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InternationalCompanyInformation.com
("International Company Information" - which definition shall also include any
person, firm or organisation providing financial or credit data or information to
International Company Information) provides its financial information services
("Services" - which definition shall also include this Web site and all the
information and data provided to you via this Web site) to you subject to the following
notices, terms and conditions ("Terms")
BY USING THE SERVICES YOU ARE DEEMED
TO HAVE ACCEPTED ALL OF THE NOTICES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT APPEAR BELOW AND AGREED TO
BE BOUND BY THEM. YOU MAY NOT USE THE SERVICES IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS.
International Company Information
reserves the right to modify all or any part of these Terms or make changes to the
Services or to withdraw the Services or any part of them at any time at its own discretion
and without notice to you.
It is therefore recommended that you
revisit these Terms regularly so that you are aware of the Terms in force at any
particular time. You will be deemed to be bound by those Terms prevailing at each time
that you use the Services and each such use shall be a separate, discrete transaction
based on the then prevailing Terms.
Any service messages which may
occasionally be published (other than price and product revisions) and any statements or
timings provided by any staff or help menu are intended for informal guidance only and do
not form part of your contract with International Company Information.
Warranties, Liability and Disclaimers
International Company Information
provides the Services to you on an "as is" basis. International Company
Information has made efforts to ensure that the information contained in the Services is
accurate but does not give any warranty, guarantee or other term or representation of any
kind, either express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any such
information or the credit worthiness or otherwise of any person, firm, company or other
organisation referred to in the Services.
All material provided through the
Services is for informational purposes only and must not be interpreted as an endorsement
or otherwise of any specific person, firm, company or other organisation by International
Company Information.
The Services are intended to provide
one source of information; you should not rely exclusively on the Services but should make
your own independent enquiry. In entering into any contract or other arrangement with any
person, firm, company or other organisation referred to in the Services, you warrant that
the you have taken all such steps as you shall consider necessary or appropriate to verify
the credit worthiness or otherwise of such person, firm, company or other organisation.
You are advised to exercise the standard of care in selecting or contacting any person,
firm, company or other organisation from the Services as would be appropriate in selecting
or contacting any other person, firm, company or other organisation with whom you have not
previously dealt. The Services neither offer nor purport to offer any advice on any
subject, and nothing contained in the Services is intended to be given or taken as advice
on any subject.
The Services shall be provided in such
manner at such times and in such places as International Company Information shall from
time to time in its absolute discretion determine. International Company Information
reserves the right to modify, alter the nature of or discontinue the Services or any part
of the Services without notice.
International Company Information
shall not be liable for any typographical or other errors or omissions in the Services.
Except as may be specifically stated
herein, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall International
Company Information, nor any of its directors, employees or other representatives be
liable for any damages, loss or claim of any kind howsoever arising out of or in
connection with the use of the Services including (without limitation) compensatory,
direct or indirect, special, punitive, consequential or exemplary damages, lost profits,
lost sales or business, lost data or inability to use data, loss of or damage to property
and claims of third parties irrespective of whether International Company Information or
any of its directors, employees or other representatives has been informed of, knew of, or
should have known of the likelihood of such damages. This limitation applies to all causes
of action including (without limitation) breach of contract, breach of warranty,
negligence, strict liability, misrepresentation and other torts, although International
Company Information does not seek to limit its liability for death or personal injury
caused by their negligence.
If International Company
Informations limitation of liability set out in this agreement shall for any reason
whatever be held unenforceable or inapplicable in whole or in part, or in the event that a
judgment is awarded against International Company Information arising out of your use of
the Services (other than in the case of death or personal injury) you hereby agree that
International Company Informations entire liability to you or anyone claiming
through you, whether in tort or contract, arising out of any one incident or series of
connected incidents shall in any event not exceed GBP2,000 in aggregate or three times the
cost of all Reports you have purchased from International Company Information in the 12
months preceding the date of any claim, whichever is the higher.
By their very nature, some of the
facts or opinions you receive from the Services may be open to dispute, particularly by
the subject company or its directors, or considered damaging or defamatory. If you breach
any of the terms set out in these Terms and Conditions relating to the use of or
dissemination of information from the Services, you agree to indemnify in full
International Company Information against all liabilities, claims, costs and expenses
which they may incur as a result.
Restrictions on Use of the Services
You confirm that you are registered
under the Data Protection Act 1998 for the purposes of accessing and holding information
about individuals for the purposes of assessing credit worthiness if you are required to
be registered by law. You confirm that in accordance with the requirements of the Data
Protection Act 1998, if the subject of your search is not a Limited company, it is your
standard practice to notify the subject as to the purpose of the search and to obtain the
subject's consent to a search being carried out with a credit reference agency which will
keep a record of that search and will share information with other businesses. This
includes any occasions when you may be making enquiries about the principal directors of a
Limited company with a credit reference agency. You understand and agree that if at any
time your Data Protection registration is allowed to lapse or is discontinued that you
shall not access or attempt to access personal data from this or any other International
Company Information Limited service.
We may make a search with a credit
reference agency, which will keep a record of that search and will share the information
with other businesses. We may also make enquiries about the principal directors with a
credit reference agency.
You are entitled to use the
information on the Services for your own private personal use only. You may electronically
copy and print in hard copy portions of the Services solely for your own private personal
use. You may not use the Services or any part or copy of the Services for any commercial
purposes. Any use or reproduction of the Services or any part of the Services (other than
private personal use), or any modification, distribution, communication or republication
of the Services or any part of the Services without the prior written permission of
International Company Information is strictly prohibited.
Intellectual Property
The data, information and material
contained in the Services, all Web site design, text and graphics and the selection and
arrangement thereof and all software used to operate the Services and the trademarks,
logos and other intellectual property used in connection with the Services are the
property of International Company Information. No licence of any such intellectual
property rights is granted to you as a result of your use of the Services. Other product
and company names mentioned in the information provided in the Services may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
General
This agreement constitutes the entire
agreement and understanding between International Company Information and you. It
supersedes any previous agreement or understanding and may not be varied except in writing
between us. All other terms and conditions, express or implied by statute or otherwise,
are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Any notice required or permitted to be
given by either party to the other under these Terms shall be in writing addressed to the
other party at its registered office or principal place of business or such other address
as may at the relevant time have been notified pursuant to this provision to the party
giving the notice.
No failure or delay by either party in
exercising any of its rights under this agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of that
right, and no waiver by either party of any breach of this agreement by the other shall be
considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
If any provision of this agreement is
held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the
validity of the other provisions of this agreement and the remainder of the provision in
question shall not be affected.
Any dispute arising under or in
connection with this agreement or the Services shall be referred to arbitration by a
single arbitrator appointed by agreement or (in default) nominated on the application of
either party by the President for the time being of The British Computer Society in
accordance with the rules of The British Computer Society.
This Agreement shall be governed and
construed in all respects in accordance with English law and the parties irrevocably agree
to submit to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. The Services are
not directed at people in any other country and should not be relied upon by people of any
country other than the United Kingdom. You are responsible for compliance with the laws of
your local jurisdiction regarding the use of the Services. |