Legal

The following terms and conditions govern your use of this web site, and any content made available from or through this web site. We may change the Terms and Conditions from time to time, at any time without notice to you, by posting such changes on the Web Site.

BY USING THE WEB SITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS APPLIED TO YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE.

You may print and keep a copy of these terms. They are a legal agreement between us and can only be modified with our consent. We reserve the right to change the terms at our discretion by changing them on the web site.

1. Conditions for using the site

www.govcompmag.com is wholly owned by ICSA (https://www.icsa.org.uk/products-and-services/governance-and-compliance).

You will access and use the site solely for your own personal use. ICSA reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the website at any time.

You will not use the site in any illegal manner or for any illegal purpose, in any other manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the site, or in any manner inconsistent with these terms and conditions;

You will not defeat or interfere with any security feature of the site, or attempt to do so; You will not alter or modify any content or component of the site, other than content you have submitted to or posted on the site;

You will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell, or exploit, for any commercial purpose, any content, component, or feature of the site without the prior written permission of www.govcompmag.com, except individual copies for personal use;

You will not use any automated system, software, or device to generate and send unsolicited communications to or through the Site;

You will not collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including without limitation account names or email addresses, from the site, nor use the communication systems provided by the Site for purposes of sending any commercial solicitation;

You will not upload, post, transmit, share, or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code designed to interfere with the functionality of or obtain any non-public information from any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

You will not harass or intimidate any other user of the site.

www.govcompmag.com has the right to remove any comments or content added by an individual user that is fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libellous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent or constitutes or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, national or international law.

2. Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, the copyright and other proprietary and intellectual property rights in all material published on and www.govcompmag.com are owned by ICSA and www.govcompmag.com or its licensors. You are permitted to print or download extracts from this material for your personal use only. No part of the web site or any material appearing thereon may be used for any commercial or public use. No part of the web site or any material appearing thereon may be reproduced on any other web site, or distributed or disseminated in any form, either electronic or non-electronic, or included in any retrieval system without the prior written consent of www.govcompmag.com. Any request for permission to reproduce or otherwise make use of material from the web site may be sent to gcmag@icsa.org.uk

The trademarks, logos, service marks and trade names (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the web site or on content available through the web site may not be used in connection with products and/or services that are not related to, associated with, or sponsored by their rights holders that are likely to cause customer confusion, or in any manner that disparages or discredits their rights holders.

3. Our liability

www.govcompmag.com does not give any warranty or other assurance as to the operation, quality or functionality of the web site or its fitness for any particular purpose. Access to the web site at any time may be interrupted, restricted or delayed for reasons beyond www.govcompmag.com’s control.

www.govcompmag.com does not give any warranty or other assurance with respect to any of the material appearing on the web site, its accuracy, completeness, timeliness or fitness for any particular purpose. To the full extent permissible at law, www.govcompmag.com disclaims all responsibility for any claims, damages or losses (including, without limitation, financial loss, damages for business loss, loss of profits or other consequential losses) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use the web site or any material appearing on the web site, or from any action taken as a result of using the site or any such material. The views expressed in any letter published on the site are not necessarily the views of www.govcompmag.com. www.govcompmag.com disclaims all responsibility for the content of any letter published.

www.govcompmag.com shall not be liable for the contents of any banner advertisement or any other form of advertising or the contents of any web site to which any banner advertisement or other form of advertising provides a hyperlink. Advertisers and third parties providing banner advertisements, advertising in any form and/or links to other web sites shall be solely responsible for ensuring that such advertising material and such other web sites comply with all relevant laws and regulations. To the full extent permissible, www.govcompmag.com disclaims all responsibility for any error, omission or inaccuracy in such material or its failure to comply with the relevant laws or regulations.

Trademarks, logos, etc. are registered trademarks of ICSA and www.govcompmag.com. You are not permitted to use or reproduce or allow any other party to use or reproduce these trade marks for any reason whatsoever.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold www.govcompmag.com its affiliates' directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising in any way from your use of the web site, your placement or transmission of any message, content, information, software or other materials through the web site, or your breach or violation of the law or of these Terms and Conditions. www.govcompmag.com reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with www.govcompmag.com defence of such claim.

This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the parties in connection with the subject matter of this Agreement except as specifically set forth herein.

We accept liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence or responsibility for fraudulent misrepresentation that cannot, under English law, be excluded.

Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, or users, are those of the authors or distributors and not of us. We do not necessarily endorse nor are we responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on the Site.

The information on the Site is not intended to address your particular requirements. Such information does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation by us and is not intended to be relied upon by you in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment, or other, decisions. Independent legal or investment advice should be sought where appropriate.

4. Accuracy of information and Disclaimer

At ICSA a body operated under Royal Charter and whose registered office is at Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London, EC1N 8TS, UK and www.govcompmag.com (‘we’) do our best to ensure all information on the Site is accurate.

You should ensure information you send to us is accurate and does not breach anyone else’s rights such as copyright or is libellous, obscene, menacing, threatening, offensive, abusive, fraudulent, criminal or infringes the rights of other people or in is in any way illegal. You should independently verify any information before relying upon it.

We make no representations that information is accurate and up to date or complete and accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by inaccurate information.

We accept no liability and offer no warranties in relation to the Site and its content, to the fullest extent such liability can be excluded by law.

Any views expressed in messages on the Site are not necessarily those of ICSA or anyone connected with it. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect ICSA policy.

Any advertisements that appear on this site are as far as possible checked for accuracy, although persons accepting or offering to accept goods or services contained in any advertisements do so at their own risk.

The Site contains links to other websites operated by parties who are wholly separate from ICSA. Links to third party sites are provided for the convenience of browsers only, and ICSA cannot be held responsible in any way for the content or operation of those sites, or for opinions expressed thereon.

5. User Information

By using www.govcompmag.com, you are agreeing that ICSA and www.govcompmag.com may store the information you provided as part of the registration process and provide aggregate statistical information about and www.govcompmag.com subscribers to potential advertisers on the web site or in any ad hoc publications published by the www.govcompmag.com. www.govcompmag.com will ask you to opt in before any of your details will be used by a carefully selected third party.

All notices and other communications between the parties shall be made by www.govcompmag.com to you at the email address you provided in your registration form. You are responsible for notifying either of the above listed if there is a change to your email address or any of the other information you have provided to us in your registration form.

www.govcompmag.com reserves the right to charge a fee for access to any material appearing on the web site. Notice of such fees will be provided when you visit the web site and attempt to access any material for which a fee is charged. You will not be able to access this information unless you subscribe to the web site.

Unless specifically requested, we do not solicit nor do we wish to receive any confidential, secret or proprietary information or other material from you through the web site, by email or in any other way. By submitting or sending any information, creative works, demos, ideas, suggestions, concepts, methods, systems, designs, plans, techniques or other materials to us at Kholmes@icsa.org.uk, you agree:

1. That the Submitted Materials are original to you, that no other party has any rights thereto.

2. That www.govcompmag.com is not responsible for maintaining any submitted material that you provide us, and we may delete or destroy and such submitted material at any time.
www.govcompmag.com encourages users to post comments and from time to time become involved in forums on the site. When posting a comment or joining in a forum you agree:

1. Not to post anything which may restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the web site or the web site's services.

2. Nothing you post is fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libellous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent.

3. Nothing you post constitutes or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, national or international law.

4. Nothing you post violates, plagiarizes or infringes the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality, contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right.

5. You further agree not to impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, including anyone from www.govcompmag.com.

6. You will not offer to buy or sell any product or service on or through your comments submitted to our forums. You alone are responsible for the content and consequences of any of your activities.

You may link to www.govcompmag.com in its entirety, whereas you cannot link to an individual image nor can you include www.govcompmag.com within a “framed environment”.

We reserve all of our rights under the law to insist that any link to the web site be discontinued, and to revoke your right to link to the web site from any other web site at any time upon written notice to you.

6. Legal Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution

English law shall apply to these terms, notwithstanding the jurisdiction where you are based. You irrevocably agree that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms and for those purposes irrevocably submit all disputes to the jurisdiction of the English courts. The place of performance shall be England.

We make no warranty or guarantee that the Site or information available over it complies with laws other than those of England.

7. General

Any formal legal notices should be sent to us at the address at the end of these Terms by email confirmed by post.

Failure by us to enforce a right does not result in waiver of such right.

You may not assign or transfer your rights under this agreement.

We may amend these Terms at any time by posting a variation on the Site.

Our privacy terms are at https://www.icsa.org.uk/products-and-services/governance-and-compliance/common/privacy

Our cookies policy is at http://www.icsa.org.uk/common/cookies