Intellectual Property
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our website, and in the material published on it. This includes, but is not limited to, all trademarks, logos, business names, trading names, design rights, database rights, copyright and any other intellectual property rights in our website. The website is protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved save as expressly stated in these terms.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our website for your personal reference only and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our website, subject to the following conditions:
- the material may not be used for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors;
- the copies must retain any copyrights or other intellectual property notices contained in the original material;
- any images on the website are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission from the owner; and
- 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, logos, designs or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
- our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our website must always be acknowledged.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our website in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made (in whatever format).
Reliance on Information Provided
Commentary and other materials posted on our website are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
Viruses, Hacking and Other Offences
You must not misuse our website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.
By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our website will cease immediately.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
Amendments
We reserve the right to amend our terms and conditions at any time. The amended terms will be effective from the date they are posted on our website.