TERMS OF USE
Who we are
This website is operated by The Music Rights Awareness Foundation (“MRAF”) and BASCA Ltd t/a The Ivors Academy of Music Creators (“IA”) (together “Credits Due”) and these terms set out how you may use this website. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our website.
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are binding on you.
Date of last update: 16th September 2021.
Acceptable use
By using this website, you agree not to use the website:
for any purpose that is unlawful under any applicable laws
to distribute viruses or malware or any other similar harmful software code
to simulate communications from us or another service or entity in order to collect identity information, authentication credentials or other information (‘phishing’), or
in any way that disrupts the operation of our website or business or the website or business of any other entity.
Submitting information to this website
While we try to make sure that the website is secure, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you supply to us and therefore we cannot guarantee that it will be kept confidential. Any information that you submit to the website must be lawful, not offensive, not infringe the intellectual property rights of Credits Due or third parties and comply with these terms of use.
Privacy and cookies
Your privacy and protecting your personal information are important to us. Any personal information that you provide to us will be dealt with in line with our privacy notice below. Our cookie notice sets out information about the use of cookies on our website.
Intellectual property
The intellectual property rights in some content (including trademarks) on this website is owned by third parties and we have been granted the right by them to reproduce such content. All other content and trademarks on this website (and the website itself) are owned by MRAF and or IA and are protected by copyright, database right and trademark rights.
When you upload or provide us with content for use on our website or otherwise as part of supporting the Credits Due Pledge, you grants us the following rights to use that content:
A worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence to use, reproduce and distribute the content on this website and in materials associated with the Credits Due Campaign.
No form of distribution or making available to the public (whether in print or electronic form) of any of this website’s content (including trademarks) is allowed without our prior written consent.
Accuracy of information
While we try to make sure that this website is accurate, up-to-date and free from bugs, we cannot promise that it will be. We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.
The website provides general information and examples only and is not intended to provide legal, technical or other professional advice.
Website availability
We do not guarantee that this website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons.
Hyperlinks and third party sites
The website may contain hyperlinks or references to third party websites which are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over third party websites and accept no liability for any content, material or information contained in them. We suggest you read the terms of use of such third party websites.
Limitation on our liability
Except for any legal liability that we cannot exclude in law (such as for death or personal injury) or arising under applicable laws relating to the protection of your personal data, we are not responsible or liable for any loss you suffer relating to your use of this website.
Governing law and jurisdiction
Your use of this website will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and any disputes will be decided only by the courts of England and Wales.
Contact us
If you have any queries with regard to this website please contact us at admins@creditsdue.org.
PRIVACY NOTICE
MRAF and IA are joint controllers and responsible for your personal data in relation to the Credits Due campaign. These terms tell you what information Credits Due collects at the website www.creditsdue.org (the “Site”) and how it is used.
If you have any questions about this privacy notice or our data protection practices please contact admin@creditsdue.org.
The data we collect about you and how we use it
Newsletters and other communications from Credits Due: Member organisations and individuals who have signed the Credits Due pledge, we will hold your email address, name, images ( if any provided by you) and contact details for the purpose of sending you campaign updates, invitations to working groups and news that we think you will find interesting, and occasionally inviting you to events (in which case we may need extra information such as dietary and access requirements). You can unsubscribe from these at any time by using the “unsubscribe” links at the bottom of each email
Website analytics and performance: This website collects personal data to power our website analytics, including:
· Information about your browser, network, and device
· Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
· Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
· Clicks
· Internal links
· Pages visited
· Scrolling
· Searches
· Timestamps
How we share your personal data
We may share your contact data with other members who support the Credits Due Campaign solely for the purposes of engaging in activities in relation to the Credits Due Campaign.
We share this information with Session.ID and Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
International transfers
We may transfer, store and process your personal data outside the UK.
Your legal rights
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data including the right to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).
More detail can be found here.