About our terms and conditions

This page provides information about who we are and the legal terms and conditions that may apply to your use of www.icst.org.uk and any product or service you order from us.

Part B: Website Terms of Use

The Website Terms apply to your use of the ICST website at www.icst.org.uk (the “Website”) and to any order you place on the Website. The Website Terms apply regardless of how you access the Website, including any technologies or devices by which ICST makes the Website available to you at work, home, or on the move. You must read these Website Terms carefully, and we recommend that you print and keep a copy for your future reference. By accessing, browsing, using, registering with, or placing an order on the Website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to these Website Terms in their entirety. If you do not agree to these Website Terms in their entirety, please do not use this Website.

All legal notices on this Website which relate to your use of the ICST Website together with all applicable terms and conditions and our Privacy Policy govern your use of this Website.

Your use of this website

You may only use this Website for lawful purposes and you may not use it in a way that infringes the rights of anyone else or that restricts or inhibits anyone else’s enjoyment of the Website.

You may not, without our prior written consent, copy, reproduce, crawl, frame, republish, download, print, post, distribute, re-post, broadcast, record, transmit, edit, communicate to the public, link to, deep-link into, or distribute in any way the web pages or materials on the website or the computer codes or elements comprising the Website other than solely for your own personal or internal business use. You may not use the content of the Website for any commercial purposes whatsoever.

Use of this website from outside the UK

Except where otherwise specified on this Website, the materials on this Website are displayed solely for the purposes of promoting The ICST’s products and services available in the UK. However, ICST may accept orders for delivery to locations outside of the UK subject to customs, legal, regulatory and certain practical restrictions. Those who choose to access this Website from locations outside the UK or place orders for delivery to locations outside the UK are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

Ownership of Rights

All rights, including copyright and other intellectual property rights, in and to this Website are owned by or licensed to ICST.

Your use of the website and its contents grants no rights to you in relation to our intellectual property rights, or that of third parties, in the website or its contents. By submitting information (other than your personal data), text, photos, graphics or other content to the website you confirm that we have the right to use the same and grant us a right to use such materials at our own discretion (with or without accreditation) in any media including, without limitation, to edit, copy, reproduce, disclose, post and remove such materials from the website.

You further agree to execute all such documents and do all such acts and things as we may reasonably require in order to assign any such rights to us and to waive any moral rights you acquire in or to the Website.

Ownership of Submissions guidelines

Other than personal data (which is subject to our Privacy Policy) all comments, messages, blogs, feedback, suggestions, questions, ideas, artwork, images, product or marketing ideas and any other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to ICST on or through the website or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered by you (collectively, “Submissions”) shall become and remain the property of ICST once submitted. You must comply with the content standards set out in these terms. You warrant that you own or have the right to use any Submissions and that your Submissions will comply with these standards and guidelines.

Social networking site guidelines

These terms also govern any Submissions you make on any ICST related third party website or page such as our Facebook page, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram or social networking site. All comments, images, videos and any other type of material posted on any third party social networking site do not necessarily reflect the opinions or ideas of ICST or its employees and ICST is not responsible for any such content. In any event, all material posted on any third party social networking site must comply with these terms and the third party social networking sites’ Terms of Use, as applicable.

Intellectual Property Rights

A disclosure, submission or offer of any Submissions and your agreement to these terms and conditions shall constitute an assignment to ICST of any intellectual property rights. Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload material to our site, including questions, or to make contact with other users of our site or to make Submissions on any ICST related third party website or page, you must comply with the content standards set out below and these terms. Any third-party advertising on Clinical Science and Technology pages of third party social networking sites are not the responsibility of, or endorsed by Clinical Science and Technology. All rights, including copyright on ICST pages are owned by or licensed to Clinical Science and Technology. Any use of any ICST social networking pages or their contents, including copying or storing them in whole or in part, other than for your own personal, non-commercial use is prohibited without the permission of ICST. By making a Submission you confirm that the Submission is your own and that the content does not infringe the material, trade marks or intellectual property of others.

Confidentiality

Any material you upload to our Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any material in the Submissions for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to our site or any ICST related third party social networking site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of our Website. We have the right to remove any Submissions you make on our Website if, in our opinion, such Submission does not comply with the content standards set out below.

Rules for Submissions

You must be 18 years of age or older and registered to post a submission. Suppliers or manufacturers are not eligible to post a submission.

Please be polite and only write in English (or the applicable language for the ICST Website on which you are posting a submission). If you require an immediate response from us or have a comment about our service please contact us directly for a quicker response.

Submissions should not include:

• profanity, blasphemy, spiteful, racist, sexually explicit, sexually gratuitous or discriminatory comments or content that might be considered to be harassment, abuse or threats against the personal safety or property of others
• comments about other reviewers or bloggers
• remarks that repeat criminal accusations, false, defamatory or misleading statements
• material which impersonates others or personal information about anyone, including yourself, such as phone numbers, postal addresses or credit card numbers
• spam or advertising
• third party brand names or trade marks
• HTML code, computer script or website URLs
• availability, price or alternative ordering or delivery information
• information about Clinical Science and Technology suppliers, partners or manufacturers.

The ICST, in its absolute discretion, reserves the right to not publish the Submission or remove it, take any appropriate action if deemed necessary or remove reviews which relate to expired products which are no longer available.

Please let us know if you see any Submissions which do not comply with our rules.

Accuracy of Content

To the extent permitted by applicable law, ICST disclaims all representations and warranties, express or implied, that content or information displayed in or on this Website is accurate, complete, up-to-date and/or does not infringe the rights of any third party.

The views expressed in user generated content are the opinions of those users and do not represent the views, opinions, beliefs or values of ICST or any of its associated companies.

Damage to your computer or other device

The ICST uses reasonable efforts to ensure that this Website is free from viruses and other malicious or harmful content. However, we cannot guarantee that your use of this Website (including any content on it or any website accessible from it) will not cause damage to your computer or other device. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the right equipment (including antivirus software) to use the Website safely and to screen out anything that may damage or harm your computer or other device. Except where required by applicable law, ICST shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage they suffer as a result of viruses or other malicious or harmful content that they access from or via the Website.

Links to other websites

We have placed links on this Website to other websites we think you may want to visit. We do not vet these websites and do not have any control over their contents. Except where required by applicable law, ICST cannot accept any liability in respect of the use of these websites.

Exclusions of liability

We exclude all representations, warranties, conditions and terms (whether express or implied by statute, common law or otherwise) to the fullest extent permitted by law. We accept no liability for any losses or damages which are not reasonably foreseeable arising out of or in connection with these Website Terms or your use of the Website.

Other legal notices

There may be legal notices on other areas of this Website which relate to your use of the Website, all of which will, together with these Website Terms govern your use of this Website.

Third party rights

Only you and ICST shall be entitled to enforce these Website Terms. No third party shall be entitled to enforce any of these Website Terms, whether by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.

Entire Agreement

These Website Terms set out the entire agreement between you and us and supersede any and all prior terms, conditions, warranties and/or representations to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Law, jurisdiction and language

Any matter that arise out of your use of this Website (including any contract entered between you and us through the Website) shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. All contracts shall be concluded in English.

Changes to these Website Terms

We reserve the right to change and update these Website Terms from time to time and recommend that you revisit this page regularly to keep informed of the current Website Terms that apply to your use of the Website. By continuing to access, browse and use this Website, you will be deemed to have agreed to any changes or updates to our Website Terms.

Part C: General Terms and Conditions of Sale

These general terms and conditions of sale (“General Terms and Conditions of Sale”) apply to any order you place through www.icst.org.uk (the “Website”). These General Terms and Conditions of Sale apply regardless of how you access the Website, including via any technologies or devices by which ICST makes the Website available to you at home or on the move. You must read these General Terms and Conditions of Sale carefully. By placing an order through the Website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to these General Terms and Conditions of Sale in their entirety. If you do not agree to these General Terms and Conditions of Sale in their entirety, you must not order any product or service through the Website.

Liability

There are certain liabilities which we cannot exclude by law and nothing in these General Terms and Conditions limits our liability for personal injury or death caused by our negligence or for fraud.

You have certain rights as a consumer, including legal rights relating to faulty or misdescribed goods. For further information about your legal rights in the UK, contact your local authority Trading Standards Department or Citizen’s Advice Bureau. Nothing in these General Terms and Conditions will affect these legal rights and, in particular, we will perform our obligations under these General Terms and Conditions with reasonable care and skill.

Any products we supply to you will be of satisfactory quality. If we deliver a product to you that is not of satisfactory quality, you can contact us for a repair or replacement or, where this is not possible, for a refund.

We are only responsible for losses that are a natural, foreseeable consequence of our breach of these General Terms and Conditions. We will not be liable to you if we are prevented or delayed from complying with our obligations under these General Terms and Conditions by anything you (or anyone acting on your behalf) does or fails to do or due to events which are beyond our reasonable control.

You must follow any advice we give you to keep products we supply to you safe (including any instructions or product manuals provided with the products). We cannot accept liability for damage to products we have supplied which is caused by your failure to follow this advice.

In any event we will not be liable for any losses related to any business of yours including (without limitation) lost data, lost profits, lost revenues or business interruption.

Assignment, waiver and third party rights

We may update or amend these General Terms and Conditions of Sale from time to time to comply with law or to meet our changing business requirements without notice to you. Any updates or amendments will be posted on the Website.

You may not assign or sub-contract any of your rights or obligations under these General Terms and Conditions of Sale to any third party unless we agree in writing.

We may assign, transfer or sub-contract any of our rights or obligations under these General Terms and Conditions of Sale to any third party at our discretion.

No relaxation or delay by us in exercising any right or remedy under these General Terms and Conditions of Sale shall operate as waiver of that right or remedy or shall affect our ability to subsequently exercise that right or remedy. Any waiver must be agreed by us in writing.

If any of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale are found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the rest of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale shall remain in full force and effect.

Only you and we shall be entitled to enforce these Terms of Sale. No third party shall be entitled to enforce any of these Terms of Sale, whether by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.

These General Terms and Conditions of Sale are governed by the laws of England and Wales and any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Part D: Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect about you when you use the Website, and you can view our Privacy Policy Privacy Policy. Please note that when you agree to these Website Terms you shall be deemed also to have read, understood and agreed to our Privacy and Cookie Policy in its entirety.