Terms

The Thompson Group website Terms and Conditions

ATTENTION: This legal notice applies to the entire contents of this website under the domain names www.thompsonavc.co.ukwww.ctmfireandsecurity.com and to any correspondence by e-mail between us and you. Please read these terms carefully before using this Website. Using this Website indicates that you accept these terms regardless of whether or not you choose to register with us. If you do not accept these terms, do not use this Website. This notice is issued by The Thompson Group incorporating Thompson AVC Ltd (Registered No. 04066149), CTM Fire and Security Ltd (Registered No. 03643661), CTM Fire and Security (Preston) Ltd (Registered No. 03911992) and Thompson AVC technology for life (Registered No. 07362739).

  1. Introduction
    1. You may access most areas of this website without registering your details with us. Certain areas of this   website are only open to you if you register.
    2. By accessing any part of this website, you shall be deemed to have accepted this legal notice in full. If you do not accept this legal notice in full, you must leave this website immediately.
    3. The Thompson Group may revise this legal notice at any time by updating this posting. You should check this website from time to time to review the then current legal notice, because it is binding on you. Certain provisions of this legal notice may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages of this website.
  2. Licence
    1. You are permitted to print and download extracts from this website for your own use on the following basis:
      1. No documents or related graphics on this website are modified in any way
      2. No graphics on this website are used separately from accompanying text
      3. No downloaded extracts from this website are passed or transferred to third parties, and
      4. the Thompson Group’s copyright and this permission notice appear in all copies.
    2. Unless otherwise stated, the copyright, trademarks, logos and other intellectual property rights in all material on this website (including without limitation photographs and graphical images) are owned by The Thompson Group or its licensors. For the purposes of this legal notice, any use of extracts from this website other than in accordance with paragraph 2.1 above for any purpose is prohibited. If you breach any of the terms in this legal notice, your permission to use this website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed extracts from this website.
    3. Subject to paragraph 2.1, no part of this website may be reproduced or stored in any other website or    included in any public or private electronic retrieval system or service without The Thompson Group’s prior written permission.
    4. Any rights not expressly granted in these terms are reserved.
  3. Service access
    1.  While The Thompson Group endeavours to ensure that this website is normally available 24 hours a day, The Thompson Group shall not be liable if for any reason this website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
    2. Access to this website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond The Thompson Group’s control.
  4. Visitor material and conduct
    1. Other than personally identifiable information, which is covered under the Privacy Policy, any material you transmit or post to this website shall be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. The Thompson Group shall have no obligations with respect to such material. The Thompson Group and its designees shall be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material and all data, images,sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.
    2. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this website any material:
      1. that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience; or
      2. for which you have not obtained all necessary licences and / or approvals; or
      3. which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in the UK or any other country in the world; or
      4. which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data).
    3. You may not misuse the website (including, without limitation, by hacking).
    4. The Thompson Group shall fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing The Thompson Group to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting any material in breach of paragraph 4.2 or paragraph 4.3.
  5. Links to other websites
    1. The Thompson Group may from time to time establish relationships with other organisations that will enable you to access their websites directly from the Thompson Group website. Each such link is provided solely for your convenience.If you use these links, you leave The Thompson Group website. Each such organisation operates its own policy regarding the sale or other disposal of personal data and the use of cookies. If you have a particular interest in, or concerns regarding the way your data will be used then you are advised to read the privacy statement and other policies on any website you may have accessed in this way.
    2. The Thompson Group will try to provide you with links to good quality, reputable websites which we believe will be of interest and relevant to you, but please note that The Thompson Group has not reviewed all of these third party websites and they are not under the Group’s control and The Thompson Group is not responsible for and does not contribute to the content of such websites. When you click through to any of these websites you leave the area controlled by The Thompson Group. The Thompson Group does not endorse or make representations, whether as to quality, propriety or otherwise, about such websites, or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained by using them, nor does it accept responsibility for any issues arising in connection with the third party’s use of your data, the website content or the services offered to you by these websites.
  6. Registration
    1. Each registration is for a single user only. The Thompson Group does not permit you to share your user   name and password with any other person nor with multiple users on a network
    2. Responsibility for the security of any passwords issued rests with you.
  7. Location
    1. The Thompson Group uses the services of a reputable company to provide the locator and map.Whilst considerable efforts are used to ensure that the information is accurate, no warranty or fitness is implied and this content is provided on an “as is” basis.The Thompson Group accepts no liability or responsibility to any person or organisation with respect to any loss or damage arising from the locator or map or the use of them.
  8. Disclaimer
    1.  This website is provided free of charge and without warranties or guarantees. While The Thompson Group endeavours to ensure that the information on this website is correct, The Thompson Group does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the material on this website. Information contained on the website may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical mistakes.  The Thompson Group may update or make changes to the material on this website, or to the services, products and any prices described in it, at any time without notice. The material on this website may be out of date, and The Thompson Group makes no commitment to update such material.
    2. The material on this website is provided “as is”, without any conditions, warranties or other terms of any kind either express or implied. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, The Thompson Group provides you with this website on the basis that The Thompson Group excludes all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms (including, without limitation, the conditions as to non-infringement, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill) which but for this legal notice might have effect in relation to this website.
    3. You accept the risk that data transmitted electronically to The Thompson Group via the website or otherwise may be intercepted before reaching The Thompson Group or accessed from the Group’s data storage means by third parties unauthorised by The Thompson Group and may be exploited unlawfully by the said unauthorised third parties.The Thompson Group does not assume responsibility for guarding against the acts of the said unauthorised third parties.
  9. Technical information
    1. Any brochures, leaflets, flyers or the like are provided by way of example only. All drawings, descriptive matter, specifications and advertising issued by The Thompson Group and all and any descriptions or illustrations contained in the Group’s brochures, leaflets, flyers or the like are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the products described in them. If following receipt of a brochure, leaflet, flyer or the like,products are subsequently ordered the brochure, leaflet, flyer or the like will not form part of any contract.
  10. Liability
    1. The Thompson Group, any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering this website), and any of The Thompson Group companies or divisions and the officers, &directors, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them, exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss or damages, 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 this website in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of this website, any websites linked to this website or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other destructive items that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing this website or your downloading of any material from this website or any websites linked to this website.
    2. Nothing in this legal notice shall exclude or limit The Thompson Group’s liability for:
      1. death or personal injury caused by negligence (as such term is defined by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977); or
      2. fraud; or
      3. misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter; or
      4. any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
    3. If your use of material on this website results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data, you assume all costs thereof.
  11. Governing law and jurisdiction
    1. This legal notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Disputes arising in connection with this legal notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.