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Terms of Use

  1. About our Terms

    1.1 These terms and conditions (the "Terms") explain how you may use the www.janes.com website (the "Website"). In these Terms, references to "we", "us" and "our" means Jane's Group UK Limited (company registration number 12199785), whose registered office is at 69 Park Lane, Croydon, CR0 1JD, UK, or its affiliates, who operate the Website. Reference to "you" means the person accessing the Website or its Content and "your" shall have the same meaning.

    1.2 By accessing or using the Website you agree to be bound by these Terms and the documents referred to in them. These Terms refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our Website:

    1.2.1 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.

    1.3 If you do not agree with or accept any of these Terms, you should stop using the Website immediately.

    1.4 You should read these Terms carefully before using the Website as they constitute the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all previous agreements, understandings and arrangements between us, whether in writing or oral in respect of the Website and any Content on the Website.

  2. Using the Website

    2.1 You agree that you are solely responsible for:

    2.1.1 all costs and expenses you may incur in relation to your use of the Website; and

    2.1.2 keeping your password and other account details confidential.

    2.2 The Website is intended for use only by those who can access it from within the UK. If you choose to access the Website from locations outside the UK, you are responsible for compliance with local laws where they are applicable.

    2.3 You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Website for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our Website.  You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any Content you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any data, information, illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Website must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the Content on our Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

    2.4 We seek to make the Website as accessible as possible. If you have any difficulties using the Website, please  contact us.

    2.5 We may prevent or suspend your access to the Website if you do not comply with any part of these Terms, any terms or policies to which they refer or any applicable law. We reserve the right and, without prior notice or liability, to modify, change, add or remove any features on the Website at any time.

    2.6 While we try to make sure that the Website is available for your use, we do not promise that the Website is available at all times nor do we promise the uninterrupted use by you of the Website.

    2.7 We may suspend or terminate operation of the Website at any time as we see fit.

  3. Ownership, use and intellectual property rights

    3.1 The Website and all intellectual property rights in it, including but not limited to, any text, images, video, audio or other multimedia content, software or other information or material on the Website ("Content") are owned by us, our licensors or both (as applicable). Intellectual property rights means rights such as: copyright, trade marks, domain names, design rights, database rights, patents and all other intellectual property rights of any kind whether or not they are registered or unregistered (anywhere in the world). We and our licensors reserve all of our and their rights in any intellectual property in connection with these Terms. This means, for example, that we and they remain owners of them and free to use them as we and they see fit.

    3.2 Nothing in these Terms grants you any legal rights in the Website other than as necessary to enable you to access the Website for your legitimate personal and/or business needs. You agree not to adjust, to try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on the Website (including any intellectual property notices) and in particular in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within the Website.

  4. Submitting information to the Website

    4.1 While we try to make sure that the Website is secure, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you supply to us and therefore we cannot guarantee that it will be kept confidential. For that reason, you should not let us have any patentable ideas or patent applications, advertising or marketing suggestions, prototypes, or any other information that you regard as confidential, commercially sensitive or valuable ("Unwanted Submissions"). While we value your feedback, you agree not to submit any Unwanted Submissions.

    4.2 We may use any Unwanted Submissions as we see reasonably fit on a free-of-charge basis (bear in mind that we have no way of knowing whether such information is confidential, commercially sensitive or valuable because we do not monitor the Website to check for these matters). Therefore, we will not be legally responsible for keeping any Unwanted Submissions confidential nor will we be legally responsible to you or anybody else for any use of such Unwanted Submissions.

  5. Hyperlinks and third party Websites

    5.1 The Website may contain hyperlinks or references to third party websites other than the Website. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over third party websites and accept no legal responsibility for any content, material or information contained in them. The display of any hyperlink and reference to any third party website does not mean that we endorse that third party's website, products or services. Your use of a third party site may be governed by the terms and conditions of that third party site.

    5.2 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. 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 to our Website in any website that is not owned by you. Our Website must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our Website other than the home page.

  6. Disclaimer

    6.1 Content is provided for your general information purposes only. It does not constitute technical, financial or legal advice or any other type of advice and should not be relied on for any purposes. We do not assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of Content. Furthermore, we cannot promise that the Website will be fit or suitable for any purpose. Any reliance that you may place on information on the Website or Content made available through the Website is at your own risk.

    6.2 Content on the Website may be supplied by third parties. We do not have any control over third party content on the Website and any statements, opinions, or advice provided by those third parties are those of the respective authors and not ours.

    6.3 Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law.

    6.4 To the extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms about any of the Content on this Website or any Content accessed through the Website, whether express or implied by statute, common law or otherwise.

    6.5 We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage (whether direct or indirect), whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

    6.5.1 use of, or inability to use, our Website; or

    6.5.2 use of or reliance on any Content displayed on or accessed through our Website.

    6.6 We will not be liable for any loss or damage (whether direct or indirect) caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our Website or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

    6.7 If any provision of these Terms (or part of any provision) is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of any other provision of these Terms shall not be affected.

  7. Events beyond our control

    We shall have no liability to you for any breach of these Terms caused by any event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control including, but not limited to, strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes; breakdown of systems or network access; or flood, fire, explosion or accident.

  8. Rights of third parties

    No one other than a party to these Terms has any right to enforce any of these Terms.

  9. Variation

    These Terms are dated 14 May 2020. No changes to these Terms are valid or have any effect unless agreed by us in writing or made in accordance with this clause9. We reserve the right to vary these Terms from time to time. Our updated Terms will be displayed on the Website and by continuing to use and access the Website following such changes; you agree to be bound by any variation made by us. It is your responsibility to check these Terms from time to time to verify such variations.

  10. Disputes

    10.1 We will try to resolve any disputes with you quickly and efficiently. If you are unhappy with us please contact us as soon as possible.

    10.2 If you want to take court proceedings, the courts of England will have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to these Terms.

    10.3 These Terms are governed by English law.