This page sets out the terms on which you may make use of our website www.renewableheatinghub.co.uk (site) as a guest, registered user or contributor. Please read these terms carefully before you use the site. By using this site, you accept all of these terms of use and agree to abide by them. If you do not entirely agree to the terms of use, we request that you do not use the site.
Accessing our site
Access to this site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable or unaccessible at any time or for any period.
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, and you must not disclose it to any third party. When you register on the site you agree to provide us with accurate, complete and up to date information. 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 opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use. We do not have to inform you that such action will or has been taken.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.
Prohibited uses
You may use our site for lawful purposes only. You may not use our site:
- In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation
- In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect
- For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way
- To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards set out below
- To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam)
- To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware
You also agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of these terms and not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
- any part of our site
- any equipment or network on which our site is stored
- any software used in the provision of our site
- any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party
Interactive services
We may from time to time provide interactive services on our site, including, without limitation:
- messaging
- forums or discussions
- articles and posts with comments
Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered.
We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not.
Do not provide banking details or other confidential information on the forums, comments or via private messaging. If you do, we will not be held liable for any damages or losses that you may incur as a result of such actions.
Do not provide private details, such as date of birth or physical address, on the forums, comments or via private messaging. If you do, we will not be held liable for any damages or losses that you may incur as a result of such actions.
People under the age of 16 are prohibited from using this website.
Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.
Content standards
These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (contributions), and to any interactive services associated with it.
You must comply with the spirit of the following standards.
Contributions must:
- be accurate (where they state facts)
- be genuinely held (where they state opinions)
- comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted
Contributions must not:
- contain any material which is defamatory of any person
- contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory
- promote sexually explicit material
- promote violence
- promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age
- infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
- be likely to deceive any person
- be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence
- promote any illegal activity
- be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety
- be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
- be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person
- give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case
- advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse
Suspension and termination
We will determine, at our sole discretion, whether there has been a breach of these terms through your use of our site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take action as we deem appropriate.
Failure to comply constitutes a material breach of these terms upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
- immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site
- immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our site
- issue of a warning to you
- legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach
- further legal action against you
- disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary
We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of these terms. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
Intellectual property rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights on 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 reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material 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 material on our site must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
Reliance on posted information
While we aim to provide accurate information on our site, commentary and other materials posted on our site are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. If in doubt, please contact a certified professional to verify and approve any work before you proceed.
Changes to our site
We aim to update our site regularly and content may change at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and while we attempt to keep it up to date, we are under no obligation to update such material.
Disclaimer
The opinions, views and statements expressed on this website are solely those of the individual authors and writers. These opinions are presented for informational and discussion purposes only and should not be interpreted as facts, endorsements or official positions of this website or its owners.
The content provided here is purely opinion-based and is intended to stimulate conversation and debate. While we strive to maintain a high standard of quality in the content we publish, we do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of any information.
We expressly disclaim any and all liability for any statements or opinions expressed by the authors and writers on this site. Readers are encouraged to use their judgment and research when interpreting and using the information provided here.
We will not be held responsible or liable for any misunderstanding, misinterpretation or offense taken due to the views and opinions expressed here. Nor will we be liable for any losses, injuries or damages from the display or use of this information.
Use of this website constitutes acceptance of this disclaimer. If you have any concerns about the content on this site, please contact us directly.
Information about you and your visits to our site
We process information about you in accordance with our privacy policy. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
Uploading material to our site
When you utilise a feature on our site that enables you to upload material, or to interact with other users, it is imperative that you adhere to our established content standards. By uploading any material, you represent and warrant that your contribution aligns with these standards. Additionally, you agree to indemnify us against any breach of this warranty.
Please understand that any material you upload to our site will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. By uploading, you grant us the unrestricted right to use, reproduce, distribute, and make available to third parties such material for any purpose. In cases where a third party claims that material you have posted or uploaded infringes their intellectual property rights or breaches their privacy rights, we reserve the right to disclose your identity to them.
We accept no responsibility or liability to any third party for the content or accuracy of materials posted by you or any other user of our site.
We reserve the right to remove any material or posting made on our site if we believe, in our discretion, that it fails to meet our content standards. This right is exercised to maintain the integrity and quality of our site and its community.
Viruses, hacking and other offenses
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.
By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
Linking to our site
You may link to our site provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
Our site must not be framed on any other site. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out above.
If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please contact us.
Links from our site
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Jurisdiction and applicable law
The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These terms of use are governed by English law.
Variation
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.