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1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd, trading as Practical Action Publishing,
brings you this website ("Website") on condition you accept the
following terms and conditions. Your use of this Website constitutes your
agreement to all such terms, conditions and notices. This Website contains
links to other websites operated by Intermediate Technology Publications
Ltd. (the "Practical Action Sites"), and your use of each Practical
Action Site is also subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use and other
terms and conditions, if any, contained within each Practical Action Site.
2. COPYRIGHT
All Website design, text, graphics, and the selection and arrangement thereof,
and all source code and all other material on this Website are copyright
Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd. or its content providers, unless
otherwise expressly indicated. All rights reserved. You are permitted to
print or download extracts from this material for your personal use only.
None of this material may be used for any commercial or public use. No part
of the Website or any material appearing on the Website may be reproduced
or stored in or transmitted to any other web site. No material appearing
on the Website may be disseminated in any form, either electronic or non-electronic,
nor included in any retrieval system or service without the prior written
permission of Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd. Any other use of
the material and content of the Website is strictly prohibited. You agree
that you will not (and will not assist or facilitate any third party to)
copy, reproduce, transmit, publish, display, distribute, commercially exploit
or create derivative works of such material and content.
3. CONTENT SUBMITTED TO THE WEBSITE
You acknowledge that Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd. does not always
monitor Content (as defined below) submitted by users, but that Intermediate
Technology Publications Ltd. shall have the right (but not the obligation)
in its sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content that is available
via the Website. Without limiting the foregoing, Intermediate Technology
Publications Ltd. shall have the right to remove any Content that violates
the Terms and Conditions of Use or is in any other way inappropriate or objectionable.
You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with the
use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness,
or usefulness of such Content. You may not submit third party proprietary
information to Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd. without first obtaining
permission from the owner. Any Content provided by you by, for example, posting
messages to bulletin boards or chat forums, uploading files, inputting data,
or engaging in any other form of communication through this Website, although
owned by you, is subject to a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted,
world-wide licence allowing Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd. to
use, distribute, copy, sub-license, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or
display any such content. You agree to irrevocably and unconditionally waive
on your behalf in perpetuity in respect of such Content the benefit of any
provision of law known as moral rights of authors or any similar law in any
country.
4. LINK TO THIRD PARTIES
This Website and the Practical Action Sites may contain links to websites operated
by parties other than Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd.. Such links
are provided for your convenience only. Intermediate Technology Publications
Ltd. does not control such websites, and is not responsible for their contents.
The inclusion of links to such websites by Intermediate Technology Publications
Ltd. does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any
association with their operators. For example, users may be able to buy goods
and services via the Website, some of which may be through third party retailers
who link to the Website. Users may also enter into correspondence with or
participate in promotions of advertisers on the Website. Intermediate Technology
Publications Ltd in no way endorses these third parties and any such transactions,
dealings, correspondence with or participation in promotions of, third parties,
including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services and any
other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such
matters are solely between the corresponding user and the third party. Intermediate
Technology Publications Ltd assumes no liability, obligation or responsibility
for any part of any such transaction, dealing, correspondence or participation.
5. MEMBER CONDUCT
You understand that all information, data, text, music, sound, photographs,
graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content"), whether
publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of
the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not
Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd, are entirely responsible for all
Content that you upload to, post on or otherwise transmit via this Website.
Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd does not control all the Content
posted on the Website and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity
or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Website, you
may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable.
You further understand that this Website contains or will contain bulletin
boards, chat areas and other interactive areas, and you agree to use the Website
in a way that is proper and related to the Website. For example, you agree
that when using the Website you will not:
- Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful,
harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous,
or invasive of another's privacy.
- Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have
a right to transmit under any law or any Content (or use the Website in any
manner) which violates or infringes the rights of any person, firm or company
(including, but not limited to, rights of intellectual property, rights of
confidentiality or rights of privacy).
- Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that contains any
patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights of any
party, unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all
necessary permissions.
- Upload, post or otherwise transmit any material that contains software
viruses or any other files or programs that may interrupt, destroy or limit
the functionality of any Practical Action Site or any servers or networks
connected to such Practical Action Site or another's computer, or any chain
letters, pyramid-selling schemes, bulk mail or mails bombs or other such
programs.
- Upload, post or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, promotional materials, or any other form of solicitation.
- Restrict or in any way inhibit any other user from using the Website.
- Use the Website in an manner that is inconsistent with these Terms
and Conditions and/or not in accordance with all relevant laws and regulations
or for any illegal purpose.
6. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd PRIVACY
POLICY
Pursuant to Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd’s privacy policy,
we may disclose to third parties certain aggregate information collected from
you when you register or while you use the Website, provided that such information
will NOT include personally identifying information, except as specifically
authorized by you or in the good faith belief that such action is reasonably
necessary to comply with the law, or under any of the other circumstances set
forth in our privacy policy, as may be amended from time to time. You should
be aware that if Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd is requested by the
police or any regulatory or governmental authority investing suspected illegal
actives, or upon receipt of a court order, to provide any personally identifying
information or the contents of any email and/or information concerning your
activities whilst using the Website, Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd
shall do so. Also, Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd reserves the right
to disclose personally identifying information to third parties where a complaint
arises concerning your use of the Website, and that use is deemed by Intermediate
Technology Publications Ltd to be inconsistent with these Terms and Conditions.
For more information, please see our full privacy policy linked below.
You agree that you do not object to Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd
or such third parties contacting you for any of the above purposes whether
by telephone, e-mail or in writing and you confirm that you do not and will
not consider any of the above as being a breach of any of your rights under
the Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 1999.
7. DISCLAIMER / LIABILITY
Use of the Website and the facilities thereon, and any material or information
obtained from this Website is at your own risk, and Intermediate Technology
Publications Ltd hereby expressly disclaims, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, all warranties, expressed or implied, of any kind whatsoever
including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness
for a particular purpose, title and infringement. In addition, Intermediate
Technology Publications Ltd shall not be responsible for the failure of performance
of this Website and/or the software used thereon; the loss of data or services
resulting from delays, non-deliveries, or service interruption; the accuracy,
quality or nature of information obtained through its services; nor the consequences
arising from or related to any viruses transmitted through its servers, or
any liability, costs, loss of profits or consequential losses arising from
your use of, or inability to access this Website.
In relation to Content uploaded by users, Intermediate Technology Publications
Ltd shall not be responsible for any such Content posted by users in chat rooms
or other community areas. All such Content whether expressed as opinions, statements
or recommendations, are those of users expressing such views and are not those
Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd.
Notwithstanding any other provision in these Terms and Conditions, nothing
herein shall limit your rights as a consumer under English law. Intermediate
Technology Publications Ltd will not be liable, in contract, tort (including,
without limitation, negligence), pre-contract or other representations (other
than fraudulent misrepresentations) or otherwise out of or in connection with
the Website, or products or services offered on the Website, whether by Intermediate
Technology Publications Ltd on its behalf, for:
(a) any economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, profits,
contracts, business or anticipated savings); or
(b) any loss of goodwill or reputation; or
(c) any special or indirect or consequential losses;
in any case whether or not such losses were within the contemplation of either
party at the date on which the event giving rise to the loss occurred. Nothing
in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit Intermediate Technology
Publications Ltd's liability for death or personal injury resulting from the
negligence of Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd or that of its servants,
agents or employees. You agree to indemnify Intermediate Technology Publications
Ltd in respect of any liability or any costs, loss of profits, loss of data,
or consequential losses arising from a breach by you of any of the terms of
this agreement, or arising out of your use of any of the Practical Action Sites.
8. ACCESS RESTRICTION
Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd reserves the right to deny in its
sole discretion any user access to this Website or any other Practical Action
Site, or any portion thereof, without notice. Intermediate Technology Publications
Ltd also reserves the right to remove any Content that it deems in its sole
discretion to be unacceptable, undesirable or in violation of these Terms
and Conditions.
9. GENERAL
These Terms and Conditions (as amended from time to time) constitute the entire
agreement between you and Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd concerning
your use of the Website and supersedes any previous arrangement, agreement,
undertaking or proposal, written or oral between you and Intermediate Technology
Publications Ltd in relation to such matters. No oral explanation or oral
information given by either party shall alter the interpretation of these
Terms and Conditions. You confirm that in agreeing to accept these Terms
and Conditions, you have not relied on any representation save insofar as
the same has expressly been made a representation in these Terms and Conditions
and you agree that you shall have no remedy in respect of any misrepresentation
which has not become a term of these Terms and Conditions save that your
agreement contained in this paragraph shall not apply in respect of any fraudulent
misrepresentation whether or not such has become a term of these Terms and
Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
English Courts.
If any provision(s) of the Terms and Conditions is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be
construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties
with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect.
The failure of Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd to exercise or enforce
any right or provision of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver
of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Intermediate
Technology Publications Ltd in writing.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, nothing in the Terms and Conditions shall
create any rights or any other benefits whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights
of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise in favour of any person other than
you and Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd
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