Disclaimer

Last updated: July 29, 2025

This website adheres to The University of Manchester’s disclaimer, which can be found at the following link: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/disclaimer/Information specific to the ThinkingWare sub-domain, in addition to the University of Manchester guidelines, is set out below:

Intellectual property and acceptable use

You may do the following:
1. retrieve, display and view the Content on a computer screen
2. download and store the Content in electronic form
3. print copies of the Content
You may use and adapt the workshop plans and slides to introduce workshops in academic, not-for-profit and commercial settings (note that individual workshop plans may have separate, additional copyright and limitations).
You must not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy, distribute or use for commercial purposes any Content without the written permission of ThinkingWare Community Interest Company.
You acknowledge that you are responsible for any Content you may submit via the Website, including the legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright of any such Content. You may not upload to, distribute or otherwise publish through the Website any Content that (i) is confidential, proprietary, false, fraudulent, libellous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, infringing on intellectual property rights, abusive, illegal or otherwise objectionable; (ii) may constitute or encourage a criminal offence, violate the rights of any party or otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law; or (iii) may contain software viruses, political campaigning, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.”
You may not use a false email address or other identifying information, impersonate any person or entity or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any content.
You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all the rights to the Content you post; that the Content is accurate; that use of the Content you supply does not violate any provision of these terms and conditions and will not cause injury to any person; and that you will indemnify ThinkingWare Community Interest Company and the University of Manchester for all claims resulting from Content you supply.
You acknowledge that if you submit a plan for review to be displayed in the public workshop plan library that it may be made available to the public, at the discretion of the moderator of the site.

Prohibited use

You may not use the Website for any of the following purposes:
1. in any way which causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or interferes with any other person’s use or enjoyment of the Website;
2. in any way which is harmful, unlawful, illegal, abusive, harassing, threatening or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable law, regulation, governmental order;
3. making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of Content protected by copyright without the permission of the owner.

Registration

You must ensure that the details provided by you on registration or at any time are correct and complete.
You must inform us immediately of any changes to the information that you provide when registering by updating your personal details to ensure we can communicate with you effectively.
We may suspend or cancel your registration with immediate effect for any reasonable purposes or if you breach these terms and conditions.
You may cancel your registration at any time by informing us in writing to the address at the end of these terms and conditions. If you do so, you must immediately stop using the Website. Cancellation or suspension of your registration does not affect any statutory rights.

Availability of the Website and disclaimers

Any online facilities, tools, workshop plans, services or information that ThinkingWare Community Interest Company makes available through the Website (the Service) is provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis. We give no warranty that the Service will be free of defects and/or faults. To the maximum extent permitted by the law, we provide no warranties (express or implied) of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of information, compatibility and satisfactory quality. ThinkingWare Community Interest Company is under no obligation to update information on the Website.
Whilst the University of Manchester and ThinkingWare Community Interest Company uses reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Website is secure and free of errors, viruses and other malware, we give no warranty or guaranty in that regard and all Users take responsibility for their own security, that of their personal details and their computers.
The University of Manchester and ThinkingWare Community Interest Company accept no liability for any disruption or non-availability of the Website.
The University of Manchester and ThinkingWare Community Interest Company reserves the right to alter, suspend or discontinue any part (or the whole of) the Website including, but not limited to, any products and/or services available. These terms and conditions shall continue to apply to any modified version of the Website unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

Limitation of liability

Nothing in these terms and conditions will: (a) limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from our or your negligence, as applicable; (b) limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) limit or exclude any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law.
To the extent that the Website and Content are provided free of charge, we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage of any kind.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of events beyond our reasonable control.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, ThinkingWare Community Interest Company accepts no liability for any of the following: 1. any business losses, such as loss of profits, income, revenue, anticipated savings, business, contracts, goodwill or commercial opportunities; 2. loss or corruption of any data, database or software; 3. any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

ThinkingWare Community Interest Company is incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 06874320Physical address: c/o Joanne Tippett, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, UK

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