Website Terms of Use

Introduction

Welcome to the website terms and conditions of use (the Terms) which apply to https://www.driving.co.uk/ (the Website).

By using the Website you agree to be legally bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to accept these Terms, you should not use the Website. If you have any questions about these Terms, please do not hesitate to contact info@news.co.uk and we will do our best to answer your questions.

Accessing and using the Website

Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change any part of the Website, including the availability of any content, without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

You are responsible for ensuring that all persons accessing the Website through your connection are aware of these Terms and that they comply with them. Where you are provided with a user ID, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures you must treat such information as confidential and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms.

The content on the Website is provided for information only. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on the Website, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on the Website is accurate, complete or up-to-date. You acknowledge and agree that you rely on all such information at your own risk

In accessing any part of the Website, you agree not to:

• use the Website in such a way that disrupts, interferes with or restricts the use of the Website by other users;

• use the Website for any activities which breach any laws or regulations or infringe any third party rights;

• use the personal information of another person in order to access or use the Website;

• remove, obscure, or alter any copyright notices, trademarks, or other proprietary rights notices of ours or any third party;

• decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, copy or adapt any software or other code or scripts forming part of the Website; and

• transmit any viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful through the Website.

Our content

Our content, trademarks, copyright, patents, logos, domain names and other related intellectual property rights or other features of our brand belong to us or to our licensors.
We grant our users a licence to access and use the Website and our intellectual property rights subject to the following usage restrictions:
• you may use the Website for personal, private and non-commercial purposes; and
• you must not commercially exploit, or sell any content appearing on the Website (this does not apply to any user content posted by you and in which you retain ownership rights, see paragraph below on user generated content).

Links to third party websites

The Website may include links to third party internet websites which are controlled and maintained by others. These links are provided for information and convenience and we have no control over and cannot therefore accept responsibility or liability for the content of any linked third party website. We do not endorse any linked website.

User generated content

Users of the Website may be given an opportunity to interact with us and submit, post and/or upload content (including comments and pictures) on the Website. In posting your content on to the Website, you confirm to us that you are the owner or have the consent from the owner to post the content and it does not violate the privacy rights, copyright and other intellectual property rights, contract rights or any other rights of any person.

By submitting content, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, royalty free worldwide licence to use any of the content that you post on to the Website and you also irrevocably waive the benefit of any moral rights you may have in any such material. We do not claim any ownership rights in your content and you continue to retain all ownership rights in your content. If you believe that your rights have been infringed in relation to any user generated content, please contact community@thetimes.co.uk.

By submitting content on to the Website, you represent, warrant and undertake that you have read and agree to our Participation Guidelines which are incorporated in to these Terms.

We do not endorse your content, or the content of any journalists. We do not guarantee the accuracy or authority of your content. We reserve the right to remove your content at any time and for any reason.

Privacy

If you supply personal details to us through the Website then you consent to our maintaining, recording, holding and using such personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy http://www.newsprivacy.co.uk/single/.

Disclaimer

Information and content on the Website is provided “as is” and for general information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a specific source of information. We shall have no responsibility to check the accuracy of any information provided or made available to us. From time to time, it may be the case that certain information and content is supplied to us by our third party partners (such as AutoTrader). We have no control over third party content and we are unable to guarantee the accuracy of such third party content.

We may from time to time provide links to third party internet websites that may be of interest to you. You agree and acknowledge that we have no control and will accept no responsibility or liability over the content or availability of these third party websites. It is your responsibility to become familiar with such third party website terms and conditions and any other policies of such websites.

Whilst we will endeavour to ensure that the Website is fully operational at all times, we are not responsible for any problems or temporary interruptions in using the Website arising from factors outside of our control (e.g. technical problems from traffic congestion on the internet) or for any problems arising from participating in or from downloading third party content.

Under no circumstances shall we be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from the use of the Website and/or from the use of information presented on the Website.

Limitation of our liability to you

You agree that to the extent permissible by law, your sole and only remedy for any problems, issues or concerns arising from the use of the Website is to stop using the Website.

Indemnity

By using the Website, you agree to indemnify us and our agents, and any third party contributors to the Website, against any loss, damages or expenses incurred by us as a result of your breach of these Terms.

Changes to our Terms

We may amend these Terms at any time so please ensure that you check this page occasionally. By continuing to use any of the Website after changes are made, you are accepting those changes and will be bound by them.

Severance

If any provision or part-provision of these Terms is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision or part-provision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under this clause shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of these Terms.

Law and jurisdiction

Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Website and/or these Terms (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Other information

In these terms of use the following words and expressions have the following meanings:

Our content means any text, files, images, photos, graphics, video, sounds, musical works or any other materials that we post on or through the Website.

Third party content any text, files, images, photos, graphics, video, sounds, musical works or any other materials posted on or through the Website by our third party partners.

Us, our, we means The Times and The Sunday Times of Times Media Limited (Times Media), whose registered office is at 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF, the holding company of Times Media and any subsidiary from time to time of Times Media or its holding company.

You, your, yours means you as a user of the Website.