| 1 | What's in these terms? |
| 1.1 | These terms tell you the terms and conditions for using our website locrating.com (the “Website”). |
| 2 | Who we are and how to contact us |
| 2.1 | We are Locrating Ltd (we, us, our) and we operate the Website. We are a limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 7236786 and have our registered office at Belmont Suite, Paragon Business Park, Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6HG. |
| 2.2 | To contact us, please email [email protected]. |
| 3 | By using the Website you accept these terms |
| 3.1 | By using the Website, or by subscribing to it, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. |
| 3.2 | If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use the Website. |
| 3.3 | We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference. |
| 3.4 | You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them. |
| 4 | There are other terms that may apply to you |
| 4.1 | These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of the Website: |
| 4.1.1 | our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us; and |
| 4.1.2 | our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on the Website. |
| 4.2 | In addition, where you subscribe to our Locrating Membership, which gives you access to our additional areas and content on our Website, our Locrating Membership Terms and Conditions shall also appl. |
| 5 | We may make changes to these terms |
| 5.1 | We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use the Website, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. |
| 6 | We may make changes to the Website |
| 6.1 | We may update and change the Website or its content from time to time. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes. |
| 7 | We may suspend or withdraw the Website |
| 7.1 | We do not guarantee that the Website, 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 the Website for business or operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal. |
| 7.2 | Our system consolidates information from numerous sources. These sources periodically change the structure of their data, which may result in occasional delays in updating our links and information to take into account these changes. |
| 7.3 | Whilst we strive to keep downtime to a minimum we cannot guarantee that this Website will function continuously or without interruptions or that it is error free and we cannot accept any liability for its unavailability. In the event that this Website is unavailable we will endeavour to restore the service as quickly as reasonably possible. |
| 7.4 | We may suspend this Website for repair or maintenance work or in order to update or upgrade the contents or functionality of this Website from time to time. We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, format, content, functions and features of this Website without notice. |
| 8 | We may transfer this agreement to someone else |
| 8.1 | We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract. |
| 9 | The Website is only designed for users in the UK |
| 9.1 | The Website is designed for people residing in the United Kingdom. Content or functionality may not be available or appropriate for use in other locations. |
| 10 | Keep your account details safe |
| 10.1 | You must treat as confidential any password or any other piece of information you are given or choose as part of our security procedures. You must not share that information, or your account, with anyone else. |
| 10.2 | We have the right to disable any user account or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use. |
| 10.3 | If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your password or any other security information, you must promptly notify us at [email protected]. |
| 11 | Intellectual property rights and how you may use material on the Website |
| 11.1 | We (and/or our licensors) own all copyright, trade marks, designs rights and other intellectual property rights in the Website, and in the material/content published on it. All such rights are reserved and nothing in these terms shall transfer any such rights to you. |
| 11.2 | You are permitted to retrieve and display/listen to content from our Website and to print off one copy or to download one digital copy or extract of any page(s) from our Website for your personal, non-commercial use. |
| 11.3 | Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Website must always be acknowledged. |
| 11.4 | You must not republish or otherwise reuse any content on our Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors. |
| 11.5 | You are not permitted to download nor reuse any images, video or audio files from our Website independently from their original context. |
| 11.6 | You must not modify any copies you have made of content you have printed or downloaded from our Website in any way. |
| 11.7 | If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of this clause 11, your Membership will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. |
| 12 | No text or data mining, or web scraping |
| 12.1 | You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to the Website or any services provided via, or in relation to, the Website. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of): |
| 12.1.1 | Any "robot", "bot", "spider", "scraper" or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same. |
| 12.1.2 | Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations. |
| 12.2 | The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790). |
| 12.3 | This clause shall not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us. |
| 12.4 | If you are in breach of this clause 12, your Membership and right to use the Website will cease immediately. |
| 13 | Do not rely on information on this site |
| 13.1 | The content on the Website is provided for general 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 the Website. |
| 13.2 | Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on the Website, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on the Website is accurate, complete or up to date. |
| 13.3 | The information we make available to you via this website is gathered from sources that we believe publish accurate data and we republish or link to that information without modification. We cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of third party information made available via this website as it is not our own data, for example if the Department for Education publishes incorrect exam results we will publish the same inaccuracies. In the event that we are not accurately republishing or linking to information we will endeavour to rectify the problem as soon as reasonably possible. |
| 14 | We are not responsible for Websites we link to |
| 14.1 | Where the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked Websites or information you may obtain from them. |
| 14.2 | We do not manage these third party Websites and we do not control, nor are we responsible for, the content of those sites or resources, or performance of those sites or your use of and business with them. |
| 14.3 | Our insertion of links to third party Websites does not imply that we endorse the Website, author or products, nor agree with any of the information, materials, views, opinions, conclusions or recommendations contained on these third party websites. |
| 15 | Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you |
| 15.1 | 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. |
| 15.2 | The exclusions and limits of liability set out in this section apply to any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable. |
| 15.3 | We will not be liable for any business-related losses including but not limited to loss of profit, loss of business and loss of business opportunity, or any indirect or consequential losses. |
| 15.4 | We do not guarantee that the Website will have uninterrupted availability, and so we will not be liable to you for any use of, or inability to use, the Website. |
| 15.5 | We will not be liable in relation for any losses resulting from use of the Website in breach of these terms. |
| 15.6 | Our total liability to you is limited in any year to the Membership fees you have paid for that year. |
| 16 | How we may use your personal information |
| 16.1 | We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy. |
| 17 | Technical issues around using the Website |
| 17.1 | We do not guarantee that the Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. |
| 17.2 | You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access the Website. You should use your own virus protection software. |
| 17.3 | You must not misuse the Website 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 the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website. You must not attack the Website 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 the Website will cease immediately. |
| 17.4 | Certain features or functionality will require a minimum specification or certain commonly available software. You must ensure that you have the appropriate technology and software to use the Website. |
| 18 | Getting support |
| 18.1 | We have a dedicated technical support email: [email protected]. This is the fastest way to get technical support from us. Please provide a description of the problem and your contact details. |
| 19 | Your use of the site |
| 19.1 | You must not use the Website for any unlawful purposes or for any purpose which we may deem to be unacceptable. In particular, in using the Website, you must not: |
| 19.1.1 | transmit or upload (whether or not intentionally) any electronic material which may cause, interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware or telecommunications equipment; |
| 19.1.2 | attack the Website or do anything that may disrupt or interfere with our network or services (including by placing an unusual or excessive burden on the network) or cause the network to crash; |
| 19.1.3 | frame, mirror, scrape or data mine the Website; |
| 19.1.4 | circumvent the user authentication or security process of, or otherwise gain unauthorised access to the Website or any systems, hosts, networks or other devices, or attempt to do so; |
| 19.1.5 | use the site in any way that interrupts, damages or impairs access to this site, or is likely (whether in itself or in combination with the activities of others) to do so; |
| 19.1.6 | use the site for any fraudulent purpose, or in connection with a criminal offence or other unlawful activity; |
| 19.1.7 | transmit or upload or otherwise publish any material that is defamatory, abusive, obscene, of a harassing nature or in any other way offensive; or |
| 19.1.8 | transmit or upload or otherwise publish material that infringes anyone else’s copyright or other intellectual property rights, or that infringes any right of privacy, confidentiality or legal privilege. |
| 20 | Which country's laws apply to any disputes? |
| 20.1 | These terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England will have exclusive jurisdiction. |
