eGov monitor Terms & Conditions

General This Website is owned and operated  Policy Dialogue International Limited- (referred to hereinafter as eGov monitor) and is made available on the following terms and conditions.

By using the Website you accept these terms and conditions, which shall be interpreted according to the laws of England. In the event that any part of these Terms and Conditions is held to be unenforceable, these Terms and Conditions shall continue in full force and effect without said provisions

Data Protection eGov monitor’s use of personal information supplied by you when you use this Website is governed by our privacy policy. Please contact eGov monitor on +44 (0)7826 477 214 or by email: privacy@egovmonitor.com for further details on our privacy policy.

Licence eGov monitor grants you a non-exclusive licence to access and use the content in this Website for your personal purposes. You may not reproduce or distribute any part of the content for commercial purposes.

Copyright The eGov monitor website contains copyrighted material, including, but not limited to: trademarks and other proprietary information, text, software, video, and graphics. Unless otherwise noted, eGov monitor owns a copyright to all content contained on the website. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law or otherwise, users may not copy, publish, redistribute, modify, transmit, display, sell, or create derivative works, or in any way exploit the content or any portion thereof on the eGov monitor website without the express permission of eGov monitor and the copyright owner. You agree to comply with any additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any content available on or accessed through the eGov monitor website. Unless otherwise noted, users may download one copy of the content published on the eGov monitor website for their personal, non-commercial use. In the event of any such use or other permitted redistribution or publication of material from the eGov monitor website, no changes in or deletion of any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice shall be made. In addition, any material so used may not be taken out of context or presented in a misleading or discriminatory manner. By use of the eGov monitor website, you acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights to download copyrighted material. Please refer to our PERMISSIONS section for guidelines concerning reprints or linking of articles. Changes to the Website eGov monitor may at any time make alterations to or to withdraw this Website or any part of it.

INDEMNITY/ LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, eGov monitor AND ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (EVEN IF EGOV MONITORWAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES) THAT RESULT FROM THE CONTENT, USE OR MISUSE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE eGov monitor WEBSITE. THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE eGov monitor WEBSITE, YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT eGov monitor IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CONDUCT OF ANY USER OF THE eGov monitor SITE. SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY WHETHER THE DAMAGES (INCLUDING SUCH DAMAGES INCURRED BY THIRD PARTIES) ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE eGov monitor WEBSITE, FROM YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, OR FROM THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCESS TO THE eGov monitor WEBSITE. THE ABOVE LIMITATION SHALL APPLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO THE COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOST DATA. FURTHER, THE ABOVE LIMITATION SHALL APPLY WITH RESPECT TO THE PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THE eGov monitor WEBSITE OR ANY SITE LINKED TO THE eGov monitor WEBSITE. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL eGov monitor BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DELAY OR FAILURE IN PERFORMANCE RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ACTS OF NATURE, FORCES, OR CAUSES BEYOND ITS REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FAILURES, TERRORIST ACTS, GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS OR ORDERS, AND NON-PERFORMANCE OF THIRD PARTIES.

INDEMNITY AND RELEASE THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE eGov monitor WEBSITE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS eGov monitor AND ANY AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND LICENSORS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, PROCEEDINGS, ACTIONS, LIABILITIES, EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) AND DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF CLAIMS RESULTING FROM YOUR USE (INCLUDING ANY ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH ACTIVITY IS AUTHORIZED BY YOU) OF THE eGov monitor WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CLAIMS ALLEGING FACTS THAT IF TRUE WOULD CONSTITUTE A BREACH BY YOU OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY eGov monitor MATERIAL OR WITH ANY OF EGOV MONITOR’S TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE eGov monitor WEBSITE. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO WAIVE ALL LAWS THAT MAY LIMIT HE EFFICACY OF SUCH RELEASES.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES ALL MATERIALS AND SERVICES IN THE eGov monitor WEBSITE AND TO ANY THIRD PARTY LINKING SITES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE CONTENT PUBLISHED ON THE eGov monitor SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. eGov monitor AND/OR ITS THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION, THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE CONTENT, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS, OR OTHER ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE eGov monitor WEBSITE, OR THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM ACCESSING AND USING THE eGov monitor WEBSITE AND/OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, eGov monitor DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR OTHER INFORMATION, ADVICE, SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE eGov monitor WEBSITE OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED IN THE eGov monitor WEBSITE. eGov monitor DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR WITHOUT ERROR, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE eGov monitor WEBSITE, INCLUDING ANY BULLETIN BOARDS, CHAT ROOMS, ONLINE MEETINGS, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE USER ASSUMES THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

Permissions eGov monitor offers a non-assignable, non-transferable, and non-exclusive license to link to the eGov monitor Website, subject to the following provisions. The eGov monitor logo and/or the phrase eGov monitor -  A Policy Dialogue Platform may be placed on a Website for the sole purpose of creating a link to the eGov monitor website and allowing users of your site to access the eGov monitor Site. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the eGov monitor logo or associated phrases such as eGov monitor - A Policy Dialogue Platform may not be used, in whole or part, for any other purpose, including, among other purposes, to suggest sponsorship by, or affiliation with, or endorsement by eGov monitor . The eGov monitor logo may not be altered in any manner, and must appear by itself with reasonable spacing between it and other graphic or textual elements. The eGov monitor logo may not be used to disparage eGov monitor , or in a manner which, in eGov monitor 's reasonable judgment, may diminish or otherwise damage the goodwill in the eGov monitor logo. eGov monitor reserves the right to revoke this license or to alter its terms from time to time, for any or no reason, with or without notice. eGov monitor reserves the right to take action against any use that does not conform to these provisions.

Termination These Terms and Conditions shall continue in effect for as long as you use the eGov monitor website, unless specifically terminated earlier by eGov monitor. You acknowledge and agree that eGov monitor thereof, may immediately terminate your access to and use of the eGov monitor website, or any feature or section at any time without notice or cause. Such termination may include but not be limited to any or all of the interactive features of the eGov monitor website, and such user will no longer be authorized to access the bulletin boards, participate in chat room discussions, or forums of any kind. In the event of any termination or cancellation of your account by eGov monitor , no refund of any fees will be granted. Any and all restrictions imposed upon the user with respect to any eGov monitor intellectual property including but not limited to material downloaded from the bulletin boards, and any and all disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms and Conditions, shall survive such termination of the user's access to or use of on the eGov monitor website. eGov monitor shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect of the Website's operation.

Publishing Terms and Conditions By submitting content to the eGov monitor website you are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions:

Libel To the maximum extent permitted at law, eGov monitor holds the author or copyright holder responsible for any defamatory or libellous remarks made in the content they submit (see disclaimer below). Libel means to defame, or take away a good name. Libel can be proven even when the plaintiff is referred to indirectly. The tests of defamation include: hatred, ridicule or contempt; causing the subject to be shunned or avoided; 'lowering a person in the estimation of right-minded people'; and - most relevant here - implying a lack of qualification, knowledge, skill, capacity, judgement or efficiency to conduct business. Malicious falsehood means the publication of a false statement that damages a person. In criminal defamatory libel one publication could be the subject of both civil and criminal proceedings and the defamer could be made to pay damages.

Disclaimer Where you are invited to submit any contribution to eGov monitor (including any text or graphics) you agree, by submitting your contribution, to grant eGov monitor a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive right and license to publish your contribution on the eGov monitor website and reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, translate, create derivative works from and distribute your contribution, and/or incorporate your contribution in other works in any media now known or later developed, in accordance with privacy restrictions set out in the eGov monitor's Privacy Policy. This may include publications or other works of media produced by eGov monitor for sale. If you do not want to grant to eGov monitor the rights set out above, please do not submit your contribution to eGov monitor. In addition: i) Where you are invited to submit any contribution to eGov monitor (including any text or graphics) you warrant that your contribution: ii) is your own original work and that you have the right to make it available to eGov monitor for publication on the eGov monitor website and other purposes outlined above; and iii) is not defamatory; and iv) does not infringe any law; and v) you indemnify eGov monitor against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by eGov monitor as a result of your breach of the above warranty.

Removal of content eGov monitor has the right to remove content from the eGov monitor website at any time without advance notice or explanation.