Terms of service

1. Who these terms are with

The site is operated by Thornbury Ledger Media Ltd, Second Floor, Larkmead House, 18 Pentridge Street, Camberwell, London SE5 9LT, United Kingdom. References to "we" and "us" mean that company. Contact: [email protected].

2. What the site is

The site publishes general editorial material about gene technology across several industries. It is provided for information only. It is not medical, veterinary, agronomic, legal, regulatory, scientific or financial advice, and it must not be relied on as a substitute for professional advice from a qualified person who knows your circumstances. Regulatory frameworks and scientific understanding change; always confirm anything important against the primary source, such as the regulator, standards body or peer-reviewed literature concerned.

3. Permitted use

You may read, print and share pages for personal, non-commercial use, and you may quote short extracts with attribution and a link to the source page. You agree not to: scrape, harvest or systematically download the site or any substantial part of it; use automated tools that impose an unreasonable load on our infrastructure; attempt to gain unauthorised access to any system or account; interfere with the operation or security of the site; reproduce substantial portions of content in another publication or dataset, including for the training of machine learning systems, without our written permission; or use the site in any way that breaches applicable law.

4. Intellectual property

All text, illustrations, layout, code and design on the site are owned by us or licensed to us and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. Nothing in these terms transfers any of those rights to you. Third-party names, trade marks and product names are the property of their respective owners and are used only for identification and editorial comment; their appearance does not imply any endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation, and none exists.

5. Material you send us

If you send us a correction, suggestion or other material, you confirm that you are entitled to send it and that it does not infringe anyone's rights. You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use it for the purpose of operating and improving the site, including incorporating a correction into a page. We are not obliged to respond to, publish or act on anything sent to us, and we may decline material we consider unlawful, abusive or inaccurate.

6. Availability

We aim to keep the site available but do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access. We may change, suspend, restrict or withdraw any part of the site, including individual pages, at any time and without notice. We may correct or update content without separate notification, although material corrections are normally noted on the page concerned.

7. External links

Pages may link to external websites operated by others, including regulators, journals and research organisations. Those sites are outside our control; we are not responsible for their content, availability, accuracy or privacy practices, and a link is not an endorsement.

8. Disclaimers and liability

The site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all implied warranties and representations, including as to accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, nor for loss of profit, revenue, business, goodwill, data or anticipated savings, arising from use of or inability to use the site or reliance on its content.

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded. If you use the site as a consumer, these terms do not affect your statutory rights.

9. Indemnity and termination

You agree to indemnify us against claims, losses and reasonable costs arising from your breach of these terms or misuse of the site. We may terminate or restrict your access without notice if we reasonably consider that you have breached these terms. Clauses concerning intellectual property, disclaimers, liability and governing law survive termination.

10. Governing law and disputes

These terms and any non-contractual obligations arising from them are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction, save that a consumer resident elsewhere retains the benefit of any mandatory protections and the right to bring proceedings in the courts of their own country of residence where local law provides for that. Before starting proceedings, please contact us so we can try to resolve the matter directly.

11. General

If any provision is found unenforceable, the remainder continues in force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. We may update these terms; the version published on this page at the time you use the site is the version that applies.