Acceptable Use

Acceptable Use Policy - 1 June 2007

These websites www.hebron.co.uk, www.dupre.co.uk, and other websites owned or operated by Hebron from time to time ('Websites') and the services offered on and through the Websites and Hebron and du Pré systems are offered to you by Hebron UK Ltd and du Pré plc ('Hebron').

Please read this Acceptable Use Policy carefully before using Hebron systems or services or the Website or contracting with Hebron through the Website or otherwise. You may not use the Website or their contents or Hebron systems and services for any purpose that is unlawful or otherwise prohibited by this Acceptable Use Policy.

This Acceptable Use Policy was last updated on 1 June 2007.

1.	Acceptance of Acceptable Use Policy
1.1	By accessing any part of the Website or using Hebron systems and services, you shall be deemed to have accepted this Acceptable Use Policy. If you do not accept the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy, you must leave the relevant Website immediately and not use any Hebron systems and services.
1.2	Hebron reserves the right to change or update this Acceptable Use Policy from time to time. Any revisions to this Acceptable Use Policy will be published on the Website and any significant changes that affect your rights will be notified to you by email where you have provided your email address to Hebron pursuant to a contract with us.
1.3	Additional terms of business and/or terms and conditions apply where you enter into any contract with Hebron for Hebron goods and services via the Website or otherwise whereupon these terms and Acceptable Use Policy will form a part of such contract that you have with Hebron.
1.4	This Acceptable Use Policy is in addition to our Privacy Policy and Legal Information and we advise that you read these documents carefully since they set out important information regarding your rights and obligations including the consequences of breaching this Acceptable Use Policy.

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Acceptable Use Policy

2.1

Hebron supports the free flow of information and ideas over the internet and does not actively monitor use of the Website and Hebron systems under normal circumstances. However, Hebron seeks to balance this aim with Hebron’s obligations to other users, third parties and at law. Hebron does therefore conduct random checks or investigations from time to time to ascertain compliance with this Acceptable Use Policy and to comply with or investigate any enforcement agency or police request or other complaints. Hebron also therefore requires that, in using the Website and Hebron systems or services, you do not: 2.1.1 say or do anything that would cause annoyance, inconvenience, harassment or needless anxiety to others; 2.1.2 advertise or promote third party or your own products or services by way of the distribution of 'spam' mail; 2.1.3 use foul, threatening, offensive language, or sexually explicit language; 2.1.4 make insulting remarks to or about other users of the Website or Hebron systems, Hebron or third parties; 2.1.5 distribute illegal, copyright infringing, indecent or offensive material or any messages or content that may incite disorder or encourage illegal activities or that causes or may cause harm to minors; 2.1.6 impersonate Hebron or another person; 2.1.7 transfer files that contain viruses, trojans or other harmful programs; 2.1.8 use the Websites, Hebron systems or services to conduct any fraudulent activity including, without limitation, any 'pyramid scheme', 'ponzi scheme' or 'chain letter'; 2.1.9 breach or otherwise fail to comply with relevant licence terms in connection with any hardware or licensed content that you access via the Websites, Hebron systems and services; 2.1.10 connect any insecure computer hardware or other machines to the Hebron systems which may be exploited by third parties to carry out activities that are in breach of this Acceptable Use Policy; or 2.1.11 access or attempt to access the accounts of other users or to penetrate or attempt to penetrate the Websites or Hebron’s security measures. 2.2 Hebron may take any or all of the following action at its discretion: 2.2.1 remove any material that, in Hebron's sole discretion may be inappropriate or that Hebron may suspect to be illegal, may subject Hebron to liability, damage Hebron's reputation or which may violate this Acceptable Use Policy or where Hebron is required to do so by law; 2.2.2 issue you with verbal or written warnings and take such further action as Hebron deems appropriate if such warnings are not heeded; 2.2.3 suspend or terminate your access to any or all of the Websites or Hebron systems and services without notice at any time; 2.2.4 inform the appropriate authorities and provide them with information regarding any suspected illegal activity; or 2.2.5 bring legal action against you or any other user in relation to any breach by you or such other user of this Acceptable Use Policy or any illegal or suspected illegal activity. Hebron will determine what action is appropriate to be taken against a user on a case by case basis. 2.3 Your breach of this Acceptable Use Policy may also give rise to termination of or further action under any contract you may have with Hebron. 2.4 You acknowledge that Hebron may be required by law or regulation to access, monitor, store or copy material sent by you or to you or other users without further notice. 2.5 In addition to the obligations set out in Clause 2.1, you agree that in using the Websites, Hebron services and systems, you will at all times comply with all relevant laws and regulations. 2.6 You agree to compensate us for any loss or damage that may be caused to Hebron (including reasonable legal costs) as a consequence of your breach of any of Clauses 2.1, 2.2, 2.5 and 3.2.

3.	Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights
3.1	Your use of the Websites, Hebron systems and services grants no rights to you in relation to copyright, trade marks or other of Hebron's intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of third parties including Hebron's licensors.
3.2	You may not, without limitation, copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, broadcast, record, transmit, commercially exploit, communicate to the public, or otherwise use the content included in or provided via the Websites, Hebron systems and services except for your own personal, non-commercial use or where Hebron expressly gives you a right to do so on a case-by-case basis. Subject to the above, you may download insubstantial excerpts of such content to your hard disk for the purpose of viewing it provided that no more than one copy of any information is made.

4.	Registered Company Details
4.1	You can write to Hebron UK Ltd at their registered address:
4.2	Company Registration Number - 3491759
4.3	Registered in England and Wales
4.4	Registered Address - Vo-Tec Centre, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire. RG14 5TN

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