This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.qccglobal.com (Our Site). Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use Our Site. By using Our Site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using Our Site.

Your use of Our Site is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using Our Site, you consent to such processing and warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

1 INFORMATION ABOUT US

1.1 www.qccglobal.com is a site operated by QCC Global Limited (we, us or our). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 03773029 and have our registered office at 9-13 High Street, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2AA. Our VAT number is 766 6222 12.

1.2 We are a limited company.

2 ACCESSING OUR SITE

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

2.2 You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to Our Site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access Our Site through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.

3 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

3.1 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.

3.2 You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from Our Site for your personal reference only and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on Our Site.

3.3 Without our prior written consent, you may not use, transfer, copy or reproduce any part of the site or its source HTML code in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, except for the sole purpose of viewing its content.

3.4 You warrant that it is legal for you to view Our Site in the jurisdiction to which you are subject. You are responsible for compliance with all laws of that jurisdiction, in viewing or using the content of Our Site.

3.5 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.

3.6 Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on Our Site must always be acknowledged.

3.7 You must not use any part of the materials on Our Site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or, where applicable, our licensors.

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

4 PROHIBITED USES

4.1 You may use Our Site only for lawful purposes. You may not use Our Site:

4.1.1 In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;

4.1.2 In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or
effect;

4.1.3 To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or
promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or

4.1.4 To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

4.2 You also agree:

4.2.1 Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of Our Site in contravention of the provisions of these terms.

4.2.2 Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:

(a) any part of Our Site;
(b) any equipment or network on which Our Site is stored;
(c) any software used in the provision of Our Site; or
(d) any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

4.3 We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this clause 4 through your use of Our Site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.

4.4 Failure to comply with this clause 4 constitutes a material breach of these terms and conditions and may result in us taking any of the following actions:

4.4.1 Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use Our Site;

4.4.2 Issue of a warning to you;

4.4.3 Legal proceedings against you; and/or

4.4.4 Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel necessary.

5 RELIANCE ON INFORMATION POSTED

Commentary and other materials posted on Our Site are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to Our Site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

6 OUR SITE CHANGES REGULARLY

We aim to update Our Site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to Our Site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on Our Site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

7 OUR LIABILITY

7.1 The material displayed on Our Site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we, other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude:

7.1.1 All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.

7.1.2 Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with Our Site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of Our Site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including:

(a) loss of income or revenue;
(b) loss of business;
(c) loss of profits or contracts;
(d) loss of anticipated savings;
(e) loss of data;
(f) loss of goodwill; and
(g) wasted management or office time,

whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.

7.2 This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

8 INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND YOUR VISITS TO OUR SITE

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

9 VIRUSES, HACKING AND OTHER OFFENCES

9.1 You must not misuse Our Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not 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. You must not attack Our Site via a denial of service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

9.2 By breaching this provision, 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.

9.3 We will not be liable 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 Our Site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

10 LINKS FROM OUR SITE

10.1 Where Our Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. By activating one of these links you will leave Our Site. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

10.2 The inclusion of links to third party websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on them or any association with their operators.

11 JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW

11.1 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.

11.2 The English courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, these terms of use, or a visit to Our Site although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country.

12 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 and to take notice of any changes we have made, as they are binding on you. You will be deemed to have accepted any modifications if you continue to use the site after such modifications have been posted. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on Our Site.

13 YOUR CONCERNS

If you have any concerns about material which appears on Our Site, please contact [email protected].

Thank you for visiting Our Site.