Terms and Conditions
This web site ("Site") has been developed by Andy and Linda Close ("The Developers") and is subject to your acceptance of these terms and conditions. Please also see our Privacy Policy

IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW IN FULL, PLEASE LEAVE THE WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY. OTHERWISE, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

USE OF CONTENT: The information provided by The Developers is for your personal, non-commercial use only and may not be stored or copied for further distribution.

DATA PROTECTION: The Developers shall use all data associated with you in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. For any questions on this point, please email us at dataprotection@closeancestry.com.

ALTERATIONS TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Development of the Site may be necessary to amend these terms and conditions and The Developers reserve the right to do so by posting changes online. Please check these terms and conditions on a regular basis. Your continued use of the Site after such changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions as amended.

ACCURACY OF INFORMATION: Neither The Developers nor any of its data providers or affiliates make any warranties expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, adequacy, quality or fitness for any particular purpose of the information for a particular purpose or use and all such warranties are expressly excluded to the fullest extent that such warranties may be excluded by law.

HYPERTEXT LINKS: The Developers may from time to time provide hypertext links to sites on the Internet, which are operated by other companies. Using an external hypertext link means that you are leaving the Site and The Developers therefore take no responsibility for and gives no warranties, guarantees or representations in respect of linked sites.

INDEMNITY: You irrevocably indemnify The Developers and its data providers and affiliates from and against any and all losses, damages and costs suffered or incurred by The Developers, or any data providers or affiliates of whatsoever nature arising out of or in connection with your use, provision or distribution of information or any part or the Site or any part or otherwise howsoever arising in relation to any breach of these terms and conditions by you.

WARRANTY: THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS". NEITHER THE DEVELOPERS NOR ITS AFFILIATES GIVES ANY WARRANTIES THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE THIS SITE OR THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN ITS CURRENT OR ANY OTHER FORM OR THAT IT, OR ANY SOFTWARE DOWNLOADED FROM IT, WILL BE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT OR THAT ANY MATERIAL OR INFORMATION CONTAINED ON IT WILL BE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY WARRANTIES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE IMPLIED BY LAW INCLUDING WARRANTIES AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE OR SKILL AND CARE ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

LIABILITY: Neither The Developers nor any of its data providers nor affiliates shall have any liability (whether in contract or tort) for any losses, costs or damages resulting from or related to use of or inability to use any information contained in the Site or the provision of the Site to the fullest extent to which such liability may be excluded or avoided by law. The Developers shall not be liable to you for lost profits or for indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages arising out of or in relation to the provision of information on the Site. The Developers make no warranty that the Site is free from infection by viruses or anything else that has contaminating or destructive properties.

MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY YOU: You agree that any materials posted by you to any area of the Site, bulletin boards or discussion forums submitted to this Site may be used and disclosed by us without restriction for whatever purpose we deem and without payment to you of any sum or acknowledgment of you as their source. WE SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF USE OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF USE OR DISCLOSURE OF SUCH MATERIALS BY US TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. This paragraph does not affect any rights you may have under data protection or similar laws, to the extent that such rights cannot be excluded. To this extent, please see our Privacy Policy

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Where applicable, the intellectual property rights (including copyright, patents, trade marks) whether registered or not on the Site shall remain the property of The Developers and no customer or other person shall, or shall attempt to obtain any title to such rights. Information appearing on this web site is the copyright of The Developers and must not be reproduced in any medium without licence. Users are permitted to copy some material for their personal use as private individuals only. Users must not republish any part of the data either on another website, or in any other medium, print, electronic or otherwise, or as part of any commercial service without the prior written permission of The Developers . If you require any further information on permitted use, or a licence to republish any material, email us at stuff@closeancestry.com. If you are granted a licence to reproduce material you will be required to follow some simple guidelines about the way the information is displayed. An acknowledgement of the source must be included whenever The Developers copyright material is copied or published.

EVALUATION: You are invited to submit any comments you may have on the Internet Site or Application Software by e-mail, including any information about errors, bugs, crashes, failures, unexpected results, other problems, as well as any workarounds you have developed. You agree that The Developers shall have, and You hereby assign to The Developers, any and all right, title and interest in and to any suggested modifications, design changes, features or improvements to the Internet Site or Application Software that You suggest, without the payment of any consideration there for, and The Developers shall have the right to use, in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever, any information provided by You hereunder.
 
GOVERNING LAW: These terms and conditions shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts to which the parties hereby submit.