Introduction

Thanks for using the Graduates in Security Website (https://www.grinse.org “we”, “us”, “our”). By using our website, you (“the user”, “end user” “visitor to the website”) confirm you are agreeing to accept, agree to be bound and abide by the following terms and conditions of use set out below for the use for our website, including any content or functionality offered by or through our website.

Please therefore read the following regulations carefully before you start to use our website to ensure you understand and accept the conditions of being a user on Graduates in Security. By proceeding on our website, you are obliged to follow Graduate in Security’s rules and regulations. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions of use, please exit our website.

We have set the Terms and Conditions of Use to cover:

·     Who We Are

·     Using Graduates in Security

·     Intellectual Property Rights

·     Trademarks and Copyrights

·     General Disclaimer

·     Limitation of Liability

·     Indemnification

·     Third Party Links

·     Linking to Graduates in Security

·     Geographic Restrictions

·     Privacy Protection

·     Modifying our Terms and Conditions of Use and Our Website

·     Contact Us

Who We Are

Graduates in Security is an educational online platform designed to support students and graduates seeking a career in the security field by providing them with FREE advice and resources, based on personal experiences of professionals in the security field.

We are committed to maintaining a professional, trustworthy and useful service for our users. We are also committed to maintaining the privacy of our users. For more on this, please see our Privacy Policy.

While Graduates in Security is powered by Squarespace, who have their own Terms and Conditions of Service here, we have added the following additions for your information. 

Using Graduates in Security

Don’t misuse Graduates in Security! We are a platform dedicated to providing FREE advice, information and resources for students and graduates seeking a career in security. We are not a company. We just want to help!

The user is responsible for making all arrangements necessary to have access to our website, including having suitable software and technological solutions to run our website. You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our website through your Internet connection are aware of our Terms and Conditions of Use, and that they comply with them.

Any person using our website does so at their own risk, including following our advice, or using our resources and information presented in it. Any person who relies or uses the information contained in our website is solely responsible for verifying the information and obtaining further advice if required. Please note the user shall be responsible for any actual or potential economic or legal law suite against Graduates in Security as a consequence of that user’s wrongdoing.

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend our website, and any material we provide on our website, without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of our website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time we may restrict access to some parts of our website, or the entire website, to users – e.g. when updating or conducting maintenance.

By using our website, you represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age or older.

Intellectual Property Rights

Using our website does not give you ownership of any intellectual property rights to its contents, features and functionality including but not limited to information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, design, selection and arrangement thereof including brand and the information in our website or the content you access. These are owned by Graduates in Security and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

You may not use content from our website unless you obtain permission from us or are otherwise permitted by law. Do not remove, obscure, or alter any legal notices displayed in our website. You must not modify any copies of any materials from our website, use any illustrations, photographs, video, or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the accompanying text or delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from our website.

You can use our website for your personal, non-commercial use only. The user is not entitled to use Graduates in Security as a platform for marketing and promoting their own personal goods or services or distributing or using any information from our website for commercial purposes or personal financial gains. You cannot reproduce, sell or exploit any part of our website, access to our website or use of our website or any materials available through our website for commercial purposes.

If this occurs, you are in breach of the Terms and Conditions of Use of our website, your right to use our website will cease immediately and you must return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Graduates in Security.

Any use of our website not expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions of Use is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

Trademarks and Copyrights

This Website is owned by Graduates in Security and, unless otherwise noted, we own the copyright to all materials and information provided herein. All trademarks, related names, related brand dress, logos, emblems, symbols, designs and slogans, and all combinations, forms and derivations thereof as are currently or hereafter used by us, whether or not such marks are currently registered, are trademarks of Graduates in Security, unless otherwise noted.

You must not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute or use any material from our Website without the prior written permission of Graduates in Security. You may not use any logo of Graduates in Security as a “hot” link to any other website unless the establishment of such link is approved by us in advance and in writing. Nothing is this Agreement should be construed as granting, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademarks displayed on our website without the express written permission of Graduates in Security or the trademark owner.

General Disclaimer

We maintain our website features using reasonable levels of skill and care and we hope that you will enjoy using them. But there are certain things that we don’t promise about our Graduates in Security.

Other than as expressly set out in these terms and conditions os use or future terms and conditions of use, Graduates in Security makes no specific promises about the features on its website nor make any commitments about the content within our website, the specific functions of this, or their reliability, availability, or ability to meet your needs or expectations.

The information presented on or through our website is made available solely for general information purposes. We provide the functions on our website “as is” and “as available” In short, we do not make any promises that if you use our information or advice on our website you will be guaranteed to get a job or ahead in your career!

Continuing from this, we do not warrant the security, accuracy, reliability, completeness, quality, usefulness or availability of our information on our website. Any reliance you place on such information, that could be inaccurate, unreliable, contains errors or be interrupted, and could affect your career or finances, is strictly at your own risk, as is the use of our website. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to Graduates in Security, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. Posting links or information on our website does not mean endorsement of that information, especially from third party websites or even where we have recommended information. We are just an information repository, nothing more.

We do not provide investment advice through this website, and the material on this website does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy in any jurisdiction, any securities or memberships or services by Graduates in Security. Graduates in Security will not be responsible for lost profits, revenues, or data, financial losses or indirect, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages over the use of information or functions on our website. In all cases, Graduates in Security will not be liable for any loss or damage that is not reasonably foreseeable.

We cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that our website, files or material available for downloading from the Internet or our website will be free of viruses, destructive code or other harmful components. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our website for any reconstruction of any lost data.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial of service attack (DDS), 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 website, or any items obtained through our website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website (third party website) linked to it.

Our website is also available on mobile devices. Do not use our website in a way that distracts you and prevents you from obeying traffic or safety laws.

Graduates in Security is not a database for the individual user. It is up to the individual user to create back up of the necessary information. Graduates in Security shall not be held liable for the actual or potential loss of data and information on the site regardless of the reason.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will Graduates in Security or anyone affiliated with the website be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use our website, any websites linked to it, any content on our website or other websites, or items obtained through our website, or other websites, including direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injuring, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of review, loss of profiles, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of good will, loss of data, and whether caused by Tort (including negligence) breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Graduates in Security and any people affiliated with it from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from your violation of these Terms of Conditions of Use or your use of our website including, without limitation, any use of our websites content other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Conditions of Use or your use of any information obtained from our website.

Third Party Links

Our Website display’s some content and links that are not Graduates in Security, owned and operated by someone not, or affiliated with us (“third party websites”). If you use these third party links, you leave our website. These links are provided for your information and convenience only and are not an endorsement by Graduates in Security of the content of such linked websites or third parties. Graduates in Security has no control over the contents of any linked third party website and are not responsible for these websites or their content or availability or and loss or damage that may arise from the use of them.

If you decide to access any third party websites and make use of the information contained on them, follow their advice, and/or enter into any contract for the supply of goods or services from such third party, and/or make any donations to such third party, you do so entirely at your own risk. You are also subject to the terms and conditions of use and privacy policies of such third party websites.

Graduates in Security accepts no liability for any damage or loss, however caused, in connection with the use of or reliance on any information, material, products or services contained on or accessed through any such linked website.

Content on third party websites is the sole responsibility of the entity that makes it available. We may review content to determine whether it is illegal or violates our own policies, and we may remove or refuse to display content that we reasonably believe violates our policies or the law. But that does not necessarily mean that we review content of third party websites. Please do NOT assume that we do.

We also are not responsible or have to notify you, of any changes in terms and conditions of use, or privacy policies, from these third party links. Please regularly check their websites for this.

If you do not comply with these terms, and we do NOT take action right away, this doesn’t mean that we are giving up any rights that we may have (such as taking action in the future).

Linking to Graduates in Security

You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but 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 from any website that is not owned by you. Our website must not be framed on any other site.

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Geographic Restrictions

We make no claims that our website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United Kingdom (UK), where Graduates in Security was founded. Access to our website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access our website from outside the UK, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Privacy Protection

Graduates in Security’s Privacy Policy explains how we treat your personal data and information, as well as protect your privacy when you use our website. Graduates in Security is also powered by Squarespace, who have their own privacy policies on what data is collected here.

Modifying Our Terms and Conditions of Use and Our Website

We are constantly improving our website. We may add or remove functionalities or features, and we may suspend or stop a function altogether, or add or create new limits to our website at any time, without notification.  Our content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on our website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material. We may change our website at any time with or without notice. We may suspend access to our website, or close it indefinitely.

We may periodically modify these terms or any additional terms that apply to Graduates in Security, for example, reflect changes to the law or changes to our Website’s terms of use. You should check the terms regularly. We’ll post notice of modifications to these terms on this page. If you do not agree to the modified terms of the website, you should discontinue your use our website.

Graduates in Security is also powered by Squarespace, who have their own Terms and Conditions of Service here, that can also be updated. Please check regularly for any changes that could affect you as Graduates in Security has no control over this content.

The Terms of Conditions of Use presented above constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Graduates in Security with respect to our website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to Graduates in Security.

These terms control the relationship between you and Graduates in Security. They do not create any third party beneficiary rights.

This Terms and Conditions of Use is Effective From 07 May 2019

Contact Us

For any further questions about our terms of conditions of use, please email hello@grinse.org or fill our contact form on our Contact Page.