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WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

SAFEGUARDING NETWORK LIMITED

Version 1.0 | Last updated: 28th August 2026

These Website Terms of Use explain the rules that apply when accessing and using the Safeguarding Network website and your online account. They cover acceptable use, account security, intellectual property, privacy, website availability, liability and the laws governing use of the website.

Purchases of Safeguarding Network memberships, training and other services are governed separately by our Terms and Conditions.

  1. Introduction

    1. These terms and conditions (Terms) apply when you use this website, https://safeguarding.network/ (Website). These Terms govern your use of the Website, including browsing the Website and using your account. They do not govern your purchase of memberships, training or other services from us: those purchases are governed by our Website Terms and Conditions (Memberships, Training and Services).
    2. You agree to be bound by these Terms which form a binding contractual agreement between you and us, Safeguarding Network Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 10661282 with registered office at Chimmels, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, England, TQ9 6EQ (our, we or us).
    3. If you don’t agree to these Terms, you must refrain from using the Website.
    4. We may change these Terms at any time by updating this page of the Website, and your continued use of the Website following such an update will represent an agreement by you to be bound by the Terms as amended.
    5. Additional terms and conditions govern your purchase of any goods or services from us, which are available here: https://safeguarding.network/content/terms-conditions/. These Terms should also be read together with our Privacy Policy, our Cookies Policy.
    6. If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights. Where anything in these Terms is inconsistent with those rights, your statutory rights prevail.

  2. Access and use of the website

    You must only use the Website in accordance with these Terms and any applicable laws, and must ensure that your employees, sub-contractors and any other agents who use or access the Website comply with the Terms and any applicable laws.

  3. Your obligations

    You must not:

    1. copy, mirror, reproduce, translate, adapt, vary, modify, sell, decipher or decompile any part or aspect of the Website without our express consent;
    2. use the Website for any purpose other than to browse and access information about our safeguarding consultancy, membership and training services, and to use the services you have purchased from us;
    3. use, or attempt to use, the Website in a manner that is illegal or fraudulent or facilitates illegal or fraudulent activity;
    4. use, or attempt to use, the Website in a manner that may interfere with, disrupt or create undue burden on the Website or the servers or networks that host the Website;
    5. use the Website with the assistance of any automated scripting tool or software;
    6. act in a way that may diminish or adversely affect our reputation, including by framing the Website, presenting it as your own, or linking to it in a way which suggests any association, approval or endorsement which does not exist. You may link to our home page fairly and lawfully, provided you do not damage our reputation or take advantage of it;
    7. attempt to breach the security of the Website, or otherwise interfere with the normal functions of the Website, including by:
      • gaining unauthorised access to Website accounts or data;
      • scanning, probing or testing the Website for security vulnerabilities;
      • overloading, flooding, mailbombing, crashing or submitting a virus to the Website; or
      • instigate or participate in a denial-of-service attack against the Website.

  4. Your account

    If you are given, or you choose, a user identification code, password or other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat it as confidential and must not disclose it to any third party.

    You are responsible for all activity that takes place under your account. Account credentials must not be shared, and access to subscription content must not be given to any person outside the subscribing organisation.

    We may disable any user identification code or password at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you have failed to comply with these Terms. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your credentials, you must tell us promptly at contact@safeguarding.network.

  5. Information on the website

    While we make every effort to ensure that the information on the Website is as up-to-date and accurate as possible, you acknowledge and agree that we do not (to the maximum extent permitted by law) guarantee that:

    1. the Website will be free from errors or defects;
    2. the Website will be accessible at all times;
    3. messages sent through the Website will be delivered promptly, or delivered at all;
    4. information you receive or supply through the Website will be secure or confidential; or
    5. any information provided through the Website is accurate or true.

    We reserve the right to change any information or functionality on the Website by updating the Website at any time without notice, including product descriptions, prices and other Website Content.

    We do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend, withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of the Website for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.

  6. Intellectual property

    1. We retain ownership of the Website and all materials on the Website (including text, graphics, logos, design, icons, images, sound and video recordings, pricing, downloads and software) (Website Content) and reserve all rights in any intellectual property rights owned or licensed by us that are not expressly granted to you.
    2. You may make a temporary electronic copy of all or part of the Website for the sole purpose of viewing it. You must not otherwise reproduce, transmit, adapt, distribute, sell, modify or publish the Website or any Website Content without prior written consent from us or as permitted by law.

  7. Links to other websites

    1. The Website may contain links to other websites that are not our responsibility. We have no control over the content of the linked websites and we are not responsible for it.
    2. Inclusion of any linked website on the Website does not imply our approval or endorsement of the linked website.

  8. Security

    We do not accept responsibility for loss or damage to computer systems, mobile phones or other electronic devices arising in connection with use of the Website. You should take your own precautions to ensure that the process that you employ for accessing the Website does not expose you to risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference.

  9. Reporting misuse

    If you become aware of misuse of the Website by any person, any errors in the material on the Website or any difficulty in accessing or using the Website, please contact us immediately using the contact details or form provided on our Website. You can contact us at contact@safeguarding.network or on 01803 862 336.

  10. Privacy

    You agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which can be found at https://safeguarding.network/content/privacy/. Our use of cookies is described in our Cookies Policy, available on the Website. The full, automatically updated list of the cookies actually in use is published in our cookie declaration at https://safeguarding.network/content/cookie-declaration.

  11. Liability

    1. We do not give any warranty or representation about the Website or its content. If you are a business user, then to the fullest extent permitted by law we exclude our liability to you for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Website, or your reliance on any content on it. If you are a consumer, our liability to you is set out below.

    2. If you are a business user, you agree to indemnify us against any loss or liability we suffer arising out of your use of the Website in breach of these Terms. This clause does not apply if you are a consumer.
    3. If you are a consumer, we are responsible to you for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breach of these Terms or our failure to use reasonable care and skill. We are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable, and we are not liable for business losses. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability which cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including your statutory rights in relation to digital content.
    4. To the extent that the provisions of any applicable law shall impose restrictions on the extent to which liability can be excluded under these Terms including, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of sections 2, 3 and 11 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 in the UK (and its equivalent in any other jurisdiction) relating to the requirement of reasonableness, the exclusions set out in this clause shall be limited in accordance with such restrictions. However, any exclusions of liability that are not affected by such restrictions shall remain in full force and effect.
    5. Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit a party’s liability for fraud or intentional unlawful conduct by a party, or death or personal injury resulting from a party’s negligence.

  12. General

    1. Governing law and jurisdiction

      This agreement and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with this agreement or its subject matter or formation. If you are a consumer who lives in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you may also bring proceedings in the courts of the country in which you live, and you have the benefit of any mandatory provisions of the law of that country.

    2. Third party rights

      This agreement does not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this agreement.

    3. Waiver

      No party to this agreement may rely on the words or conduct of any other party as a waiver of any right unless the waiver is in writing and signed by the party granting the waiver.

    4. Severance

      Any term of this agreement which is wholly or partially void or unenforceable is severed to the extent that it is void or unenforceable. The validity and enforceability of the remainder of this agreement is not limited or otherwise affected.

    5. Assignment

      You may not assign, novate or otherwise transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation, including on a sale of our business, provided that this does not adversely affect your rights.

    6. Entire agreement

      This agreement embodies the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any prior negotiation, conduct, arrangement, understanding or agreement, express or implied, in relation to the subject matter of this agreement.

    7. Interpretation

      • (singular and plural) words in the singular includes the plural (and vice versa);
      • (gender) words indicating a gender includes the corresponding words of any other gender;
      • (defined terms) if a word or phrase is given a defined meaning, any other part of speech or grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning;
      • (person) a reference to “person” or “you” includes an individual, the estate of an individual, a corporation, an authority, an association, consortium or joint venture (whether incorporated or unincorporated), a partnership, a trust and any other entity;
      • (party) a reference to a party includes that party’s executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns, including persons taking by way of novation and, in the case of a trustee, includes any substituted or additional trustee;
      • (this agreement) a reference to a party, clause, paragraph, schedule, exhibit, attachment or annexure is a reference to a party, clause, paragraph, schedule, exhibit, attachment or annexure to or of these Terms (this agreement), and a reference to this agreement includes all schedules, exhibits, attachments and annexures to it;
      • (document) a reference to a document (including these Terms) is to that document as varied, novated, ratified or replaced from time to time;
      • (headings) headings and words in bold type are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation;
      • (includes) the word “includes” and similar words in any form is not a word of limitation;
      • (adverse interpretation) no provision of this agreement will be interpreted adversely to a party because that party was responsible for the preparation of this agreement or that provision; and
      • (currency) a reference to £, or “pounds”, is to Pound Sterling currency, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

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