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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. USE OF THE SITE WILL INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE.

This website is operated by Future Science Ltd (‘Future Science’), a limited company registered in England and Wales, company registration number 10134073, whose registered office is located at Unitec House, 2 Albert Place, Finchley Central, London N3 1QB, UK, VAT number GB 282 4138 06. Use of this site is subject to the following Terms and Conditions.

Access to and use of this Website constitutes the user’s acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, which take effect on the date from which the user first uses this Website.

The following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:

Our Privacy Policy

Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site

Future Science Group may make changes to these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. The user should, therefore, review the Terms and Conditions regularly. Continued use of the Website will be subject to the Terms and Conditions current at the time. The most current version of the Terms and Conditions can be reviewed by clicking on the Terms and Conditions hypertext link located at the bottom of the home page.

The user will be responsible for obtaining and paying the costs of a suitable Internet connection in order to access the Website and will not use the Website for any illegal purpose or in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any Future Science Group server or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website.

All intellectual property in the Website and the information and material it contains, including without limitation copyright and trademarks, is owned by or licensed to Future Science Limited unless otherwise noted. No right, title or interest in any intellectual property in the Website is transferred or licensed to the user by its use of the Website. The user may download and print extracts from the Website for its personal use. All access to and use of products produced by Future Science Group will be subject to the terms of a separate written agreement.

Future Science Group is not responsible for the content of any other websites or pages linked to or linking to this Website. Following links to any other websites or pages shall be at the user’s own risk and Future Science Group shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damages resulting from the use of such other websites.

Future Science Group does not guarantee that the site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. The User is responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access the site. The User should use their own virus protection software.

The User must not misuse the site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. The user must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which the site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the site. The user must not attack the site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, the user would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Future Science Group will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing the user’s identity to them. In the event of such a breach, the user’s right to use the site will cease immediately.

Future Science Group may amend these terms from time to time. Every time the user wishes to use the site, please check these terms to ensure the terms that apply at that time are understood.

Future Science Group may update and change the site from time to time to reflect changes to products, users’ needs and business priorities.

Future Science Group does not guarantee that the site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Future Science Group may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of the site for business and operational reasons. Future Science Group will try to give the user reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.

The website and the content, names, text and images included on it are provided ‘AS IS’. While reasonable care has been taken in the preparation of this website to ensure that the information contained on it is accurate, no warranty or representation of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement is given, nor is any warranty or representation given that there will be no delays, failures, errors, omissions or loss of transmitted information.

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, no liability is accepted for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage or loss of use, data, business opportunity or profits, whether in an action in contract, negligence or other tortuous action, however resulting from the access to and use of the Website and the information and materials contained on it.

These Terms and Conditions are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the courts of the above jurisdiction will have non-exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute which may arise.