Website terms of use

Last updated: 14 November 2024
  • Terms of Use – our Terms of Use are set out here and govern the use of https://www.jancisrobinson.com (the “Site”) by all visitors, whether those visitors are guests or Members;
  • Membership Terms – our Membership Terms can be read here and govern our provision, and Members’ use, of our paid services;
  • Privacy and Cookie Policy – our Privacy and Cookie Policy can be read here and sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, as well as information about the cookies on the Site.

INFORMATION ABOUT US

The Site is operated by Jancisrobinson.com Ltd (“we" or "us"). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 04656187 and have our registered office at Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4AG, United Kingdom. Our VAT number is 821 1054 82.

ACCESSING THE SITE

By using the Site, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you must not use the Site.

Access to the Site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we may withdraw or amend the services we provide on the Site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

We may restrict access to some parts of the Site to users who have registered with us. In particular, access to paid content is available only to Members and is subject to further Membership Terms set out here.

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code, password or any other piece of information, you must promptly notify us:

  • By emailing editorial@jancisrobinson.com;
  • By notifying us at our postal address of JancisRobinson.com Limited, Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4AG, United Kingdom; or
  • By contacting us using the Site’s Contact us page found here.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Site through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and any other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in the 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. You must not use any part of the materials on the Site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

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

OUR SITE CHANGES REGULARLY

We aim to update the Site regularly, and reserve the right to change data, references, specifications or otherwise amend the content, in full or in part, at any time without notice. If the need arises, we may suspend access to the Site, or shut it down indefinitely. Any of the material on the Site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

LINKING TO OUR SITE

You may link to the home page of the Site, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but 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.

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

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

If you wish to make any use of material on the Site other than that set out above, please address your request to editorial@jancisrobinson.com.

LINKS FROM OUR SITE

Where the Site contains a link to another site or resources provided by a third party, the link is provided for your information only. The existence of any link should not be interpreted as approval by us of the linked website or of any information you may obtain from it. We have no control over the contents of any linked site or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Our website integrates Facebook, which means that if you subscribe to the services provided by Facebook, Inc. you can use those services as integrated into our website. Your use of those services (and any related use of your personal information) will be governed by the applicable terms and conditions of Facebook, Inc.

USER-GENERATED CONTENT

The Site may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the Site, including to the forum and calendar features of the Site. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on the Site do not represent our views or values.

If you wish to complain about information and materials uploaded by other users please contact us:

  • by emailing editorial@jancisrobinson.com;
  • by notifying us at our postal address of JancisRobinson.com Limited, Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4AG, United Kingdom; or
  • by contacting us using the Site’s Contact us page found here. 

If you upload your own content to the calendar page of the Site you must ensure that the information you provide is accurate and that you have obtained all necessary approvals, consents and authorisations to publish that information.

Any information uploaded by you must not:

  • contain any material which is defamatory of any person;
  • contain any material which is offensive or discriminatory;
  • infringe any copyright, database rights or trade mark rights of any other person or breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;
  • be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
  • impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person; or
  • give the impression that the information emanates from us or is approved by us if this is not the case.

Any content you upload to the Site will be considered non-confidential. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you grant to us a licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. We will not share any of your personal information except to the extent permitted by our Privacy and Cookie Policy.

OUR LIABILITY

Access to the Site is provided “as is” and your use of the Site is at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law we expressly exclude all conditions, warranties, representations and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, under the common law, or otherwise.

Whether you use the Members' sections of the Site for non-commercial or commercial purposes 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.

Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply depending whether you are a consumer or a business, as set out in our membership terms.

INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND YOUR VISITS TO THE SITE

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

VIRUSES, HACKING, PROHIBITED USES AND OTHER OFFENCES

You may use the Site only for lawful purposes. You may not use the Site:

  • in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
  • in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;
  • to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards; or
  • to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).

You must not misuse the Site by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans or any other malicious items. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site, the server on which the Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Site. You must not attack the Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

If you breach this provision you will 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.

We do not guarantee that the Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. To the fullest extent permissible by law, we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

 

BREACH, SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION

If you are in breach of these Terms of Use, we may take any of the following actions that we deem appropriate in the circumstances:

  • issue of a warning to you;
  • immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use the Site;
  • the issue of legal proceedings against you; or
  • disclosure of your information to law enforcement authorities as appropriate.

JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW

The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, your use of the Site although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these Terms of Use in your country of residence or any other relevant country.

These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

VARIATIONS

We may revise these Terms of Use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we have made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these Terms of Use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on the Site.

SEVERABILITY

If any court or competent authority decides that any of the provisions of these Terms of Use are invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, the term will, to that extent only, be severed from the remaining terms, which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

CONTACT US

If you have any concerns about material which appears on the Site, or any questions, comments or requests regarding our Terms of Website Use, Membership Terms or Privacy and Cookie Policy, please contact us:

  • by emailing editorial@jancisrobinson.com; 
  • by notifying us at our postal address of JancisRobinson.com Limited, Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4AG United Kingdom; or
  • by contacting us using the Site’s Contact us page found here.