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Terms, privacy and cookies.
How you may use this website, how we handle your personal data, and which cookies we set.
Terms of use
1. Who we are
This website, valuegovernance.com, is operated by Value Governance Research Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 12241010), registered office 17 Green Lanes, London, England, N16 9BS (“we”, “us”). You can reach us at info@valuegovernance.com.
2. Using this website
By using the website you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, please do not use the website.
You may browse, read and share links to the website freely. You must not misuse it: no attempts to break its security, overload it, collect other users’ data or use it for anything unlawful.
3. Member accounts
A member account is free. Keep your login details private and tell us if you think someone else is using your account. We may suspend accounts that break these terms.
4. The framework library
The Executive Overview may be shared freely in its entirety for non-commercial purposes. Other books in the library are for the personal and internal use of the member who downloads them, or of the buyer and their organisation where a book is sold.
- You may quote short passages with attribution.
- You may not publish modified versions or sell the books or their contents.
- Value Governance Framework, VGF, the Vi formula and the VGF logo are trademarks and may not be used to suggest endorsement without permission.
5. Platform, services and paid products
The VGF Platform, consulting, training and certification are paid and provided under separate agreements. Publications or digital products we sell are covered by the terms of sale shown before you buy. These terms do not create any right to use the platform.
6. No professional advice
Content on this website and in the library is general information about the framework. It is not legal, financial, audit or professional advice for your situation. Example figures are illustrations, not promises of results.
7. Community content
You are responsible for what you post in the forum or other community spaces. Do not post anything unlawful, confidential or infringing. We may remove content that breaks these terms.
8. Liability
We take care to keep the website accurate and available, but we provide it “as is”. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from its use. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
9. Changes
We may update these terms. The date at the top shows the latest version; continued use after a change means you accept it.
10. Law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction. If you are a consumer, you keep the protection of the mandatory law of the country where you live and may also bring a claim there.
Privacy notice
1. Who is responsible
Value Governance Research Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 12241010), registered office 17 Green Lanes, London, England, N16 9BS, is the controller of personal data collected through this website. Contact: info@valuegovernance.com.
2. What we collect
- Account data: name, email address and password when you create a member account.
- Newsletter: your email address and your subscription choices.
- Demo and contact requests: name, work email, organisation, role and your message.
- Community: what you post and your profile name.
- Orders, if you buy something: billing details; payments are handled by the payment provider.
- Technical data: IP address, browser and pages visited, and cookies as described in the cookie policy.
3. Why we use it
- To give you access to the library and the community (contract).
- To send the newsletter you asked for (consent; you can unsubscribe at any time).
- To answer demo and contact requests (legitimate interest or steps before a contract).
- To keep the website secure and working (legitimate interest).
- To meet legal obligations, such as tax records for orders.
4. Who we share it with
Only with service providers that run parts of the website for us, such as hosting, email delivery, payment and spam protection, under agreements that protect your data. We do not sell personal data.
5. International transfers
Where a provider processes data outside your country, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.
6. How long we keep it
Account data while your account is active, newsletter data until you unsubscribe, contact requests for up to two years, and order records for as long as the law requires.
7. Your rights
You can ask to access, correct or delete your data, to restrict or object to its use, and to receive it in a portable format. You can withdraw consent at any time. You can also complain to your data protection authority.
8. Security
We use encrypted connections, access controls and regular updates to protect personal data.
Cookie policy
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. Some are needed for the site to work; others help us understand how it is used.
2. The cookies we use
- Strictly necessary: login sessions, security, the shopping basket and your cookie choices. Always on.
- Preferences: settings you choose on the site. Only with consent.
- Statistics: anonymous measurement of how pages are used. Only with consent.
- Marketing: none unless you agree, and only if we add such tools in future.
3. Your choices
When you first visit, the cookie banner lets you accept or refuse statistics cookies; strictly necessary cookies are always on. You can change your choice at any time with the Cookie settings button on this page, or delete cookies in your browser.
4. The current list
The full, current list of cookies, with their purpose and how long they are kept, is in our cookie policy.