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Please read the following Terms and Conditions of Use. As a condition of subscription and/or membership to EnergyWeb, you will be asked to indicate your acceptance. Energy Web Limited reserves the right to revise these Terms and Conditions at any time.
Terms and Conditions
This page states the "Terms and Conditions" under which you may use EnergyWeb.net (the "web site"). Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions, please do not use this web site. By using this web site, you are indicating your acceptance to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Energy Web Limited (the "Company") may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You must visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on you. The terms "You" and "User" as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this web site for any reason.
Use of Material
The contents of this Web Site, such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other "Material", are protected under United Kingdom, United States and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws. All Material is the property of the Company or its content suppliers or clients. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this Web Site is the exclusive property of the Company and protected by U.K., U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You must retain all copyright, trademark, service mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Material on any copy you make of the Material. You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Material on any other web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited. You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that the Company creates to generate its pages.
Acceptable Site Use
General Rules: Users may not use the Web Site in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights or violate privacy, publicity or other personal rights, or (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.
Web Site Security Rules: Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Web Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account which the User is not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, (c) attempting to interfere with service to any User, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Web Site, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mail bombing" or "crashing", (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. The Company will investigate occurrences, which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Users who are involved in such violations.
Specific Prohibited Uses
The Company specifically prohibits any use of the Web Site, and all Users agree not to use the Web Site, for any of the following:
- Posting any incomplete, false or inaccurate capability or other information which is not your own accurate information.
- Deleting or revising any material posted by any other entity or person.
- Using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Web Site or any activity being conducted on this site.
- Taking any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Web Site's infrastructure.
- If you have a password allowing access to a non-public area of this Web Site, disclosing to or sharing your password with any third parties or using your password for any unauthorized purpose.
- Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, using or attempting to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Web Site other than the search engine and search agents available from the Company on this Web Site and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).
- Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Web Site.
Subscriber and User Information
When you complete online forms on the Web Site, you will be asked
to provide the Company with certain information including, without
limitation, your contact details (your "Information"). In addition
to the terms and conditions that may be set forth in any privacy
policy on this Web Site, you understand and agree that the Company
may disclose to third parties, on an anonymous basis, certain aggregate
information contained in your registration application. The Company
will not disclose to any third party your name, address, e-mail
address or telephone number without your prior consent, except to
the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws
or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant. Please
see the Company's Privacy Policy for further
details regarding your Information.
Subscriber and User Submissions
As a Subscriber and/or User, you are responsible for your own information and communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. You must not, and by using this Web Site you agree not to, do the following things: post material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; post material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner; post material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; post material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another User or any other entity or person; post a sexually-explicit image or statement; post chain letters or pyramid schemes; impersonate another entity or person; or post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.
The Company does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of information and communications posted by Subscribers and Users or endorse any opinions expressed by Users and Subscribers. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted by other Subscribers and Users will be at your own risk.
The Company acts as a passive conduit for the online distribution and publication of Subscriber and User-submitted information and has no obligation to screen communications or information in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by Subscribers and Users. If notified by a Subscriber or User of information and communications which allegedly does not conform to these Terms and Conditions, the Company may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the information or communication. The Company has no liability or responsibility to Subscribers or Users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. The Company reserves the right to expel Subscribers or Users and prevent their further access to the Web Site for violating the Terms and Conditions or the law and the right to remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive. The Company may take any action with respect to Subscriber or User-submitted information that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if it believes it may create liability for the Company or may cause the Company to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its Internet Service Providers or other supply sources.
By submitting content to any public or non-public area of the Web Site, including message boards, you grant the Company and its affiliates the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers), non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content. You also warrant that the holder of any rights, including moral rights in such content, has completely and effectively waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to grant the license stated above. You also permit any Subscriber or User to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content for an entity or for personal use. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of such content placed on the Web Site retains any and all rights that may exist in such content.
Subscription and Password
You are responsible for maintaining any aspect of the confidentiality of your information, including applicable user name(s) and password(s). You shall be responsible for all uses of your subscription and/or registration. You agree to immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your subscription, registration or password.
The Company's Liability
The Company is only a provider of information. This Web Site acts as a source of information and the Company does not screen or censor the information or capability of Buyers or Sellers. The Company is not involved in the actual transactions between Buyers and Sellers and the like. The Company has no control over the quality, legality, truth or accuracy of the information or the capability of Buyers or Sellers. In using this Web Site you acknowledge that there are risks, including but not limited to the risk of physical harm, of dealing with strangers, foreign nationals, underage persons or people acting under false pretences. You assume all risks associated with dealing with other Subscribers or Users with whom you come into contact through the Web Site. Because User authentication on the Internet is difficult the Company cannot and does not confirm that each Subscriber or User is who they claim to be.
Because the Company do not and cannot be involved in Subscriber to Subscriber, User to Subscriber and User-to-User dealings or control the behaviour of participants on the Web Site you acknowledge that in the event that you have a dispute with one or more Subscribers or Users, you release the Company (and our agents and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential, direct and indirect) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
The Company are under no legal obligation to, and generally do not, control the information provided by other Users that is made available through the Web Site. By its very nature, other people's information may be offensive, harmful or inaccurate, and in some cases will be mislabeled or deceptively labeled. The Company expects that you will use caution and common sense when using this Web Site.
Some Material may occasionally contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Company makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Web Site or the Material. The use of the Web Site and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the Web Site and may be made at any time.
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of any information or other material contained therein placed by you on the Web Site.
The Company does not warrant that the Web Site will operate error-free or that the Web Site and its servers are free of computer viruses or other harmful mechanisms. If you use the Web Site or the material viewed or downloaded results in the need for servicing or replacing equipment or data, the Company is not responsible for those costs.
The Web Site, the information and the material are provided on an "as is" basis without any warranties of any kind. The Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including the warranty of merchantability, fitness for particular purpose and non-infringement. The Company makes no warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the material, services, software, text, graphics, and links.
Disclaimer of consequential damages
In no event shall the Company, its suppliers, or any third parties mentioned on the Web Site be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from the use or inability to use the Web Site and the material, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not the Company is advised of the possibility of such damages.
Links to Other Sites
The Web Site contains links to third party web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by the Company of the contents on such third-party Web sites. The Company is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party Web sites. If you decide to access linked third party Web sites, you do so at your own risk.
No Resale or Unauthorized Commercial Use
You agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under this Term of Use. You also agree not to make any unauthorized commercial use of the Web Site.
Termination
The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies, including but not limited to deletion of your postings from this Web Site and immediate termination of your subscription or registration with or ability to access the Web Site and/or any other service provided to you by the Company, upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or if the Company is unable to verify or authenticate any information you submit to the Web Site registration with or ability to access the Web Site.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents and assignees from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Material or your breach of the terms of these Terms and Conditions. The Company shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.
General
The Company makes no claims that the Materials may be lawfully viewed or downloaded in the country from which you access the Web Site. Access to the Materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Web Site from such countries, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. These Terms and conditions are governed by English Law. Jurisdiction and Venue for any claims arising under this agreement shall lie exclusively within England. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions are found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, except as expressly provided in additional terms of use for areas of the Web Site a particular "Legal Notice," or Software License or material on particular Web pages, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the use of Web Site. No changes to these Terms and Conditions shall be made except by a revised posting on this page.
This document last updated 27th September 2001
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