Terms & Conditions

The basis on which you are entitled to access the Website is set out below. The term ‘BASICS Scotland’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is Sandpiper House, Aberuthven Enterprise Park, Main Rd, Aberuthven, PH3 1EL. Our company registration number is SC226924. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

The term “Website” refers to the www.basics-scotland.org.uk network as a whole. This includes the E-learning, Members, Instructors and Annual Conference & AGM sites. Other services including tele-education may be subject to further stipulations.

Copyright

Unless otherwise indicated, this website and its contents are the property of BASICS Scotland. BASICS Scotland maintains the website for purposes that include learning and teaching. You may be granted access to certain parts of the website and you may make use of the available learning and teaching material for private study that constitutes as non-commercial use. Without prior approval, copying, distributing or use of the materials contained on the website for any commercial purpose is not permitted.

Any copyright in the material contained on the website belongs to the copyright holders. Scots law and international trademark law protect any trademarks.

Access and use of the website by you constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Use set out in this statement, and will take effect from your first use.

Conditions of Use

By registering on the website, each user accepts and agrees to abide by the conditions set out below. BASICS Scotland, through the Board of Directors, reserves the right to exclude anyone from the website who fails to comply.

The website is provided for education, research, and administration. Users are personally responsible for their contributions to the system and shall be against any liability incurred by BASICS Scotland (including liability in defamation and for breach of copyright and any other intellectual property rights), which arises out of any such contribution.

Disclaimers

BASICS Scotland makes no warranty that information contained on the website is complete, accurate or up-to-date. BASICS Scotland takes no responsibility for the results of reliance on any such information.

BASICS Scotland reserves the right to vary, change, alter, amend, add to or remove any material on the website. We may remove or make changes to the product information, content, materials and features on this website at any time without liability and without notice. We also reserve the right to immediately terminate or suspend your use of or access to this website at any time and without notice if we consider that you have breached our terms and conditions. We may also change and modify all or any parts of our terms and conditions at any time and save changes or modifications shall be effective immediately upon their publication. You should review these regularly to ensure you are familiar with the most up-to-date version. Browsing and continuing to access or use our website constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms and conditions and you agree to be bound by the updated Terms and Conditions.

BASICS Scotland makes no warranty that use of the website will be uninterrupted, virus-free or error-free; or that use will not affect other software or operating systems used to access the website.

BASICS Scotland makes no warranty that use of the website will not infringe the rights of any other person or organisation; or that it is of reasonable quality or fit for any particular purpose, even if BASICS Scotland received notice of an intention to use the website for that purpose.

BASICS Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damage suffered by other parties as a direct or indirect result of using the website, including loss of profit, loss of opportunity, loss of business, and consequential loss, to the extent permitted in law.

Any use of communication facilities, such as discussion boards, must be respectful of other people, including those that have access to the website. Persons submitting material other than members of staff of BASICS Scotland to this website are solely responsible for the material and any claims relating to its content, whether made against BASICS Scotland or otherwise. The opinions of such persons are those of the individuals making them, and not of BASICS Scotland. BASICS Scotland accepts no responsibility for such opinions or any claims resulting from them.

While BASICS Scotland does not exercise editorial control over any content posted to the website by users, BASICS Scotland reserves the right at its sole discretion to remove any content that it considers objectionable. BASICS Scotland shall be the sole arbiter as to whether content is objectionable. In addition, BASICS Scotland reserves the right to review, edit or delete any comments posted by users deemed defamatory, unlawful, threatening or otherwise objectionable. BASICS Scotland accepts no responsibility or liability for any material communicated by third parties by means of the website, to the extent permitted in law.

Contributions must not consist of, or contain, illegal or offensive material; any material which is considered by BASICS Scotland to be illegal or offensive may be removed from the system. For this purpose the expressions illegal and offensive include (without limitation) material the publication of which is defamatory or would infringe copyright of a third party or which contravenes Data Protection legislation and material which constitutes incitement to racial hatred or which is offensive or obscene.

Each user of BASICS Scotland’s website confirms that he or she will not hold BASICS Scotland liable for any material contributed to a discussion board or synchronous chat by another person, which might be considered defamatory.

The website may contain links to other websites outside BASICS Scotland’s control not covered by this privacy policy. BASICS Scotland is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. There is no guarantee these links will work all of the time and there is no control over the availability of the linked pages. BASICS Scotland takes no responsible for the privacy policies of any linked websites.

Prohibitions and Regulation of Use

Subject to the above, those gaining access to this website are authorised to make use of the website and of any interactive facilities available through it, for any lawful purposes. The following is a non-exclusive list of uses which are expressly prohibited:

  1. Using the website to commit or encourage unlawful acts;
  2. Misrepresenting the user’s identity or authority;
  3. Distributing any virus or other device intended to cause nuisance, loss or corruption of any information on the website or accessed through it, or of any systems used to operate the website or any systems accessed through it;
  4. Tampering with communications that are not the user’s, or making any alteration to any information on the website;
  5. Accessing or attempting to access other user accounts;
  6. Any misuse, including hacking, or attempting to hack, any part of the website, system used to run it, or system accessed through the website;
  7. Disrupting the flow of communications in interactive areas;
  8. Storing personal data derived from the website;
  9. Posting material that:
  • is offensive, obscene or hateful, or which other users are likely to consider offensive, obscene or hateful;
  • infringes intellectual property rights;
  • defames or threatens other people or organisations;

General

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions of Use is intended to, nor shall it, confer any benefit on any third party.

No failure or delay by BASICS Scotland to enforce any right against you shall operate as a waiver of such right or preclude its further exercise at any time.

Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions of Use are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of Scotland and the Scottish Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute in connection herewith.

If a court having competent jurisdiction finds any of these terms illegal or unenforceable, the invalidity of that pro the website will not affect the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining terms.

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