January 1st, 2010


1. About us
      
USE* Automotive Consulting Limited (USE*) is a public limited company registered in England and Wales under company registration number 4509674 and with its registered office at Hawkstone Manor House, Leigh, Staffordshire ST10 4PH, UK.
      
Please see our contacts section for more information. See also Our Privacy Policy

2. About these terms
      
2.1 These terms apply to your use of the USE*'s website at www.use.ac (the ‘website/site’). 
2.2 By accessing our website you are deemed to have accepted these terms. If you do not agree to them you must stop using our site.
2.3 The most current version of these terms is dated on the above date but we may at any time revise them without notice. You are responsible for reviewing these terms on each occasion that you revisit the site and if you continue to use our site after changes are made you are deemed to have accepted them.

3. Intellectual Property Rights
      
3.1 The design and content of this website is protected by copyright and is owned by USE* and its licensors. All rights are reserved. The exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the direct or indirect, temporary or permanent reproduction of this website by any means and in any form, in whole or in part, and to make this website available to the public, and to distribute any copyright protected material in the site shall remain with USE* or its licensors. You agree not to copy, adapt, alter or create any derivative work from any material on this site, or to restrict or inhibit the use or enjoyment of this site by anyone else.
3.2 USE* owns various trade marks and registered trade marks ("the marks") a list of which can be obtained from us. You may not use those marks, and any third party trade marks that appear on this website, other than as permitted by express written licence from USE* or by law. In particular, but without limitation, you may not use the marks as meta-tags nor may you sponsor them in search engines. All goodwill in your legitimate use of the marks shall accrue to USE*. Please notify us immediately if you become aware of any infringement of the marks.
3.3 All other intellectual property rights in the website are the property of USE* or its licensors.
3.4 Except as set out in the paragraph entitled ‘Permitted Uses’, nothing in these terms or on this website should be taken as conferring any licence or right to use any material on this website without the prior written approval of the owner, whether that is USE* or its licensors.

4. Registration
      
4.1 We may require you to register before we supply any non-chargeable services via this website. When you register, you agree to provide, true, accurate, up to date and complete information as required by the relevant registration form made available to you via this website.


5. Acceptable Use
      
5.1 It is impossible to provide an exhaustive list of exactly what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable use of this website. In general, we will not tolerate any use of our website which damages or is likely to damage our reputation, the availability or integrity of the website or which causes us or threatens to cause us to incur any legal, tax or regulatory liability.
5.2 We therefore ask you to treat our website with respect, and not to use the site or our products or services for any illegal purpose, or in such a way as to infringe or breach other's rights or to cause or threaten to cause us damage. We also ask you to comply with any relevant notices, policies and terms imposed by third parties whose website, products or services you access through our site.
5.3 We reserve the right to suspend the use of our site generally or block your access to any part of the site and/or to suspend or terminate your rights to use the site or any part of it if we suspect misuse. We shall then report any misuse of our site to the relevant enforcement or other authorities and to our advisers. We further reserve the right to disclose any evidence we have which relates directly or indirectly to misuse.

6. Links 
      
6.1 Links to this website are permitted, subject to first obtaining our prior written consent although we reserve the right to withdraw such consent at any time. Links must only be made to the home page of this website and you are not entitled (nor shall you assist others) to set up links from your own website to this website by deep-linking, framing or otherwise, without our prior written consent. Such consent may be withheld at our absolute discretion, and without the need to provide a reason. 
6.2 This website includes links that allow you to leave this website and visit third party sites. We have no control over and are not responsible for the content, use by you or availability of those third party websites, for any products or services you buy through those sites or for the treatment of any personal information you provide to the third party. 
6.3 The products, services and websites of third party providers made available via this website are owned and operated by independent suppliers. While we may co-brand these products or services with our own, we do not endorse those products or services or warrant the accuracy or reliability of any information provided to you by such third parties. In particular, we do not warrant or guarantee that you will be satisfied with the products and/or services supplied by third parties and you should make whatever enquiries you feel are necessary before proceeding with any such transactions.

7. Cookies 
      
We may use cookies on this website. Further information about cookies, how we use them to store and access information about you and how you can elect to refuse their use can be found in our Privacy Policy.

8. Privacy 
      
This website may include areas where you are requested to input information about yourself. Any personal data you submit to us through this website shall be subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy.

9. Disclaimer of representations and warranties 
      
9.1 Content. We take steps to ensure that all information we provide on this website about our software and services is correct and complete at the time of the last update to the relevant page but we do not warrant it will be correct and complete. 
9.2 Availability. Use of this website is free and we take steps to ensure it is available to all permitted users, including disabled users. We do not warrant that the site will be continuously available, or that your use of the site will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that the site and server will be free from attack.

10. General 
      
10.1 If a court or other competent authority holds any of these terms to be void or unenforceable in whole or part, the other terms and the remainder of the affected term shall continue to be valid. 
10.2 Nothing in these terms shall exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury due to our negligence or our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation. 
10.3 If you are a consumer, your legal rights are not affected by these terms. 
10.4 Our failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy provided by these terms of use or by law does not constitute a waiver of those or any other rights or remedies. 
10.5 These terms and the use of this website and its content shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with English law, and you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.