Legal
Welcome to our website, www.davidlaingfoundation.co.uk. If you continue to browse and use the website, you are agreeing to comply with and be legally bound by the following terms and conditions of use (terms of use, as updated from time to time as referred to herein), which govern the manner in which you may access and use the website. If you do not agree to comply with these terms of use (or any part of them) or be legally bound by them, please do not use our website.
The terms ‘us’, ‘our’ and ‘we’ refer to The David Laing Foundation, a charity and the owner of the website. The terms ‘you’ and ‘your’ refer to the user or viewer of the website.
We may change these terms of use from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. Your continued use of the website after any such changes are made means you agree to be legally bound by these terms of use as amended. These terms of use are effective from 24th Feb 2023.
The content of the pages of the website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice. While every care is taken in compiling this content, we do not provide any warranty or representation as to its accuracy.
This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction, adaptation, alteration and creation of derivative work is prohibited other than for your own personal, non-commercial use.
As a condition of your use of the website, you agree not to:
use the website for any purpose that is unlawful under any applicable law or prohibited by these terms of use;
use the website to commit any act of fraud;
use the website to distribute viruses, malware or other similar harmful software code;
use the website for purposes of promoting unsolicited advertising or sending spam;
use the website to simulate communications from us or another service or entity in order to collect identity information, authentication credentials or other information;
use the website in any manner that disrupts the operation of the website or our activities;
use the website in any manner that harms minors;
represent or suggest that we endorse any business, product or service unless we have separately agreed to do so in writing;
use the website to gain unauthorised access to or use of computers, data, systems, accounts or networks; or
attempt to circumvent password or user authentication methods.
Any submission or communication made by you via the website must conform to standards of accuracy, decency and lawfulness, which shall be applied in our discretion, acting reasonably. In particular, you warrant that any such submission or communication is:
your own original work and lawfully submitted;
factually accurate or your own genuinely held belief;
provided with the necessary consent of any third party;
not defamatory or likely to give rise to an allegation of defamation;
not offensive, obscene, sexually explicit, discriminatory or deceptive; and
unlikely to cause offence, embarrassment or annoyance to others.
You may only create a link to the website from another website with our prior written consent. We reserve the right to require you to immediately remove any link to the website at any time, and you shall immediately comply with any request by us to remove any such link.
From time to time, the website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the relevant website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
Whilst we will try to ensure that the website is available 24 hours a day, we shall not be liable if for any reason the website is unavailable at any time. Access to the website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our control.
These terms of use and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.