.4

These terms are governed by and will be interpreted in accordance with English law. The English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any claim or dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions.

Disclaimer:

PPL endeavours to ensure that the information it provides through its website is accurate and accepts no liability for any errors and omissions, or misuse of copyright or personal information in breach of the above rules.

People Management Website Terms and Conditions of use
April 2008