Acceptable Use Policy

Updated September 2020

• About this policy
  • Together with our website terms and conditions of use this acceptable use policy (Policy) governs how you may access and use this website and all associated web pages (Site), which is provided by us free of charge.
  • You should read this Policy carefully before using the Site.
  • By accessing or using the Site or otherwise indicating your consent, you agree to be bound by this Policy, which supplements our website terms and conditions of use. If you do not agree with or accept any part of this Policy, you should stop using the Site
  • If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us using the contact details provided in our website terms and conditions of use [insert link].
  • If you would like this Policy in another format (for example: audio, large print, braille) please contact us using the contact details provided in our website terms and conditions of use.
  • We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
  • In this Policy:

‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ means Altro Limited, company registration number 00154159 and whose registered office is at Works Road, Letchworth Garden City SG6 1NW, and our group companies from time to time; and

‘you’ or ‘your’ means the person accessing or using the Site or its content.

• Acceptable use

We permit you to use the Site only for lawful purposes. Use of the Site in any other way, including any unacceptable use set out in this Policy, is not permitted.

• Unacceptable use
  • As a condition of your use of the Site, you agree not to use the Site:
    • for any purpose that is unlawful under any applicable law or prohibited by this Policy or our website terms and conditions of use;
    • to commit any act of fraud;
    • to distribute viruses or malware or other similar harmful software code;
    • for purposes of promoting unsolicited advertising or sending spam;
    • to simulate communications from us or another service or entity in order to collect identity information, authentication credentials, or other information (‘phishing’);
    • in any manner that disrupts the operation of our Site or business or the website or business of any other entity;
    • in any manner that harms minors;
    • to promote any unlawful activity;
    • to represent or suggest that we endorse any other business, product or service unless we have separately agreed to do so in writing;
    • to gain unauthorised access to or use of computers, data, systems, accounts or networks; or
    • to attempt to circumvent password or user authentication methods.
  • Bulletin boards, chat rooms and other interactive services
    • We may make bulletin boards, chat rooms or other communication services (Interactive Services) available on the Site.
    • We are not obliged to monitor or moderate any text, images, video, audio or other multimedia content, information or material (Submission) submitted to our Interactive Services. Where we do monitor or moderate Submissions we shall indicate how this is performed and who should be contacted in relation to any Submission of concern to you.
    • We may remove or edit any Submission to any of our Interactive Services whether they are moderated or not.
    • Any Submission you make must comply with our Submission standards set out in clause 5 below.
    • By making a Submission, you grant to us a royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable licence to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform and display the Submission (in whole or in part) on the Site, and on any other websites operated by us, indefinitely.
  • Submission standards
    • Any Submission you make to our Interactive Services and any other communication to users of our Site by you must conform to standards of accuracy, decency and lawfulness, which shall be applied in our discretion, acting reasonably.
    • In particular, any Submission or communication by you must be:
      • your own original work and lawfully submitted;
      • factually accurate or your own genuinely held belief;
      • provided with the necessary consent of any third party;
      • not defamatory or likely to give rise to an allegation of defamation;
      • not offensive, obscene, sexually explicit, discriminatory or deceptive; and
      • unlikely to cause offence, embarrassment or annoyance to others.
    • Linking and framing
      • You may create a link to our Site from another website without our prior written consent provided no such link:
        • creates a frame or any other browser or border environment around the content of our Site;
        • implies that we endorse your products or services or any of the products or services of, or available through, the website on which you place a link to our Site;
        • displays any of the trade marks or logos used on our Site without our permission or that of the owner of such trade marks or logos; or
        • is placed on a website that itself breaches this Policy.
      • We reserve the right to require you to immediately remove any link to the Site at any time, and you shall immediately comply with any request by us to remove any such link.
    • Using our name and logo

You may not use our trade marks, logos or trade names except in accordance with this Policy and our website terms and conditions of use.

• Breach
  • When we consider that a breach of this acceptable use policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.
  • Failure to comply with this Policy constitutes a material breach of the website terms and conditions of use upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
    • Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use of this Site.
    • Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Submission;
    • Issue of a warning to you;
    • Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
    • Further legal action against you.
    • Disclosure of such information (including Submissions) to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.
  • We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
• Laws and disputes

If you are a consumer, please note that the terms of this policy, its subject matter and its formation are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

If you are a business, the terms of this policy, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.