Terms of Use - e-GIF Compliance Assessment Service

Terms of Use

You agree that your use of this website or any part of it is subject to the following terms. You are deemed to have agreed to and accepted the following terms if you continue to browse and use this website or any part of it.

egifcompliance.org is implemented and managed by The National Computing Centre Limited on behalf of the Cabinet Office e-Government Unit, part of the Cabinet Office. In entering our site you as a user ('You') are accepting our terms of use, in these terms of use "us" or "we" means The National Computing Centre Limited (company registered number: 00881195) whose registered office is at Oxford House, Oxford Road, Manchester M1 7ED England.

Content and use
egifcompliance.org is maintained for your personal use and viewing. The access and use of egifcompliance.org featuring these terms and conditions constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions. They take effect from the date on which you first use this website.
You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site.
You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, likely to give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any law. We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials on egifcompliance.org.
Information collected by us is used for internal review, to improve the content of egifcompliance.org, to customise the content and/or layout of egifcompliance.org, to notify users about updates to egifcompliance.org, and to contact users for marketing purposes and is not shared with other organisations for commercial purposes.

Linking to us and to other sites
Please let us know if you wish to link directly to pages on egifcompliance.org by emailing us on webster@ncc.co.uk. We do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our site, however we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site; egifcompliance.org pages must load into the user's entire window.
Links contained in egifcompliance.org will lead to other websites which are not under our control. We are not responsible for the content of any linked site. Listing and linking should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind and we accept no liability in respect of the content. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and have no control over the availability of the linked pages.

Intellectual property and copyright
The names, images and logos identifying e-GIF, the Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office e-Government Unit and Office of Government Commerce are proprietary marks of the Cabinet Office. The names, images and logos identifying The National Computing Centre Limited are proprietary marks of The National Computing Centre Limited. If you wish to copy or use any of the logos, you must get prior approval from the copyright owner. Requests for permission to use the UK online logo should be directed to the UK online branding team, email: branding@ukonline.gov.uk. Requests for permission to use the NCC logo should be directed to the NCC Marketing manager mike.dean@ncc.co.uk. Requests for permission to use any of the other logos should follow the Crown copyright policy and licensing arrangements guidance featured on HMSO's website at the www.hmso.gov.uk/guides. In each case, tell us how and why you wish to use our logos. Please include your contact details: name, address, telephone number, fax number and email.
Unless indicated otherwise. the material featured on this site is the copyright of The National Computing Centre Limited. You may view, and use, download and store the material for personal and research use only. Commercial use is not permitted. You may not download for storage material from this website unless specifically directed to do by NCC. The re-distribution, re-publication, or otherwise making available of the material on this website to third parties is prohibited.
Where indicated, the material featured on this site, is subject to Crown copyright protection.
The Crown copyright protected material (other than the Royal Arms and departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Where any of the Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.
The permission to reproduce Crown protected material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.
For further information on Crown copyright policy and licensing arrangements, see the guidance featured on HMSO's website at http://www.hmso.gov.uk/guides.htm

Disclaimer
The egifcompliance.org website and material relating to Government information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided 'as is', 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.
We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of egifcompliance.org.
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Data protection
This site complies with the data protection laws. For further information, read our privacy policy. This privacy policy forms part of these terms of use.

Jurisdiction and acceptance
This website is controlled and operated by us from our offices in England. The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity in all aspects whatsoever of these terms and conditions or of any term of these terms and conditions or any dispute in relation to the materials contained in this website shall be governed by English law. The English and Welsh courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions or use of the website.
Your continued use of this website indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions.

If these terms of use change in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of the details.
27/11/2002

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