Terms and conditions
Terms and Conditions of use for the website http://www.ucasresearch.com/
1 Use of websites
1.1 By viewing the Website listed above ("the Website") the user ("you") is deemed to consent to all terms and conditions set out below. If you have any questions regarding the terms and conditions, you should contact the Company Secretary at UCAS.
1.2 UCAS reserves the right at all times to vary, change, alter, amend, add to or remove any of these terms and conditions. By browsing the Website you accept that you are bound by the current terms and conditions and notices. Please ensure that you review these terms and conditions each time you revisit the site as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use the Website after the variation has been posted.
1.3 The current draft of these terms and conditions was adopted and published on 1 September 2009.
2 Copyright
2.1 All copyright and other intellectual property rights in any material contained on the Website are either owned by UCAS or have been licensed to UCAS by the rights owners. The Website contains trademarks which belong to UCAS or which have been licensed to UCAS by the trademark owners, for use on the Website. Your use of these trademarks is forbidden unless prior written permission has been obtained from the trademark owner.
2.2 You may access any part of the Website and download or copy material (by printing off individual pages onto paper) or download material on to disk (but not on to any server or other device connected to a network) for personal non-commercial use only. The intellectual property rights in such material shall be retained by UCAS or, where the material has been licensed to UCAS, by the owners of the rights in the material.
2.3 Links to the Website (comprising http://www.ucasresearch.com/), are not permitted other than to the Home Page for personal use except with prior written permission. Links to the Website from within a frameset definition are not permitted except with prior written permission.
2.4 You may not remove any copyright, trademark or intellectual property notices contained in the original material from any material downloaded or copied from the Website.
2.5 Copying, distributing or any use of the material contained on the Website for any commercial purpose is prohibited.
2.6 You may not create a database by systematically downloading substantial parts of the Website.
3 Disclaimer
3.1 UCAS has taken care to ensure that the information on www.ucasresearch.com is correct. However, no warranty, express or implied, is given as to its accuracy and UCAS does not accept any liability for error or omission. UCAS is not responsible for how the information is used, how it is interpreted or what reliance is placed on it. We do not guarantee that the information on www.ucasresearch.com is fit for any particular purpose.
3.2 The content of the Website is for general information only and does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation upon which a specific decision should be made. UCAS has done its best to ensure the accuracy and currency of the materials contained on the Website but to the fullest extent permitted by law excludes any warranty, whether express or implied, by statute at common law or otherwise, relating to the Website and the material contained on the Website, in particular (but without limitation of the above), UCAS gives no warranties as to quality, accuracy, timeliness, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose of the Website or of the material contained in it.
3.3 To the fullest extent permitted by law UCAS will not be liable for any claims, costs, penalties, loss (whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether economic or special loss), damages or expenses arising from the use or from the inability to use the Website or from reliance on information or on advice contained on the Website or from any unauthorised access or alteration to the Website by a third party.
3.4 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude liability for death or personal injury directly caused by the negligence of UCAS nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
3.5 UCAS will try to make the Website available but cannot guarantee that the Website will operate continuously or without interruptions or be error free and can accept no liability for its unavailability. You must not attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website and in particular you must not attempt to circumvent security, tamper with, hack into, or otherwise disrupt any computer system, server, website, router or any other internet connected device. You are also advised to use the appropriate antivirus software before and during access to the Website.
4 Privacy Policy
4.1 At UCAS we have adopted the following privacy policy as part of our commitment to protect your Personal Information.
4.2 We will not sell, trade or rent your Personal Information to others. With your permission, we may send you information considered relevant to you about research events and the UCAS Admissions Research Journal. We will follow the appropriate legal requirements to ensure that no third parties see your Personal Information save as set out in these terms and conditions.
4.3 UCAS may use cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data which is stored on your computer and which is revealed to UCAS when you use the Website. UCAS uses cookies only to make it easier to identify you when using the Website. UCAS does not use cookies to collect additional information about you. You can configure your web browser not to accept cookies, although this may hinder the functionality of the Website for you.
4.4 You may, at any time, withdraw your permission for UCAS to use your Personal Information for the purposes of sending you information about research events and the UCAS Admissions Research Journal by writing to the Company Secretary, UCAS, Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Glos GL52 3LZ. You may also write to our Company Secretary if you have any questions, or wish to have any of your Personal Information edited or deleted.
4.5 Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request UCAS to provide you with details of Personal Information that UCAS holds about you. If you want to make a request for this information you should write to our Company Secretary at the above address. There will be a fee of £10 payable. A cheque for this amount should be sent to UCAS with your request for information.
5 General
5.1 These terms are not intended to confer any benefit on a third party under the provision of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
5.2 Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to UCAS.
5.3 UCAS reserves the right, at any time, to suspend or terminate your access to, or use of, the Website.
5.4 UCAS will always seek criminal prosecution of any individual who or organisation which seeks to use UCAS' name, material, logos or trademarks for unlawful purposes and, where appropriate, will take action within the civil courts of any applicable jurisdiction against any individual or organisation discovered to be using UCAS' name, logos, materials, trademarks or the Website for unauthorised or unlawful purposes.
5.5 These terms & conditions of use shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with English law. The courts of England shall subject as set out in clause 5.6 have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any claim, dispute or other matters arising therefrom.
5.6 For the exclusive benefit of UCAS, UCAS shall retain the right to bring proceedings in the Courts of the country of residence of any user of the Website.
5.7 If any provision of these terms and conditions is found to be invalid by any Court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions which shall continue to have full force and effect.
5.8 The failure by UCAS to exercise any right or remedy under these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.
5.9 The Website (comprising: http://www.ucasresearch.com/) is provided to support the work of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). UCAS, a company limited by guarantee registered in England and a registered charity in England and Wales and in Scotland, also owns and manages the Website.