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Lab M Limited Terms of Website Use

 

Introduction

1`                   These Terms set out the legally binding terms and conditions which apply to everyone who accesses or uses the website at www.labm.com (Website) whether as a guest or a registered user. Please read the Terms carefully before using this service (Service). By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms, you must leave the Website immediately.

2`                  The Website is owned and operated by Lab M Limited (a company registered in England and Wales, whose registered office is at Topley House, 52 Wash Lane, Bury, Lancashire BL9 6AS, company number 2903063 and VAT Number GB 636 2354 44) ("we", "us", "our", "Lab M").

3`                  Your privacy is important to us. Please see our Privacy Policy for details about what information we collect and how we use and protect it. By using our Website, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Ownership of Materials and Licence Terms

4`                  We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Website, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright, trade mark and other  intellectual property rights and laws throughout the world. You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our service strictly for your own personal use provided you do not alter or remove any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary notices.  You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way. You undertake not to:

(a)`               commercially exploit any materials on our Website without our express prior written consent;

(b)               establish a link to our Website from any other website, intranet or extranet site, without our express prior written consent;

(c)`              use our Website to upload or distribute any material that contains viruses or anything similar;

(d)                infringe the rights of any other person firm or company;

(e)`               do anything that will or may interfere with, disrupt, damage or impair the Website or our provision of services; and/or

(f)`                submit any information to our Website which is defamatory, obscene, offensive, liable to cause harassment or distress and/or which does not comply with any law.

5`                You may not frame or use framing techniques to enclose any material on the Website or any part of it without our express prior written approval.

6`              You are prohibited from de-compiling, reverse engineering, disassembling, or otherwise reducing the code used in any software on our Website into a readable form. You are prohibited from circumventing or attempting to circumvent any of our or our group of companies security safeguards.

User names and passwords

7`                  If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code or password as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. If you become aware of any unauthorised use of your password, you must change your password by visiting the registration page of our Website.

Availability of our Website

8`                  Our Website is provided free of charge and we make no guarantee that it will be uninterrupted or error free. We aim to update the site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to all or any part of the Service, or close it indefinitely without notice and without liability. Any of the material on the Service may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Links from the Service to Third Party websites

9`                 Where our Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may  arise from your use of them. The fact that we may provide a link to any such website does not mean that we endorse that website.

Suspension and Termination

10`               We reserve the right to investigate any suspected non-compliance with these Terms. If we believe that a violation of these Terms (or any of the rights identified in these Terms) has occurred, we may suspend or bar your access to the Service or take such other corrective action as we deem appropriate.

Security

11`               Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure and there is a risk, therefore, that any message or information you send to us from our Website may be intercepted and potentially read by others. We will have no liability in respect of any transmissions you send to us and you do so entirely at your own risk.

Limitations of Liability

12`               The information, material and/or content of our Website is provided on an "as is" or "as available" basis and we make no promises, warranty or representations, whether express or implied, in relation to such content, including but not limited to implied promises or conditions of completeness and accuracy.

13`               To the extent permitted by law, we and other members of our group of companies hereby expressly exclude:

  • All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.

  • Any liability for any direct, indirector consequential loss or damage incurred by any  user in connection with our Website or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of any of our services, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including, without limitation any liability for:

    • loss of income or revenue;

    • loss of business;

    • loss of profits or contracts;

    • loss of anticipated savings;

    • loss of data;

    • loss of opportunity;

    • loss of goodwill;

    • wasted management or office time; and


for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our ability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

14`               You will indemnify and defend us, our group of companies, affiliates, officers and employees from and against all claims, liability, damages, costs and expenses, including legal fees, arising out of any breach of these Terms or any use of the Website by you.

15`               You acknowledge that we have limited control over the nature and content of information transmitted or received by you or others who use the Website and that we do not examine in any way the use to which you put our Service.

16`               We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our services or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or any site linked to it.

Supply of Goods through our Website

17`              Contracts for the supply of goods by us to you that are formed through our Website or as a result of visits made by you are governed by the Lab M Terms and Conditions of Sale.

Jurisdictional issues

18`              The English courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our Website. These Terms are governed by English law.

19`               If you access the Website from outside England and Wales, you do so at your own initiative and risk, and you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws.

Changes to the Terms

20`               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, we reserve the right to revise these Terms from time to time without notice. Amendments will take effect when posted on the Website. Please check the Website and (in particular), this page regularly to take notice of any changes we make, as they are binding on you. If you access or use the Website after any amendment to these Terms has taken effect, you hereby agree to be bound by the updated version of these Terms.

21`               Each provision of these Terms shall be severable and distinct from the others. If a provision of the Terms is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, it is intended that the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of the Terms shall not be affected.

Contact us

If you have any comments, questions or complaints about Lab M or any aspect of our services, please contact Lab M Limited at:

Topley House

52 Wash Lane

Bury

Lancashire BL9 6AS

United Kingdom

 

or by sending an email to:

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