Introduction These terms of use (and any other terms referred to in them), state the terms which you must comply with when using shephardgroup.com, however you access it (whether via any mobile device, desktop etc.), (the site). Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the site and check them regularly. By using the site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using the site. These Terms refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our Website: Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, and information about the cookies on our Website. Information About Us The site is owned and operated by Shephard Press Limited (we, our, us). We are a limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 01517026 and have our registered office and principle trading address at 33 St.James's Square, London, SW1Y 4JS, UK. Our VAT number is GB578457289. Accessing The Site Access to the site is not guaranteed, from time to time we may update, withdraw or amend the content and service provided on the site without notice. We will not be liable if the site or any content is unavailable at any time for any reason. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the site, or the entire site, including to users who have registered and subscribed with us. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the site, and for ensuring that everyone who accesses our site through your internet connection and/or subscription is aware of these terms, and that they comply with them. If you decide to apply to become a registered user of the site and create an account, you may choose, or you will be provided with, a username, password and any other piece of information we deem necessary as part of our security procedures. You must treat such details and information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. You must provide us with your contact details in the form of your email address, postal address (and any other details we collect from you at registration) so that we can contact you when necessary. You must not impersonate or try to impersonate another person, disclose your password to anyone else, allow anyone else to use your account, use anyone else's account or address. You are responsible for everything done using your account. If you think that someone else may have access to, or be using, your password or account, you must tell us as soon as possible by filling out our email contact form at contact.shephardmedia.com. We have the right to disable any username or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time. We also have the right to suspend or terminate any account at any time. By registering, you certify that all information you provide in the registration is accurate. You may only maintain one active account per user but you may use this on any device. By accepting these Terms of Use, you certify that you have no other registration with us. You must have a valid email registered with us at all times. If an email that we send to you should bounce for some reason, your account may be temporarily suspended until you contact us with a verifiable address. From time to time we will send you an email containing information about the site. This email may contain news related items, editorial content and other information relevant to the site If you do not want to receive these email, please inform us by filling out our email contact form at https://contact.shephardmedia.com/ Subscription And Payment Some of the site's functionality is free to use. However, if you choose to upgrade/take a subscription, then you or your organisation will be charged for use of the site in accordance with the payment page and your payment choice.
Premium News subscriptions are conditional on receipt of payment in advance. If you opt for a monthly or annual subscription, you may give notice to terminate your subscription at any time but your subscription will terminate at the end of the month in which you give notice and you will not be refunded the charge for that month. If you opt for the annual subscription, you may give notice to terminate at any time but your subscription will terminate at the end of the year and you will not be refunded your annual subscription charge.
If you subscribe on a company wide basis, all users will be affected by any termination. We reserve the right to only permit one free trial period. If we deem that a user is abusing the free trial policy by not using the non-free trial link after one trial has been completed, we have the right to terminate their access with immediate effect. Please submit any termination requests to us via email please inform us by filling out our email contact form at contact.shephardmedia.com, or call us on +44 020 3179 2588, providing your First name, last name, subscription reference number, email address and the reason for your termination. This information must be identical to the information originally submitted on your order subscription signup. Offers And Promotions 1. We may change these Promotional Terms at any time. You should check our website regularly for any changes that apply from the date they are uploaded. 2. By entering any promotion you agree that you will be legally bound by these Terms Eligibility rules 3. All promotions are open to persons over 18 years of age at the time of entry. 4. It will be at the Promoters sole decision as to whether any eligibility requirement has or has not been met and we may require evidence or confirmation from entrants before awarding prizes. 5. Employees of the Promoter and their immediate families may not enter any promotion, neither may any employees or immediate family members of any third party sponsors, third party companies associated with the promotion, prize providers or agencies assisting with the promotion operation. 6 For any Premium News offers and promotions, discounts will apply for the specified term and then subscriptions will continue at the full stated price. Intellectual Property Rights We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You agree that you shall, and (where applicable) shall procure that only access, use, reproduce, modify, license, download, print or otherwise make available the content for your own business use within your company. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors. If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. Your Content Obligations You agree that you: 1. shall not use the Content to develop or provide, directly or indirectly, any product or service that competes with our business or any of our Affiliates' businesses; 2. shall not use the Content in any way which might infringe any third party rights including third party Intellectual Property Rights; 3. shall not, to the extent the Content contains Personal Data, share that Personal Data with any third party or use the Personal Data other than for purposes for which the Content is expressly provided; 4. shall, to the extent the Content contains Personal Data, comply with any obligations you may have under Data Protection Legislation; 5. shall not use the Content in any way that is contrary to applicable law; 6. shall not modify, decompile or reverse engineer any software supplied as part of the Content. Prohibited Uses You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site: 1. in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation; 2. in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect; 3. for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm any person in any way; 4. to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which is defamatory, contains any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory, promotes sexually explicit material, promotes violence, promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age, infringes any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person, is likely to deceive any person, be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence, promote any illegal activity, be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person, be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, gives the impression that it emanates from us, advocates, promotes or assists any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse; 5. to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or 6. to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware. 7. 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 our site will cease immediately. You also agree: 1. not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site or its content in contravention with these terms of use; 2. not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt: i) any part of our site; ii) any equipment or network on which our site is stored; iii) any software used in the provision of our site; or iv) any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party. Use Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) By accessing and using our website, you agree not to employ any form of artificial intelligence, including but not limited to machine learning algorithms, neural networks, or automated bots, for the purpose of crawling, scraping, or extracting data from our site. Furthermore, you are expressly prohibited from using our content or data to train AI models or improve machine learning systems. Violation of this clause may result in legal action, including but not limited to seeking damages for breach of our terms and conditions. Exceptions: This prohibition does not apply to search engine indexing or other standard web crawling activities performed by recognized search engines. If you seek to use our data for research or analysis, please contact us to discuss specific permissions. Contact Information: If you have any questions or need clarification regarding the use of AI on our website, please contact us through our online webform at: contact.shephardmedia.com Our Liability Contributions, articles, commentary and other materials posted on our site are provided for general information only and are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. In particular, our content is not, and should not be construed as professional advice. Information is provided to help you make your own decisions and/or to seek professional advice. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
The material displayed on our site is provided for general information purposes only, without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we, any other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us 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, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our site, 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 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, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above. This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. 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 site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it. Third Party Advertisements Our site and some related emails include third-party advertisements. The appearance of an advert does not mean that we endorse the advertiser's goods or services. Whilst we will not knowingly run an advert that is untrue, we are not responsible for the accuracy of any advertising material or the usefulness of an advertised product or service. Our Site Changes Regularly We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material. Information About You and Your Visits To Our Site We process information about you in accordance with our privacy policy www.shephardmedia.com/privacy-policy. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. Linking To Our Site You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you. Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with any content standards set out in these terms. If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please address your request to insight@shephardmedia.com. Links From Our Site Where our site 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. Indemnity You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless The Shephard Press Limited, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees from and against any claim, liability, cost, damage or loss any of them may incur (including, without limitation, solicitors' fees) as a result of any breach by you of your obligations under these Terms of Use. Variations We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site. General Issues No text or information set forth on any other purchase order, pre-printed form or document or any other verbal representation or warranty shall add to or vary these Terms of Use. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the invalid or unenforceable provision(s), with all other provisions remaining in full force and effect. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and use as a result of these Terms of Use or use of the site. Our failure to enforce any right or provision in these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by us in writing. These Term of Use comprise the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein. Jurisdiction And Applicable Law The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
Website Terms & Conditions Defence Insight Accessing Our Website Defence Insight is accessed through a subscription. The maximum number of users accessing and use the Services should not exceed the number of User Subscriptions purchased. No user subscription should be used by more than one individual Authorised User unless it has been reassigned in its entirety to another individual Authorised User, in which case the prior Authorised User shall no longer have any right to access or use the Services; As an authorised user you undertake that you: • use the subscription only by yourself and that you use all reasonable endeavours to prevent any unauthorised access to, or use of, the Services. In the event of any such unauthorised access or use, you shall promptly notify us. • will keep a secure password for the use of the Services, that the password is changed at reasonable intervals and you keep this password confidential • shall only access, use, reproduce, modify, license, download, print or otherwise make available the Content for your own business use within your company • shall not provide the Content to any individuals outside your company, nor to any individuals within your company who are not Authorised Users, without our prior consent.• shall not license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, display, disclose, or otherwise commercially exploit, or otherwise make the Services or any Supplier Content, available to any third party except the Authorised Users. • shall not use the Content to develop or provide, directly or indirectly, any product or service that competes with our business or any of our Affiliates' businesses; • shall not attempt to copy, modify, duplicate, create derivative works from, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit, or distribute all or any portion of the Software in any form or media or by any means.• shall not retain any of the content in any form once your license to use the content has expired. • shall not use the Content in any way which might infringe any third party rights including third party Intellectual Property Rights. • shall not use the Content in any way that is contrary to applicable law. • shall not modify, decompile or reverse engineer any software supplied as part of the Content. • shall not attempt to obtain, or assist third parties in obtaining, access to the Services, other than as provided in this Agreement or otherwise agreed by the parties in writing. The Supplier may from time to time audit the Services to establish the name and password of each Authorised User. If a password has been provided to any individual who is not an Authorised User, then without prejudice to the Supplier's other rights, we may disable such passwords and the Supplier shall not issue any new passwords to any such individual. User Data Our Privacy Policy, sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, and information about the cookies on our Website. Prohibited Uses You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site: • in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation; • in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect; • for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm any person in any way; • to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which is defamatory, contains any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory, promotes sexually explicit material, promotes violence, promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age, infringes any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person, is likely to deceive any person, be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence, promote any illegal activity, be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person, be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, gives the impression that it emanates from us, advocates, promotes or assists any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse; • to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or • to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware. • 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 our site will cease immediately.Use Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) By accessing and using our website, you agree not to employ any form of artificial intelligence, including but not limited to machine learning algorithms, neural networks, or automated bots, for the purpose of crawling, scraping, or extracting data from our site. Furthermore, you are expressly prohibited from using our content or data to train AI models or improve machine learning systems. Violation of this clause may result in legal action, including but not limited to seeking damages for breach of our terms and conditions. Exceptions: • This prohibition does not apply to search engine indexing or other standard web crawling activities performed by recognized search engines. • If you seek to use our data for research or analysis, please contact us to discuss specific permissions. Contact Information: If you have any questions or need clarification regarding the use of AI on our website, please contact us using the Contact Us webform.
Our Liability Contributions, articles, commentary and other materials posted on our site are provided for general information only and should not be construed as professional advice. Information is provided to help you make your own decisions and/or to seek professional advice. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. Our content is derived from a variety of sources, including publicly available information and, accordingly, the Supplier cannot be responsible for the legitimacy or accuracy of such content. Your use of the service and content is entirely at your risk. The material displayed on our site is provided for general information purposes only, without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we, any other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us 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, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our site, 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 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, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above. This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. 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 site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it. We will use commercially reasonable endeavours to make the Services available, however we do not warrant that use of the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free. We will use reasonable efforts to give you reasonable prior notice of any maintenance. We are not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over communications networks and facilities, including the internet, and you acknowledge that the Services may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such communications facilities. Charges And Payment Charges and payments will be in accordance with those agreed with Shephard and detailed in your or your organisations Invoice Order (IO) document. Term And Termination Term and termination will be in accordance with those agreed with Shephard and detailed in your or your organisations Invoice Order (IO) document. In the event of a variation between the Terms and Conditions outlined in this document and those in a customer’s signed Invoice Order, those in the Invoice Order are applicable. Jurisdiction And Applicable Law The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
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