Using the website

Use of the Website and Copyright

You may access, view and download copies of material contained in the non-password protected parts of the website as long as you comply with these Terms and Conditions and:

  • you use the material for information purposes and for your non-commercial, personal use only;
  • all copyright, trade mark and other proprietary notices are kept on the material; and
  • you do not modify, reproduce, display, distribute the material or perform the material for any public use without prior written consent from RNIB.

Users

The website is intended for people accessing it from within the United Kingdom. We cannot guarantee the site or the information it contains complies with or is appropriate for use in other countries. If you are under 18 years old you must comply with the eligibility terms and have permission from a parent to use the website.

Service Access

Whilst we try to ensure that the website is normally available 24 hours a day, we shall not be liable if for any reason the website is unavailable at any time or for any period. Access to the website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our control.

Liability

Neither we nor any other party involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering the website for any amount or kind of loss or damage (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage) or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including without limitation negligence, contract or otherwise) in connection with your use, inability to use or the results of use of the website, any websites linked to the website or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing the website or your downloading of any material from the website or any websites linked to the website.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence (as such term is defined by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, fraud, or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter.

If your use of the website results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of your equipment, software or data, you assume all costs of this.

Privacy and Data Protection

We are committed to protecting your privacy online. For more information on please see our Privacy Policy.

Last updated: 12 June 2012

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