Of www.unitcheck.co.uk
1 ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
1.1 Your access to and use of unitcheck and any Services referred to in Clause 2,
is subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions. You will not use the Website/Services
for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By
using the Website/Services you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers
contained in this notice. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions you must
immediately stop using the Website/Services.
1.2 We reserve the right to update or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time
and your continued use of the Website/Services following any changes shall be deemed
to be your acceptance of such change. It is therefore your responsibility to check
the Terms and Conditions regularly for any changes.
2 THE SERVICES
The Website may provide communication tools such as email, bulletin boards, chat
areas, news groups, forums and/or other message or communication facilities ("the
Services") designed to enable you to communicate with others. Unless stated
otherwise the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use only.
3 CHILD SUPERVISION
We are concerned about the safety and privacy of our users, particularly children.
Parents who wish to allow their children access to and use of the Website/Services
should supervise such access and use. By allowing your child access to the Services
you are allowing your child access to all of the Services, including email, bulletin
boards, chat areas, news groups, forums and/or other message or communication facilities.
It is therefore your responsibility to determine which Services are appropriate
for your child. Always use caution when revealing personally identifiable information
about yourself or your children via any of the Services.
4 PRIVACY POLICY
4.1 We are committed to responsible data management and subscribe to the principals
of the data protection legislation in the United Kingdom. We are committed to maintaining
the privacy of our users and maintaining the security of any personal information
received from you. Where you are required under this website to provide personal
data this data will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of delivering a web-based
feedback intervention to university students around the United Kingdom. Responses
to the survey will be kept strictly confidential. No responses will be linked to
your name and individual data will be seen only by members of the Unitcheck project
team. All results will be presented at the aggregate level only. All data will be
stored securely and confidentiality is assured. If you register for any of the Services
you will be asked to provide basic personal information. The information provided
by you is not available for sale or use by third parties.
5 USER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY
If a particular Service requires you to open an account you will be required to
complete the registration process by providing certain information and registering
a username and password for use with that Service. You are responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of the username and password and also for all activities which
take place under your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorised
use of your password or account or any other breach of security. In no event will
www.unitcheck.co.uk be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever
resulting from the disclosure of your username and/or password. You may not use
another person’s account at any time, without the express permission of the
account holder.
6 ACCEPTABLE USE
6.1 You may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, broadcast, transmit,
make available to the public, or otherwise use www.unitcheck.co.uk content in any
way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. You also agree not to adapt,
alter or create a derivative work from any www.unitcheck.co.uk content. Any other
use of www.unitcheck.co.uk content requires the prior written permission of the
Unitcheck team.
6.2 You agree to use www.unitcheck.co.uk only for lawful purposes, and in a way
that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and
enjoyment of www.unitcheck.co.uk. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing
distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content
or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within www.unitcheck.co.uk.
6.2 In using the Website/Services you agree not to:
6.2.1 use the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes
or any other unsolicited messages, commercial or otherwise;
6.2.2 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that is defamatory,
infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;
6.2.3 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that incites
discrimination, hate or violence towards any person or group on account of their
race, religion, disability, nationality or otherwise;
6.2.4 threaten, abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate the legal rights (including
rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
6.2.5 use any information or material in any manner that infringes any copyright,
trademark, patent or other proprietary right of any party;
6.2.6 make available or upload files that contain a virus, worm, trojan or corrupt
data that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another;
6.2.7 collect or store personal information about others, including email addresses;
6.2.8 advertise or offer to buy or sell goods or services for any commercial purpose,
unless such communication facility specifically allows such messages;
6.2.9 impersonate any person or entity for the purpose of misleading others;
6.2.10 violate any applicable laws or regulations;
6.2.11 use the Website/Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden
or impair the Website/Services or interfere with any other party’s use and
enjoyment of the Website/Services;
6.2.12 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that you
do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary
relationships (such as inside information or confidential information disclosed
in the course of employment or under a confidentiality agreement);
6.2.13 attempt to gain unauthorised access to any of the Services, other accounts,
computer systems or networks connected to the Website/Services through hacking,
password mining or any other means.
6.3 We have no obligation to monitor the Services but shall be entitled to review
materials posted to a communications facility and, at our sole discretion, to remove
any material that breaches these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable.
7 TERMINATION
We have the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Services at any
time, without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, breach of these
Terms and Conditions. We may also at any time, at our sole discretion, discontinue
the Website/Services or any part thereof without prior notice and you agree that
we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access
to the Website/Services.
8 LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Website/Services may include links to third party websites that are controlled
and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of such
websites and you acknowledge and agree that www.unitcheck.co.uk is not responsible
for the content or availability of any such sites.
9 INTERNATIONAL USE
You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical
data exported from the United Kingdom or the country in which you reside (if different)
and with all local laws and rules regarding acceptable use of and conduct on the
Internet.
10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
10.1 The Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design,
text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website and
the Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual
property rights and laws. In accessing the Website you agree that you will access
the contents solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the content may
be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without
the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading,
copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home
use only.
10.2 www.unitcheck.co.uk does not claim ownership of any materials you post, upload
or submit to any publicly accessible area of the Services. However, by doing so
you are granting us a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive licence to copy, distribute,
transmit, reproduce, publicly display, edit, translate or publish such Content for
as long as you elect to display such Content via the Services. The licence shall
be terminated when such Content is deleted from the Services.
11 INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold www.unitcheck.co.uk harmless from and against any
breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and any claim or demand brought against
www.unitcheck.co.uk by any third party arising out of your use of the Services and/or
any Content submitted, posted or transmitted through the Services, including without
limitation, all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs,
expenses (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) howsoever suffered or incurred
by www.unitcheck.co.uk in consequence of your breach of these Terms and Conditions.
12 DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
12.1 Use of the Website/Services is at your own risk. The Website/Services are provided
on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation
or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied,
including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness
for a particular purpose, noninfringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
12.2 To the extent permitted by law, www.unitcheck.co.uk will not be liable for
any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation
loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with
the use of the Website/Services.
12.3 www.unitcheck.co.uk makes no warranty that the Website/Services will meet your
requirements, that Content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality
of the Website/Services will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be
corrected or that the Website/Services or the server that makes them available are
free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.
12.4 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or
limit the liability of www.unitcheck.co.uk for death or personal injury as a result
of the negligence of www.unitcheck.co.uk
12.5 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall affect your statutory rights as
a consumer.
13 SEVERANCE
If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such
Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall
survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
14 GOVERNING LAW
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the law of England and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English
courts.