Terms of use, legal disclaimers and policies

Terms and conditions of use

Dear Visitor,

Welcome to our website. 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 our relationship with you in relation to this website.

The term ‘Adam‘, ‘Adam’s creators‘, ‘Adam’s developers‘, ‘the team behind Adam‘, ‘Transition Computing’, ‘Transition’, or ‘us’, “our” or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website, Transition Computing Ltd, whose address is Transition House, 2 Copperhouse Court, Caldecotte, Milton Keynes, MK7 8NL, United Kingdom. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

Preliminary

By Using The Website, You Agree To And Accept The Following:

‍1. Acceptance of the Terms. Your continued access to or use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of our Acceptable Use Policy, of our Privacy Policy, and these Terms. Certain functionalities, features or services may require additional terms and conditions in which case your clicking of “acceptance buttons” and/or other prompts and/or any other similar methods of acquiring your consent will constitute your acceptance of the said terms and conditions.

2. The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

6. All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator (including text, images, logos, other rich media formats being used by Transition with consent of the owner), are acknowledged on the website.

7. Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

8. From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

9. Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Scotland and Wales.

These terms of service (the Terms) relate to your use of the website and its content provided by Transition Computing Ltd under the domain name "adamplatform.co.uk" (‘the Website’) and its subdomains.

We have the right to revise and amend these Terms and/or the website from time to time to reflect changes in market conditions affecting our business, changes in technology, changes in payment methods, changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements and changes in our system’s capabilities or for any other reason in our sole discretion which we may decide. Your continued access to or use of the Website and/or the Services constitutes your acceptance of any such change and/or amendment.

To summarise:

1. The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by Transition 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.

2. 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.

3. Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of Transition. 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.

4. Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, Transition takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.

VAT

We charge VAT on all of our services, unless stated otherwise. Our VAT registration number is GB706 1891 36.

Copyright Notice

This website and its content is copyright of Transition Computing Ltd (trading as Transition, as well as trading as Adam bespoke software development platform) – © 1998-2023.

All rights reserved.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

1. you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only;

2. you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) relates to the website www.adamplatform.co.uk and/or any sub-websites and/or associated domains (and/or sub-domains), web and mobile applications (“apps”) and/or software systems (“software”, “systems”) of www.adamplatform.co.uk (hereinafter referred to as the “website”), the services provided by Transition Computing Ltd, the owner of the Website, (“We”, “Us”, “Our”, “Ourselves” and/or “Transition”) and any related software applications (“systems”), where Personal Data is processed by the same (via the Website, any of our systems or otherwise) relating to You. In this Privacy Policy, “You” and “Your” and “User” refer to an identified or identifiable natural person being the User of our website(s), app(s) or other software systems and/or client (or prospective client) of any of our services. Our full details, including contact details, can be read below.

Although our goal is to always be as clear and transparent as possible, we appreciate that legal documents can sometimes be difficult to read. However, we strongly encourage you to read this Privacy Policy thoroughly. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have. For example, if you need clarification on a specific legal basis we are relying on to process your personal data for a specific processing operation, we will be happy to provide you with any such information you may need.

Applicable laws

As an entity established in the United Kingdom, currently part of the EU, the main privacy laws that are applicable to Us in so far as You are concerned, are as follows:

The UK "Data Protection Act" (DPA 2018), and the

provisions of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the Protection of Natural Persons with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free Movement of such Data – the "GDPR" that have been incorporated  directly into UK law as the "UK GDPR".

All the above referred to together as the “Data Protection Laws”.

What personal data is:

“PERSONAL DATA” means any information that identifies You as an individual or that relates to an identifiable individual. Whenever it is not possible or feasible for us to make use of anonymous and/or anonymised data (in a manner that does not identify any users of the website or customers of our services), We are nevertheless committed to protecting your privacy and the security of your personal data at all times. We collect personal data in various ways both digitally via the website (either when you choose to provide us with certain data or in some cases, automatically or from third parties) as well as non-digitally (for example when you fill in a physical form to benefit from one or more of our services).

Personal data we may collect about you

Many of the categories of personal data above are collected directly from you (for example, your contact details and your registration data). However, we may also collect personal data from other sources, including publicly accessible databases, joint marketing partners, social media platforms and other third parties. We may also receive personal data about you from third parties when we need to confirm your contact details. Should this be the case, and when acting as a data controller, we will take all measures as required by law to further inform you about the source of such personal data as well as the categories of personal data we collect and process. There are certain instances at law where we are specifically forbidden from disclosing to you such activity (for example, when carrying out due diligence for anti-money laundering purposes).When acting as a data processor, Transition processes personal data on behalf of one or more data controllers. In such cases it is the data controller’s obligation to provide data subjects with the said information. In case of uncertainty over who the data controller is, please contact us.

For a detailed description of the reasons why we process (as a data controller) the categories of personal data above (and any other specific personal data we process), as well as the corresponding legal ground(s) for doing so, please see the ‘What we use your personal data for (Purpose of Processing)’ table below.

For information/personal data that we may collect automatically via the website, software or apps, please see the Cookies section below.

Social media

If you choose to connect or share one or more of your social media accounts with us to enable the sharing of personal data via social media platforms, certain categories of personal data relating to you from your social media account(s) may be shared with and processed by us.

How and why we collect personal data

As a general rule, when acting as a data controller, we do not collect any personal data, that is, information that identifies you as an individual other than that which you choose to provide to us such as the data (including contact details and registration data) you provide when registering with us (where this is available), when contacting us with enquiries relating to our products and/or services, when subscribing to any service offered by us or via our website, such as any newsletters as may be issued by us from time to time or even when subscribing to any offers we (and/or our affiliates and/or corporate partners) may offer from time to time (see Personal Data We May Collect About You above). Unless otherwise specified and subject to various controls, as a general rule, we only collect personal data (from you or elsewhere) when we:

• Need to be able to provide you with the products and/or services you request from us
• Are legally required to collect/use and to keep for a predetermined period of time
• Believe to be necessary for our legitimate business interests

For a detailed description of the reasons why we process specific categories of personal data as well as the corresponding legal ground(s) for doing so, please see the ‘What we use your personal data for (Purpose of Processing)’ below.

Personal data related to third parties

By providing us with or allowing us to access personal data relating to individuals other than yourself, you are letting us know that you have the authority to send us that personal data or the authority to permit us to access those data in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.

What we use your personal data for (Purpose of Processing)

The following table contains the description of what we use your personal data for and the corresponding legal ground(s) we rely on for doing so. For more detail on what is meant by terms such as ‘contact details’, ‘registration data’ and other categories of personal data used in the tables below, please see the “Personal Data We May Collect About You” section above.

USERS OF THE SITE, PROSPECTIVE AND NEW CLIENTS, PROSPECTIVE AND NEW EMPLOYEES:

EXISTING CLIENTS, PARTNERS, SUPPLIERS, PAST AND CURRENT EMPLOYEES

Please note, that without certain Personal Data relating to you, we may not be able to provide some or all of the information or services you expect or request from us nor guarantee the full functionality of our website(s), apps or software systems.

Accuracy of personal data

All reasonable efforts are made to ensure the personal data we hold about you is up-to-date and as accurate as possible. We may periodically ask you to confirm the accuracy of the records we hold, especially if there is a corresponding privacy and/or security risk justifying to do so. Otherwise, we largely rely on you to inform us when your personal data (such as your address or other contact details) change.

Digital marketing communications

We only send email, text messages and other communications relating to marketing where we have the necessary legal grounds to do so. In most cases we rely on your consent. If, at any time, you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can exercise this right by clicking the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in the marketing emails we send you or let us know by contacting us at the details below or update your preferences on any of our website(s), apps or software system(s) (where applicable).In the case of direct marketing sent by electronic communications (where we are legally authorised to do so) you will be given an easy way of opting out (or unsubscribing) from any such communications.

Transfers to/via third countries

As a general rule, the data we process about you (collected via our website(s), any of our apps or software systems) will be stored and processed within the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) or any other non-EEA country deemed by the European Commission to offer an adequate level of protection (the so-called ‘white-listed’ countries listed here). Please note, that data sent via the Internet may be transmitted across international borders even where both sender and receiver of information are located in GDPR-compliant countries. We cannot be held responsible for any misuse of personal data prior to our receiving it or after our sending it, when the personal data from you to us (or vice versa) is transferred via a non-GDPR-compliant country.

Authorised disclosures

We reserve the right to disclose (and otherwise process) any relevant personal data which we may be processing (including IP addresses, in special circumstances) to authorised third parties in or outside the EU/EEA, if such disclosures are allowed under the Data Protection Laws (whether or not you gave us permission to do so):

1. For the purpose of preventing, detecting or suppressing fraud (for example, if You provide false or deceptive information about Yourself or attempt to pose as someone else, we may disclose any information we may have about you in our possession so as to assist any type of investigation into your actions);

2. In the event of Transition being involved in a merger, sale, restructure, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, transfer;

3. To protect and defend our rights (including the right to property), safety, or those of our affiliates, of users of our site or even your own;

4. To protect against abuse, misuse or unauthorised use of our website(s); apps or software systems;

5. For any purpose that may be necessary for the performance of any agreement you may have entered into with us (including the request for provision of services by third parties) or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract;

6. To comply with any legal obligations such as may arise by way of response to any court subpoena or order or similar official request for personal data;

7. As may otherwise be specifically allowed or required by or under any applicable law (for example, under anti-money laundering legislation).

Security measures

The personal information which we may hold (and/or transfer to any affiliates/partners/subcontractors as the case may be) will be held securely in accordance with our internal security policy and the GDPR.We take reasonable steps to safeguard the confidentiality of any and/or all personal data that we process. We regularly review and enhance our technical, physical and managerial procedures to ensure that your personal data is protected from:

• unauthorised access
• improper use or disclosure
• unauthorised modification
• unlawful destruction or accidental loss.

To this end we have implemented security policies, practices, and technical and organisational measures to protect the personal data that we may have under our control. All our members, staff and data processors (including specific subcontractors, including cloud service providers, who may have access to and are associated with the processing of personal data, are further obliged (under contract) to respect the confidentiality of our users’ or clients’ personal data as well as other obligations as imposed by the GDPR. Despite all our efforts, we cannot guarantee that a data transmission or a data storage system can ever be 100% secure. For more information about our security measures, please contact us in the manner described below.

Authorised third parties, and external/third party service providers, with permitted access to your information (as explained in this Privacy Policy) are specifically required to apply appropriate technical and organisational security measures that may be necessary to safeguard the personal data being processed from unauthorised or accidental disclosure, loss or destruction and from any unlawful forms of processing. These service providers (our data processors) are also bound by a number of other obligations in line with the GDPR (in particular, Article 28 of the GDPR). For the avoidance of all doubt, these are the same obligations that we are bound by when acting as data processor on behalf of one or more data controllers.

Sharing of personal data with third parties

Relevant data will also be disclosed or shared as appropriate (and in all cases in line with the GDPR) to/with members and staff of Transition, to/with affiliated entities and/or subcontractors if pertinent to any of the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy (including to/with our services providers who facilitate the functionality of the site and/or any service you may require). Personal information will only be shared by us to provide the services you request or for any other lawful reason (including authorised disclosures not requiring your consent).

Any such authorised disclosures will be done in accordance with the GDPR (for example all our processors are bound by the requirements of GDPR, including a strict obligation to keep any information they receive confidential and to ensure that their employees/personnel are also bound by similar obligations). The said service providers (our processors) are also bound by a number of other obligations (in particular, Article 28 of the GDPR). Your personal data will never be shared with third parties for their marketing purposes (unless you explicitly authorise us to do so). The list of third parties to whom we may disclose to and/or share your personal data with is available on request.

Retention periods

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary (taking into consideration the purpose for which it was originally obtained). The criteria we use to determine what is ‘necessary’ depends on the particular personal data in question and the specific relationship we have with you (including its duration). Our normal practice is to determine whether there is/are any specific EU and/or English law(s) (for example tax or corporate laws) permitting or obliging us to keep certain personal data for a certain period of time (in which case we will keep the personal data for the maximum period indicated by any such law). For example, any data that can be deemed to be ‘accounting records’ must be kept for at least six years (plus current year). We would also have to determine whether there are any laws and/or contractual provisions that may be invoked against us by you and/or third parties and if so, what the prescriptive periods for such actions are (this is usually 6 years, plus current year). In the latter case, we will keep any relevant personal data that we may need to defend ourselves against any claim(s), challenge(s) or other such action(s) by you and/or third parties for such time as is necessary. Where your personal data is no longer required by us, we will either securely delete or anonymise the personal data in question.

Processing for statistical purposes

We use research and statistics data based on user or client information to better understand our users’ and clients’ needs, to develop and improve our services, our marketing and other operational activities. We will always make sure to obtain any consent we legally require from you. We will also ensure to implement all appropriate safeguards to keep your data secure.

Links to third-party sources

Links that we provide to third-party websites are clearly marked and we are not in any way whatsoever responsible for the content of such websites (including any applicable privacy policies or data processing practices). We suggest that you read the privacy policies of any such third-party websites.

Cookies

When you visit our website, use our apps or software systems, we collect certain categories of personal data automatically through the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies. For more detailed information, including what cookies are and how and why we process such data in this manner (including the difference between essential and non-essential cookies) please read our Cookie Policy.

Children

Our website(s), apps and services are not intended to be used by any persons under the age of eighteen (18) and therefore we will never intentionally collect any personal data from such persons. If you are under the age of consent, please consult and get your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to use the website, apps to use any of our services.

Your rights under the data protection laws

Before addressing any of your requests, we may first need to verify your identity. In all cases we will try to respond to your request as timely as reasonably possible. As explained in the Retention Periods section, we may need to keep certain personal data for compliance with our legal retention obligations, but also to complete transactions that you have requested prior to the change or deletion that you requested. Please note that when acting as a data processor, Transition processes personal data on behalf of one or more data controllers. In such cases queries will generally be directed to our client(s) or partner(s) – the data controller(s).When we act as a data controller, your various legal rights include:

Your right of access

You may request us to confirm whether or not we are processing your personal data and, if we are, you have the right to access that personal data and to the following information:
• What personal data we hold,
• Why we process them,
• To whom we disclose them,
• For how long we intend to keep them,
• Whether we transfer them abroad and the safeguards we take to protect them,
• What your relevant rights are,
• How you can make a complaint,
• From where we obtained your personal data,
• Whether we have carried out any automated decision-making (including profiling) based on the related information.

Upon request, we shall (without adversely affecting the rights and freedoms of others, including our own) provide you with a copy of your personal data within one month of receipt of your request, which period may be extended by two months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests. We will inform you of any such extension and the reasons for the delay within one month of receipt of the request.

Your right to rectification

You have the right to rectify your personal data. You can ask us to rectify inaccurate personal data and to complete your incomplete personal data. We may seek to verify the accuracy of the data before rectifying it.

Your right to erasure (the "right to be forgotten")

You have the right to ask us to delete your personal data and we shall comply without undue delay but only where:
• The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected; or
• You have withdrawn your consent (in those cases where we process on the basis of your consent) and we have no other legal ground to process your personal data; or
• You shall have successfully exercised your right to object (as explained below); or
• Your personal data have been processed unlawfully; or
• There is a legal obligation to which we are subject; or
• Special circumstances exist in connection with certain children’s rights.

Please note, that we are not legally bound to comply with your erasure request if the processing of your personal data is necessary:
• for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject (including but not limited to our data retention obligations); or
• for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

There are other legal grounds entitling us to refuse erasure requests, although the two instances above are the most likely grounds that may be invoked by us to deny such requests.

Your right to data restriction

You have the right to ask us to restrict the use of your personal data (i.e. keep, but not further process) but only where:
• The accuracy of your personal data is contested (see the right to data rectification above), for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data; or
• The processing is unlawful and You oppose the erasure of your personal data; or
• We no longer need the personal data for the purposes for which they were collected but You need the personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
• You exercised your right to object and verification of our legitimate grounds to override your objection is pending.

Following your request for restriction, except for storing your personal data, we may only process your personal data:
• Where we have your consent; or
• For the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
• For the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or
• For reasons of important public interest.

Your right to data portability

You have the right to ask us to provide your personal data (that you shall have provided to us) to you in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, or (where technically feasible) to have it transferred directly to another data controller, provided this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

Your right to withdraw consent (when we rely on consent)

In those cases, where our legal basis to process your data is your explicit consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time and in the same manner as you have provided it to us. Should you exercise your right to withdraw your consent (by writing to us at the physical or email address), we will determine whether at that stage an alternative legal basis exists for processing your data (for example, on the basis of a legal obligation to which we are subject) where we would be legally authorised or required to process your personal data without needing your consent and if so, notify you accordingly.When we ask for such personal data, you may always decline, however should you decline to provide us with that necessary data we require to provide the services you require, we may not necessarily be able to provide you with such services (especially if consent is the only legal ground that is available to us).

Your right to object to certain processing

We only process your personal data when this is
1.) necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or
2.) when processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party.

You have the right to object to processing of your personal data by us. Where an objection is entered, the processing of data shall cease, unless we as data controller provide compelling and legitimate grounds requiring the continuation of the data processing which outweigh the objections you may have raised. When your data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. Please note, that this general right to object does not subsist when we process your personal data because it is necessary for the performance of a contract, when necessary for legal compliance or when processing of the data is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another natural person.

Your right to lodge a complaint

You also have the right to lodge complaints with the appropriate Data Protection Supervisory Authority. The competent authority in the United Kingdom is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). You can contact them to make a complaint here. We kindly ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues you may have with us first (even though, as stated above, you have a right to contact the competent authority at any time).

What we may require from you

As one of the security measures we implement, before being able to legally help you exercise your rights as described above, we may need to verify your identity to ensure that we do not disclose to or share any personal data with any unauthorised individuals.

Changes to the privacy policy

We reserve the right, at our complete discretion, to change, modify, add to and/or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. If you are an existing client with whom we have a contractual relationship, you will be informed by us of any changes made to this Privacy Policy (as well as relevant to the use of our website(s), apps or software systems. We will also archive and store previous versions of the Privacy Policy for your review. As a user of the website with whom we have no contractual relationship or lawful way of tracing, it is in your interest to regularly check for any updates to this Privacy Policy (which are usually deemed to be effective on the date they are published on the website), in case our attempts to notify you of such updates do not succeed.

Our contact details

If you have any questions/comments about privacy or should you wish to exercise any of your individual rights, please contact us by writing to: matt.deboer (at) transitioncomputing.com or Transition Computing Ltd, Transition House, 2 Copperhouse Court, Caldecotte, Milton Keynes, MK7 8NL, United Kingdom.

Cookie Policy

This cookie policy (“Cookie Policy”) relates to the website transitioncomputing.com and/or any sub-website and/or associated domains (and/or sub-domains) of transitioncomputing.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”), web or mobile applications (“apps”) and other software systems (“software”, “systems”) owned by Transition Computing Ltd). In this Cookie Policy, “We”, “Us”, “Our”, “Ourselves” and/or “Transition” shall refer to Transition Computing Ltd and “You” and “Your” and “User” refer to an identified or identifiable natural person being the user of this website and/or client of any of Transition’ services. Our full details, including contact details, can be read below. For more information about how we process your personal data, please read our Privacy Policy.

Although our goal is to always be as clear and transparent as possible, we appreciate that legal documents can sometimes be difficult to read. However, we strongly encourage you to read this Cookie Policy thoroughly. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have. We will be happy to provide you with any information you may need.

What are cookies?

Cookies usually are small text or image files that can be saved via a web browser to a visitor’s computer, tablet, or phone. They keep information about preferences and activities on the site, helping to greatly improve user experience. Upon repeated visits, this information is sent back to the website to allow the website’s operator (or authorised third parties) to aggregate, analyse and use this data to improve the security, operation, functionalities, features, and content of the website, app or portal. Cookies are used by the vast majority of websites and are not generally used to collect sensitive personal data or to identify a particular person. The use of cookies is fairly wide – from saving personal settings such as preferred language or currency, through traffic counting to targeted ad targeting based on the users’ behaviour.

What are web beacons and how we use them?

Also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”, web beacons are small images that may be included on our sites. Together with cookies, these work to identify users and their behaviour. We may use web beacons to show you ads based on your preferences. Web beacons help us track and monitor our marketing activities.

Why and how we use cookies

Cookies allow us to correctly operate the website and/or and to make your website experience better by providing you with content that is more relevant to or in some cases tailored to you. For example, some cookies remember your custom preferences. This information can, in some cases, be carried from one visit of our website (or related site) to the next (for example, to help you avoid having to re-enter certain information when you visit the same page later). Some of these cookies require your consent (as explained below). You can remove any cookies already stored on your computer or mobile device (as explained below) but this may partly or fully prevent you from using certain functionalities, features or areas of this website or may display notifications you’ve already seen and dismissed.
Some cookies are created for each session when you visit our site, while others are persistent and may remain for a number of months or years to facilitate your access to our website.
Apart from the cookies we make use ourselves (“first-party cookies”), various third-party cookies may also be stored on your computer or mobile device.

Categories of cookies

Generally, a cookie can be categorised:

1. By whether its use requires prior consent

Essential cookies are strictly necessary for our website or apps to function or for us to provide you with the service(s) you expect from us. Cookies used for the sole purpose of carrying out or facilitating the transmission of a communication are considered as essential cookies.
According to the European Commission’s EU Internet Handbook, we do not require your consent to use such essential cookies but you may still block or delete them (see below). Non-essential cookies are not strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the website, although they may greatly enhance your experience.

2. By its lifespan

Session cookies will be deleted from your device when you close your browser (or shortly after). They allow information to be kept when browsing from one page to another, eliminating the need to re-enter some data.

Persistent cookies remain in your device even after you close your browser depending on their settings or your device. This type of cookie is used to identify a user when visiting a website repeatedly.

3. By the domain to which it belongs

First-party cookies are created by a script running on the same domain and serve primarily to ensure the basic functionality of the site, traffic analysis, and so on.

Third-party cookies are created by a script that is dragged to the site from elsewhere (for example, through a small, transparent image) and allows to track users across domains. This is used, for example, by various advertising systems or social networks.

Specific cookies used on this website

As a result of your interaction with the site, a number of cookies are created. You can see the full list of these cookies here:

How to disable cookies on our website

We only place non-essential cookies on your computer or mobile device if you consent to the use of that specific category of cookie. You can control and update your preferences and consent by using our slide-up cookie control panel, which you will see on our website the first time you visit it and possibly subsequently (if necessary). This does not affect your rights or prevent you from deleting or disabling cookies by modifying your browser settings as explained below. You may withdraw such consent for non-essential cookies at any time by the same method in which you gave it to us.

How to delete or disable cookies via your browser

Even if we use non-essential cookies with your consent and/or if we use essential cookies (where your consent is not required), you have the option of manually deleting, blocking or completely disabling individual cookies, entire categories of cookies or all cookies used by a website. Cookies can also be blocked or allowed only for individual websites or according to their type.
Please note, that if you reject all cookies (including essential cookies), you might be unable to use some of the features or services available on our website and you might also experience a lack of full functionality of the site.
If your browser is not configured, by default, to block all or certain cookies, you may manually modify your web browser preferences to do so.

‍You may also find all the necessary information on how to make the necessary configuration settings by visiting the “All About Cookies” website.

Changes to the Cookie Policy

We reserve the right, at our complete discretion, to change, modify, add to and/or remove portions of this Cookie Policy at any time. If you are an existing client with whom we have a contractual relationship, you will be informed by us of any changes made to this Cookie Policy (as well as other terms and conditions relevant to the use of our website(s), apps or software systems. We will also archive and store previous versions of the Cookie Policy for your review.
As a user of the website with whom we have no contractual relationship or lawful way of tracing, it is in your interest to regularly check for any updates to this Cookie Policy (which are usually deemed to be effective on the date they are published on the website), in case our attempts to notify you of such updates do not succeed.

Our contact details

If you have any questions/comments about privacy or should you wish to exercise any of your individual rights, please contact us by writing to: matt.deboer (at) transitioncomputing.com or Transition Computing Ltd, Transition House, 2 Copperhouse Court, Caldecotte, Milton Keynes, MK7 8NL, United Kingdom.

Acceptable Use Policy

Definitions

The term ‘Adam‘, ‘Adam’s creators‘, ‘Adam’s developers‘, ‘the team behind Adam‘, ‘Transition Computing’, ‘Transition’, or ‘us’, “our” or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website, Transition Computing Ltd, whose address is Transition House, 2 Copperhouse Court, Caldecotte, Milton Keynes, MK7 8NL, United Kingdom. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

“You”, “Your”, “Yourself”, “User”, and “Visitor” means the user of the Website. “Website” means the website and its content provided by Transition Computing Ltd under the domain name "adamplatform.co.uk" (‘the Website’) and its subdomains.

Preliminary

The terms of this Acceptable Use Policy (the Terms) relate to your use of the website and its content provided by Transition under the domain name "adamplatform.co.uk" (‘the Website’).

We have the right to revise and amend these Terms and/or of the Services from time to time to reflect changes in market conditions affecting our business, changes in technology, changes in payment methods, changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements and changes in our system’s capabilities or for any other reason in our sole discretion which we may decide. Your continued access to or use of the Website and/or the Services constitutes your acceptance of any such change and/or amendment.

By Using The Website, You Agree To And Accept The Following:

1. Acceptance of the Terms. Your continued access to or use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of our Acceptable Use Policy, of our Privacy Policy, and these Terms. Certain functionalities, features or services may require additional terms and conditions in which case your clicking of “acceptance buttons” and/or other prompts and/or any other similar methods of acquiring your consent will constitute your acceptance of the said terms and conditions.

2. Illegal use: You agree not to use the website for or in the pursuit of illegal purposes. Transition cooperates with the authorities in investigations into illegal Internet use, and will take both criminal and civil legal action against Users who use the website and/or its contents in an unlawful way. You agree not to directly or indirectly allow a third party to use the website in an illegal or unsuitable manner.

3. Harassment: You agree not to use the website for harassment, threats, verbal abuse, and/or persistent unwanted contact(s) of any kind. Harassment covers any use of the website to directly or indirectly contact any other user or administrator in an unwanted fashion. Harassment can be active, in forms including but not limited to unwanted emails, and/or chat messages, and/or verbal declarations on a public forum, and can be passive in the form of defamatory information posted on websites.

4. Disruption/Hacking: You agree not to make any attempt to disrupt or attack the website and systems provided by Transition or any third party (affiliated with us or otherwise). This includes any deliberate attempt to interfere with another user’s ability to take advantage of services offered online. Hackers will be subject to the full extent of criminal law, and Transition reserves the right to seek damages or resort to any and/or all legal remedies against Users who abuse, attack, or hack our systems, servers, or whoever uses the website in a manner that is contrary to law or our General Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy or this Acceptable Use Policy.

5. Fraud/False Advertising: You agree not to post or transmit fraudulent information on or through the website. This can include false advertising, identity theft, misrepresentation of any kind including phishing, forged email headers and/or fictitious email addresses.

6. Unsolicited Advertising/Spamming: You agree not to post or transmit any unsolicited material through any active medium such as email, chat, messaging, chain letters, advertisements, jokes, etc. Transition does not tolerate unsolicited mass emailing (‘spamming’) of any kind, and the use of any of Transition’s systems for this purpose is strictly prohibited. You further agree not to collect or harvest account information without the explicit prior consent of those from whom you collect the information.

7. Disruptive Content: You agree not to post or transmit any disruptive content. Certain kinds of content broadcast or displayed on the Internet can generate a great deal of disruption and reaction from the Internet community as a whole. This can include, but is not limited to, material that is considered obscene, offensive, or extremely controversial. While Transition does not actively censor its Users, the reaction this material can generate can be expensive and time consuming, and as such makes the continued support of Users generating this kind of content of questionable business value to Transition. You understand and agree that Transition may suspend or terminate your access to its systems should your usage constitute disruptive content, as determined by Transition in its sole discretion.

Copyright infringement

This website and its content is copyright of Transition Computing Ltd (trading as Transition) – © 1998-2023. All rights reserved.

Transition respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects You to do the same. It is a violation of this Acceptable Use Policy to use the Services to transmit and/or store copyrighted material in a manner that is contrary to any applicable legislation. If Transition has a reasonable belief, in its sole judgement, that You have violated this Acceptable Use Policy, Transition may take any action it deems appropriate, which may include, without limitation, notifying You of a suspected violation, suspending your account, or terminating your account. These actions are in addition to and not by way of substitution of any and/or all other remedies that we may have against You under any applicable law.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

1. you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only;

2. you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

If you believe your work has been copied in any way that constitutes infringement, please provide us with the following information:

(a) An electronic or physical signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

(b) A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

(c) Identification of where the material (including the URL if possible) that you claim is infringing is located;

(d) Your address, telephone number and email address;

(e) A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and

(f) A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury if you are asked to testify on the matter in a court of law, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

For all copyright-related matters, you may contact us by writing to matt.deboer (at) transitioncomputing.com.

Changes to the Acceptable Use Policy

Transition may make changes to the Acceptable Use Policy from time to time. When these changes are made, Transition will make a new copy of the Acceptable Use Policy available here.

Governing law

Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England and Wales.

Social responsibility

Dear Visitor,

Transition recognises that it has responsibilities to all stakeholders, including the interests of employees and their families, the need to foster the Company’s business relationships with partners, customers, suppliers and others; and the impact of the Company’s operations on the local communities and surrounding environment where it operates.

Our employees are highly regarded and valued, and their employment and rights are respected. All employees are required to act honestly, fairly and with integrity. The Company is committed to the important principle of equal opportunity which is reflected in the Company’s recruitment, disciplinary and grievance policies.

The Company is dedicated to supplying software and services of the highest quality to meet its customers’ requirements in a manner that is consistent with high environmental and ethical standards. The Company makes a contribution to local charities and communities in areas where it operates its business.

Environmental impact and energy use

As a company, we feel our environmental impact on the whole is low, with our main business being the development of software which helps customers become more efficient. Our emissions come mainly from the use of electricity in our offices and business travel.

Data centre

The Company uses secure data centres to back up its and client’s data. The data centres use highly efficient electrical distribution to maximise energy efficiency.

Recycling

We encourage our employees to recycle their day to day waste. We do this by ensuring there are recycling bins for cardboard and non-confidential materials and separate confidential bags in every office, all of which are recycled. There are also recycling bins in each kitchen area. Energy saving measures are also in place for recycling components, such as printed circuit boards, toner cartridges, surplus packaging and paper. All cardboard, wooden boxes, drink cans and plastic bottles are currently recycled.

The Employees of Transition

The Company recognises that its reputation and success depends upon the efforts, integrity and commitment of its people. Employee engagement with the whole Company is a priority and there are a number of communication channels in place to help employees develop their knowledge of the business.

Graduate recruitment and internship programme

We remain focused on bringing people into IT. The Company recruits graduates from a variety of software disciplines to work in our offices in Milton Keynes.

Diversity

The Company acknowledges the importance and contribution of its employees and as a global business, values people from all cultures, nationalities, religion and ethnicities irrespective of characteristics such as age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or physical or mental disability. The Company is committed to building a diverse organisation to maximise the skills available to us in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Disabled people are given full consideration for employment.