Terms & Conditions

Please read carefully these web site terms and conditions before using the website (the ‘Website’).

Access to and use of the Website is provided by Visit Coventry on behalf of Coventry City Council and is subject to the following Terms and Conditions (the ‘Terms and Conditions’).

In using this Website you indicate your agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. In doing so, you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of any other documents referred to and incorporated into these Terms and Conditions, and the expression ‘Terms and Conditions’ shall include these other materials.

Use of information

For the prevention and detection of crime we may submit your information to law enforcement or government authorities if so requested by them.

Web statistics

Web statistics about your visit to our site are collected automatically. This information is used to help us follow browsing preferences so that we can regularly improve our website. These statistics do not contain personal data.

Location awareness

If your experience would be improved by our website knowing your location, we will ask permission to obtain your current location from your device. This can include coordinates, direction of travel and the time the data was recorded. This location data is not tracked and is used in providing specific service requests.

E-mails / forms

In some areas of the Council website, we may ask you to register your name and e-mail address. We may also collect personal data from you if you complete any forms or if you contact us with comments or specific requests. The personal data collected will only be used for the specified purpose(s), stated on the form and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. E-mails to councillors are confidential between yourself and your councillor.

If you are using a public computer and do not wish others to be able to go back to view the details you have typed into a form on the web it is advisable to clear the contents of the form and your cache (temporary internet files) before leaving the computer.

Disclaimer

Although we make reasonable efforts to keep the information on this website up-to-date and accurate, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date. Coventry City Council, its employees or agents will not be held responsible for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of reliance on such information.

Links to other websites

Occasionally, links from our site lead to pages maintained by other organisations. These links are provided for your convenience and do not imply that Coventry City Council endorses or supports those organisations, the information on their pages, or their products or services in any way. These sites are not under the control of Coventry City Council and we are not responsible for their content. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of linked pages. However, if you find a broken link on a page, please contact us.

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, the design and layout and all the material published on this website is the copyright of Coventry City Council.

We authorise you to view and download the material on this website only for your personal, non-commercial use. You must keep any copyright or other notices contained in the original material on any of the material you download. Any use of the material on this website, including distribution, requires express written permission from Coventry City Council.

Changes to the website

You acknowledge and accept that Visit Coventry may from time to time alter any aspect of the Website, or any of the services or products provided through the Website, as it thinks fit and without notice to you. Further, Visit Coventry may alter the Terms and Conditions at any time without notice. You accept that you will have no claim for breach of contract or otherwise in respect of any such alteration.

User Conduct

You warrant that in your use of the Website, you shall:

(a) use only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use of these services by any third party;

(b) not engage in any conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person;

(c) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) above, not upload, post, transmit or distribute any material or information in which you do not own the intellectual property rights, or any material which is in any way unlawful or which is potentially harmful, threatening, abusive, libellous, pornographic or otherwise obscene, or racially or ethnically or otherwise objectionable; and

(d) not upload, post, transmit or distribute any material or information which contains a computer virus, time bomb, Trojan horse, worm or other code, files or programs intended or having for effect to disrupt or otherwise adversely affect the operation of the Website, or of other Users’ computer systems.

Visit Coventry shall be entitled to remove any material or restrict or terminate your access to the Website or all other relevant services attributed to Visit Coventry in the event that any of the above warranties are breached.

Disclaimer

The contents of the Website (the ‘Contents’) are provided to you by way of general background information only. You should not rely on the accuracy of any part of the Contents. You accept and acknowledge that Visit Coventry, its officers, employees and representatives of any sort shall not in any way be liable for any damage, loss, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from your downloading of any of the Contents from the Website, or your reliance on or use of any of the Contents for any purpose. Without prejudice to the foregoing generality, Visit Coventry hereby exclude, insofar as permitted by law, all warranties and representations, express or implied, in respect of any of the Contents, including but not limited to any information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons forming part of them, including but not limited to warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or any law, compatibility, security and accuracy.

Termination

Visit Coventry reserves the right to terminate forthwith, or to refuse to permit, the use of the Website by any User, at any time and at Visit Coventry’s absolute discretion.

General

These Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to include any other policies contained on the Website from time to time, including but not limited to rules relating to the data protection policy of Visit Coventry, as set out in the ‘Privacy Policy’.

These Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy and any other specific terms of use appearing anywhere on the Website constitute the entire agreement of the parties in relation the use of this site, and the Terms and Conditions supersede any other agreements between the parties in this matter.

If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that term or condition is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from the Terms and Conditions and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

The rights of Visit Coventry and you under these Terms and Conditions may be exercised as often as necessary. They are cumulative and not exclusive of either party’s rights under the general law, and may be waived only in writing. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right is not a waiver of that right.

Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England. Any disputes arising here from shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England.

Non-acceptance of the terms and conditions

If you do not accept these terms and conditions in full, you do not have permission to access the Contents of the Website and therefore should cease using the Website immediately.