Terms and Conditions

Below are our terms & conditions, please read these carefully.

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Terms of Use

Please read these terms of use carefully before using this website

Your use of this site constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions as at the date of your first use of the site.

1. Northern Enforcement Services Limited

1.1 Northern Enforcement Services limited, a company registered in England and Wales with a company registration number of 05977440, whose registered office is at South West Durham Business Centre, Shildon, County Durham, DL4 2QN. Our registered VAT number is 114 3876 16. We use the terms “Alpha 1 Legal Services”, “the company”, “we” and “us” to refer to Northern Enforcement Services Limited.
1.2 The information provided on this site is free of charge and for informational purposes only. By using this site, you accept the Legal Notices and Terms of Use set forth below, without limitation or qualification. Alpha 1 Legal services reserves the rights to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified. If you do not agree to these notices and terms, we advise you not to use the site.
1.3 These are the Terms of Use (“Terms”) which govern access to and use of the Alpha 1 Legal Services corporate website (“the website” (www.alpha1legal.co.uk). Our Privacy Policy explains how Alpha 1 Legal Services uses any Personal Data (as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998 and any subsequent acts including New data protection rules from General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will replace the Data Protection Act in the UK from 25 May 2018. (“the Act”)) you transmit to Alpha 1 Legal Services and what your obligations are in relation to such Personal Data.
By accessing, using and downloading the website you are indicating your acceptance to be bound by these Terms and you re-affirm that acceptance every time you access the website. If you do not agree to these Terms, please refrain from using our site.
These Terms are governed and construed in accordance with English law. You and Northern Enforcement Services Limited each submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in relation to disputes arising out of these Terms or related to a visit to our website.

2. Disclaimer

Access to our website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our website without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
Please note that you access and use the website at your own risk. Alpha 1 Legal Services is not responsible for any type of loss or damage which you may sustain as a result of accessing and using the website. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our website. You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your Internet connection are aware of these Terms, and that they comply with them.
Alpha 1 Legal Services assumes no responsibility for the contents of any other websites to which the website may have links and if you access any such linked websites you do so at your own risk. Alpha 1 Legal Services inclusion of links to such websites does not imply any endorsement by Alpha 1 Legal Services of the materials on such websites.
The website is accessed via the world-wide web which is independent of Alpha 1 Legal Services. Your use of the world-wide web is at your own risk and subject to all applicable national and international laws and regulations. Alpha 1 Legal Services has no responsibility for any information or services obtained by you on the world-wide web. Alpha 1 Legal Services reserves the right to modify, supplement, move or delete portions of or add to the website at any time with or without notice.

3. Intellectual Property

All copyright and other rights (including database rights, trademarks (whether registered or unregistered) and all other intellectual property rights) in and to the website and its contents (which for the avoidance of doubt shall include all information contained in or available from the website such as text, graphics, case studies and logos (“the Contents”) are owned by or licensed to Alpha 1 Legal Services or are otherwise used by Alpha 1 Legal Services as permitted under applicable laws. Unless Alpha 1 Legal Services explicitly states otherwise in writing, you may use, view, download, copy or print textual or graphic content of the website provided that it is solely used by you for the purpose of enquiring about the services provided by Alpha 1 Legal Services and provided that you do not change or delete any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices on such content. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials which you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. Under no circumstances may you use any Content in a manner that may give a false or misleading impression of Alpha 1 Legal Services.
You must not use any part of the materials on our website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
You agree not to copy, reproduce, store in any medium (including in any other websites), distribute, transmit, modify, alter, disseminate, create derivative works from all or any part of the website or edit any part of the website other than as permitted above without obtaining Alpha 1 Legal services prior written consent.

4. Specific Prohibitions

You may not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the website nor may you attempt to decipher, de-compile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the website.
You agree to use the website for lawful purposes only and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict the use of the website by, any third party.

5. Liability

The website and the content of the website are provided for general information purposes only and whilst Alpha 1 Legal Services has taken every care in the preparation of the website and the content, Alpha 1 Legal Services cannot guarantee that the content will be completely up to date and free of errors. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Alpha 1 Legal Services makes no warranties, representations and/or undertakings (express or implied) in respect of the website and the content (including the accuracy, reliability, suitability, quality, availability or completeness thereof). Alpha 1 Legal Services excludes all liability (other than for death or personal injury caused by its negligence) in relation to the website and the content, whether such liability arises in contract, tort, negligence, breach of statutory duty or otherwise (including, without limitation, liability in respect of any losses, damages, costs or expenses of any nature whatsoever incurred or suffered by you of an indirect or consequential nature, such as loss of profits, data, business or goodwill). Alpha 1 Legal Services makes no claims or representations that any or all of the content may be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside England and Wales and unless otherwise specifically stated, the content and the website is directed solely at consumers and/or businesses who access the websites from England and Wales. Access to such materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you choose to access the website from outside England or Wales, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the local laws governing websites and internet use.

6. Computer Viruses and Errors

Whilst Alpha 1 Legal Services will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the website does not contain or promulgate any errors, viruses, bugs, other malicious code or harmful components and will be uninterrupted, Alpha 1 Legal Services makes no warranty or representation that this will be the case. However, it is recommended that you should virus check all materials downloaded from the website and regularly check for the presence of errors, viruses, bugs, other malicious code, and harmful components.
Alpha 1 Legal Services excludes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws all liability (other than liability for death or personal injury caused by Alpha 1 Legal Services negligence) in connection with any damage or loss caused by errors, viruses, bugs, other malicious code or harmful components originating or contracted from the website and any interruptions in the running of the website.
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, bugs or other material which are malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our website will cease immediately.

7. Website changes

We aim to update our website regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our website, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

8. Feedback

Should you wish to make any comments to Alpha 1 Legal Services about the website or if you have any questions relating to the same please contact Alpha 1 Legal Services by email on [email protected] or in writing to Alpha 1 Legal Services at the address provided above or telephoning Alpha 1 Legal Services on the telephone number provided above.

9. Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement sets out the data processing practices carried out through the use of the Internet by Alpha 1 Legal Services. If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices please contact us by telephone at +44 (0)844 4142131 or by email at [email protected] or write to us at South West Durham Business Centre, Shildon, County Durham, DL4 2QN.
We collect personal information from visitors to our website through the use of online forms and every time you email us your details. We also collect information automatically about your visit to our website.
The services that we provide, includes the use of personal and sometimes sensitive information. This information may relate to our customers, clients and employees, complainants and enquirers, suppliers, advisers and other professional experts.
It is our policy to do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of such information. This should give you confidence that not only will the information you share with us remain secure and safe, but that we will not share your information with any unauthorised third parties.
We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page regularly to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
This policy is effective from 4th April 2018.
In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the new data protection rules from General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will replace the Data Protection Act in the UK from 25 May 2018. Alpha 1 Legal Services is registered with the Information Commissioners Office as the data controller under registration no Z9650885.

Types of Information We Collect

We collect and process information relating to the above reasons/purposes. This information may include:
For Operational Purposes

  • personal details
  • family, lifestyle and social circumstances
  • business activities of the person whose personal information we are processing
  • goods and services provided
  • financial details
  • education details
  • employment details

We also collect and process sensitive classes of information that may include:

  • physical or mental health details
  • offences and alleged offences
  • racial or ethnic origin
  • religious or other beliefs of a similar nature

We only collect information that is relevant to our services and necessary to identify you.
For Marketing Purposes
– contact data held – we include our clients and prospective clients business contact details:
First & Last name, Company Name, Business Telephone and Mobile Numbers, Office and Email Addresses.

Why Do We Collect This Information

We collect and process personal information to enable us to provide consultancy and advisory services, to promote our services, to maintain our own accounts and records and to support and manage our employees.

Security

To protect information and prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have initiated various physical and electronic controls. However, you should be aware that by using our Website and its related services, your information will pass through third party infrastructures that are not under our control.
Unfortunately, the internet is not a completely secure environment. Therefore, we are unable to guarantee that hackers or unauthorised persons will not gain access to your personal information despite our best efforts.

Cookies

We use “cookies” to identify you when you visit our website and to allow registered users to have access to information about their account. A cookie is a piece of data stored on your hard drive and usage is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information whilst on this website. You can always choose to not receive a cookie by enabling your web browser to refuse cookies or prompt before accepting a cookie, although this may impact on your ability to use our website.
Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing our website and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.

Amendments to Data

For purposes of the Data Protection Act (1998), the controller of all information collected on this website is: Northern Enforcement Services Limited, South West Durham Business Centre, Shildon, County Durham, DL4 2QN.
If you wish to view, delete or amend any of the information we hold on you, this can be done by contacting us through the website or by writing to us at the address provided above. We will not charge for amending or deleting personal information, but may charge for viewing information held on you as specified in the Data Protection Act (1998).

Third Parties

Alpha 1 Legal Services does not and will never pass your information to any third party without your prior authorisation. Where information is collected on our behalf by third parties (such as for the purposes of surveys), we will ensure that they comply with our policy as outlined in this document.

Direct Marketing

Alpha 1 Legal Services will only ever contact you with marketing information where you have requested to receive it. If at any time you do not wish to receive such information, then you may ask us to amend our records appropriately (see section on Amendments to Data).

Disclosure of Personal Information

We take your privacy, and our relationship with you, very seriously, and we do not sell, rent, or otherwise provide your information to third parties, other than as described in this Policy and with your consent. If however we obliged or are required to by law then we will disclose your information. We may also disclose your personal information where we are allowed by law to protect or enforce our rights or the rights of others and in the detection and prevention of crime, such as theft and fraud.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites. Once you use these links and leave our site we do not have any control over those other websites. We therefore cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting such sites and sites not governed by this Privacy policy. You should exercise caution and familiarise yourself with each websites Privacy policy.

Controlling your information

You may request details of the personal information we hold about you under the DPA. If you make such a request. If you wish to exercise your right to this then please contact us providing proof of your identity and make a formal request. If you believe any of the information we hold on you is incorrect or incomplete, please let us know as soon as possible. We will update, correct or remove any information found to be incorrect.

Further Information

If you require further information or have any questions regarding this policy, then please contact us at [email protected]

10. Retention of Personal information

We will retain your information for as long as necessary for the uses set out in this policy. Personal information that is not or no longer pertinent to an ongoing case will be retained for no longer than necessary but certainly not more than 2 years unless we are required to for law i.e. legal case or for HMRC usually 6 years. If you ask us to delete your information before that time we may not be able to do so due to technical, legal, regulatory and contractual constraints but we will endeavour to meet your request.

11. Cookies

Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’).
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn’t use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site – for example, when you enter your login details and move to another page it won’t recognise you and it won’t be able to keep you logged in.
Some websites will also use cookies to enable them to target their advertising or marketing messages based for example, on your location and/or browsing habits.
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (‘first party cookies’) or they may be set by other websites who run content on the page you are viewing (‘third party cookies’).

What is in a cookie?

A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what’s in your shopping basket.

What to do if you don’t want cookies to be set

Some people find the idea of a website storing information on their computer or mobile device a bit intrusive, particularly when this information is stored and used by a third party without them knowing. Although this is generally quite harmless you may not, for example, want to see advertising that has been targeted to your interests. If you prefer, it is possible to block some or all cookies, or even to delete cookies that have already been set; but you need to be aware that you might lose some functions of that website.