Terms and Conditions of Use
Terms of Use
These terms of use apply to access to this Website by you, the Registered User (referred to as “you” or “your”). If you have any queries regarding this Website or these terms of use please contact the website administration at info@scotcomp.org.uk.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this site, please contact help@scotcomp.org.uk.
All material on this Website or made available through this Website (referred to here as the “Content”) belongs to us or third parties who have allowed us to use and display their material. You may not reproduce, modify or in any way commercially exploit any of the Content without the explicit written permission of the Scottish Competition Law Forum (for contact details please see below).
Content on this Website is posted in good faith and updated regularly. However, we cannot guarantee the completeness and accuracy of any information shown and due to the nature of electronic distribution via the internet, we do not give any guarantees or make any representations in respect of the Website or the Content. In particular, the Website is provided on an “as is”, “with all faults” and “as available” basis.
Specific Advice The information and expression of opinions that are contained in the site are not intended to be a comprehensive study, nor to provide legal advice and should not be treated as a substitute for specific advice concerning individual situations.
So far as we are allowed to, we exclude all liability to you in contract or delict (negligence) (other than where negligence by us gives rise to personal injury or death) including without limitation:
(i) any implied conditions regarding the satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose of the Website;
(ii) any express or statutory conditions relating to the Website; and
(iii) any conditions or duties regarding the accuracy or completeness of the Website.
Additionally, we make no representation that the Website is free from infection by viruses or anything else that has contaminating or destructive properties.
Except where otherwise stated on this Website we shall not be liable to pay any money to you by way of compensation for any loss suffered by you as a result of use of the Website including by way of example any loss of profits, loss of goodwill or reputation, or loss of anticipated savings.
The Website contains links to other World Wide Web sites provided by both connected organisations and independent third parties (referred to in this paragraph as “Third Party Sites”), either directly or through frames (i.e material which is taken from a third party site but which is shown as though it is part of the Website). Where possible, we will make clear where such links are being made. We are not responsible for the availability or content of Third Party Sites and other than as expressly provided on this Website, shall not be a party to, or in any way be responsible for, any transaction concerning goods or services available from such Third Party Sites.
The existence of links to other websites contained on this Website does not imply endorsement of the other websites in question by the Scottish Competition Law Forum.
Security and Use of Password
You may be given a user name and/or a password to allow you, as a Registered User, to access certain parts of this Website (in particular, the discussion forum pages). To enable discussion with other registered users, your user name will be made available on the members list. If you do not wish your user name listed on the members list, please contact help@scotcomp.org.uk. To ensure the continued security of this Website, it is essential that your password and user name are kept secret at all times and are not disclosed to anyone except the Scottish Competition Law Forum’s web manager. If you think that anyone else knows your password for this Website please contact help@scotcomp.org.uk immediately to arrange for it to be changed.
You are also NOT permitted or authorised to use or attempt to use another Registered User\’s name and/or password to access or attempt to access this Website or otherwise to attempt to gain unauthorised access to this Website.
Any breach of the above guidelines may, at our sole discretion, result in your rights to access this Website being suspended or removed.
We reserve the right to remove your access privileges at our sole option.
Discussion Forums
Users of the Website are offered the opportunity of participating in discussion forums and posting news, comments and other content to message boards. These services enable users to interact easily with our staff and other visitors to the site about issues relating to competition law. The discussion forums and message boards are not private forms of communication and therefore any information which is posted on them can be accessed by the general public. These terms and conditions also apply to any discussion forum pages for this site.
Content
You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. The webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum do not carry out any monitoring of content posted on the Website but you agree that they or any of them have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, the webmaster, administrator and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.
Copyright
This site is protected by copyright. It is published by the Scottish Competition Law Forum and may not be reproduced other than when downloaded and viewed on a single PC for private use only. It is not to be otherwise reproduced or transmitted or made available on a network without the prior written permission of the Scottish Competition Law Forum.
Use of Cookies
We would like to make you aware that cookies are used on this Website. A cookie is a very small text file that is placed on your computer’s hard drive when accessing a website. Essentially it is an identification card, which is uniquely yours and can only be read by the server that gave it to you.
We use cookies to enhance the functionality of the forums. The data stored in our cookies is not used for any other purpose. All information is collected on an aggregate basis without any association to any personal details which you have provided so that you remain anonymous.
You can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time however this will mean that any settings such as your stored username and password will have to be reset. Further information on how to delete cookies can be found on http://www.allaboutcookies.org. You can set your Internet browser so that it will not allow cookies to be stored on your computer. This may reduce functionality of the site, prevent access to subscriber-only areas of the site and mean that certain features or content will not be available to you. Further information on how to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer can be found on http://www.allaboutcookies.org under the ‘manage cookies’ section. Alternatively go to the help menu within your Internet browser.
Changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use From time to time we may make changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use and our Privacy Policy to reflect any changes to our practices in accordance with changes to legislation, best practice or website enhancements.
Governing Law
These terms and conditions shall be governed by the laws of Scotland.
All enquiries, complaints and cancellation notices should be addressed to us at:-