Terms
and conditions of website use
Oxford Instruments
plc and its subsidiaries ('Oxford Instruments')
Access to and use of this website (www.oxford-instruments.com)
is subject to the following Terms and Conditions, including the
choice of law and jurisdiction set out in paragraph 11, and all
applicable laws which, by accessing and browsing the website, you
accept without limitation or qualification to the exclusion of any
other agreements between you and Oxford Instruments with respect
to the subject matter hereof. Section headings are provided for
reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or
describe the scope or extent of any section
- Responsibility for Content: While Oxford Instruments uses reasonable
efforts to include accurate and up to date information in the
website, this website is published "as is" and "as
available" without any warranties or representations as to
the information, content or materials contained in it. Oxford
Instruments assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors
or omissions in the content of the website. You expressly agree
that your use of this website is at your own risk and imposes
no obligation or other liability on Oxford Instruments.
- Third Party Rights: Oxford Instruments neither warrants nor
represents that use of materials nor any content displayed on
the website will not infringe rights of third parties.
- Exclusions and Limitations of Liability: No liability which
may not be excluded or limited by applicable law shall be excluded
or limited by these Terms and Conditions. Use of, browsing in
and reliance on any information contained in the website are at
your own risk. Neither Oxford Instruments, any of its subsidiaries
or associated companies, nor any other party involved in creating,
producing, or delivering the website shall be liable for any direct,
incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages (including
without limitation loss of profit, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill,
loss of management time, third party liability, business interruption,
loss of use of any tangible or intangible asset including data
recorded on any computer or other machine, or loss of any anticipated
benefit arising out of your access to, or use of, the website,
save in the case of fraudulent misrepresentation, or death or
personal injury caused by the negligence of Oxford Instruments
or its staff.
Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the website is provided
without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including,
but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for particular purpose, or non-infringement. Some jurisdictions
may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of
the above exclusions may not apply to all users of the website
or you may have additional rights.
Oxford Instruments uses reasonable endeavours to protect the website
from viruses but assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable
for, any damage to, or viruses that may infect, your computer
equipment or other property, including data, on account of your
access to, use of, or browsing in the website or your downloading
of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the
website. Oxford Instruments does not warrant that this website,
its servers or any email sent on its behalf are free from viruses
or other harmful components. You are recommended to take all appropriate
safeguards before downloading information from this website.
Although reasonable endeavours are used to maintain this website,
Oxford Instruments shall not be liable for any losses caused by
failure or stoppage of the website for any reason, including without
limitation virus contamination, deliberate damage by hackers,
failure of hardware software or systems, power failure, failure
of telecommunications lines or any criminal activity of a third
party.
- Rights in Content and Trade Marks: Oxford Instruments is the
proprietor of all logos and trademarks associated with this website,
unless otherwise indicated. Users should assume that copyright
in all content of the site is owned by Oxford Instruments unless
otherwise stated, and may not be used without the prior written
permission of Oxford Instruments or other relevant proprietor.
- Copying: You may download material displayed on the website
for use in the ordinary and proper course of your business and
any such use must be incidental to your normal business or for
private or personal purposes provided you maintain the integrity
of the material, do not use it in a derogatory or misleading context
and retain all copyright and other proprietary notices. You may
not, however, without Oxford Instruments' written permission:
- distribute, modify, transmit, re-use, re-post, or use the content (whether
text, images, audio, or video) of the website for public or other commercial
purposes; or
- transfer any material to more than ten hard copies of such material.
- supply any material in any form to a third party for commercial purposes,
whether for a fee or otherwise, or without informing such third party of the
conditions which apply to such material and such party's use of such material.
You agree that you will not:
- use any automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy this website
or any web pages or the content contained herein without Oxford Instruments'
prior written permission;
- use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere
with the proper functioning of this website;
- take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large
load on our systems;
- copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly display
any content from this website without the prior expressed written permission
of Oxford Instruments and/or the appropriate third party. All other rights
are reserved.
Without limiting the foregoing, you may not without Oxford
Instruments' express written permission create a link to the
website other than to or via the home page as published on the
website from time to time.
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Data Protection: Any personal data (such as user's name, address,
telephone number or e-mail address) transmitted to the website
by electronic mail or otherwise, will be used by Oxford Instruments
in accordance with the Privacy Policy of the website [link to
privacy policy]. Any other communication or material transmitted
to the website, such as questions, comments or suggestions,
will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.
- Use of Images: Images of people or places displayed on the website
are either the property of, or used with permission by, Oxford
Instruments. You may not use or permit anyone else to use these
images unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions
or unless specific permission is provided elsewhere on the website.
- Licence to Use Content: The trade marks and logos (collectively
the "trade marks") displayed on the website are registered
and unregistered trade marks of Oxford Instruments and others.
Nothing contained on the website should be construed as granting,
by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence or right to
use any trade marks displayed on the website without the written
permission of Oxford Instruments or any third party owner of such
trade marks. Use of the trade marks, or of any other content on
the website, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions,
is strictly prohibited.
- Links to Other Sites: Certain hypertext links in this website
will lead to websites that are not under the control of Oxford
Instruments. Such links are for the convenience of users only
and Oxford Instruments does not endorse any content of any websites
linked to this website and gives no representation or warranty
(express or implied) as to the information on such sites. Oxford
Instruments is not responsible for the nature or the content or
the privacy policies of any off-site pages or any other websites
linked to this website.
Linking to this website, off-site pages or other websites and
in particular downloading computer programs from certain websites,
may infringe copyright or introduce computer viruses into the
user's own system and is at the user's own risk. Your attention
is drawn to the prohibition on creating links to this website
other than to or via the home page, in paragraph 5 above.
- Breach of Terms and Conditions: You agree to release, indemnify
and hold Oxford Instruments and its contractors, affiliates, officers,
directors, agents, shareholders and employees harmless from any
claim, liability, damage, cost, expense or demand, including reasonable
lawyers' fees and expenses, made by any third party relating to
or arising out of your breach of these Terms and Conditions or
to any documents they specifically incorporate, or your violation
of any law or the rights of a third party.
- Updates to Terms and Conditions: Oxford Instruments may at
any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting.
Users are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically
visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions
to which they are bound. The terms and conditions are governed
by the laws of England and Wales. By using this website, you agree
to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England
and Wales in the event of any dispute.
- Severability: If any provision of this Terms and Conditions
is found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid or unenforceable, that invalidity or unenforceability
will not affect the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions
which will remain in full force and effect.
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