A-Team Terms & Conditions
A-Team Consulting, Ltd. (trading as A-Team Group)
5 Sussex Court
50 Roan Street
London , SE10 9JT
T: +44 (0)20 8090 2055
E: info@a-teamgroup.com
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF A-TEAM WEBSITES AND PUBLICATIONS
Important: Please read through these Terms & Conditions (”the Terms”) carefully. You must read these Terms before accessing A-Team’s Websites. By accessing any Websites owned or operated by A-Team Consulting, Ltd. (”the Websites”) or by otherwise accessing any content, software, products or services available through the Websites (”the Content”), you are deemed to have entered into an agreement with A-Team Consulting Ltd. (“A-Team”) and to have agreed to be bound by the Terms set out below.
If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not use or access any of the publications or Websites owned or operated by A-Team.
Websites owned and/or operated by A-Team include but are not limited to:
www.a-teamconsulting.com
www.a-teamconsulting.co.uk
www.a-teamgroup.com
www.a-teamgroup.co.uk
www.a-teaminsight.com
www.a-teaminsight.co.uk
www.referencedatareview.com
www.referencedatareview.co.uk
www.transactionnetworks.com
www.transactionnetworks.co.uk
www.ateaminsight.com
www.ateamconsulting.co.uk
www.ateaminsight.co.uk
www.a-teampublishing.com
www.a-teampublishing.co.uk
www.a-teamresearch.com
www.a-teamresearch.co.uk
www.ateamgroup.co.uk
www.insidereferencedata.com
www.insidereferencedata.co.uk
www.insiderefdata.co.uk
www.insiderefdata.com
Please also see our privacy policy.
1. Definitions
“Terms” means these terms and conditions;
“You/your” means visitor, user, registered user, and/or subscriber to A-Team ’s Websites, and any confidential or other subscription Content we offer or may offer in the future;
“We/us/our” means A-Team Consulting, Ltd. of 5 Sussex Court, 50 Roan Street, London, SE10 9JT;
“Content” means any content, software, products or services made available on or via the Websites or in print. This includes, but is not limited to online and print publications and other services provided solely to users and/or subscribers by us.
2. Access
We will provide you with access to the Websites and Content in accordance with these conditions. You should note that your ability to access the Websites and/or receive the Content will vary depending on whether or not you, or a registered body on your behalf, are paying the subscription fees.
If you wish to have access to the subscription Content made available within restricted areas of the Websites, you will be required to register with us and pay the subscription fees (or have the subscription fees paid on your behalf). If you do not wish to pay the subscription fees, your access to the Websites will be restricted. We may, at our discretion, provide free trials of particular Content and allow free access to certain parties.
A-Team reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access and use of the Websites and/or Content at any time. We may exercise this right with or without notice. If applicable, notice will be given to your email address as notified to A-Team . In that event, notice will be deemed to be served immediately after transmission or posting.
3. Intellectual Property Rights
The term “Intellectual Property Rights” means copyrights, database rights, trade marks, trade names, domain names, rights in logos, get-up and content, inventions, trade secrets and know-how, patents, all rights of whatever nature in computer software and data, all rights of privacy and all intangible rights and privileges of a nature similar to any of the above, in every case in any part of the world and whether or not registered; and including all granted or pending registrations, and all rights to make applications for registration in respect of any of the same.
All Intellectual Property Rights in the Content and design of the Websites and any material emailed to you or otherwise supplied to you in conjunction with our online products are the property of A-Team .
The software, which operates the Websites, is proprietary software and you may not use it except as expressly allowed under these Terms. You may not copy, reverse engineer, modify or otherwise deal with the software.
4. Use of A-Team Content
Content means all material on the Websites and/or Content and all material by email.
Unless otherwise stated, the copyright and similar rights in all material published on the Websites are owned by A-Team , its sponsors or its licensors.
You acknowledge and agree that the material contained within the Websites and/or Content are made available for your use only and are used within the copyright restrictions. You are permitted to print or download extracts from this material for your personal use only; none of this material may be used for any commercial or public use.
You agree not to use, modify or reproduce (and agree not to assist or facilitate any third party to) any A-Team Intellectual Property, including any trademarks, registered or unregistered, for any reason without written permission from A-Team . Use not permitted without permission from A-Team includes, but is not limited to, copying, modifying, adapting, translating, reproducing, transmitting, scanning, publishing, displaying, distributing, archiving, commercially exploiting, re-selling, or creating derivative works (electronically or otherwise). You may not reverse engineer, modify, decompile, disassemble or translate the Websites and/or Content, services, materials or software. You may not display the materials on a public bulletin board, ftp site, other website, chat room or by any other unauthorised means.
Any request for permission to reuse, republish or reprint can be sent to A-Team by emailing our production manager at reprints@a-teamgroup.com or to Production Manager, 5 Sussex Court , 50 Roan Street, London , SE10 9JT , U.K. , and may be subject to a fee. Our status as the authors of any materials must always be acknowledged as determined by us.
If it is brought to our attention that you have indeed sold, published, distributed, retransmitted or otherwise provided access to materials from our Websites and/or Content without the prior written permission of A-Team , we will invoice you for a copyright abuse penalty fee of £1,000 per article, which will be payable immediately upon receipt of the invoice.
5. Registration and Login Responsibilities
When registering within any part of A-Team ’s Websites, you agree to provide true, accurate, correct and complete information, whether in respect of subscription Content or free Content. You may at any time access A-Team ’s privacy policy to understand how we use and protect your personal information.
It is your responsibility to notify A-Team of any changes to that information (in particular your email address) by emailing us at marketing@a-teamgroup.com with the subject ‘Updated Personal Details’.
Each registration is for a single user only. You agree that you, and, in relation to a corporate subscriber, any registered employee, will not impersonate any other person or entity or use a false name or a name that you are not authorised to use. You also agree that you will not disclose your password or username to any other person, or allow your password or user name to be used by any other person to access the Content and/or services. Access through a single name and password being made available to multiple users on a network is not permitted.
You are solely responsible for all use of the Websites and/or Content made by you or anyone else using your user name and password and for preventing the unauthorised use of your user name and password. You agree to notify A-Team immediately if you become aware of any breach of security, such as the disclosure, loss, theft of any username, password or ID or any unauthorised use of a username, password, ID or any other login details, by emailing security@a-teamgroup.com.
If it is brought to our attention that these Terms of use regarding access to A-Team Websites and/or Content using a user name and password have been violated, we will invoice you for a security breach penalty fee of £1,000 per instance (such as times used or products and/or services accessed or downloaded), which will be payable immediately upon receipt of the invoice.
If you use or receive any email service from the Websites, you must not use the service to send, or use or re-use any material which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, libellous, or indecent or which infringes copyright or other rights of third parties, or which contains any other form of illegal content. You must not use the service to send any Spam mails.
A-Team reserves the right to monitor and record activity on the Websites, including access to A-Team Content and/or services.
6. Termination
We reserve the right to decline any application from you to register as a user of the subscription Content and/or the free Content at our sole discretion.
We may, at our discretion, terminate or suspend individual or group access to all or part of the Websites and/or Content with or without cause.
7. Your Obligations
You agree not to use the Websites and/or Content (or any part thereof) for any illegal purpose and agree to use it in accordance with all relevant laws. You agree not to upload or transmit through the Websites and/or Content any computer viruses, macro viruses, Trojan horses, worms or anything else designed to interfere with, interrupt or disrupt the normal operating procedures of a computer. You agree not to upload or transmit through the Websites and/or Content any material that is false, defamatory, profane, indecent, offensive, or of an obscene or menacing character, or that may cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety or that may infringe the rights of others, including the intellectual property rights, confidentiality or privacy of others.
You agree not to use the Websites and/or Content in a way that may cause them to be interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or such that the effectiveness or functionality of the Websites and/or Content is in any way impaired.
You agree that you will not attempt any unauthorised access to any part or component of the Website and/or the Services. You agree that in the event that you have any right, claim or action against any Users arising out of that user’s use of the Websites and/or Content, then you may pursue such right, claim or action independently of, and without recourse to us.
8. Limitation of Liability
While we will use reasonable endeavours to verify the accuracy of any information we place on the Websites and/or the Content, we make no warranties, whether express or implied, concerning the material of the Websites and/or Content. The Websites and Content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any representation or endorsement.
The Content is only for your general information and research purposes only and is not intended to address your particular requirements. In particular, the Content does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation or arrangement by A-Team and is not intended to be relied upon by users in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment, partnership or other decisions. Any appropriate independent advice should be obtained before making any such decisions. The Content should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation of any third-party supplier, product or service. Any arrangements made between you and any third party named on the Websites and/or Content are at your sole risk and responsibility.
A-Team expressly disclaims all warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security, accuracy, conditions of completeness, or any implied warranty arising from course of dealing or usage or trade. We make no warranty that the Websites and/or Content will meet your requirements or will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the site or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy, or reliability of the materials.
In no event will A-Team , its affiliates or other suppliers be liable for direct, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of goodwill or reputation, loss of business information or other pecuniary loss) arising directly or indirectly from the use of (or failure to use) or reliance on the Content, even if A-Team has been advised of the possibility that such damages may arise.
In the event that A-Team incurs any liability whatsoever, the aggregate liability shall not exceed the amount that you originally paid for the service.
9. Force Majeure
A-Team , its affiliates and its information providers will not be liable or deemed to be in default for any delay or failure in performance or interruption of the delivery of A-Team Content resulting directly or indirectly from any cause or circumstance beyond its or their reasonable control, including but not limited to failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other connection problems, computer viruses, unauthorised access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes or natural disasters, strikes or other labour problems, wars, terrorist attacks, or governmental restrictions.
10. Fees and Subscriptions
Access to certain A-Team Websites and/or Content may be subject to a fee or subscription. All payments (including applicable taxes) must be made in advance in either British Pounds Sterling or U.S. Dollars (to be determined by A-Team dependent on the location of the customer). If A-Team does not receive payment within the specified 30-days term from invoicing, interest will be payable under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, set at the current Bank of England base rate plus eight percent and charged daily. If payment is not received in full with the interest amount payable within 60 days, A-Team reserves the right to suspend or terminate access to the Websites and/or Content.
You are responsible for the payment of all charges associated with the use of the Websites using your username, password or ID. All subscriptions and fee-liable Content are deemed to belong to the company unless payment is made by personal cheque or credit card.
On occasion, there may be opportunities to purchase products or services from third-party suppliers via the A-Team Websites. In that event, your contract for such products and/or services will be with the third-party supplier and not with A-Team .
All refunds that relate to A-Team products and/or services are at the discretion of A-Team . Any product specific offers, conditions or terms are stated at the point of purchase for that product. All prices, payment terms and billing methods are subject to change without notice.
A-Team endeavours to ensure all items are priced correctly, however errors may occur. If such a pricing error is discovered, we reserve the right to give you the option of either cancelling your order or reconfirming at the correct price.
The following prices apply to individual one-year subscriptions for A-Team’s serial publications. A-Team reserves the right to discount these rates based on multiple subscriptions and/or site licenses, to be determined by A-Team and the customer.
- A-Team Insight Quarterly - quarterly magazine, £175 or $360 per annum
- Asia Markets IT - monthly newsletter, £225 or $450 per annum
- Electronic Trading - monthly newsletter, £350 or $695 per annum
- Market Data Insight - monthly newsletter, £350 or $695 per annum
- MiFID Monitor - monthly newsletter, £350 or $695 per annum
- Reference Data Review - monthly newsletter, £350 or $695 per annum
Except for A-Team Insight Quarterly, which is delivered via post quarterly at the beginning of each quarter, all other A-Team serial publications are delivered monthly via electronic means (Email or Website) in PDF format, HTML format, or both.
11. Entire Agreement
This Agreement, together with any order form and payment method instructions set forth the entire agreement and understanding between you and us relating to the subject matter herein. Any prior written or verbal agreements are superseded by this Agreement. No oral explanation or oral information given by either of us shall alter the interpretation of these Terms.
12. Miscellaneous
Changes to the Site
A-Team reserves the right to suspend, change, modify, add or remove portions of A-Team Content available on the Websites at any time and to restrict the use and accessibility of the Websites.
Changes to These Terms
A-Team may, at its discretion, add to or change the provisions of this agreement from time to time. All additions and changes will be notified to you by being posted on this page. It is your responsibility as a user to refer to these additions and changes. They will come into effect immediately on being posted and you will be deemed to have accepted them if you make access to the Websites after that time. If you do not wish to accept them, you must terminate this agreement as described above.
Advertising and Sponsorship
Part of the Websites may contain advertising and sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the Websites complies with international and national law. A-Team will not be responsible for any error or inaccuracy in advertising material. Your correspondence with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers or merchants found on A-Team Websites or within A-Team Content, including payment for and delivery of related goods, services and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations, associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser or merchant. You agree not to hold us liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers or merchants on A-Team Websites or within A-Team Content.
Links to Third Party Websites
We may provide links to other websites or resources through our Websites and/or Content. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for the privacy practices or the Content (including defamatory content) of such websites, including (without limitation) any advertising, products or other materials or services on or available from such websites or resources, nor for any damage, loss or offence caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with, the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on such external sites or resources.
Links to Our Websites
You may link to our website homepages, provided you do so in a way that is legal and which does not damage our reputation. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. Our Websites must not be framed on any other site, nor should you establish a link to any part of our Websites other than the home pages, without our prior permission.
Rights of Reply
You may contact us with any comment or complaint about the Content featured within our Websites or Content by contacting either the relevant product editor through details found on the Websites, or emailing info@a-teamgroup.com.
13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law and you hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to settle any dispute that may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms or the legal relationship established by them. Nothing in this clause shall limit our right to take proceedings against you in any other court of complete jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of proceedings in one or more jurisdictions, whether concurrently or not, to the extent permitted by law of such other jurisdiction and jurisdictions.
14. General
You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights under these Terms.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Failure by either party to exercise any right or remedy under these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy. Headings in these Terms are for convenience only and will have no legal meaning or effect.
15. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify us, or any subsidiary or holding company as defined in section 736 and 736A of the Companies Act 1985 and our and their officers, directors and employees, immediately on demand, against all claims, liability, damages, costs and expenses, including legal fees, arising out of any breach of these Terms by you. You shall not enter into any settlement or compromise of any such claim or action without our prior written consent. We may, at our sole discretion, assume and control the defence of such claim or action.
LAST UPDATED: 26 JUNE 2007
