TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

COPYRIGHT

The contents of this site, including all images and text are protected by copyright. The Material on the Web site is intended for users' educational or research purposes. Users may download or copy the Material provided that they maintain all copyright notices and other notices contained therein, and that the use is personal or academic (classroom use). Commercial use or publication of the Material is specifically prohibited. All other uses of Material are prohibited without prior express written authorization from the Linnean Society.

The Linnean Society of London holds the copyright for all the images of material from the collections displayed on this website, and always needs to be contacted for permission when images are to be reproduced.

MARKS

The trademarks, service marks, and logos (collectively, the "Marks") displayed on this Web site are registered marks of the Linnean Society of London. Any unauthorized use of the Marks, without express license in writing from the Linnean Society of London is strictly prohibited.

ABOUT US

Contact details.

• This site is operated by the Linnean Society of London. You can contact us by email at info@linnean.org.

Other information.

• We are a registered charity in England & Wales with registration number 220509.

YOUR USE OF THIS SITE

In consideration of the Linnean Society of London allowing you access to the Site you agree to accept our terms and conditions of use. Please read them carefully. If you do not accept these terms and conditions of use, do not use the Site.

Our terms and conditions of use may change from time to time. Please review them regularly. If you continue to use the Site after a change has been made to the terms and conditions of use you are deemed to have accepted it.

Fair use of our site. You must not use this site:

• in any way that interrupts, damages or impairs access to this site, or is likely (whether in itself or in combination with the activities of others) to do so.
• for any fraudulent purpose, or in connection with a criminal offence or other unlawful activity.
• to create a database (electronic or otherwise) that includes material downloaded or otherwise obtained from the Site, without written permission from the Linnean Society of London;
• to transmit or re-circulate any material obtained from the Site to any third party, without written permission from the Linnean Society of London;

Other people's rights. You must not use this site to transmit or upload or otherwise publish:

• any material that is defamatory, abusive, obscene, of a harassing nature or in any other way offensive; or
• material that infringes anyone else.s copyright or other intellectual property rights, or that infringes any right of privacy, confidentiality or legal privilege;

Links to our site.

• In creating a link to this site please indicate that we are the source of the information by including an acknowledgement near to/in the link. We would be grateful if you could notify us about the link. Please also ensure that we are not brought into disrepute by the creation of the link; in such cases, we will request the link.s removal (and, if necessary, may bring legal proceedings to seek its removal). Please note that we may move pages on this site or change their address without prior notice.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU

Accuracy of content

• We take reasonable care to ensure that the information appearing on this site is accurate and up-to-date. However, errors and omissions do occur, and you should not take the accuracy of the information for granted, but should check directly with us using the contact details provided on this site. We therefore disclaim all liability for your use of the information on this site.

Viruses

• Whilst effort has been taken to ensure that the Site is free from viruses, Linnean Society Of London gives no warranties that it is indeed free from viruses and you are responsible for ensuring that you have installed adequate virus checking software.
• Linnean Society Of London shall not be responsible for any viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or other material transmitted with or as part of the Site or any other internet site.

Links

• Some of the pages on the Site include links to external websites. These are for your convenience only. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of that website, and we are not liable for the content of any site to which we link.

Intellectual Property Rights

• Linnean Society Of London may publish any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to it or to the Site at its sole discretion and it shall be entitled to make additions or deletions to any such material prior to publication.
• You hereby grant Linnean Society Of London a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and worldwide licence to republish any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to them or to the Site in any format including (without limitation) print and electronic format.
• You hereby waive all of the moral rights that you have under Chapter IV of the of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 in respect of any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to Linnean Society Of London or to the Site.

PRIVACY POLICY

This policy sets out how we use any personal information you submit to us. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of personal information.

If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices please contact us by e-mail at info@linnean.org.

This privacy policy applies to all "personal data" as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998. In this privacy policy, we also refer to personal data as "data", "information" or "personal information".

Personal Data

You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself in any registration or subscription form you complete ("the Registration Information"). You agree to maintain and promptly update the Registration Information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

Linnean Society Of London is registered under, and will process your personal data in accordance with, data protection legislation.

You hereby agree that the Registration Information (and all updates of the Registration Information) and any other information sent to Linnean Society Of London by you or otherwise obtained by Linnean Society Of London about you ("the Personal Data") may be processed by Linnean Society Of London for the purposes of:

1. processing your requests;
2. providing you with information by email or other means;
3. providing you with information about products and services of Linnean Society Of London and other parties;
4. providing a personalised service;
5. maintaining accounts and records;
6. administration of membership records;
7. statistical analysis and conducting market research surveys;
8. assessing and evaluating the use that is being made of the Site; and
9. information and databank compilation and administration.

The processing of the Personal Data may involve Linnean Society Of London disclosing your details to regulatory bodies and/or other third parties. If you do not wish your Personal Data to be disclosed in this manner, please write to The Linnean Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 2ET or email: info@linnean.org.

If you access this website from a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and view personal information held by us (such as your registration details), this will involve transferring that data to the computer you are using to access the website. You should be aware that the country in which you are viewing the data may have less stringent data protection laws than countries within the EEA.

From time to time we may also notify you of other goods and/or services offered by Linnean Society Of London or others. If you prefer not to receive such offers or details, please make this clear by sending an appropriately worded message to Linnean Society Of London.

COOKIES

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.

When you visit the Site we may send you a cookie. Cookies may be used in the following ways:

• to help us recognise you as a unique visitor (just a number) when you return to the Site and to allow us to tailor content or advertisements to match your preferred interests or to avoid showing you the same adverts repeatedly; or
• to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users use the Site and to help us improve the structure of the Site (we cannot identify you personally in this way).

Two types of cookies may be used on the Site, -session cookies, which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site, and persistent cookies, which remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie).

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of the Site if cookies are disabled. If you want to find out more about how to disable cookies please see this external third party website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

The Site uses cookies for collecting user information and the data collected in this way may be processed in the same way as other data submitted to Linnean Society Of London (and outlined above) and for the same purposes.

CHANGE TO PRIVACY POLICY

If we change this Privacy Policy, the amended Privacy Policy will be posted on this website and the revised Policy will take effect once posted. Your continued use of this website after the posting will signify your agreement to the new terms.

ANY QUESTIONS

If you have any questions about our use of data held about you, please do not hesitate to contact us.

TERMS OF BUSINESS

This page tells you the terms and conditions on which we supply to you any of the goods (such as books, magazines or merchandise) or services (such as membership subscriptions and bookings for courses, conferences or events) listed on this site.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before ordering any goods or services from our site. By clicking .Accept. you are confirming that you have read and understood these terms, and that you agree to be bound by them. We recommend you print a copy of these terms (or save them to your hard drive) for future reference.

In these terms:

"our, us, we, Linnean Society" means the Linnean Society of London; and "you, your" means the person ordering goods or services;

Agreement

No contract will exist between us and you until we have received full payment from you and have either (i) given you a written/emailed acceptance of your order or (ii) supplied (or started to supply) the goods or services you have ordered, whichever is the sooner. We reserve the right to decline any order.

You may pay by MasterCard, Visa Debit, Visa Delta, Visa, Maestro/Switch. For membership subscriptions, you may also pay by direct debit.

Upon payment, you will receive an email from us acknowledging your order. Please note this email will not constitute acceptance of your order unless it specifically says so in the email.

1) Prices

The prices of any goods or services will be as set out on our site at the time you place the order. All prices are inclusive of VAT where applicable.

Delivery costs in relation to goods may also be charged, and we will inform you of any delivery costs during the ordering process.

Prices as set out on our site are liable to change at any time, but changes will not affect orders which we have already accepted.

2) Delivery of goods

Subject to availability, we will deliver all goods within 28 days of your placing your order. If we are unable to meet this timescale (for example, goods are unavailable) then we will notify you of this and provide you with a revised timescale. Your right to cancel (see below) will apply in these circumstances should you wish to do so.

All goods will be at your risk from the time of delivery.

3) Provision of services

If any services you order are, or become, unavailable (for example, if a conference, course or event is fully booked, or is cancelled) then we will inform you by email or telephone. We will provide a full refund of all money received from you in respect of those services, but we will have no further liability to you in respect of any cancellation.

4) Your right to cancel

(a) Membership subscriptions

You may cancel any order for a membership subscription at any time within the period of seven working days commencing on the day after we accept your order. In those circumstances we will give you a full refund of your membership fee.

To cancel your membership subscription, please contact us at: Membership Services, Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 2ET or email membership@linnean.org.

Please note that after the seven-day cancellation period referred to above, membership subscription payments are then non-refundable.

(b) Conferences, courses and events

In respect of bookings for Society meetings and events all payments made for tickets are non-refundable.

To cancel an event or course please contact the Events Organisor at Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 2ET, or email us at: info@linnean.org.

(c) Goods

You may cancel an order for any goods at any time from placing the order, until the expiry of seven working days beginning on the day after you receive the goods.

To cancel a contract for goods, you must inform us by writing to: Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 2ET, or by email at info@linnean.org.

You are responsible for returning the goods to us as soon as possible, in the same condition in which you received it, and at your own cost and risk. If you fail to do so within 30 days then we may recover the goods from you yourselves, and you will pay our reasonable costs for doing so.

5) Privacy

Our privacy policy will apply to all information you provide to us in relation to any order. By accepting these terms you confirm you agree to the terms of our privacy policy.

6) Faulty goods

If a fault develops with any goods within six months of your receiving them, then please return the goods to us together with written details of the fault. If an inspection of the goods confirms that they are faulty then we shall replace the goods, or provide a full refund.

If the goods are not faulty but have been damaged by misuse (or any other cause outside our control), then we will return the goods to you upon your paying us our reasonable postage and packing costs.

The provisions of this paragraph are in addition to your statutory rights.

Changes to the Terms and Conditions of Use

Our terms and conditions of use may be changed. Please review them regularly. If you continue to use the Site after a change has been made you are deemed to have accepted it.

Liability

• Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information on the Site, no warranty is given as to its accuracy or completeness.
• Linnean Society Of London cannot guarantee that you will have uninterrupted access to the Site.
• Notwithstanding anything else in these terms and conditions of use, to the fullest extent permitted by law Linnean Society Of London excludes all warranties (whether express or implied) and all liability to you in respect of the Site, its content and your use of it.

Law and Jurisdiction

• These terms and conditions of use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising in relation to the Site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
• If any of these terms or conditions of use should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted and the remaining terms and conditions of use shall survive and continue to be binding and enforceable.

Comments and Complaints

• If you have any comments or complaints to make about the Site please send them to The Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 2ET or: info@linnean.org