Developers website terms and conditions
Disclaimer
Our disclaimer should be read in conjunction with our privacy policy.
The Register of Scotland (RoS) Developers website and content is provided 'as is'. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
The content on our site is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
Our site is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or will be uninterrupted or error free.
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied.
We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, delict (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with use of, or inability to use, our site or use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.
We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Using Developers website
Our website is maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you of our site constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions.. We may at any time revise these terms and conditions without notice, and therefore they should be regularly checked. The continued use of the site after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change.
You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party. Such restrictions or inhibitions includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption to the normal flow of dialogue within this site.
Information collected is used for internal review, to improve or customise the content and/or layout of the site, and to provide information services to the site users. It is not shared with other organisations for commercial purposes.
Our responsibilities and liabilities to you in providing this site and any associated services are limited as set out in our disclaimer notice.
Online services
A number of our online services have specific terms and conditions that you will be asked to accept when you register for any of our online services
API services
Our API services have specific terms and conditions that you will be asked to accept when you register for the API services.
Copyright and intellectual property rights
The material featured on this site is subject to Crown Copyright.
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated.
The names, images and logos identifying RoS are proprietary marks of RoS. Copying our logos and/or any other third party logos accessed through this site is not permitted without our prior approval.
RoS does not approve, accredit or endorse 3rd parties or allow them to use the logo in their advertising.
Linking to RoS website
You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on this site. We do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our site. However, we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. RoS pages must load into the user's entire window. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
Privacy policy
Our privacy policy explains how we protect and respect the data we collect from you. Your use of this site constitutes acceptance of this policy.
Governing law
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.
These Terms and Conditions were last updated 1 June 2016.