Ts & Cs

Terms and conditions of use of the Two Rivers Housing website

1 Acceptance of terms

1.1 Your access to and use of Two Rivers Housing Website (“the Website”) and any Services referred to in Clause 2, is subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions. You will not use the Website/Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By using the Website/Services you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in this notice. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions you must immediately stop using the Website/Services.

1.2 We reserve the right to update or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time and your continued use of the Website/Services following any changes shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is therefore your responsibility to check the Terms and Conditions regularly for any changes.

2 The services 

2.1 The Website may provide self service and communication tools such as email, bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums and/or other message or communication facilities (“the Services”) designed to enable you to communicate with Two Rivers Housing and others. Unless stated otherwise the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use only.

3 Child supervision

3.1 We are concerned about the safety and privacy of our users, particularly children.  Parents who wish to allow their children access to and use of the Website/Services should supervise such access and use to ensure it is suitable and appropriate. Always use caution when revealing personally identifiable information about yourself or your children via any of the Services.

4 Privacy policy (Data Protection)

4.1 We are committed to responsible data management and subscribe to the principals of the Data Protection Act legislation in the United Kingdom. Two Rivers Housing is registered on the Data Protection Register with the Information Commissioners Office www.ico.org.uk, Registration Number Z9137407.

4.2 We are committed to maintaining the privacy of our users and maintaining the security of any personal information received from you. If you register for any of our services you may be asked to provide basic personal information. The information provided by you will not be sold or passed to unrelated third parties. The information is used solely for communication with you, for statistical analysis or providing services in line with your request or as outlined in your tenancy agreement (and detailed in our Data Protection Registration) if you are a current tenant or resident.

5 User account, password and security

5.1 If a particular Service requires you to open an account you will be required to complete the registration process by providing certain information and registering a username and password for use with that Service. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password and also for all activities which take place under your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security that you are aware of. In no event will Two Rivers Housing be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever resulting from the disclosure of your username and/or password. You may not use another person’s account at any time, without the express permission of the account holder.

6 Acceptable use

6.1 You acknowledge that all information, text, graphics, logos, photographs, images, moving images, sound, illustrations and other materials (“the Content”), whether posted publicly or transmitted privately, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such content originated.  We do not control or endorse content posted by users and cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. You acknowledge that by using the services you may be exposed to content that is offensive and/or indecent. Two Rivers Housing will not be liable in any way for any content or for any loss or damage of any kind resulting from the use of any content. You agree to bear all risks associated with the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy or completeness of such content.

6.2 In using the Website/Services you agree not to:

6.2.1 use the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other unsolicited messages, commercial or otherwise;

6.2.2 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that is defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;

6.2.3 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that incites discrimination, hate or violence towards any person or group on account of their race, religion, disability, nationality or otherwise;

6.2.4 threaten, abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others;

6.2.5 use any information or material in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary right of any party;

6.2.6 make available or upload files that contain a virus, worm, trojan or corrupt data that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another;

6.2.7 collect or store personal information about others, including email addresses;

6.2.8 advertise or offer to buy or sell goods or services for any commercial purpose, unless such communication facility specifically allows such messages;

6.2.9 impersonate any person or entity for the purpose of misleading others;

6.2.10 violate any applicable laws or regulations;

6.2.11 use the Website/Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website/Services or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website/Services;

6.2.12 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information or confidential information disclosed in the course of employment or under a confidentiality agreement);

6.2.13 attempt to gain unauthorised access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Website/Services through hacking, password mining or any other means.

6.3 We have no obligation to monitor the Services but shall be entitled to review materials posted to a communications facility and, at our sole discretion, to remove any material that breaches these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable.

7 Termination

7.1 We have the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Services at any time, without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, breach of these Terms and Conditions. We may, at our sole discretion, discontinue the Website/Services or any part thereof without prior notice and you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of or access to the Website/Services.

8 Links to third party websites

8.1 The Website/Services may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and agree that Two Rivers Housing is not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites.

9 International use

9.1 You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of data exported from the United Kingdom, specifically the Data Protection Act 1998, and with all local laws and rules regarding acceptable use of and conduct on the Internet. These Website/Services are generally speaking intended for UK residents only and are unlikely to be of any interest outside the UK.

10 Intellectual Property Rights

10.1 The Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website and the Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property rights and laws.  In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the contents solely for your personal, non-commercial use.  None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder.  This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home use only.

10.2 Two Rivers Housing does not claim ownership of any materials you post, upload or submit to any publicly accessible area of the services. However, by doing so you are granting us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, publicly display, edit, translate or publish such content.

11 Indemnity

11.1 You agree to indentify and hold Two Rivers Housing harmless from and against any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and any claim or demand brought against Two Rivers Housing by any third party arising out of your use of the services and/or any content submitted, posted or transmitted through the services, including without limitation, all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) howsoever suffered or incurred by Two Rivers Housing in consequence of your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

12 Disclaimers and limitation of liability

12.1 Use of the Website/Services is at your own risk.  The Website/Services are provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

12.2 To the extent permitted by law, Two Rivers Housing will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website/Services.

12.3 Two Rivers Housing makes no warranty that the Website/Services will meet your requirements, that content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality of the Website/Services will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website/Services or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.

12.4 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of Two Rivers Housing for death or personal injury as a result of the negligence of Two Rivers Housing.

12.5 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

13 Severance 

13.1 If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

14 Governing law

14.1 These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

15 Cookies

15.1 Cookies are small text files that are created on a computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to the website owners. Two Rivers Housing does not use cookies on the Website to identify information about individuals and should we want to do this we will ask for your permission, however our website software (content management system) may use cookies to make the website work more effectively and to provide statistics of its use (eg Google Analytics).

15.2 You may disable cookies on your computer, although some parts of our website may no longer work. You can find out more about how we use cookies, or visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more about cookies in general, including how to disable or delete them, visit or refer to your own internet browser documentation.