Terms of Use

Website terms and conditions of use

Welcome to our Website. If you continue to browse and use this Website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which, together with our privacy policy, govern Franklin Bates’ relationship with you in relation to this Website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our Website.

The term ‘Franklin Bates’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the Website, Franklin Bates Limited, whose registered office is 3 Acorn Business Centre, Northarbour Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3TH. Our company registration number is 8560538. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our Website.

The use of this Website is subject to the following terms and conditions

  • The content of the pages of this Website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
  • The Website may provide communication tools such as email, bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums and/or other message or communication facilities (‘the Services’) designed to enable you to communicate with others. Unless stated otherwise, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use only.
  • This Website uses cookies to monitor browsing preferences. If you do allow cookies to be used, the following personal information may be stored by us for use by third parties: technical information, including the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information if applicable browser type and version, operating system and platform, information about your visit including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to through and from our site (including date and time), page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our contact number.
  • Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the content, information and materials found or offered on this Website for any purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the greatest extent permitted by law.
  • Your use of any information or materials on this Website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, Services or information available through this Website meet your specific requirements.
  • This Website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
  • All trademarks reproduced in this Website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the Website.
  • Unauthorised use of this Website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
  • From time to time, this Website may also include links to other Websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the Website(s). You acknowledge and agree that Franklin Bates is not responsible for the content or availability of the linked Website(s). • The Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website and the Services) are protected by copyright, trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights and laws. In accessing the Website, you agree that you will access the contents solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home use only. • Franklin Bates does not claim ownership of any materials you post, upload or submit to any publicly accessible area of the Services. However, by doing so you are granting us a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive licence to copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, publicly display, edit, translate or publish such Content for as long as you elect to display such Content via the Services. The licence shall be terminated when such Content is deleted from the Services.
  • We have the right to terminate your access to any or all the Services at any time, without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, breach of these Terms and Conditions. We may also at any time, at our sole discretion, discontinue the Website/Services or any part thereof without prior notice and you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Website/Services.
  • You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom or the country in which you reside (if different) and with all local laws and rules regarding acceptable use of and conduct on the Internet. Your use of this Website and any dispute arising out of such use of the Website is subject to the laws of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
  • You agree to indemnify and hold Franklin Bates harmless from and against any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and any claim or demand brought against Franklin Bates by any third party arising out of your use of the Services and/or any Content submitted, posted or transmitted through the Services, including without limitation, all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) howsoever suffered or incurred by Franklin Bates in consequence of your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

In using the Website/Services you agree

1. Not to use the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other unsolicited messages, commercial or otherwise;

2. Not to post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that is defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;

3. Not to post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that incites discrimination, hate or violence towards any person or group because of their race, religion, disability, nationality or otherwise;

4. No to threaten, abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others;

5. No to use any information or material in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary right of any party;

6. No to make available or upload files that contain a virus, worm, trojan or corrupt data that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another;

7. Not to collect or store personal information about others, including email addresses;

8. Not to advertise or offer to buy or sell goods or Services for any commercial purpose, unless such communication facility specifically allows such messages;

9. Not to impersonate any person or entity for the purpose of misleading others;

10. Not to violate any applicable laws or regulations;

11. Not to use the Website/Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website/Services or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website/Services;

12. Not to post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information or confidential information disclosed in the course of employment or under a confidentiality agreement);

13. Not to attempt to gain unauthorised access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Website/Services through hacking, password mining or any other means.

14. We have no obligation to monitor the Services but shall be entitled to review materials posted to a communications facility and, at our sole discretion, to remove any material that breaches these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable.

15. If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term or Condition shall be considered void and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

1. Use of the Website/Services is at your own risk. The Website/Services are provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

2. To the extent permitted by law, Franklin Bates will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website/Services.

3. Franklin Bates makes no warranty that the Website/Services will meet your requirements, that Content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality of the Website/Services will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website/Services or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.

4. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed to exclude or limit the liability of Franklin Bates for death or personal injury as a result of the negligence of Franklin Bates.

5. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

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