Terms and Conditions of Use

Study London 2008. All rights reserved. Please note that these Terms and Conditions of Use may be amended from time to time, so please ensure you check them each time you use our site.

1. Definitions

In the context of these Terms and Conditions of Use, the following words shall have the following meanings:

"Study London" is a promotional campaign run by London Higher on behalf its members. London Higher is a not-for-profit membership organisation that advocates and promotes London’s publically-funded universities and higher education colleges;

“Website” means the pages of information, data, text, images, graphics, hyperlinks or computer code published on, or available via the world wide web, which are under the ownership or control of London Higher (except where stated) and from which a hyperlink has been created to these terms and conditions;

"User" means any individual, company or organisation accessing the Website.

2. Applicable terms and conditions

This Website is owned by London Higher and any uses made of the Website (including any registrations and transactions entered into via the Website), are subject to these terms and conditions. London Higher may, at its sole discretion, modify or revise these terms and conditions at any time by updating the text of this page.

3. Privacy and Data Protection

Information may be collected about Users on the Website for various purposes. To find out more about this collection process, and how the information is used, please consult our Privacy Statement.

4. Copyright and trademarks

4.1 Copyright in the contents of the Website is owned by London Higher or by its content suppliers. You may download to a local storage medium and print extracts from our Website without alteration, for your own personal use. You may also recopy downloaded extracts to others provided you do not do so for profit.

4.2 Reproduction of part or all of the contents of the Website in any form is prohibited unless for personal use. None of the content of this Website may be copied or otherwise incorporated into or stored in any other website, electronic retrieval system, publication or other work in any form (whether hard copy, electronic or other) without our prior written permission (or, where applicable, with the permission of the respective copyright owner(s)). Requests for permission should be addressed to the web manager.

4.3 The names and logos of Study London (and any content providers) and all related product and service names, designs marks and slogans are the trade names, service marks or trade marks of London Higher (or the respective owner(s)) and may not be used without the express prior permission of London Higher (or the respective owner(s)). Requests for permission should be addressed to the web manager.

4.4 For the avoidance of doubt, framing of this site or any part of it is not permitted without express permission. Notwithstanding this prohibition, the caching of this site is permitted by an information service provider acting in the normal course of its business as provided for in the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002. Requests for permission should be addressed to the web manager.

4.5 All works in the nature of databases attract database rights.

5. Viruses

Whilst London Higher makes all reasonable attempts to exclude viruses from the Website it cannot ensure such exclusion and no liability is accepted for damage caused through the downloading of viruses. Therefore, you are recommended to take all appropriate safeguards before downloading information from the Website.

6. Content disclaimer

6.1 Blogs: The content of any blogs related to the Study London campaign does not reflect the views of London Higher. Such content only reflects the views and comments of those named persons posting individual blogs.

The person posting information on these blogs, as a condition of publication, agreed to indemnify London Higher against any and all liability at law for the material contained therein.

London Higher operates a ‘notice and takedown’ procedure for defamatory content. Please notify the web manager of any such content. Once notified London Higher will endeavour to remove the defamatory content within a reasonable time.

6.2 Other publications: The views in Study London publications are not necessarily those of London Higher. Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of material published, London Higher does not accept responsibility for the veracity of claims made by contributors or the advertisers. All material is strictly copyright and all rights are reserved (except where stated).

7. General disclaimer

7.1 This Website is intended to provide general information only and, as such, should not be considered as a substitute for advice covering any specific situation. Users should seek appropriate advice before taking or refraining from taking any action in reliance on any information contained in any part of this Website.

7.2 Whilst London Higher has taken every precaution in compiling this site neither it nor any contributors make any warranties, representations or undertakings relating to any of the content of this Website (including, without limitation, any as to the quality, accuracy, completeness or fitness for any particular purpose of such content), or any content of any other website referred to or accessed by hypertext link through this Website (“third party site”).

7.3 London Higher does not endorse or approve the content of any third party site, nor will London Higher have any liability in connection with any of them (including, but not limited to, liability arising out of any allegation that the content of any third party site infringed any law or the rights of any person or entity). Links to third party sites are provided for the User’s convenience only and the User is solely responsible for evaluating the accuracy and completeness of any information contained on third party sites and also the value and integrity of any goods and services offered by them.

7.4 Except as required by law, London Higher shall not be liable for any losses or damages whatsoever, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise arising from reliance on information contained in this Website, or from any interruption or delay in access to the Website for whatever reason.

8. User warranty and indemnity

8.1 The User warrants to London Higher that they will abide by these Terms and Conditions of Use and not use the Website, its contents or any part thereof for any purpose that is in contravention of any applicable law or regulation or in a manner that will infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others or in any defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful manner.

8.2 The User shall indemnify London Higher, its employees and agents, against all claims, liability, losses, damages and expenses (including without limitation, legal fees and costs arising out of or incurred as a result of any claims made against London Higher, its employees and agents), resulting from the use by the User of the Website, or any of its contents for whatever purpose, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9. Miscellaneous

9.1 If any provisions of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid or unenforceable, the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

9.2 These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between London Higher and the User and supersede any other associated communications between the User and London Higher.

9.3 Any failure of London Higher to exercise or enforce any of its rights under these terms and conditions shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such rights or operate so as to bar the subsequent exercise or enforcement or any such rights.

10. Jurisdiction

The Website (including these Terms and Conditions of Use) shall be governed by English law. The English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising from the use of the Website and/or any transactions carries out via the Website.

Privacy statement

London Higher is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement is made in the light of the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 to alert you to the data processing practices which govern the processing of your data. If you have any queries about this statement please contact us.

1. How do we collect information?

We will obtain personal information from you when you enquire about our activities, register with us, or otherwise provide us with personal information. We may also receive information about you from third parties, for example when we purchase email lists you have opted into.

2. What information do we collect?

The types of information collected might include names, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, study and leisure interests.

3. How do we use this information?

We will use your personal information to provide you with the services, products or information you have requested and for administration purposes. We may need to share your information with our service providers, associated organisations and agents for these purposes.

We may want to share your information with other organisations that are supportive of our aims and objectives. When you provide your details you will be asked if you do not want this to happen. You can change your mind at any time by contacting us.

4. Do we use 'Cookies'?

Cookies are text files, which identify a user's computer to our server. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used. The Study London website uses cookies for collecting user information. The information that we gather from cookies may be used in the same way as detailed in our Data Protection policy.

The Study London website uses persistent cookies - these are used to track returning visitors. They expire after 12 months and enable us to compare website traffic from month to month.

You can reject cookies. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies - consult the help section of the browser toolbar. Information on controlling cookies or rejecting cookies is available from several web sites, e.g. www.aboutcookies.org

5. How do we protect personal information?

We take appropriate measures to ensure that the information disclosed to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used.

6. Will we disclose the information we collect to outside parties?

As indicated above, if you have consented we may pass your information to our service providers and to other organisations who may support our objectives. We may also need to disclose your information if required to do so by law.

7. Your consent

By providing us with your personal data you consent to the collection and use of any information you provide in accordance with the above purposes and this privacy statement. You also consent to our transferring your information to countries or jurisdictions which do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK, if necessary for the above purposes. If we do make such a transfer, we will, if appropriate, put a contract in place to ensure your information is protected.

8. Right of access

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small administration fee) and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected.

9. Changes

If your personal details change, please help us to keep your information up to date by notifying us. We reserve the right to amend this privacy statement. If we do so, we will post notice of the change on our website and you will be deemed to have accepted such changes. London Higher is committed to protecting your privacy.

This statement is made in the light of the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 to alert you to the data processing practices which will govern the processing of your data. If you have any queries about this statement please contact us.