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Terms & Conditions

Introduction

These Terms and Conditions apply to any use of our website www.victimschoice.org.uk (the "Website") and tell you the rules for using our Website.

The Website (www.victimschoice.org.uk) is supplied by Supporting Justice (“We”). We are a Community Interest Company registered in England and Wales with company no. 8466741. Our registered office is Orchard House, Three Elm Lane, Golden Green, Kent TN11 0BE.

To contact us, please email info@supportingjustice.org.uk.

Our Privacy Policy also applies to your use of our Website and sets out how we will use any personal data that we collect from you, or that you provide us. By providing us with this data you consent to such processing and warrant that all data provided is true and accurate.

How the Website works

The purpose of the Website is to assist users in gathering useful information for users with regard to victim support services. This is done partly through the provision of general information and partly through the provision of a facility where users can post information about particular victim support services.

Acceptance of the Website and its Terms

By using the Website, you accept the full Terms and Conditions and agree to comply with them. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions you must stop using the Website immediately.

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your rights to use the Website if you violate the terms of these Terms and Conditions.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and that they comply with them.

If any part of these Terms and Conditions are determined to be unlawful, unenforceable or invalid by any competent court with jurisdiction then said term or condition may be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions of the Website shall remain enforceable and binding.

Changes to the Website and/or the Terms

We may make changes to the Website from time to time. We will try to give you notice of any major changes.

We reserve the right to make any amendments and updates to these Terms and Conditions at our discretion, and at any time. Every time you visit the Website, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.

We may suspend or withdraw the Website

The Website is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We reserve the right to suspend or withdraw the availability of all or any part of our site at our discretion, and at any time. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.

Posting Content on the Website

Hereinafter, any (including, but not limited to) information, text, message, data, music, sound, photos, graphics, code or any other material will be referred to as ("Content").

You agree that all Content posted by you on this Website is accurate and true to the best of your knowledge.

By posting or submitting Content on the Website, you grant us an irrevocable, royalty free, transferable licence to use, modify, reproduce, publish and distribute the Content.

Prohibited Activities

By using this Website you agree to use it for only lawful purposes and to not:

  • Use it for any commercial purpose;
  • Upload Content that breaches any local, national or international law or regulation;
  • Upload Content that is of racist, sexist, homophobic or political character or that may be libellous, defamatory, obscene, threatening or offensive;
  • Use the Website to violate a person’s privacy or rights, including intellectual rights.

Whenever you post Content on the Website, you must comply with the standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy. You warrant that any such contribution complies with those standards, and you will be liable to third parties and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

We have the right to remove any posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.

Disclaimer

The Website, Content and services offered on the Website are provided 'as is' and ‘as available’, and we make no warranty that the Website or Content will be accurate, reliable or error free, and that the Website will meet your requirements. We may, at any time and without any liability, delete any Content on the Website. We do not guarantee, warrant or represent, whether expressed or implied, that the Content on the Website is accurate, complete or up to date.

We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any Content posted by users on the Website. We make no warranty as to the accuracy of any Content posted on the Website by users and we are not liable for any defamation, libel, slander or falsehoods that may appear on the Website. We have no duty to monitor or edit any Content posted by users on the Website. However, we reserve the right to remove or edit, without any notice and for any reason, any Content that is uploaded by users to the Website.

We are not liable for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with the Website, but not limited to: loss of profits, business opportunity, goodwill, reputation, loss of data, corruption of data, loss of contracts, or any consequential or indirect loss or damage whatsoever. However, nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall limit or exclude our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or the negligence of our employee’s agents or subcontractors.

We are not liable for any links to third party websites found in users’ Content, including the Content of the page to which the link directs you to. If any Content contains links to other sites provided by third parties, these links are for your information only and should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.

Intellectual Property Rights

All Content of the Website is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights. You agree that you will use this Website solely for your personal use, unless given permission by us, and not for commercial use. We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. All such rights are reserved.

You agree not to download, copy, rebrand, distribute, store or sell any Content without having received full written consent from us. You must not use any part of the Content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of- service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

Rules about linking to our site

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.

Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.

If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact info@victimschoice.org.uk

Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions are to be governed in relation to the law of England and Wales and is exclusive to the jurisdiction of the courts in England and Wales. Any dispute must be taken up by the jurisdiction of England and Wales.


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