Terms and Conditions

HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT ONLINE

Terms and conditions of use

Introduction

By using this website, you signify that you have read and accept these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, do not use the website. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add to or remove any of these terms at any time. Please check these terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of this website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

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Copyright

Materials on this web site may be retrieved and downloaded solely for personal, educational and non-commercial use.

Copyright in each illustration that appears in the History of Parliament online is owned by the rights holder(s) named in 'Picture Details' window for that illustration. All rights are reserved. No illustration from the web site may be copied, modified, published or broadcast or otherwise distributed.

All other materials on this web site, including the organisation and layout of the site, are the copyright of the History of Parliament Trust or are reproduced with permission from other copyright owners. All rights are reserved.

No materials may otherwise be copied, modified, published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written permission of the History of Parliament Trust.

Reference may be made in any publication to the material on the website which is the copyright of the History of Parliament Trust on the understanding that any reference made to it in any publication will be properly acknowledged. No permission is granted thereby to reproduce the whole or a substantial part of the material or to make it available to the public in printed or electronic form (for example, on a website or disc).  Any request for permission to reproduce the material or to publish substantial extracts should be addressed to the Director, The History of Parliament, 18 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2NS.

Liability

Whilst the History of Parliament Trust shall use their reasonable endeavours to ensure that the information on this site is correct, the History of Parliament Trust shall not be liable for any loss or damage (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of this site or from the inability to use this site, or from the use of any information contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this site or any such information.

The History of Parliament Trust reserves the right to change, modify, add to, or remove any of the content of this site at any time without prior notice. Articles in the 1832-68 section of the Website are in draft form and will be revised in due course.

Disclaimer

The History of Parliament Trust makes no warranties or representations of any kind concerning the accuracy or suitability of the information contained on this web site for any purpose. All such information is provided "as is" and with specific disclaimer of any warranties of merchantability, fitness for purpose, title and/or non-infringement. The History of Parliament Trust makes no warranties or representations of any kind that the services provided by this web site will be uninterrupted, error-free or that the web site or the server that hosts the web site are free from viruses or other forms of harmful computer code. In no event shall The History of Parliament Trust, its employees or agents be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential damages resulting from the use of this web site. This exclusion and limitation only applies to the extent permitted by law and is without prejudice to any express provisions to the contrary in any written licence or subscription agreement from Oxford University Press in respect of the use of any online service provided via this web site.

Service

Whilst the History of Parliament Trust shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that this site is normally available 24 hours a day, the History of Parliament Trust will not be liable if for any reason the site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

Access to this site may be suspended temporarily and without notice in circumstances of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond the control of the History of Parliament Trust.

Hyperlinks

The History of Parliament Trust accept no responsibility for the availability or content of any site to which a hypertext link from this site exists and they make no warranty, express or implied, in respect of such sites. The links are provided on an 'as is' basis.

Linking to us

You may provide hyperlinks to the website and its pages without the prior written consent of the History of Parliament Trust. Such hyperlinks must display the relevant page in the same form as this Website, without amendment or framing.

Charges

No charge is currently made for access to this website. However, the History of Parliament Trust reserves the right to charge for access to the website, or any part of it, or for services associated with it, at some future date.

User contributions

User contributions to our site are governed by the community rules available here.

Content submitted to us will be owned by the individual contributor but the History of Parliament Trust will retain a non-exclusive perpetual royalty-free worldwide license to reproduce that content in any format. The History of Parliament Trust does not accept liability in respect of any material submitted by users and published by us and nor are we responsible for its content and accuracy. Contributors agree to indemnify HoP in full and permanently against any liabilities or costs we incur as a result of publishing material submitted by them.

History of Parliament Trust reserves the right to publish, delete, edit or otherwise modify submitted material, and to include it in any media now known or later developed. Publication of any material remains at our sole discretion.

Submission warrants that any submissions are the original work of the person making the submission, to which they own copyright and any other relevant rights. Material considered potentially libellous or defamatory, or potentially in breach of copyright, will be deleted.

Any material considered to be commercial or spam will be deleted.

Contributors who violate these terms and conditions may be suspended or banned from posting.

General

By accessing any part of this site, you shall be deemed to have accepted these terms in full.

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and any dispute arising from them shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.