Terms of Use

Who owns the intellectual property in materials published on the ORBIT website?

The original creators of the materials published on the ORBIT website own the intellectual property of said materials. We have chosen to make all ORBIT materials available on the ORBIT website using the Creative Commons licence Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share-Alike’.

What can I do with ORBIT materials?

We aim to make ORBIT content freely available for non-commercial educational use in all media worldwide. Resources for which we own copyright are licensed for you to use under the Creative Commons licence ‘Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share-Alike’.

This means that you must meet the following three requirements to use the materials:

• Your use is ‘non-commercial’.
• You always cite the ORBIT Project and retain the name of any original authors.
• You ‘share-alike’, that is, make any original or derivative works available under the same terms as our licence to you.
  

We grant you the right to make use of the materials as they are or in modified form. You may translate, modify, print, network, reformat or change the materials in any way providing that you meet the terms of the licence.

What does ‘non-commercial’ mean?

• You may use ORBIT content in any format or medium, including photocopied or hard copy printouts, and make a small charge in order to recover the cost of printing.
• You may use content as part of a course for which you charge an admission fee.
• You may charge a fee for any value added services you add in producing or teaching based around the content providing that the content itself is not licensed to generate a separate, profitable income.

Our intention is to make these materials as widely and as freely available as possible.

Conditions of use

The ORBIT Project (“we” or “us”) is part of Cambridge University. Our main office is at the Faculty of Education, Cambridge. If you wish to contact us please email us at orbit@educ.cam.ac.uk

Please read these Conditions of Use carefully. They apply to the website you were using which linked to these Conditions of Use (the “Site”). They govern your use of the Site.

By using the Site you are acknowledging that you have read and accepted these Conditions of Use.

1. You agree to use the Site only in accordance with these Conditions of Use, the Terms and Conditions for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the Site. Prohibited behaviour includes (this list is not exhaustive) harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within the Site and impersonating another person. Intellectual Property

2. All copyright, trademarks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) and all content located on the Site shall remain vested in the ORBIT Project or its licensors (which includes other users). Unless specifically stated in a Creative Commons licence which may be attached to some ORBIT content (“Creative Commons Licence”)), you may not copy, reproduce, republish, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use ORBIT content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Please read the Creative Commons licence in full before downloading or otherwise making use of ORBIT content. If you have any questions please email us at orbit@educ.cam.ac.uk.

3. You must however read these intellectual property rights as being subject to any restrictions on use applying to any materials or content on the Site including (this list is not exhaustive) photographic images, videos and text whether directly on a page of the Site or contained in a document (e.g. a pdf) accessible from a page of the Site) (“Materials”) or part of them such as video and photographic images which are subject to the special restrictions set out in the Creative Commons Licence (“Special Restrictions”). If you do not agree to be bound by the Creative Commons Licence or any Special Restriction then you must not use ORBIT Materials made available under these terms.

4. When using Materials you must attribute us and any identified author in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Licence. You must take account of and abide by any restrictions set out in this section in using any of the Materials.
Content and Information posted sent or uploaded by you onto the Site

5. Certain pages of the Site permit you to post, send or upload content and information. If you do this we will take this to mean that you have read and accepted these Conditions of Use.

6. You must not post, send or upload any such content or information:

(a) unless you own or have appropriate rights to use the intellectual property rights subsisting in or relating to that content and information and unless you are sure that posting, sending or uploading the same does not infringe the rights (including but not limited to the intellectual property rights) of any other person or organisation;

(b) which is or could be considered defamatory, derogatory or in appropriate with regard to the Cambridge University, its customers or clients or any other person or organisation;

(c) which contains any confidential information about Cambridge University or another person or organisation (unless you have our permission or that of the other person or organisation);

(d) which contains any offensive, obscene or criminal content or any other content which may cause embarrassment to Cambridge University, its customers or clients or any other person or organisation; and

(e) which contains any personal data about another person including (this list is not exhaustive) names, contact details and sensitive personal data (for example, information about an identified or identifiable individual’s mental or physical health, racial or ethnic origin, religious or other beliefs). The Information Commissioner's website provides more guidance on what is personal data and sensitive personal data.

7. We are not responsible for any content and/or information which you post, send or upload onto the Site. We reserve the right to withdraw any such content and/or information without notice and at our sole discretion and to pursue any cause of action against you available to us under applicable laws.
Accuracy of Content and Information on the Site

8. The ORBIT Project does not represent that information contained on or available via the Site is accurate or complete and accordingly it should not be relied on as such. You should not rely on any such information. Any arrangements made between you and any other person, using or named on the Site are entirely at your sole risk and responsibility.

9. Information contained in or accessible via the Site changes on a regular basis. We may make improvements or alterations to the Site at any time and without notice.

10. Addresses of or links to other websites may appear on the Site for your convenience. The ORBIT Project does not operate or monitor other websites and we accept no responsibility or liability for the content of other websites. Any link is not intended to be, nor should be construed as, an endorsement of any kind by us of another website.

11. Should we link to other website we will try to make it as clear as possible that you are leaving the Site. It is your responsibility to check the terms and conditions and privacy policy on any other website that you visit.

Liability

12. We do not guarantee that:

(a) use of the Site will be compatible with all hardware and software, (b) use of the Site will be uninterrupted or error or virus free, (c) use of the Site will deliver any specific outcome for its users, or (d) defects on the Site will be corrected (save for those defects which the ORBIT Project is obliged to correct by law. You must take appropriate steps to ensure that you regularly check for and protect against viruses when using the Site on any device.

13. We make no statement about the suitability of the content, information and services contained on, or accessed via, the Site. All warranties, terms and conditions in this regard, including all warranties, terms and conditions implied by statute or otherwise, of satisfactory quality and fitness for purpose are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law (please see directly below for more details). For the avoidance of doubt this includes materials accessed via links to websites (including home pages, web pages or documents they contain) operated by any other person or organisation.

14. We further exclude to the fullest extent permissible by law (please see directly below for more details) all liability for damages and direct, indirect or consequential loss (all three of which terms include pure economic loss, loss of profits, loss of business, business interruption, depletion of goodwill and like loss) or otherwise incurred by you or any other person or organisation and arising out of or in any way connected with the use of the Site or its content, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise.

We do not exclude or limit our liability (if any) to you:

(a) for any breach of obligations arising under section 12 Sale of Goods Act 1979 or section 2 Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982; (b) for personal injury or death resulting from negligence; (c) under section 2 (3) Consumer Protection Act 1987 (b)) for any matter for which it would be illegal for us to exclude or to attempt to exclude liability; or (e) for fraud.

15. You will defend, indemnify and hold harmless us, our affiliates and our officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses, including reasonable legal costs, arising out of or in any way connected with any breach by you of these Terms of Use.

16. The internet is not a secure means of communication. Emails may be intercepted by other people or organisations. You should not send any communication to us through the Site or by email, in particular which contains personal data (including sensitive personal data) and/or confidential information about you or any other person, unless you accept that any such communication would be sent at your own risk and on the understanding that we would not be liable for any loss that you might suffer as a result (except for losses which cannot be excluded or limited at law, as referred to directly above).