Terms & Conditions

This page provides information relating to general website usage, copyright, virus issues, linking to third party sites and acceptable use of the website. It’s important that you are aware of your own rights in respect to what you can – and cannot – do on the CCW website. Users of the CCW Blog are also subject to CCW’s Blog Terms and Conditions of use [click link to open].

CCW makes every effort to ensure the information published on this web site is up to date and accurate but cannot accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions. CCW reserve the right to make changes without notice.

If you find anything that causes concern please email the web editor [details on this page] or contact us through our online form.

Copyright

These pages, unless otherwise stated, are copyright protected. Reproduction of this material in any form is forbidden without the written permission of CCW. The law of England and Wales applies to the content of this Web site. The CCW logo cannot be used in any form without written permission. Requests to use the logo should be made to:

The Publications Team
C/O Enquiries
Countryside Council for Wales
Maes-y-Ffynnon
Penrhosgarnedd
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2DW

Reports

You may use and reproduce documents on this website free of charge for non-commercial and internal business purposes, except where other copyright is stated. You may reproduce it in any format or medium, provided that you do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and CCW's copyright, and do not use it in a misleading context.

However, any material marked as sensitive and confidential may not be re-used, transferred or published except in strict accordance with the terms of a licence from CCW.

Commissioned research reports

These are reports from research commissioned by CCW. However, the views and recommendations presented in any commissioned reports are not necessarily those of CCW and should, therefore, not be attributed to CCW.

Datasets

You may reproduce datasets on this website free of charge for non-commercial and internal business purposes in any format or medium, provided that you do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and CCW's copyright, and do not use it in a misleading context. To avoid using old information, we recommend that you obtain the latest version from the original source.

Maps/tables/images

Any material marked as sensitive and confidential may not be re-used, transferred or published except in strict accordance with the terms of a licence from CCW.

Virus Issues

CCW makes every effort to virus check information made available for download on this site. CCW cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that may occur from use of downloaded material, we recommend users re-check all downloaded materials with his or her own virus check software.

Third Party Sites

As a service to you, CCW may provide, on this Site, links to web sites operated by other entities. If you use these sites, you will leave the CCW site. If you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. CCW makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not endorse, any linked Web sites or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon. Links do not imply that CCW, endorses, is affiliated or associated with, or is legally authorised to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorised to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of CCW.

Revisions

CCW may revise these Terms at any time by updating this posting. You are advised to visit this page from time to time to review current terms because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these terms may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages on the CCW website.

Our liability to you

These terms and conditions do not exclude our liability (if any) to you for:

personal injury or death resulting from our negligence;
fraud;
any matter which it would be illegal for us to exclude or to attempt to exclude our liability.

We do not guarantee that the CCW website will be compatible with all or any hardware and software which you may use. We do not guarantee that the CCW website will be available all the time or at any specific time. We reserve the right to withdraw or modify the CCW website at any time.

We are only liable to you for losses which you suffer as a result of a breach of these terms and conditions by us. We are not responsible to you for any losses which you may incur which were not a foreseeable consequence of us breaching these terms and conditions, for example if you and we could not have contemplated those losses before or when you access the CCW website. Our liability to you shall not in any circumstances include any business losses that you may incur, including but not limited to lost data, lost profits or business interruption.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all aspects whatsoever of these terms and conditions or of any term of these terms and conditions will be governed by the law of England and Wales.

The English and Welsh courts will have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions or use of the CCW website.