Terms Of Use

This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website, searchkindred.com (“our site”), whether as a guest or a registered user (including an individual, company, charity, brand, church, or ministry). Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the site. By using our site as a guest or registered user, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must refrain from using our site.

We use Google in order to provide certain services and functionality available via our site. Therefore, your use of our site is also subject to Google’s terms of use, available at https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/help/terms_maps.html or any other link shown when accessing such services and functionality.

Last updated: June 2023

Information about us

Searchkindred.com is a site operated by Kindred Connect Ltd. In these terms, references to “we”, “our” and “us” are references to Kindred Connect Ltd, trading as Kindred. We are registered in England and Wales under company number 14925297 and have our registered office at 8-12 Creekside, C/O Gaff Cafe, London, United Kingdom SE8 3DX.

Your Information

Information about you and your visits to our site We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By using our site, you consent to such processing, and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Accessing our site

Access to our site is subject to the eligibility requirements detailed below. Access is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if, for any reason, our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our site or our entire site to guests and registered users alike.

If you choose, or you are provided with, a username, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any username, identification code, or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time if, in our opinion, you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

When using our site, you must comply with the provisions of our acceptable use policy (set out below).

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms and that they comply with them.

Protecting your password

When you register with Kindred and choose a password to protect your secure account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. If you become aware of any unauthorised use of your password, we recommend that you change your password immediately and contact us here.

Eligibility

In using the site, you represent and warrant that:

(a) you are legally capable of entering into binding contracts, and

(b) that you are at least 18 years old.

If you are using the site or registering an account on behalf of a charitable organisation or business (including a limited company), you warrant and represent that you have the requisite authority to do so and to bind the organisation or business to these terms of use and any additional terms applicable to your use of the site.

Use of the site

In using the site you:

(a) shall comply with all UK and foreign laws and regulations which apply to your use of the site wherever you are physically located;

(b) shall not provide any false information to us or the site, including but not limited to your name, age, location, email address or other information requested. If we believe you have provided false information, we reserve the right to terminate your user account;

(c) shall be solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the site. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor any dispute between you and another user;

Certain features and services available via the site are subject to additional terms and conditions and you agree to comply with those if using the relevant features and/or services.

Acceptable use policy

You may only use our site for lawful purposes.

You also agree not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:

(a) any part of our site;

(b) any other user account;

(d) any software used in the provision of our site; or

(e) any equipment or network or software owned or used by any relevant third party.

You undertake not to:

(a) transmit, post or email information, pictures or any other material (Content) via the site without having permission from the party that owns the intellectual property rights in such Content;

(b) transmit, post or email Content via the site which breaches, infringes, violates or is contrary to any law, by-law, statute or regulation or any other parties’ rights (including but not limited to intellectual property rights and privacy rights);

(c) use the site (without our permission, for example bypassing registration) to promote another site, service or business in any way including but not limited to posting any e-mail addresses or URLs;

(d) send any junk email (spam) or chain letters to other users;

(e) transmit, post or email any Content or be involved in behaviour, which in our opinion is explicit, racist, abusive, threatening, bullying, harassing, libellous or obscene or encouraging illegal activity;

We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of our site. If we deem a breach has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate including suspension or termination of your user account and deletion of Content.

Trade marks

“Kindred”, “Kindred”, plus any other related trade marks or logos used on our site are trade marks of Kindred Connect Limited. You are not permitted to use any of these marks without our express written consent.

Uploading material to our site

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload data and/or material to our site, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with the Content standards set out in our acceptable use policy. You warrant that any such contribution complies with those standards, and you indemnify us for any breach of that warranty.

Any Content you upload to our site for public display will be considered non-confidential. You hereby grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual and irrevocable licence to use, copy, amend, distribute and disclose to third parties any such Content for any purpose associated with the operation of our site. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any Content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any Content posted by you or any other user of our site. You warrant that you are able to licence the Content that you upload to our site to us and that our use of such Content will not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other party.

Reliance on information posted, commentary and other materials posted on our site are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We, therefore, disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

Our site changes regularly We aim to update our site regularly and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Our liability

The material displayed on our site is provided without any guarantees, conditions, or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we, and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude:

All conditions, warranties, and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law, or the law of equity.

Any liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including, without limitation any liability for:

loss of income or revenue;
loss of business;
loss of profits or contracts;
loss of anticipated savings;
loss of data;
loss of goodwill;
wasted management or office time; and
for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.

This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Transactions with third parties & links from our site

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. Contracts for the supply of any goods or services formed as a consequence of the use of our site through our site shall be governed by the terms and conditions of supply of the relevant party supplying those goods or services. We will have no involvement, liability or obligations in relation to any contracts that you form with any third parties.

Third parties shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 in relation to any agreement between us and you.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

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.

Variations

We may revise these terms of use 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 made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.

Jurisdiction and applicable law

These terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

The English and Welsh courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site, however we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant jurisdiction.