Terms of use

Introduction

These terms and conditions apply between you, the User of this Website (including any sub-domains, unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions), and The Palaeontological Association (informally known as 'PalAss') , the owner and operator of this Website. Please read these terms and conditions carefully, as they affect your legal rights. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions is deemed to occur upon your first use of the Website. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you should stop using the Website immediately.

In these terms and conditions, User or Users means any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by The Palaeontological Association and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to The Palaeontological Association and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services.

You must be at least 18 years of age or have permission of a parent or guardian to use this Website. By using the Website and agreeing to these terms and conditions, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age or have permission of a parent or guardian.

Intellectual property and acceptable use

All Content included on the Website, unless uploaded by Users, is the property of The Palaeontological Association, our affiliates or other relevant third parties. In these terms and conditions, Content means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations, page layout, underlying code and software and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this Website, including any such content uploaded by Users. By continuing to use the Website you acknowledge that such Content is protected by copyright, trademarks, database rights and other intellectual property rights. Nothing on this site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, logo or service mark displayed on the site without the owner's prior written permission

You may, for your own personal, non-commercial use only, do the following:

• retrieve, display and view the Content on a computer screen
• print one copy of the Content

You may, for educational, non-commercial use only, do the following:

• retrieve, display and view the Content on a computer screen
• print multiple copies of the Content for use in a teaching environment

You must not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy, distribute or use for commercial purposes any Content without the written permission of The Palaeontological Association.

You acknowledge that you are responsible for any Content you may submit via the Website, including the legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright of any such Content.

You may not upload to, distribute or otherwise publish through the Website any Content that (i) is confidential, proprietary, false, fraudulent, libellous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, infringing on intellectual property rights, abusive, illegal or otherwise objectionable; (ii) may constitute or encourage a criminal offence, violate the rights of any party or otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law; or (iii) may contain software viruses, political campaigning, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam."

You may not use a false email address or other identifying information, impersonate any person or entity or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any content.

You may not upload commercial content onto the Website.

You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all the rights to the Content you post; that the Content is accurate; that use of the Content you supply does not violate any provision of these terms and conditions and will not cause injury to any person; and that you will indemnify The Palaeontological Association for all claims resulting from Content you supply.

Prohibited use

You may not use the Website for any of the following purposes:

• in any way which causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or interferes with any other person's use or enjoyment of the Website;
• in any way which is harmful, unlawful, illegal, abusive, harassing, threatening or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable law, regulation, governmental order;
• making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of Content protected by copyright without the permission of the owner.

Links to other websites

This Website may contain links to other sites. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under the control of The Palaeontological Association or that of our affiliates.

We assume no responsibility for the content of such Websites and disclaim liability for any and all forms of loss or damage arising out of the use of them.

The inclusion of a link to another site on this Website does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.

Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy

Use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which are incorporated into these terms and conditions by this reference.

To view the Privacy Policy, please click on the following: http://www.palass.org/website/privacy-policy.

Availability of the Website and disclaimers

Any online facilities, tools, services or information that The Palaeontological Association makes available through the Website (the Service) is provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis. We give no warranty that the Service will be free of defects and/or faults. To the maximum extent permitted by the law, we provide no warranties (express or implied) of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of information, compatibility and satisfactory quality. The Palaeontological Association is under no obligation to update information on the Website.

Whilst The Palaeontological Association uses reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Website is secure and free of errors, viruses and other malware, we give no warranty or guaranty in that regard and all Users take responsibility for their own security, that of their personal details and their computers.

The Palaeontological Association accepts no liability for any disruption or non-availability of the Website.

The Palaeontological Association reserves the right to alter, suspend or discontinue any part (or the whole of) the Website including, but not limited to, any products and/or services available. These terms and conditions shall continue to apply to any modified version of the Website unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

Limitation of liability

Nothing in these terms and conditions will: (a) limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from our or your negligence, as applicable; (b) limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) limit or exclude any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law.

To the extent that the Website and Content are provided free of charge, we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage of any kind.

We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of events beyond our reasonable control.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, The Palaeontological Association accepts no liability for any of the following:

• any business losses, such as loss of profits, income, revenue, anticipated savings, business, contracts, goodwill or commercial opportunities;
• loss or corruption of any data, database or software;
• any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

General

You may not transfer any of your rights under these terms and conditions to any other person. We may transfer our rights under these terms and conditions where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.

These terms and conditions may be varied by us from time to time. Such revised terms will apply to the Website from the date of publication. Users should check the terms and conditions regularly to ensure familiarity with the then current version.

These terms and conditions together with the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy contain the whole agreement between the parties relating to its subject matter and supersede all prior discussions, arrangements or agreements that might have taken place in relation to the terms and conditions.

The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to these terms and conditions and no third party will have any right to enforce or rely on any provision of these terms and conditions.

If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of these terms and conditions (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of these terms and conditions will not be affected.

Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.

These terms and conditions will be governed by and interpreted according to English law. All disputes arising under these terms and conditions will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

The Palaeontological Association details

The Palaeontological Association is a Charity registered in England with registered charity number 1168330 GB.

You can contact The Palaeontological Association Executive Officer by email on executive@palass.org or at the following address: