Using this website

This web solution was developed by, managed, hosted and licenced by Aon Employee Benefits (“Aon”) to MSD Animal Health UK Limited (MSD AH UK Ltd) and Merck Sharp & Dohme (Holdings) Limited (MSD holdings) (as principle employers of the below schemes) and their affiliated entities. 

For the purposes of ongoing pension provision communications, relating to the MSD Animal Health Pension Scheme and MSD Pension Scheme, this licence is extended to:

• MSD Pensions Trustee Limited, (registered number: 02514484), whose registered office is c/o Aon, Briarcliff House, Kingsmead, Farnborough, United Kingdom, GU14 7TE. (Also known as 'The MSD Trustees'.)

In doing so:

• The information provided on this website is intended for use only by interested parties in the MSD Trustees, that are Associate members of the Scheme(s) and is intended for general and educational information and is NOT intended to be a substitute for independent professional advice.
• The content and subject matter has developed specifically with and for the MSD Trustees and this content is now the property of the MSD Trustees. Any enquiries about the content of this website should therefore be discussed directly with the MSD Trustees.
• These 'Terms of Use' set out the basis on which you may access and use this website.
• By accessing or using this site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to these 'Terms of Use' and the Cookies and Privacy Statement.
• MSD Trustees and Aon may alter these 'Terms of Use' from time to time, so you should periodically check these 'Terms of Use' as any changes will take effect as soon as they are posted to this website.

Use of Website

Your access to and use of the information contained in the website is subject to these 'Terms of Use'. You agree to act lawfully at all times in using and accessing this website and you will not do anything which damages, interferes with, disrupts access to, interrupts or impairs the functionality of this website or inhibits other users’ use and enjoyment of the site.

Access to the Website

Aon will use your audience selection to direct you to the relevant documents in the website, which have been prepared according to your location and whether you are an Associate member of the MSD Trustees.

• The MSD Trustees have supplied Aon with the criteria for the associated membership category on an anonymised basis only. 
• There is no personal information relating to you on the website.
• Neither the MSD Trustees nor Aon guarantees that that this website or any content on it will always be available or be uninterrupted.
• Access to the website is permitted in this format on a ongoing basis at this time, until such time, as a change in access approach is required.

Content

The MSD Trustees and Aon will use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on this website but gives no warranties, undertakings or representations of any kind as to its completeness or accuracy and any information provided by the MSD Trustees and made available on this website is provided on an “as is” basis.

Therefore:

• The MSD Trustees and Aon disclaim all conditions, warranties or other terms which may apply to the website or the content on it whether express or implied to the full extent permitted by law.
• To the extent permitted by law, neither the MSD Trustees, or their affiliates, Aon nor any party involved in creating, producing or delivering this website shall be liable for any loss, damage or cost whatsoever, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise arising from reliance on information contained in this website, access to, use of, or inability to use this website, or any errors or omissions in its content.
• This limitation includes any loss, damage or cost caused by any viruses that infect your computer equipment, software or data.
• The MSD Trustees and Aon may add, alter or delete materials from this website at any time at its discretion.
• You agree that access to and use of this website and its content is at your own risk.

Privacy

The MSD Trustees and Aon respect the privacy of the users of this website. Please refer to the Cookies and Privacy Statement for further information.

Third Party Websites and Links

This website may contain links or references to other websites maintained by third parties over whom we have no control.

• Such links are provided merely as a convenience.
• Neither the MSD Trustees, nor Aon make any warranties, undertakings or representations of any kind as to the accuracy, currency, quality, completeness or fitness for purpose of any information contained in such websites and shall have no liability for any loss, damage or cost of any kind arising from such information.
• Inclusion of any third party link does not imply an endorsement or recommendation by the MSD Trustees or Aon.

Non-Confidential Information

The MSD Trustees and Aon respect the confidentiality of individuals’ pension provisions and personal pension/salary information.

Subject to:

• The terms of our Cookies and Privacy Statement;
• Confidentiality obligations arising during the course of employment;
• Or any information/communication which should reasonably be considered to be confidential.

Any communication or other material that you send to the MSD Trustees or Aon which is not directly related to your individual pension provision or personal pension/salary information, through the internet or posted on the website by electronic mail or otherwise, is and will be deemed to be non-confidential and the MSD Trustees and Aon shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to it.

The MSD Trustees and Aon shall be free to use any information, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in these communications and materials for any purpose whatsoever.

Intellectual Property Rights

The MSD Trustees and its partners own all intellectual property rights relating to the delivery of this website solution, including the knowledge, experience and subject matter expertise to assist the MSD Trustees and other clients in its portfolio with support in this field of interest. The name “Aon Employee Benefits” and associated logo is a trademark of Aon.

The Scheme(s) owns all copyright, confidential information and related intellectual property rights existing in the content of this website, whether relating to The Scheme(s)’s ‘existing’ or ‘planned’ pension provision information communicated through this website or otherwise.

The contents of this website may only be downloaded and copied for non-commercial individual reference with all copyright or other proprietary notices retained, and thereafter may not be recopied, reproduced or otherwise redistributed. Except as expressly permitted above, you may not copy, display, distribute, modify, reproduce, republish or retransmit any information, text or documents contained in this website or any part of it in any electronic medium or in hard copy, or create any derivative work based on it, without The Scheme(s)’s express written consent.

In addition, “The Scheme(s)“ name and logo are registered trademarks and may not be used without the MSD Trustees's written permission. The misuse of the MSD Trustees’s or Aon’s trademarks or any other materials is prohibited and may be in breach of copyright law, trademark law and/or other laws.

Please note that The Scheme(s) and Aon actively and aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.

Queries and Complaints  

In the event you have a query or wish to raise a complaint with regard to the ‘Terms of Use’ documentation of this website, you should contact The Scheme(s).

Miscellaneous.

To the extent that any provisions of these 'Terms of Use' are held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, then such provisions shall be severed and deleted without affecting the enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Copyright

The copyright of the content developed specifically for this campaign (the website content) belongs to the principal client(s), in this case the MSD Trustees.

The copyright relating to the layout and configuration of this website solution (The website design and solution structure) belongs to Aon and its delivery partners for the configuration and support of this exercise and is specifically under licence to the MSD Trustees.