Website Terms of Use
These Terms of Use, together with any and all other documents referred to herein, set out the terms of use under which you may use this website, www.thegpwebsitecompany.co.uk ("Our Site"). Please read these Terms of Use carefully and ensure that you understand them. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site, and you will be required to read and accept these Terms of Use when signing up for an Account. If you do not agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
1. Definitions and Interpretation
1.1 In these Terms of Use, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
"Account" means an account required for a User to access and/or use certain areas of Our Site, as detailed in Clause 4;
"Content" means any and all text, images, audio, video, scripts, code, software, databases and any other form of information capable of being stored on a computer that appears on, or forms part of, Our Site;
"Data Protection Legislation" means all applicable legislation in force from time to time in the United Kingdom applicable to data protection and privacy including, but not limited to, the UK GDPR; the Data Protection Act 2018 (and regulations made thereunder); and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 as amended;
"User" means a user of Our Site; and
"We/Us/Our" means The GP Website Company Ltd, a limited company registered in Scotland under company number SC892795, whose registered address is 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4AN.
2. Information About Us
2.1 Our Site is owned and operated by The GP Website Company Ltd, a limited company registered in Scotland under company number SC892795.
2.2 Registered address: 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4AN.
2.3 ICO Registration: ZC181624
2.4 Data Protection Officer: The Data Protection Officer.
Email address: dataprotection@thegpwebsitecompany.co.uk.
Postal address: 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4AN.
3. Access to Our Site
3.1 Access to Our Site is free of charge.
3.2 It is your responsibility to make any and all arrangements necessary in order to access Our Site.
3.3 Access to Our Site is provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis. We may alter, suspend, or discontinue Our Site (or any part of it) at any time and without notice. We will not be liable to you in any way if Our Site (or any part of it) is unavailable at any time and for any period.
4. Accounts
Accounts are not currently active on Our Site. This clause applies when account functionality is introduced, for example a customer portal for invoice and payment management.
4.1 Certain parts of Our Site may require an Account in order to access them.
4.2 You may not create an Account if you are under 18 years of age.
4.3 When creating an Account, the information you provide must be accurate and complete. If any of your information changes at a later date, it is your responsibility to ensure that your Account is kept up to date.
4.4 We recommend that you choose a strong password for your Account, consisting of a minimum of eight characters including a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. It is your responsibility to keep your password safe. You must not share your Account with anyone else. If you believe your Account is being used without your permission, please contact Us immediately at support@thegpwebsitecompany.co.uk . We will not be liable for any unauthorised use of your Account.
4.5 You must not use anyone else's Account without the express permission of the User to whom the Account belongs.
4.6 Any personal information provided in your Account will be collected, used, and held in accordance with your rights and Our obligations under the law, as set out in Clause 16.
4.7 If you wish to close your Account, you may do so at any time. Closing your Account will result in the removal of your information and will remove access to any areas of Our Site requiring an Account for access.
5. Intellectual Property Rights
5.1 All Content included on Our Site and the copyright and other intellectual property rights subsisting in that Content, unless specifically labelled otherwise, belongs to or has been licensed by Us. All Content is protected by applicable United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws and treaties.
5.2 Subject to sub-Clause 5.3, you may not reproduce, copy, distribute, sell, rent, sub-licence, store, or in any other manner re-use Content from Our Site unless given express written permission to do so by Us.
5.3 You may:
a) Access, view and use Our Site in a web browser (including any web browsing capability built into other types of software or app);
b) Download Our Site (or any part of it) for caching;
c) Print one copy of any page(s) from Our Site;
d) Download extracts from pages on Our Site; and
e) Save pages from Our Site for later and/or offline viewing.
5.4 Our status as the owner and author of the Content on Our Site must always be acknowledged.
5.5 You may not re-use any Content printed, saved, or downloaded from Our Site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a licence from Us to do so. This does not prohibit the normal access, viewing and use of Our Site whether by business users or consumers.
5.6 Nothing in these Terms of Use limits or excludes the fair dealing provisions of Chapter III of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
6. No Scraping, Text or Data Mining
6.1 You may not in any way undertake, enable, permit, authorise, or facilitate any form of web scraping or text or data mining on or with respect to any part of Our Site.
6.2 You may not use any part of Our Site or any data, Content, or information included on Our Site, for the purposes of developing or training AI models or systems.
6.3 The prohibition set out in this Clause 6 covers all purposes for which such activities may be carried out. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of:
a) Any bot, robot, scraper, spider, or other automated system, software, algorithm, code, process, tool, or methodology used to access, obtain, copy, or republish any data, Content, or information included on Our Site; and
b) Any automated techniques designed to analyse digital text or data in order to generate information or to develop or train AI models or systems.
6.4 Sub-Clauses 6.1 to 6.3 shall apply to the fullest extent permissible by law.
7. Links to Our Site
7.1 You may link to Our Site provided that:
a) you do so in a fair and legal manner;
b) you do not do so in a manner that suggests any form of association, endorsement or approval on Our part where none exists;
c) you do not use any logos or trade marks displayed on Our Site without Our express written permission; and
d) you do not do so in a way that is calculated to damage Our reputation or to take unfair advantage of it.
7.2 You may link to any page of Our Site.
7.3 Framing or embedding of Our Site on other websites is not permitted without Our express written permission. Please contact Us at support@thegpwebsitecompany.co.uk for further information.
7.4 You may not link to Our Site from any other site the main content of which contains material that promotes violence, is obscene or hateful, discriminates against any person or group, is defamatory, promotes unlawful activity, or infringes the intellectual property rights of any other party.
8. Links to Other Sites
Links to other sites may be included on Our Site. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under Our control. We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability for the content of third-party sites. The inclusion of a link to another site on Our Site is for information only and does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.
9. Liability and Disclaimers
9.1 Nothing on Our Site constitutes advice on which you should rely. It is provided for general information purposes only. Professional or specialist advice should always be sought before taking any action on the basis of any information provided on Our Site.
9.2 Insofar as is permitted by law, We make no representation, warranty, or guarantee that Our Site will meet your requirements, that it will not infringe the rights of third parties, that it will be compatible with all software and hardware, or that it will be secure.
9.3 We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Content on Our Site is complete, accurate, and up to date. We do not, however, make any representations, warranties, or guarantees (whether express or implied) that the Content is complete, accurate, or up to date.
9.4 To the fullest extent permissible by law, We accept no liability to any User for any loss or damage, whether foreseeable or otherwise, in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use of (or inability to use) Our Site or the use of or reliance upon any Content included on Our Site.
9.5 As Our Site is intended for business use, We hereby exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations, or other terms that may apply to Our Site or Content. We will not be liable for any loss of profits, sales, business or revenue; loss of business opportunity, goodwill, or reputation; loss of anticipated savings; business interruption; or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
9.6 We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability arising out of any disruption or non-availability of Our Site resulting from external causes including, but not limited to, ISP equipment failure, host equipment failure, communications network failure, natural events, acts of war, or legal restrictions and censorship.
9.7 Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or restricts Our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, or for any other forms of liability which cannot be excluded or restricted by law.
10. Viruses, Malware and Security
10.1 We exercise all reasonable skill and care to ensure that Our Site is secure and free from viruses and other malware.
10.2 You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data, and other material from viruses, malware, and other internet security risks.
10.3 You must not deliberately introduce viruses or other malware, or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful either to or via Our Site.
10.4 You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of Our Site, the server on which Our Site is stored, or any other server, computer, or database connected to Our Site.
10.5 You must not attack Our Site by means of a denial of service attack, a distributed denial of service attack, or by any other means.
10.6 By breaching the provisions of sub-Clauses 10.3 to 10.5, you may be committing a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Any and all such breaches will be reported to the relevant law enforcement authorities, and We will cooperate fully with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. Your right to use Our Site will cease immediately in the event of such a breach.
11. Acceptable Use
11.1 You may only use Our Site in a manner that is lawful and that complies with the provisions of this Clause 11. Specifically:
a) you must ensure that you comply fully with any and all local, national, or international laws and/or regulations;
b) you must not use Our Site in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent;
c) you must not use Our Site to knowingly send, upload, or in any other way transmit data that contains any form of virus or other malware, or any other code designed to adversely affect computer hardware, software, or data of any kind; and
d) you must not use Our Site in any way, or for any purpose, that is intended to harm any person or persons in any way.
11.2 We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to Our Site if you materially breach the provisions of this Clause 11 or any of the other provisions of these Terms of Use. Specifically, We may take one or more of the following actions:
a) suspend, whether temporarily or permanently, your Account and/or your right to access Our Site;
b) issue you with a written warning;
c) take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of any and all relevant costs on an indemnity basis resulting from your breach;
d) take further legal action against you as appropriate;
e) disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as required or as We deem reasonably necessary; and/or
f) any other actions which We deem reasonably appropriate and lawful.
11.3 We hereby exclude any and all liability arising out of any actions that We may take in response to breaches of these Terms of Use.
12. Privacy and Cookies
Use of Our Site is also governed by Our Privacy and Cookie Policy, available by clicking here. This policy is incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference.
13. Changes to these Terms of Use
13.1 We may alter these Terms of Use at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you upon your first use of Our Site after the changes have been implemented. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
13.2 In the event of any conflict between the current version of these Terms of Use and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.
14. Contacting Us
To contact us, please email us at support@thegpwebsitecompany.co.uk.
15. Communications from Us
15.1 If We have your contact details (for example, if you have an Account) We may from time to time send you important notices by email. Such notices may relate to matters including, but not limited to, service changes and changes to these Terms of Use.
15.2 We will never send you marketing emails of any kind without your express consent. If you do give such consent, you may opt out at any time. Any and all marketing emails sent by Us include an unsubscribe link. If you opt out of receiving emails from Us at any time, it may take up to five business days for Us to comply with your request. During that time, you may continue to receive emails from Us.
15.3 For questions or complaints about communications from Us (including, but not limited to marketing emails), please contact Us at support@thegpwebsitecompany.co.uk.
16. Data Protection
16.1 All personal data that We may use will be collected, processed, and held in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Legislation and your rights thereunder.
16.2 For complete details of Our collection, processing, storage, and retention of personal data including, but not limited to, the purpose(s) for which personal data is used, the legal basis or bases for using it, details of your rights and how to exercise them, and personal data sharing (where applicable), please refer to Our Privacy and Cookie Policy by clicking here.
17. Law and Jurisdiction
17.1 These Terms of Use, and the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of England and Wales.
17.2 Any disputes concerning these Terms of Use, the relationship between you and Us, or any matters arising therefrom or associated therewith (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.