Standard Terms of Use
In using this website, you agree to be bound by the terms
and conditions (the "Terms") set out below. If you do
not agree to the Terms then you may not use this website.
Any services which we make available to you on or via the
website may be subject to additional Terms of Use (the "Additional
Terms") which are in addition to and may supplement
or amend these Terms and which you will be required to accept
when using this website.
1. Definitions:
"
Website" means www.manufacturing-consortium.co.uk
"
You/Your" means you, the user of this Website.
"
User Information" refers to information provided by
you via the Website.
"
We/Us/Our" means Manufacturing Consortium who
provide this Website.
2. Registration
2.1 You warrant, represent and undertake that the User Information
which You are required to provide when You register is true,
accurate, current and complete in all respects and You agree
to notify Us as soon as possible of any changes to the User
Information by amending Your User Information online by accessing
the 'My profile' option within the Personal Options section
in the members area of the Website.
2.2 You will be required to submit your e-mail address,
and will be allocated a password during the registration
process. Your e-mail address and password will be required
every time you log-in. You are responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of the password and are fully responsible
for all activities which occur under it during Your use of
the Website.
2.3 You agree to notify info@manufacturing-solutions.co.uk
immediately of any unauthorised use of Your username or
password or any other breach of security of which You become
aware.
2.4 We reserve the right to decline any application from
You to subscribe to the Website in Our sole discretion.
2.5 You agree not to impersonate any other person or
to use a false name or a name that You are not authorised
to use.
3. Your use of the Website
3.1 Your use of the Website carries with it no rights in
relation to copyright, trade marks or other intellectual
property rights of Ours. Your use of the Website is governed
by these Terms and any Additional Terms to which You have
agreed, regardless of whether such use is in connection
with or otherwise related to Your use of the Website.
3.2 All right, title, and interest (including all copyrights
and other intellectual property rights) in the Website
as between You and Us belong to Us. You acquire no proprietary
interest in the Website. You may not remove or obscure
the
copyright notice or other notices contained in the Website
or anything retrieved or downloaded from the Website.
3.3 You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble,
rent, lease, loan, sublicense or create derivative works
from the Website, which includes the information and
software made available therein. Save as otherwise expressly
provided
in any Additional Terms, You may not copy, save, download,
modify, reproduce, republish, distribute, transmit or
use for any purposes, whether commercial or non- commercial,
the Website or any information contained therein, except
to the extent necessarily required in order for You to
display, use and navigate the Website.
3.4 You acknowledge that by posting any materials on
the Website You grant to Us and Our licensors and assigns
an
irrevocable, perpetual and royalty-free licence to
use the materials within the Website and in any other manner.
The
licence extends to copying, distributing, broadcasting
and otherwise transmitting, adapting and editing such
materials. We may use such materials in our sole discretion
and may
remove them from the Website at any time without notice
to
You.
4. Your Obligations
4.1 You agree that You will only use the Website in a
manner that is consistent with these Terms and any Additional
Terms
and in such a way as to ensure compliance with all applicable
laws and regulations (including without limitation, Your
local law).
4.2 You agree that You will not, in respect of the Website:
4.2.1 post material which is offensive, derogatory or
defamatory in nature, or which may, in Our judgement,
cause annoyance,
inconvenience or anxiety to any person;
4.2.2 post material which is obscene or pornographic
in nature;
4.2.3 post material containing profanity, vulgarity,
hate speech, or threats of violence;
4.2.4 make repetitive postings or perform other actions
which may interfere with the operation of the Website;
4.2.5 post contact or personal information about
any other individual without the permission of
that individual;
4.2.6 post material without the permission of
the owner of that material;
4.2.7 send e-mail or postal correspondence
to any other user of the Website after being
requested
to stop doing
so by
that user;
4.2.8 use any computer code, program or routine
to extract or to attempt to extract any
part of the
database comprising
all postings of the Website;
4.2.9 post any material containing any
virus or other computer programming routine
which
may damage
or
interfere with
the Website;
4.2.10 use the Website in such a way
that You cause the whole or part of
the Website
to be
interrupted,
damaged,
rendered
less efficient or in any way impaired;
4.2.11 refuse to follow a reasonable
instruction or direction from Us.
4.3 To the extent to which Your use
or the use by any person who may
be authorised
by
You or
for whom
You
are responsible
(for example, as employer) causes
loss or damage to Us or any person,
You
agree to
indemnify
Business Link
Solutions
Ltd immediately on demand in relation
to any such losses or damages attributable
to them,
including
where necessary
any legal, administrative or technical
charges that may arise
from such use.
5. Our Obligations to You and Limitations
on Liability
5.1 We cannot guarantee that the Website will always be
fully operational or error free and so We do not accept responsibility
for any defects that may exist or for any costs, loss of
profits, loss of data or consequential losses arising from
Your use of or inability to access the Website.
5.2 We make no warranty that the Website will meet Your
requirements or will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or
error-free, that
defects will be corrected, or that the site or the server
that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents
the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials
or as to results or the accuracy of any information obtained
by You through the Website.
5.3 Whilst We take reasonable precautions to ensure that
any downloads We make available will be virus free We do
not warrant that any downloads will be virus free and will
not cause interruptions with Your computer systems.
5.4 We do not review, assess or endorse any of the material
submitted to Us and/or posted on the Website including the
accuracy or reliability of any text, information, data, photographs,
graphics, advertisements, promotions, representations, statements
or other material whatsoever.
5.5 We exclude, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
laws, and save in respect of death or personal injury arising
from Our negligence, all liability for any claims, losses,
demands and damages arising directly or indirectly out of
or in any way connected with the Website. This exclusion
shall apply in respect of, without limitation, any interruption
of service, lost profits, loss of contracts or business opportunity,
loss of data, or any other consequential, incidental, special,
or punitive damages, even if We have been advised of the
possibility of such damages, whether arising in contract,
tort, under statute or otherwise.
5.6 We may provide links to other Websites or resources
and may post, accept the posting of or make available content
provided by third parties ("Third Party Content").
We do not accept responsibility for the Third Party Content
and do not and cannot be deemed to have endorsed any Third
Party Content. In particular, You acknowledge that We will
not be party to any transaction or contract with a third
party that You may enter into and that We shall have no liability
to You in respect of any such transaction, whether arising
in contract, tort, under statute or otherwise. You undertake
that You will not involve Us in any dispute between Yourselves
and the third party.
5.7 We will at all times comply with Our privacy policy
(see below).
6. Our Rights
6.1 We reserve the right to:
6.1.1 deny or suspend Your access to the Website or any
part thereof if Your use of the Website or that part is
deemed
by Us abusive, excessive, or against the interests of
other users or in breach of these Terms;
6.1.2 modify or withdraw, temporarily or permanently,
the Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice
to You
and You confirm that We shall not be liable to You or
any third party for any modification to or withdrawal of
the
Website;
6.1.3 change these Terms from time to time, and Your
continued use of the Website (or any part thereof)
following such
change shall be deemed to be Your acceptance of such
change. It
is Your responsibility to check regularly to determine
whether the Terms have been changed. If You do not
agree to any change
to the Terms then You must immediately stop using the
Website; and/or
6.1.4 refuse to place any content or material provided
by You onto the Website in Our sole discretion and
to remove any content or material from the Website
once
uploaded
in
Our sole discretion.
7. General
7.1 If any part of the Terms shall be deemed unlawful,
void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision
shall
be deemed to be severable from the Terms and shall not effect
the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions
of the Terms.
7.2 No waiver by Us shall be construed as a waiver of
any proceeding or succeeding breach of any provision.
7.3 Each provision of the Terms shall be construed as
separately applying and surviving even if for any reason
one or other
of those provisions is held to be inapplicable or unenforceable
in any circumstances.
7.4 The Terms (as amended from time to time) contain
the entire agreement between the parties relating to
the subject
matter covered and supersedes any previous agreements,
arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or
oral, between the parties
in relation to such matters. No oral explanation or
oral information given by any party shall alter the interpretation
of the Terms. You confirm that, in agreeing to accept
the Terms, You have not relied on any representation
save insofar
as the same has expressly been made a representation
in the Terms and You agree that You shall have no remedy
in
respect
of any misrepresentation which has not become a term
of the Terms save that Your agreement shall not apply
in respect
of any fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation whether
or not such has become a term of the Terms.
8. Law
The Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of England and You irrevocably submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of
England.
Privacy Policy
Note: This Policy only applies to this Website, but not
to the websites of other companies, individuals or organisations
to which We provide links. You should refer to their privacy
policy for information on how they collect and process personal
data.
1. What information will be requested? How will it be
used?
1.1 We take Your privacy seriously. During registration
personal information will be requested such as Your email
address. Our aim is to understand what You want from the
Website and to improve Our services to You.
1.2 All those wishing to become registered users or members
of Manufacturing Consortium need to submit their e-mail
addresses and some other details. Submission of Your e-mail
address enables us to contact you at any time and also
gives Manufacturing Consortium the potential to set
up targeted
newsletter services and other e-mail based services to
Our services to You.
1.3 Business Link Solutions Ltd may also collect aggregate
data based upon site usage. These data allow Business
Link Solutions Ltd to assess the popularity of certain
areas
of the Website and raise the level of service performance
which
Business Link Solutions Ltd provides for you. Such information
also allows Business Link Solutions Ltd to inform potential
advertisers and selected third party service providers
of areas of the website which are most suitable for their
banners,
products and services. These data are collected using
'cookies'.
1.4 A cookie is a piece of information that is stored
on Your computer's hard drive by Your web browser.
On revisiting
the Website Manufacturing Consortium's computer
server will recognise the cookie, giving Manufacturing
Consortium information about Your last visit. Cookies do
not store or reveal any personal information about You.
Most browsers
accept cookies automatically, but usually You can alter
the settings of Your browser to prevent automatic acceptance.
Prohibiting the use of cookies will reduce your networking
experience. For further information on cookies, go
to www.aboutcookies.org.
2. Disclosure to outside parties
2.1 We do not pass, sell, trade or rent personal details
entered on this Website to others. Manufacturing Consortium
may chose to do so in the future, but only with selected
third parties who provide goods and services which Manufacturing
Consortium deem of interest to users. Manufacturing Consortium
may also provide aggregate statistics about users, their
usage behaviour and related site information
to reputable third parties, and Manufacturing Consortium
may release personally identifying information concerning
defined groups of users. You are able to exclude Yourself
from receiving any third party information, or from having
Your personal information released, through both the online
application process and via the 'My profile' option within
the Personal Options area of the members homepage, accessible
upon registration.
2.2 You agree that You do not and will not consider anything
in this privacy policy being a breach of any of Your rights
under the Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy)
Regulations 1999.
2.3 We reserve the right to access and disclose individually
identifiable information to comply with applicable laws
and lawful government requests, to operate our systems
properly
or to protect ourselves or our users. We also reserve
the right to disclose individually identifiable information
to third parties where a complaint arises concerning
Your
use
of the Website, and that use is deemed by Us inconsistent
with these Terms and/or the Additional Terms.
3. Customer Feedback and Complaints
We welcome Your questions and comments about privacy issues.
Should You have such comments or have a complaint about how
We are using Your personal data, please send an e-mail to
info@businesslinksolutions.co.uk .
4. Updates
Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes
to our Privacy Policy. |
