This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms and conditions on which you may make use of our web site millennium.gov.uk (‘the site’).
The site is the copyright of and maintained by the Big Lottery Fund on behalf of The Millennium Commission, a body corporate established by Section 40 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 with offices at 1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE and closed by Parliament on 30 November 2006 (referred to as ‘We’ or ‘The Commission’ below). In entering the site you as a user (‘You’) are accepting our terms and conditions.

Using the site
The site is maintained for your personal use and viewing. The access and use of the site featuring these terms and conditions constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions. They take effect from the date on which you first use this website.

You agree to use the site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within the site.

Copyright and intellectual property rights
If you believe that your copyright has been infringed, please contact us. We will need to know details of the work, where it is on the site, and a statement that reproduction has not been authorised. Details of how to contact us are contained in the site.

Data protection
The Commission complies with data protection laws. For further information, read the privacy policy. Our privacy policy explains how we protect and respect any data we collect from you.

Linking to millennium.gov.uk
Please let us know if you wish to link directly to pages on millennium.gov.uk by emailing us at info@biglotteryfund.org.uk. Subject to that notification, we do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our site. We do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site; millennium.gov.uk pages must load into the user’s entire window.

Intellectual property and © copyright The Millennium Commission 2002
The names, images and logos identifying The Millennium Commission are proprietary marks of The Millennium Commission. If you wish to copy or use any of these, you must get prior approval from the copyright owner. Requests for permission to use the UK online logo should be directed to the UK online branding team, email: info@millennium.gov.uk
Tell us how and why you wish to use our logos. Please include your contact details: name, address, telephone number, fax number and email.

The material featured on this site is subject to copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. Copyright protected material may only be reproduced with the prior written approval of The Big Lottery Fund. Where such permission is given the material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Where any of the copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.

You may print off one copy of any page(s) from our site for your personal reference.

The permission to reproduce The Millennium Commission’s protected material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

Disclaimer
The site and material relating to The Millennium Commission’s information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided 'as is', without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of the site.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Links to external websites
Links contained in the site may lead to other websites which are not under our control. We are not responsible for the content of any linked site. Listing and linking should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind and we accept no liability in respect of the content. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and have no control over the availability of the linked pages.

Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet.

We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Updated December 2006
The site was completed and the content frozen in December 2006. If the need arises, we have the option to suspend the site or to close it indefinitely.

We may at any time revise these terms and conditions without notice. Please check regularly. Continued use of the site after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change.

Jurisdiction and applicable law
The English Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from or related to a visit to this web site. English Law will apply to these terms and conditions.

PRIVACY POLICY
The Millennium Commission is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy sets out the basis on which your personal data will be processed by us.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act") the data controller is The Big Lottery Fund, 1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE.

Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
1. Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site.
2. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
3. Details of transactions you carry out through our site.
4. Details of your visits to our site and the resources that you access.

IP Addresses and Cookies
We may collect information about your computer including, where available, your IP address, operating system and browser type for system administration. This is data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns and does not identify any individual.

For the same reason we may obtain information about your general Internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:-
• to estimate our audience size and usage pattern;
• to speed up your searches;
• to recognise you when you return to our site.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser, which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our web site.

More information about cookies can be found at http://www.aboutcookies.org created by international law firm Masons in response to the European Union Directive on Privacy and electronic communications, passed in 2002.

Where we store your personal data
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored on equipment located at a third party’s premises. Such third parties are located within the European Economic Area. By submitting your personal data you agree to this transfer. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. So, whilst we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot ensure the security of your data transmitted to our site. Any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information we will use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access.

Uses made of the information
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
• in the event that the business and assets of The Big Lottery Fund are transferred to a third party in which case we may disclose your personal data to that third party but we will inform you of such transfer;
• if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or in order to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of our firm, our clients, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Third party’s sites
Our site contains links to third party’s websites. If you follow a link to their sites, please note that these sites have their own privacy policy and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these sites.
We do not pass on any personal information you have given us to any other site.

Your rights
You have the right to request us not to disclose any of your personal data or information or to pass information to third parties. We will usually inform you before collecting your data, if we intend to disclose your information to any third party and you can exercise that right by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also notify us by contacting us at The Big Lottery Fund, 1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE or by emailing info@biglotteryfund.org.uk

Changes to this privacy policy
If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

Access to information
The Act gives you various rights including the right to access information held about you. Your right to access can be exercised in accordance with the Act.
Questions about this privacy policy can be addressed to info@biglotteryfund.org.uk

© The Millennium Commission 2006.