Website Terms of Use

1. Agreement
   1. This website (the Site) is operated by The Armadillo Group Limited, incorporated in England and Wales with company number 01436129 of Invision House, Wilbury Way, Hitchin Herts SG4 0TW. These Website Terms of Use apply to information and services provided via this Site by the following Armadillo Group companies:
      
      
      Armadillo Business Information Limited
      Armadillo Compliance Limited
      Armadillo Corporate Compliance Limited
      Armadillo Brand Management Limited
      The Armadillo Group Limited
      
      

      When we mention “we” or “us” in these Website Terms of Use, we are referring to the relevant Armadillo Group company responsible for providing information or services via the particular webpage you access.

   2. By using the Site, you will be deemed to have accepted these terms of use (Terms). The Terms incorporate our Privacy Policy and our Disclaimer (both of which are published on our Site). Where you are accessing the Site on behalf of an organisation which has validly entered into an agreement with us for the use of our Services (Service Agreement), you will also be deemed to have accepted, and be bound by, these Terms.
   3. We may modify the Terms without notice to you as and when we determine. We will post any changes to the Terms on the Site and you should check for any changes on subsequent visits. Any use by you of the Site will be deemed acceptance of the Terms in force at that time.
   4. References to clauses are (unless otherwise provided) references to the clauses of these Terms. Words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular. Use of any gender includes all other genders. A reference to a particular law is a reference to it as it is in force for the time being taking account of any amendment, extension, application or re-enactment and includes any subordinate legislation for the time being in force made under it. References to including and include(s) shall be deemed to mean respectively including without limitation and include(s) without limitation.
2. Registration
   1. You represent and warrant to us that any and all information provided by you (including any information you provide on registering for use of our Services) is true, accurate and complete. You undertake to notify us promptly of any changes to such information. You agree not to impersonate any other person or entity or to use a false name or a name that you are not authorised to use.
   2. If you choose, or we provide you with, a user identification number, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
   3. We reserve the right to decline any application from you to register as a user of our Services and/or to suspend your use of the Site and/or our Services where we reasonably believe that you are in breach of these Terms.
3. Access
   1. We may update and change the structure, content and nature of the Site to reflect changes in our products or our users’ needs at any time without notice to you.
   2. We do not guarantee that our Site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our Site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
   3. Other than paid-for Services accessed under a Service Agreement , your access to the Site is free of charge.
4. Privacy
   1. Your use of the Site, including any registration process, may involve your disclosure to us of personal data. We will only use your personal data as set out in our Privacy Policy.
5. Restrictions on Use
   1. You may only use the Site in accordance with these Terms and applicable law.
   2. You agree not to access (or attempt to access), monitor and/or copy any of the Site through any automated means, including use of agents, robots, spiders, scripts or web crawlers.
   3. You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Site, or the servers and networks which are connected to the Site.
   4. You shall only use the Site, our Services, and any database accessed through the Site (each such a Database) for your own internal business purposes (save to the extent that we otherwise agree in writing). You may not copy all or part of the contents of the Site or any Database for the purpose of making those contents available to third parties without our prior written consent.
6. Intellectual Property
   1. The Site contains a range of information (including text, data files, and other content) (Content) which is protected by copyright, trade marks and other forms of Intellectual Property Rights (defined in clause 6.5 below) recognised and protected by national and international laws. We are the owner or licensee of all Intellectual Property Rights in our Site and Content and reserve all rights in our Site and Content.
   2. Except as permitted by these Terms or under any Service Agreement, you may not copy, or make any commercial use of any part of the Site (or our Service and/or of any Database) or any Content. In particular you may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically permitted to do so by us, or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
   3. You may not use any of the trade marks, trade names, service marks, copyrights, logos, domain names and other distinctive brand features belonging to us or any third party unless you have valid written permission to do so. You agree not to alter, remove or obscure any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may appear in or be held within the Site
   4. You agree that you are solely responsible for any content or materials that you create, transmit or display while using the Site (User Generated Content) and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which we may suffer) by doing so. You agree that we have no responsibility for policing how such User Generated Content is used: you are responsible for protecting and enforcing any such right.
   5. In these Terms, Intellectual Property Rights shall mean all intellectual property rights wherever in the world arising, whether registered or unregistered (and including any application), including copyright, database rights, patents, patent applications, patent rights, rights in designs, trade marks, trade mark applications, trade mark registrations, trade mark rights, trade secrets and all other intellectual property and proprietary information rights as may exist now or hereafter come into existence, all modifications, continuations, renewals and extensions of the foregoing, and all claims, actions, causes of action, damages, costs, expenses, profits, penalties, recoveries and remedies relating to any past, present or future infringement of any of the foregoing, arising under the laws of any country, state or jurisdiction in the world.
7. Viruses
   1. We do not guarantee that our Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your devices, information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
   2. You must not misuse our Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that 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.
8. No reliance
   1. The content on our Site is provided for information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our Site
   2. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our Site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our Site is accurate, complete or up to date or that your use of the Site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.
   3. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained or accessed through the use of the Site is done at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage, loss, or prejudice to your computer system or other device or loss of data that results from the download or access of any such material.
9. Exclusion of liability
   1. We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
   2. Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of our paid-for Services to you, which will be set out in our Service Agreement.
   3. We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with: (i) your use of, or inability to use, our Site; or (ii) your use of or reliance on any content displayed on our Site. In particular, we will not be liable for:
      1. loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
      2. business interruption;
      3. loss of anticipated savings;
      4. loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
      5. any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
   4. You acknowledge that we compile data but do not originate it. Accordingly, any service and/or data are provided on an as is and as available basis and we do not make any representations or warranties of any kind whether statutory, express or implied relating to the data (including relating to the timeliness, currency, continuity, accuracy, completeness, merchantability, non-infringement or fitness for a particular purpose thereof.) in particular, you acknowledge that data may be obtained from sources including the darkweb, and accordingly no representation and/or warranty is given that the provision of the data by us complies with any law.
   5. You acknowledge that every business decision involves the assumption of a risk and that we, in furnishing the data to you, do not and will not underwrite that risk, in any manner whatsoever. Neither we, nor any data supplier, shall be liable to either you or any third party for any loss caused in whole or in part by us procuring, compiling, collecting, interpreting, reporting, communicating, supplying or delivering the data and you agree not to bring a claim against us and/or our data suppliers in respect thereof.
   6. You acknowledge that (a) use of any data or services provided by us the database by it and/ or any permitted user is at your sole risk, (b) whilst we obtain the data in good faith from sources which we consider to be reliable, the contents of the data or services are based on data supplied to us by third parties and are not independently verified by us, (c) we do not guarantee the sequence, accuracy, completeness and/or timeliness of the data or service, (d) the service is not intended to and does not provide tax. legal or investment advice, (e) you should seek independent tax, legal and/or investment advice before acting on data or service obtained from us, and (f) we shall not be under, and exclude to the fullest extent permitted by law all liability to you for, any liability whatsoever in respect of (i) any mistakes, errors, inaccuracies or omissions in, or incompleteness of, the data or service, ii) delays in updating the data or service or non-availability thereof (iii) loss of profit, business revenue, goodwill and anticipated savings (whether direct or indirect} incurred through the use of the data or service; (iv) trading, investment or other losses which you may incur as a result of use of or reliance upon the service and/or data and/or (v) internet failure, and/or failure by you to have in place any necessary software or equipment; and/or (vi) any claim that the provision of the data infringes any law.
   7. Each party excludes liability for any indirect, special, incidental and/or consequential loss and/or damage incurred by the other party in connection with these Terms of Use.
   8. Subject to the other provisions of this clause, our total aggregate liability shall be limited to the aggregate total of the charges payable by you under this agreement during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date of the event(s) giving rise to the claim.
10. Third Party Software
    1. In order for you to make full use of the Site, the Service and/or any Database it may be necessary for you to use particular computer equipment or to download or install certain pieces of software. If you are unable to access all or part of the Site because you do not have access to any necessary software or equipment, this shall not constitute a breach of these Terms by us and we shall not be liable for any loss, damage or expense which may result from your inability to access the site, Service and/or Database.
11. Links
    1. Third parties may only link to our Site with our express permission. We reserve the right to refuse applications to link to our Site from people or organizations that we consider unsuitable or in any way that may damage our reputation or take advantage of it. For further information or to request permission to link to the Site please contact us in accordance with clause 14.1 below.
    2. The Site may contain links that make it easy for you to visit other websites. The links are provided for information only and we do not have any control over these sites. We are not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such sites or resources.
12. General
    1. You may not assign, transfer or sub-license any of your rights or obligations under these Terms. We may at any time assign all or any of our rights and transfer all or any of our obligations under these Terms to another organisation.
    2. Failure or neglect by us to enforce any of the provisions of these Terms at any time shall not be construed or deemed to be a waiver of our rights nor shall this in any way affect the validity of the whole or any part of these Terms, nor prejudice our rights to take subsequent action.
    3. If any part of any provision of these Terms shall be or become invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, then the remainder of such provision and all other provisions of these Terms shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
13. Law and Jurisdiction
    1. These Terms shall be construed in accordance with and governed by English law and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts to settle any disputes which may arise in connection with these Terms.
14. Contact
    1. Questions, comments and requests regarding these Terms are welcomed should be addressed to enquiries@armadillo.co.uk