This website is maintained by Havant Borough Council (HBC website) for information and communication purposes.
Access to the HBC website site (www.havant.gov.uk) is subject to the following terms and conditions and, by accessing the site, users are bound by them.
The council may at any time revise these terms and conditions by updating this page and so users should revisit this page when using the site.
This page was last updated on Monday 13 July 2020.
Using the HBC website
The HBC website is maintained for your personal use.
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.
We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time.
By using this site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using our site.
Online government services or transactions
When using HBC website you may access an online government service or transaction that is delivered by another government department or agency.
Each of these services will have its own terms and conditions or end user licences that apply only to that service.
Users of any service should make sure they have read the relevant terms and conditions before completing that transaction.
Linking to and from the HBC website
We welcome and encourage other websites to link to the information that is hosted on these pages, and you don’t have to ask permission to link to the HBC website.
However, we don’t give you permission to suggest that your website is associated with, or endorsed by Havant Borough Council.
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Using website content
HBC website content is published under the Open Government Licence, and you can reproduce information from the site as long as you obey the terms of that licence.
The material featured on this website is subject to crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.
Disclaimer
While we make every effort to keep the HBC website up to date, we don’t provide any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to the accuracy of the information on the site.
We don’t accept liability for loss or damage incurred by users of the website, whether direct, indirect or consequential, whether caused by tort, breach of contract or otherwise, in connection with our site, its use, the inability to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it.
This includes loss of:
- income or revenue
- business
- profits or contracts
- anticipated savings
- data
- goodwill or injury to reputation
- opportunity
- tangible property
- wasted management or office time
- losses suffered by third parties
- any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of our sites regardless of the form of action
This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
Information about you and your visits
We process information about you in accordance with our privacy policy.
By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production, however you must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing this website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system.
We can’t accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.
Viruses, hacking and other offences
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.
You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site.
You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them.
Governing law
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
General
We accept no liability for any failure to comply with these terms and conditions where such failure is due to circumstance beyond our reasonable control.
If we waive any rights available to us under these terms and conditions on one occasion, this does not mean that those rights will automatically be waived on any other occasion.
If any of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions shall nevertheless continue in full force.
Revisions to these terms
We may at any time revise these terms and conditions without notice.
Please check these terms and conditions regularly, as continued use of the HBC website after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change.