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https://icsladvisory.com/ is a site operated by Ireland Consultancy Services Ltd (‘
we‘). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 13393783 and have our registered office at 1 The Sanctuary, Westminster, London, England, SW1P 3JT. Our VAT number is GB 413 464222.
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By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site.
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We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.
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Other applicable policies
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Changes to these terms and to our site
3.1
We may 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.
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We may update and change our site from time to time.
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We may suspend or withdraw our site
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Our site is made available free of charge.
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We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or that your access to it will be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and/or operational reasons.
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You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms and any other applicable terms, and that they comply with them.
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How you may use material on our site
5.1
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
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You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
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You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
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Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
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You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
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If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of our site in breach of these terms, 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 (except that you are permitted to print off a copy of these terms).
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No text or data mining, or web scraping
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You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our site for any purpose, including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of AI systems or models. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):
(a)
any “robot”, “bot”, “spider”, “scraper” or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of our site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same; and
(b)
any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information or develop, train, fine-tune or validate AI systems or models which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.
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The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790).
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You shall not use, and we do not consent to the use of, our site, or any data published by, or contained in, or accessible via, our site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our site for the purposes of developing, training, fine-tuning or validating any AI system or model or for any other purposes not explicitly set out in these terms.
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This clause will not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.
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Our trade marks are registered
7.1
ICSL is a UK registered trade mark of Ireland Consultancy Services Ltd. You are not permitted to use them without our approval, unless they are part of material you are using as permitted under these terms.
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Rules about linking to our site
8.1
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.
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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.
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You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.
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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.
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We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
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We are not responsible for viruses
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We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
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You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
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You must not introduce viruses
(a)
misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful, or otherwise harmfully interacting with our site or any part of it;
(b)
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 or any other equipment or network connected with our site;
(c)
interfere with, damage or disrupt any software used in the provision of our site or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party on which this site relies in any way; and/or
(d)
attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
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By breaching this clause 10, 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.
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Do not rely on information on this site
11.1
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.
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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.
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We are not responsible for websites we link to
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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.
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We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
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Limitation of Liability
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We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
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We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our site or any content on it.
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We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
(a)
use of, or inability to use, our site; or
(b)
use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
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In particular, we will not be liable for:
(a)
loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
(b)
business interruption;
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loss of anticipated savings;
(d)
loss of use or corruption of software, data or information;
(e)
loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
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any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
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Our total liability under or in connection with these terms, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, shall not exceed £1,000.
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Assignment. We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another entity. You may only assign or transfer your rights or your obligations under these terms to another person if we agree in writing.
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Waiver. If we do not insist that you perform any of your obligations under these terms, or if we do not exercise our rights or remedies against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights or remedies against you or that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive any rights or remedies, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any right or remedy related to any later default by you.
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Governing law and jurisdiction. These terms are governed by English law and we each irrevocably agree to submit all disputes arising out of or in connection with these terms to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.