Website Terms of Use

The following Terms of Use are entered into by and between You and Quiet Connections CIC (“Company”“we”, or “us”). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, these “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of www.quietconnections.co.uk, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through www.quietconnections.co.uk (the “Site), whether as a guest or a registered user.

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site. By using the Site you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use including the agreements incorporated by reference herein, you must not access or use the Site.

 

Privacy

Your use of the Site is also subject to the Company’s Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices. Your agreement to these policies are hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use.

 

Disclaimer

Your use of the Site is also subject to the Company’s Disclaimer. Please review our Disclaimer, which also governs the Site and informs users of various limitations regarding the information provided on the Site. Your agreement to the Disclaimer is hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use.

 

Children Under The Age Of 13

Our Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may use or provide any information to or on the Site. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Site or on or through any of its features/register on the Site, make any purchases through the Site, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Site or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use.

 

Accessing The Site

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Site and any service or material we provide on the Site in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all, or any part, of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts or the entirety of the Site to users.

The Company makes no warranties regarding the performance or operation of this Site. We try to ensure that the Site is accurate, up-to-date and free from bugs, however we cannot guarantee that it will be. Furthermore, we cannot guarantee that the Site will be fit or suitable for any purpose. Any reliance that you may place on the information on this Site is at your own risk.

To access the Site and the resources offered, you may be asked to provide certain information. It is a condition of your use of the Site and any resources downloaded from the Site that all the information you provide on the Site is correct, up-to-date and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Site is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy and Cookie Policies.

If you choose, or are provided with, a username, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Site or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorised access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.

The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof, at any time, without notice. The Company has the right to disable any username, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.  Use of the Site is unauthorised in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms.

 

Intellectual Property Rights, Ownership And Use

This Site and all intellectual property rights in it are owned by Quiet Connections CIC and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. We reserve all of our rights in any intellectual property in connection with the Site. You are granted use of the Site and resources offered strictly in accordance with these Terms of Use.

As a condition of your use of the Site, you agree that you will not use the Site or any of the resources available for download for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. The Site and any of the resources available for download may not be used in any manner that could damage, disable, overload, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site. You will not exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site or any of the resources available for download from the Site. This includes modifying, publishing, transmitting, participating in the transfer or sale of, or creating derivative works.

Your use of the Site or any of the resources available for download from the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorised use of any protected content. You will use content solely for your individual use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of the Company and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of the Company or our licensors except as expressly authorised by these Terms.

The Company name, the Company logo, the Company icon, the Company slogan, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company.

Nothing in these Terms grants you any legal rights in the Site other than as necessary to enable you to access the Site.

 

Electronic Communications

Electronic Communications includes visiting the Site or sending emails to the Company. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the Site is secure and any communications remain confidential. However, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you supply to us, and we cannot guarantee that we would not be required to disclose such communications as a result of a court order. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that it will be kept confidential and you should not submit to the Site any information that you regard as confidential, commercially sensitive or valuable.

Any Electronic Communication or use of the Site does not create a contractual relationship.

 

Submissions To The Site

The Company does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to the Site or post, upload, input or submit to any Site or our associated services (collectively “Submissions”). However, your Submission grants the Company permission to use your Submissions as we see reasonably fit on a free-of-charge basis in connection with the operation of their business. This includes, without limitation, the rights to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit and reformat your Submission; and, where appropriate, to publish your name in connection with your Submission. In most cases, information from Submissions will be anonymised, and you will be informed where this is not the case. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission. The Company is under no obligation to use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time at the Company’s sole discretion.

Any Submissions you make to the Site should be factually accurate, or your own genuinely held belief; your original work lawfully submitted; not defamatory or offensive; unlikely to cause embarrassment or annoyance to others; and provided with the necessary consent of any third party where required. We are not obliged to monitor or moderate Submissions. We may remove or edit any Submissions whether they are moderated or not. We shall not be legally responsible to you or anybody else for any use of Submissions.

 

Links To Third Party Sites

The Site may contain hyperlinks or references to other websites. Any such hyperlinks or references are not under the control of the Company and are provided for your convenience only. The Company is not responsible for any content, material or information contained within third party websites.

The inclusion of any hyperlink or reference to any third party website does not imply endorsement by the Company of the third party’s website, products or services; or any association with its operators. Your use of a third party site will be governed by the terms and conditions of that site.

 

Third Party Guests

The Company may provide information on the Site from a third party in the form of an interview or guest post. In such cases, the Company does not control the information provided by third party guests, nor is it responsible for investigating the truth of any information provided, and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statements made by such guests.

Individuals who agree to appear as guests with the Company, agree to transfer all intellectual property rights they may have in any such interviews to the Company and further provide a license to any rights they are unable to assign.

 

Use Of Content

The Company provides various resources on the Site. The Company makes no representations or warranties of any kind as to the information, contents, materials, documents, programmes or services included on or through this Site.

Content is provided for your general information purposes only and to inform you about us and our news, features, services and other websites that may be of interest. Content does not constitute coaching; counselling; therapy; or any other type of advice and should not be relied on for any purposes.

The information, software and services included in or available through the Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. The Company may make improvements and/or changes in the Site at any time. To the fullest extent permissible under the law, the Company disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

 

Free Downloadable Resources

The Company grants you access to free resources for download in exchange for an email address for your own personal use. These resources are protected by copyright.

By downloading Free Content, you agree that the Free Content you download may only be used by you for your personal use and may not be sold or redistributed without the express written consent of the Company. You acknowledge and agree that you have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any of the Content in any manner. You agree that you shall not offer any competing products or services based upon any information contained in the Free Content.

 

Acceptable Use Policy

It is a condition of your use of the Site that you agree:

not to use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful under any applicable law or to promote any unlawful activity;

not to use the Site for any purpose that is prohibited by these Terms;

not to use the Site for unsolicited advertising or spam;

not to use the Site to distribute viruses, malware or similar harmful code;

not to use the Site to commit fraud, or simulate communications from us;

not to use the Site in any manner that disrupts our Site or business;

not to use the Site to gain unauthorised access to or use of computers, data, systems, accounts or networks.

 

Linking To The Site

You may create a link to our Site without our prior written consent provided that:

the website itself meets the requirements of this policy;

you do not display any of our Intellectual Property without our permission;

you do not create a frame of border around the content of our Site – the hyperlink must open the Site in its own tab;

you do not imply that we endorse your company, products or services or any other products or services available through your site.

We reserve the right to require you to immediately remove any link to the Site at any time, and you shall immediately comply with any request by us to remove a link.

 

Breach

The Company will apply these Terms in our absolute discretion. Any breach of the Terms may result in your access terminated or suspending your use of the Site. We may also remove or edit Submissions, disclose Submissions to law enforcement authorities or take any action we consider necessary to remedy the breach.

 

Limitation Of Liability

You agree that you are solely responsible for any costs and expenses you may incur in relation to your use of the Site. You agree to absolve the Company of any and all liability or loss that you or any person or entity associated with you may suffer or incur as a result of use of the Site, or the information contained on this Site, or the resources you may download from this Site.

Except for any legal responsibility that we cannot exclude in law, we are not legally responsible for any business losses; or any losses that were not caused by any breach on our part; or any losses that were not foreseeable to you and us when these Terms were formed. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the Site, or with any of these terms of use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.

 

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) relating to or arising out of your use of, or inability to use, the Website or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any Terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations.

 

Disputes

If you are dissatisfied, please inform us as soon as possible. We will attempt to resolve any disputes with you quickly and efficiently and it is expected that the parties will usually be able to find an amicable resolution to any disputes.

If a dispute arises out of or in connection with these Terms, you and we agree that we shall attempt to settle it by mediation in accordance with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) Model Mediation Procedure.

If the situation cannot be resolved, either of us may commence legal proceedings to preserve any legal right or remedy or to protect any Intellectual Property Rights or trade secrets whether by way of injunctive relief or otherwise.

 

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them are governed by UK law. Any dispute(s) arising in connection with this Legal Notice are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in England.

 

Changes To The Website Terms Of Use

We may revise and update the Terms under which the Site is offered from time to time in our sole discretion. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Terms of Use on this page.

All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Site thereafter. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. The date the Terms of Use was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website Terms of Use to check for any changes, as they are binding to you.

 

Contact Us

The Company welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Website Terms of Use:

Address: Quiet Connections CIC, The Elms, 61 Green Lane, Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, TR15 1LS

Email Address: hello@quietconnections.co.uk

 

Last updated: 25th May 2020