SITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Terms and Conditions
1.1 These terms and conditions (the “Terms”) set out below will govern your use of this website, which can be found at www.world-check.com (the “Website”).  
1.2 Access to the subscriber section of the Website is subject to a separate agreement between us and our subscribing clients. To the extent that any conflict exists between the Terms and any such agreement, the agreement shall prevail in respect of access to that subscriber section only. Otherwise access to the Website is subject to these Terms.
1.3 The Website is owned and operated by World-Check (“us”, “we” or “our”).
1.4 Please read these Terms carefully.  By continuing to access and use the Website you are deemed to have understood and agreed to the Terms.

2. Disclaimer
2.1 This Website contains information, text, data, graphics, photographs, illustrations, artwork, articles, papers, names, logos, trademarks, service marks and information about us and connected directly or indirectly with the services we provide (the “Information”).
2.2 The Information is not intended to, nor does it, constitute legal, accounting, business, financial, tax or other advice or services. The Information is provided on an information basis only and should not be relied upon.  If you need advice or services on a specific matter, please contact your own advisers.
2.3 The Website and Information is provided “AS IS” and on an “AS AVAILABLE” basis and we do not guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, performance or fitness for a particular purpose of the Website or any of the Information.  We have tried to ensure that all the Information provided on the Website is correct at the time of publication.  No responsibility is accepted by or on our behalf for any errors, omissions, or inaccurate Information on the Website. Further, we do not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted or error free or that any defects will be corrected.
2.4 Although we attempts to ensure that the Information contained in this Website is accurate and up-to-date, we accept no liability for the results of any action taken on the basis of the Information and all implied warranties, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy are excluded from these Terms to the extent that they may be excluded as a matter of law
2.5 In no event will we be liable for any loss including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss, or any damages arising from loss of use, data or profits, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use of this Website. 

3. Linking
3.1 Websites or web pages to which this Website is linked (“Links”) are for information purposes only and have not been reviewed by us. We accept no responsibility for the content of such Links, nor do we accept responsibility for any losses or penalties incurred as a result of your use of any Links or reliance on the content of any Links.
3.2 You may not frame, link or deep-link this Website to any other website without our prior written consent. Should you wish to frame or to set up a link / deep-link to our Website please contact marketing@world-check.com.

4. Computer Viruses, Worms and Trojan Horses
4.1 Whilst we endeavour to protect this Website from computer viruses, worms, and Trojan Horses (the “Destructive Features”), we do not warrant that the Website is free from such Destructive Features and accept no liability for any damage that may result from the transmission of any Destructive Feature via this Website or via any files which are available for you to download from the Website. 

5. Copyright and Reproduction
5.1 Except as is otherwise indicated, we are the owner of the copyright in all the Information featured on this Website (other than Links and the information contained in them) and of all related intellectual property rights, including but not limited to all database rights, trademarks, registered trademarks, service marks and logos.
5.2 You are permitted to download, print, store temporarily, retrieve and display Information from the Website on a computer screen, print individual pages on paper (but not photocopy them) and store such pages in electronic form on disk (but not on any server or other storage device connected to the network) for your personal use or for internal use within your organisation.
5.3 You are not permitted (except where you have been given express permission to do so) to adapt or modify the Information on this Website or any part of it and the Information or any part of it may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast or transmitted in any other way to any third parties for commercial gain.

6. Data Protection and our Privacy Policy
6.1 We may require basic information which identifies you as an individual (“Personal Information”), such as your name and email address, in order to enable you or your organisation to take advantage of services that we offer, for example when you request one of our newsletters or further information on a specific topic.   We will only use such Personal Information for the purposes of providing information which you have requested, or for other purposes set out in these Terms.
6.2 We may on occasion make use of Personal Information that we collect in order to help us administer the Website and/or for marketing purposes. We may for instance send you information about our services that we feel might be of particular interest to you. If you do not wish us to make use of your Personal Information in this way, please email marketing@world-check.com.
6.3 Except (i) to the extent that we are required to do so by law, (ii) in connection with any legal proceedings (including prospective legal proceedings), or (iii) in order to establish, exercise or defend the legal rights of ours, we will not disclose your Personal Information to any other party without first obtaining your permission.
6.4 We are not responsible for the privacy policy of any Links.
6.5 When you visit the Website a small amount of data known as a “cookie” may be stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies include information concerning for example the type of web-browser you are using. We use cookies to help us monitor the way in which the Website is used, which in turn helps us to ensure that the Website is relevant to its users.  Please note that the World-Check website utilizes cookies for security purposes. Should you not wish to enable cookies on your web browser, you will not be able to take advantage of certain services or facilities on the Website.

9. Changes to the Terms
9.1 We reserve the right, at our discretion, to make changes to any part of the Website, the Information or these Terms.  Should these Terms be amended, we will publish details of the amendments on the Website.  By continuing to use the Website you agree to be bound by these Terms as amended. 

10. Severability
10.1 If these Terms or any part of them should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable under the laws of any state or country in which these Terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent that they are so illegal, invalid or unenforceable, they shall in that state or country be treated as severed and deleted from these Terms and the remaining Terms shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable in that state or country. 

11. Events beyond our control
11.1 We will not be responsible for any breach of these Terms caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

12. File Download
12.1 Certain files of Information are available for download from the Website.  These files of Information are subject to these Terms.

13. Governing law
13.1 These Terms are subject to English law and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

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