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Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

All payments are made through Paypal, we do not hold any credit card details of customers.

Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Governors Building Supplies uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website. Governors is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.  We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
We may collect the following information

  • Name
  • Contact information including email address
  • Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
  • Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
  • Internal record keeping.
  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.
  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
  • whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
  • if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at [email address]
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
 
On accessing this website on this and on each subsequent occasion you will be deemed to have accepted all of these terms and conditions that apply to its use. Governors reserves the right to alter these terms and conditions at any time and it is your obligation to check if changes have been made. Your use of this website after changes are posted on-line shall constitute acceptance of the new terms and conditions. If you do not agree to obey these terms and conditions you must stop using this website immediately.

All intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyright, database rights, trade marks and design rights in all cases whether registered or not and all applications for the same), in the content of this website and in all materials on the website (including without limitation, designs, text, pictures, graphics, logos, images and the selection and arrangement of them) and in all software compilations, coding, underlying source code and software in the website belong to Governors or its licensors unless otherwise acknowledged. All rights are reserved.

All GBS trade marks, names, and logos are the proprietary marks of GBS or its associated companies. Marks identifying third parties are owned or licensed by those third parties or their associated companies. Nothing in these terms and conditions in any way confers on you any licence or right under any trade marks, names or logos of GBS or of any third party.

To gain access to certain services on the website, you need to register (free of charge). As part of the registration process, you need to supply your email address. You agree that the information supplied with your registration will be truthful, accurate and complete. You also agree that you will not attempt to register in the name of any other individual nor will you adopt any username which a reasonable person would consider to be offensive. All personal information supplied by you as part of the registration process will be protected and used in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

You will keep your password secure and confidential and follow all security instructions we issue from time to time. If you believe that your password and/or other security information has been disclosed or is otherwise at risk, you should notify GBS immediately.

Other than personally identifiable information which is covered by our Privacy Policy which you are advised to read, any material you transmit or post to the website will be considered to be non-confidential and non-proprietory. We shall have no obligations with respect to such material.

You are prohibited from posting and/or transmitting to or from the website any material:
 
  • that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, blasphemous, inflamatory, in breach of confidence and/or privacy, causes annoyance or inconvenience and/or which may be detrimental to GBS's reputation.
  • that is solicited and/or unauthorised, including but not limited to any marketing materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters;
  • for which you have not obtained all necessary consents, licences and/or approvals;
  • which is illegal or otherwise contrary to and/or infringes the rights of any third party; and/or
  • which is technically harmful (including without limitation viruses, logic bombs, trojan horses, worms and/or destructive code).
GBS will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities and/or court order requesting it to disclose the identity of and/or locate anyone posting any material in breach of the above terms.

GBS gives no warranties, conditions, guarantees or representations, express or implied, as to the following:
 
  • the completeness or accuracy of the advice and information contained on this website or any website to which it is linked. The pages in this website may contain technical inaccuracies and typographical errors. The information in these pages may be outdated and GBS accepts no responsibility for keeping the information in these pages up-to-date or any liability for failure to do so;
  • the content of the advertisements for items included in the GBS database, including but not limited to the ownership, quality, compliance with description or fitness for purpose of any such items. GBS does not act as an agent for advertisers and will not be a party to any communication or transaction that you enter into with an advertiser. It is your responsibility to carry out appropriate checks to verify the accuracy of any advice and information;
  • completeness of the results of any search of the GBS database or that the items selected by the search are the only items on the GBS database which might meet your requirements.

GBS does not warrant that this website will be available without interruption or that it is free of any error, virus, bug or other malicious or impairing computer programs. GBS will need to carry out routine maintenance to this website and its servers from time to time. Whilst GBS will use its endeavours to minimise any disruption to the website, it cannot guarantee that the website will be continuously available. The website is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis.

GBS shall not be liable for any damages, including without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, howsoever arising out of your use of this website or in respect of any of your actions or omissions taken in reliance on any of the advice or information contained on this website or any website to which this website is linked.

This website contains hypertext links to websites operated by parties other than GBS or its associated companies. GBS does not control such websites and is not responsible for their content. GBS's inclusion of hypertext links to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material contained on these websites or of the owners.

Nothing in these terms and conditions limits GBS's liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence or for fraud or any other liability which it is otherwise not permitted by law to exclude or restrict.

If any of these terms and conditions shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall not affect the enforceability of any of the remaining provisions.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and in accordance with English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

Delivery

Nationwide deliveries are sent for next day delivery via couriers. We cannot be held responsive for late deliveries due to courier issues.