Terms of Use

Access to and use of the HORSE PATROL Website constitutes your acceptance of these Terms of Use, which take effect immediately on your first use of the HORSE PATROL Website.

We reserve the right to change these Terms of Use at any time by posting changes on the HORSE PATROL Website. You are responsible for regularly reviewing information posted online to obtain timely notice of such changes. Your continued use of this site following such changes shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such changes.

Capitalised words used in these Terms of Use and which are not defined below are defined in our Terms and Conditions which appear on the HORSE PATROL Website and which may be accessed by following this link .

1. WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMER – Important Please Read

1.1.  The majority of information which is supplied via the HORSE PATROL Website is collated by us from information provided to us by Data Suppliers. Accordingly, whilst we endeavour to provide a service of the highest quality and to ensure that information which is supplied via the HORSE PATROL Website is accurate, we can not and do not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

1.2.  We further can not and do not guarantee that the HORSE PATROL Website will be accessible at any given time or that the HORSE PATROL Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that the service selected will reach the intended recipient.

1.3.  We provide the HORSE PATROL Website and the HORSE PATROL Service on an "as is" basis and make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to the HORSE PATROL Website the HORSE PATROL Service or their operation or content.

1.4.  We do not represent or warrant that information available on the HORSE PATROL Website or via the HORSE PATROL Service is accurate, current or complete, and we disclaim any and all representations and warranties, including but not limited to any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose to the full extent permitted by the applicable law.

1.5.  We shall not be liable to you or be deemed to be in breach of any agreement by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any obligation if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond our reasonable control

1.6.  Except in the case of death or personal injury caused by our negligence or that of our Data Suppliers and except in the case of fraudulent misrepresentation:

1.6.1.  In no event shall we or any of our Data Suppliers be liable to you or to any other person or entity, in any manner (including negligence) for loss or damages of any kind arising from the use of the HORSE PATROL Website or the HORSE PATROL Service, including but not limited to direct, indirect, actual, incidental, punitive, special or consequential damages, lost income, revenue or profits, lost or damaged data, or other commercial or economic loss, that result from your use of, or inability to use, the HORSE PATROL Website or the HORSE PATROL Service, even if HORSE PATROL has been advised of the possibility of such damages or such damages are foreseeable. by using the HORSE PATROL Website and the HORSE PATROL Service you agree that this limitation will apply to all services, content, goods or services available through the HORSE PATROL Website or the HORSE PATROL Service; and

1.6.2.  Without limiting the effect of clause 1.6.1, you agree that in no event shall our total liability to you for all damages, losses and causes of action of any kind exceed the amount, if any, you have paid us for any goods or services purchased from us.

1.7  HORSE PATROL makes every effort to ensure that its computer infrastructure is error and virus-free but does not warrant that any material available for downloading from the Website will be free from infection, viruses and/or other code that has contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the accuracy of data input and output.

1.8  The information on the HORSE PATROL Website is not intended to address your particular requirements. Such information does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation by us and is not intended to be relied upon by you in making (or refraining from making) any decisions. You should take your own advice and/or make specific enquiries and independently verify any information before relying upon it. HORSE PATROL provides its website as a portal to help people find stolen or missing horses and equine-related property. Although HORSE PATROL may provide search assistance and related services to persons filing reports with HORSE PATROL, HORSE PATROL does not provide legal advice of any kind and does not mediate disputes. The HORSE PATROL main goal in publishing information is to help ensure the safety and well being of horses and to create a strong online equine community.

2.  RESTRICTIONS ON USE

2.1.  Other than by agreement with us, you may not do any of the following:

2.1.1.  Use the HORSE PATROL Services or the HORSE PATROL Website or any Reports other than for your personal use;

2.1.2.  With the exception of the use of HORSE PATROL Links, use the HORSE PATROL Services or any material from the HORSE PATROL Website to advertise or sell goods or services;

2.1.3.  Take the results of the HORSE PATROL Services (including any Reports) and copy, reformat, reproduce or distribute them, save for the purposes of viewing and storing them on your computer and printing them for your personal use;

2.1.4.  Make any hypertext links directly or indirectly to pages hosted on the HORSE PATROL Website; or

2.1.5.  Frame any part of the HORSE PATROL Website.

2.2.  You must not use the HORSE PATROL Service or the HORSE PATROL Website to:

2.2.1.  Make copies of any material on the HORSE PATROL Website, other than for the purposes of and in the course of accessing and using the HORSE PATROL Website;

2.2.2.  Engage in any conduct which may be unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable:

2.2.3.  Impersonate any person or entity;

2.2.4.  Copy any significant proportion of the HORSE PATROL Website, including for the purposes of creating your own database or for providing any service to any person which is similar to or the same as the HORSE PATROL Service;

2.2.5.  Harass any person;

2.2.6.  Breach or violate any law or regulation;

2.2.7.  Knowingly supply or submit any inaccurate information to us; or

2.2.8.  Disrupt the HORSE PATROL Service or the HORSE PATROL Website.

3.  USE OF ACCESS DEVICES

With the exception of applications commonly known as web browsers and “web bots” or “spiders” used by reputable search engine providers, you agree not to use any software, program, application or any other device to access or log on to our computer systems or the HORSE PATROL Website to facilitate the process of obtaining, downloading, transferring or transmitting any content or material whatsoever.

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. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

4.  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All trademarks, copyright works and any other intellectual property used on or in relation to the HORSE PATROL Website are our property or licensed for use to us by a third party and no rights to use such intellectual property are granted to you.

5.  LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

The HORSE PATROL Website may contain links to internet sites maintained by others ("third-party sites"). These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by us of the content on those third-party sites. We are not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and do not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third-party sites. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.

6.  APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION

English law shall apply to these Terms of Use and you and we submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in relation to any dispute which may arise from or in relation to them.