Website terms of use

These are the terms of use for www.torccontracts.com (the Website). The Website is operated by or on behalf of Torc Contracts Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 14341342 with its registered office at Studio 158, The Light Box, 111 Power Road, London, England, W4 5PY.

Your use of the Website will be subject to these terms, and by using it, you agree to be bound by them. Use of your personal data submitted to or via the Website is governed by our privacy and cookies policy, available on the Website.

We reserve the right to change these terms from time to time by posting them on the Website. They were last updated on 14 January 2025. You should check back regularly to ensure you are reading the most up to date version.

Access to the Website

It is your responsibility to ensure that your equipment (computer, laptop, netbook, tablet, or other mobile device) meets all the necessary technical specifications and is compatible with the Website so that you can access and use it.

From time to time, we may restrict access to certain features, parts or content of the Website, or the entire website, to registered users. You must ensure that any registration details you provide are accurate. You are responsible for all activities under the IP address and must notify us immediately of any unauthorised use or other security breach of which you become aware.

We cannot guarantee the Website’s continuous, uninterrupted or error-free operability. There may be times when certain features, parts or content of the Website, or the entire website, become unavailable or are modified, suspended or withdrawn by us, without notice. You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for any unavailability, modification, suspension or withdrawal of the Website or any features, parts or content.

What you are allowed to do 

You may only use the Website for non-commercial use. You may retrieve and display content from the Website on a computer screen, print and copy individual pages and, subject to the next section, store such pages in electronic form.

What you are not allowed to do 

Except to the extent expressly set out in these terms, you are not allowed to:

• take content or store content of the Website on a server or other storage device connected to a network or create an electronic database by systematically downloading and storing all the content of the Website;
• remove or change any content of the Website or attempt to circumvent security or interfere with the proper working of the Website or the servers on which it is hosted;
• create links to the Website from any other website without our prior written consent; although you may link from a web website that you operate provided the link is not misleading or deceptive and reasonably indicates its destination, you do not imply that we endorse you, your website, or any products or services you offer, you link to (and do not frame or replicate) the home page of the Website, and the linked website does not contain any content that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, vulgar, indecent, offensive or which infringes on the intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party;
• conduct, facilitate, authorise, or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to the Website or any services provided via, or in relation to, the Website 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 the Website 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.

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

You must only use the Website and anything available from the Website for lawful purposes (complying with all applicable laws and regulations), in a responsible manner, and not in a way that might damage our name or reputation or any of our affiliates.

All rights granted under these terms will terminate immediately if you breach any of them.

Viruses

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

You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful, or otherwise harmfully interacting with the Website or any part of it. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website or any other equipment or network connected with the Website. You must not interfere with, damage, or disrupt any software used in the provision of the Website or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party on which the Website relies in any way. You must not attack the Website 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 the Website will cease immediately.

Intellectual property rights

We own all intellectual property rights in the Website content (including text, graphics, software, photographs and other images, videos, sound, and logos). Except as expressly set out here, nothing in these terms gives you any rights concerning our intellectual property. You acknowledge that you do not acquire ownership rights by downloading content from the Website.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from the Website for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on the Website.

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 content on the Website must always be acknowledged (except where the content is user-generated).

You must not use any part of the content on the Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of the Website in breach of these terms, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made (except that you are permitted to print off a copy of these terms).

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content, nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Website features and content

Use of your data in connection with any application you make to us will be subject to our privacy and cookies policy.

We may occasionally change the Website’s format, features, and content. You agree to use the Website on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis at your sole risk.

We ensure that content on the Website consists of information, that we are the source, and that it is correct. You acknowledge that the Website may make content available from several sources for which we are not responsible. In all cases, information on the Website is intended to be limited to authority or advice on which reliance should be placed. Before acting on such information, you should check with us or the relevant information source.

We make or give no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, currency, correctness, reliability, integrity, quality, fitness for purpose or originality of any content of the Website and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all implied warranties, conditions or other terms of any kind are hereby excluded. We accept no liability for any loss or damage incurred by you or anyone else using the Website or relying on its content.

External links

The Website may occasionally include links to external Websites, which may contain links to third-party offers and promotions. We include these to provide access to information, products or services that you may find helpful or interesting. We are not responsible for the content of these websites or anything they offer and do not guarantee that they will be continuously available.

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you.

Whether you are a consumer or a business user:

• We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents, or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
• Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any products or services to you, which will be set out separate terms and conditions.

If you are a business user:

• We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations, or other terms that may apply to the Website or any content on it.
• We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
  • use of, or inability to use, the Website
  • use of or reliance on any content displayed on the Website.
• In particular, we will not be liable for:
  • loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue
  • business interruption
  • loss of anticipated savings
  • loss of business opportunity, goodwill, or reputation
  • any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

If you are a consumer user:

• We only provide the Website for domestic and private use. You agree not to use the Website 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.
• If defective digital content that we have supplied damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill, we will either repair the damage or pay you compensation.

How we may use your personal data

The Website uses third-party website tracking technologies to provide and continually improve our services, and to display advertisements according to users’ interests. We will only use your personal information as set out in our privacy and cookies policy. Please see our privacy and cookies policy for further information.

Governing law and jurisdiction

If you are a consumer, please note that these terms, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by the laws of England and Wales. We both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction, 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.

If you are a business, these terms, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by the laws of England and Wales. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.