Website terms and conditions of use

Please read these terms carefully before using this site

 

This website is run by the University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, University of Southampton and University of Surrey who jointly provide the SETsquared service, and it may be used for informational purposes only. By using the site or downloading materials from the site, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions set forth in this notice. If you do not agree to abide by these terms and conditions do not use the site or download materials from the site.

Any services which we may now or in the future make available to you on or via the website may be subject to additional terms and conditions (‘Additional Terms’) which are in addition to and may supplement or amend these terms and which you will be required to accept when using those services.

1. Definitions:

‘Website’ means http://www.setsquared.co.uk ‘You/Your’ means you, the user of this website. ‘User Information’ refers to information provided by you to SETsquared, by whatever means. ‘We/Us/Our’ means the University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, University of Southampton, and University of Surrey who provide the SETsquared services, including this website.

2. Limited License

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display this site and the materials thereon. 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 access, use and navigate the website. You agree not to interrupt, or attempt to interrupt, the operation of the site in any way.

We authorize you to view and download the information (‘Materials’) at this website. This authorization is not a transfer of title in the materials and copies of the materials and is subject to the following restrictions:

you must retain, on all copies of the materials downloaded, all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials;

you may not modify the materials in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, or distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose; and

you must not transfer the materials to any other person unless you give them notice of, and they agree to accept, the obligations arising under these terms and conditions of use.

You agree to abide by all additional restrictions displayed on the Website as it may be updated from time to time. This Website, including all materials, is copyrighted and protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. You agree to comply with all copyright laws worldwide in your use of this website and to prevent any unauthorized copying of the materials. Except as expressly provided herein, we do not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secret information.

3. Disclaimer

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.

We make no warranty:

• that the website will meet your requirements;
• that the website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, and that defects will be corrected;
• that the website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs; or
• as to the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials or as to results or the accuracy of any information obtained by you through the website.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any part of the website. We may make other changes to the site, the materials and the products, programs, services or price (if any) described in the site at any time without notice.

Whilst we take reasonable precautions to ensure that any downloads we may 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.

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.

We may provide links to other sites or resources operated by other entities. If you use these sites, you will leave this Website. If you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. We make no warranty or representation regarding, and do not endorse, any linked sites or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon. Links to sites or resources operated by other entities do not imply that SETsquared or the University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, University of Southampton, or University of Surrey, endorses, are affiliated or associated with, or are legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of SETsquared, or the University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, University of Southampton, or University of Surrey.

We may 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.

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.

4. External Links

All links to the website must be approved in writing by SETsquared, except that SETsquared consents to links in which:

• the link is a text-only link containing only the name ‘SETsquared’;
• the link ‘points’ only to and not to deeper pages;
• the link, when activated by a user, displays that page full-screen in a fully operable and navigable browser window and not within a ‘frame’ on the linked website; and
• the appearance, position, and other aspects of the link may neither create the false appearance that an entity or its activities or products are associated with or sponsored by SETsquared nor be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the name and trademarks of SETsquared or the University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, University of Southampton, or University of Surrey.

SETsquared reserves the right to revoke this consent to link at any time in its sole discretion.

5. Privacy

This website is owned and operated by the University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, University of Southampton, and University of Surrey. Information we collect from users of the site will be stored by us on computers in the UK and may be used in the following ways:

We make use of cookies to gather information about how users move around the site. This enables us to understand how the site is used and to make improvements. The information we gather by use of cookies does not include personally identifying information.

If you choose to supply them to us, via the online form on the website or via other means, we will use your contact details (eg your name, job title, telephone and fax number and your e-mail and postal addresses) to provide any SETsquared services requested by you and also to tell you about important changes to the site and its functionality. This information may also be disclosed to third parties who wish to tell you about services of interest to you, unless you inform us that you do not want your information made available to third parties.

We may ask for further information about you as part of online surveys or other promotional features. This information will be used to enable us to improve our website or the SETsquared service. It may also be disclosed to third parties who wish to tell you about services of interest to you, unless you inform us that you do not want your information made available to third parties.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you have the right to be told what personal information we hold about you. You should write to us, at:

SETsquared
Building 37
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
UK
stating your full name, your address and any SETsquared services to which you have subscribed. A small administrative charge will be made for fulfilling this request.

6. Alterations to Terms and Conditions

SETsquared reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these terms and conditions in whole or in part, at any time. Changes in these terms and conditions will be effective when notice of such change is posted on the SETsquared homepage http://www.setsquared.co.uk. Your continued use of the website after any changes to these terms and conditions are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes.