Terms & Conditions

The engineers.scot website is owned and operated by IES, The Institution of Engineers in Scotland Limited, a company limited by guarantee recognised as a charity by the Office of Scottish Charities Regulator and HM Revenue and Customs. It's registered address is 105 West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 1QY. Telephone: +44 141 248 3721.

Reliance

All information included on The IES website is intended for information purposes only and does not represent advice. IES makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy of the information contained on the engineers.scot site, and you should take appropriate precautions to verify it.

IES has taken reasonable skill and care to provide information on the engineers.scot site that is accurate, comprehensive, and timely at the date of publication. However, human error and changes will occur. IES expressly disclaims any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, concerning the accuracy, comprehensiveness, or suitability of the information for a particular purpose. IES has produced this website in good faith and is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or results obtained from the use of the information herein.

IES cannot guarantee that the service will be fault free, or free of viruses or bugs. If a fault occurs in the service IES will attempt to correct the fault as soon reasonably practicable. Access to the site may be restricted from time to time to allow for repairs, maintenance or updating.

Privacy Policy

IES is committed to protecting your privacy. IES is registered under the Data Protection Act and agrees to treat all personal information you supply in accordance with the Act. IES collects information about users of the Website for two main reasons:
to help IES improve the Website and the services IES offers;
to obtain aggregate statistics to help IES achieve its constitutional purposes.

IES will respect your e-mail privacy, and will only send you unsolicited mail if you have agreed to this. IES will not pass on any individual user details (including your e-mail address) unless IES has your prior consent. Please note that telephone calls to IES may be monitored or recorded. This policy does not cover links to other websites.

Copyright and other Notice

Unless stated otherwise, copyright and other intellectual property rights in the contents ("Contents") of this Website are owned by, or licensed to, IES. Material on the engineers.scot site is protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property and proprietary rights. You may use the site and display, download on any single computer or print a single copy of any material for your personal or professional use provided you do not further copy or modify the page. You may not otherwise reproduce, copy, distribute or use any material on the engineers.scot site. Permanent copying and/or storage of material or reproduction or incorporation of any part of it in any other work in whatever media is expressly prohibited.

Where you are invited to submit any contribution to engineers.scot you agree, by submitting your contribution, to grant IES a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, make available to the public and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to your contribution worldwide. And also to incorporate your contribution in other works in any media in accordance with the restrictions set out in our privacy policy above.

If you wish to include information from the engineers.scot site on your website, or incorporate links, please contact the IES. Permission will not unreasonably be withheld.

Third Party Sites

The engineers.scot site contains links to third party resources on the Web. Unless these sites have been created by IES, we do not endorse, approve or sanction (unless otherwise stated) nor are we responsible for any third party's products, services, acts or omissions. There is no association or connection between us and the third party (unless otherwise stated) save for the provision of the link. IES does not act in partnership with nor as agent for or on behalf of the third party to whom it provides links. Accordingly, neither party may incur any debt or liability on behalf of the other party.

Our Liability

Whilst IES takes reasonable endeavours that information on the engineers.scot site is correct, it shall not be liable for any damages (except for personal injury or death), arising from the use or inability to use the engineers.scot site or any information contained on it or from any action or decision taken as a result of using the engineers.scot site or any such information.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law IES disclaims liability for all implied or statutory warranties and conditions. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall IES, nor its employees, affiliates, agents or other representatives, be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages whatsoever including without limitation damages for loss of profits, loss of confidential or other information, business interruption arising from or in connection with the use of the engineers.scot site.

Compensation

You hereby undertake, as a condition of use of engineers.scot site, to indemnify IES against any loss or damage suffered by IES as a result of any breach by you in the use of engineers.scot site.

Law

This website and these Terms are governed exclusively by Scottish law and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland. IES gives no warranty that the materials on the site are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United Kingdom and using engineers.scot from territories where its use or material or contents is unlawful is prohibited.