Terms and Conditions for use of Web Sites and Services

The Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site and Payment Resource Area is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein and within the Payment Resource Area terms and conditions. Your use of the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site and Payment Resource Area constitutes your agreement to all these terms, conditions, and notices.

Content and Modification of the Terms and Conditions

Hourglass Business Consulting reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site, Payment Resource Area and other services are offered. This page contains the Terms and Conditions for use of the Hourglass Business Consulting Web site. Additional Terms and Conditions for other services can be found here:

• Payment Resource Area
• Delivery of Services

Links to Third Party Sites

The Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site contains links to other Web Sites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Hourglass Business Consulting and Hourglass Business Consulting is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Hourglass Business Consulting is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. Hourglass Business Consulting is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Hourglass Business Consulting of the site or any association with its operators.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

As a condition of your use of the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site, you warrant to Hourglass Business Consulting that you will not use the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Sites.

Use of Communication Services

The Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with Hourglass Business Consulting the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:

• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
• Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
• Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
  Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
• Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
• Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
• Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
• Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
• Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
  Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
• Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent.
• Violate any applicable laws or regulations.

Hourglass Business Consulting has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Hourglass Business Consulting reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Hourglass Business Consulting reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

Hourglass Business Consulting reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Hourglass Business Consulting's sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or others in any Communication Service. Hourglass Business Consulting does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, Hourglass Business Consulting specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorised Hourglass Business Consulting spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Hourglass Business Consulting.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

Materials Provided to Hourglass Business Consulting or Posted at and Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site

Portal:PortalName does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Hourglass Business Consulting (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site or its associated services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting Hourglass Business Consulting, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Hourglass Business Consulting is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in Hourglass Business Consulting's sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

Liability Disclaimer

The information, products and services included in, or available through the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Hourglass Business Consulting and/or its suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site at any time. Advice received via the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site should not be relied upon for personal, legal or financial decisions and you should consult an appropriate professional or Hourglass Business Consulting directly for specific advice tailored to your situation.

Hourglass Business Consulting and/or its suppliers make no representations about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness and accuracy of the information, products, services and related graphics contained on the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site for any purpose to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. All such information, products, services and related graphics are provided “as is” without warranty or condition of any kind.

Hourglass Business Consulting and/or its suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to the information, products, services and related graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Hourglass Business Consulting and/or its suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for loss, data or profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site, with the delay or inability to use the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site or Related Services, the provision of or failure to provide services, or for any information, products, services and related graphics obtained through the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site, or otherwise arising out of the use of the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, even if Hourglass Business Consulting or any of its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages. Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site or with any of these Terms of Use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site.

Termination/Access Restriction

Hourglass Business Consulting reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.

Copyright and Trademark Notices

This Web Site and its content is copyright of “Hourglass Business Consulting” - © “Hourglass Business Consulting” 2006-2008. All rights reserved. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

• you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only
• you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Legal

This web site is aimed at users in the United Kingdom. Where UK regulatory authorities have jurisdiction over the contents of this web site, Hourglass Business Consulting has attempted to ensure compliance with the requirements of such regulatory body. No representation or warranty is made as to whether the information available in this web site complies with the regulatory regime of countries other than the United Kingdom. Use of the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site is unauthorised in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Hourglass Business Consulting as a result of this agreement or use of the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site.

Hourglass Business Consulting's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Hourglass Business Consulting's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site or information provided to or gathered by Hourglass Business Consulting with respect to such use.

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Hourglass Business Consulting with respect to the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Hourglass Business Consulting with respect to the Hourglass Business Consulting Web Site. Users registered to access the Payment Resource Area also agree to the additional Terms and Conditions applicable to the Payment Resource Area.

A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent an d subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.

The Courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all claims or disputes arising in relation to, out of or in connection with this web site and its use and these Terms.