Terms of Website Use (Plain English Version)
Welcome to our site. By using it, you agree to these terms, so please read them carefully. If you don’t agree, you shouldn’t use our site.
Privacy and Information
Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your information. By using our site, you agree to this, and confirm that the information you provide is accurate.
Changes
We may update these terms and our site from time to time, so please check regularly. We’re not responsible for outdated or inaccurate content, but we’ll do our best to correct errors if we are notified and they are material.
Access
We can’t guarantee our site will always be available. Sometimes we may have to suspend or change parts of it without notice.
Accounts
If you create an account, keep your password secure. Let us know immediately if you think someone else has access to your account. We’ll inform you if there’s a data breach, but we’re not responsible unless it’s due to our negligence.
Intellectual Property
The content on our site belongs to us or our licensors. You may use it for personal purposes, but any commercial use requires our express permission.
No Responsibility for Third-Party Content
We aren’t responsible for content on other websites that we link to. Make sure you check their terms.
Viruses
We can’t guarantee our site will be virus-free, so please use anti-virus software. Don’t misuse our site by trying to hack it.
Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. If you’re in the UK, any legal disputes will go through the courts in England and Wales, unless you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, where you can take action locally.
Terms of Website Use (Full Version)
This terms of use (together with the documents referred to in it) sets out the terms of use on which you may use our website designweek.co.uk (our site), whether as a guest or a registered user. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site.
Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use our site, as they will apply to your use.
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.
Other applicable terms
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:
- Our Privacy Policy (also incorporating our cookie policy) sets out the terms on which we process any personal information we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and confirm that all information provided by you is accurate.
Information about us
The website www.designweek.co.uk is a site operated by Design Week (“We”). We are a limited company registered in England and Wales with registration number 15681060. Our registered office address is Design Week Ltd, Liverpool Science Park, IC1, 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5TF. Our VAT number is GB 468235469.
Changes to these Terms
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are binding on you.
Changes to our site
While we strive to ensure that the information on our site is current, we do not guarantee that the content will be free from inaccuracies, errors, or omissions. In the event that we become aware of critical or materially outdated content, we will make reasonable efforts to update such content in a timely manner. However, users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of any content before acting on it, and we shall not be held responsible for any reliance on outdated or incorrect information.
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.
Accessing our site
Our website offers a combination of free access and paid subscription services.
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be responsible to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
Your account and password
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
In the event of a data breach involving your personal information, we will notify affected users within a reasonable time frame, as required by applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK Data Protection Act 2018. If you become aware of any breach or suspect unauthorised access to your account, you must notify us immediately at [email protected]. While we implement industry-standard security measures, you agree that we shall not be responsible for any damages arising from unauthorised access unless such breach is due to our own negligence.
Intellectual property rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use, and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors. If you wish to use any part of our site’s content for commercial purposes, including reproducing, distributing, or otherwise exploiting content in a manner not expressly allowed by these terms, you must obtain a written licence from us or our licensors. We offer content licensing options, and you can inquire about licensing agreements by contacting us at [email protected].
No reliance on information
The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action based on the content on our site.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties, or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete, or up-to-date.
Limitation of our responsibility
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our responsibility for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other responsibility that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.
To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations, or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied.
We will not be responsible to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
- use of, or inability to use, our site; or
- use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
Viruses
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes, and platform to access our site. You should use your own anti-virus software.
Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. You and we both agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. However, if you are a resident of Northern Ireland, you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are a resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.
