17-06-2025
Please read these Equipment Data User Terms (Terms) carefully before you access and use the resources and tools on the Equipment Data service (the Service).
These Terms form a legal agreement between the User, as applicable (you and your), and Jisc (Jisc, us, we and our) as the provider of the Service.
By using the Service in any way, you agree to be bound by these Terms. Use of the Service includes browsing the Service website, accessing or using the resources, records, guidance and tools provided on it.
If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Service.
In order to submit an Equipment Register to the Service, you will need to follow the submission process as set out on the Service website and complete the associated submission form (Submission Form), agreeing to the licensing and data processing provisions and confirming acceptance of these on behalf of your affiliated UK higher education or research institution (Institution).
You agree that Jisc may access, store and use any personal information that you provide to us in accordance with (i) these Terms and (ii) the Jisc's Privacy Notice as set out above. You should read the Privacy Notice before completing the Submission Form and you should not provide us with any of your personal information if you do not agree to these Terms or the Privacy Policy.
The submitting Institutions' Equipment Registers and Equipment Records are made available to Users under a CC0 copyright waiver affirmation arrangement or unconditional licence (where such waiver does not apply). This means that Users are free to copy, modify and distribute the Equipment Registers and Equipment Records, even for commercial purposes, without asking permission.
All other content (excluding the Equipment Registers and Equipment Records) available on the Service website is the copyright of Jisc or licensed to Jisc. Subject to Section 7 and the paragraph below, and in consideration of the mutual obligations and promises as set out in these Terms (the sufficiency of which is acknowledged by you and us) we hereby grant you a licence under these Terms to use this content under these terms.
We are not responsible for the content of any website that is linked to by the Service or within a resource (whether under the control of Jisc or not). Any link is not intended to be, nor should be construed as, an endorsement of any kind by us.
If anything on the Service is found to infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party we will remove this as soon as possible after it is made aware of such infringement. If you think this is the case then please get in touch at help@jisc.ac.uk.
If you submit an Equipment Register to the Service, your Institution will be required to associate the Equipment Register with a CC0 affirmation to enable us to use and make available the Equipment Register and the Equipment Records within the Service.
All users shall:
Users shall not:
Where Jisc reasonably believes or suspects that a User is in breach of these Terms (or any other term referenced herein), Jisc may take such action as it deems appropriate (at its discretion), including:
The Service website may contain materials which are owned by or licensed to Jisc and which are not subject to the licensing arrangements described in Section 4 above.
Any content not explicitly licensed under these Terms or any Creative Commons licence should be assumed to be the property of Jisc. Such content will include (but is not limited to) logos and trading names (including but not limited to the Jisc trade mark), certain text, photographic and video images, sound recordings and the design, layout and appearance of and graphics contained within the Service (Jisc Materials). Jisc Materials are protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You agree that you will not use Jisc Materials for any purpose whatsoever, except for the use of the Service or Service as permitted under these Terms.
We may (without notice) update the Service from time to time and may change or update the guidance and resources available on the Service website at any time.
The Equipment Registers, Equipment Records and any guidance and resources made available on the Service website may be out of date at any given time, and Jisc is under no obligation to update these. Jisc does not guarantee that the Service website, any guidance, resource or any Equipment Register or Equipment Record will be free from errors or omissions.
If you have an issue or concern with any of the content on the Service website then please get in touch at help@jisc.ac.uk.
Jisc is not responsible for the content of any website (whether under the control of Jisc or not) that is linked to on the Service website or within a resource. Any link is not intended to be, nor should be construed as, an endorsement of any kind by us.
Jisc does not guarantee that the Service or the Service website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Service and use of the Equipment Registers, Equipment Records, guidance and other resources is permitted on a temporary basis. Jisc will not be liable to you or to any third party if for any reason the Service or the Service website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
To the extent permitted by law, Jisc excludes all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to the Service, the Service website or any Equipment Register, Equipment Record, guidance or resources made available on it, whether express or implied. In particular, Jisc excludes all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms:
That any Equipment Register, Equipment Record, guidance or other resource will be of satisfactory quality or fit for purpose
In respect of the suitability of any Equipment Register, Equipment Record, guidance or other resource contained on, or accessed via the Service website
In respect of the content of websites linked on the Service website
That any Equipment Register, Equipment Record, guidance or other resource complies with applicable laws and regulation (including local laws which a resource may be subject to)
That use of the Service website or any Equipment Register, Equipment Record will be compatible with all hardware and software
That the Service or Service website will be bug or virus free, or that access to the Service website will be uninterrupted
That the use of Service or Service website or any content on it, will deliver a specific outcome for Users or
That defects in Service or Service website (including defects in the Equipment Registers or Equipment Records) will be corrected
If Jisc is liable to you in relation to your use of the Service for any cause whatever, and regardless of the form of the action then, unless the law says otherwise, we will only be responsible to you for loss or damage you suffer (i) that is a foreseeable result of our breach of these Terms; and (ii) up to a maximum of five hundred pounds Sterling (£500)
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits Jisc's liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law
By using the Service or Service website, each User agrees that, if Jisc suffer any losses, damages or expenses as a result of that User's use of the Service or Service website, that User will reimburse Jisc for any such losses that are incurred as a result of that User's breach of (or failure to comply with) these Terms or any Equipment Register and Equipment Record licensing arrangement
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Jisc has an internal complaints procedure. We aim to handle all complaints efficiently and quickly. If you have complaints regarding the Service, please visit our Complaints page for further instructions.
Jisc's performance under these Terms will be suspended for the period that such events set out above continues, and Jisc will have an extension of time to carry out their obligations under any contract for the duration of that period. Where possible, Jisc will use reasonable efforts to bring such event detailed above to a close or to find a solution.