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Terms & Conditions

In order to provide you with relevant content, control circulation of services and related information, for usage analysis and to process any booking you may make through this website and to ensure that any event registration runs smoothly and meets your requirements, it is necessary to request the information provided in this registration form.
EngineeringUK acting as the data controller, is responsible for ensuring that the information you provide to us and that we in turn provide to our partners and affiliates is protected and secure. EngineeringUK provide access to the thebigbangfair.co.uk website (the "website") to you subject to the conditions set out on this page.

Please read these conditions carefully before using the website. By using the website, you signify your agreement to be bound by these conditions.

Our approach to your privacy

We are 100% committed to protecting your security and privacy and only use your information to improve the service that we provide. Our Privacy Policy fully complies with the Data Protection Act and we will, within reason, ensure that your information is secure and monitored with regard to access, both internally and externally.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about this website or our Privacy Policy, please contact us by emailing info@thebigbangfair.co.uk; phoning us on 0203 206 0400; or by writing to us at:

WEB Editor
EngineeringUK
Weston House
246 High Holborn
London WC1V 7EX

The information we collect and how we use it

Any information which you submit to us may be stored by us in full accordance with the aims and scrutiny stated above. We will always provide easy access to our Privacy Policy (this document) which will always be current, correct and readily available. If you wish to unsubscribe from any of our services you can do so by contacting us directly through any of the channels mentioned above. Some information we collect is obligatory and some information voluntary. Where obligatory information is deemed to be of a “sensitive” nature, you will clearly be informed of the reason for the required details and asked for consent for its storage and use. EngineeringUK operates an “opt-in” policy, which means that we will not send you any unsolicited mailings/newsletters without your express consent.

How do I know what information you hold on me?

We will, within a reasonable timeframe, provide you with a complete list of all the information we hold on you upon request. We may cross-reference publicly available data referring to you.

What if I no longer want you to store information about me?

We are happy to de-register you from any services that you may have subscribed to; simply contact us through any of the channels above. We will delete any and all information relating to you if you de-register.

How confidential is the information you hold about me?

EngineeringUK and all subsidiary companies are the sole owner of your personal information, and we will not sell, share or transfer this information without your specific consent. If we should acquire any of your details from other sources, we will seek guarantees from the provider that consent has been given by you for their sale. We may, from time-to-time, decide to make public, disclose or sell anonymous, statistical information gained from analysis of a significant sample of our database.

General conditions of use

Your Account

If you use the website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer to prevent unauthorised access to your account. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You should take all necessary steps to ensure that the password is kept confidential and secure and should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else, or if the password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorised manner.

You are responsible for ensuring that the details you provide us with are correct and complete. EngineeringUK reserves the right to refuse access to the website, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel registrations at our discretion. If we cancel a registration, it will be without charge to you.

Access to thebigbangfair.co.uk

We will do our utmost to ensure that availability of the website will be uninterrupted and that transmissions will be error-free. However, due to the nature of the Internet, this cannot be guaranteed. Also, your access to the website may also be occasionally suspended or restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance, or the introduction of new facilities or services. We will attempt to limit the frequency and duration of any such suspension or restriction.

License for website access

EngineeringUK grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this website, but not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of EngineeringUK. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this website or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this website or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.

This website or any portion of this website may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without our express written consent.

You may not frame or use framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of thebigbangfair.co.uk and its affiliates without express written consent.

You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilising thebigbangfair.co.uk or its affiliates' names or trademarks without the express written consent of EngineeringUK. Any unauthorised use terminates the permission or license granted by EngineeringUK.

You are granted a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of thebigbangfair.co.uk as long as the link does not portray EngineeringUK, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter.

You may not use any EngineeringUK logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without our express written consent.

Copyright & trademarks

All content included on the website, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of EngineeringUK, its affiliates or its content suppliers and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright and database right laws.

Your conduct

You must not use the website in any way that causes, or is likely to cause, the website or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way.

You are responsible for all electronic communications and content sent from your computer to us and you must use the website for lawful purposes only.

You must not use the website for any of the following:

 

Comments, communications and other content

Users of this website may post comments and other content – and send communications, comments, questions, or other information, as long as the content is not illegal, obscene, abusive, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties, or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any content. EngineeringUK reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit any content.

If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant the EngineeringUK and its affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.

You grant EngineeringUK and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose.

You agree to waive your right to be identified as the author of such content and your right to object to derogatory treatment of such content.

You agree to perform all further acts necessary to perfect any of the above rights granted by you to ETB, including the execution of deeds and documents, at the request of EngineeringUK.

You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that, as at the date that the content or material is submitted to thebigbangfair.co.uk: (i) the content and material is accurate; (ii) use of the content and material you supply does not breach any applicable thebigbangfair.co.uk policies or guidelines and will not cause injury to any person or entity (including that the content or material is not defamatory).

You agree to indemnify EngineeringUK and its affiliates for all claims brought by a third party against EngineeringUK or its affiliates arising out of or in connection with a breach of any of these warranties.

Electronic communications

When you visit thebigbangfair.co.uk or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. We communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on the website. For contractual purposes, you consent to receive communications from us electronically and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.

Defamation claims

Because thebigbangfair.co.uk might include and host thousands of pages of content, links and comments; it is not possible for us to be aware of the contents of everything displayed. Accordingly, EngineeringUK operates on a "notice and takedown" basis. If you believe that any content on, or advertised for sale on, the website contains a defamatory statement, please notify us immediately by following our Notice and Procedure for Notifying of Defamatory Content. Once this procedure has been followed, EngineeringUK will make all reasonable endeavours to remove the defamatory content complained about within a reasonable time.

Registration and booking The Big Bang

EngineeringUK and Grass Roots DMS have entered into an agreement whereby Grass Roots DMS shall process information in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The relevant information you have provided in this registration form will be passed on to or collected by Grass Roots DMS to secure your event registration, hotel reservation and local destination management as is appropriate to your request. In processing such information, Grass Roots DMS shall ensure that all suppliers to whom personal information is passed shall be made aware of the restrictions in using such personal information and shall only use the personal information to process any event registration and/or hotel reservation arrangements in strict accordance with instructions from EngineeringUK, for the sole purpose of providing event registration and/or hotel reservation services for the event. This also applies to any sensitive information you provide such as details of any disabilities or dietary or religious requirements. The information may also be provided to public authorities including (but not limited to) customs/immigration if required by them, or by law. Under no circumstances will any personal information be used for further marketing or advertising.

In the event that the destination is not within the European Economic Area (EEA), you should be aware that controls on data protection may not be as strong as those in the United Kingdom. Neither EngineeringUK nor Grass Roots DMS will pass your information to any party who is not responsible for a part of your registration arrangements for the event.

Please be aware that if EngineeringUK and Grass Roots DMS cannot pass this information to the relevant suppliers, whether in the EEA or not, your registration cannot be processed.

In order to perform and provide the services, suppliers may be required to pass personal information onto third parties. In such instances Grass Roots DMS will approve such transfers on the condition that these third parties will adhere to the restrictions and obligations imposed on suppliers on the use of personal information.

On Your Doorstep

items identified on the map are representative of Britain’s fantastic science and engineering heritage and have been compiled for The Big Bang and the National Science and Engineering Competition using a range of sources. They do not accept any responsibility for mistakes, errors, or other deficiencies in the site and the content and disclaim all liability in respect to use of the site and the content to the fullest extent.

Your consent

By using our website and agreeing these Terms & Conditions you consent to us collecting and using this information as stated above – including sharing with partners and affiliates as appropriate to fulfill the services that you require.
If we decide to change our Terms & Conditions or Privacy Policy, we will make those changes public so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.

 

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