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1. General Guidelines
These terms and conditions were issued on 6 May 2022 and replace all and any previous terms and conditions for this website. We will update or change these terms if there is a change in the law or regulation. If you are a subscriber or registered user of the site, any changes will become effective from the date of your first or next Financial Planning Today renewal. It may be necessary in future to cease to publish Financial Planning Today or any of its content or end any services provided by the site. If we do so, then we will have no further obligation to you, except if you are a paid subscriber. In this case we will offer you a refund of the unused period of your subscription or make an appropriate alternative offer acceptable to you.
2. Site Usage
In order to provide quality content to you we rely on you to abide by the terms and conditions stated herein and our privacy policy (see separate section on website) including our rules on content and to comply with our terms relating to how and when we use your data. By providing our data we are able to sell advertising space to advertisers which helps to fund this website and provide a service to you. Providing this data is important in helping us and advertisers know more about you but we will never reveal your identity to third parties without your express prior permission. We will only share date in aggregate with advertisers and potential advertisers. These terms and conditions are also designed to provide clarity on your responsibilities and our obligations to you. Failure to adhere to them when using the site or using the content may result in action against you so please take the time to familiarise yourself with the rules to avoid breaching any terms. Portfolio Publishing Ltd is also willing to invite other companies and organisations to use Financial Planning Today content with appropriate permissions and purchasing a licence to allow one-off or regular usage. For further information on usage or to purchase a licence contact contact Financial Planning Today at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. All Financial Planning Today content belongs to Financial Planning Today or any licensors who own agreed intellectual property rights in the Financial Planning Today content as clearly stated in any prior written agreement between ourselves and any licensors or users. We take protecting your data seriously and aim to adhere to all relevant UK and EU data protection regulations including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). See our Privacy Policy for more details.
Permitted Usage
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• publish, copy, republish or pass on headlines or other content from the site in any way other than under the “Permitted Use” rules listed above. This includes as part of any syndication service.
• archive or store any of the Financial Planning Today content for access by anyone other than yourself, for example on a corporate database or intranet.
• remove the copyright or trade mark notice from any copies of Financial Planning Today content made under these terms and conditions.
• create a database in any form of content from the site or information acquired while using it.
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• you may link to the homepage of Financial Planning Today and may also link to other pages of Financial Planning Today as long as the terms in this agreement are adhered to;
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3. Our Privacy Policy
This is a summary of our Privacy Policy. The full policy is available on the website.
We take your privacy seriously and any information we receive from you will be used in line with this Privacy Policy and subject to current data protection and GDPR rules. In using the site you will be agreeing to us receiving data and information from you and this is part of the agreement between ourselves and yourself on accessing the site and using the data herein.
When you register you must give Financial Planning Today accurate information about yourself and it is up to you to update this information with any changes.
This information is important to us and we use it when aggregating data about users, planning new services and informing advertisers and sponsors about usage of the site. Your individual information is not passed elsewhere except where you choose to disclose this yourself in any forums, comments or articles you write.
In order to register you need to select a user name and password. You must not share these. We may choose to suspend, cancel or reject your registration at any time without explanation if you fail to abide by any of the rules of registration. You should not create more than one registration without our express written permission. Failure to abide by this may result in cancellation of your access.
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4. Content Policy
By creating content yourself on the website in the form of comments, blogs or forum participation by doing so you agree to us using this content in any other media published by Financial Planner, Portfolio or their licensors. You agree to receive no payment for this re-use of content and that it may be used in any form or manner we see fit as long as it is not used in a form where your words or comments are distorted to form a meaning or sense with which you would never have used. We are able to use the content in any manner and for any purpose we see fit in whole or part.
Should any content you upload or send for usage on the site prove to be damaging to a third party in any sense, including financially, you will be responsible in full for any claims against us made by a third party.
Any content you send to us must not infringe the copyright or intellectual property rights of any third party.
No advertising or promotion of goods or services or other products or any kind is allowed without our advance permission and we will remove, without notice or compensation, any comments we believe to be unfair, inaccurate or potentially damaging to a third party.
In return for the above requirements, we promise to do our utmost to safeguard your privacy and handle your content with care and diligence to the best of our abilities.
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6. Our Duty To You
Financial Planning Today strives to cover the Financial Planning and financial services sectors in as impartial and accurate a way as possible but we can take no responsibility for any errors or omissions in any articles on this site or other group sites or magazines. If errors or omissions do occur we will do our utmost to correct them, where we deem it appropriate, within 7 days. You can inform us of any errors by emailing: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We cannot accept any responsibilities for the content of third party websites or any third party products. Where you have paid for your content, either as a paid subscriber or licensor, our liability is limited to no more than the price you paid for your subscription or licence. Financial Planning Today’s publisher Portfolio Publishing Ltd can take no responsibility for any inaccuracies, errors or omissions in site content. The views expressed on the site are entirely the views and comments of Financial Planning Today and we take no responsibility for any third party comment. The site is intended to provide general news, information and features for the Financial Planning, Paraplanning, Wealth Management and Financial Advisory communities. None of the information should be relied on or used in making or refraining from any professional recommendations. Any information on the Financial Planning Today website is subject to the time delays inherent in usage of the internet and no responsibility can be taken for timely or otherwise publication of any data or information on the site including share prices and market indices. Our website and magazines are intended for professionally-qualified advisers and financial services professionals only and not intended for consumers who should neither act on or refrain from taking any action based on the content of this site.
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It is a requirement of using this site, when accessing any content beyond the first article, that you register and provide us with information about yourself. This information that you supply must be accurate and timely and this also applies where we offer any paid subscription services where registration is required. We may from time to time use your contact information to supply you with information about new content, new services from us and new services and products from selected third parties. You have a right at all times to choose to opt out of any information sent by third parties but it is a requirement of registering to use this site that you receive regular communications from us and our partners where this information is sent by us.
If at any time you wish to de-register from our services or communications and are unable to do this online you may do so by telephone by ringing our customer services dept on 01895 623994.
In turn, we may terminate your registration and subscription at any time for any reason although we will not do this without communicating this with you and discussing other options. This applies both to free and paid subscriptions. If you have paid a subscription for a period of time and we cancel your subscription early you will be entitled to a pro rata refund if you have paid for a subscription. This excludes the monthly renewable digital package subscription (cancellable at any time). For this package no refund is offered. For your rights to cancel see 7b. below.
7b. Cancellation rights and refunds
You have the right to cancel your subscription within 30 days of signing up if you decide the subscription package you have enrolled for is not for you. If you have paid a subscription it will be refunded to you in its entirety or pro rata except for the cost of any physical copies of any magazine that have been sent to you. After 30 days no refund is due for the remaining period you have subscribed. However, your subscription will not renew after cancellation and no further fees will be due. You will still be able to access any products you have subscribed to for the remainder of your subscription period. Subscription packages cannot be transferred or passed on. In the event of further questions about subscriptions please contact the publisher.
8. Legal Jurisdiction
The terms and conditions contained herein are subject at all times to to English law and the courts of England will have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise from any matters in connection with these terms and conditions.
We reserve the right to institute proceedings against you in your country of residence or principal country of business if outside the UK if we deem it appropriate.
9. Other Terms and Rights
These terms do not allow you to transfer any licences or rights to a third party without our express written permission. We have the absolute right to transfer any of our rights or obligations under these terms and conditions listed here to any part of Portfolio Publishing that we deem appropriate. We may also transfer, sell or dispose of this website in any way seen fit by us. This may also involve transfer of your registration of subscription details. In turn, we will inform you if this has taken place or is about to take place and you will have the right at any time to de-register or cancel your subscription.
10. Web Browsers
Financial Planning Today should be viewable on any modern web browser but we can take no responsibility for the functioning of your web browser nor any issues arising from your use of it to view our website. Any information, including that for payments, that you send to us over the Internet is normally encrypted using the appropriate internet security technology but we take no responsibility for any mistakes, inaccurate payments, fraud or other issues that may occur when a payment is made or at any stage in the future.
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Access to Financial Planning Today is available to all users but access will vary depending on the subscription / registration package chosen by readers. Unregistered readers may access 1 article per month at no charge. Registered Readers may access up to 10 articles per month (variable at any time by the publisher) following registration at no charge. Subscribers who choose our paid packages, which include access to Financial Planning Today magazine (digital or print edition), will have access to the items included in their package for the duration of their subscription. The access allowance on any package may be varied at any time at the publisher's discretion but for those subscribing to paid packages the items included at the time the package was booked and paid for will be honoured during the period of the subscription. In the event of any change at least one month's notice will be given. The publisher reserves the right to alter or withdraw any package at any time but in the unlikely event this includes any paid packages an alternative offer will be paid.
12. Date of Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions were last updated on 6 May 2022.