Terms of website use (UK)
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before using this website.
What is in these Terms?
These terms tell you the rules for using our website archivesit.org.uk (our site).
Click on the links below to see more information on each area:
Who we are and how to contact us
Archivesit.org.uk is a site operated by Archives of IT (”We”). We are registered in England and Wales under charity number 1164198 and have our registered office at:
Manufactory House,
2 Bell Lane,
Hertford,
SG14 1FR.
We are regulated by the Charity Commission. To contact us, please email us.
By using our site you accept these terms
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site. We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.You must keep your account details safe
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at enquiries@archivesit.org.uk
There are other terms that may apply to you
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:
- Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
- Our Acceptable Use Policy, which sets out the permitted uses and prohibited uses of our site. When using our site, you must comply with this Acceptable Use Policy.
- Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.
We may make changes to these Terms
We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
We may make changes to our site
We may update and change our site from time to time [to reflect changes to our products, our users’ needs and our business priorities]. [We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes.]
We may suspend or withdraw our site
Our site is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
We may transfer this agreement to someone else
We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.
How you may use material on our site
All materials (including text and images) on the site are the copyright of AIT or third parties. Anyone may view the contents of the site on screen and use it for information purposes. Anyone may reproduce reasonable extracts from the site for their personal use or private study and save a copy of them on their local hard disk for their personal use or private study only. Resources for teachers may be used, adapted and shared by educational establishments for non-commercial purposes in the normal course of operations e.g. by teachers in classrooms. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged and cited as copyright Archives of IT www.archivesit.org.uk . Otherwise, no part of the site or of any material on it may be reproduced or used by anyone in any form or for any purpose whatsoever without their obtaining the prior written consent of AIT or any other copyright holder. No part of the site may be used for commercial gain, included in any other website, or transmitted in any form, or by any means. Nothing contained in these terms of use or on this site may be construed as conferring any licence or right under any trademark or copyright of AIT or any third party.
Takedown Policy
The material that has been made available online has been done in good faith and where practical and possible, in consultation with all relevant parties. Every effort has been made to contact relevant parties, but if you believe there to have been an infringement or want to request that an item be taken down, please contact us at enquiries@archivesit.org.uk
Do not rely on information on this site
The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.
We are not responsible for websites we link to
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software. You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.
Rules about linking to our site
You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you. Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact enquiries@archivesit.org.uk
