This web site is owned and managed by Scotz.Net Limited.

Scotz.Net Limited is a private limited company registered in Scotland.
The Registered Office is:
    100 Dudhope Street,
    Dundee,
    Tayside DD1 1JS.

The Company Registration Number is:

These details can be confirmed by contacting Companies House at:

    Companies House
    4th Floor Edinburgh Quay 2
    139 Fountainbridge
    Edinburgh EH3 9FF

    T: +44 (0)303 1234 500
    E: enquiries@companies-house.gov.uk
    W: www.companieshouse.gov.uk

Scotz.Net Limited is referred to as "S.N" throughout these Terms and Conditions.

Scotz.Net (�S.N") provides a range of goods and services ("Services") including, but not limited to:

• bespoke software development,
• communications tools,
• databases,
• electronic mail ("e-mail"),
• Microsoft Office development,
• online forums,
• personalised content,
• shopping services,
• third party software,
• web site hosting,
• web site design,
• web site maintenance,
• web site marketing.

to you ("Customer"), subject to this TAC, which may be updated by S.N from time to time. If S.N wishes to alter this contract then you will receive notification no less than 5 (seven) working days after the alteration.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Services shall be subject to the TAC. The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Services are provided "AS IS" and that S.N assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, misdelivery or failure to store any user communications or personalisation settings.

S.N may also offer Services from time to time that are governed by other Terms And Conditions e.g. third party software suppliers. In such cases the other Terms And Conditions will take precedence.

When using S.N services, the Customer shall be subject to this TAC together with any guidelines and rules applicable to such services which may be posted by S.N from time to time. All such guidelines and rules are hereby incorporated by reference into this TAC. In most cases the guidelines and rules are specific to a particular part of a Service and will assist you in applying this TAC to that part, but to the extent of any inconsistency between this TAC and any guidline or rule, this TAC will prevail.

The Customer shall be responsible for the safe keeping of any technical information issued to them including, but not limited to, user names and passwords.

Most S.N services use the Internet. Where applicable, the Customer is responsible for the provision of suitable equipment and telephone access in order to use our Services. Such equipment includes but is not limited to,

• computer capable of running Microsoft Windows or Apple MacOS,
• web browser software such as Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Opera,
• appropriately configured network equipment such as a micro filters, modem, network adaptors, modem, router, terminal adaptor, router etc.,
• telephone service such as those provided by BT (conventional wired telephone line), Virgin Media (cable service), mobile phone provider (mobile broadband or "Smartphone") or other suitable supplier,

The minimum equipment requirements can be found in the Help section of the S.N web site.

Unless explicitly stated to the contrary, it is the responsibility of the Customer to pay all costs and charges associated with Internet access.

S.N shall endeavour to provide timely and accurate placement of your website on our Internet servers. It is the responsibility of the Customer to supply all relevant materials and associated paperwork in good time.
NB.
The S.N web site contains Help pages that will explain the procedures applicable to the Customer's circumstances.

Please be aware that S.N will consider hosting certain web sites on our servers that contain adult or mature content. If your site falls into this category you must be at least 18 years of age and comply with any legal constraints regarding content relevant to your country of residence and the United Kingdom.

S.N shall facilitate the registration of the Customer's chosen domain name (e.g. bbc.co.uk) with the appropriate authorities.
NB.

• This service is offered on the understanding that a domain name cannot be purchased outright but are offered on an annual rental basis. A domain name may be deregistered in the event that the Customer delays payment of any invoice.
• A domain name will be submitted for registration EXACTLY as requested. Once submitted for registration a domain name can not be cancelled or modified. Once submitted for registration all relevant charges will become liable for payment by the Customer.
• S.N assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracy in spelling, punctuation or abbreviation of any domain name requested by the Customer.
• S.N will only accept written requests for domain name registration. Requests for domain name registration may be by letter, e-mail or online form.
• S.N does not guarantee the availability of any domain name requested by the Customer. S.N will automatically reregister domain names on behalf of the Customer as the domain name becomes due for renewal unless:
  • the Customer specifically requests in writing that the domain name should lapse,
  • all invoices have been paid.

In consideration of the use of any Service provided by S.N, the Customer agrees to:

• provide true, accurate, current and complete information about the Customer (such information being the "Registration Data"),
• maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete e.g. address details should be the physical address of the Customer and not a P.O. Box number.

If the Customer provides any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or S.N has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, S.N has the right to suspend or terminate the Customer's account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).

Any content considered illegal or unethical shall be barred from our servers, without compensation, and reported to the appropriate authorities.

S.N is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly children. For this reason, parents who wish to allow their children access to the Services provided by S.N should assist them in setting up any relevant accounts and supervise their access to the Services. By allowing your child access to Internet, they will be able to access all of our Services and others including but not limited to:

• web sites,
• e-mail,
• message boards and forums,
• instant messages,
• onlne chat rooms.

N.B.
Many Internet sites are designed to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, as legal guardian, it is the responsibility of the Customer to determine whether any of the Services and / or content are appropriate for your child.

Registration Data and certain other information about Customers is subject to the Data Protection Act (1988) and subsequent amendments. S.N are committed to protecting the privacy of our Customers and will only use the information that is collected lawfully.

S.N collect information about our Customers in order to:

• process your order,
• raise renewal invoices,
• initiate payments by Direct Debit,
• to communicate with the Customer regarding their account,
• to provide business and technical support,
• provide you with the best possible service.

Also, S.N will:

• not e-mail Customers in the future unless the Customer has given S.N their consent,
• give Customers the option to refuse any marketing e-mail from S.N,
• not pass your details on to any other party unless legally compelled to do so.

The type of information S.N will collect about Customers includes, but is not limited to, your:

• name,
• business name,
• telephone numbers,
• e-mail addresses,
• bank details where necessary for the processing of Direct Debit payments..
N.B.
S.N. will use a payment gateway for the purposes of receiving payments by credit and debit card. This means that S.N. will never have access to the payment card details.
S.N will never collect sensitive information about Customers without their explicit consent. The information S.N hold will be as accurate and as up-to-date as possible.

Customers can check the information that S.N hold about them by e-mailing S.N at privacy@scotz.net. If the Customer finds any inaccuracies we will delete or correct the erroneous information promptly. There is no charge for this service.

The personal information held by S.N will be stored securely in accordance with our internal security policy and U.K. law.

S.N may use technology to track the patterns of behaviour of visitors to some Internet sites. This can include using a "cookie" which would be stored on the Customer's computer. The Customer can usually modify their web browser to prevent this happening though this may prevent or limit their access or enjoyment of the Internet site. The information collected in this way may be used to identify the Customer unless the browser settings are modified.

As part of Services offered by S.N, S.N shall provide an amount of hard disk space on our Internet Servers, as stated in the relevant Service specification. S.N shall then permit the Customer to use software to upload content from their computer to the Server. It is the responsibility of the Customer to purchase, install and to bear the costs of such software. Should the Customer request that S.N perform the uploading of content to the Customer's web site then the Customer will be charged at the rates stated in the Service specification.

S.N shall permit the Customer to use their own software packages to upload content and carry out maintenance as required. S.N will not provide technical support for software products other than those listed below:

• the following operating systems:
  • Microsoft Windows XP,
  • Microsoft Windows Vista,
  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Microsoft Small Business Server 2003
  • Microsoft Small Business Server 2008
  • Linux desktop systems.
• the following web browsers:
  • Apple Safari
  • Google Chrone
  • Internet Explorer
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Opera
• the following File Transfer clients:
  • Ace FTP
  • Filezilla
  • Globalscape CuteFTP
• the following Content Management systems:
  • Adobe Contribute
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Joomla
  • Komodo Edit
  • Mozilla KompoZer
• the following E-Commerce systems:
  • Actinic
  • OSCommerce
  • Zen Cart
• the following Accounting systems:
  • Front Accounting
  • Quickbooks
  • Sage Accounts
• the following Payroll systems:
  • 12Pay
• the following System Tools:
  • Apache Web Server
  • Linux CentOS operating system
  • DHTML menus by Milonic
  • MySQL database
  • PERL programming language
  • PHP programming language
  • PHPBB bulleting board / forum
  • PosrgreSQL database
  • Python programming language
  • Ruby On Rails programming language

Should a Customer choose to use software other than that which is detailed above then we will use our best efforts to assist with the resolution of technical problems where we can.

In the event that software being used by the Customer adversely affects the Services provided by S.N or the use of Services enjoyed by other Customers then S.N will, without notice or compensation, prevent further access to our Internet servers until such time as the problem is resolved.

For certain services, the Customer may receive account and / or password details. These details will be sent to the Customer by e-mail and are necessary in order for the Customer to enjoy the continued use of the Services. The Customer is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of such details and is fully responsible for all activities that occur under Services provided by S.N and other parties. The User agrees to:

• immediately notify S.N of any unauthorised use of the account and / or password.
• ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.

S.N will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from failure to comply with this clause.

The Customer acknowledges that all information ("Content") including, but not limited to:

• data,
• e-mails,
• graphics,
• messages,
• music,
• photographs,
• software,
• sounds,
• text,
• video footage,

whether posted to an Internet site, stored on S.N managed computers or transmitted using any Service provided by S.N, is the sole responsibility of the Customer. This means that the Customer, and not S.N is entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit using the Services provided. S.N does not control the Content posted using the Services provided and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, quality or legality of such Content. Under no circumstances will S.N be liable for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, e-mailed or otherwise transmitted using the Services provided.

N.B.
The computers managed by S.N use a technology called RAID to ensure that all Content is duplicated thereby helping S.N to provide an ongoing Content back up service for the benefit of the Customer. S.N will also create a copy of the Content every week which will be stored off-site to assist the Customer recover their Content should a technical problem occur.

The Customer agrees to not use the Service to:

• upload, post, E-mail or otherwise transmit Content that is:
  • unlawful,
  • harmful,
  • threatening,
  • abusive,
  • harassing,
  • tortuous,
  • defamatory,
  • vulgar,
  • obscene,
  • libellous,
  • invasive of another's privacy,
  • hateful,
  • racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
• harm minors in any way.
• impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to:
  • a S.N official,
  • forum leader,
  • guide or host,
  • falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
• forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through any Service provided.
• upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any Content that the Customer does not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships including, but not limited to:
  • inside information,
  • proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements.
• upload, post, email or otherwise transmit Content that infringes any:
  • patent,
  • trademark,
  • trade secret,
  • copyright,
  • other proprietary rights of any party.
• upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any:
  • unsolicited or unauthorised Internet sites,
  • junk mail,
  • spam,
  • chain letters,
  • pyramid or multi-level marketing schemes,
  • any other form of solicitation, except in those areas (such as shopping rooms) that are designated for such purpose,
  • knowingly upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any material that:
    • contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment,
    • interfere with or disrupt the Services or computers managed by S.N or networks connected to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services,
    • intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable law or regulation including, but not limited to:
      • regulations promulgated by any securities exchange,
      • "stalk" or otherwise harass another,
      • collect or store personal data about other persons.

The Customer acknowledges that S.N does not pre-screen any Content, including e-mails, but that S.N and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or move any Content that is available via the Services provided. Without limiting the foregoing, S.N and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TAC or is otherwise objectionable.

The Customer agrees to evaluate, and bear all risks associated with the use of any Content including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, the Customer acknowledges that the Customer may not rely on any Content created by S.N or submitted by S.N as part of any Service provided.

The Customer agrees that S.N may preserve Content and may also disclose Content:

• to its affiliated companies worldwide for the purpose of providing the Content to you in an efficient manner,
• for the purpose of properly administering your account in accordance with the standard operating procedures of S.N or its affiliated companies,
• if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that any such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
  • comply with legal process,
  • enforce the TAC,
  • respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties,
  • protect the rights, property, or personal safety of S.N, its users and the public.

The Customer acknowledges that the technical processing and transmission of Services provided may involve transmissions over various networks and changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.>

Recognising the global nature of the Internet, the Customer agrees to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, the Customer agrees to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom and the country in which the Customer resides (if different from the aforementioned).

For purposes of the TAC, "publicly accessible areas" of Services provided are those accessible by the general public. By way of example, a publicly accessible area of a Service would include public S.N Message Boards, but would not include private S.N correspondence or private S.N communication services such as S.N WebMail.

With respect to Content that the Customer elects to post for inclusion in publicly accessible areas of S.N or that consists of photographs or other graphics the Customer elects to post to any other publicly accessible area of the Service:

• the Customer grants S.N a world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish such Content on any Service solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting the specific S.N Service to which such Content was submitted,
• in the case of photos or graphics, solely for the purpose for which such photo or graphic was submitted to the Service.

This licence exists only for as long as the Customer elects to continue the inclusion of such Content on the Service and shall be terminated at the time the Customer, or S.N on behalf of the Customer, deletes such Content from the Service.

With respect to all other Content the Customer elects to post to other publicly accessible areas of the Service, the Customer grants S.N:

• a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Content (in whole or part) worldwide,
• to incorporate the Content in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.