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Our rights and responsibilities to each other while using this website

  1. About our terms
    1. These terms and conditions of use (Terms) explain how you may use this website and any of its content (Site). These Terms apply between Collateral Global (we, us or our) and you, the person accessing or using the Site (you or your).
    2. You should read these Terms carefully before using the Site. By using the Site or otherwise indicating your consent, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with any of these Terms, you should stop using the Site immediately.
    3. The Site is provided by us to you free of charge for information purposes only.
    4. If you would like these Terms in another format (for example audio, large print, braille), please contact us using the contact details set out below.
  2. About us
    1. We are Collateral Global, a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under company registration number 12998042. Our registered office is at 71-75 Shelton Street, London.
    2. If you have any questions about the Site, please contact us by:
      1. sending an email to covidstories@collateralglobal.org, or
      2. filling out and submitting the online form available here.
  3. Using the site
    1. The Site is for your personal and non-commercial use only.
    2. You agree that you are solely responsible for all costs and expenses you may incur in relation to your use of the Site.
    3. We make no promise that the Site is appropriate or available for use in locations outside of the UK. If you choose to access the Site from locations outside the UK, you acknowledge you do so at your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws where they apply.
    4. We try to make the Site as accessible as possible. If you have any difficulties using the Site, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this page.
    5. As a condition of your use of the Site, you agree to comply with our Acceptable Use Policy and agree not to:
      1. misuse or attack our Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful (such as by way of a denial-of-service attack), or
      2. 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.
    6. We may prevent or suspend your access to the Site if you do not comply with these Terms or any applicable law.
  4. Infringing content. If you believe that any content which is distributed or published by the Site is inappropriate, defamatory or infringing on intellectual property rights, you should contact us immediately at covidstories@collateralglobal.org
  5. Your privacy and personal information. Your privacy and personal information are important to us. Any personal information that you provide to us will be dealt with in line with our Privacy Policy, which explains what personal information we collect from you, how and why we collect, store, use and share such information, your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a query or complaint about the use of your personal information.
  6. Ownership, use and intellectual property rights
    1. The intellectual property rights in the Site and in any text, images, video, audio or other multimedia content, software or other information or material submitted to or accessible from the Site (Content) are owned by us and our licensors, except for the third party content submitted in accordance with clause 8 below.
    2. We and our licensors reserve all our intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, all copyright, trademarks, domain names, design rights, database rights, patents and all other intellectual property rights of any kind) whether registered or unregistered anywhere in the world. This means, for example, that we remain owners of them and are free to use them as we see fit.
    3. Nothing in these Terms grants you any legal rights in the Site or the Content other than as necessary for you to access it. You agree not to adjust, try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on the Site or the Content (including any intellectual property notices) and in particular, in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within the Site or the Content.
  7. Submitting information to the site
    1. While we try to make sure that the Site is secure, we do not actively monitor or check whether information supplied to us through the Site is confidential, commercially sensitive or valuable.
    2. Other than any personal information which will be dealt with in accordance with our Privacy Policy, we do not guarantee that information supplied to us through the Site will be kept confidential and we may use it on an unrestricted and free-of-charge basis as we reasonably see fit.
  8. Accuracy of information and availability of the site
    1. We try to make sure that the Site is accurate, up-to-date and free from bugs, but we cannot promise that it will be. Furthermore, we cannot promise that the Site will be fit or suitable for any purpose. In particular, the site aggregates information from various third party published sources. This information is aggregated for information purposes only and we cannot accept any liability for any information provided by a third party publication. Nothing in this site is an endorsement of the information or data contained with such third party publications, and highlighting any passages of text or statistics is for information purposes only and is not an endorsement of the same. Any reliance that you may place on the information on the Site is at your own risk.
    2. We may suspend or terminate access or operation of the Site at any time as we see fit.
    3. Any Content is provided for your general information purposes only and to inform you about publicly available information relating to COVID-19 and various government level strategies for addressing the pandemic provided by researchers and other third-party websites that may be of interest, but has not been tailored to your specific requirements or circumstances. It does not constitute technical, financial or legal advice or any other type of advice and should not be relied on for any purposes. You should always use your own independent judgment when using our Site and its Content.
    4. While we try to make sure that the Site is available for your use, we do not promise that the Site will be available at all times or that your use of the Site will be uninterrupted.
  9. Hyperlinks and third party sitesThe Site contains hyperlinks and references to third-party advertising and websites other than the Site. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over third-party advertising or websites and accept no legal responsibility for any content, material or information contained in them. The display of any hyperlink and reference to any third party advertising or website does not mean that we endorse that third party’s website, products or services. Your use of a third party site may be governed by the terms and conditions of that third-party site and is at your own risk.
  10. Limitation on our liability
    1. Except for any legal responsibility that we cannot exclude in law (such as for death or personal injury) or arising under applicable laws relating to the protection of your personal information, we are not legally responsible for any:
      1. losses that were not foreseeable to you and us when these Terms were formed;
      2. losses that were not caused by any breach on our part;
      3. business losses; and
      4. losses to non-consumers.
  11. Events beyond our control. We are not liable to you if we fail to comply with these Terms because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including, but not limited to, strikes, lock-outs, lock-downs, or other industrial disputes; breakdown of systems or network access; or flood, fire, explosion or accident.
  12. Rights of third parties. No one other than a party to these Terms has any right to enforce any of these Terms.
  13. Variation
    1. No changes to these Terms are valid or have any effect unless agreed by us in writing or made in accordance with this clause 13.
    2. We reserve the right to vary these Terms from time to time. Our updated Terms will be displayed on the Site and by continuing to use and access the Site following such changes, you agree to be bound by any variation made by us. It is your responsibility to check these Terms from time to time to verify such variations.
  14. Disputes
    1. We will try to resolve any disputes with you quickly and efficiently. If you are unhappy with us, please contact us as soon as possible using the contact details set out at the top of this page.
    2. Relevant laws of England and Wales will apply to these Terms. If you want to take court proceedings, the relevant courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction in relation to these Terms.

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