Terms Of Use &
Service
IMPORTANT!
THESE TERMS OF SERVICE GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, WHICH IS PROVIDED
BY OUR COMPANY. BY ACCESSING THIS SITE, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE. THESE TERMS OF USE
ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY OUR COMPANY AT ANY TIME IN ITS DISCRETION. YOUR
USE OF THIS SITE AFTER SUCH CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTED CONSTITUTES YOUR
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGES. PLEASE CONSULT THESE TERMS
OF USE REGULARLY.
Access To This
Site
YOU MUST BE
EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE. IF YOU ARE UNDER
EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE FOR
ANY REASON. DUE TO THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF THIS WEB SITE, NO
INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THIS WEB SITE, FALLS WITHIN THE CHILD ONLINE
PRIVACY ACT AND IS NOT MONITORED AS DOING SO.
To access this site or some of the
resources it has to offer, you may be asked to provide certain
registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use
of this site that all the information you provide on this site will be
correct, current, and complete. If our Company believes the information
you provide is not correct, current, or complete, we have the right to
refuse you access to this site or any of its resources, and to terminate
or suspend your access at any time, without notice.
Restrictions On
Use
You may use this site for purposes
expressly permitted by this site. You may not use this site for any
other purpose, including any commercial purpose, without our Company's
express prior written consent. For example, you may not (and may not
authorize any other party to) (i) co-brand this site, or (ii) frame this
site, or (iii) hyper-link to this site, without the express prior
written permission of an authorized representative of our Company. For
purposes of these Terms of Use, "co-branding" means to display a name,
logo, trademark, or other means of attribution or identification of any
party in such a manner as is reasonably likely to give a user the
impression that such other party has the right to display, publish, or
distribute this site or content accessible within this site. You agree
to cooperate with our Company in causing any unauthorized co-branding,
framing or hyper-linking immediately to cease.
Proprietary
Information
The material and content
(hereinafter referred to as the "Content") accessible from this site,
and any other World Wide Web site owned, operated, licensed, or
controlled by our Company is the proprietary information of our Company
or the party that provided the Content to our Company, and our Company
or the party that provided the Content to our Company retains all right,
title, and interest in the Content. Accordingly, the Content may not be
copied, distributed, republished, uploaded, posted, or transmitted in
any way without the prior written consent of our Company, or unless
authorized in writing elsewhere on our site, except that you may print
out a copy of the Content solely for your personal use. In doing so, you
may not remove or alter, or cause to be removed or altered, any
copyright, trademark, trade name, service mark, or any other proprietary
notice or legend appearing on any of the Content. Modification or use of
the Content except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use violates
our Company's intellectual property rights. Neither title nor
intellectual property rights are transferred to you by access to this
site.
Hyper-Links
This site may be hyper-linked to
other sites which are not maintained by, or related to, our Company.
Hyper-links to such sites are provided as a service to users and are not
sponsored by or affiliated with this site or our Company. Our Company
has not reviewed any or all of such sites and is not responsible for the
content of those sites. Hyper-links are to be accessed at the user's own
risk, and our Company makes no representations or warranties about the
content, completeness or accuracy of these hyper-links or the sites
hyper-linked to this site. Further, the inclusion of any hyper-link to a
third-party site does not necessarily imply endorsement by our Company
of that site.
Submissions
You hereby grant to our Company
the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right
and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create
derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display all content,
remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated
to our Company through this site (together, hereinafter known as the
"Submission"), and to incorporate any Submission in other works in any
form, media, or technology now known or later developed. Our Company
will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and may
use any Submission in its business (including without limitation, for
products or advertising) without incurring any liability for royalties
or any other consideration of any kind, and will not incur any liability
as a result of any similarities that may appear in future Company
operations.
Our Company will treat any
personal information that you submit through this site in accordance
with its Privacy Policy as set forth on this site.
Disclaimer
You understand that our Company
cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for
downloading from the Internet will be free of viruses, worms, Trojan
horses or other code that may manifest contaminating or destructive
properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures
and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of
data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to this site
for the reconstruction of any lost data. Our Company does not assume any
responsibility or risk for your use of the Internet.
The Content is not necessarily
complete and up-to-date and should not be used to replace any written
reports, statements, or notices provided by Company. Investors,
borrowers, and other persons should use the Content in the same manner
as any other educational medium and should not rely on the Content to
the exclusion of their own professional judgment. Information obtained
by using this site is not exhaustive and does not cover all issues,
topics, or facts that may be relevant to your goals.
YOUR USE OF
THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. The Content is provided as is and without
warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied. Our Company
disclaims all warranties, including any implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, TITLE, OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT. Our Company does not warrant that the functions OR
CONTENT contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that
defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it
available are free of viruses or other harmful components. Our Company
does not warrant or make any representation regarding use, or the result
of use, of the content in terms of accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.
The content may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors,
and Company may make changes or improvements at any time. You, and not
our Company, assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair
or correction IN THE EVENT OF ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM THE USE OF
THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT. Our COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE
OF THE CONTENT WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND ASSUMES NO
LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SUCH CONTENT.
All of the information in this
site, whether historical in nature or forward-looking, speaks only as of
the date the information is posted on this site, and Company does not
undertake any obligation to update such information after it is posted
or to remove such information from this site if it is not, or is no
longer, accurate or complete.
Limitation On
Liability
COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND DIRECTORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL,
DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
OR OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF REVENUE OR INCOME, PAIN AND
SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF COMPANY HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL THE
COLLECTIVE LIABILITY OF COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES,
LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
OFFICERS, AND DIRECTORS, TO ANY PARTY (REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION,
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE GREATER OF £100 OR
THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO COMPANY FOR THE APPLICABLE CONTENT, PRODUCT
OR SERVICE OUT OF WHICH LIABILITY AROSE.
Indemnity
You will indemnify and hold
Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, content providers,
service providers, employees, agents, officers, directors, and
contractors (hereinafter known as the "Indemnified Parties") harmless
from any breach of these Terms of Use by you, including any use of
Content other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use. You
agree that the Indemnified Parties will have no liability in connection
with any such breach or unauthorized use, and you agree to indemnify any
and all resulting loss, damages, judgments, awards, costs, expenses, and
attorney's fees of the Indemnified Parties in connection therewith. You
will also indemnify and hold the Indemnified Parties harmless from and
against any claims brought by third parties arising out of your use of
the information accessed from this site.
Trademarks
Trademarks, service marks, and
logos appearing in this site are the property of Company or the party
that provided the trademarks, service marks, and logos to Company.
Company and any party that provided trademarks, service marks, and logos
to Company retain all rights with respect to any of their respective
trademarks, service marks, and logos appearing in this site.
Information You
Provide
You may not post, send, submit,
publish, or transmit in connection with this site any material that:
· You do not have the right to
post, including proprietary material of any third party;
· Advocates illegal activity or
discusses an intent to commit an illegal act;
· Is vulgar, obscene,
pornographic, or indecent;
· Does not pertain directly to
this site;
· Threatens or abuses others,
libels, defames, invades privacy, stalks, is obscene, pornographic,
racist, abusive, harassing, threatening or offensive;
· Seeks to exploit or harm
children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for
personally identifiable details or otherwise;
· Infringes any intellectual
property or other right of any entity or person, including violating
copyrights or trademarks or their rights of publicity;
· Violates any law or may be
considered to violate any law;
· Impersonates or misrepresents
your connection to any other entity or person or otherwise manipulates
headers or identifiers to disguise the origin of the content;
· Advertises any commercial
endeavour (e.g., offering for sale products or services) or otherwise
engages in any commercial activity (e.g., conducting raffles or
contests, displaying sponsorship banners, and/or soliciting goods or
services) except as may be specifically authorized on this site;
· Solicits funds, advertisers or
sponsors;
· Includes programs which contain
viruses, worms and/or Trojan horses or any other computer code, files or
programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of
any computer software or hardware or telecommunications;
· Disrupts the normal flow of
dialogue, causes a screen to scroll faster than other users are able to
type, or otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other
people to engage in real time activities via this site;
· Includes MP3 format files;
· Amounts to a 'pyramid' or
similar scheme;
· Disobeys any policy or
regulations established from time to time regarding use of this site or
any networks connected to this site; or
· Contains hyper-links to other
sites that contain content that falls within the descriptions set forth
above.
Although under no obligation to do
so, our Company reserves the right to monitor use of this site to
determine compliance with these Terms of Use, as well the right to
remove or refuse any information for any reason. Notwithstanding these
rights, you remain solely responsible for the content of your
submissions. You acknowledge and agree that neither Company nor any
third party that provides Content to Company will assume or have any
liability for any action or inaction by Company or such third party with
respect to any submission.
Security
Any passwords used for this site
are for individual use only. You will be responsible for the security of
your password (if any). Company will be entitled to monitor your
password and, at its discretion, require you to change it. If you use a
password that Company considers insecure, Company will be entitled to
require the password to be changed and/or terminate your account.
You are prohibited from using any
services or facilities provided in connection with this site to
compromise security or tamper with system resources and/or accounts. The
use or distribution of tools designed for compromising security (e.g.,
password guessing programs, cracking tools or network probing tools) is
strictly prohibited. If you become involved in any violation of system
security, Company reserves the right to release your details to system
administrators at other sites in order to assist them in resolving
security incidents. Company reserves the right to investigate suspected
violations of these Terms of Use.
Company reserves the right to
fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order
requesting or directing Company to disclose the identity of anyone
posting any e-mail messages, or publishing or otherwise making available
any materials that are believed to violate these Terms of Use.
BY ACCEPTING
THIS AGREEMENT YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY FROM ANY CLAIMS
RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMPANY DURING OR AS A RESULT OF
ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND/OR FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF
INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER THE COMPANY OR LEGAL AUTHORITIES.
Miscellaneous
These Terms of Use will be
governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of the United Kingdom,
notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. You specifically
consent to personal jurisdiction in the UK, in connection with any
dispute between you and Company arising out of these Terms of Use or
pertaining to the subject matter hereof. The parties to these Terms of
Use each agree that the exclusive venue for any dispute between the
parties arising out of these Terms of Use or pertaining to the subject
matter of these Terms of Use will be in the courts in the United
Kingdom. If any part of these Terms of Use is unlawful, void or
unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect
the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms
of Use constitute the entire agreement among the parties relating to
this subject matter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any additional terms
and conditions on this site will govern the items to which they pertain.
Company may revise these Terms of Use at any time by updating this
posting.
Last updated: July 20, 2005
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Small Business Resource Ltd