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PART/LINK ONE - UNIVERSAL SITE TERMS & CONDITIONS 1\. OVERVIEW 2\. GENERAL TERMS OF USE 3\. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY 4\. PRIVACY POLICY 5\. _CONNECT 6\. GRANT APPLICATIONS 7\. SBRI COMPETITIONS 8\. NEWSLETTERS 9\. NEWS FEED LICENCE 10\. ACCESSIBILITY PART/LINK TWO – INNOVATE UK POLICIES 11\. SIGN-UP AND FOLLOW US 12\. FEEDBACK 13\. PERSONAL DATA 14\. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 15\. HELP & SUPPORT 16\. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT POLICY 17\. AFFINITY PARTNERS PART/LINK ONE - UNIVERSAL SITE TERMS & CONDITIONS 1\. OVERVIEW 1.1. INFORMATION ABOUT US Innovate UK is the trading name of the Innovate UK, a business-led non-departmental public body established by Royal Charter, under company number RC818, whose main place of business is at North Star House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1UE ("us", "we", "our"). Innovate UK is sponsored and funded by the United Kingdom Government Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. 1.2. THIS SITE Innovate UK owns and operates a number of websites and online platforms and has adopted a single set of terms and conditions to encompass them all, including the General Terms of Use, Acceptable Use Policy, Privacy Policy, and bespoke terms relevant to specific applications (such as the News Feed and _Connect) ("the Terms"). The Terms (including any referenced documents) set out the conditions of use pursuant to which you may make use of our site, whether as a visitor, a guest or a registered user ("you", "your"). Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the site. By entering our site, you accept these terms of use and agree always to act in accordance with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using our site. 2\. GENERAL TERMS OF USE 2.1. Accessing our site Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to withdraw, suspend or amend the service that we provide on our site without notice. If you choose, or you are provided with, any user identification code, password or any other piece of information used as part of our security procedures (the "identity credentials"), such information must be treated as confidential and must not be disclosed to any third party. We have the right, at any time, to disable any identity credentials, whether chosen by you or allocated by us if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the Terms. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary to enable you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site using the identity credentials are authorised to do so, are aware of these terms, and comply with such terms at all times. 2.2. Accuracy We strive to ensure all information on our site is accurate and up to date, but we cannot guarantee that it is free from error and shall not be liable for any errors on the site. You are responsible for checking the accuracy of relevant facts and opinions given on the site before entering into any commitment based upon them. The information provided on this site does not constitute legal or other professional advice. 2.3. Service Unfortunately we cannot guarantee that your use of this site will be free from interruption and we will not be liable for any reason our site is unavailable at any time. 2.4. Intellectual Property Innovate UK owns all intellectual property rights contained in works on our site and which are created by or on behalf of us. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way from our site, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged by using the following wording: "© Innovate UK [insert year]. All rights reserved." (or similar wording in the case of identified contributors). Except where otherwise permitted within the Terms, you must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors. If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. 2.5. Uploading Material To Our Site Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload material to our site, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with the content standards set out in our acceptable use policy. You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards and you indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. Save for the specific exceptions detailed within the Terms (e.g. Grant Applications) and those works which are explicitly expressed to be subject to pre-existing copyright protection and which are submitted to the website by users, any material you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of our site. We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy. 2.6. Linking to our Site You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. Our site must not be framed on any other site. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy. We may from time to time provide news feeds via our site. In order to use any news feeds provided via our site, you must comply in all respects with our News Feed License. If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please address your request to support@innovateuk.gov.uk Links to third party websites are provided solely for your convenience and we have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. Accordingly, we accept no responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of such third party sites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that they have their own terms and privacy policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal or sensitive data to these websites. 2.7. Viruses, hacking and other offenses We strive to ensure this site is free from viruses. However, we cannot always guarantee this. You are responsible for installing adequate and up-to-date virus-checking software on your computer. We take no responsibility or liability for any viruses or any other computer code, files or programs which interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of any computer software or hardware, or telecommunications equipment or other material which may be transmitted with or as part of the site. You must not misuse our site by introducing (whether knowingly or not) any material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. 2.8. Our Liability Access to and the material displayed on our site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy and availability. Your use of our site and its contents shall be at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we hereby expressly exclude: · all conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity; · any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by you in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including, without limitation, any liability for: o loss of income or revenue; o loss of business; o loss of profits or contracts; o loss of anticipated savings; o loss of data; o loss of goodwill; o wasted management or office time; and o for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable. This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. In the event that this disclaimer and exclusion of liability is held by a court of law to be ineffective, our maximum aggregated liability to you shall not exceed £1.00 (one pound sterling). 2.9. Updates / Variations We may revise the General Terms of Use, Acceptable Use Policy and Privacy Policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are binding on you. We will also post a notification of any material changes we make on our site. 2.10. Jurisdiction and applicable law The English courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. 3\. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY This acceptable use policy ("Acceptable Use Policy") sets out the terms on which we allow you to use our site, whether as a user, guest or visitor. 3.1. Prohibited Uses 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 any person in any way; · 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); or · to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material which is malicious or technologically harmful or which may 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 the Terms; · 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, network or software owned or used by any third party. 3.2. Interactive Services We may from time to time provide interactive services on our site, including, without limitation: · chat rooms; · bulletin boards; · blogs; and · web conferencing. 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 assess the possible risks to you from third parties when you use any interactive service provided on our site and 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 you 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 by their parents or guardians of the potential risks to them. Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally endeavour to provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise. 3.3. Content Standards These content standards (the "standards") apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site ("contributions"), and to any interactive services associated with it. You must comply with the spirit of the standards as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole. Contributions must: · be accurate (where they state facts); · be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and · comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted. Contributions must not: · contain or promote any material which is defamatory of any person; · contain or promote any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory; · contain or promote sexually explicit material; · contain or promote violence; · contain or promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, belief, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; · infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person; · be likely or intended to deceive any person; · be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence; · be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or be likely or intended to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety; · be likely to harass, upset, embarrass or alarm any other person; · be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person; · give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case; or · advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse. 3.4. Suspension and Termination We will determine in our absolute discretion whether there has been a breach of the Acceptable Use Policy through your use of our site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate. Failure to comply with the 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 posting or material 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; and/or · disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary. We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of the Acceptable Use Policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate. 4\. PRIVACY POLICY For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act"), we are the Data Controller. We are committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of the visitors, users and guests of our site. Please read this Policy carefully, as it sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us ("data"), will be processed by us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. 4.1. Information Charter We need to handle personal information about you so that we can provide services to you. This is how we look after that information. When we ask you for personal information, we promise: · to make sure you know why we need it; · to only ask for what we need, and not to collect too much or irrelevant information; · to protect it and make sure nobody has access to it who shouldn't; · to let you know if we share it with other organisations to give you better public services - and if you can say no; · to make sure we don't keep it longer than necessary; · not to make your personal information available for commercial use without your permission; and · to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. In return, we ask you to: · give us accurate information; and · tell us as soon as possible if there are any changes, such as a new address. This helps us to keep your information reliable and up to date. You can get more details on: · how to find out what information we hold about you and how to ask us to correct any mistakes; · agreements we have with other organisations for sharing information; · circumstances where we can pass on your personal information without telling you, for example, to prevent and detect crime or to produce anonymised statistics; · our instructions to staff on how to collect, use and delete your personal information; · how we check the information we hold is accurate and up to date; and · how to make a complaint. by contacting us at d ataprotection@innovateuk.gov.uk For independent advice about data protection, privacy and data-sharing issues, you can contact the Information Commissioner at: Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Phone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45 Fax: 01625 524510. Website: ICO 4.2. Information we may collect from you When you participate in, access or sign-up to any of our services (including our newsletters, competitions, social media, message boards and telephone discussions), create an account using the _connect online platform or otherwise correspond with us, we will receive data about you. This data may consist of information, such as your name, email address, postal address, landline or mobile number. Depending on the activity (for example, applying for a grant from us), we may also obtain information about the name and type of your business, and its address. We also use cookies and collect IP addresses from visitors to our websites. 4.3. Where we store your personal data All personal data you provide to us is stored on secure servers which are operated in accordance with the UK Information Commissioner's guidelines on the storage of personal data. It is specifically noted that some applications and services that process personal data outside the European Economic Area may be used. Where this occurs, Innovate UK (or the relevant Affinity Partner) shall ensure that it complies with its responsibilities to keep your personal data safe and secure. For example, where data is stored in the USA, then the Safe Harbour Framework meets the adequate requirements of data protection. We cannot guarantee the security of your data during transmission from you to us, and you transmit such data at your own risk. Once your data has reached our servers, we will use strict procedures and security features to try and prevent unauthorised access. 4.4. Disclosure of your information Innovate UK will only disclose your Information in accordance with our Information Management Policy . This includes: · Consultant/Sub-Contractor for Internal Activity Innovate UK may need to disclose your information to a consultant/sub-contractor in order to undertake an ‘Internal Activity' e.g. to an IT consultant working on upgrading our IT system. Where this is the case, Innovate UK will act in accordance with its Information Management Policy, only disclose the information reasonably necessary for the purpose, and will ensure that appropriate provisions are put in place to secure your information. · Affinity Partners As part of our objective to stimulate and support UK innovation, we have established a close network of Affinity Partners. Where we share personal data with Affinity Partners, such Affinity Partners shall become the data controllers of that personal information and must act in accordance with the terms of the Information Management Policy and the Data Protection Act, and shall become directly responsible to you (and the Information Commissioner) thereunder. 4.5. Uses made of your Information Any information you provide to us will be used and shared in accordance with our Information Management Policy . The Information Management Policy is a principle based approach to managing your information, using engagement journeys and distinct use categories to simply explain our responsibilities and treatment of your information. Where we propose using your data for any purpose other than those contained within the Information Management Policy, we will ensure that we notify you in advance. 4.6. Promotional Communications Promotional and marketing communications may be sent to you by various communication channels. In the case of electronic communications, these will only be sent to an individual if you have opted to allow the use of your personal data for such purposes. If you wish to change your communication preferences at any time, please do so by contacting: dataprotection@innovateuk.gov.uk In the case of email communications, individuals may also opt out of receiving future communications by using the "unsubscribe" link provided at the bottom of the email. 4.7. IP Address An IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet. We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual. 4.8. Log Files Log files allow us to record visitors' use of the site. We put together log file information from all our visitors, which we may use to make improvements to the layout of the site and to the information in it, based on the way that visitors move around it. Log files do not contain any personal information about you. 4.9. Cookies Innovate UK uses small amounts of data stored on your computer called 'cookies' to collect information about how visitors use the website. They enable us: · to estimate our audience size and usage pattern · to store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests · to speed up your searches, and · to recognise you when you return to our site. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it. Your browser is the computer program you use to access the internet. By default, your browser will only allow a website to access the cookies it's already sent to you, and not the cookies sent to you by any other website. This is to protect your privacy. For more information go to: About Cookies There are effectively four different variants of cookies that websites create: · Session cookies – These types of cookies are only valid when the user browses a site and are expired when the user leaves a website. Session cookies are used to remember if a user has logged into a website for example. · Persistent cookies – Persistent cookies are not cleared when a user closes their browser. They are used to remember if the user has visited the site before, whether they ticked a 'remember me' type checkbox when logging into the site or where the user visited the website from. These types of cookies generally have a fixed time-frame before expiring, for example a year. · First party cookies – First party cookies are examples that are only used within one particular website. Data from the cookie isn't accessible to other websites. · Third party cookies – These cookies do contain data that third party websites can access. Examples include social media sharing controls or analytics based websites Services that need cookies to work Some services need to store a cookie on your computer for them to work. These cookies are removed when you finish using the service. If cookies are blocked then these services will not work. Controlling what cookies are stored on your computer You can set your devices to: · Accept all cookies · Tell you when a cookie is being received · Not receive cookies · Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. Rejecting Cookies If you want to restrict or block the cookies set by Innovate UK you can do this through your browser settings. The 'Help' menu in your browser should explain how you can do this, as well as how to delete cookies from your computer. To reject cookies on your mobile phone's browser, see your handset manual. For more information, see the 'About cookies' website. How to control or delete cookies: About Cookies Third Party Cookies on our websites/platforms · Google Analytics cookies Innovate UK uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use of the site. Google stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using the site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. How to reject or delete this cookie: Google Privacy Policy ClickTale module is used to analyse where users click/browse through a website (customer experience analytics). How to reject or delete this cookie: Click Tale The following is a list of known cookies that are present on our website(s)/platforms. Each cookie includes a short description of what the cookie does and what type of variant the cookie falls into. Name of cookie Cookie Variant Description ASP.NET_sessionID Session cookie, First party cookie General purpose session cookie. Used to remember if the user is currently navigating the website. This cookie contains the user's session ID and the cookie will expire at the end of the session (when you close your browser). _ck Session cookie First party cookie Content Management System generated and is currently not utilized or saving any data. AuthCookie Persistent cookie, First party cookie Used on some websites to remember if they user is still logged into the site despite closing the browser (the cookie is valid for 30 minutes from the point of creation). _utma Persistent cookie, Third party cookie This cookie (which is part of Google analytics) keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. _utmb Persistent cookie, Third party cookie Used to create a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site. This cookie is part of Google analytics in conjunction with the _utmc cookie. _utmc/td> Persistent cookie, Third party cookie Used to create a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site. This cookie is part of Google analytics in conjunction with the _utmb cookie. _utmz Persistent cookie, Third party cookie _utmz keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine the visitor used, what link the visitor clicked on, what keyword the visitor used, and where they were in the world when the user accessed the website. This cookie is part of Google analytics. WRUID Persistent cookie, Third party cookie Used by the ClickTale module to analyse where users click/browse through a website WRIgnore Persistent cookie, Third party cookie Used by the ClickTale module to disable user experience monitoring. 4.10. Queries regarding Privacy Questions, comments and requests regarding this Policy and/ or the processing of your data are welcomed, and should be addressed to dataprotection@innovateuk.gov.uk . 4.11. Updates If this privacy policy materially changes in any way, we will place an updated version on these pages. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that 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. We will also post a notification of any material changes we make on our site. 5\. _CONNECT 5.1. General If you become a member of _connect, you are automatically subscribed to the _connect online community and you agree to be bound by these specific terms ("the _Connect Terms") in relation to your _Connect activities, together with the Terms as applicable from time to time. To the extent that the _Connect Terms conflict with any of the other Terms in relation to your _Connect activities, the _Connect Terms shall prevail. 5.2. Managing your profile on _connect You can choose, and control, the amount of personal data which will be disclosed in your public profile. You can change your profile settings at any time by logging-in to your profile page and amending your settings accordingly. We aim to keep the data we hold accurate and up-to-date. If at any time your data becomes out-of-date or you become aware of an error, you must update your profile by visiting _connect. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. You must not share a password with anyone. 5.3. Intellectual Property Save for works which are explicitly expressed to be subject to pre-existing copyright protection (for example, by stating "© [name of user] [insert year]. All rights reserved.") and which are submitted to the site by registered users, Innovate UK is granted an unrestricted exclusive licence by the licensor to exploit all intellectual property rights in such works and in the material published on our site. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. 5.4. Privacy All information you provide shall be handled in accordance with our Information Management Policy, which can be provided on request. Where you have opted to provide personal information, you consent to the processing of such information, which may include processing outside of the EEA, on condition it is processed in a safe and secure manner for legitimate purposes. Members of _connect may change their preferences by accessing their personal profile settings. 5.5. Updates / Variations Where there is a substantive update to the _Connect Terms (other than updating information lists, changing formatting, and clarifying terms already present), we will notify you by email and/or log-in notification as appropriate. Minor changes will be notified by way of a notification of changes on our site. 5.6. Update – January 2015 (the "Transition Period") With effect from and including January 2015, the _Connect Terms were updated with the Universal Site Terms & Conditions for all new registrants, which included a reference to the Information Management Policy. Existing Members remained on the previous terms and conditions. Pursuant to the email campaign and other notices in Spring 2015, all members of Connect automatically transitioned onto the new _Connect Terms by continuing to use the Site after you received notice of the changes. This did not affect your contact preferences, which remained unchanged. In respect of your contact preferences, at the time of notifying you of the changes to the _Connect Terms, you were asked to update your preferences to allow us and our Affinity Partners to use your personal contact details to provide you with relevant advice and support to enhance and compliment the assistance provided by Innovate UK. This creates four categories of Connect Members as follows: Personal Contact Preferences Action taken by Connect Member Result No action taken Previous contact preferences still in force Agreed to new contact preferences, and - chose not to allow Innovate UK to contact you with related services/assistance of potential interest Innovate UK will use your personal details to contact you regarding _Connect and other matters with which we are engaged, but will not use your personal details to contact you regarding other grants/assistance that may be of benefit to you. It is not recommended that you select this option as it inhibits us being able to assist you. Agreed to new contact preferences, and - chose not to allow Affinity Partners to contact you with services/assistance of potential interest Innovate UK will use your personal details to contact you regarding _Connect and other matters with which we are engaged, but will not allow carefully selected Affinity Partners to use your personal details to contact you regarding their grants/services that may be of benefit to you. It is not recommended that you select this option as it inhibits carefully selected Affinity Partners from being able to assist you. Agreed to new contact preferences, and - chose to allow Innovate UK / Affinity Partners to contact you with services/assistance of potential interest Innovate UK will use your personal details to contact you regarding _Connect and other matters with which we are engaged, and Innovate UK will ensure your personal details are used responsibly to maximise the offers of suitable grants and other assistance that are available to you. It is recommended that you select these options to help us help you. To help us provide you with the best service and support, we would be grateful if you could opt-in and allow us and our Affinity Partners to contact you. You can of course update your contact preferences at any time. 6\. GRANT APPLICATIONS 6.1. General If you make a grant application through the site, you agree to be bound by these specific terms ("the Grant Application Terms"), together with the Terms as applicable from time to time, and any application guidance. To the extent that the Grant Application Terms conflict with any of the other Terms, the Grant Application Terms shall prevail. 6.2. Confidentiality & Personal Information Any applications uploaded to our site shall be held and used in accordance with our Information Management Policy and the specific rules of the relevant competition. It is noted that Innovate UK reserves the right as a condition of any grant application and/or award to contact an organisation and its named lead staff, directly or through an Affinity Partner, with limited, relevant, specific information that can assist with your application, grant or in developing and/or exploiting your specific idea, product or service which was the basis of your live or recent application or grant. 6.3. Intellectual Property For the avoidance of doubt, you retain all rights in your intellectual property and confidential information when submitting applications for grants. 6.4. Submitting Information on Behalf of Others Where an organisation submits Information in relation to staff, it confirms that it has the requisite authority to submit such Information and for Innovate UK to use such Information in accordance with the competition guidance, terms of contract and its Information Management Policy, including the applicable terms for contacting individuals and sharing Information. Where an organisation submits Information on behalf of another organisation, it confirms that it has the requisite authority to submit such Information and for Innovate UK to use such Information in accordance with the competition guidance, terms of contract and its Information Management Policy , including the applicable terms for contacting individuals and sharing Information. 6.5. Guidance Further guidance is provided on the particular competition page. 6.6. Joint Competitions Where Innovate UK advises in the Guidance or other documentation that it is collaborating with a ‘Joint-Sponsor' in undertaking the competition and/or grant, Innovate UK shall be entitled to share all Information (including Closed Information*) received or generated in respect of the competition and/or grant with the Joint-Sponsor, and such Joint-Sponsor shall be directly accountable to you for the Information it receives in accordance with its own funding policies. This shall be the case regardless as to whether Innovate UK and/or the Joint-Sponsor each individually: a) fund the entire grant, part of the grant, or none of the grant; b) run or contribute to the management and/or assessment of the competition; or c) run or contribute to the management and/or monitoring of the grant. For clarity, a Joint-Sponsor means another UK based organisation that operates or funds grant awards or other similar contracts, such as a department within UK Administration or the Research Councils. * Closed Information is as described in the Information Management Policy and includes all confidential and private information. 7\. SBRI COMPETITIONS 7.1. General If you make a bid through the site, you agree to be bound by these specific terms ("the SBRI Application Terms"), together with the Terms as applicable from time to time, and any application guidance. To the extent that the SBRI Application Terms conflict with any of the other Terms, the SBRI Application Terms shall prevail. 7.2. Confidentiality & Personal Information Any applications uploaded to our site shall be held and used in accordance with our Information Management Policy and the specific rules of the relevant competition. It is noted that Innovate UK reserves the right as a condition of any grant application and/or award to contact an organisation and its named lead staff, directly or through an Affinity Partner, with limited, relevant, specific information that can assist with your application, grant or in developing and/or exploiting your specific idea, product or service which was the basis of your live or recent application or grant. 7.3. Intellectual Property For the avoidance of doubt, you retain all rights in your intellectual property and confidential information when submitting applications for grants, but any contract award is subject to the specific terms and conditions of the contract. 7.4. Submitting Information on Behalf of Others Where an organisation submits Information in relation to staff, it confirms that it has the requisite authority to submit such Information and for Innovate UK to use such Information in accordance with the competition guidance, terms of contract and its Information Management Policy, including the applicable terms for contacting individuals and sharing Information. Where an organisation submits Information on behalf of another organisation, it confirms that it has the requisite authority to submit such Information and for Innovate UK to use such Information in accordance with the competition guidance, terms of contract and its Information Management Policy, including the applicable terms for contacting individuals and sharing Information. 7.5. Guidance Further guidance is provided on the particular competition page. 7.6. Joint Competitions Where Innovate UK advises in the Guidance or other documentation that it is collaborating with a ‘Joint-Sponsor' in undertaking the competition and/or contract, Innovate UK shall be entitled to share all Information (including Private Information) received or generated in respect of the competition and/or contract with the Joint-Sponsor, and such Joint-Sponsor shall be directly accountable to you for the information it receives in accordance with its own funding policies. This shall be the case regardless as to whether Innovate UK and/or the Joint Sponsor each individually: a) fund the entire contract, part of the contract, or none of the contract; b) run or contribute to the management and/or assessment of the competition; or c) run or contribute to the management and/or monitoring of the contract. For clarity, a Joint-Sponsor means another UK based organisation that operates or funds grant awards or other similar contracts, such as a department within UK Administration or the Research Councils. 8\. NEWSLETTERS If you sign up to receive newsletter or updates we will use the information you give us to provide the service(s) you have requested. We may occasionally contact subscribers to help us evaluate and improve the service that we offer. If you have used an on-line form on the site to sign up for an update or newsletter service, you can correct, update or remove any personally identifiable information directly, via our Contact Form. If you sign up for a subscription service, we will hold the information you have provided for as long as you require access to the service requested. If you inform us that you wish to cancel a subscription we will remove you from our mailing list and your details will be deleted from our records, unless it is to be used for research purposes. 9\. NEWS FEED LICENCE By downloading a Innovate UK news feed ("Innovate UK Feed") from our site and embedding it into another website, the Innovate UK Feed user ("you" or "your") agrees to be bound by the terms set out below (the "Standard Licence Terms"). For the avoidance of doubt, the Standard Licence Terms apply where you embed an Innovate UK Feed into another website; they do not apply where you access Innovate UK Feeds via a news reader, which is permitted. These Standard Licence Terms may be updated by Innovate UK from time to time. Please review these Standard Licence Terms each time you download an Innovate UK Feed. Your download and/or use of an Innovate UK Feed indicates your agreement to these Standard Licence Terms. 9.1. 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General Neither party may assign, charge, sublicense or otherwise deal with its rights or obligations in this Agreement in whole or in part to any third party. Any failure or delay by either party in exercising its rights under any provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of those rights at any time now or in the future. 10\. ACCESSIBILITY We are committed to providing a website that is easy to use by everyone regardless of circumstances. The website's objectives are to conform to the guidelines for the Government websites, which support the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, Level Double A, to ensure Web accessibility standards are achievable then maintained. The areas that currently require improvement are as follows: 10.1. TEXT SIZES This site uses only relative font sizes, which means that you can easily change the text size in your browser. · In Internet Explorer, go to 'view', 'text size'. Select the text size you require. · In Firefox, go to 'view', 'text size'. You can increase or decrease the text size as required. · In Safari, hold down the command key (Apple key) and select '+' to increase the text size or '-' to decrease the text size. 10.2. ALTERNATIVE TEXT We recommend that all images used to illustrate content include the alt attribute to provide descriptive text alternatives. Images that have a decorative function have an ‘empty' alt attribute. 10.3. USEFUL LINKS The following websites will have useful advice and information about web accessibility. · World Wide Web Consortium · W3C Web Accessibility Initiative · RNIB web access centre PART/LINK TWO – INNOVATE UK POLICIES 11\. SIGN-UP AND FOLLOW US 11.1. Publications Links to: Innovate UK Publications 11.2. Email Newsletter and Alerts Sign up to receive our monthly newsletter . Stay up-to-date with competition announcements, activities, events and submission deadlines by signing up to competition notifications . 11.3. Twitter Follow @innovate_uk on Twitter. Here you will get the latest news, competition notices and other up-to-the-minute information. Follow our CEO @RuthMcKernan 11.4. YouTube Watch all our videos on our dedicated YouTube channel . 11.5. _Connect Sign up on the _connect platform to join the Knowledge Transfer Network, or one of the many innovation networking groups managed by Innovate UK. 11.6. Flickr Browse our photos on Flickr . 12\. FEEDBACK 12.1. General The Innovate UK is committed to providing a high quality, responsive and accessible service. However, there may be times when you feel unhappy about the service you receive or wish to make a suggestion about how we might improve. We also hope that you might want to tell us when you have been particularly happy with the service you have received. Your complaints, suggestions and compliments are important to us because they help us improve our services. 12.2. Complaints The following sets out the formal process for making a complaint. Please note that complaints relating to disagreements about scientific judgments and any matters that are the subject of legal proceedings are excluded from this complaints process (see section on Scientific & Technical Judgments at the end of this document). Compliments and general feedback will also be dealt with outside of this process. Definition of a complaint Complaints submitted through this procedure should be concerned with the way in which a decision has been made or an action taken, rather than objections to the merits of the actual decision or action. Examples include: · When we have said we would do something and it has not happened; · When the quality of our process was not as expected e.g. we took too long, lacked consistency or were unclear; · When a member of our staff or someone working on our behalf acts in an inappropriate or discourteous way. How to make a complaint: Stage 1 The people who dealt with your enquiry, application or project are probably best equipped to deal with the complaint. A simple misunderstanding may have arisen and we would therefore hope to be able to resolve it quickly and informally. Please contact the member of staff who has been dealing with your enquiry, proposal or project initially. Stage 2 If this is not possible you can make your complaint in writing, by letter or email to the Complaints Officer, Innovate UK, A1, North Star House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1JF c omplaintsofficer@innovateuk.gov.uk You will receive an acknowledgement within 3 working days and a written response within 10 working days. If this is not possible, you will be given an explanation of the reasons for the delay and a timescale by which you will receive a full reply. The Complaints Officer will co-ordinate the handling of the response in conjunction with the Programme Manager or senior officer with responsibility for the area to which the complaint refers. The process will generally include the following activities: · Gathering of all relevant information; · Agreeing the issues and facts with the complainant; · Assessing the validity of the complaint in the context of stated procedures and, if applicable, published service standards; · Informing the complainant of the outcome and, if applicable, any remedial action to be taken. Stage 3 If you remain unhappy with the outcome, you can ask for the complaint to be referred to a Director of the Innovate UK. We would normally appoint a Director who did not have direct responsibility for the area in which the complaint resided so that a fresh review can take place. If this is not possible then this review may be undertaken by our Chief Executive. As we escalate our part of the process we would expect a reciprocal escalation on the part of the complainant e.g. involvement of an executive at a higher level in the organisation than the complainant. Stage 4 If your complaint has gone through all our internal processes and you are still dissatisfied with the outcome, you have the right to refer the matter to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (the Parliamentary Ombudsman). Further information on how to go about this is available from Ombudsman 12.3. Records As a public body we have a duty to record and track any complaints we receive. This requires us to keep information concerning complaints and to evaluate our responses in order to improve our services. Information about complaints will be stored on our electronic data storage systems but access will be restricted to staff dealing with the complaint and our professional advisors. 12.4. Technical Judgments Competitions for Research and Development funding are regularly issued by the Innovate UK. Please note the following points regarding judgements made in these competitions. · Ultimately a Research & Development Competition is precisely that, i.e. a competition where an application is judged in relation to other applications. · The Innovate UK employs a panel of independent assessors to review, assess and make recommendations as to suitability for funding. · The panel operates under a confidentiality agreement with the Innovate UK and names of panellists are not disclosed, to allow full and thorough judgments to be expressed freely. · The panel assesses applications using its skills and experience and is charged with creating a ranked ordered list which includes a recommendation or otherwise for funding. · The Innovate UK does not change the ranked ordered list provided by the panel, and uses it to finally agree the list of successful applicants according to the funding available for that particular competition. · Feedback is offered to applicants that aim to provide some understanding of why they might have been unsuccessful. · Unless an issue arises which falls into the complaint definition described above, it is not Innovate UK practice to reconsider applications after the panel has made its decision. · For decisions on the continuation of funding the Innovate UK may use a single assessor to make recommendations 13\. PERSONAL DATA We hold all personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, our Information Management Policy, and any additional terms included when your information was collected. 13.1. Requests You have a right to request a copy of your personal details at any time to check the accuracy of the information held. If you wish to do this, please submit your request in writing (letter or email) to: Data Protection Officer Innovate UK A1 North Star House North Star Avenue Swindon SN2 1JF Email: dataprotection@innovateuk.gov.uk 14\. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION As an agency of the Government, the Innovate UK is bound by the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("FOIA") and supporting legislation. 14.1. Disclosures All information held, received or transmitted by us is potentially subject to public disclosure. You are advised to consider the potential impact of public disclosure when adding content to our site. Notwithstanding any duty of confidentiality that might exist between us and you, you accept and agree that all information and communications exchanged between us and you may be subject to public disclosure under the FOIA, and that we shall have no liability whatsoever to you arising from any disclosure of information we are required to make under the FOIA. In the event that a request is received by us for disclosure under the FOIA of any of your information held, we shall use reasonable efforts to notify you and allow you to make arguments under the terms of the FOIA as to why such information should not be disclosed. You accept that receipt of such arguments does not mean that disclosure will not occur. The FOIA places strict time limits on us to respond to any FOIA request, and we shall have no liability whatsoever to you arising from your failure to respond to any FOIA notification from us within the time limits stated in our notification. 14.2. Requests If you would like to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you should submit your request in writing (letter or email) to: Information Manager Innovate UK A1, North Star House North Star Avenue Swindon Wiltshire SN2 1JF Email: foi@innovateuk.gov.uk If you send a comment or enquiry to us, or use our online contact form, it may not always be possible for us to provide the information requested ourselves. In such circumstances we may need to pass your enquiry to another government department so that they can fulfil your information request. In this instance we will respond to your enquiry initially and notify you of the correct direction for you to pursue your enquiry. Our Publication Scheme describes the responsibilities fully including the range of information we hold. Further guidance and background information about the Act can be found on the Information Commissioner's website and the Ministry of Justice website . 15\. HELP & SUPPORT The role of Customer Support Services within the Innovate UK is to provide key support for the following: 1\. _connect 2\. Innovate UK competitions 3\. Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTN) 4\. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) 5\. Web conferencing 6\. FP7UK & European Programmes For further support and information click on the headings below: _connect FAQs As a member of _connect you want to know how to make the most of the platform's functionality. Competitions FAQ's, Briefing & Events Documents Group Access previous Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's), comment on articles (FAQ's), download briefing presentations and competition documents (Brief's etc). Network Owners More about what is required to be a network on _connect and get things started by requesting a space for your community If you require any further assistance please contact the Customer Support Services on 0300 321 4357 or support@innovateuk.gov.uk 16\. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT POLICY See the Information Management Policy here. 17\. AFFINITY PARTNER A list of our current Affinity Partners is below: Delivery Partners Catapults KTN - Knowledge Transfer Network EEN - Enterprise Europe Network Public-Funded Partners DH - Department of Health Growth Accelerator IPO - Intellectual Property Office MAS - Manufacturing Advisory Service Design Council Designing Demand AMSCI - Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative APC - Advanced Propulsion Centre ATI - Aerospace Technology Institute DCLG - Department for Communities and Local Government DECC - Department of Energy & Climate Change DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs MOD - Ministry of Defence RCs - Research Councils Research Councils EPSRC – Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council STFC – Science and Technology Facilities Council MRC – Medical Research Council UK Administration BIS - Department for Business Innovation and Skills UKTI - UK Trade & Investment UK Government Departments Devolved Administrations This list will be updated as we extend our engagements with organisations that can help us fund, support and connect innovative businesses to accelerate sustainable economic growth for the UK. ]]>