Website Terms of Use

Welcome to www.futurlab.co.uk (the “Website”) brought to you by FuturLab Limited (“us”, “we” or “our”). In these terms of use (“Terms of Use”), “You” and “Your” means you the person using or visiting our Website.

These Website Terms of Use together with our Website Privacy Policy set out how You may use our Website. The Website Privacy Policy is an essential part of these Website Terms of Use and by accepting these Terms of Use You also accept our Privacy Policy www.futurlab.co.uk/privacy-policy

By accessing or using the Website, You agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.

We may from time to time vary these Terms of Use. Please check the Terms of Use regularly to ensure You are aware of any variations or amendments made by us. Your use of this Website will be subject to the version of the Terms of Use posted on this Website at the time of such use.

1. ABOUT US

1.1 This Website is owned and operated by FuturLab Limited, a company incorporated under English law (company number: 04961083) and whose registered office is at FuturLab Limited, Preston Park House, South Road, Brighton, East Sussex, UK BN1 6SB

1.2 If you want to know what information we hold about you or if you have any other queries in relation to this privacy policy, please contact us using the following information:

FuturLab Limited, Regent House, Hove Street, Hove, East Sussex UK BN3 2DW

Email: webmaster@futurlab.co.uk

2. ACCESS AND USE OF OUR WEBSITE

2.1 Access to our Website is permitted on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Website (and any services made available through it) at any time without notice. If You breach any of the Terms of Use, Your authorisation to use this Website automatically and immediately terminates and You must immediately cease use of the Website and destroy any materials downloaded or printed from the Website.

2.2 You may not use the Website in any improper or unlawful manner or in breach of any legislation or licence that applies to You.

2.3 Without limiting the foregoing, You agree that when using the Website You will not:

(a) distribute via any medium any part of the Website including, without limitation, any User Generated Content (as defined in clause 7 below) without our prior written consent;
(b) harass others or disclose personal information about others that could amount to harassment;
(c) publish, post, upload, store, distribute or disseminate any unlawful, defamatory, infringing, obscene, harmful, confidential, libellous, hateful, threatening or otherwise illegal material or information or anything which might constitute a criminal or civil offence;
(d) upload files that contain video, software or other material which are the intellectual property rights of any third party or which are protected by rights of privacy or publicity of any third party without having received all necessary consents;
(e) upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other software or programs that may interfere with or damage the operation of the Website or any other computer;
(f) create multiple log-ins;
(g) impersonate others;
(h) promote any activity that is illegal; or
(i) use software to harvest information from the Website.

2.4 You agree to comply with all reasonable instructions that we may give You regarding Your use of the Website.

2.5 You are responsible for obtaining (at Your own cost) all necessary equipment and telecommunications services required to access the Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that no person uses Your equipment to access the Website without Your permission. We will be entitled to assume that anyone who accesses the Website using Your equipment has Your permission to do so and You will be responsible for any charges, costs or liabilities that may be incurred by any such persons.

3. OTHER SITES

3.1 Our Website may contain links to other websites that are owned by us and/or links to third party websites that are not under our control. By way of example, we have provided links to our pages on certain third party social networking websites including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. We make no warranties or representations whatsoever about any other websites which You may access through this Website or any services that are provided by any such websites. Third party websites are in no way approved, vetted, checked or endorsed by us and You agree that we shall not be responsible or in any way liable for the content, accuracy, compliance with relevant laws or accessibility of any information, data, advice or statements or for the quality of any products or services available on such sites. Links do not necessarily imply that we are or our Website is affiliated to or associated with such third party sites. If You decide to visit any other website, You do so at Your own risk. In addition, use of any other website may be subject to Your acceptance of additional terms and conditions, which we suggest You read carefully before proceeding.

3.2 From time to time an e-commerce facility may be made available by a third party operator via the Website and any e-commerce facility will be subject to its terms of use provided by the third party operator to You at the e-commerce facility. The ecommerce operator will be responsible for the fulfilment of Your order and all questions, comments and complaints about any such order should be made to the ecommerce operator. We cannot accept any liability for any failure by an e-commerce operator to fulfil any order or for any defect in any item(s) supplied to You by them.

4. USER GENERATED CONTENT

4.1 From time to time the Website, or any of the individual applications on it, may include functionality to enable you to contribute User Generated Content (as defined in clause 7 below) to the Website. However:

(a) You must not submit any confidential, defamatory, offensive, infringing, obscene, indecent or otherwise unlawful or objectionable material or information nor use the Website for any chain letters, junk mail, ‘spamming’ material or any other form of bulk communication;
(b) You must not submit any content or material the Intellectual Property Rights in which are owned by any third party;
(c) You must not submit any material which is prohibited by the Data Protection Act 2018 or any other applicable data protection or privacy legislation; and
(d) You may only upload or submit material to the Website which either You own or which You have the permission of the owner of that material to submit.

4.2 We may, without notice, remove any content submitted by You to any element of the Website or any other content that in our sole judgment violates these Terms of Use or may be offensive or illegal or may violate the rights, harm or threaten the safety of any person.

4.3 We advise You to be selective about what information You post on any public sections of the Website or that You provide to other users (including, without limitation, on forums, blogs etc.). Please do not post the following information: telephone numbers, addresses, surname etc. If other users of the Website have posted material which is inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive (or does not comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use) we shall assume no responsibility or liability for such material.

4.4 You are responsible for Your relationship with other members of the Website.
However, we reserve the right, but are not obliged, to monitor disputes between You and other members.

4.5 You agree that You shall indemnify us against any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred by us arising out of any breach by You of this clause 4.

5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

5.1 For the purposes of these Terms of Use:

(a) “Intellectual Property Rights” means patents, registered and unregistered trade marks and service marks, domain names, registered designs and design rights, copyright (including such rights in computer software and databases), database rights and moral rights (in each case for the full period thereof and extensions, revivals and renewals thereof), applications for the foregoing and the right to apply for any of the foregoing anywhere in the world, and all similar rights anywhere in the world including those subsisting in inventions, designs, drawings and computer programs; and
(b) “User Generated Content” means any text, files, images, photos, videos or works of authorship that you contribute to the Website (but shall not include any content, materials or information that you have downloaded, copied or otherwise obtained from the Website, which you hereby acknowledge is owned by us or our licensors).

5.2 We do not claim any ownership of any Intellectual Property Rights in your User Generated Content. After posting User Generated Content, you retain all rights of ownership which you have subsisting in it and you may use the User Generated Content in any way you choose (provided it does not breach any of these Terms of Service).

5.3 You warrant that you own the Intellectual Property Rights in and to all User Generated Content that you submit to the Website or you are otherwise entitled to submit the same to the Website. You agree that you shall indemnify us against any
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred by us arising out of any breach by you of this Clause 5.3.

5.4 You hereby grant us the right to publicly perform, reproduce, display, modify, manage, distribute and store any of Your User Generated Content as part of the Website or as part of any materials used to promote or advertise the Website (including products and services promoted on the website) anywhere in the world. You are free to use Your User Generated Content outside of our Website in any way You choose and in turn we shall not distribute or sell any of Your User Generated Content outside of our Website without your permission.

5.5 We will not be under any obligation whatsoever to pay You for any of the User Generated Content on our Website.

5.6 Save in respect of the User Generated Content, all Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Website and all content, materials and information contained in or appearing on the Website are owned by and shall remain owned by us or our licensors.

5.7 You may view, download and print any content, materials and information made available to You through the Website subject to the following conditions:
(a) the content, material and information may only be used for Your personal and non-commercial purposes;
(b) save as expressly permitted by us in these Terms of Use, the content, material and information shall not be reproduced or included in any other work or publication in any medium;
(c) the content, material and information may not be modified or altered in any way;
(d) save as expressly permitted by us in these Terms of Use, the content, material and information may not be distributed or sold to any third party;
(e) You may not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the content, material or information.
(f) We may require Your agreement to additional terms and conditions, including without limitation, any payment terms, before granting You access to or downloading of certain content, materials or information.

5.8 These Terms of Use are not intended to prevent You recording in manual form any individual item of information from the Website, or disclosing any individual item of information from the Website, free of charge, to friends or relations for non-commercial purposes provided that You take all reasonable steps to ensure that any person to whom You may disclose that information complies with these Terms of Use.

6. MONITORING OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT; NOTICE AND TAKE-DOWN

6.1 You acknowledge that we do not actively monitor any third party content or content appearing on the Website which derives from a third party website and we shall not be responsible or liable for any such content including, without limitation, any third party content:
(i) which is defamatory, discriminatory, obscene, offensive, confidential or otherwise unlawful; and/or
(ii) in which the Intellectual Property Rights are owned by a third party and such third party has not provided its consent to use such content in the manner it has been used; and/or
(iii) which is prohibited by the Data Protection Act 1998 or any other applicable data protection laws.

6.2 If we are informed or if we suspect that any material on the Website infringes the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any third person or is otherwise unlawful, then we reserve the right to remove such material from the Website. We also reserve the right to remove any material that we consider to be offensive, insulting, defamatory, obscene, indecent, objectionable or otherwise inappropriate. If You have any concerns or queries about material which appears on our Website (including if You believe that any content displayed on the Website has violated Your Intellectual Property Rights) please email us at: webmaster@futurlab.co.uk

7. COMPETITIONS AND PRIZE DRAWS
From time to time we may offer entry into competitions and prize draws through the Website, and these may be subject to additional terms and conditions. Where such additional terms and conditions apply, this will be clearly notified to You on the Website and a link will be provided in order for You to read and accept the relevant terms and conditions before You enter the competition or prize draw.

8. DISCLAIMERS

8.1 We will exercise all reasonable skill and care in providing the Website. We are not able to guarantee the availability of the Website or the accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of any content, materials or information on the Website that derives from third parties (including, without limitation, any of our third party partners).

8.2 Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, the Website and all materials and information provided through it are provided on an “as is” basis without guarantee of any kind and any conditions, statements and warranties (including, but not limited to, any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement) are excluded to the fullest amount permissible by law.

8.3 Without limiting the foregoing, we cannot guarantee and do not promise that the Website and all materials and information provided through it will meet Your requirements. Therefore we advise You to check any materials or information provided to You through the Website as any reliance that You place on the accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of that information is at Your own risk.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

9.1 Nothing in these Terms of Use limits or excludes our liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) any loss suffered by You as a result of Your reliance on any fraudulent misrepresentation made by us to You; or (c) any other liability which may not by law be limited or excluded.

9.2 Subject to clause 9.1, You agree that we shall not be liable for: (a) any direct loss, claim or damage; (b) any indirect loss, claim or damage, or any punitive, special, incidental or consequential damages of any kind (including but not limited to lost savings or loss or corruption of data); or (c) any loss of profit (whether direct or
indirect), in each case whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise, which arises out of or is in any way connected with (i) any use of this Website or its contents or any competitions or prize draws which are entered via the Website; (ii) any failure or delay in the use of any component of the Website or any service including, without limitation, any unavailability of the Website or the services irrespective of duration of any period of unavailability; or (iii) any use of or reliance upon any information, material, software, products, services and related graphics obtained through the Website, in all cases even if we have been forewarned of the possibility of such loss or damage.

9.3 Without limiting the effect of clause 9.2, due to the inherent risks of using the internet, we cannot be liable for any damage to, or viruses that may infect, Your computer equipment or any other property when You are using or browsing the Website. The downloading or other acquisition of any materials or information through the Website is done at Your own discretion and risk and with Your agreement that You will be solely responsible for any damage to Your computer system or loss of data that results from the downloading or acquisition of any such materials.

9.4 You agree to indemnify us against any claims or legal proceedings that may arise through Your use of the Website or from any breach of these Terms of Use by You.

9.5 We will notify You of any such claims or proceedings and keep You informed as to the progress of such claims or proceedings.

10. TERMINATION

We may remove the Website or cease the provision of any of the services at any time in our sole discretion for any reason whatsoever.

11. DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY

We will only use any personal information that we may collect about You in accordance with our Website Privacy Policy. Click here to view our Website Privacy Policy This policy forms an essential part of these Terms of Use and it is important that You read it. By accepting these Terms of Use You also accept and consent to our Website Privacy Policy.

12. GENERAL

12.1 Any failure or delay by us to enforce any of our rights under these Terms of Use is not to be taken as or deemed to be a waiver of that or any other right unless we acknowledge and agree to such a waiver in writing.

12.2 These Terms of Use are not intended to be for the benefit of, and shall not be exercisable by, any person who is not a party to these Terms of Use under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.

12.3 If any clause or part of a clause of these Terms of Use is, or becomes, invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms of Use shall remain valid and enforceable.

12.4 These Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy set out the full extent of our obligations and liabilities concerning the services we provide via the Website and replace any previous agreements and understandings between us and You.

12.5 Subject to clause 9.1, You shall have no remedy in respect of any untrue statement made to You upon which You relied in entering into these Terms of Use other than any remedy You may have for breach of the express terms of these Terms of Use.

12.6 These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the parties irrevocably agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.