Terms & Conditions

Regarding Your Registration

By using MSC-UK Services, you agree that: 

1. all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate;
2. you will maintain the accuracy of such information;
3. you will keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your password and account;
4. you are not under 18, or you have received parental permission to use this Website
5. your use of the MSC-UK Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation.

You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Website’s registration form and (b) maintain and promptly update registration data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or MSC-UK has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, MSC-UK has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Website (or any portion thereof).

When adding content to the website:

1. the creation, distribution, transmission, public display and performance, accessing, downloading and copying of your Contribution does not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or moral rights of any third party;
2. you are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases and permissions to use and to authorize MSC-UK and the Website users to use your Contributions as necessary to exercise the licenses granted by you under this Agreement;
3. you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in the Contribution to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of the Contribution in the manner contemplated by this Website;
4. your Contribution is not obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing or otherwise objectionable (as determined by Company), libellous or slanderous, does not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate or abuse anyone, does not advocate the violent overthrow of any government, does not incite, encourage or threaten physical harm against another, does not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
5. your Contribution does not contain material that solicits personal information from anyone under 18 or exploit people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, and does not violate any law concerning child pornography or otherwise intended to protect the health or well-being of minors;
6. your Contribution does not include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference or physical handicap;
7. your Contribution does not otherwise violate, or link to material that violates, any provision of this Agreement or any applicable law or regulation.

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

You may not access or use the Website for any other purpose other than that for which MSC-UK makes it available. The Website may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavours except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by MSC-UK . Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to:  

1. attempting to bypass any measures of the Website designed to prevent or restrict access to the Website, or any portion of the Website 
2. attempting to impersonate another user or person or using the username of another user 
3. criminal or tortious activity 
4. deciphering, decompiling, disassembling or reverse engineering any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Website 
5. deleting the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Website content 
6. engaging in any automated use of the system, such as using any data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools 
7. except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, using or launching, developing or distributing any automated system, including, without limitation, any spider, robot (or “bot”), cheat utility, scraper or offline reader that accesses the Website, or using or launching any unauthorized script or other software 
8. harassing, annoying, intimidating or threatening any MSC-UK employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the MSC-UK Services to you 
9. interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Website or the networks or services connected to the Website 
10. making any unauthorized use of the MSC-UK Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretences 
11. selling or otherwise transferring your profile 
12. systematic retrieval of data or other content from the Website to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory without written permission from MSC-UK
13. tricking, defrauding or misleading MSC-UK and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as passwords 
14. using any information obtained from the Website in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person 
15. using the MSC-UK Services as part of any effort to compete with Company or to provide services as a service bureau 
16. using the Website in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The content on the Website (“MSC-UK Content”) and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (“Marks”) are owned by or licensed to MSC-UK, and are subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under UK and foreign laws and international conventions. MSC-UK Content, includes, without limitation, all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs and graphics. All MSC-UK graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are registered trademarks, common law trademarks or trade dress of Company in UK and/or other countries. Company’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used, including as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in connection with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of MSC-UK. 

MSC-UK Content on the Website is provided to you “AS IS” for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, aggregated, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. Provided that you are eligible to use the Website, you are granted a limited license to access and use the Website and the MSC-UK Content and to download or print a copy of any portion of the MSC-UK Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use. MSC-UK reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Website and MSC-UK Content and Marks.