Terms and Conditions
Version 0: March 2022
These terms and conditions (hereinafter reffered to as the "Terms") apply to any use of JudgeService's websites (hereinafter referred to as the "Website"), including - but not limited to - www.judgeservice.com and any associated pages of this site.
The Website is supplied by JudgeService Research Ltd, 11 Cardale Court, Cardale Park, Harrogate, HG1 5BZ, Registration Number 7634018, support@judgeservice.com.
By using this Website, you accept to be subject to the Terms. If you do not accept these Terms, you are kindly requested not to use the Website any further. By submitting a survey, you acknowledge you become a reviewer for the purposes of these Terms.
Survey Submission
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights (including all intellectual property rights) in any material, information, reviews, or any other types of communications (hereinafter referred to as the "survey") created on the Website are licensed to JudgeService for its non-exclusive use. The reviewer is not entitled to royalty payments or any other compensation or fee related to such survey. We may freely use and transfer the Survey. Our non-exclusive access to freely use the survey applies irrevocably without any time limitation and without territorial limitations.
Reviewers of surveys are liable for the content that is published on the Website.
Reviewers warrant that all content submitted and posted on the Website is correct and true (where they state facts) or genuinely held (where they state opinions).
The rules regarding what reviewers may write about are regulated in the JudgeService House Rules, which are found here - JudgeService House Rules
Reviewers must not publish content on the website which;
- is of a marketing nature or marketing purposes,
- is unlawful, deceptive, misleading, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, harassing, libellous, defamatory, tortious, obscene, pornographic, or profane,
- has sexist, political, or racial character,
- violates other people's rights, including any intellectual property rights,
- is offensive or in any way breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation,
- violates these Terms, including the House Rules,
- has an unlawful purpose and/or content (or promotes unlawful purposes),
- is technically harmful (including without limitation computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or malicious software, harmful data or conduct).
Reviewers warrant in every context that the content is lawful and in compliance with the Terms. If we receive notice or otherwise become aware that content violates current legislation and/or the Terms, we may delete the content without any notice, and we may, dependent on the character of the violation, inform the violated party and/or the authorities of the violation.
The reviewer must indemnify us for any claims which may be made against us as a consequence of their violation of the Terms, associated documents or current legislation. The Reviewer must indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any claim or loss due to third party clains against us resulting from the content of the reviewer.
We may at any time request information about the content from the reviewer, including documentation supporting the information included in the content. The reviewer must establish that the content is based on an actual buying or selling experience in an actual customer relation to the company to which the content relates.
General Terms
Unauthorised copying, distribution, presentation or other use of the Website or part hereof is a violation of UK legislation and may result in civil and criminal penalties.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights to free use of content are transferred to us irrevocably, without any time limitation and without territorial limitations, by submitting the content to us.
Downloading and other digital copying of the content on the Website or parts hereof are only permitted for personal non-commercial use unless otherwise agreed with us in writing or allowed under applicable mandatory law.
Personal Data
We perform different types of processing of personal data in connection with the use of the Website. Our processing of personal data takes place under observance of our Privacy Policy, which can be obtained here: Privacy Policy - JudgeService Privacy Practices
By accepting these Terms, you confirm to have read and accepted our Privacy Policy.
Disclaimer and Indemnification
The Website, content and services offered on the Website are provided 'as is', and we make no warranties with respect to the content or accuracy of the content or the Website and shall not be held liable for our own or others' deletion or blockage of the content. We may, at any time at our own discretion and without any liability, delete any content on the Website.
We shall monitor all content prior to being published on the Website and may withhold from publishing any content that contravenes any terms or rules.
Recommendations, reviews, comments, etc. of specific companies, services, e-businesses, etc. on the Website are only guidelines. We are in no case liable for the content of the Website.
We are in no case liable for damages for the use of the Website, including:
- loss of profits, contracts, turnover, business, business opportunity, loss or corruption of data or recovery of data, goodwill, security breach resulting from a failure of third party telecommunications and/or the internet, anticipated savings or revenue (regardless of whether any of these are direct, indirect or consequential),
- any loss or damage arising in connection with liabilities to third parties (whether direct, indirect or consequential), or
- any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever.
Nothing in the Terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from negligence, nor liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
We may at any time and without notice revise or change these Terms or, in our own discretion and without notice, close, change or reorganise the Website.
As a reviewer/user you accept to be covered by the at all times current User Terms. Any revision or change of the User Terms will be stated on the Website. The user agrees that the continued use of the Website after any posted modified version of the Terms is an acceptance of the modified User Terms.
Should any of these Terms be regarded as unlawful or without effect and therefore not to be enforced, this will not have any effect on the applicability and enforcement of the remaining part of the User Terms.
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