These are the terms and conditions of GuideStar UK , registered office 16 Old
Bailey, London, EC4M 7EG, Registered Charity No: 1097161, Company No. 04624500,
V.A.T. registration number 839 5442 95. Please read these terms carefully.
These terms and conditions supplement the general user terms and conditions
("the Terms") a copy of which can be navigated to from the link at the bottom
of every web page and is appended below. The Terms set out the basis on which
you are allowed to use this web site ("the Site"), the information contained
within it and our services. They protect you as a user and charity editor of
the Site and prevent the Site from being used for any illegal or unauthorised
purposes.
By logging in as a charity editor with GuideStar UK, you agree to be bound by
these Terms in respect of the matters described in the Terms. If you do not
wish to be bound by these Terms you should not complete the log in process. If
you are using this Site you agree to be bound by these Terms. These Terms apply
to anyone using the Site and you are responsible for ensuring that employees or
agents of your organisation are made aware of and comply with this.
General Use of the Site
You must not post any information on the Site which is or may be considered to
be in breach of any obligations or duties of confidentiality, or in breach of
any obligations you may have under the Data Protection Act 1998.
You must not use the Site to:
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abuse, harass, stalk or threaten others;
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advertise or offer to sell any goods or services (except as agreed with us in
any further agreement we may make with you in writing), or conduct or forward
surveys, contests or chain letters;
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upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar
software or programs that may damage the operation of our or any other
computer;
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upload files which contain an active hypertext link to another web site.
GuideStar UK shall be entitled at any time to:
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alter the design or presentation of the Site without notice to you and without
incurring any liability;
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delete, remove or suspend the whole or any part of the Site, including any
information that you provide, without notice to you and without incurring any
liability;
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block or withhold your access to the Site.
Information provided by you
You are solely responsible for any information submitted by you to our Site.
You are responsible for ensuring that all information supplied by you is true,
accurate, up-to-date and not misleading or likely to mislead or deceive and
that it is not discriminatory, obscene or offensive, defamatory or otherwise
illegal, unlawful or in breach of any applicable legislation, regulations,
guidelines or codes of practice or the copyright, trade mark or other
intellectual property rights of any person in any jurisdiction. You are also
responsible for ensuring that all information, data and files are free of
viruses or other routines or engines that may damage or interfere with any
system or data prior to being submitted to this Site.
You are responsible for ensuring that you have obtained all necessary licences,
consents, permissions, agreements, arrangements and other similar
authorisations in relation to all of the information supplied by you.
GuideStar UK does not monitor the information supplied by you and accepts no
responsibility or liability for such information. However GuideStar UK reserves
the right in our absolute discretion to remove in whole or in part any
information posted to the Site.
If no information is provided by you about your organisation, GuideStar UK
reserves the right to post information it has obtained from regulatory bodies
about your organisation on the Site.
Passwords
In order to log in to update your charity's entry you will need to use the
password which we have provided to you. You are solely responsible for the
security and proper use of your password, which should be kept confidential at
all times and not disclosed to any unauthorised person. You must notify us
immediately if you believe that your password is known to someone else or if it
may be used in an unauthorised way. We accept no liability for any unauthorised
or improper use or disclosure of any password.
Termination
We may terminate your log in and/or deny you access to the Site or any part of
it including any services, goods or information available on or through the
Site at any time in our absolute discretion and without any explanation or
notification.
These are the terms and conditions of GuideStar UK , registered office 16 Old
Bailey, London, EC4M 7EG, Company No. 04624500, V.A.T. registration number 839
5442 95. Please read these terms carefully, they set out the basis on which you
are allowed to use this web site ("the Site"), the information contained within
it and our services. They protect you as a user of the Site and prevent the
Site from being used for any illegal or unauthorised purposes.
This Site is offered to you conditionally on your agreement to these terms and
your use of the Site signifies your acceptance of them.
Information on our Site
A substantial amount of information provided on the Site is provided to
GuideStar UK by third parties. The information may have been amended by
individual charities or by us at a charity's request. We do our best to ensure
that the information in the Site is accurate at all times. However, all
information is provided on an "as is" basis, and we cannot ultimately warrant
the accuracy or completeness of that information or its fitness for purpose and
cannot be held liable for any use or reliance you may make of or put on it
except as specifically agreed with us in any further written agreement we may
enter into with you.
The information contained in the "Guidestar UK" section is general in nature,
and is intended as a guide only to the types of work undertaken by GuideStar
UK. Users are advised to consult GuideStar UK for specific information about
the services we can provide.
Your use of our Site
You may only use this Site for lawful purposes when seeking information about
registered charities. You must not under any circumstances seek to circumvent
the security of the Site or any information submitted to or available through
it. In particular, but without limitation, you must not seek to access, alter
or delete any information to which you do not have authorised access; seek to
overload the system via spamming or flooding; take any action or use any
device, routine or software to crash, delay, damage or otherwise interfere with
the operation of this Site or attempt to decipher, disassemble or modify any of
the software, coding or information comprised in the Site.
Information submitted by you
We will use information supplied by you to aid us in providing our services to
you. This involves us, amongst other things, processing and storing
information. We may use third parties to help us process your information as
part of providing our services to you. We may collect and aggregate data from
the information supplied by you to help us to understand our users as a group
so that we can provide you with a better service. We may also share aggregate
information with selected third parties, without disclosing individual names or
identifying information. You consent to us using information provided by you in
each of these ways and for the purposes set out in our privacy policy.
Our liability
As a substantial amount of information is provided by third parties, GuideStar
UK shall not be liable for the accuracy, completeness or appropriateness of any
information. It is your responsibility to satisfy yourself that any information
which you use from the Site is suitable for your own particular purposes. You
assume full responsibility for using any information on the Site and you
understand and agree that if you use information neither GuideStar UK nor its
employees are responsible or liable for any claim, loss or damage arising from
such use. We do not represent or warrant that the information accessible via
this Site is accurate, complete or current nor that this Site or server will be
available, accessible, uninterrupted, timely, secure or operate without error
or that it will be free from viruses, bugs or other harmful elements.
We will not be liable for any loss, damage, expense, costs, delays or other
liability whatsoever (including without limitation any financial losses such as
loss of profit) which you may incur as a result of any event beyond our
reasonable control (including without limitation any failure of transmission,
communication, computer or other facilities or your inability to access the
Site for any reason or any failure, error or delay in the sending or receiving
of any notice or communication or instruction through the post or any
electronic medium).
Nothing within these conditions operates so as to exclude, limit or restrict
our liability for death or personal injury.
Where you deal as a consumer, nothing in the above exclusions affects your
statutory rights.
You agree to indemnify us against all liabilities, claims and expenses that may
arise from any breach of these terms by you, your employees or agents from any
use of the Site or from any of the information submitted by you.
Intellectual Property
All intellectual property rights and goodwill in or relating to the contents of
the Site belong to either ourselves or to our suppliers.
Nothing contained in these conditions or the Site should be construed as
granting by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any licence or right to use any
of the trade marks on the Site without our permission. However, copying and
printing of those web pages which contain the trade marks is permitted within
the scope of the licence contained below.
You may download to a local hard disk and print extracts from the Site solely
for personal, non-commercial use. You may also recopy downloaded extracts to
others for their personal, non commercial use.
You may not reproduce part or all of the contents of the Site in any form
unless it is for personal, non commercial use.
You may not reformat or otherwise change part or all of the contents of the
Site so as to affect the copyright of GuideStar UK in the information nor merge
the same so that the information ceases to be readily identifiable as that of
GuideStar UK.
You may not copy or otherwise incorporate into or store in any other web site,
electronic retrieval system, publication or other work any of the content of
the Site in any form (whether hard copy, electronic or other).
You may not frame or link to the Site or any part of it without our express
permission.
Changes to terms and conditions
We reserve the right to change the terms and conditions under which the Site is
offered at any time. Any such change in terms and conditions will be effective
once reflected in the text of these terms and conditions and published on this
web page. You should check the terms and conditions periodically to ensure that
you are aware of and complying with the current version.
Severance
If part, or all, of these terms and conditions become void the remaining part
of them and any other provisions on the Site which shall form part of these
terms and conditions will remain valid and enforceable.
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
Except as expressly agreed in these terms and conditions a person who is not a
party to the contract shall have no rights pursuant to the Contracts ( Rights
of Third Parties ) Act 1999 ( the "Act" ) to enforce any term of the contract.
Any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from
the Act is not affected.
Choice of law and jurisdiction
The interpretation, construction, effect and enforceability of this agreement
shall be governed by English Law, and you and we agree to submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts for the determination of disputes.
Disclaimer Regarding Financial and Legal Advice
The information on the GuideStar UK Site is provided for educational and
informational purposes only. Such information or materials do not constitute
and are not intended to provide legal, accounting, or tax advice and should not
be relied on in that respect. We suggest that you consult a lawyer, accountant,
and/or financial advisor to answer any financial or legal questions.