Accessing our site
Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our site without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our site, or our entire site, to users who have registered with us. If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.
Acceptable Use
You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site (a) in any way that breaches any applicable law or regulation, (b) in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, (c) for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way, (d) to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards set out below, or (e) to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam). You also agree not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt (a) any part of our site, (b) any equipment or network on which our site is stored, (c) any software used in the provision of our site, or (d) any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party. We may from time to time provide interactive services on our site, including, without limitation, chat rooms, forums and discussion/bulletin boards. Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is human or technical). We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards set out below, whether the service is moderated or not. The use of any of our interactive services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not foolproof. Minors who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them. Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.
Content Standards
Our content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (contributions), and to any interactive services associated with it. You must comply with the spirit of the following standards as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole. Contributions must (a) be accurate (where they state facts), (b) be genuinely held (where they state opinions), and (c) comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted. Contributions must not (a) contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory, (b) advocate or promote sexually explicit material, violence or any illegal activity, (c) promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age, (d) infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person, (e) be likely to deceive any person, (f) be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence, (g) be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, (h) be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person, (i) be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, or (j) give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case.
Intellectual Property Rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organization to material posted on our site. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a license to do so from us or our licensors. If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
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