Our Policies

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The Alliance of International Property Owners (AIPO) is a media owner and membership site operating on the platform www.aipo.org.uk.

AIPO recognise that your privacy is important and are committed to protecting it. We therefore comply with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). This document sets out our policy in relation to any personal information which you supply to us through your use of this website.

By providing your personal information through this website you agree to the collection, storage and use of your personal information by AIPO in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If we change this policy, we will post changes on this page so that you are always aware of them. By continuing to use this website after such changes have been posted you will be deemed to have accepted and consented to them, whether you revisit this page or not.

Our Privacy notice applies to all services offered by the Alliance of International Property Professionals Limited (a company incorporated in England with company registration number 10380594 and whose registered office address is Wey Court West, Union Road, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU9 7PT).

We only share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

• members of our group of companies (who will adhere to our Privacy Policy when using your information)
• with your consent
• with marketing partners with whom we have obtained your consent to share the information at the time we collected 
• if we require to do so in order to comply a legal or regulatory obligation; to enforce our terms of use, or to protect the rights of Alliance of International Property Owners or users of the site. This includes exchanging information with other organisations to help prevent the risk of fraud or credit risk.

Other sites and social media

If you follow a link from our website to another site or service, this notice will no longer apply. We are not responsible for the information handling practices of third party sites or services and we encourage you to read the privacy notices appearing on those sites or services.

Our websites may enable you to share information with social media sites or use social media sites to create your account or to connect your social media account. Those social media sites may automatically provide us with access to certain personal information retained by them about you (for example any content you have viewed). You should be able to manage your privacy settings from within your own third party social media account(s) to manage what personal information you enable us to access from that account.

If you are based within the EEA or within another jurisdiction having similar data protection laws, in certain circumstances you have the following rights:

• the right to be told how we use your information and obtain access to your information;
• the right to have your information rectified or erased or place restrictions on processing your information;
• the right to object to the processing of your information e.g. for direct marketing purposes;
• the right to have any information you provided to us on an automated basis returned to you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, or sent directly to another company, where technically feasible (“data portability”);
• where the processing of your information is based on your consent, the right to withdraw that consent subject to legal or contractual restrictions;
• the right to object to any decisions based on the automated processing of your personal data, including profiling; and
• the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for data protection matters (e.g. in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office).

You have a right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) if you think there is a problem with the way we are handling your personal data.

We collect information about you (name, email address, country of interest, whether you are an owner or buyer) when you sign up to become a member of The Alliance of International Property Owners. We also collect information whenever you choose to provide it in order to use any interactive features on our website such as completing customer surveys, providing feedback and participating in competitions.

We have a Data Protection Policy and strict internal procedures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, improper use, alteration, unintended destruction or other loss.

We will hold your personal information for a period of 2 years after out last communication with you.

If you request a copy of your information (info@aipo.org.uk) we will provide this within 1 month and we will not charge for this service unless your requests are unfounded or excessive. In the event we would not provide you with a copy of the personal data we hold about you, we will provide our reasons for refusal.

If we hold any information about you which is incorrect or if there are any changes to your details, please let us know by so that we can keep our records accurate and up to date.

If you withdraw your consent to the use of your personal information for purposes set out in our Privacy Notice, we may not be able to provide you with access to all or parts of our website, applications, and services.

We will retain your personal information for the duration of our business relationship and afterwards for up to two years. Where we no longer need your personal information, we will dispose of it in a secure manner (without further notice to you).

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY AS THEY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY TO THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF WWW.AIPO.ORG.UK (REFERRED TO AS “AIPO WEBSITE OR THE ALLIANCE”) AND TO ANY CORRESPONDENCE BY E-MAIL BETWEEN AIPO AND YOU.

USING THE AIPO WEBSITE INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN FULL REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU CHOOSE TO REGISTER WITH US. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE AIPO WEBSITE.

These terms and conditions are issued by AIPO, company number 5677417, Registered office is at Wey Court West, Union Road, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU9 7PT).

These Terms and Conditions were last updated on the 3rd May 2018.

For more information about how we process your personal data, please read our Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

1. You will be able to access some areas of the AIPO Website without registering your details or becoming a member of The Alliance. Certain areas of the AIPO Website are only available if you register by becoming a member of AIPO.
2. AIPO may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You should check the AIPO Website from time to time to review the then current legal notice, because it is binding on you and AIPO. Certain provisions of these Terms and Conditions may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at this AIPO Website.

2. Licence

1. You are permitted to print and download extracts from the AIPO Website for your private and business use on the following basis:

1. a) no documents or graphics on the AIPO Website are modified in any way;
2. b) no graphics on the AIPO Website are used separately from accompanying text; and
3. c) AIPO’s copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
4. Unless otherwise stated, the copyright and other intellectual property rights (including database right) in all material on the AIPO Website (including without limitation photographs and graphical images) are owned by AIPO or its licensors. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, any use of extracts from the AIPO Website other than in accordance with paragraph 2.1) above for any purpose is prohibited. If you breach any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the AIPO Website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed extracts from the AIPO Website.

Subject to paragraph 2.1, no part of the AIPO Website may be reproduced or stored in any public or private electronic retrieval system or service without AIPO’s prior written permission.

Any rights not expressly granted in these terms are reserved.

If you wish to use any material on the AIPO Website outside the licence granted in this clause 2, you must seek written permission from AIPO and comply with any additional restrictions if permission is granted. AIPO may grant or withhold permission in their absolute discretion.

3. Service access

1. While AIPO endeavours to ensure that the AIPO Website is normally available 24 hours a day, AIPO will not be liable if, for any reason, the AIPO Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
2. Access to the AIPO Website (either in its entirety, or to elements of it) may be suspended and without notice.

4. Visitor material and conduct

1. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the AIPO Website any material:

1. a) that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience;
2. b) for which you have not obtained all necessary licences and/or approvals;
3. c) which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, gives rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in the UK or any other country in the world; or
4. d) which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data).
5. You may not misuse the AIPO Website (including, without limitation, by hacking).
6. AIPO will co-operate fully with any law enforcement authority or court requesting or directing AIPO to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting any material in breach of paragraph 4.1 or paragraph 4.2 of these Terms and Conditions.
7. Third party websites

1. Links to third party websites on the AIPO Website are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links, you leave the AIPO Website. AIPO has not reviewed these third party websites and does not control and is not responsible for these websites or their content. AIPO therefore does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this AIPO Website, you do so entirely at your own risk. In particular, the AIPO online Privacy Policy will not apply to third party websites.
2. If you would like to link to this AIPO Website, you may only do so on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, the home page of this AIPO Website, and subject to the following conditions:
   1. you do not remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of the AIPO logo;
   2. you do not create a frame or any other browser or border environment around this AIPO Website;
   3. you do not misrepresent your relationship with AIPO nor present any other false information about AIPO;
   4. you do not otherwise use any AIPO trade marks displayed on the AIPO Website without express written permission from AIPO;
   5. your website does not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
3. AIPO expressly reserves the right to revoke the right granted in paragraph 5.2 for breach of these Terms and Conditions and to take any action it deems appropriate.
4. You shall fully indemnify AIPO for any loss or damage suffered by AIPO or any of its group companies for breach of paragraph 5.2.

6. Membership

1. Each membership is for a single user only. AIPO does not permit you to share your membership with any other person nor with multiple users on a network.
2. You must ensure that the details provided by you on registration or at any time are correct and complete and inform AIPO immediately of any changes by updating your details. Responsibility for the security of any passwords issued rests with you.
3. Offers from AIPO partners for the benefit of AIPO members are subject to terms & conditions from those partner companies. AIPO does not act as Agent for these partners and AIPO members must accept and abide by the terms & conditions as set out by these partner companies. At no time will AIPO be held liable to AIPO members for the actions or service delivered to AIPO members by AIPO partners.     

7. Disclaimer

1. While AIPO endeavours to ensure that the information on the AIPO Website is correct, AIPO often relies on information provided by third parties. AIPO may make changes to the material on the AIPO Website, or to any products, services and prices described in it, at any time without notice. The material on the AIPO Website may be out of date, and AIPO makes no commitment to update such material. You should make your own enquiries as to the accuracy of any information or material available from the AIPO Website.
2. The material at the AIPO Website is provided ‘as is’ without any conditions, warranties or other terms of any kind. The information provided is not a substitute for legal, financial, real estate or other expert advice. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, AIPO provides you with the AIPO Website on the basis that AIPO excludes all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill) which but for these Terms and Conditions might have effect in relation to this AIPO Website.

8. Liability

1. While we try to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this site, AIPO cannot accept any liability arising from your reliance upon it, or from the inclusion in it or omission from it of any data whatsoever.
2. The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. While we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to this website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on this website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
3. Because AIPO often relies on information provided by third parties, AIPO, any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering this AIPP Website), and any of AIPO’s officers, directors, employees or agents of any of them, exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort – including without limitation negligence – contract or otherwise) in connection with the AIPO Website in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of this AIPO Website, any websites linked to the AIPO Website or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing the AIPO Website or your downloading of any material from the AIPO Website or any websites linked to the AIPO Website.
4. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit AIPO’s liability for (i) death or personal injury caused by negligence (as such term is defined by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977); (ii) fraudulent misrepresentation or (iii) any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
5. If your use of material on the AIPO Website results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data, you assume all costs thereof. You assume all costs for telecommunications links and computer equipment necessary for you to access the Internet and view the AIPO Website.

9. Governing law and jurisdiction

1. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Disputes arising in connection with these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

10. General

1. You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights under these Terms and Conditions.
2. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, which shall remain in force.
3. If you breach these Terms and Conditions and AIPO ignores this, AIPO will still be entitled to use its rights and remedies at a later date or in any other situation when you breach these Terms and Conditions.
4. AIPO shall not be responsible for any breach beyond its reasonable control.
5. A person who is not a party to these Terms and Conditions shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any terms in these Terms and Conditions but this shall not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.