Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before using the [www.advice-resources.co.uk] website (“the Website”). Access to and use of the Website and content provided on the Website, including but not limited to any graphics, code, text, software, audio, music, design, information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons (“the Content”), is subject to these Terms and Conditions. In using this site, you indicate your agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
Ownership
The Website is owned by the Skills Funding Agency ("the Agency"), and references to the terms “we” / “us” means:
Skills Funding Agency
Cheylesmore House
Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
References to “you” mean the user.
Changes to the Website
You acknowledge and accept that we may from time to time alter, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website or the Content available through it, as we think fit and without notice to you. Further, we may alter the Terms and Conditions from time to time. The date of last revision to these Terms is provided at the end of the page. We recommend that you revisit this page from time to time to ensure that you are aware of any changes that we have made to these Terms. By continuing to use the Website following any amendments to the Terms, you indicate your agreement to such amendments. You accept that you will have no claim for breach of contract or otherwise in respect of any such alterations to the Website or these Terms and Conditions.
Your Conduct
You warrant that in your use of the Website you shall use the Website only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use of the Website by any third party; and not engage in any conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person.
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
The Content of the Website is provided to you on an “as is” basis by way of general, background information only. You should consult an appropriately qualified adviser for advice on any specific question or problem and you should not rely on the accuracy of any part of the Content. You accept and acknowledge we shall not in any way be liable for any damage, loss, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from your reliance on or use of any of the Content for any purpose.
Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the Website does not contain any error, defect, malfunction or corruption, we do not accept responsibility for any damage to or loss of data on your computer system, network or server that results from the download or use of the Website or any Content made available via the Website.
Without affecting the above statements, we disclaim, as far as the law allows, all warranties and representations, express or implied, in respect of any of the Content, including but not limited to warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or any law, compatibility, security and accuracy.
We accept no liability for any indirect or consequential loss or damage or for any loss of data, profit, business, revenue or anticipated savings (whether direct or indirect), in each case, howsoever caused, whether foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence.
Downtime
You acknowledge and accept that computer and telecommunications systems may contain faults, including viruses, and may from time to time require periods of downtime (being periods during which the Website is not available to you) for the purposes of repair, maintenance and upgrading. Accordingly, we do not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the Website, but we shall make reasonable efforts to minimise any periods during which the Website is not available. You accept that you shall have no claim for breach of contract or otherwise in respect of any such period of unavailability.
Hypertext Links
The Website and its Content may refer to and incorporate links to the websites and services of third parties. You acknowledge and accept that these Terms and Conditions apply only to the Website and that use of any other website may be subject to separate terms and conditions. Such links are provided for your convenience only, and their provision does not constitute an authorisation by us to you to access such third party websites, nor an endorsement of the content of such third party websites by us. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages. You acknowledge and accept that we shall not be responsible for any damages, loss, costs or expenses arising from the use of such third party websites, or products or services available through such third party websites.
Copyright and Intellectual Property
The Content provided on the Website is owned by the Agency or its third party licensors and may be updated from time to time. Except as expressly stated in these Terms and Conditions, no material in whole or in part from the Website may be modified, copied, reproduced, published, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed. Any such use is prohibited and will constitute an infringement of the copyright and other intellectual property rights of ours, or in the case of material licensed to us, the owner of such materials.
Permission is given for the downloading and temporary storage of one or more of these pages for the purposes of viewing them on a personal computer or monitor for your own personal and private use. These pages may also be printed for your personal, private and non-commercial use provided that you make no alteration to any of the Content and you do not use any part of the Content in any other publication, in whatever medium, without the prior written consent of the Agency.
The "Advice Resources", trade mark, the www.advice-resources.co.uk domains and any other names, images or logos identifying the Agency or third parties and their products and services are either (a) proprietary marks of ours or (b) marks which we are licensed to use. Except as expressly stated in these Terms and Conditions, you agree not to copy, reproduce, upload, post, display or use in any way such marks without the prior written permission of the Agency.
Privacy Statement
You may use the Website without providing any personal data. However, you may provide us with your personal data if, for example, you use the email facility provided on the Website to provide feedback or to contact us.
If you use the email facility on the Website, as well as providing us with your email address, your query or comment may include other personal data, including sensitive personal data. Sensitive personal data includes a number of types of information relating to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or other similar beliefs, physical or mental health, sexual life or criminal records. By volunteering sensitive personal data to us, you explicitly consent to us using this data, as described below.
We will use your personal data to respond to your query or comment. If you use the email facility on the Website, your personal data will be deleted from our records once we have responded to your query or comment.
We will only disclose your personal data to our successors in business for the purposes described above and/or to service providers whom we engage to process data on our behalf. Otherwise, we will not disclose your personal data unless we are required to do so by law.
You have a right to ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you (we charge you a small fee for this). If you have any request or query concerning your personal data, please email ca-advice-resources@skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk. When you give us information about another person, they must have appointed you to act for them and to receive any data protection notices for them.
General
These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement of the parties in relation to the use of this site and supersede any other agreements between the parties in this matter. However, nothing in these terms shall exclude our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. If any of these Terms and Conditions becomes void or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall not be affected. The rights of you and us under these Terms and Conditions may be exercised as often as necessary. They are cumulative and not exclusive of either party’s rights under the general law, and may be waived only in writing. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right is not a waiver of that right.
Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Non-Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions
If these Terms and Conditions are not accepted in full, you do not have permission to access the Content of the Website and therefore should cease using the Website immediately.
Last updated : 27 July 2010