TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF ICB WEB SITE
BY ACCESSING AND USING THE ICB WEBSITE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS MADE TO DATE AND AFTER 24 JUNE 2011. IF ANY OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE ICB WEB SITE.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
The ICB Web Site ("icbenchmark.com"), is an electronic information site which includes economic sector and industry group-related information and is proprietary to FTSE International Limited ("FTSE"). By accessing and using icbenchmark.com, you are indicating that you are at least 18 years old, and you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use. You may print and keep a copy of these Terms and Conditions of Use, but FTSE may change any of these terms at any time. When the terms are changed, the changes will appear in this document, which you can access at any time by selecting "Terms of Use". Your use of icbenchmark.com after any changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms and Conditions of Use. Therefore, you should read these Terms and Conditions of Use from time to time. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use or any changes thereto, you should not use icbenchmark.com again.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS ON USE
The content available through icbenchmark.com (the "Content") is the property of FTSE and/or its licensors and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. The Content received through icbenchmark.com may be used only for your personal, non-commercial purposes. You agree not to modify, copy, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, sell, publish, broadcast, create competing services or create derivative works from or store the Content (or any portion thereof), without the express prior consent of FTSE. In addition, you may not post any Content from icbenchmark.com to newsgroups, mail lists or electronic bulletin boards. You may not use icbenchmark.com or any Content for any unlawful purpose. You may not create links to icbenchmark.com from any other website. You may not do anything unless it is expressly permitted by these terms and conditions.
All trade names, trademarks, service marks and other product and service names and logos on icbenchmark.com and within the Content are proprietary to their respective owners and are protected by applicable trademark and copyright laws. Any of the trademarks, service marks or logos (collectively, the "Marks") displayed on icbenchmark.com may be registered or unregistered marks of FTSE or others. In particular, "FTSE" is a registered trade mark of London Stock Exchange Group companies and is licensed for use by FTSE. Nothing contained in icbenchmark.com should be construed as granting any license or right to use any of the Marks displayed here without the express written permission of FTSE or the owner of such Marks. Any unauthorized uses of the Marks or any other Content are strictly prohibited.
Neither FTSE nor any of its respective affiliates or licensors is giving investment or other advice (professional or otherwise) via icbenchmark.com, and neither FTSE nor its licensors sponsor, recommend or endorses the purchase or sale of any security or investment included in icbenchmark.com or any other investment decision or transaction.
If you violate any of these terms and conditions, FTSE has the right to terminate your access to all or any portion of icbenchmark.com and/or the Content immediately without notice. Your right to use icbenchmark.com is subject to any limits established by FTSE in its sole discretion.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
icbenchmark.com may include facts, views, opinions and recommendations of individuals and organizations deemed of interest. None of FTSE and its licensors guarantees the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of, or in any way endorse, these facts, views, opinions or recommendations.
Due to the number of sources from which Content is obtained, and the inherent hazards of electronic distribution, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in such content and in icbenchmark.com. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS”. WE DO NOT ENTER INTO ANY TERMS OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, CORRECTNESS, RELIABILITY, INTEGRITY, QUALITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE OR ORIGINALITY OF THE CONTENT OR ICBENCHMARK.COM ITSELF AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OR OTHER TERMS OF ANY KIND ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE ACCEPT NO LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE USING THE CONTENT OR RELYING ON ANY OF IT.
We cannot and do not guarantee that the Content will be free from viruses and/or other code that may have contaminating or destructive elements. It is your responsibility to implement appropriate IT security safeguards (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements as to the safety and reliability of content.
FEES
FTSE reserves the right at any time to charge fees for access to icbenchmark.com (or portions thereof). If at any time FTSE requires a fee for portions of icbenchmark.com that are now free (e.g., a subscription fee), FTSE will give users advance notice of such fees and the opportunity to cancel access to icbenchmark.com before such charges are imposed.
LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
You may, through hypertext or other computer links, gain access to others' web sites. You agree that none of the Licensor Parties is responsible for the content or operation of such web sites, and that none of the Licensor Parties will have any liability to you or any other person or entity for the use of third party web sites. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any content at any other web sites to which you link from icbenchmark.com.
GENERAL
FTSE may discontinue or change icbenchmark.com, or its availability to you, at any time. You agree that none of the Licensor Parties will not be liable to you or to any third party for any unavailability, modification, suspension or withdrawal of any of the Content or icbenchmark.com, or any features, parts or the Content and/or icbenchmark itself.
If any provision in these Terms and Conditions of Use is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
Nothing in these terms shall limit or exclude our liability to you for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation or any other liability that may not, under English law, be limited or excluded. Subject to this, if you are a consumer and not a business user, in no event shall we be liable to you for any business losses and any liability we do have for losses you suffer is strictly limited to losses that were reasonably foreseeable, and if you are a business user, in no event shall we be liable to you for any indirect or consequential losses, or for any loss of profit, revenue, contracts, data, goodwill or other similar losses.
These terms shall be governed by English law, and you agree that any dispute between us regarding them or the Content will only be dealt with by the English courts, provided that, if you are a consumer and not a business user and live in a part of the United Kingdom other than England, the applicable law of that part of the United Kingdom will govern and any dispute will only be dealt with by the courts there. Nothing shall prevent us from bringing proceedings to protect our intellectual property rights before any competent court.
These Terms and Conditions of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and FTSE relating to icbenchmark.com and the Content included herein, and they supersede any and all other agreements, oral or in writing, with respect to icbenchmark.com. The failure of FTSE to insist upon strict compliance with any term or provision shall not be construed as a waiver with regard to any subsequent failure to comply with such term or provision.
CONTACTING US
Please submit any questions you have about these terms and conditions or any problems concerning the FTSE Media by email to info@ftse.com, by telephone on +44 (0) 20 7866 1810 between the hours of 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday or write to us at:
FTSE International Limited, 12th Floor, 10 Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5NP
We are a limited company, registered in England. Our registered company number is 03108236, and our registered office is at FTSE International Limited, 12th Floor, 10 Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5NP. Our VAT registration number is GB 740 459 435.