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TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF USE
OF
IIT London Chapter
1 ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
1.1
Your access to and use of IIT London Chapter ("the
Website") and any Services referred to in Clause
2, is subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions.
You will not use the Website/Services for any purpose
that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions.
By using the Website/Services you are fully accepting
the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in this
notice. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions
you must immediately stop using the Website/Services.
1.2
We reserve the right to update or amend these Terms
and Conditions at any time and your continued use of
the Website/Services following any changes shall be
deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is therefore
your responsibility to check the Terms and Conditions
regularly for any changes.
2 THE SERVICES
The
Website may provide communication tools such as email,
bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums and/or
other message or communication facilities ("the
Services") designed to enable you to communicate
with others. Unless stated otherwise the Services are
for your personal and non-commercial use only.
3 CHILD SUPERVISION
We
are concerned about the safety and privacy of our users,
particularly children. Parents who wish to allow their
children access to and use of the Website/Services should
supervise such access and use. By allowing your child
access to the Services you are allowing your child access
to all of the Services, including email, bulletin boards,
chat areas, news groups, forums and/or other message
or communication facilities. It is therefore your responsibility
to determine which Services are appropriate for your
child. Always use caution when revealing personally
identifiable information about yourself or your children
via any of the Services.
4 PRIVACY POLICY
4.1
We are committed to responsible data management and
subscribe to the principals of the data protection legislation
in the United Kingdom. We are committed to maintaining
the privacy of our users and maintaining the security
of any personal information received from you. If you
register for any of the Services you will be asked to
provide basic personal information. The information
provided by you is not available for sale or use by
third parties. The information is used solely for notifying
you of changes or updates to the Website/Services.
4.2
We use a technology called "cookies" as part
of our normal business procedure to track patterns of
behaviour of visitors to the Website. A cookie is an
element of data that the Website sends to your browser
that is then stored on your system. You can set your
browser to prevent this happening. Any information collected
in this way can be used to identify you unless you change
your browser settings.
5 USER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY
If
a particular Service requires you to open an account
you will be required to complete the registration process
by providing certain information and registering a username
and password for use with that Service. You are responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of the username
and password and also for all activities which take
place under your account. You agree to immediately notify
us of any unauthorised use of your password or account
or any other breach of security. In no event will IIT
London Chapter be liable for any indirect or consequential
loss or damage whatsoever resulting from the disclosure
of your username and/or password. You may not use another
person’s account at any time, without the express
permission of the account holder.
6 ACCEPTABLE USE
6.1
You acknowledge that all information, text, graphics,
logos, photographs, images, moving images, sound, illustrations
and other materials ("the Content"), whether
posted publicly or transmitted privately, are the sole
responsibility of the person from whom such Content
originated. We do not control or endorse the Content
and cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality
of such Content and you acknowledge that by using the
Services you may be exposed to Content that is offensive
and/or indecent. IIT London Chapter will not be liable
in any way for any Content or for any loss or damage
of any kind resulting from the use of any Content transmitted
via the Services and you agree to bear all risks associated
with the use of any Content, including any reliance
on the accuracy or completeness of such Content.
6.2
In using the Website/Services you agree not to:
6.2.1
use the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters,
pyramid schemes or any other unsolicited messages, commercial
or otherwise;
6.2.2
post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or
information that is defamatory, infringing, obscene,
indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;
6.2.3
post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or
information that incites discrimination, hate or violence
towards any person or group on account of their race,
religion, disability, nationality or otherwise;
6.2.4
threaten, abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate
the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity)
of others;
6.2.5
use any information or material in any manner that infringes
any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary
right of any party;
6.2.6
make available or upload files that contain a virus,
worm, trojan or corrupt data that may damage the operation
of the computer or property of another;
6.2.7
collect or store personal information about others,
including email addresses;
6.2.8
advertise or offer to buy or sell goods or services
for any commercial purpose, unless such communication
facility specifically allows such messages;
6.2.9
impersonate any person or entity for the purpose of
misleading others;
6.2.10
violate any applicable laws or regulations;
6.2.11
use the Website/Services in any manner that could damage,
disable, overburden or impair the Website/Services or
interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment
of the Website/Services;
6.2.12
post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or
information that you do not have a right to transmit
under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships
(such as inside information or confidential information
disclosed in the course of employment or under a confidentiality
agreement);
6.2.13
attempt to gain unauthorised access to any of the Services,
other accounts, computer systems or networks connected
to the Website/Services through hacking, password mining
or any other means.
6.3
We have no obligation to monitor the Services but shall
be entitled to review materials posted to a communications
facility and, at our sole discretion, to remove any
material that breaches these Terms and Conditions or
is otherwise objectionable.
7 TERMINATION
We have the right to terminate your access to any or
all of the Services at any time, without notice, for
any reason, including without limitation, breach of
these Terms and Conditions. We may also at any time,
at our sole discretion, discontinue the Website/Services
or any part thereof without prior notice and you agree
that we shall not be liable to you or any third party
for any termination of your access to the Website/Services.
8 LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The
Website/Services may include links to third party websites
that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link
to other websites is not an endorsement of such websites
and you acknowledge and agree that IIT London Chapter
is not responsible for the content or availability of
any such sites.
9 INTERNATIONAL USE
You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding
the transmission of technical data exported from the
United Kingdom or the country in which you reside (if
different) and with all local laws and rules regarding
acceptable use of and conduct on the Internet.
10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
10.1
The Website and its content (including without limitation
the Website design, text, graphics and all software
and source codes connected with the Website and the
Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents
and other intellectual property rights and laws. In
accessing the Website you agree that you will access
the contents solely for your personal, non-commercial
use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied,
reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed
without the prior written consent of the copyright holder.
This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing
of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial
home use only.
10.2
IIT London Chapter does not claim ownership of any materials
you post, upload or submit to any publicly accessible
area of the Services. However, by doing so you are granting
us a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive licence
to copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, publicly display,
edit, translate or publish such Content for as long
as you elect to display such Content via the Services.
The licence shall be terminated when such Content is
deleted from the Services.
11 INDEMNITY
You
agree to indemnify and hold IIT London Chapter harmless
from and against any breach by you of these Terms and
Conditions and any claim or demand brought against IIT
London Chapter by any third party arising out of your
use of the Services and/or any Content submitted, posted
or transmitted through the Services, including without
limitation, all claims, actions, proceedings, losses,
liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable
legal costs and expenses) howsoever suffered or incurred
by IIT London Chapter in consequence of your breach
of these Terms and Conditions.
12 DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
12.1
Use of the Website/Services is at your own risk. The
Website/Services are provided on an "AS IS"
and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation
or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind
whether express or implied, including but not limited
to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness
for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility,
security and accuracy.
12.2
To the extent permitted by law, IIT London Chapter will
not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss
or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss
of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out
of or in connection with the use of the Website/Services.
12.3
IIT London Chapter makes no warranty that the Website/Services
will meet your requirements, that Content will be accurate
or reliable, that the functionality of the Website/Services
will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will
be corrected or that the Website/Services or the server
that makes them available are free of viruses or anything
else which may be harmful or destructive.
12.4
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed
so as to exclude or limit the liability of IIT London
Chapter for death or personal injury as a result of
the negligence of IIT London Chapter.
12.5
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall affect your
statutory rights as a consumer.
13 SEVERANCE
If
any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason
by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term
or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms
and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force
and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
14 GOVERNING LAW
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the law of England and
you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
English courts.
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