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Disclaimer:
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Unless otherwise indicated, this Website and its contents are the
property of The University of Oxford, whose administrative offices
are at Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD (“the University”). The
copyright in the material contained on this Website belongs to the
University or its licensors. The trademarks appearing on this
Website are protected by the laws of England and by international
trademark laws.
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The information on this Website has been prepared solely for the
purpose of providing selected information about the University, its
subsidiary companies and organisations with which it is associated;
and about the respective services which they offer.
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The University does not make any warranty that information
contained on this Website, or on any site linked to this Website,
is complete, accurate or uptodate; and the University is not
responsible for the results of reliance on any such
information.
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The University does not make any warranty that use of the Website
will be uninterrupted, virusfree or errorfree; or that use of the
Website will not affect other software or operating systems used to
access the Website. Any warranties provided under the general law
are expressly excluded to the fullest extent possible. In
particular, the University does not warrant that use of the Website
will not infringe the rights of any other person or organisation;
nor that the Website is of reasonable quality or fit for any
particular purpose, even if the University has received notice of
an intention to use the Website for that purpose.
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Unless expressly stated otherwise, opinions given on this Website
are those of the individuals making them, and not those of the
University. The University is not responsible for such opinions or
any claims resulting from them.
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To the extent permissible by law, the University accepts no
liability for any loss or damage which may be suffered by other
parties as a direct or indirect result of using this Website
(including loss of profit, loss of opportunity, loss of business,
and consequential loss).
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Subject to the above, those gaining access to this Website are
authorised to make use of the Website (and of any chatrooms and
interactive facilities which are available through it) for any
lawful purposes. The following is a nonexclusive list of uses which
are expressly prohibited:
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unlawful Copying of copyright material;
- misrepresenting
the user's identity or authority;
- distributing
any type of virus or other device intended to cause nuisance, loss
or corruption of any information on the Website or accessed through
it, or of any systems used to operate the Website or any systems
accessed through it;
- tampering
with communications which are not the user's, or making any
alteration to any information on the Website;
- accessing
or attempting to access other parties' user accounts;
- hacking
or attempting to hack any part of the Website, or any system used
to run it, or any system accessed through the Website;
- disrupting
the flow of communications in interactive areas;
- storing
personal data derived from the Website;
- posting
material which:
- infringes
intellectual property rights;
- defames
or threatens other people or organisations;
- is
offensive, obscene or hateful, or which other users of the Website
are likely to consider offensive, obscene or hateful.
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Use of this Website by members of the University is also subject to
the University's Rules for Computer Use.
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These terms are governed by English law, and the Courts of England
have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to them.
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If any of these terms is found to be illegal or unenforceable by a
court of competent jurisdiction, the term(s) in question will be
severed; but the remaining terms will continue in force.
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The University collects e-mail addresses and other contact details,
together with any comments provided voluntarily via this Website.
The University also collects information on what pages are visited.
This information is used to improve the content of the Website and
to make contact for marketing purposes and for the supply of
information.
It is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales licence.
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