Acceptable Use Policy

This policy governs the lawful and appropriate use of the december19.co.uk website. It sets out what users may and may not do on our site, our intellectual property rights, and how we handle misuse. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

1. Purpose

This Acceptable Use Policy sets out the rules and restrictions that apply to any person who accesses or uses the December 19 Limited website and digital services (“the services”). It forms part of our Terms of Use and should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

By accessing or using the services, you agree to comply with this policy. If you do not agree, you must not use the services.

2. Permitted use

You may use our website and digital services for the following purposes:

  • Viewing information about December 19 and the services we offer

  • Making contact with us through our contact form or published email addresses

  • Downloading materials that we have made publicly available for download

  • Engaging with content we have published, such as case studies, news, or blog posts, for personal, non-commercial reading

3. Prohibited conduct

You must not use our website or digital services to:

  • Engage in any unlawful activity or facilitate any criminal offence

  • Transmit, publish, or distribute any material that is defamatory, offensive, obscene, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable

  • Impersonate any person or organisation, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation

  • Send or facilitate the sending of unsolicited commercial communications (spam)

  • Collect, harvest, or extract personal data about individuals without their consent

  • Systematically scrape, crawl, or index content from the website using automated means, without our prior written consent

  • Upload, post, or transmit any content that infringes the intellectual property rights of December 19 or any third party

  • Introduce any malware, virus, ransomware, spyware, or other malicious code

  • Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any system, server, database, or account connected with the services

  • Interfere with or disrupt the integrity, security, or performance of the website or its underlying infrastructure

  • Use the services to generate, process, or store any content in breach of applicable law, including data protection legislation

4. Content you submit

If you submit any content to us — including through our contact form, email, or any other channel made available on the website — you warrant that such content is accurate, not misleading, and does not breach any applicable law or third-party rights. You grant December 19 a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, and share such content as necessary to respond to your communication or deliver the services requested.

We are not obliged to publish, retain, or act upon any content submitted to us.

5. Enforcement

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to:

  • Remove or restrict access to any content that we believe violates this policy

  • Suspend or terminate access to the services for any user who we believe is in breach of this policy

  • Report any unlawful activity to the appropriate authorities and cooperate with any resulting investigation

A breach of this policy may also constitute a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, the Communications Act 2003, or other applicable legislation.

6. Reporting a violation

If you become aware of any content or behaviour on our website that you believe violates this policy, please report it to us at hello@december19.co.uk. We will investigate all reports and take appropriate action.

7. Changes to this policy

We may update this Acceptable Use Policy at any time. Changes will take effect when posted on the website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Data controller: December 19 Limited Registered office: Clerkenwell Workshops, CS.112, 27–31 Clerkenwell Close, London, EC1R 0AT
Contact: hello@december19.co.uk
Version: 1.0
Last updated: 01.06.26