Terms of website use
These conditions tell you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website ("Fish Bowl"), whether as a guest or as a registered user. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site.
By using Fish Bowl, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and agree to comply with them. If you disagree with these terms of use, please stop using our site.
Other applicable terms
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of Fish Bowl:
Our Privacy Policy sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using Fish Bowl, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
If you purchase services from Fish Bowl, our Terms of service will apply to the sales.
Accessing our site
Fish Bowl is made available free of charge.
We do not guarantee that Fish Bowl, or any content on it, will always be available or uninterrupted. Access to Fish Bowl is permitted temporarily. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if, for any reason Fish Bowl is unavailable at any time or for any period.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to Fish Bowl.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access Fish Bowl through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions and that they comply with them.
Changes To These Terms
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page.
Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.
Changes To Our Site
We may update our website and change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it.
We do not guarantee that Fish Bowl, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.
Intellectual Property Rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in Fish Bowl and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You may print off one copy and may download extracts, of any page(s) from Fish Bowl for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on Fish Bowl.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributor) as the authors of content on Fish Bowl must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the content 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 our 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.
No Reliance On Information
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on Fish Bowl, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
Limitation Of Our Liability
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law.
To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to Fish Bowl or any content on it, whether express or implied.
We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with the use of, or inability to use, Fish Bowl; or the use of or reliance on any content displayed on Fish Bowl.
If you are a business user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue. Business interruption. Loss of anticipated savings. Loss of business opportunity, goodwill, or reputation. Or any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
If you are a consumer user, please note that we only provide Fish Bowl for domestic and private use. You agree not to use Fish Bowl for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of Fish Bowl or to your downloading of any content on it, or any website linked to it.
We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on Fish Bowl. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsements by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any services by use to you, which will be set out in our terms of service.
Uploading Content To Our Site
Any content you upload to Fish Bowl will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us a licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. The rights you licence to us are described in the next paragraph (Rights to your licence).
We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content posted by you or any other user of Fish Bowl.
We have the right to remove any posting you make on Fish Bowl. The views expressed by other users on Fish Bowl do not represent our views or values.
You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.
Rights You Licence
When you upload or post content to Fish Bowl, you grant the following licences;
A worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform that content in connection with the services provided by our site and across different media and to promote the site or services; and
a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence to allow third parties to use the content for their purposes.
We will only ever use your materials to carry out your instructions to us – unless, very exceptionally, a court or other regulator orders us to disclose them.
Viruses
We do not guarantee that Fish Bowl will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access Fish Bowl. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse Fish Bowl by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to Fish Bowl, the server on which Fish Bowl is stored or any server, computer or database connected to Fish Bowl. You must not attack Fish Bowl via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use Fish Bowl will cease immediately.
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.
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 to Fish Bowl on any website that is not owned by you.
Fish Bowl must not be framed on any other site.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
If you wish to make any use of the content on Fish Bowl other than that set out above, please contact us by using the details set out on our contact page.
Third-Party Links And Resources On Our Site
Where Fish Bowl contains links to other sides and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only.
We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
Applicable Law
If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. However, if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are a resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.
If you are a business, these terms of use, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Contact Us
To contact us, please feel free to contact us by using the details set out on our contact page.
Updated: 24 March 2024