Web Terms of Use

By using this site you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of use listed below:

1. Background

This site is owned and operated by Qdos Consulting Ltd, registered address is: Qdos Court, Rossendale Road, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, LE9 7LY (Company Number: )

2. Website usage

You agree not to use this website in any way that will violate or infringe any English laws, regulations or international treaties and that your use of the website will not violate the intellectual property rights of any person.

You agree that your use of this website shall only be for lawful purposes and that you shall not use the website for the transmission of any material or information which is defamatory, obscene or in violation of trade secrets. You will not modify, transmit or copy, works from or sell or transfer any products or services you may obtain from this website and your use of the website will not violate the intellectual property rights of any person.

You will not defame or abuse, harass, threaten or otherwise contravene the legal rights of others; publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information; upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or that are confidential) unless you have the right to do so; upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any software or programs that may damage the computer of a third party; delete any author attributions, legal notices, or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded; falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded; advertise or offer to sell any goods or services or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters; download any file posted by another user that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

You acknowledge that messages sent over the Internet cannot ever be completely secure as they are subject to possible interception or loss or possible alteration, that we are not responsible for them and will not be liable to you or anyone else for any loss or damage or otherwise in connection with any message sent over the Internet.

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless against all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses incurred or suffered by us by reason of any breach of the responsibilities set out above.

You will be responsible for charges and all of the costs and liabilities arising out of your use of this website.

3. Content & Intellectual Property

All copyright, trade marks and all other intellectual property rights in the Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website) are owned by or licensed to Qdos Consulting Ltd or otherwise used by Qdos Consulting Ltd as permitted by law.

All rights are reserved. No material may be reproduced or redistributed on the web or offline without our prior written permission.

We assume no responsibility for the content or services provided by any third party sites we link to from this site.

We assume no responsibility of the views and opinions expressed within the blog or those of the individual authors.

In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the content solely for your business use and not in support of any client agent or third party. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for solely for your personal business use.

If prior written permission is granted to feature an article first published by Qdos Consulting Ltd on an external site or publication, our terms will be that only the first 150 words will be reproduced with a link to Qdos Consulting Ltd as the source of the article. The header, stand and copy must be reproduced exactly as published on Qdos Consulting Ltd, without altering, deleting or editing the content in any way.

4. Exclusions of Liability

Qdos Consulting Ltd disclaims all warranties and representations (whether express or implied) as to the accuracy of any information contained on this site. We do not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the content displayed on this site.

In no event shall we be liable for any loss of profit, revenues, goodwill, opportunity, business or other loss of any kind in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise arising out of use of this site, except where such liability cannot be excluded by law.

5. Data Protection and Privacy Policy
Security of your personal data

We will take reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure servers. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential. We will not ask you for your password. All online payment transactions are provided by a third party organisation that processes all payment transactions via their own secure online system. Qdos Consulting Ltd will remain without any liability should any security be breached by this third party system and the liability will lie with the third party, for more information on the third party organisation please visit their site http://www.sagepay.com/about_us.asp

Other disclosures

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you:

(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;

(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and

(d) to the purchaser or seller (or prospective purchaser or seller) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling or purchasing.

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

6. Acceptance of Terms

Your access to and use of Qdos Consulting Ltd, Qdos Freelance Club and other subsequent sites relating to Qdos Consulting, ("the Website") are subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions. You will not use the Websites for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By using these Websites you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in this notice. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions you must immediately stop using the Website.

7. Changes to Website

Qdos Consulting Ltd reserves the right to:

Change or remove (temporarily or permanently) the Website or any part of it without notice and you confirm that Qdos Consulting or any subsidiary of Qdos Consulting (Qdos Broker and Underwriting Services, QED) shall not be liable to you for any such change or removal; and

Change these Terms and Conditions at any time, and your continued use of the Website following any changes shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change.

8. Links to Third Party Websites

The Website may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites.

9. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

The Website is provided on an "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

To the extent permitted by law, Qdos Consulting Ltd will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website.

Qdos Consulting Ltd makes no warranty that the functionality of the Website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of Qdos Consulting Ltd for death or personal injury as a result of the negligence of Contractor UK or that of its employees or agents.

10. Indemnity and Additional Liabilities

You agree to indemnify Qdos Consulting Ltd against all liabilities, legal fees, damages, losses, costs and other expenses in relation to any claims or actions brought against Qdos Consulting Ltd arising out of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or other liabilities arising out of your use of this Website.

11. Severance

If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

12. Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.