Terms of Website Use

Introduction

Microbe Safari (“we / us / our”) control and operate this website (“Site”). The Site was created as an outreach project, funded by SEFARI Gateway and included partners from Moredun Research Institute, the Rowett Institute, Scotland’s Rural College and the James Hutton Institute. The following terms and conditions of use of our Site (“Terms of Use”), along with our Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy, outline the terms upon which users (“you”) use our Site. Use of our Site includes, though is not limited to, accessing, browsing and obtaining information from our Site.

Please read these terms carefully. By using our Site, you indicate that you accept these Terms of Use and that you will comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you must not use our Site. You may wish to print a copy of these documents for your future reference.

Please note that we may revise these Terms of Use at any time and we reserve the absolute right to do so.

Under 18s

If you are under 18, you should review these Terms of Use with your parent or guardian to make sure that you both understand them. The “Contact Us” and “Feedback” forms on the Site should not be used by anybody under the age of 16.

Intellectual Property Rights

Except where otherwise indicated, we are the owner, controller or licensee of all intellectual property rights existing in all content, material or information contained on our Site. This includes, though is not limited to, any images, illustrations, designs, photographs, streaming and video content, written content and any other content that forms part of our Site. Such content is protected by copyright laws, trademark laws and other intellectual property rights, all of which extend by way of treaties around the world.

© 2020 SEFARI. All rights reserved.

Permitted Use

Reproduction of the contents of the Site is permitted only in accordance with the following terms:

You may view the contents of our Site on screen. You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Site for your personal reference or private study. In addition, any page or section of our Site may be reproduced for teaching or study purposes without obtaining our prior consent. You may print and copy these pages for your private non-commercial research. You may print and copy these papers for teaching purposes in schools, colleges or universities, provided that the relevant document is printed and copied entirely and is not used in a derogatory or misleading context, and that a maximum of 30 copies are made. You must not modify in any way the paper or digital copies of any materials or information which you have printed off or downloaded from our Site, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or graphics separately from any accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our Site must always be acknowledged.

For the avoidance of doubt, no right, title or interest in any downloaded/copied materials or software is transferred to you as a result of any such activity.

Except as stated otherwise, you must not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create derived works from, sell or participate in any sale of or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any content, material or information contained on our Site and, for the avoidance of doubt, you must not make such content, material or information available on your website, on-line service or bulletin board without our prior permission.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our Site in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use our Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

You must not use any content or material contained on our Site for commercial purposes.

You must contact us directly to obtain our prior permission should you wish to make use of the content of our Site in a way which is not otherwise permitted in these Terms of Use. Please email your request to [email protected].

Acceptable Use

You must not use our Site in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to our Site or impairment of the availability or accessibility of our Site; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.

Disclaimer

The information and other materials displayed on our Site are not intended to amount to advice upon which reliance should be placed. All and any information contained on our Site is of a general nature only and does not, in any way whatsoever, constitute legal or other professional advice.

To the extent permitted by law, we (together with third parties connected to us) therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our Site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

We have taken reasonable steps to ensure that the information stated on our Site was correct, complete and up to date when published. The information and materials contained on our Site are provided without any conditions, warranties or guarantees that they are accurate, free from errors or omissions, complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on our Site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Furthermore, for the avoidance of doubt, a contractual relationship between you and us is not created by your downloading any content from our Site or by your transmitting or sending us any information through our Site.

If you choose to contact us through the enquiry fields contained on the “Contact us” or “Feedback” portions of our Site or by submitting an e-mail to [email protected], please note that you are not guaranteed or entitled to a reply of any kind and we are under no obligation whatsoever to reply or respond to you. We will especially not respond to or accept any speculative sales or marketing enquiries through such forms of communication.

Limitation of Liability

Except in relation to death, personal injury, fraudulent acts and any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited by Scots law, we (together with third parties connected to us) hereby expressly exclude (i) any warranties, terms or conditions which may be implied by statute, common law or otherwise; and (ii) any liability or responsibility whatsoever for any loss or damage suffered by any user of the information contained in our Site or the material downloaded from it, or from any material contained on any third party websites linked to our Site, or from any internet software used in connection with our Site, computer viruses or other destructive programs encountered as a result of using our Site. This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Privacy

We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By using our Site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Third Party Links and Resources on our Site

Where our Site contains links to other websites and / or resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. Furthermore, such links should not be interpreted as an endorsement by us of any website or resource in any way whatsoever.

Linking to our Site

You may link to the home page of our Site, 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, however, establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. Furthermore, you must not establish a link to our Site on any website that is not owned by you.

Our Site must not be framed on any other website, nor may you create a link to any part of our Site other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw this linking permission without notice. You must comply with any request we make for you to remove such link to our Site.

General and Governing law

If any of these terms are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions, which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

These Terms of Use, our Privacy Notice, and any document expressly referred to in any of them represent the entire agreement between us in relation to your use of our Site and supersede any prior agreement, whether oral or in writing.

Unless specified otherwise, you may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights under these Terms of Use, our Privacy Notice and our Cookie Policy.

These Terms of Use, our Privacy Notice and our Cookie Policy and any matter arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Scots law. The Scottish courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, our Site.

Should either we or you fail to exercise any right or remedy available under these Terms of Use, our Privacy Notice and our Cookie Policy such failure does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and do hereby indemnify us from and against all and any claims, damages, costs, losses, liabilities, expenses, including legal and other professional expenses, in connection with or related to your use of our Site or from your breach of these Terms of Use.

Queries

If you have any queries regarding our Site, please contact us at [email protected].