This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells
you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website
www.cotman-housing.org.uk (our site). Please read these terms of
use carefully before you start to use the site and if you do not
agree to them then do not use our site. By using our site, you
indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to
follow them.
Information about us
Cotman Housing Association Limited is a registered society under
the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014
(Registered number 19473R) and is registered under the Housing Act
(Registered number L0284). It is also affiliated to the National
Housing Federation and has charitable status.
Cotman Housing Association is part of the Places for People
Group. Places for People is a company registered in England and
Wales with number 3777037. Its registered office is 80 Cheapside,
London EC2V 6EE.
Accessing our site
You may have access to our site on a temporary basis but we may
withdraw or amend the service we provide on our site without
notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, our site is
unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we
may restrict access to some parts of our site, or our entire site,
to users who have registered with us and/or to new users.
If you wish to use our site, you must make all arrangements
necessary for you to have access to it. You are also responsible
for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your
internet connection are aware of these terms of use and that they
observe them.
Intellectual property rights
We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights
in our site and in the material published on it, including any
trade marks, logos and brands of Places for People Group Limited or
any Group member contained in our site.
To help you make use of our site and to help you to draw the
attention of others to material posted on our site you may print
off one copy, and you may download extracts, of any page(s) from
our site for personal reference.
If you do print or download materials from our site, you must not
alter the paper or digital copies at all and you must not use any
illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any
graphics separately from any accompanying text.
If you use any material from our site, our status (and that of any
identified contributors), as the authors of material on our site
must always by acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the materials on our site for
commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or
our licensors.
If you print off, copy or download any part of any site in breach
of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease
immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any
copies of the materials you have made.
Relying on the content of our site
Our site provides information that we hope you will find useful
but that information is not made available as a form of
professional advice. If you need formal advice, you should approach
a relevant professional. We therefore disclaim all liability and
responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials
on our site by you or any other visitor to our site or by anyone
who may be informed of any of its contents.
Changes to our site
We aim to update our site regularly and may change the content at
any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site or
close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out
of date at any given time and we are under no obligation to update
such material.
Our liability
The material displayed on our site is provided without any
guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the
extent permitted by law, we, and third parties connected to us
hereby expressly exclude:
a) all conditions, warranties and other terms which might
otherwise be implied by statute, common law or equity; and
b) any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or
damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in
connection with the use of our site, any inability to use it, any
websites linked to it and any materials posted on it including,
without limitation, any liability for loss of income or revenue,
loss of business, loss of profits or contracts, loss of anticipated
savings, loss of data, loss of goodwill, wasted management or
office time and for any other loss or damage of any kind however
arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach
of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable but nothing in these
terms of use affects our liability for death or personal injury
arising from our negligence nor our liability for fraudulent
misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter
nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under
applicable law.
Information about you and your visits to our
site
We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
We may make changes to the policy from time to time. By using our
site, you accept the terms of the privacy policy in force at the
relevant time, you warrant that all data provided by you is
accurate and you consent to the processing of such information by
us in accordance with the policy.
Viruses, hacking and other offences
We allow you access to our site on the understanding that you will
not try to harm our site or us through it.
There is no exhaustive list of the things that you must not do if
those things could or will cause harm. However, among the things
that you must not do are:
a) attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on
which our site is stored or any server, computer or database
connected to our site
b) attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed
denial-of-service attack
c) misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans,
worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or
technologically harmful.
If you do any of those things or seek to harm our site or us
through our site, you may be committing a criminal offence under
the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any perceived offence
to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate
with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the
event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease
immediately.
We cannot guarantee that other people will not attempt to cause
harm to you through our site. Therefore, we will not be liable for
any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service
attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may
infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other
proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your
downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked
to it.
Linking to our site
You may link to our home page provided you do so in a way that is
fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage
of it but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest
any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where
none exists.
You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned
by you.
Our site must not be framed on any other site nor may you create a
link to any part of our site other than the home page. We reserve
the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. In
particular, we reserve the right to withdraw linking permission to
any website containing material that is libellous, defamatory,
false, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive,
threatening, harassing, discriminatory, in violation of the law,
harmful to children, in violation of third party privacy right or
that constitutes hate speech or a personal attack.
Links from our site
Where our site contains links to other sites or to materials
offered by other people or organisations, the links are provided
for your information only. We have no control over the contents of
those sites or materials and accept no responsibility for them or
for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Jurisdiction and applicable law
These terms of use are governed by and construed in accordance
with English law. You and we each submit to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the English courts in relation to any dispute that
may arise from or related to a visit to our site. We retain the
right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these
conditions in your country of residence or other relevant
country.
Variations
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this
page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take
notice of any changes we make as they are binding on you. Some of
the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be
superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our
site.
Your concerns
If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site,
please contact
us.
Thank you for visiting our site.