Terms of use

These terms apply to your use of this website, www.cyberascentconsultancy.com, including the free resources on it. By using the website you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

1. About us

This website is operated by Cyber Ascent Consultancy Limited, a private limited company registered in Scotland (company number SC852332). You can contact us at [email protected].

2. Information, not advice

The content on this website, including articles, checklists and templates, is general information about cyber security and data protection. It is not legal, regulatory, insurance or other professional advice, and it does not take account of your particular circumstances. You should obtain advice specific to your organisation before acting, or refraining from acting, on anything on this website.

We work to keep the content accurate and up to date, but laws, standards, contact details and requirements change. We do not guarantee that the content is complete, accurate or current at the time you read it. Using a checklist or template from this website does not guarantee any certification, compliance outcome or protection from cyber attack.

3. Using our free resources

You may use, print and adapt our free checklists and templates for use within your own organisation. You may not sell them, republish them as your own, or include them in a product or service you offer to others without our written permission.

Interactive resources save your entries in your own browser only. We do not receive or store anything you enter into them. You are responsible for keeping your own copy.

4. Intellectual property

Unless stated otherwise, the content and design of this website, including text, graphics and our logo, belong to Cyber Ascent Consultancy Limited. Content quoted from or based on third-party sources, such as the National Cyber Security Centre, remains subject to its owner's terms.

5. Links to other websites

Links to third-party websites are provided for information only. We have no control over those websites and are not responsible for their content or for any loss arising from your use of them.

6. Our liability

The website and its content are provided free of charge and on an "as is" basis. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all warranties and accept no liability for any loss or damage, whether direct or indirect, arising from your use of, or reliance on, this website or its content, including loss of business, revenue, profit, data or goodwill.

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that cannot be limited or excluded by law.

If we provide services to you under a separate agreement, the terms of that agreement apply to those services.

7. Privacy

How we handle personal data is explained in our privacy policy.

8. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when they last changed. Please check them each time you use the website.

9. Governing law

These terms, and any dispute arising from them or from your use of this website, are governed by the law of Scotland, and the Scottish courts have jurisdiction. If you are a consumer living elsewhere in the UK, you may also bring proceedings in the courts where you live.