TERMS OF USE
This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms of use (the Terms) on which you may make use of our website www.bpt.homeoffice.gov.uk (the Site), whether as a guest or a registered user.
Please read these Terms carefully before you start to use the Site. By using our Site, you indicate that you accept these Terms and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these Terms, please refrain from using our Site.
Information about us
The Site is wholly owned and operated by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, referred to as the ‘Home Office’, ‘We’ or ‘Us’.
Accessing the Site
Access to our Site is permitted on a temporary basis, and We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service We provide on our Site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason our Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, We may restrict access to some parts of our Site, or our entire Site, to users who have registered with Us. When using our Site, you must comply with the provisions of our Acceptable Use Policy (see below). You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Site through your internet connection are aware of these Terms, and that they comply with them.
Our site is directed to people residing in the United Kingdom. We do not represent that content available on or through our Site is appropriate or available in other locations. We may limit the availability of our Site or any service or product described on our Site to any person or geographic area at any time. If you choose to access our Site from outside the United Kingdom, you do so at your own risk.
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 may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our Site.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any 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 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.
Reliance on information posted
Commentary and other material posted on our Site is not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. 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.
Updates to the Site
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.
Our liability
The material displayed on our Site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, We, other members of our group 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; and/or 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 any loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
Information about you and your visits to our Site
We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By using our Site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
Uploading material to our Site
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload material to our Site, or to make contact with other users of our Site, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy (see below). You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you indemnify Us for any breach of that warranty.
Any material you upload to our Site will be considered non-confidential and non proprietary, and We have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to our Site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of our Site.
We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on our Site if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy (see below)
Viruses, hacking and other offences
We do not guarantee that our Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You must not misuse our Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Site, the server on which our Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Site. You must not attack our Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial- of service attack.
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.
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.
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 the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy (see below).
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.
Variations
We may revise these Terms at any time by amending this page.
You are expected to check this page from time to time to take
notice of any changes We made, as they are binding on you.
Some of the provisions contained in these Terms may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our Site.
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 Terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These Terms 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.
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY (THE POLICY)
This Policy sets out the terms between you and us under which you may access our Site www.bpt.homeoffice.gov.uk.
This Policy applies to all users of, and visitors to, our Site. Your use of our Site means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies in this Policy, which supplement our Terms. The defined terms in this Policy are those as set out in the Terms.
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 minors in any way.
- To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards set out below.
- To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
- You also agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our Site in contravention of the provisions of our Terms.
Failure to comply with this Policy constitutes a material breach of the Terms upon which you are permitted to use our Site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
- Take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
- Disclose any such information to law enforcement authorities as We reasonably feel is necessary in the circumstances.
Changes to the Policy
We may revise this Policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes We make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this Acceptable Use Policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our Site.
DISCLAIMER
The information and advice you may receive from advisors on this Site is based on what you have asked or told us and is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely.
You should obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information and advice you may receive from this Site.
Last Updated: 17th September 2021.