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Copyright Statement

1.0     Definitions

"A&DC", "we", "us", "our" means Assessment & Development Consultants Limited, whose registered address is at 1-3 Ship Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5DH and whose Registered Number is 2202841;

"You", "your" or "yours" means the Website user or visitor, except where stated or where the context requires otherwise;

"Material" or "Materials" means all assessment tests, surveys, questionnaires, other products, information, documents, communications, files, text, graphics and software available via the Service;

"Service" or "Services" means the A&DC assessment service for the electronic delivery, administration and scoring of test instruments and any ancillary services available via the A&DC Apollo Websites at apolloadmin.adc.uk.com and apolloassessment.adc.uk.com;

"Website" or "Websites" means the websites at www.adc.uk.com, apolloadmin.adc.uk.com and apolloassessment.adc.uk.com, which are owned and operated by The A&DC Group Ltd, whose registered address is at 1-3 Ship Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5DH and whose Registered Number is 5566781.

1.1     The headings in this Copyright Statement are for convenience, and do not affect their interpretation.

2.0     Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

This Website and all content contained herein, including the Materials and Services and/or intellectual property created by A&DC in the course of the performance of our Services or the Contract or otherwise, are proprietary to, and are the sole property of, A&DC.

"Intellectual property" means any and all intellectual property rights of any nature including patents, rights to inventions, utility models, copyright and related rights, future copyright, trade marks, service marks, trade, business and domain names, rights in trade dress or get-up, rights in goodwill or to sue for passing off, unfair competition rights, rights in designs, registered designs, rights in computer software, database rights, topography rights, moral rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how, trade secrets and business methods) and any other intellectual property rights (including but not limited to any images, photographs, animations, video, music, text, and 'applets' incorporated therein), in each case whether in existence now or coming into existence in the future, registered or unregistered and including all applications for and renewals or extensions of such rights, rights to apply for registration, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection in any part of the world.

3.0     IPR and Use

A&DC hereby grants you access to this Website, where authorised and agreed by us, conditional upon your agreement to accept the application of local, state, national and/or international law or any regulations having the force of law to govern matters between us in relation to this Website.  This Website is protected by international copyright and other proprietary rights laws.

Unless we have agreed otherwise in writing, you may not copy, modify, reproduce, perform, display, distribute or create derivative versions of:

(a)     The content of this Website;

(b)     The design or layout of the Website or individual sections of the design or layout of the Website; or

(c)     The A&DC trademarks and logos.

You may view the contents of the Website for information purposes, and for the purposes of completing assessment tests, surveys, questionnaires or other products where you are authorised to do so (refer to Terms of Business).  You will not copy, frame, republish, disseminate, download for commercial advantage, upload, transmit, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, assign, distribute, license, sub-license, reverse engineer, or create derivative works based on this Website, its content, Materials or Services unless we agree in writing otherwise.  You may not use any meta-tags or hidden text in your own sites which include the A&DC name, abbreviated or in full, or of any A&DC registered graphics, names or trademarks.  In addition, you agree not to use any data mining, robots, or similar data extraction methods within this Website.

4.0     Trade Marks

The following list contains trade marks and registered trade marks of The A&DC Group.  Please note that some of these trade marks and registered trade marks have foreign status.  For further information, please contact us by email at ADCGroup@adc.uk.com.

This Website is made available to you by The A&DC Group.  All rights reserved under the Universal Copyright Conventions and all applicable state, national and international laws.

5.0     Severability/Waiver

If any provision of this Copyright Statement is declared unlawful, void, or unenforceable, then that provision shall be limited to the extent enforceable, or otherwise severed, and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.  Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our rights to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.

6.0     Entire Agreement       

This Copyright Statement, together with our Terms of Business, Terms of Use, Disclaimer and Privacy Policy constitutes the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our Website, Materials and Services, and supersedes all previous agreements in respect of your use of our Website, Materials and Services.

7.0       Law/Jurisdiction

This Copyright Statement will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes relating to this Copyright Statement will be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.

8.0       Changes

A&DC retains the right to change this Copyright Statement by placing an updated version on this page.  Reviewing this page regularly ensures that you are always aware of our Website policies.  Your continued use of the Website, or any Materials or Services accessible through it, after such an updated version has been posted on this page constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

 

Version 2.0
August 2009