These terms (including the Privacy Policy and any other documents referred to) are the terms (the “Terms”) which apply to your use of the website www.local.gov.uk (or its replacement or successor URL) and the services offered by us via that website (the ” Website”).
Please read these terms carefully before you start to use the Website. If you have any questions or issues please Contact Us.
By accessing the Website you are deemed to have read and accepted the Terms, whether or not you are a registered user of the Website.
We may make changes to these Terms at any time and such changes will take effect and be binding upon you from the point at which they are posted on the Website. Therefore, you should check these Terms regularly to make sure you are abiding by the most current version. We may also make changes to the Website from time to time.
Acceptance of Terms
Through the use of this website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of our sites. In addition, your continued use of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions shall mean that you are in agreement and acceptance of such changes.
By using or accessing any part of the Website, you are agreeing to these Website Terms of Use (“Terms”), our Privacy Policy and all other policies or notices posted by us on our Website. Portions of the Website may be accompanied by additional terms which apply to specific features or areas of the Website. Those additional terms supplement these Terms with respect to your use of those features or areas. These Terms may change over time, so whenever you visit or use this Website, you agree to the version of these Terms then posted.
User Conduct
Access to the Site is permitted on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on the Site or part of the Site without notice. We will not be liable or responsible if for any reason the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
The information and materials on the Site are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed by you. As such, we disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such information and materials by any visitor to the Site, or by any person who may be informed of any of its content.
You may view (and, where applicable, listen to) the content and applications available on the Site for your own private non-commercial use. You must not use or allow others to access or use, all or any part of our Site or the contents and/or applications on it for commercial purposes without our permission. Use of all or any part of our Site or the contents and/or applications on it for commercial purposes shall be subject to separate terms and conditions and may be subject to a fee.
You may occasionally print individual webpages on the Site for your private non-commercial use, provided that such printing is not substantial or systematic and our trademarks, copyright notices and trademark notices are not removed.
From time to time we may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or the entire Site, to users who have registered with us. Registered users may customize some of the Site’s features to create personalized areas of the Site for their own private non-commercial use. Users must not otherwise alter, adapt or reverse engineer any part of the Site.
Unless otherwise stated in these Terms, you must not (whether directly or indirectly):
distribute, transmit, syndicate, sell or offer to sell or otherwise make available all or any part of the Site or any content, files, feeds or data from the Site, whether publicly available or not; or
copy, download, or store any content, files, feeds or data from the Site, whether publicly available or not, to make or populate a database or publication of any kind whatsoever, provided that for the avoidance of doubt this is not intended to restrict copying of an insubstantial part of any such material or where you are able to show ‘fair dealing’ with it, in each case in accordance with the INDIAN COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957.
You may only play video or audio files using the media player on the Site or on the website of one of our licensees who is displaying such material with our authorization.
If you would like to “share” a story, an application, or other content from our Site with somebody, please use the ‘Send to a Friend’ facility or “share” function (or such other similar feature) on the Site, or you may email a link to the Site to your friend or simply ask them to visit the Site. Please ensure that you have their consent before entering the details.
Users should be aware that content and resources may be removed from the Site with or without notice at any time and we accept no responsibility or liability for any reliance by the user on the continued availability of any content or resources on the Site.
Users, whether or not registered, must not abuse our ‘Report this Comment’ facility (or such other similar feature) (such as, without limitation, by making malicious reports).
If you are registering as a Registered User,
- you must provide accurate, current and complete information about yourself on any registration forms on the Website Signup/Registration Form;
- you must only use the Website to post, use or send content and messages that comply with our instructions and which are legal (in respect of the law applicable in India and in any country from which it is posted) and appropriate to the Website;
- you maintain the security of your user name and password;
- you maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to us, to keep it accurate, current and complete;
- you are responsible for all actions taken under your username and password;
- you will not create additional registered user accounts for the purpose of abusing the functionality of the Website, or other users;
- you do not seek to pass yourself off as another person or user; and you comply with these Terms.
- You must not do any of the following:
defame, abuse, harass, stalk, intimidate, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy or intellectual property rights where applicable) of others; impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any person or entity or use or attempt to use another Registered User’s account;
upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be obscene, indecent, unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, fraudulent, hateful, or racially, ethnically, sexually or otherwise objectionable;
upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any material which contains a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism; or
use the Website for commercial purposes; upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any unsolicited advertising (although you may advertise events you think may be of interest to other Registered Users acting in their professional capacity),
unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, “junk mail”, “spam”, “chain letters”, “pyramid schemes”, or engage in any other form of solicitation;
upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available content unless you are sure there are no restrictions on your ability to do so;
upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, corrupted files, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
delete any required author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in, or falsify the origin or source of, any material that is uploaded;
use automated scripts to collect information from or in any way seek to change the Website or otherwise interact with the Website;
register for more than one user account, register for a user account on behalf of an individual other than yourself, or register for a user account on behalf of any group or entity; or
upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make publicly available on the Website any private information of any other party, including, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and credit card numbers without first having obtain their written consent to this.
We will determine, in our sole discretion, whether a contribution to the Website or any other activity breaches these Terms.
Intellectual Property
The Website contains proprietary information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws and prgcw.com retains all right, title and interest (including all copyright, trade secret, patent and other rights) in and to the Website and content which is included in the Website (“Content”). If you give feedback regarding the Website, for example recommendations for improvements or features, we have the right to use the feedback in any way and implementation of that feedback is owned by us and may become part of the Website without compensation to you. We reserve all rights in and to the Website unless we expressly state otherwise. We also reserve the right to make changes or updates to the Website or Content provided on or through the Website at any time without notice and we will own any such changes or updates.
You may not:
- decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble any object code which is part of or made available through the Website into a human-perceivable form, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law, and in that case, only if you notify us in writing in advance;
- copy, frameset, enclose or otherwise sell, distribute, transmit or broadcast any part of the Website;
- modify or create any derivative work of any part of the Website;
- disable, interfere, or try to get around any of the features of the Website related to security, preventing or restricting use or copying of any Content, or enforcing the limits on the use of the Website or the Content on the Website; or use, export or re-export any Content or any copy or adaptation of such Content in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including, without limitation, export laws and regulations.
Access & Availability
You acknowledge that temporary interruptions in the availability of the Website may occur from time to time as normal events. Also, we may decide to cease making available the Website or any portion of the Website at any time and for any reason. Under no circumstances will prgcw.com be held liable for any damages due to such interruptions or lack of availability.
We reserve the right to withdraw, suspend or amend access to all or any part of the Website or cease its operation temporarily or permanently at any time without notice.
Access to, and the use of, some parts of the Website (including content) may be restricted to Registered Users only (or to selected Registered Users). There may be a charge for accessing some parts of the Website.
We may, at our sole discretion, refuse to register a user or to provide access to certain parts of the Website to certain users, or terminate the membership of a Registered User without providing reasons for doing so.
We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Website is accessible 24 hours per day but the Website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, and we give no warranties or guarantees that the Website will meet particular levels of availability or functionality. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not post any business critical information or material on the Website and that you keep copies of all information and content you post on the Website in accordance with your employer’s policies and processes.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website. We cannot guarantee that the transmission of any information over your internet connection will be secure nor can we guarantee that the Website will be compatible with any or all hardware and software that you may use to visit the Website.
Privacy
We collect personal information about you when you register to use the Website and as and when you use the Website. We have explained what this information is, what we do with it, and who we share it with and other related matters such as cookies in more detail in our Privacy Policy.
Disclaimer
USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING OUR CONTENT) IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. PRG Community Watch AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, PARTNERS AND AGENTS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
PRG Community Watch AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, PARTNERS AND AGENTS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (II) THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT PRG Community Watch WILL FIX ANY ERRORS; OR (III) ANY CONTENT PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. ANY MATERIALS OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THE WEBSITE ARE OBTAINED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND SCANDLEARN SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR COMPUTER OR DATA OR FOR ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CODE RESULTING FROM USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE WEBSITE.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend (if we so request) and hold harmless prgcw.com and its affiliates, suppliers, partners and agents from and against any claim, demand, losses, damages or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising from your use of the Website, your connection to the Website, your violation of these Terms or your violation of any rights of any third party. Your indemnification obligation will survive the termination of these Terms and your use of the Website.
Termination
We may terminate or suspend your permission to use the Website immediately and without notice upon any violation of these Terms, upon the request of law enforcement or government agencies, for unexpected technical issues or problems or for engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities. Upon any termination, we may bar you from further use of the Website.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without giving effect to any principles of conflict of laws.
You agree that any action arising out of or relating to these Terms shall be submitted to the courts of India, with the district court of Bengaluru as court of first instance.
Contact
You can contact us by emailing to hello@prgcw.com.