Terms and Conditions

1 Use of website

1.1 By viewing the UCAS Media website the user (“you”) is deemed to consent to all terms and conditions set out below. If you have any questions regarding the terms and conditions, you should contact the Company Secretary at UCAS Media Limited.

1.2 UCAS Media Limited reserves the right at all times to vary, change, alter, amend, add to or remove any of these terms and conditions. By browsing the Website you accept that you are bound by the current terms and conditions and notices. Please ensure that you review these terms and conditions each time you revisit the site as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use the Website after the variation has been posted.

1.3 The current draft of these terms and conditions was adopted and published on 5 December 2006.

2 Copyright

2.1 All copyright and other intellectual property rights in any material contained on the Website are either owned by UCAS Media Limited or have been licensed to UCAS Media Limited by the rights’ owners. The Website contains trademarks which belong to UCAS Media Limited or which have been licensed to UCAS Media Limited by the trademark owners, for use on the Website. Your use of these trademarks is forbidden unless prior written permission has been obtained from the trademark owner.

2.2 You may access any part of the Website and download or copy material (by printing off individual pages onto paper) or download material on to disk (but not on to any server or other device connected to a network unless expressly permitted by UCAS Media Limited) for personal non-commercial use only. The intellectual property rights in such material shall be retained by UCAS Media Limited or, where the material has been licensed to UCAS Media Limited, by the owners of the rights in the material.

2.3 Links to the UCAS Media website are not permitted other than to the Home Page for personal use except with prior written permission. Links to the UCAS Media website from within a frameset definition are not permitted except with prior written permission.

2.4 You may not remove any copyright, trademark or intellectual property notices contained in the original material from any material downloaded or copied from the Website.

2.5 Copying, distributing or any use of the material contained on the Website for any commercial purpose is prohibited.

2.6 You may not create a database by systematiy downloading substantial parts of the Website.

3 Disclaimer

3.1 The content of the Website is for general information only and does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation upon which a specific decision should be made. UCAS Media Limited has done its best to ensure the accuracy and currency of the materials contained on its Website but to the fullest extent permitted by law excludes any warranty, whether express or implied, by statute at common law or otherwise, relating to the Website and the material contained on the Website, in particular (but without limitation of the above), UCAS Media Limited gives no warranties as to quality, accuracy, timeliness, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose of the Website or of the material contained in it.

3.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law UCAS Media Limited will not be liable for any claims, costs, penalties, loss (whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether economic or special loss), damages or expenses arising from the use or from the inability to use the Website or from reliance on information or on advice contained on the Website or from any unauthorised access or alteration to the Website by a third party.

3.3 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude liability for death or personal injury directly caused by the negligence of UCAS Media Limited nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

3.4 UCAS Media Limited will try to make the Website available but cannot guarantee that the Website will operate continuously or without interruptions or be error free and can accept no liability for its unavailability. You must not attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website and in particular you must not attempt to circumvent security, tamper with, hack into, or otherwise disrupt any computer system, server, website, router or any other internet connected device. You are also advised to use the appropriate antivirus software before and during access to the Website.

3.5 Whilst the Website may from time to time contain advertising material, UCAS Media Limited and its Parent Company do not endorse or accept any liability for any of the products or services so advertised, or for any error or inaccuracy in the advertisements. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the Website complies with all relevant laws.

3.6 The Website includes links to external websites. These links are provided to help you find additional information quickly and easily. UCAS Media Limited accepts no responsibility for the content of these websites and specifiy excludes (to the fullest extent permitted by law) all liability that may arise with respect to or as a result of such material causing damage, costs, injury or financial loss of any kind.

4 Personal Information

4.1 “Personal Information” where provided is information about you, which you provide to UCAS Media Limited from the input areas within the Website. For individuals a privacy policy is as set out below. The information we collect from time-to-time may include: name; postal and email address; and telephone number.

5 Privacy Policy

5.1 At UCAS Media Limited we have adopted the following privacy policy as part of our commitment to protect your Personal Information where this is provided.

5.2 We will not sell, trade or rent your Personal Information to others. When you engage in certain activities on the Website, such as registering for an event, subscribing to a newsletter, or downloading information, we will ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling in an online form. The information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used to support your relationship with UCAS Media Limited. From time to time we may use this information to provide you with relevant information from UCAS Media Limited we think would be of particular interest. We will always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such direct marketing. We will follow the appropriate legal requirements to ensure that no third parties see your Personal Information save as set out in these terms and conditions.

5.3 If you do not wish your Personal Information to be used for UCAS Media Limited marketing purposes by post you must ensure that you tick the box on the relevant page.

5.4 You will need to tick the appropriate boxes if you wish to receive such information by electronic means.

5.5 The Website may contain links that make it easy for you to visit other websites. UCAS Media Limited does not have any control over these websites. Therefore, if you use these links to leave UCAS Media Limited and visit websites operated by third parties, UCAS Media Limited cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting these websites.

5.6 UCAS Media Limited may use cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data which is stored on your computer and which is revealed to UCAS Media Limited when you use this Website. UCAS Media Limited uses cookies only to make it easier to identify you when using the Website. UCAS Media Limited does not use cookies to collect additional information about you. You can configure your web browser not to accept cookies, although this may hinder the functionality of the Website for you.

5.7 You may, at any time, withdraw your permission for UCAS Media Limited to use your Personal Information for the purposes of sending you information about UCAS Media’s products or services. If you would prefer not to receive marketing information, our e-bulletin, invitations to seminars, updates on developments and such like, then email us at ucasmedia@ucas.ac.uk or write to the Data Protection Officer, UCAS Media, Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, GL52 3LZ. You may also write to our Data Protection Officer if you have any questions, or wish to have any of your Personal Information edited or deleted.

5.8 Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request UCAS Media Limited to provide you with details of Personal Information that UCAS Media Limited holds about you. If you want to make a request for this information you should write to our Data Protection Officer at the above address. There will be a fee of £10 payable. A cheque for this amount should be sent to UCAS Media Limited with your request for information.

6 General

6.1 These terms are not intended to confer any benefit on a third party under the provision of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

6.2 Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to UCAS Media Limited.

6.3 UCAS Media Limited reserves the right, at any time, to suspend or terminate your access to, or use of, the Website.

6.4 UCAS and UCAS Media Limited will always seek criminal prosecution of any individual who or organisation which seeks to use UCAS’ or UCAS Media’s name/s, material, logos or trademarks for unlawful purposes and, where appropriate, will take action within the civil courts of any applicable jurisdiction against any individual or organisation discovered to be using UCAS' and/ or UCAS Media’s name/s, logos, trademarks or the Website for unauthorised or unlawful purposes.

6.5 These terms & conditions of use shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with English law. The courts of England shall subject as set out in clause 6.6 have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any claim, dispute or other matters arising therefrom.

6.6 For the exclusive benefit of UCAS Media Limited, UCAS Media Limited shall retain the right to bring proceedings in the Courts of the country of residence of any user of the Website.

6.7 If any provision of these terms and conditions is found to be invalid by any Court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions which shall continue to have full force and effect.

6.8 The failure by UCAS Media Limited to exercise any right or remedy under these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.

6.9 The services and the Website of UCAS Media Limited are provided to support the work of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). UCAS, a company limited by guarantee registered in England and a registered charity is the ultimate parent company of UCAS Media Limited (registered in England). UCAS also owns and manages the websites http://www.ucas.ac.uk/, http://www.ucas.co.uk/ and http://www.ucas.com/.