Website Acceptable Use Policy
1. About this policy
1.1 Together with our website terms and conditions of use this acceptable use policy (Policy) governs how you may access and use this website and all associated web pages (Site), which is provided by us free of charge.
1.2 You should read this Policy carefully before using the Site.
1.3 By using the Site or otherwise indicating your consent, you agree to be bound by this Policy, which supplements our website terms and condition of use. If you do not agree with or accept any part of this Policy, you should stop using the Site immediately.
1.4 If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us at info@willsandtrustssolicitors.com
1.5 If you would like this Policy in another format (for example: audio, large print, braille) please contact us at info@willsandtrustssolicitors.com or call us on 01844 899150
1.6 In this Policy: ‘We’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ means WT Solicitors (a trading name of Wills & Trusts Legal Limited), company registration number 12275796 and whose registered office is at 112 High Street, Thame, Oxon, England, OX9 3DZ and ‘you’ or ‘your’ means the person accessing or using the Site or its content. 2. Acceptable use 2.1 We permit you to use the Site only for personal, non-commercial purposes and primarily for accessing information about us and our services. Use of the Site in any other way, including any unacceptable use set out in this Policy, is not permitted.
3. Unacceptable use
3.1 As a condition of your use of the Site, you agree not to use the Site: 3.1.1 For any purpose that is unlawful under any applicable law or prohibited by this Policy or our Website Terms and Conditions of Use. 3.1.2 To commit any act of fraud; 3.1.3 To distribute viruses or malware or other similar harmful software code; 3.1.4 For purposes of promoting unsolicited advertising or sending spam; 3.1.5 To simulate communications from us or another service or entity in order to collect identity information, authentication credentials, or other information (‘phishing’); 3.1.6 In any manner that disrupts the operation of our Site or business or the website or business of any other entity; 3.1.7 In any manner that harms minors; 3.1.8 To promote any unlawful activity (including but not limited to the promotion or sale of any unlawful goods or services); 3.1.9 To represent or suggest that we endorse any other business, product or service unless we have separately agreed to do so in writing; 3.1.10 To gain unauthorised access to or use of computers, data, systems, accounts or networks; or 3.1.11 To attempt to circumvent password or user authentication methods.
4. Linking and framing
4.1 You may create a link to our Site from another website without our prior written consent provided no such link: 4.1.1 Creates a frame or any other browser or border environment around the content of our Site; 4.1.2 Implies that we endorse your products or services or any of the products or services of, or available through, the website on which you place a link to our Site; 4.1.3 Displays any of the trademarks or logos used on our Site without our permission or that of the owner of such trademarks or logos; or 4.1.4 Is placed on a website that itself breaches this Policy. 4.2 We reserve the right to require you to immediately remove any link to the Site at any time, and you shall immediately comply with any request by us to remove any such link.
5. Using our name and logo You may not use our trade marks, logos, or trade names except in accordance with his Policy and our Website terms and conditions of use. Where we give permission to use our trade marks, logos or trade names, you shall do so only in accordance with our brand guidelines, which will be communicated to you separately.
6. Breach We shall apply the terms of this Policy in our absolute discretion. In the event of your breach of this Policy we may terminate or suspend your use of the Site, remove or edit Submissions, disclose Submissions or any other communication to users of our Site by you to law enforcement authorities or take any action we consider necessary to remedy the breach. 6.3 Nothing in these Terms grants you any legal rights in the Site or the Content other than as necessary for you to access it. You agree not to adjust, try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on the Site or the Content (including any intellectual property notices) and in particular, in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within the Site or the Content.
7. Software
7.1 Software may be made available for you to download in order for the Site to work better. You will be granted a limited, non-exclusive licence to use any such software, subject to you agreeing to the terms and conditions that apply to such software (sometimes known as an ‘end user licence agreement’ or ‘EULA’).
7.2 You will be made aware of any terms and conditions that apply to the software when you try to download it. If you do not accept such terms and conditions, you will not be able to download the software.
7.3 You should read any terms and conditions carefully. They may contain provisions that set out your legal rights (for example, under the Consumer Rights Act 2015), your legal responsibilities when using the software, the software provider’s legal responsibilities and any limitations on the software provider’s legal responsibilities to you.
7.4 Any software made available on the Site is solely for your personal, non-commercial use.
7.5 Using the software in an unlawful way (such as reproducing or redistributing it in a way that breaches these Terms and any other terms and conditions that apply to it) is expressly prohibited and may result in civil and criminal penalties.
8. Submitting information to the site
8.1 While we try to make sure that the Site is secure, we do not actively monitor or check whether information supplied to us through the Site is confidential, commercially sensitive or valuable.
8.2 Other than any personal information which will be dealt with in accordance with our Privacy Policy, we do not guarantee that information supplied to us through the Site will be kept confidential and we may use it on an unrestricted and free-of-charge basis as we reasonably see fit.
9. Accuracy of information and availability of the site9
.1 We try to make sure that the Site is accurate, up-to-date and free from bugs, but we cannot promise that it will be. Furthermore, we cannot promise that the Site will be fit or suitable for any purpose. Any reliance that you may place on the information on the Site is at your own risk.
9.2 We may suspend or terminate access or operation of the Site at any time as we see fit.
9.3 Any Content is provided for your general information purposes only and to inform you about us and our products and news, features, services and other websites that may be of interest, but has not been tailored to your specific requirements or circumstances. It does not constitute technical, financial or legal advice or any other type of advice and should not be relied on for any purposes. You should always use your own independent judgment when using our Site and its Content.
9.4 While we try to make sure that the Site is available for your use, we do not promise that the Site will be available at all times or that your use of the Site will be uninterrupted.
10. Hyperlinks and third-party sites The Site may contain hyperlinks or references to third party advertising and websites other than the Site. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over third party advertising or websites and accept no legal responsibility for any content, material or information contained in them. The display of any hyperlink and reference to any thirdparty advertising or website does not mean that we endorse that third party’s website, products or services. Your use of a third-party site may be governed by the terms and conditions of that thirdparty site and is at your own risk.
11. Our responsibility to you
11.1 If we breach these Terms or are negligent, we are liable to you for foreseeable loss or damage that you suffer as a result. By ‘foreseeable’ we mean that, at the time these Terms were formed, it was either clear that such loss or damage would occur or you and we both knew that it might reasonably occur, as a result of something we did (or failed to do).
11.2 We are not liable to you for any loss or damage that was not foreseeable, any loss or damage not caused by our breach or negligence, or any business loss or damage.
11.3 Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for any death or personal injury caused by our negligence, liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that the law does not allow us to exclude or limit.
12. Events beyond our control We are not liable to you if we fail to comply with these Terms because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
13. No third-party rights No one other than us or you have any right to enforce any of these Terms.
14. Variation
14.1 No changes to these Terms are valid or have any effect unless agreed by us in writing or made in accordance with this clause
14.14.2 We reserve the right to vary these Terms from time to time. Our updated Terms will be displayed on the Site and by continuing to use and access the Site following such changes, you agree to be bound by any variation made by us. It is your responsibility to check these Terms from time to time to verify such variations.
15. Complaints
15.1 Please see our separate complaints procedure