Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use this website (our “Site”). By using our Site, you accept these terms of use and agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please immediately refrain from using our Site. 

1 – Information about us 

www.chiswickhouseandgardens.org.uk is a Site operated by Chiswick House and Gardens Trust (“we”, “our”, or “us”); we are a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under registration number 5171882. Our registered office is Chiswick House and Gardens Trust, The Estate Office, Chiswick House, London W4 2QN. Our VAT number is GB367584996. 

2 – Disclaimer 

We may update our Site, including the content on our Site, from time to time. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the 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. 

The materials contained on our Site are provided for general information purposes only and do not claim to be or constitute legal or other professional advice and should not be relied upon as such. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our Site. 

We do not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from accessing or reliance on the information on our Site. 

3 – Accessing our Site 

We do not guarantee that our Site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our Site is permitted on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to withdraw, suspend or amend the availability of all or any part of our Site, including the services that we provide on our Site or access to our Site, indefinitely and without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our Site is unavailable at any time or for any period.  

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of service and other applicable terms of service, and that they comply with them. 

4 – Intellectual property rights 

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Site, and in the material 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 one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Site for your personal use only and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our Site. 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 contributors) as the authors of material on our Site must always be 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 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. 

5 – Your personal information 

We may process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy.  By using our Site, you consent to such processing, and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. 

6 – Viruses, hacking and other offences 

We do not guarantee that our Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access our Site. You should use your own virus protection software.  

You must not misuse our Site 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 our Site, the server on which our Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Site. You must not interfere with, damage or disrupt any software used in the provision of our Site or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party on which our Site relies in any way. You must not attack our Site 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 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.  

7 – No text or data mining, or web scraping 

You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our Site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our Site for any purpose, including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of AI systems or models. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of): 

any “robot”, “bot”, “spider”, “scraper” or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of our Site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same; or 

any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information or develop, train, fine-tune or validate AI systems or models which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations. 

This provision should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790). 

You shall not use, and we do not consent to the use of, our Site, or any data published by, or contained in, or accessible via, our Site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our Site for the purposes of developing, training, fine-tuning or validating any AI system or model. 

This provision will not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us. 

7 – Rules about 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 to our Site 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 our Site in any website that is not owned by you. Our Site must not be framed on any other website, 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. 

8 – Third-party websites 

Where our Site contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only.  Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.  When accessing a third-party website via our Site, we advise you check their terms of use and privacy policies to ensure compliance and determine how they may use your information. 

9 – Our liability to you 

This provision does not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. 

If you are a business user: 

To the extent permitted by law, we, and any director, officer, employee of ours hereby expressly exclude: 

All conditions, warranties, representations and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity. 

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, inability to use, or results of the use of our Site, 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 or reputation, wasted expenditure, and wasted management or office time. 

Any liability 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, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.  

If you are a consumer user: 

We only provide our Site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our Site 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. 

10 – Jurisdiction and applicable law 

These terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. 

If you are a business user: 

The courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our Site. 

If you are a consumer user: 

The courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our Site, except that 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.  

11 – Variations 

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending our Site. You are expected to check these terms every time you wish to use our Site to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our Site. 

12 – We may transfer this agreement to someone else 

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under these terms. 

13 – Your concerns 

If you have any concerns about material which appears on our Site, please email info@chgt.org.uk. Thank you for visiting our Site. 

14 – Contact 

Tel: +44 (0) 203 141 3350 

Email: info@chgt.org.uk