Terms And Conditions
This document, along with the referenced materials, outlines the terms governing the use of our website at https://www.ad-pa.com (“our site”). These terms apply to all users, whether as guests or registered users. Usage includes browsing, accessing, or registering on our site.
Please review these terms carefully before using our site and consider printing a copy for future reference. By using our site, you confirm acceptance and agree to comply with these terms. If you disagree, you must refrain from using our site.
Applicable Terms
Other related terms can be found in our Privacy Statement, which applies to your data processing and cookie usage. By using our site, you consent to data processing, and you affirm the accuracy of the data provided.
Modifications To These Conditions
We may amend these terms at any time, and changes will be binding upon you. Check this page periodically for updates.
Access To Our Websites
Site access is generally free. We cannot guarantee continuous availability or uninterrupted service and may modify or suspend the site without notice. It’s your responsibility to arrange access to the site and ensure that anyone connecting through your internet is aware of these terms.
Updates To Our Website
We may update the site and its content, but there is no obligation to maintain it up-to-date or error-free.
Your User Account And Access Credentials
If you receive a user identification code, password, or any other security information, whether chosen or provided, you must maintain its confidentiality and refrain from sharing it with third parties. In case of using a social media log-in, keep your social media account details confidential and prevent any unauthorized access. We reserve the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether self-selected or provided by us if we reasonably believe you have violated the terms of use.
If you suspect unauthorized access to your user identification code or password, please promptly notify us at Hello@AccountsDirect.biz, providing relevant details.
Rights Pertaining To Intellectual Property
We hold all intellectual property rights in our site and its published content, protected by global copyright laws. These rights are reserved. You may print or download one copy of our site’s pages for personal use, and you can share content within your organization.
It’s prohibited to alter printed or digital copies or use visuals separately from text. Always acknowledge us and any identified contributors as the content authors. Commercial use of our site’s content requires a license from us or our licensors.
Breach of these terms will result in the immediate cessation of your site access, and you must return or destroy any copies.
Do Not Solely Rely On The Information
The content on our site serves as general information and should not be considered as advice to be solely relied upon. Prior to making any decisions or actions based on our site’s content, it’s crucial to seek professional or specialized advice. While we strive to keep our site’s information up to date, we cannot guarantee its accuracy, completeness, or currency.
Posting Or Uploading Content On Our Site
Our site allows you to share various types of content, including text, images, photographs, logos, data, information, opinions, graphs, and other materials (referred to as ‘Content’). You can publish and share Content in different ways on our site, such as through articles, blog posts, and community content (like forum posts and user comments). When posting Content as an article or blog post, you commit to and agree that:
- The Content is your unique creation and is not replicated or modified from any third-party work without their permission.
- You have not recently shared identical or substantially similar Content on other internet platforms.
- You agree not to post such Content on other third-party websites without including a source reference link to our site.
- The Content must be accurate in all significant aspects.
- We retain the right to assess the Content before publishing it on our site and may make reasonable modifications to it or decline to publish the Content, either partially or entirely.
Whenever you utilize a feature enabling Content upload on our site or engage with other users, you must adhere to our acceptable use and content standards. You guarantee that any such contribution complies with these standards and agree to indemnify us for any breach of this warranty. This implies you are responsible for any losses we incur due to your breach.
Any Content you upload is considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. While you maintain ownership rights, you must grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, global license (including the right to sub-license) to utilize, store, modify, adapt, and share the Content with third parties.
You also warrant that we have the right to disclose your identity to any third party asserting that your posted Content violates their intellectual property rights or privacy. We disclaim responsibility for the Content or its accuracy, whether posted by you or other users.
We reserve the authority to delete any of your posts on our site if, in our judgment, they do not conform to the acceptable use and content standards outlined below, regardless of the reason. The opinions expressed by other users on our site do not necessarily reflect our views or values.
Standards Of Acceptable Use And Content
A. Activities Not Permitted
You are allowed to utilize our website exclusively for legal purposes. Prohibited actions include:
- In a manner that violates any relevant local, national, or international laws or regulations;
- In a manner that is unlawful or deceitful, or with the intention of engaging in unlawful or fraudulent activities; With the intent to harm or endanger minors in any manner;
- To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, employ, or re-utilize any material that contradicts our content guidelines (as outlined below);
- To transmit or facilitate the transmission of unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, or any other form of comparable solicitation.
- To knowingly transmit any data, send, or upload material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-delayed threats, keyloggers, spyware, adware, or any other malicious software or similar code intended to detrimentally affect the operation of computer software or hardware.
B. Interactive Features
We will make diligent efforts to evaluate potential risks to users from third parties when they utilize any interactive services on our platform. We will determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether it’s suitable to employ moderation for a specific service, taking into account these risks. Nonetheless, we are not obliged to supervise, monitor, or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site. We explicitly disclaim any liability for losses or damages arising from a user’s use of an interactive service in violation of our content standards, regardless of whether the service is moderated.
C. Standards For Content
Our guidelines for content apply to all contributions you make to our site and its interactive services. You must adhere to these principles in both their essence and specifics. Your contributions should:
- Accurately represent facts.
- Reflect sincerely held opinions.
- Align with the laws of the UK and the country from which they are posted.
Contributions Should Refrain From:
- Defaming any individual.
- Containing material that is obscene, offensive, or promotes hate and inflammation.
- Advocating sexually explicit content or violence.
- Encouraging discrimination based on factors such as race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
- Violating the copyrights, database rights, or trademarks of others.
- Misleading or deceiving.
- Breaching legal obligations to third parties, including contractual duties or duties of confidentiality.
- Promoting illegal activities.
- Threatening, abusing, invading privacy, causing inconvenience, or distressing others.
- Engaging in impersonation or misrepresentation of identity or affiliation.
- Falsely attributing contributions to us when they do not.
- Supporting or endorsing unlawful activities, including but not limited to copyright infringement or computer misuse.
Termination
We will assess, at our discretion, whether your use of our site breaches our acceptable use and content standards. When such a breach occurs, we may respond with actions we consider appropriate. Non-compliance with our acceptable use and content standards is a significant violation of our terms of use, and it may lead to any of the following actions being taken by us:
We May Respond To The Breach With The Following Actions, Based On The Severity:
- Swift, temporary, or lasting suspension of your site access.
- Immediate, temporary, or permanent removal of any content you’ve uploaded.
- A formal warning.
- Legal proceedings to recover indemnity costs, including reasonable administrative and legal expenses.
- Additional legal actions.
- Disclosure of relevant information to law enforcement agencies when deemed necessary by us.
External Resources And Links On Our Site
Our site may include features, articles, and content provided by third parties, either on their behalf or through sponsorship. This content is solely for informational purposes and does not reflect our opinions or constitute an endorsement of any specific brand, product, or service.
When our site contains links to external websites and resources offered by third parties, these links are provided for informational purposes. We lack control over the content within these linked sites and resources.
Additionally, we may present information about products and services offered by third parties, providing you with the option to purchase these items. If you decide to proceed, you will be redirected to the respective third-party website to complete your purchase. These third-party providers have their own terms and conditions, which we recommend reviewing before using their site or purchasing any products or services.
Viruses And Malicious Software
We cannot ensure that our site is completely secure and devoid of bugs or viruses. It is your responsibility to configure your information technology, computer programs, and platform for site access, and we recommend using your virus protection software.
You must not exploit our site to knowingly introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, or any other malicious or technologically harmful content. Unauthorized access attempts to our site, its hosting server, or any connected server, computer, or database are strictly prohibited. Engaging in a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack against our site constitutes a breach of this provision and a criminal offense under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. In case of any such breach, we will promptly report it to the relevant law enforcement authorities and fully cooperate by disclosing your identity. A breach of these terms will result in the immediate cessation of your right to use our site.
User Data Deletion
You have the right to request the deletion of your user account and personal data. Please contact us at Hello@AccountsDirect.biz for assistance in this matter.
Kindly note that the deletion of your account and personal data will not affect any content you’ve published on our site, which may still be accessible to other users. Your right to store and use such content in accordance with these terms of use remains unaffected.
Process For Removing Content
We may, though we are not obligated to do so, monitor the content published on our site and may remove, edit, or block content or accounts that we believe, in our sole discretion, violate these terms of use. If you come across content that you believe violates these terms, is defamatory, offensive, illegal, or invades your privacy, please promptly contact us at Hello@AccountsDirect.biz with details.
We will review the reported content and decide whether it should be removed. As “innocent disseminators” of content on this site, our general policy is to remove content only when there is a clear legal obligation to do so. We will defend users’ right to freedom of speech if we believe the content was posted in good faith, without malice, and represents the honestly held opinion of the author.
Once we reach a decision, we will inform you promptly. If you disagree with our decision regarding content removal and still wish for it to be taken down, we ask that you follow the requirements of the Pre-Action Protocol for Defamation. Seek legal guidance if necessary.
Our Liability Limitations
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or restricts our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, fraud, or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under English law. To the extent allowed by law, we disclaim all conditions, warranties, representations, or other terms that may apply to our site or its content, whether express or implied.
We are not liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising from:
- The use of our site, or
- The use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
In Particular, We Shall Not Be Liable For:
- Loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue.
- Business interruption.
- Loss of anticipated savings.
- Loss of business opportunity, goodwill, or reputation.
- Any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful materials that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or your downloading of any content on it, or from any website linked to it. We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked to our site. Such links should not be considered endorsements by us of those linked websites. We are not responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your use of them.
Applicable Jurisdiction
These terms of use, their subject matter, and formation are governed by English law. Both you and we agree that the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction concerning any claim or dispute related to these terms.
Get In Touch
To contact us, please email us at Hello@AccountsDirect.biz.