Legal & Privacy Policy

Who We Are & How to Contact Us

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www.groundmarketing.co.uk is the official site operated by Ground.
To contact us, please see our contact page.

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How to get to the contact page.

Company Information

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Ground Marketing & Design Limited (the 'Group') incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 15739829 whose registered office is at 18 Tregaskes Parc, Bude EX23 8FE.

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We are a legitimate company. Companies House says so.

Terms & Conditions

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We do our best to ensure that the website operates properly at all times, but we make no warranties as to the availability or accessibility of the website, and (save as otherwise set out in these terms and conditions) we will not be liable for any damages, loss, costs or expenses incurred by you as a result of any lack of availability or accessibility of the website.
Nothing within these conditions operates so as to exclude, limit or restrict our liability for death or personal injury.
Where you deal as a consumer, nothing in the above exclusions affects your statutory rights.
All Intellectual Property Rights and goodwill in or relating to the contents of the website belong to either ourselves, to our group or to our suppliers.

Plain Speak

A sort of list of what comes next. All good stuff. All very important.

Who Can Use the Ground Website

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You are 18 years of age; and
Capable of forming a binding contract with Ground; and
Not barred from using the Website under any applicable law.
By Downloading or Otherwise Using the Website You
Warrant that you are of 18 years of age; and
And possess the legal authority to enter into these terms and the terms of Website Use; and use the Website in accordance with these terms and the terms of Website Use. By Using Our Site You Accept These Terms.
By using our site, you confirm that you accept the terms of this policy and our terms of Website Use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site. We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.
We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.

Plain Speak

Ground can't imagine anyone under 18 years of age spending time on this site, when Tiktok (or the next big thing) offers way more entertainment.

Prohibited Uses

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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.
For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
To bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.
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 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 adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
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 or 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
Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is 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, and 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 the 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 fool proof. Minors who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.
Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.

Plain Speak

Please behave.

Content Standards

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These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (contribution), and to any interactive services associated with it.
The Content Standards must be complied with in spirit as well as to the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.
Ground will determine, in its discretion, whether a Contribution breaches the Content Standards.
A Contribution must:
Be accurate (where it states facts).
Be genuinely held (where it states opinions).
Comply with the law in any country from which it is posted.
A Contribution must not:
Be defamatory of any person.
Be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
Bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate.
Promote sexually explicit material.
Include child sexual abuse material.
Promote violence.
Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
Infringe any copyright, database right or trademark of any other person.
Be likely to deceive any person.
Breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
Promote any illegal activity.
Be in contempt of court.
Be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
Give the impression that the Contribution emanates from Ground, if this is not the case.
Advocate, promote, incite any party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
Contain a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
Contain any advertising or promote any services or web links to other sites.

Breach of This Policy
When we consider that a breach of this acceptable use 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 upon which you are permitted to use our site, and 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 contribution 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 or as required by law.
We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

Plain Speak

We will behave.

Visitors To Our Websites

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When someone visits www.groundmarketing.co.uk or any of our related websites we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting any of our websites. We will not associate any data gathered from these sites with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

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We track the pages you go on, so we know what parts of the website work best. This should enable us to improve the website. We do not collect any personal information.

Notice

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Where the Group collects personal information on the website, we intend to post a purpose statement that explains why personal information will be collected and whether we plan to share such personal information outside of the Group or those working on the Group’s behalf. The Group does not intend to transfer personal information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on the Group’s behalf unless such transfer is legally required.

Plain Speak

The only time we take personal information, is when it is completed by yourself.

Access & Accuracy

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To the extent that you do provide us with personal information, the Group wishes to maintain accurate personal information. Where we collect personal information from you on the website, our goal is to provide a means of contacting the Group should you need to update or correct that information. If for any reason those means are unavailable or inaccessible, you may send updates and corrections about your personal information to info@groundmarketing.co.uk and we will make reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes in your personal information that we hold as soon as practicable.

Plain Speak

We will be as accurate as the information you give us.

Third Party Services

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Third parties provide certain services available on www.groundmarketing.co.uk on the Group’s behalf. The Group may provide personal information that we have collected on the website to third party service providers to help us deliver programmes, products, information, and services. Service providers are also an important means by which the Group maintains its website and mailing lists. The Group will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third-party service providers are obligated to protect personal information on the Group’s behalf.
The Group does not intend to transfer personal information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on the Group’s behalf unless such transfer is legally required.

Plain Speak

We use a few applications on the site. You won't know what they are, but they are useful to the upkeep of the site.

Jurisdiction

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Ground controls and operates this website from the UK and the information delivered via the website is deemed to have been delivered in the UK. Ground makes no representation that the material contained is appropriate or available for use in other locations outside the United Kingdom.
Please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by the laws of England and Wales and you and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.

Plain Speak

Website and business operates from the UK. UK law applies.

Disclaimer

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The information published on this website is provided as a convenience to visitors and should be used for information purposes only and is subject to change without notice. None of the information contained in this website constitutes financial or other professional advice in any way. If you require additional information, you should contact one of our personnel.
While we use reasonable efforts to ensure that the information contained on this website is current and accurate at the date of publication, no warranties are made, either expressed or implied, as to reliability, accuracy or completeness of the information. We accept no liability for any loss arising directly or indirectly from the use of or action taken in reliance on such information. These documents should not be copied, reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part.
No warranty is given as to the freedom of this website from errors, defects, viruses, malicious programs or macros. Links from this website exist for information only and we accept no responsibility or liability for the information contained on any such site. The existence of a link to another website does not imply or express endorsement of its provider, product or services by Ground. Links to this website are not permitted without our prior written consent. Please note that clicking on links to external websites will cause you to leave this website.

Plain Speak

We have spent a good deal of time putting together this website and other Ground websites. We expect that the site/s are accurate (there is a bit of hope in that statement). We have tried our best not to lie.

Copyright

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The contents of this website and all other Ground websites are the copyright of the Group unless otherwise indicated. All rights are reserved. Images, trademarks and brands are also protected by other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission from their respective owners.
Permission is given for the downloading and temporary storage of pages within this website for the sole and exclusive purpose of viewing them on a stand-alone personal computer or monitor or mobile device. Copies of such parts of the website as may reasonably be required for personal use may be printed. No part of such content may be otherwise or subsequently reproduced, downloaded, disseminated or transferred, in any form or by any means, except with the prior written agreement of and with express attribution to the Group.
The contents of this website and all other Group websites are for general information purposes only. While every effort is made to ensure that all website contents are correct at the time of publishing, some information may be incomplete or inaccurate or may have become out of date. The contents of Group websites should not be relied upon for any purpose other than general information and we cannot be held liable for any loss or damage which may arise from using any information contained therein.
The Group accepts no responsibility for the content of any external website that links to or from any Group website and we cannot be held liable for any loss or damage which may arise from using any information contained within any such external website.

Plain Speak

This is Ground's website. If you want to steal an image, or take copy, just ask. We do have a fleet of hard-nosed, pin-stripe suited lawyers, but I think you will get away with nicking an image or two.

Privacy Policy Information

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Ground respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Plain Speak

We will look after your information.

Purpose of This Privacy Policy

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This privacy notice aims to give you information on how Ground collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website as well as when you contact by telephone or email with enquiries.
This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
It is important that you read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notices 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 other notices and privacy notices and is not intended to override them.

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The basics of the privacy policy.

Controller

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This privacy notice is issued on behalf of the Ground, so that when we mention 'Ground Marketing & Design Limited', 'we', 'us' or 'our' in this privacy notice. It is Ground that operates the website and in most cases will be the data controller.
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the supervisory authority for data protection issues in the UK.
If you would like to contact the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office directly write to:
Address: the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK95AF. Telephone: 0303 123 1113.
To email the Information Commissioner’s Office, visit https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/emailhttps://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email
We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the supervisory authority, so please contact us in the first instance.

Changes to the Privacy Notice and Your Duty to Inform Us of Changes
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

Plain Speak

Ground is the controller of the privacy policy.

Third Party Links

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This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. 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.

Plain Speak

We have some outside links around the work examples (there are a few others). If you click on one of them, we can't guarantee what will happen. But we do check the links regularly.

The Data We Collect About You

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Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which you provide to us when you contact us by completing our enquiry form online, sign up for our newsletter online, call us, email us or submit our referral form. This includes your name, address, email address, telephone number. We also use CCTV at our Head Office and may capture images of you if you visit us there. We will use this for the following purposes.
To respond to your enquiry or referral request. Our lawful basis is that it is in our legitimate interest to respond to use your personal data to respond to your enquiry or referral request. If you provide us with special category data such as health information about yourself or a third party in the free text boxes on our online form we will take the view that you have consented to our use of this health information for the purposes of handling your enquiry or referral.
To send you our newsletter. If you request our newsletter on our website or otherwise, we will view this as your consent to use processing your details to send you our newsletter. CCTV – processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Ground with such interest being security of premises, business, visitors and staff.
We collect certain data via our use of cookies. Please see our cookie notice for information.
It is in our legitimate interest to understand how users use our website so that we can continually improve it and understand our market better. Where we use non-essential cookies, we will only do so with your consent.
We may collect additional data if you apply for a job with us via our website. Please see applicant privacy notices available in the Vacancies section of our website.

If You Fail to Provide Personal Data
Where we need to collect personal 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 services). In this case, we may have to cancel a service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

Plain Speak

From Ground websites we only take information from the enquiry form. The rest maybe applicable when we use other offices or hot desk or otherwise.

Third Party Services

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Third parties provide certain services available on www.groundmarketing.co.uk on the Group’s behalf. The Group may provide personal information that we have collected on the website to third party service providers to help us deliver programmes, products, information, and services. Service providers are also an important means by which the Group maintains its website and mailing lists. The Group will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third-party service providers are obligated to protect personal information on the Group’s behalf.
The Group does not intend to transfer personal information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on the Group’s behalf unless such transfer is legally required.

Plain Speak

We use a few applications on the site. You won't know what they are, but they are useful to the upkeep of the site.

Opting Out

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You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you our newsletter at any time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you or by contacting us at any time.

Plain Speak

Our emails are highly informative and never send anybody to sleep.

Change of Purpose

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We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. We will inform you if this happens.
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

Plain Speak

How we use data is not going to change.

Disclosures of Your Personal Data

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We may share your personal data with the parties set out below.
Purposes for which we will use your personal data above:
Internal Third Parties as set out in the Glossary.
External Third Parties as set out in the Glossary.
Specific third parties listed (Purposes for which we will use your personal data) above.
Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets.
Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy notice.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

Plain Speak

We do not move or sell you personal data. We do not want to make money from anyone's personal data.

International Transfers

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Any information submitted via the website shall be held in the UK. Any information we collect about you from email or telephone communication will also be held in the UK.

Plain Speak

Not something we do.

Data Securities

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We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, 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.

Plain Speak

We use the latest tech to ensure tight security. We hope we are the Fort Knox of websites.

Data Retention

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We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.
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, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.

Plain Speak

We don't keep any personal data any longer than we have to. Usually for replying purposes only.

Your Legal Rights

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Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. Please see below for details.

No Fee Usually Required
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 fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we could 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 is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

Time Limit To Respond
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

You Have the Right To
Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in certain scenarios:
Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Withdraw consent at any time here we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

Plain Speak

What you can do if we have done something wrong. Best to contact as first - it is likely something we have messed up rather than being malicious.

Access Statement

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This statement applies to content published on Ground website.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use our website.

Our websites accessibility must take into account:
– All text to be readable.
– Ability to zoom in up to 300% on a webpage without the text spilling off the screen.
– Navigate as much of the website using just a keyboard or screen.
– Navigate as much of the website using speech recognition software.
– Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver).

How accessible this website is
Some parts of our website are not fully accessible. For example:
– PDF documents can not be made fully accessible to all screen reader software.
– Videos are embedded from YouTube and may feature labelling from YouTube itself, which could be incorrect or not sufficiently descriptive.
Include in your email the web address of the content (specific URL) and the format you need. For example:
– Accessible PDF
– Large print
– Easy-read version
– Audio
– Braille
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How to use your web browser to modify the Grond website
Web browsers that allow font and colour changes:
– Safari
– Chrome
– Firefox
– Microsoft Edge
– Brave
– Opera
Edit your accessibility features (fonts, sizes, colours, etc) via your operating system:
– In Windows, open the Settings application, then click Ease of Access.
– In Windows 8 and below, open the Control Panel app, then select Ease of Access.
– In macOS, open System Preferences application, then click Accessibility tab.
– For earlier Mac operating systems, open System Preferences application, then click Universal Access tab.
– For Android operating systems, open the Settings application, then the Accessibility section.
– For iOS devices, open the Settings application, then the General section.
Edit your accessibility features on your web browser:
– For Safari, click on File or Safari, then select preferences.
– For Chrome, Firefox, Brave and Opera select Settings (settings are found within the ellipses panel).
– For Microsoft Edge, select Settings from the top of the browser window.
Use zooming to increase font sizes:
– In Windows, zoom in by pressing Ctrl and +, zoom out by pressing Ctrl and -.
– In macOS (and older Mac operating systems), zoom in by pressing Command and +, zoom out by pressing Command and -.
Compliance guidelines
This website is compliant with the web content accessibility guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

PDF Content
PDFs and other document types may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. PDFs can be saved and be used with assistive technology.

Video Content
Videos are embedded within the site from YouTube or Video. Both video media sites have closed captions and subtitles.

Plain Speak

The Ground website is flexible and can take in loads of accessibility options. It is a pretty simple site.

Disputes

Legal Speak

Please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by the laws of England and Wales and you and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.

Plain Speak

Legally we are under the laws of England and Wales.

Social Media Competition/s Terms & Conditions

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The promoter is Ground.
The competition is open to anyone 18 years or over except employees of Ground and their close relatives and anyone otherwise connected with the organisation or judging of the competition.
There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.
By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
The route to entry for the competition is to like the post on our Facebook Page, connections on LinkedIn, follows on Instagram and/or Twitter.
Any additional action (including sharing a post, re-tweeting, commenting, watch party, tagging, etc) are done at the entrant’s discretion and do not impact the outcome of the giveaway.
We will at no point contact any entrant via Direct Message to say they have won the giveaway and ask for a payment. We may ask for an additional action (including sharing a post, re-tweeting, commenting, watch party, tagging, etc).
Please do not give any billing information via messenger on Facebook to anyone who might try and pass off as an employee of Ground.
We have the right to allow more than one entry per competition at times. We will notify specifically if this is the case.
By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions. Closing date for entry will be stated in the email, post, tweet, article, page or other marketing activity. After this date, then no further entries to the competition will be permitted.
No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.
The rules of the competition and how to enter are clearly stated in the email, post, tweet, article, page or other marketing activity.
The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.
The promoter is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.
The prize will be clearly stated in the email, post, tweet, article, page or other marketing activity. The prize is as stated and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
Winners will be chosen at random via the software platform that we will share if anyone wants to know more. The winner will be notified by us and within 28 days of the closing date. If the winner cannot be contacted or do not claim the prize within 28 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.
The promoter will notify the winner when and where the prize can be collected.
The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts.
The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material, as well as their entry. Any personal data relating to the winner or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the entrant’s prior consent.
Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn or any other Social Network. You are providing your information to Ground and not to any other party. The information provided will be used in conjunction with the privacy policy found on our website.

Plain Speak

It is highly unlikely that we would run a fun competition. In the unlikely event that happens, these are the rules Ground and yourself have to abide by. I doubt we will ever offer a prize - we are run by a tight northerner/midlander (delete depending on where you are reading this from (North/South).

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We will put a cookie on the your computer. It is really only a WordPress cookie. We don't even bother with Google Analytics tracking cookies. They are shown below - incase we ever do drop them onto your device/computer.

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Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Just so you know, the main cookies on your site are from Google Analytics tracking and there’s also a session cookie generated by the CMS that is essential to the running of the site but holds no personal information.

The below explains the cookies we use and why.
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We use a variety of cookies. They are all safe and legal.

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Some of our website pages utilise cookies and other tracking technologies. A cookie is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about website activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall personal information previously indicated by a website user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your details to gain access to certain parts of the website.
Tracking technologies may record information such as internet domain and host names, internet protocol addresses, browser software and operating system types, clickstream patterns and dates and times that our website is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our website and your experience.
We may also analyse information that does not contain personal information for trends and statistics.

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Some more blurb about cookies and tracking. We don't do anything out of the norm.