Website Terms Of Use

Please read carefully before using the 'RawStock' website

This section sets out the terms and conditions that apply to your use of Skillset's 'RawStock' website www.rawstock.co.uk * (the "Website") and constitutes a legal agreement between you and Skillset Sector Skills Council (trading as "Skillset"), a private company without share capital and registered in England (Company Number: 02576828 ) whose registered office is at Prospect House, 80-110 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1HB Registered U.K. Charity No: 1015324.

By using the Website you are confirming that you have read and understood these terms and conditions and in consideration of our allowing you to use the Website, agree to be legally bound by them. Skillset may amend these terms and conditions at any time at its discretion and will display the revised terms in the Terms of Use section of the Website (www.rawstock.co.uk/pages/public/terms).

By browsing the Website you accept that you are bound by the current terms and conditions and notices and we therefore recommend that you check these each time you visit the Website.

Access To The Website

Access to the Website is intended only for students and staff of Skillset and the following affiliated screen academies ("Screen Academy"):

Access to the Website is permitted at our discretion on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to withdraw access to the Website at any time. We will not be liable to you in any way if the Website becomes unavailable.

You will need to register and log in as a user before you are able to use the Website. To register you need to provide a valid email address. We will then send a password to you, which you can then change to a password of your choosing using the facilities on the Website.

When using the Website (including any user areas), you must comply at all times with our Acceptable Use Policy.

You are responsible for ensuring that the user registration information you provide is true, accurate and updated regularly. Your password should be kept secret and you should not disclose it to anyone else. If you suspect someone has made or is making unauthorised use of your user information or password, you must contact admin@rawstock.co.uk immediately. We will not be responsible for any losses that arise out of the unauthorised use of your account. We have the right to disable any user profile or user content r if, in our discretion, you have not complied with these terms and conditions.

Intellectual Property Rights

All videos, information, data, text, music, sound, graphics, software, interactive features or other content, services or materials (and any part of the same) that you see or read on the Website and all related code (the "Materials") are owned or being used with permission by Skillset, and may not be used except as provided in these Terms of Use. The Website includes copyrighted materials, trade marks and other proprietary information and is subject to and protected by United Kingdom and international copyright and intellectual property laws. Without limitation Skillset owns a copyright in the selection, co-ordination, arrangement and enhancement of such Materials as well as in the content original to Skillset. Third party content providers own the copyright in the content that is original to them. All of our rights in and to the Website are reserved.

The Website is provided solely and expressly for your personal use and enjoyment. Where permission is expressly granted on the Website, you may print one copy or download certain materials. Our status and/or the status of any identified contributors as the owner of all content on the Website must always be acknowledged. You must not modify any permitted copies, whether in digital or tangible form. You must not use any content on the Website for any commercial purposes. No part of the Website may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or distributed in any form or by any means (electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without prior written permission from us and any relevant copyright holders. You must not edit, adapt or alter the Website in any way. Without limitation to the foregoing, you agree not to use the Materials for any other use or purpose.

You agree to notify us immediately if you become aware of any user of the Website participating in or encouraging such unauthorised activities.

Reliance On The Website

All content on the Website is intended for your information only and is not intended to constitute advice on which you can rely. Although the Website is updated regularly, some content may be out of date at any given time and we are under no obligation to update such content.

We shall not be liable or responsible to you for any reliance you place on the Website or the content on it.

Your Privacy

We hold and process any information about you in accordance with the Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you confirm that you have read and understand the RawStock website Privacy Policy, that you consent to our storing and processing information about you in accordance with the Privacy Policy and you warrant that the information you provide to us is accurate.

Uploading Content To The Website

Where features are provided that enable you to upload or post material to the Website, or to make contact with other users of the Website, you must comply with our Acceptable Use Policy. If material does not (in our opinion) comply, we reserve the right to remove or disable it. You warrant that you own or have acquired all intellectual property rights in and to any and all material that you upload or post on the Website. You shall keep Skillset and the Screen Academies fully and effectively indemnified from and against any loss or damage we may suffer as a result of any claim from a third party concerning any material uploaded or posted by you.

Any material you upload or post to the Website shall not be confidential. Skillset does not claim any ownership in any content or material that you submit or make available for the Website ("Submitted Material") (subject to the rights in the same granted by you under these Terms of Use). You are entirely responsible for everything that you upload, post, email or otherwise make available on the Website.

By uploading, posting, emailing or otherwise making available any Submitted Material to the Website, and in consideration of Skillset's acceptance of such Submitted Material (the receipt and sufficiency of such consideration you hereby acknowledge), you unconditionally grant the following rights:

  1. A non-exclusive, royalty free licence to Skillset (and third parties connected with the operation of the Website) to distribute, copy, display, transmit or otherwise use the Submitted Material on the Website;
  2. To each user of the Website a non-exclusive licence to access, view and review the Submitted Material through the Website;
  3. A non-exclusive, royalty free licence to Skillset and each of the Screen Academies to distribute, copy, display, transmit, incorporate and otherwise use the Submitted Material for the purposes of advertising or marketing of each or any of them and the services offered by each or any of them, in all media and formats throughout the world in perpetuity.

We retain the right to disclose your identity and any Submitted Material to any third party who claims that any material uploaded or posted by you to the Website defames them or constitutes a violation of their rights (including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy).

We shall not be liable for the content of any Submitted Material uploaded or posted by you on the Website.

If you are a rights owner and you believe that any of your intellectual property rights or other rights have been infringed by any material posted or made available through the Website and you wish Skillset to remove, suspend or disable access to such material, please notify us of any such alleged infringement at the following postal or email address:

Skillset,
Prospect House,
80-110 New Oxford Street,
London, WC1A 1HB

admin@rawstock.co.uk

If your notification related to an alleged infringement of rights, please include the following information in your notice:

  1. a description of the copyright work(s) or other rights claimed to have been infringed;
  2. a description of the material claimed to be infringing and that access is to be suspended or disabled, and information sufficient to enable us to locate the material;
  3. your full name and address, contact telephone number and email address;
  4. a statement by you that you believe in good faith that you have the right to make the complaint and that:
    1. use of the material is not authorised; and/or
    2. a statement made in the content of the material specified is untrue and harmful to your reputation;

Misuse Of The Website

You agree not to use the Website for the introduction of viruses, worms, trojan horses, spammers or any other destructive program code or material which may harm or affect the running of the Website or any underlying hardware or software. You must not attack the Website (for example, by instigating a 'denial of service' attack) or attempt to gain access to the Website or any underlying server, database or computer.

Any breach of this term may result in you incurring liability under legislation (including the Computer Misuse Act 1990). We will report any such breach to the relevant authorities and will co-operate with such authorities by disclosing your identity to them.

Links

You may not link to any part of the Website.

The Website may include links to other Internet sites or resources operated by third parties. Any such sites or resources are not owned or operated by us and consequently, Skillset accepts no responsibility for their content or for any loss or damage you may suffer from using them.

Logos

The Website contains trade marks, including the names and logos of Skillset, The National Lottery, RawStock and names and logos of each of the Screen Academies. Use of these trade marks, trade names, logos or other marks of origin that appear on or in connection with the Website is forbidden unless prior written permission has been obtained from the relevant owner

Advertisements And Promotions

Whilst the Website may from time to time contain certain advertising material, Skillset does not endorse or accept any liability for any of the products or services so advertised, or for any error or inaccuracy in the advertisements. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the Website complies with all relevant laws.

Termination

We may, in our sole discretion, terminate our agreement with you pursuant to these terms and conditions or suspend your membership at any time without notice to you if you breach (or we have reason to suspect that you have breached) any part of these terms and conditions. If we terminate your membership, or prevent you accessing the Website, we shall have no liability or responsibility to you.

Disclaimers

While every care has been taken in the collection and preparation of the information contained on this Website, we make no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained on it. You understand and agree that you use the Website at your own risk and that it is provided for your use without any guarantee, condition or warranty by us or our agents, employees, affiliates, licensors or partners. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we expressly exclude:

  1. all conditions, warranties and other terms that might otherwise be implied by law or statute;
  2. Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage arising from or in connection with your use of the Website or any part of it, including any liability for:
    - loss of income or revenue
    - loss of business, profits or contracts
    - loss of goodwill
    - loss of data
    and for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, and whether or not such loss or damage is foreseeable. This clause shall not exclude liability for death or personal injury directly caused by the negligence of Skillset.

Legal Notices

  1. These terms and conditions and other documents referred to in them represent your entire agreement with us regarding your use of the Website.
  2. The laws of England and Wales govern these terms and conditions and your use of the Website. By using the Website, you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Without prejudice to the above paragraph, Skillset expressly reserve our right to commence proceedings in the courts in any other territory.

Customer Support

If you have any queries regarding the Website or wish to report any material which appears on the Website, please email us at: admin@rawstock.co.uk