1. Terms of website use and acceptable use of policy
This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms
of use on which you may make use of our website (our site), whether as a guest
or a registered user and applies to all users of this site. Please read these
terms of use carefully before you start to use the site.
By using our site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and acceptable
use policy and that you agree to abide by these terms and all policies applicable
to the use of this site. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain
from using our site.
2. Information about us
This site is operated by OCS Group UK Limited (The Company). The Company is registered
in England under company number 3056469 and have our registered office at 79 Limpsfield
Road Sanderstead Surrey CR2 9LB. OCS Group UK Ltd, company number 3056469 and
OCS International Ltd, company number 2946849 are part of OCS Group Ltd, company
number 1298292.
3. Prohibited uses
You may use our site only for lawful purposes. 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.
- 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 our terms of website use as set out herein.
- 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; or
- any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
4. Accessing our site
Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis and The Company reserve
the right to withdraw or amend the service The Company provide on our site without
notice (see below). The Company will not be liable if for any reason our site
is unavailable at any time or for any period.
From time to time The Company may restrict access to some parts of our site,
or our entire site, to users who have registered with us.
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. The Company has 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 or the confidentiality
of the identification code or password has been compromised.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access
to our site. 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.
5. Intellectual property rights
The Company are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights
in 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.
6. Reliance on information posted
Commentary, product and service descriptions and other materials posted on our
site are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed.
The Company 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.
7. Our site changes regularly
The Company aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any
time. If the need arises, The Company 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 The Company are under no obligation to update such material.
8. Suspension and termination
The Company will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach
of these terms and conditions through your use of our site. When a breach of these
terms and conditions has occurred, The Company may take such action as The Company
deems appropriate.
Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach
of the terms of use 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 The Company
reasonably feel is necessary.
The Company exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of these
terms and conditions. The responses described in this policy are not limited and
The Company may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate
9. Our liability
The material displayed on our site is provided without any guarantees, conditions
or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, The Company,
other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us hereby
expressly exclude:
- All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by
statute, common law or the law of equity.
- Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred
by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability
to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials
posted on it, including, without limitation any liability for:
- loss of income or revenue;
- loss of business;
- loss of profits or contracts;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of data;
- loss of goodwill;
- wasted management or office time; and
- or any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by
tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from
our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation
as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or
limited under applicable law.
10. Information about you and your visits to our site
The Company process information about you in accordance with our privacy policy
and in compliance with the Data Protection Act. By using our site, you consent
to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
11. Viruses, hacking and other offences
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. The Company 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.
The Company 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.
12. Linking to our site
You may link to our home page, 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.
You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.
Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any
part of our site other than the home page. The Company 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 in these terms and conditions.
If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above,
please address your request to
Audrey.clark@ocs.co.uk.
13. 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. The Company 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.
14.Jurisdiction and applicable law
The English courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising
from, or related to, a visit to our site although The Company 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.
15. Trade marks
”Cannon”, "Strand" and “OCS” are UK registered trade marks of OCS Group Limited.
16. Variations
The Company 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
The Company has made, as they are legally 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.
17. Your concerns
Thank you for visiting our site.