Website Terms

Introduction

1. 1. We are Technology Lawyer Limited (trading as Virta Technology Lawyer), a company registered in England and Wales under company registration number 10227162. Our registered office is at Level 18, 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, E14 5NR.
  2. London, United Kingdom. Our VAT registration number is 257 4190 92.
  3. These terms and conditions of use (Terms) explain how you may use this website and any of its content (Site). These Terms apply between Virta Technology Lawyer (we, us or our) and you, the person accessing or using the Site (you or your).
  4. You should read these Terms carefully before using the Site. By using the Site or otherwise indicating your consent, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with any of these Terms, you should stop using the Site immediately.
  5. If you have any questions about the Site, please contact us by sending an email to Virta@technologylawyerltd.com or writing to us at our registered office address or contacting us by telephone on 07535433535.

Using the site

1. 1. The Site is for your use only.
2. We permit you to use the Site only for personal, non-commercial purposes and primarily for accessing information about us, our expertise and services. Use of the Site in any other way, including any unacceptable use, is not permitted.
  1. You agree that you are solely responsible for all costs and expenses you may incur in relation to your use of the Site.
  2. We make no promise that the Site is appropriate or available for use in locations outside of the UK. If you choose to access the Site from locations outside the UK, you acknowledge you do so at your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws where they apply.
  3. We try to make the Site as accessible as possible. If you have any difficulties using the Site, please contact us using the contact details above.
  4. You agree that material downloaded or otherwise accessed through use of the Site is obtained entirely at the your own risk and that you will be entirely responsible for any resulting damage to software or computer systems and/or any resulting loss of data, even if such loss and damage was reasonably foreseeable and we had been advised of the possibility of the same
  5. As a condition of your use of the Site, you agree to not to:
    1. misuse or attack our Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful (such as by way of a denial-of-service attack);
    2. 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;
    3. examine or inspect our Site, with the intention of attacking the Site;
    4. for any purpose that is unlawful under any applicable law or prohibited by these website terms and conditions of use;
    5. to commit any act of fraud;
    6. to distribute viruses or malware or other similar harmful software code;
    7. for purposes of promoting unsolicited advertising or sending spam;
    8. to simulate communications from us or another service or entity in order to collect identity information, authentication credentials, or other information (‘phishing’);
    9. in any manner that disrupts the operation of our Site or business or the website or business of any other entity;
    10. in any manner that harms minors;
    11. to promote any unlawful activity;
    12. to represent or suggest that we endorse any other business, product or service unless we have separately agreed to do so in writing;
    13. to gain unauthorised access to or use of computers, data, systems, accounts or networks; or
    14. to attempt to circumvent password or user authentication methods.
  6. We may prevent or suspend your access to the Site if you do not comply with these Terms or any applicable law.
  7. By breaching the provisions in clause 3.4, 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 the Site will cease immediately.
  8. 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 the Website or to your downloading of any material posted on them, or on any website linked to them.

Your privacy and personal information

Your privacy and personal information are important to us. Any personal information that you provide to us will be dealt with in line with our Privacy Policy available at [insert link], which explains what personal information we collect from you, how and why we collect, store, use and share such information, your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a query or complaint about the use of your personal information.

Ownership, use and intellectual property rights

1. 1. The intellectual property rights in the Site and in any text, images, video, audio or other multimedia content, software or other information or material submitted to or accessible from the Site (Content) are owned by us and our licensors.
  2. We and our licensors reserve all our intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, all copyright, trademarks, domain names, design rights, database rights, patents and all other intellectual property rights of any kind) whether registered or unregistered anywhere in the world. This means, for example, that we remain owners of them and are free to use them as we see fit.
  3. Nothing in these Terms grants you any legal rights in the Site or the Content other than as necessary for you to access it. You agree not to adjust, try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on the Site or the Content (including any intellectual property notices) and in particular, in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within the Site or the Content.

Submitting information to the Site

1. 1. While we try to make sure that the Site is secure, we do not actively monitor or check whether information supplied to us through the Site is confidential, commercially sensitive or valuable.
  2. Other than any personal information which will be dealt with in accordance with our Privacy Policy, we do not guarantee that information supplied to us through the Site will be kept confidential and we may use it on an unrestricted and free-of-charge basis as we reasonably see fit.

Accuracy of information and availability of the Site

1. 1. We try to make sure that the Site is accurate, up-to-date and free from bugs, but we cannot promise that it will be. Furthermore, we cannot promise that the Site will be fit or suitable for any purpose. Any reliance that you may place on the information on the Site is at your own risk. All express or implied representations and warranties (whether statutory or otherwise) in respect of this Site or the Site content are all hereby excluded, except to the extent that their exclusion is prohibited by law.
  2. We may suspend or terminate access or operation of the Site at any time as we see fit.
  3. Any Content is provided for your general information purposes only and to inform you about us and our products and news, features, services and other websites that may be of interest, but has not been tailored to your specific requirements or circumstances. It does not constitute technical, financial or legal advice or any other type of advice and should not be relied on for any purposes. You should always use your own independent judgment when using our Site and its Content.
  4. No legal or commercial relationship between you and us is or may be created by your access to or use of this Site or any Content. Unsolicited messages to us through the contact forms or generic mailboxes on this Site will not be considered confidential, may be disclosed to others, may not receive a response, and do not create a lawyer-client relationship with us. The only way to become our client is through an agreement between you and us, after we have completed our standard business client approval process.
  5. While we try to make sure that the Site is available for your use, we do not promise that the Site will be available at all times or that your use of the Site will be uninterrupted.
  6. We may if we choose from time to time update this Site and we reserve the right to modify, restrict access to or shut down this Site and/or its Content at any time. This includes our right, at our absolute and sole discretion, to remove all or part of the Content that you contribute to the Site (if any).

Hyperlinks and third party sites

The Site may contain hyperlinks or references to third party advertising and websites other than the Site. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over third party advertising or 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 advertising or 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 and is at your own risk.

Our responsibility to you

1. 1. We make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy of the information contained on the Site. To the extent permitted by law, we expressly exclude all conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.
  2. Any reliance you place on any of the Contents or information on our Site is your sole responsibility and we accept no liability for any such reliance.
  3. We expressly disclaim all liability and responsibility for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user arising from any reliance placed on materials posted on the Site by any visitor to the Site and by anyone who may be informed of any of their contents, or from the use or inability to use the Site, whether directly or indirectly, resulting from inaccuracies, defects, errors, whether typographical or otherwise, omissions, out of date information or otherwise, even if such loss was reasonably foreseeable and we had been advised of the possibility of the same. Direct, indirect or consequential loss and damage shall include but not be limited to loss of profits or contracts, loss of income or revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, and wasted expenditure or management time.
  4. Nothing in these Terms shall exclude our liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Events beyond our control

We are not liable to you if we fail to comply with these Terms because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

No third party rights

No one other than us or you has any right to enforce any of these Terms.

Variation

1. 1. No changes to these Terms are valid or have any effect unless agreed by us in writing or made in accordance with this clause 12.
  2. We reserve the right to vary these Terms from time to time. Our updated Terms will be displayed on the Site and by continuing to use and access the Site 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.

Complaints

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 using the contact details set out at the top of this page.
2. The laws of England and Wales apply to these Terms, although if you are resident elsewhere you will retain the benefit of any mandatory protections given to you by the laws of that country.
3. Any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.