EFFECTIVE DATE: 4 DECEMBER 2024
 

 

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR WEBSITE
 

1.ABOUT US

 

Our site is owned and operated by CoStart Projects Limited  ("we", "us", "our").

 

2.THESE TERMS OF USE

 

These terms of use ("Terms") set out the terms and conditions on which you may make use of our website (our "Site"). Use of our Site includes accessing, browsing, and/or subscribing to any information or services offered through our Site.

 

Please read these Terms, and the documents referred to below carefully before you start to use our Site.

 

By using our Site, you confirm that you accept these Terms (to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions), and that you agree to comply with them.

 

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use our Site.

 

The platform is not intended to be used by, or targeted to, anyone under the age of 18 years old. By using the platform, you warrant and accept that you are at least 18 years of age.

 

 

3.YOUR INFORMATION

 

We will process your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

 

Our Privacy Policy sets out the terms on which we process any personal information that you provide to us, or that we collect from you. By using our Site and providing your personal information, you consent to such processing, and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

 

You acknowledge that our Cookie Policy applies to our use of your cookies (and other similar technologies) in relation to the platform.

 

4.ACCESSING OUR SITE

 

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary to enable you to access and use our Site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Site through your internet connection are aware of these Terms, and that they comply with them.

 

We do not guarantee that our Site, or any part of it, or any content on it, will always be available or uninterrupted, free from errors or omissions, or secure or free from bugs or viruses.

 

At any time, we may suspend, withdraw, discontinue, or change, permanently or temporarily, all or any part of our Site (including, without limitation, the content) without notice.

 

We will not be liable to you if for any reason our Site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
 

5.USE OF OUR SITE

 

Our Site enables our customers, free of charge, to find information about solar energy and connect with suppliers who can assist with solar installations.

 

By using our Site, you acknowledge that we do not sell, offer, or make available such products or services to you directly, and we take no responsibility for the same.

 

If you choose to fill out our enquiry form, you consent to us sharing your personal information with a single or multiple third-party supplier(s) to help you with solar energy solutions – whether their supply, installation, sourcing or other related services.

 

Before instructing or entering into a contract with any supplier, you should:

 

• Undertake your own checks, and ensure, to your own satisfaction, that the supplier is suitable for your specific circumstances and requirements; and

• Consider obtaining professional or other specialist advice.

• We are not a party to any agreements, arrangements, or dealings between you and the suppliers themselves, and we are not responsible or liable for the acts, omissions, products, or services of any suppliers.
   

6.CONTENT

The content on our Site is provided for general information and assistance only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and you should obtain professional or other specialist advice before taking, or refraining from taking, any action on the basis of the content on our Site.

 

Although we make reasonable efforts to update information on our Site, we make no representations, warranties, or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our Site is accurate, complete, or up to date. At any given time, any of the content on our Site may be out of date, and we are under no obligation to update it.
 

7.PROHIBITED USES

 

You may use our Site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our Site:

 

• In any way that breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation;

• In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;

• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material which does not comply with the content standards set out below;

• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or

• To knowingly introduce or transmit any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware, or any other materials, codes, or programs that are malicious or technologically harmful.

 

You also agree:

 

• Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, or re-sell any part of our Site in contravention of the provisions of these Terms; and

• Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage, or disrupt:

• Any part of our Site, or any computers, servers, or databases connected to or with our Site;

• Any equipment or network on which our Site is stored;

• Any software used in the provision of our Site; or

• Any equipment, network, or software owned or used by any third party.
   

8.INTERACTIVE FEATURES AND CONTENT

 

From time to time, we may provide features that enable users of our Site to leave comments and reviews on our Site. Where we do so:

 

• You warrant that any and all content that you post, upload, or otherwise contribute to our Site ("Contributions") will comply with these Terms. You hereby agree to indemnify and keep indemnified us from and against any and all liabilities and losses arising out of your breach of this warranty.

• Other than personal data (which is covered by our Privacy Policy), all Contributions will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we and our designees will have the right to use, copy, disclose, and distribute to third parties any Contributions for any purpose.

• We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any Contribution by you constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy, or is defamatory.

• We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any Contribution by you or any other user of our Site.

• We have the right to remove any Contribution if, in our opinion, it does not comply with these Terms, or the spirit of them.

• The views expressed by other users on our Site do not represent our views.
   

9.CONTENT STANDARDS

 

Contributions must:

 

• Be accurate (where they state facts);

• Be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and

• Comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.

 

Contributions must not:

 

• Contain any material which is defamatory of any person (including, without limitation, Checkatrade);

• Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful, or inflammatory;

• Promote sexually explicit material;

• Promote violence;

• Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;

• Infringe any copyright, database right, or trademark of any other person;

• Be likely to deceive any person;

• Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;

• Promote any illegal activity;

• Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety;

• Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person;

• Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;

• Give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case; and

• Advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

 

You confirm that you did not enter into these Terms in reliance of any representation made by us other than those which are expressly set out in these Terms.

 

10.SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION

 

We will determine, in our absolute discretion, whether there has been a breach of these Terms. When such a breach has occurred, we may take whatever action we deem appropriate.

 

A breach of these Terms may result in us taking all or any of the following actions:

 

• Immediate, temporary, or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our Site;

• Immediate, temporary, or permanent removal of any Contributions by you to our Site;

• Issue of a warning to you;

• Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach;

• Further legal action against you; and/or

• Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.

 

We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of these Terms. The responses described in these Terms are not limited, and we may take any other action that we reasonably deem appropriate.

 

11.LINKING TO AND FROM OUR SITE

 

You may link to our Site, provided that you do so in a way that is fair and legal, and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must comply with all directions that we may give in relation to the placing or positioning of our company, business, trading, or domain names or logos on your website.

 

The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out above.

 

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;

• Establish a link to our Site in any website that is not owned by you; or

• Frame our Site on any other website.

 

We reserve the right to, at any time, withdraw linking permission without notice, or require you to immediately remove any links to our Site or any references on your website to our company, business, trading, or domain names or logos.

 

Where our Site contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have not reviewed those websites or resources, and we have no control over or responsibility for the contents of them.

 

12.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

 

The domain name at which our Site is located, and the related brands, are trading names and trademarks of Checkatrade.

 

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights (including, without limitation, copyright, database rights, trademarks, trade, business, and domain names, rights in goodwill, and rights to sue for passing off) in our Site, and in the software in it and the content (including, without limitation, the Contributions) published on it. Those works are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

 

You may print off, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Site for your personal use only, and you may draw the attention of others to content posted on our Site.

 

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials that 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 contributors) as the authors of content on our Site 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, 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.

 

Infringement of our or our licensors' intellectual property rights in our Site or any of the content or materials on our Site may lead to legal proceedings in the UK or other countries.

 

13.LIMITATION OF OUR LIABILITY

 

NOTHING IN THESE TERMS EXCLUDES OR LIMITS OUR LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY ARISING FROM OUR NEGLIGENCE, OR OUR FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION, OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY ENGLISH LAW. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXCLUDE ALL CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, OR OTHER TERMS WHICH MAY APPLY TO OUR SITE OR ANY CONTENT ON IT, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

 

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, 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:

 

• USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SITE;

• USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT DISPLAYED ON OUR SITE; OR

• YOUR APPOINTMENT, INSTRUCTION, OR USE OF SUPPLIERS OR OTHER PERSONS FOUND THROUGH OR AS A RESULT OF USING OUR SITE.

 

PLEASE NOTE IN PARTICULAR THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR:

 

• LOSS OF PROFITS, SALES, BUSINESS, REVENUE, OR EARNINGS;

• BUSINESS INTERRUPTION;

• LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS;

• LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, GOODWILL, OR REPUTATION; OR

• ANY INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE.

 

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 OUR SITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY CONTENT ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

 

WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT OF WEBSITES LINKED ON OUR SITE. SUCH LINKS SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS ENDORSEMENT BY US OF THOSE LINKED WEBSITES. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT MAY ARISE FROM YOUR USE OF THEM.

 

14.OTHER TERMS

 

We may modify these Terms at any time by amending this page, and all such modifications are effective from the time that they are made. We recommend that you visit and check this page from time to time to take notice of any modifications to these Terms, as they are legally binding on you.

 

These Terms, their subject matter, and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. In using this Site, you (and we) agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

 

Sometimes things happen that are outside of our control such as acts of God, pandemics, strikes, technical failures or supply failures. Due to these things outside of our control, our performance under these Terms may be suspended for the period of time over which the event occurs. During this period, we will not be liable to you for any delay or failure in performance of any of our obligations within these Terms arising out of these circumstances or events. We will, of course, try to find a solution to help us to perform these Terms and take any reasonable preventive steps wherever possible.

 

No one other than us or you have any right to enforce any of these Terms.

 

We may amend these Terms from time to time, to reflect changes within the Site or its use cases, including but not limited to, our technology, licensing arrangements, policies, best practices, relevant laws and/or regulatory requirements.

 

We may also update the platform from time to time and may change the content and functionality at any time where we deem necessary to do so, without providing notice to you (for example: to reflect changes to our services, business needs or the needs of platform users).

 

15.CONTACTING US / YOU

 

To contact us, please email the@solareconomist.co.uk

 

We may contact or communicate with you in connection with these Terms via any email address that you provide to us. Such contact or communication will be regarded as being in writing.

 

Thank you for visiting Solar Economist.

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