Welcome to the Tourettes Action Creativity Awards website, operated and owned by Tourettes Action. If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern Tourettes Action’s relationship with you in relation to this website.
The term ‘Tourettes Action’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association, The Meads Business Centre, 19 Kingsmead, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 7SR. Tourettes Action is a trading name of the Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association. Our company registration number is 2613993, registered in England and Wales. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of this website.
The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose.
You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
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The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by Tourettes Action and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of Tourettes Action. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, Tourettes Action takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
This privacy policy sets out how Tourettes Action uses and protects any information that you give Tourettes Action when you use this website.
Tourettes Action 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.
Tourettes Action 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. This policy is effective from March 2022.
We may collect the following information:
We do not share user details with any third parties.
We have a legitimate interest in the data that we collect from you, as it is proportionate, relevant and appropriate to the operation and successful delivery of the Tourettes Action Creativity Awards for young people.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Tourettes Action, The Meads Business Centre, 19 Kingsmead, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 7SR.
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, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
This Section sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.
Personal data that we process for any purpose shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
We will retain your personal data as follows:
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.
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We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to visitor needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
We also use cookies to remember the pages that you like to see on the website. This happens if you select to view information for a specific user group, the option to do so appears at the top of the website and is available for adults, young people, parents, doctors and teachers. We use a cookie to remember your selection so that the next time you visit the website you see all the information you want to.
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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.
All submissions that are made using the ‘contact us’ form are treated with confidentiality. All forms received are logged for reporting purposes which help us provide a better service. By providing us with your contact details you consent that we can store them on our secure database. The storage of this data conforms with the details in our privacy policy (above).
If you do not wish for us to store your data you can contact us at any point in relation to the section above ‘controlling your personal information’.
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The TACA.org.uk website contains links to pages maintained by us on third party social media websites. The terms specified on those websites will apply to your use of those websites in addition to these Terms of Use.
You can contact us:
Our data protection officer's contact details are:
Emma McNally, The Meads Business Centre, 19 Kingsmead, Farnborough, Hants, GU14 7SR.
