Terms & Conditions
Website Terms of Use
These terms of use (together with the documents referred to in it) tell you the terms of use on which you may use our website dgconsulting.uk (our site), whether as a guest or a registered user. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site. Please read these terms of use carefully before you use our site, as these will apply to your use. We recommend that you print a copy of this for future reference. By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and agree to comply. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.
Other Applicable Terms
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:
- Our Privacy Policy sets out the terms on which we process any personal data you collect or provide. By using our site, you consent to such processing and warrant that all data you provide is accurate.
- Our Acceptable Use Policy sets out our site’s permitted uses and prohibited uses. When using our site, you must comply with this Acceptable Use Policy.
- Our Cookie Policy sets out information about the cookies on our site.
- If you purchase goods from our site, our Terms and Conditions of Supply will apply to the sales.
Information About Us
DG Consulting is a website operated by Dawn Gribble T/A DG Consulting (“We”). We are registered in England and Wales and have our registered office at 42 Hillington, Ilfracombe, EX34 8LU.
Changes To Our Site
We may update our site occasionally and change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that our site or content will be free from errors or omissions.
Accessing Our Site
Our site is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content, will always be available or uninterrupted. Access to our site is permitted temporarily. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if, for any reason, our site is unavailable at any time or for any period. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions and that they comply with them.
Intellectual Property Rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights on our site and in the material published on it. Copyright laws and treaties around the world protect those works. All such rights are reserved. You may print off one copy and download extracts of any page(s) from our site for your personal use, and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately, and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
No Reliance On Information
The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking or refraining from any action based on the content on our site. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
Limitation Of Our Liability
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that English law cannot exclude or limit. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content, whether express or implied. We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with
- use of, or inability to use, our site; or
- use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
If you are a business user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for:
- loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
- business interruption;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation, or
- any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or any website linked to it.
We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked to our site. Such links should not be interpreted as our endorsement of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of them. Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any goods by use to you, which will be set out in our Terms and Conditions of Supply.
Uploading Content To Our Site
Whenever you use a feature that allows you to upload content to our site or contact other site users, you must comply with the content standards in our Acceptable Use Policy. You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. We will not be responsible or liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any content posted by you or any other user of our site. We have the right to remove any posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy. The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values. You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.
Viruses
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access our site. You should use your virus protection software. You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other malicious or technologically harmful material. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service or distributed denial-of-service attack. You would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 by breaching this provision. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and cooperate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. Your right to use our site will cease immediately in such a breach.
Linking To Our Site
You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link to our site on any website that you do not own. Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. If you wish to make any use of the content on our site other than that set out above, please contact simon@dgconsulting.uk
Third-Party Links And Resources On Our Site
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
Applicable Law
These terms of use, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Contact Us
To contact us, please email simon@dgconsulting.uk
Privacy Policy
This is a privacy notice from DG Consulting
We respect your privacy and are determined to protect your data. This privacy notice aims to inform you how we look after your data when you visit our website (regardless of where you see it). We’ll also explain your privacy rights and how data protection law protects you.
What Is The Purpose Of This Privacy Notice?
This privacy notice aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up for our newsletter, contact us or place an order. This website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
You must read this privacy notice and any other privacy notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.
Third-Party Links Outside Of Our Control
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking or enabling those links may allow third parties to collect or share your data. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
The Personal Data We Collect About You
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. You can find out more about personal data from the Information Commissioners Office. We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped as follows
- Identity Data includes first name/last name.
- Contact Data includes billing address/delivery address/email address/ telephone numbers.
We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
Where we need to collect your data by law or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.
How We Collect Your Data
We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including through:
- Directly. You may give us your data by filling out forms or corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you
- Apply for our products or services;
- Subscribe to our service or publications
- Request marketing to be sent to you
How We Use Your Personal Data
We will only use your data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your data in the following circumstances.
- Performance of Contract This means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
- Legitimate Interest This means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests.
We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). We have set out below a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, with the legal bases we rely on to do so. Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground, depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we rely on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
- Marketing: We strive to provide choices regarding specific personal data uses, particularly marketing and advertising.
- Promotional Offers from Us: We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view of what we think you may want or need or what may interest you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you. You will receive marketing communications from us if you requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us [or if you provided us with your details when you entered a competition or registered for a promotion] and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.
- Opting out: You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by emailing us at simon@dgconsulting.uk
- Cookies: You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or malfunction.
Data Security
We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed unauthorised, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
In some circumstances, you can ask us to delete your data: see Your legal rights below for further information.
In some circumstances, we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
Your Legal Rights
Unless subject to an exemption under the data protection laws, you have the following rights concerning your personal data:
- The right to request a copy of the personal data which we hold about you;
- The right to request that we correct any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;
- The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary to retain such data;
- The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time, where consent was the lawful basis for processing your data;
- The right to request that we provide you with your personal data and, where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller (known as the right to data portability), where applicable, where our processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of our contract with you or where we process your data by automated means);
- The right, where there is a dispute about the accuracy or processing of your data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;
- The right to object to our processing of personal data, where applicable, i.e. where processing is based on our legitimate interests (or in performing a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority); direct marketing or processing for scientific/historical research and statistics).
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact simon@dgconsulting.uk
No fee is required – with some exceptions.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable admin fee if your request is unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
What we may need from you
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This security measure ensures that personal data is not disclosed to anyone with no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information about your request to speed up our response.
Time limit to respond
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally, it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
Changes to this notice and your duty to inform us of changes
This version was last updated on 21st January 2025
Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship. The personal data we hold about you must be accurate and current.
Queries, requests or concerns
To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints in relation to this policy or any other data protection matter between you and us, please, in the first instance, contact simon@dgconsulting.uk
If this does not resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office at 03031231113 or via email https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, England, UK.
Acceptable Use Policy
Your use of our site means that you accept and agree to abide by all the policies in this acceptable use policy, which supplement our terms of website use.
Prohibited Uses
You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site:
- In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
- In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
- To harm or attempt to harm minors in any way.
- To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.
- To transmit or procure the sending of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
- To transmit unlawful material or material that is defamatory, threatening, discriminatory, extremist or which has the potential to radicalise themselves or others.
- To transmit material that infringes the intellectual property rights or privacy rights of a third party or breaches a legal duty owed to another party.
- To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to affect the operation of any computer software or hardware adversely.
You also agree:
- Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our terms of website use.
- Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
- Any part of our site;
- Any equipment or network on which our site is stored;
- Any software used in the provision of our site or
- Any equipment network or software owned or used by any third party.
Interactive Services
We may, from time to time, provide interactive services on our site, including, without limitation:
- Chat rooms.
- Bulletin boards.
- Blogs.
Where we provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated, and what form of moderation is used (whether human or technical).
We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our site. We will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not.
The use of any of our interactive services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not foolproof. Minors who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.
Where we moderate an interactive service, we will generally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator should a concern or difficulty arise.
Content Standards
These content standards apply to any material which you contribute to our site (contributions), and any interactive services associated with it.
You must comply with the spirit and the letter of the following standards. The standards apply to each part of any contribution and its whole.
Contributions must:
- Be accurate (where they state facts).
- Be genuinely held (where they state opinions).
- Comply with applicable law in the UK and any country they are posted.
Contributions must not:
- Contain any material which is defamatory to any person.
- Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
- Promote sexually explicit material.
- Promote violence.
- Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
- Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
- Be likely to deceive any person.
- Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
- Promote any illegal activity.
- Be threatening, abusive, invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
- Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy anyone.
- Be used to impersonate any person or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
- Give the impression that they emanate from us if this is not the case.
- Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
Suspension and Termination
At our discretion, we will determine whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of our site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.
Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the terms of use upon which you are permitted to use our site. It may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
- Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
- Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our site.
- Issue of a warning to you.
- Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
- Further legal action against you.
- Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.
We exclude liability for actions taken in response to this acceptable use policy breaches. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
Changes to the Acceptable Use Policy
We may revise this acceptable use policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page occasionally to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.
Supply of Goods & Services
The Contractor agrees:
- To undertake and provide the Services in accordance with any brief and deadline agreed with the Business and;
- To manage and carry out the Services in an expert and diligent manner and to provide his/her services to the best of his/her technical and creative skill and to be solely responsible for how the services are provided;
- To the best of his/her ability, promptly and faithfully to meet the Deliverables and deadlines agreed with the Business;
- The Contractor is free to undertake and accept other engagements, except those which lead or might lead to any conflict of interest between the Contractor and the Business during his or her appointment;
- To use such suitably qualified and experienced personnel as he or she may from time to time deem appropriate;
- The Contractor has the right to supply a substitute of equivalent knowledge and expertise and acknowledges that the Business has the right to refuse the replacement if, in the reasonable view of the Business, the replacement is not sufficiently qualified to undertake the work. Where substitution occurs, the Business will remain responsible for its obligations under the agreement. It will be responsible for the payment of the replacement so that there will be no further payments outside of the agreed terms to pay for any handover period between the original consultant and the replacement;
- To keep the Business informed of progress on the Services in which they are engaged and shall produce written reports on the same from time to time when so requested by the Business. While the Contractor’s method of working is entirely their own and they are not subject to the control of the Business, they shall nevertheless comply with this and any other reasonable requests of the Business (or its clients) which do not impact upon the Contractor’s method of working.
Confidentiality
The Contractor hereby agrees that during his or her engagement under this Agreement, they are likely to obtain knowledge of trade secrets and also other confidential information concerning the business and financial affairs of the Business and those of the Business’s clients, customers and suppliers details of which are not in the public domain (‘Confidential Information), and accordingly the Contractor hereby undertakes to and covenants with the Business that:
- They shall not at any time during this Agreement or [at any time OR for a period of [5] years] after the Termination Date use or procure the use of the name of the Business in connection with their own or any other name in any way calculated to suggest that they continue to be connected with the business of the Business or in any way hold themselves or herself out as having such connection;
- They shall not use the Confidential Information other than during the continuance of this Agreement and in connection with the provision of the Services and
- They shall not [at any time OR for a period of [5] years] after the date of this Agreement (save as required by law) disclose or divulge to any person other than to officers or employees of the Business whose province it is to know the same any Confidential Information and he or she shall use his or her best endeavours to prevent the publication or disclosure of any Confidential Information by any other person.
The restrictions set out in this clause shall cease to apply to information or knowledge which comes into the public domain otherwise than by reason of the Contractor’s default.
Intellectual Property
The Contractor assigns to the Business all existing and future Intellectual Property Rights arising from the Services. The Contractor also agrees to do all acts as may, in the opinion of the Business, be necessary to effect this Clause.
The Contractor undertakes:
- To notify the Business in writing of full details of any Intellectual Property Rights promptly on their creation;
- To keep confidential details of all Intellectual Property Rights;
- Whenever requested to do so by the Business and in any event on the termination of the Agreement, promptly deliver to the Business all correspondence, documents, papers and records on all media (and all copies or abstracts of them), recording or relating to any part of the Services and the process of their creation which are in his possession, custody or power;
- Not to register nor attempt to register any of the Intellectual Property Rights unless requested to do so by the Business; and
- To do all acts necessary to confirm that absolute title in all Intellectual Property Rights has passed, or will pass, to the Business.
The Contractor warrants to the Business that:
- They have not given and will not give permission to any third party to use any of the Intellectual Property Rights;
- They are unaware of any use by any third party of any of the Intellectual Property Rights and
- The use of the Intellectual Property Rights will not infringe the rights of any third party.
The Contractor acknowledges that, except as provided by law, no further fees or compensation other than those provided for in this agreement are due or may become due to the Contractor in respect of the performance of his obligations. The Contractor waives all moral rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which the Contractor has or may have in any existing or future works relating to the Services.
Limitation of Liability
Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or exclude the Contractor’s liability for:
- Death or personal injury caused by its negligence or the negligence of its employees, agents or subcontractors (as applicable);
- Fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
- Breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979; or
- Defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 or
- Any matter in respect of which it would be unlawful for the Contractor to exclude or restrict liability.
The Contractor shall under no circumstances whatsoever be liable to the Business, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for:
- Loss of profits;
- Loss of sales or business;
- Loss of agreements or contracts;
- Loss of anticipated savings;
- Loss of use or corruption of software, data or information;
- Loss of damage to goodwill; and
- Any indirect or consequential loss.
The Contractor’s total liability to the Business, in respect of all other losses arising under or in connection with this Agreement, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed the price of the Services.
This clause shall survive termination of the Agreement.
No Employment or Partnership
The Contractor is an independent contractor and nothing in this Agreement shall render or be deemed to render the Contractor an employee, worker or agent of the Business and the Contractor shall not hold himself or herself out as such. This Agreement does not create any mutuality of obligation between the Contractor and the Business and neither party seeks to create or imply any mutuality of obligation between the parties in the course of the performance of this engagement or during any notice period. The Business is not obliged to offer work to the Contractor, nor is the Contractor obliged to accept work where it is offered.
Notices
Any notice or other communication given to a party under or in connection with this agreement shall be in writing, addressed to that party at its registered office or such other address as that party may have specified to the other party in writing in accordance with this clause, and shall be delivered personally, or sent by pre-paid first class post or other next working day delivery service, commercial courier, or e-mail.
Entire Agreement
This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.
Each party agrees that it shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this agreement. Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement in this agreement.
Variation
No variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by both parties (or their authorised representatives).
Law and Jurisdiction
This Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
