Website Terms and Conditions

Hyperlinks
Any hyperlinks displayed on the Website are for your information only. If you choose to follow any hyperlink you will be leaving the Website. The Society does not control, endorse or approve the content of any other website and we do not accept any liability arising from your use of any hyperlinks. 

We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them 
We do not guarantee that the Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. 

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access the Website.  You should use your own virus protection software. 

You must not misuse our Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.  You must not attempt to gain unlawful access to the Website, the server on which our Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.  By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.   We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them.  In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Website will cease immediately. 

Visitor Material and Conduct
Other than personally identifiable information, which is covered under our privacy policy, any material that you transmit or post to the Website shall be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. The Society shall have no obligations with respect to such material. The Society and its designees shall be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the Website any material that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, abusive, discriminatory, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy, which may cause annoyance or inconvenience, infringe the rights of any third party or be contrary to the law.

The Society has the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. 

You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content. 

Product Information
The information relating to our products and services is for general information only, and is not intended to provide specific investment, tax, financial planning, legal or accounting advice to you. Please contact us for details of the specific terms and conditions which apply to our products.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our 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. 

Liability
To the fullest extent possible, the Society excludes all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including without limitation negligence, contract or otherwise) in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of the Website, any websites linked to the Website or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing the Website or your downloading of any material from the Website or any websites linked to the Website. Nothing in these terms will exclude or limit the Society's liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or arising from our fraudulent misrepresentation.

General
If any of these terms are deemed to be illegal or unenforceable, then that term will be severed and deleted and the remaining terms will continue to be binding and enforceable.

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English and Welsh law. Disputes arising in connection with these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.

Society Rules
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