Terms & Conditions

THESE TERMS OF USE GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE ("Site"). BY ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS OF USE. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

These Terms and Conditions of Use ("Terms and Conditions") explain the contractual agreement between you and us regarding your use of the Site and any activities and transactions you may conduct through the Site. In these Terms and Conditions, the words "you" and "your" refer to any person accessing data via the Site, and the words "we", "us" and "our" refer to globallawexperts.com.

1. Use of Website
1.1 The service on this website at www.globallawexperts.com (the "Website") is provided to you for your personal use, on a single PC or PC Network only, and subject to these Terms and Conditions.

1.2 You may not sell on or sublet the service or any content contained in the service on the Website.

1.3 You may only use the Website for lawful purposes. In particular you may not use the Website:

1.3.1 to transmit defamatory, offensive or abusive material or material of an obscene or menacing character;

1.3.2 in breach of copyright or other intellectual property right; or

1.3.3 in contravention of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

1.4 You acknowledge that we accept no liability for any services or other material provided to you through the Website where such services and/or material is provided by third parties who provide content to the service or whose services and/or materials are hypertext linked from and to the website.

1.5 You may not use the Website to transmit any material (including viruses) which is likely to cause harm to our or anyone else's computer systems;

1.6 You agree to indemnify fully and to hold us indemnified from and against any claim brought by a third party resulting from your use of the Website and in respect of all losses, costs, actions, claims, expenses or liabilities whatsoever suffered or incurred directly by us in consequence of your breach or non-observance of these terms.

2. Website Availability
We reserve the right at our discretion to refuse to provide access to the Website.

3. Limitation of Liability
3.1 The Website and its contents are provided by on an "as is" basis and without any warranties or guarantees of any kind including without limitation warranties of title or implied warranties of satisfactory quality or, fitness for a particular purpose. You must bear the risks associated with the use of the Internet.

3.2 In particular, we disclaim all liabilities in connection with the following:

3.2.1 incompatibility of the Website with any of your equipment, software or telecommunications links;

3.2.2 technical problems including errors or interruptions of the Website;

3.2.3 unsuitability, unreliability or inaccuracy of the Website; and

3.2.4 inadequacy of the Website to meet your requirements.

3.3 To the full extent allowed by applicable law, you agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for any consequential or incidental damages (including but not limited to loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of anticipated savings, wasted expenditure, loss of privacy and loss of data) or any other indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever that arise out of or are related to the Website.

4. Submitting text for publication on Global Law Experts
Users of our site may submit material for publication in various areas of the site, including our online news and events submission application (www.admin.globallawexperts.com). We accept no liability in respect of any material submitted by users and published by us and we are not responsible for its content and accuracy.

If you want to submit material to us for publication on www.globallawexperts.com, you may do so on the following terms and conditions:

1.publication of any material you submit to us will be at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to make additions or deletions to the text or graphics prior to publication, or to refuse publication.
2.you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide licence to republish any material you submit to us in any format, including without limitation print and electronic format.
3.you warrant to us that any material you submit to us is your own original work, unless otherwise stated and that you own the copyright and any other relevant rights.
4.you warrant that the material you submit is not obscene, offensive, defamatory of any person or otherwise illegal.
5.you agree not to post material which is deliberately intended to upset other users.
6.you acknowledge that any breach of these warranties may cause us damage or loss and you agree to indemnify us in full and permanently against any third party liabilities, claims, costs, loss or damage we incur as a result of publishing material you submit to us, including consequential losses.
7.we reserve the right to remove your access to individual services completely if we believe you are abusing the services in any way.

Interactions with our site are governed by the following guidelines. You will be deemed to consent to these guidelines if you choose to post any content or comments to the site.

1.We appreciate that we have an international audience, but since we publish content in English, the language of conversation on the site should also be English. As such, contributions that cannot be understood by the majority of participants may be removed.
2.We will remove any content that may put us in legal jeopardy, such as potentially libellous or defamatory postings, or material posted in potential breach of copyright. We understand that you may wish to quote from external sources, but please try and refrain from copying and pasting extensively, which not only slows down the discussion, but potentially leads to copyright problems. It's definitely better to post a short quote or synopsis and a link to the original article.
3.We will remove any posts that are obviously commercial or otherwise spam-like. There are technology features in place, which can help to identify spam in content or delivery form and prevent it from being published on the site, but some may slip through.

5. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise noted, the content of the Website, including all images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, video clips and written materials are protected by copyright, trade marks, database and other intellectual property rights. You may not reproduce, modify copy or distribute or use for commercial purposes any of the materials or content on the Website without our written permission.

6. Force Majeure
Neither party shall be liable to the other, for any loss or damage which may be suffered by the other party due to any cause beyond the first party's reasonable control including without limitation any power failure and the actions of internet service providers and users.

7. No Waiver
Any failure by us to exercise or enforce any right conferred shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right nor operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof or of any other right on any later occasion.

8. Variation of these Terms
We reserve the right to vary these terms from time to time.

9. Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be construed in accordance with, and the provision of the service on the Website shall be governed by, English law.

10. Miscellaneous
10.1 If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect.

10.2 We will respect your personal information and comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. [SEE OUR PRIVACY POLICY BELOW].

10.3 You give consent that all personal data you submit may be processed and retained by us in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We will not disclose or make available such data to any other party.

10.4 A person who is not a party to these Terms and Conditions shall have no right under the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these Terms Conditions but this shall not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.

Our Privacy Policy

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union. Global Law Experts places great value on your privacy and meets the high standards set by the new regulation, dated May 25, 2018. Any data that you submit to our website or via any other means may be added to our database. Although you do not have to provide any personal data to use most of the Global Law Experts website, if you wish to use some of our more bespoke member services, you will be asked to input certain data.
 
You are granted permission to use the services provided at www.globallawexperts.com only if you agree to the terms of the privacy policy. By accessing these services, you confirm your consent to the policy. This encompasses any collection and processing of your personal data as defined below. You are not legally obligated to provide any data. You hereby acknowledge and agree that any data that you do provide is volunteered of your own accord for the purposes explained here.

Your Confirmation: By accessing www.globallawexperts.com, you confirm the collection and use of your data in the ways indicated in the privacy policy. We agree to post any future updates or amendments to the policy clearly on this page.

Visitors to www.globallawexperts.com: Global Law Experts utilises Google Analytics to log basic information, such as frequency of clicks, of users accessing the website. This is to monitor the effectiveness of the website, but we do not allow Google to identity those visitors to the site.
 
External Websites: This privacy notice does not extend to any links on www.globallawexperts.com that enable access to external websites. It is advised that in those circumstances you read the respective privacy statements pertaining to the other websites you visit beyond our own.
 
Performance/Security: Global Law Experts utilises a third party (www.controlandshift.com ) to maintain the performance and security of the website. This third party’s role is to securely process the IP addresses of all visitors to the site.

Inbound/Outbound E-mails: Inbound/outbound e-mail delivery is secure and filtered via a third-party anti-spam service. E-mails runs on a Microsoft Exchange Server, which uses TLS by default to encrypt the connection/session between two servers. Any inbound/outbound e-mails may not be protected in transit. We also monitor the e-mails that we receive, including any file attachments, for viruses or malicious software. You have a responsibility to ensure that any e-mail you send is within the boundaries of the law.

Individuals Promoting Their Services Through Global Law Experts: Any data collected by us was provided voluntary. This includes the personal data provided upon your initial registration, as well as the data inputted when you sign in to our services via third parties such as Google and Facebook. We also receive your data when you upload personal information to our website or when you contact us directly. Please note that although we undertake great efforts to preserve the security of your data and any user content, we can not guarantee absolute protection of such data published or otherwise shared with Global Law Experts. We would thereby encourage you to always set strong passwords for your account and avoid providing any privileged or sensitive data wherein you believe its disclosure would cause you substantial or irreparable damage.

Job Applications and Payroll Data: Global Law Experts is the data controller for any information that you provide, unless stated otherwise. If you have any questions about how we handle your data, please e-mail editor@globallawexperts.com. All data that you provide will be used solely for the express purpose of progressing your application or employment, or to fulfil any legal or regulatory requirements that may be necessary. If you are successful in an application, any data that you have submitted will be kept on file as part of our employee records for the duration of your employment, plus an additional three years following the end of your employment.

Use and Retention of Data: Our database of personal data, however collected, is used by us only for client administration and marketing-related purposes. We may occasionally send you e-mails that you have requested or that we feel may interest you or be relevant to your business. E-mails may include details of our products and services; however, we do not rent, sell or disclose your personal data or contact details to any other third party.

Data Retention: We may retain your data only for as long as required for us to fulfil our services. However, we may retain your data even after completion of our services, but only as is reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations such as to resolve disputes, prevent abuse or fraud, or to enforce our agreements or protect our legitimate interests.

Getting in Touch With Us About Your Data: In accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998, you as an individual have rights that you can exercise pertaining to the data we hold about you. You can read more about these rights at https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/is-my-information-being-handled-correctly. If you wish to see the data we hold relating to you as an individual, or wish to be removed from our database or any mailing lists, please e-mail privacy@globallawexperts.com. To enable us keep our database as up to date as possible, we would be grateful if you would let us know as soon as any of your contact details change, or if you notice any inaccuracies. Please also notify us using the e-mail address above in the event that you no longer wish to receive any of our communications or services.

Updates or Amendments to This Privacy Notice: We keep our privacy notice under constant review; this privacy notice was last updated on April 29, 2018.