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Access
to and use of the easisites web site (the "Web Site") is provided
by Ekos Consulting Limited ("Ekos Consulting") to you (the "User")
subject to the following terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions").
By proceeding beyond this page you agree that you have read and
understand these Terms and Conditions, and that you will comply
with the Terms and Conditions in your use of the Web Site.
Changes
to the Web Site
The
User acknowledges and accepts that Ekos Consulting may from time
to time alter any aspect of the Web Site, or any of the services
or products provided through the Web Site, as it thinks fit and
without notice to the User. The User accepts that it will have
no claim for breach of contract or otherwise in respect of any
such alteration.
User
Conduct
The
User warrants that in its use of the Web Site it shall:-
- (a)
use the Web Site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which
does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the
use of the Web Site by any third party;
- (b)
not engage in any conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass
or cause distress or inconvenience to any person;
- (c)
without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) above,
not upload, post, transmit or distribute any material or information
in which the User does not own the intellectual property rights,
or any material which is in any way unlawful or which is potentially
harmful, threatening, abusive, libellous, pornographic or otherwise
obscene, or racially or ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
and
- (d)
not upload, post, transmit or distribute any material or information
which contains a computer virus, or other code, files or programs
intended or having for effect to disrupt or otherwise adversely
affect the operation of the Web Site or of other users' computer
systems.
Disclaimer
The
contents of the Web Site (the "Contents") are provided to the
User by way of general, background information and guidance only.
The User accepts and acknowledges that Ekos Consulting, its officers,
employees, agents, representatives of any sort shall not in any
way be liable for any damages, loss, costs or expenses arising
directly or indirectly from the User's downloading of any of the
Contents from the Web Site, or its reliance on or use of any of
the Contents for any purpose. Without prejudice to the foregoing
generality, Ekos Consulting hereby excludes, insofar as permitted
by law, all warranties and representations, express or implied,
in respect of any of the Contents, including but not limited to
any information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons forming
part of them, 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.
Downtime
The
User acknowledges and accepts that computer and telecommunications
systems are not fault free and may from time to time require periods
of downtime (being periods during which the Web Site is not available
to the User) for the purposes of repair, maintenance and upgrading.
Accordingly, Ekos Consulting does not guarantee uninterrupted
availability of the Web Site, but it shall make reasonable efforts
to minimise any periods during which the Web Site is not available.
The User accepts that he or she or it shall have no claim for
breach of contract or otherwise in respect of any such period
of unavailability.
Hypertext
Links
The
Web Site and its Contents may incorporate links to the web sites
and services of third parties. Such links are provided for the
User's convenience only, and their provision does not constitute
an authorisation by Ekos Consulting to the User to access such
third party web sites, nor an endorsement of the content of such
third party web sites by Ekos Consulting. The User acknowledges
and accepts that Ekos Consulting is not, and shall not be held
responsible for any damages, loss, costs or expenses arising from
the use of such third party web sites, or products or services
available through such third party web sites.
Copyright
Copyright
of the program code of the Ekosweb system which powers this Web
Site is vested in Ekos Consulting. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Ekos Consulting hereby authorises you as a User to:-
- (a)
view and display the Contents using a generally recognised world
wide web browser;
- (b)
download the Contents and store them in your local computer
(for example in your browser's cache) for a period not exceeding
thirty days, provided that you also download this copyright
notice; and
- (c)
print out the Contents, provided that you also print an acknowledgement
in the form set out below and attach it to any printed copy
of any of the Contents.
Form
of Acknowledgement Required where the Contents (or any of them)
are Reproduced
"Copyright
Ekos Consulting Limited. Reproduced with permission."
Trade
Marks
The
names and logos identifying the Web Site and Ekos Consulting and
its products and services are proprietary marks of Ekos Consulting
and (subject to the above provisions on copyright) nothing in
these Terms and Conditions shall confer on the User any licence
in respect of any such mark, or any other intellectual property
right of Ekos Consulting.
Termination
Ekos
Consulting reserves the right to terminate forthwith, or to refuse
to permit, the use of the Web Site by any party, at any time and
at Ekos Consulting's absolute discretion.
General
If
there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and the
guidance and house rules applying to the participation by the
User in any discussion forum (the "Guidance" and the "House Rules")
and/or any specific terms of use appearing elsewhere on the Web
Site relating to specific material, then the latter shall prevail
over the Terms and Conditions to the extent of the inconsistency.
These Terms and Conditions, the Guidance, the House Rules and
any other specific terms of use appearing anywhere on the Web
Site constitute the entire agreement of the parties in relation
to their subject matter, and supersede any other agreements between
the parties regarding their subject matter. If any of these Terms
and Conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or
otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or
country in which these Terms and Conditions are intended to be
effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which
that Term or Condition is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it
shall be severed and deleted from the Terms and Conditions and
the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive, remain in full
force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable. The
rights of Ekos Consulting and the User 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 here
from shall be exclusively subject to the 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 Contents of the Web Site and therefore
should cease using the Web Site immediately. |
