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Website Legal Information:

The following are the terms and conditions that apply to use of this web site.

1. Ownership. This web site and the associated intellectual property is owned and maintained by the Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) – formerly called the Association of British Drivers – which is the trading name of Pro-Motor, a company limited by guarantee and registered in England. The association is owned by individual subscribing members and is funded primarily by membership fees and donations by individuals.

2. Copyright. All material on this web site is copyright of the Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) unless otherwise indicated. All rights are reserved and any material on this web site must not be reproduced in any form or incorporated into other work without the written permission of ABD and/or of any other copyright owner. All requests for rights to use any of the material should be submitted to the ABD via email using the Contact page. Permission is however granted for use of any material on this web site that is owned by the ABD for any non-commercial purpose including educational or news reporting purposes so long as an acknowledgement of such source which mentions “ABD” or the “Alliance of British Drivers” is given.

3. Trade Marks. “ABD”, “Alliance of British Drivers”, “Association of British Drivers” and “#DrivingSense” are trade marks of the Alliance of British Drivers (Pro-Motor Ltd).

4. No Warranty. Any information provided on this web site is accurate and up to date so far as the ABD is aware, but no warranty is given as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of the information provided. Any errors herein should be referred to the ABD for correction. The information provided on this web site is intended for general information only and should not be construed as being specific legal advice that can be relied upon. Any actions you may take as a result of any information or advice contained on this web site should be verified with third parties such as legal or other professional advisors and is used solely at your own risk.

5. Privacy Policy. Any personal information that you submit to the ABD will be kept and treated as confidential and will normally only be used by the ABD for internal purposes and for communicating with you. Otherwise we will not sell, rent, lease, or give away your personal information, including email addresses, to others, except where disclosure is required by law, or you have indicated that you wish such information to be in the public domain. If at any time you require any personal information such as an email address to be removed from our records indicating that you do not wish to receive any further communication from us then we will do this upon receipt of an email from the relevant address, or some other evidence that you are the owner of the address.

If you become an ABD member or register an interest in any of our campaigns by completing a web form or returning a postal leaflet, or you register to receive any of our newsletters, then you are giving us permission to send you requested information, newsletters and other information on the activities of the Alliance of British Drivers in the future. You can opt-out as described above or by clicking on a opt-out link that is present in all emails we send out.

6. Third party links. This site may contain links to other third party web sites. The ABD is not responsible for the operations of these web sites, and provides no warranty as to the information provided therein.

7. Use of Cookies. The ABD web site collects some information about how visitors use the web site and trends in visitor numbers, and that software does store a “cookie” (a small data file) on your computer. There is no personal data collected about how you use the web site. You can block cookies by altering the settings in your web browser, or remove existing ones.

8. Contributed Information and Forums. Any information that you submit to the ABD may be published by the ABD and may be edited before publication at our absolute discretion, unless you specifically advise otherwise. By submitting such information to us you grant us full copyright in the material so supplied and in any derivative works that may arise as a result of our use of such material. You warrant that you have the right to grant such rights.

You will not use any blogs, discussion forums or bulletin boards maintained by the ABD (as part of this site or otherwise), to publish inaccurate or defamatory material. You will use such services for legal purposes alone and the ABD reserves the right to remove such material if such usage is brought to our attention in respect of your use of the web site or ABD services.

You accept that the ABD does not monitor nor control information placed on blogs, forums or bulletin boards by contributors and that you must use your own judgement about the accuracy of that information and the reliance you place on it.

9. Membership. The Alliance of British Drivers welcomes anyone with an interest in road transport as a Member (see https://home-5010050506.webspace-host.com/wordpress/join/) but reserves the right to refuse membership or terminate the membership of anyone who brings the ABD into disrepute or otherwise acts contrary to the interests of the ABD.

10. Waiver of Liability. By using this web site, you accept that the ABD will not be liable in respect of any damage, expense or loss whether direct, indirect or consequential that you may suffer arising out the use of information on this web site (or otherwise supplied by the ABD) or any reliance you place thereon.

11. Jurisdiction and Amendments. These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed by English law and the English courts will have sole jurisdiction in relation to any disputes that may arise from use of this web site. These terms and conditions may be varied at any time at the discretion of the ABD.

Last revised 09/09/2018