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UCSU Terms and Conditions for users of Union Cloud

Acceptance of Terms

By using the service you are accepting the following terms and conditions. This policy may be varied from time to time, please ensure you review it regularly.

Description of Service
  • To provide an interactive web site where email is used to communicate with the users.
  • To provide a security mechanism whereby we can restrict content to certain groups of users
  • To enable the purchase and delivery of goods through our online shop
  • To enable the booking and purchase of events
  • To host platforms to support volunteering, elections, ideas, student groups and societies
  • A booking system for the student support service booking system
  • The Website may provide communication tools such as email, bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums and/or other message or communication facilities ("the Services") designed to enable you to communicate with others. Unless stated otherwise the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use only.
User Account, Password & Security

You are required to complete the registration process by providing your university credentials.  You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password and also for all activities which take place under your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security. In no event will www.ucsu.me be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever resulting from the disclosure of your username and/or password. You may not use another person´s account at any time, without the express permission of the account holder.

Removal of Service

Improper use of the platform, for example defamatory, discriminatory or abusive content would potentially result in removal from service.

In using the Website/Services you agree not to: 

  • use the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other unsolicited messages, commercial or otherwise;
  • attempt to gain unauthorised access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Website/Services through hacking, password mining or any other means.
  • post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information or confidential information disclosed in the course of employment or under a confidentiality agreement);
  • use the Website/Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website/Services or interfere with any other party´s use and enjoyment of the Website/Services;
  • violate any applicable laws or regulations;
  • impersonate any person or entity for the purpose of misleading others;
  • advertise or offer to buy or sell goods or services for any commercial purpose, unless such communication facility specifically allows such messages;
  • collect or store personal information about others, including email addresses;
  • make available or upload files that contain a virus, worm, trojan or corrupt data that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another;
  • use any information or material in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary right of any party;
  • threaten, abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
  • post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that incites discrimination, hate or violence towards any person or group on account of their race, religion, disability, nationality or otherwise;
  • post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that is defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;
Termination & Service Level

We have the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Services at any time, without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, breach of these Terms and Conditions. We may also at any time, at our sole discretion, discontinue the Website/Services or any part thereof or temporarily restrict access for maintenance work. We have no obligation to monitor the Services but shall be entitled to review materials posted to a communications facility and, at our sole discretion, to remove any material that breaches these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable, Without prior notice and you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Website/Services

Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website and the Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property rights and laws. In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the contents solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home use only.

www.ucsu.me does not claim ownership of any materials you post, upload or submit to any publicly accessible area of the Services. However, by doing so you are granting us a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive licence to copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, publicly display, edit, translate or publish such Content for as long as you elect to display such Content via the Services. The licence shall be terminated when such Content is deleted from the Services.

Links to Third Party Websites

The Website/Services may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and agree that www.ucsu.me is not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites.

International Use

You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom or the country in which you reside (if different) and with all local laws and rules regarding acceptable use of and conduct on the Internet.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold www.ucsu.me harmless from and against any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and any claim or demand brought against www.ucsu.me by any third party arising out of your use of the Services and/or any Content submitted, posted or transmitted through the Services, including without limitation, all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) howsoever suffered or incurred by www.ucsu.me in consequence of your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

Disclaimers & Limitation of Liability

Use of the Website/Services is at your own risk. The Website/Services are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
To the extent permitted by law, www.ucsu.me will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website/Services.

www.ucsu.me makes no warranty that the Website/Services will meet your requirements, that Content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality of the Website/Services will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website/Services or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of www.ucsu.me for death or personal injury as a result of the negligence of www.ucsu.me.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.