Terms of Use
Introduction
Welcome to www.osrl.com (“our site”). These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of our site. By using our site, you agree to comply with and be bound by these terms. If you do not agree, you must refrain from using our site.
About Us
Our site is operated by OSRL (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 1808594, and we have our registered office at 3 Waterside Place, 3rd Floor, Town Quay, Southampton, SO14 2AQ, United Kingdom.
Changes to These Terms
We may update these terms at any time by publishing changes on this page. Your continued use of our site after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.
Changes to Our Site
We reserve the right to update, modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of our site at any time. While we strive to ensure the accuracy of the content, we do not guarantee that all information is current, complete, or error-free.
Accessing Our Site
Our site is provided free of charge, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access. We may suspend or withdraw our site without notice and will not be liable if it is unavailable at any time.
User Accounts and Security
- If you choose or are provided with a user account, password, or other credentials, you must treat this information as confidential and not share it with anyone. We do not accept any responsibility or liability in the event of a misuse of your user account or other credentials.
- If we suspect misuse of your account, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access.
- You must notify us immediately if you suspect any unauthorised use of your account.
Intellectual Property Rights
- We own or license all content, trademarks, logos, and intellectual property on our site.
- You may print or download content for personal use but must not modify it or use it for commercial purposes.
- No automated scraping, copying, or reproduction of content is permitted.
Uploading Content to Our Site
- If you submit, upload, or post any content, you grant OSRL a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, distribute, and modify that content.
- You must ensure that your content does not infringe third-party rights or contain harmful material.
- We may remove or take down any content at our discretion.
Prohibited Uses
You must not:
- Use our site for unlawful, fraudulent, or malicious purposes.
- Upload viruses, malware, or harmful software.
- Interfere with our site’s functionality.
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems.
Violation of these rules may result in account suspension, termination, or legal action.
No Reliance on Information
The content on our site is for general information only and is not intended as legal, technical, or professional advice.
Limitation of Liability
- We do not guarantee that the site will be error-free or fit for a specific purpose.
- We are not liable for any losses arising from:
- Use or inability to use the site.
- Inaccuracies in content.
- Security breaches, hacking, or data loss.
- If you are a business, we are not liable for lost profits, revenue, or goodwill.
Viruses and Security
- We take reasonable security measures but do not guarantee the site is free from viruses.
- You are responsible for securing your devices and ensuring that any content downloaded from our site does not contain harmful elements.
Linking to Our Site
- You may link to our homepage, provided the link does not damage our reputation or misrepresent an affiliation.
- 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.
- You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.
- Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.
- We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
- The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).
- We reserve the right to withdraw linking permissions without notice.
Third-Party Links and Resources
Our site may contain links to external websites. These are provided for information only, and we do not endorse or accept responsibility for their content.
Governing Law & Jurisdiction
- If you are a consumer, these terms are governed by English law, and any disputes will be resolved in England and Wales.
- If you are a business, you agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining terms shall continue in full force.
Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between OSRL and the user regarding site usage and supersede any prior agreements.
Contact Information
For questions regarding these Terms of Use, contact us at:
Email: legalteam@osrl.com
Acceptable Use Policy
Introduction
Welcome to www.orsl.com ("Website"), operated by OSRL. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). This policy outlines the permitted and prohibited uses of our Website to ensure a safe and lawful experience for all users.
www.osrl.com is a site operated by OSRL (“we” or “us”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 1808594, and we have our registered office at 3 Waterside Place, 3rd Floor, Town Quay, Southampton, SO14 2AQ, UK.
Permitted Use
You may use this Website for lawful purposes, including:
- Accessing information about OSRL’s services, resources, and insights.
- Engaging with educational content on oil spill response, crisis management and other topics.
- Contacting OSRL for legitimate business or support inquiries.
- Downloading and using publicly available materials in compliance with this policy.
Prohibited Use
You must NOT use this Website:
- For unlawful activities – Including but not limited to violating any applicable local, national, or international laws or regulations.
- To engage in fraudulent activities – Including any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
- To harm minors – Including any attempts to harm or exploit minors in any way.
- To transmit or upload harmful content – Including viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware, or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
- For unsolicited communications – Including sending or procuring the sending of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
- To reproduce, duplicate, or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our terms of website use.
- To interfere with the site's operation – Including accessing without authority, interfering with, damaging, or disrupting:
- any part of our site;
- any equipment or network on which our site is stored;
- any software used in the provision of our site; or
- any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
Content Standards
These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (contributions), and to any interactive services associated with it. You must comply with the spirit and the letter of the following standards. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole.
Contributions must:
- Be accurate (where they state facts).
- Be genuinely held (where they state opinions).
- Comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.
Contributions must not:
- Contain any material which is defamatory of any person.
- Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful, or inflammatory.
- Promote sexually explicit material.
- Promote violence.
- Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
- Infringe any copyright, database right, or trade mark of any other person.
- Be likely to deceive any person.
- Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
- Promote any illegal activity.
- Be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety.
- Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person.
- Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
- Give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case.
- Advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
Suspension and Termination
We will determine, at our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of our site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.
Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the terms of use upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
- Immediate, temporary, or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
- Immediate, temporary, or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our site.
- Issue of a warning to you.
- Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
- Further legal action against you.
- Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.
We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
Changes to This Policy
We may revise this AUP at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.
Governing Law & Jurisdiction
This AUP is governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from this policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in England and Wales.
For any questions regarding this policy, please contact us at legalteam@osrl.com.