Conditions of Use

	Using WorldSecurity-Index.com: Conditions of Use and Important User Information

We have designed WorldSecurity-Index.com to provide a source of comprehensive and relevant information for both the personal consumer and the business-to-business user. It is our wish that you find your use of WorldSecurity-Index.com interesting and enjoyable.

The following terms and conditions are important things that you should know before using or accessing WorldSecurity-Index.com. These affect both your rights and our rights (so please read them carefully).

In order to extend and increase the range of goods and services we work closely with a number of other organisations who provide some of the content made available to users. Where applicable, we will indicate where these third-party organisations are involved or have rights or interests in the services being provided.

We are continuously seeking ways of improving WorldSecurity-Index.com and the goods and services available to users. If you have any comments or suggestions relating to your use of WorldSecurity-Index.com, please contact us.

	Conditions of Use

	Using WorldSecurity-Index.com: Accessing Third Party Sites

While using WorldSecurity-Index.com you will likely access third-party Web sites through search results displayed on WorldSecurity-Index.com and links contained on WorldSecurity-Index.com. Such third-party Web sites are not under the control of KNM Media LLP and KNM Media LLP is not responsible for the availability of such sites or their contents.

Any links provided on WorldSecurity-Index.com are provided for your interest or convenience only and do not represent or imply any endorsement by KNM Media LLP of such linked site. You acknowledge that the use of such third-party Web sites is governed by the terms and conditions of use applicable to such sites.

Searches of the World Wide Web on WorldSecurity-Index.com are conducted by an automated system. KNM Media LLP makes no representation or warranty, either express or implied as to the accuracy, currency, content or quality of such search results. Additionally, your searches of the World Wide Web using WorldSecurity-Index.com may produce results or link you to sites that you may find inappropriate or offensive.

KNM Media LLP shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly for the accuracy, content, timeliness, completeness, legality, reliability, quality, suitability, merchantability or decency of any information, advice, content, service, product or merchandise contained in sites listed in WorldSecurity-Index.com or linked to WorldSecurity-Index.com.

	Conditions of Use

	Using WorldSecurity-Index.com: Public Access

WorldSecurity-Index.com is owned, operated and made available by KNM Media LLP.

1. Application of these Conditions of Use

By accessing or using any part of WorldSecurity-Index.com you agree to be bound by the following conditions of use. If you do not wish to be bound by these conditions, you may not access or use WorldSecurity-Index.com.

We may change these conditions at any time without any notice to you. By your continued access and use of WorldSecurity-Index.com you agree to be bound by the most current version of the conditions of use. Please check these conditions periodically for any changes that have been made.

2. Copyright

Except where otherwise noted, the content of WorldSecurity-Index.com Web pages (including the design, text, graphics and arrangement thereof) and the software used therein, is the property of and is owned and controlled by KNM Media LLP and is the copyright material of KNM Media LLP or its associated content-provider organisations.

Information displayed as WorldSecurity-Index.com Search results is extracted from a copyright work owned by KNM Media LLP. This compilation is a copyright work. © KNM Media LLP Ltd 2001.

ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED.

3. Trademarks

"WorldSecurity-Index.com" and "KNM Media LLP" are service marks of KNM Media LLP. WorldSecurity-Index.com™ is a trademark of KNM Media LLP. All other trademarks, product names and company names or logos cited anywhere on WorldSecurity-Index.com are the property of their respective owners.

4. Permitted Uses

Save as provided below, no materials from WorldSecurity-Index.com may be copied, downloaded, reproduced, broadcast, shown or played in public, republished, uploaded, posted, stored, transmitted or distributed in any way or adapted or changed in any way.

Subject to applicable third-party content-providers' licences, you may electronically copy and print in hard copy, portions of WorldSecurity-Index.com for your personal use only. You are not permitted to sell or trade in material so copied. Any other use, modification, distribution or republication without the prior written consent of KNM Media LLP is similarly strictly prohibited.

5. No Licence

Except as expressly provided, nothing contained in these conditions or anywhere on WorldSecurity-Index.com shall be construed as conferring any licence under any of KNM Media LLP's or any third party's intellectual property rights.

6. Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties

WorldSecurity-Index.com is provided by KNM Media LLP on an "as is" and "as and when available" basis to users. You use WorldSecurity-Index.com at your own risk.

KNM Media LLP and its associated content-provider organisations make considerable efforts to make information made available via WorldSecurity-Index.com as accurate as possible but no warranty or fitness is implied.

Neither KNM Media LLP nor any of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, affiliates, agents, third-party content providers, sponsors, licensers, or the like, makes any representation or warranty or condition, either express or implied, to you:
· that WorldSecurity-Index.com will be uninterrupted or error-free,
· that WorldSecurity-Index.com or the computer server from which WorldSecurity-Index.com is made available, are free of viruses or other harmful components,
· to the accuracy, content, timeliness, completeness, legality, reliability, quality or suitability of any information, advice, content, service, search results, products or merchandise provided through WorldSecurity-Index.com.

KNM Media LLP makes and you receive, no representations, warranties or conditions, express or implied, statutory or otherwise with respect to:
· WorldSecurity-Index.com, its content, merchandise, services, documents, information, items or materials provided by KNM Media LLP in connection with the use of WorldSecurity-Index.com; or
· any goods or services or information received through or advertised on WorldSecurity-Index.com or received through links provided on WorldSecurity-Index.com,
including without limitation no representations, warranties or conditions of merchantability, suitability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of proprietary rights or otherwise.

No oral advice or written information given by KNM Media LLP or its affiliates, or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, providers, merchants, sponsors, licensers, or the like, will create a representation, a warranty or condition nor should you rely on any such information or advice.

In jurisdictions that do not allow the exclusion or disclaimer of certain warranties, the above exclusion may not apply to you.

7. Provision of Advice

KNM Media LLP is not an agent for and does not vouch for those persons, companies and other organisations whose goods or services may be displayed or referred to in WorldSecurity-Index.com, nor for the availability, suitability or prices of such goods and services nor for the legal entitlement, competences, professional qualifications, trade certifications, or memberships of trade associations of such persons, companies or other organisations.

KNM Media LLP advises users to satisfy themselves as to the exact type and nature of goods or services being offered or qualifications held by those persons, companies and other organisations whose goods or services may be displayed or referred to in WorldSecurity-Index.com.

WorldSecurity-Index.com may make available certain information provided by third parties. KNM Media LLP recommends that before you use any such information with respect to any issues or questions that you may have relating to medicine, law, accounting or any other profession you seek advice from a qualified professional.

WorldSecurity-Index.com may make available certain financial information provided by third parties, including information regarding industries, companies, stocks, investments and securities. Such investment information is for information purposes only and you should not construe it as investment advice or use it for trading or investing purposes. Financial investments bear varying degrees of risk. KNM Media LLP strongly discourages you from making any investment decision based upon information that you cannot confirm and strongly recommends that you seek advice from a qualified financial advisor before you make any financial investment.

8. Limitation of Liability

Neither KNM Media LLP nor its associated content-provider organisations seek to limit or exclude liability for death or personal injury arising from their negligence.

Under no circumstances will KNM Media LLP or any of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, affiliates, agents, sponsors, licensers, or any other party involved in the creation, production, maintenance or distribution of WorldSecurity-Index.com be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages (including but not limited to loss of profits, business, anticipated savings, goodwill, use of data or other intangible losses) that result from either:
· the use and reliance on WorldSecurity-Index.com; or
· the inability to use WorldSecurity-Index.com; or
· mistakes, omissions, interruptions, suspension, termination, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation, transmission or service response time, or any failure of performance with respect to WorldSecurity-Index.com including without limitation those arising from acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorised access to KNM Media LLP's records, programs or services; or
· merchandise, products or services received through or advertised on WorldSecurity-Index.com and merchandise, products or services received through or advertised on any links provided on WorldSecurity-Index.com; or
· information or advice received through or advertised on WorldSecurity-Index.com and information or advice received through or advertised on any links provided on WorldSecurity-Index.com; or
· any information, data, text, messages and other materials that you email, post upload, reproduce, transmit or is otherwise distributed using WorldSecurity-Index.com.
KNM Media LLP is unable to ensure or guarantee the security of any information transmitted over the Internet. Any information or data which you transmit to or by using KNM Media LLP is done at your own risk and KNM Media LLP shall not be responsible or liable for any damages or injury that may result from transmitting such information.

If any jurisdiction does not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9. Miscellaneous

These conditions and any and all documents specifically referenced herein constitute the entire agreement between you and KNM Media LLP with respect to the subject matter hereof. If any provision contained in these conditions is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from these conditions and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

10. Jurisdiction and Governing Law

These conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England. KNM Media LLP controls WorldSecurity-Index.com from within the country of England. It can, however, be accessed from other places around the world. Although these places may have different laws from those of England, by accessing WorldSecurity-Index.com you agree that the laws of England, without regard to rules relating to conflict of laws, will apply to all matters relating to your use of WorldSecurity-Index.com. You and KNM Media LLP also agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts, with respect to such matters. Users of WorldSecurity-Index.com accessing it from places outside of England acknowledge that they do so voluntarily and are responsible for complying with local laws.