Thank you for accessing www.lettingprotection.com (the "Website"). Please read these Terms and Conditions before using the Website. These Terms and Conditions will apply when you access our Website. There will be separate Terms and Conditions for the purchase of insurance or other products provided by Third Parties via linked LPS branded websites ("Products"). These would be entered into directly between you and the Third Party at your own risk and you should therefore read any such terms carefully before entering into them.

By accessing and using this Website, you confirm that you have read the Terms and Conditions set out below and agree to be bound by them. From time to time we may modify these Terms and Conditions. Accordingly, please continue to review these Terms and Conditions whenever accessing or using the Website. We aim to update our Website regularly, and may change the content at any time.

• "We" are Computershare Investor Services PLC, trading as the Letting Protection Service. We are registered in England and Wales under company number 03498808 and our registered address and main trading address is at The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS13 8AE.
• Our VAT number is GB 720707460.
• We are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, whose registered office is 25, The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions the following words shall have the following meanings:

" Intellectual Property Rights" means patents, designs, trade marks, service marks, trade names, logos, get-up, domain names, copyright (including without limitation rights in computer software, videos, music, sound, graphics, photographs, illustrations and artwork), database rights, rights in performances, moral rights, confidential information, know-how, whether registered or not including applications for registration and all similar forms of protection anywhere in the world;

"Third Party" or "Third Parties" means any party other than you or us.

1. You agree to use the Website only 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 Website. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content or in breach of any copyright or other Intellectual Property Right, or damaging to data, software or the performance of our or any other parties' computer system. You agree to indemnify us in respect of any liabilities, losses, expenses or other costs whatsoever incurred as a result of a breach of your obligation under this condition 2(1), including, but not limited to, any claims made against us by any Third Party.

2. Access to our Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our Website without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

3. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our Website, or our entire Website, to users who have registered with us or our Third Party suppliers.

4. If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, 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 user 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 and Conditions.

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

6. The Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act") (including any subsequent legislation) is designed to protect individuals about whom information is entered and stored on computer and other systems. The way in which we collect and process your data or use data supplied to us or our suppliers on this Website is set out in our Privacy Policy. Accordingly the Act lays down strict standards of accuracy, relevance and care of such data including how it may be divulged. Any data about individuals you enter onto our Website directly or included in any message to us will be subject to the Act and you are responsible for its accuracy and relevance and must have the authority to disclose it to us to utilise it for the purposes for which you have provided such information to us.

7. In consideration of agreeing to your use of this Website, you acknowledge and agree that the ownership in any Intellectual Property Rights in this Website (or any content thereon) belongs to us (or our licensors). Accordingly save as expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions, any part of this Website (or its source HTML code) may not be used, transferred, copied, downloaded or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner other than for the purposes of utilising this Website.

8. We may, from time to time, display trade marks and logos on the Website which may belong to us or Third Parties who have given us permission to post their trade marks or logos on the Website. You may only use the trade marks featured on our Website for the purpose of displaying this Website on your computer screen or printing out this Website on your printer. Nothing in these terms or conditions shall give you the right to use, copy or adapt any such trade marks or logos for any other purpose and nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to vest any rights in such trade marks, logos or any other Intellectual Property Rights in you or any other Third Party.

9. You may not link this Website to any other website without our prior written consent. Furthermore we do not make any warranties, representations or undertakings about the content of any other website which may be referred to or accessed by hypertext link with this Website or the Products sold or offered on Third Party websites and/or Third Party sections of our Website. Our Website must not be framed on any other site.

10. Where our Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by Third Parties (including without limitation to Third Party websites or sections on our Website), these links are provided for your information only and to enable you to purchase Products directly from our Third Party suppliers. We have no control over the contents of those sites or their Products or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. Where Products are provided by Third Parties you will be required to enter into Terms and Conditions of sale directly with those Third Parties and you accept that no arrangement, relationship or contract will exist between you and us in relation to such Products. In such circumstances we do not accept any responsibility in respect of the Third Party Products and you should ensure that you carefully read through (and where possible take independent advice in respect of) the Third Party Terms and Conditions before accepting them.

11. You acknowledge and agree that to the extent permitted by law and except as expressly provided for in these Terms and Conditions, we do not accept liability in respect of this Website or the content thereon. Commentary and other materials posted on our Website 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 Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

12. We shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions contained in this Website, Accordingly, all information on this Website including that belonging or posted by Third Parties is provided "AS IS." Any information, advice and opinions expressed in this Website should not be relied upon for personal, legal, financial or other decisions. You should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your situation. Neither is the information provided by this Website intended or implied to be a substitute for professional advice in respect of the subject matter posted. The content of this Website is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to prejudice or affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

    Except to the extent that by statute liability may not lawfully be excluded in Terms and Conditions of this nature and save in respect of fraud and of personal injury or death to the extent it results from our negligence in no event will we be liable to you or any Third Party for any damages whatsoever (including any direct loss suffered), and in particular, we shall not be liable for special, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages, for loss of profits or contracts, loss of income or revenue, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goodwill, loss of data or loss of use, whether brought in contract, negligence, or tort, arising out of or connected with this Website or any other of our websites or the information contained in it. Separate Terms and Conditions will apply with regard to your purchase of Products from Third Parties accessed via their own linked LPS branded websites or this Website and you should carefully read any Third Party Terms and Conditions before agreeing to them.

13. We do not warrant that the Website is compatible with your computer equipment or that the Website server is free of errors or viruses and we will not be liable for any damage that you may suffer as a result of such destructive features.

14. We may suspend access to our Website, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

15. We shall not be held responsible for any content or Products provided by Third Parties. Any Products purchased by you from Third Parties shall be at your own risk and will be subject to separate Terms and Conditions between you and the relevant Third Party. We shall also not be responsible for the reliability or continued availability of telephone lines and equipment you use to access the Website.

16. This Website is not directed at any person in any jurisdiction where for any reason the publication or availability of the Website is prohibited. Those in respect of whom such prohibitions apply must not access the Website. We do not represent that either the Website or the content thereon are appropriate for use or permitted by local laws in all jurisdictions. Those who access the Website do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws or regulations. Legal advice should be sought in cases of doubt.

17. You agree to indemnify us, against any claims, actions, demands or other proceedings brought against any us, by a Third Party to the extent that such claim suit action or other proceeding brought against us is based on or arises in connection with(i)your use of the Website;(ii) any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions.

18. Each provision of these Terms and Conditions is severable and if any provision is or becomes invalid or contravenes applicable regulations the remaining provisions will not be affected.

19. Our rights and remedies under these Terms and Conditions are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law or by any other agreement.

20. No waiver by us of any breach of any obligation arising under these Terms and Conditions shall constitute a waiver of any other breach and no failure to exercise or partial exercise by us of any remedy shall constitute a waiver of the right subsequently to exercise that or any other remedy.

21. For the purpose of section 1(2) of the Contracts (Rights of the Third Parties) Act 1999 the parties state that they do not intend any term of these Terms and Conditions to be enforced by any Third Parties but any Third Party right which exists or is available independently of that Act is preserved.

22. The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our Website. These terms of use are governed by English law.