Terms & conditions
Please read these terms & conditions carefully before using this website.
These terms have been written in concise, plain English. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Information about us
www.johndwood.com (our website) is registered in England and Wales under company number 06898329 of registered address Palladium House, 1-4 Argyll Street, London W1F 7LD.
Terms of website use
This terms of use (together with any documents referred to in it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website, either during a limited free trial or as a registered subscriber. Use of our website means registering to use our website; or accessing information through a web browser at our website; or downloading data using the PropertyData API.
Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use our website, as these will apply to your use of our website. By using our website, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our website.
Other applicable terms
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our website:
- Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our website, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
- Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our website.
Changes to these terms
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.
Changes to our website
We may update our website from time to time, and may change the functionality or content at any time. The data provided through the website is derived from multiple third-party sources and we give no warranties that the data is up to date nor are we under any obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.
Accessing our website
Our website is made available on a subscription basis. While we will endeavour to maintain a high degree of availability, we do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our website without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
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 of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
Accessing our website using any kind of automated script, scraper or robot is strictly forbidden, other than via our API in the ways authorised by these terms.
Fair usage policy
Users agree to be bound by our fair usage policy which ensures fair access to the PropertyData platform for all users.
Permitted use of data
You may use data retrieved from our website or API in any legal way in commercial or non-commercial applications, subject the following restriction:
- You may not to publish, commercially exploit, sell, license or distribute data retrieved from our website or API as a product or service which comprises substantially of data retrieved from our website or API, without enhancement or added value.
We reserve the right to determine whether your use of data from our website or API is in compliance with these terms.
If you are a paying subscriber of PropertyData and in compliance with these terms, attribution of PropertyData as the data source is not required (but is always appreciated and may be good practice!).
Intellectual property rights
The content, data and all other material published on our website are variously the intellectual property of us and/or our data suppliers, and are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
Notwithstanding the paragraph above, if you are a paying subscriber of PropertyData you may use screenshots, extracts or PDF downloads from our website or data from the API (in accordance with section 18 “Permitted use of data”) for suitable commercial and non-commerical purposes.
In the case of screenshots, extracts or PDF downloads these must not be modified you must acknowledge the source of the data.
No reliance on information
The content on our website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our website.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our website, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our website is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
Limitation of liability
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our 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 English law. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our website or any content on it, whether express or implied.
We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
- use of, or inability to use, our website or API; or
- use of or reliance on any content displayed on our website or API.
We will not be liable for:
- loss of profits, sales, business, asset value or revenue;
- business interruption;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
- any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our website or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.
Security
We do not guarantee that our website will be free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your hardware and software in order to access our website. You should use your own virus protection software.
Malicious actions
You must not misuse our website or API by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.
By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our website will cease immediately.
Linking to our website
You may link to our website provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. Our website must not be framed on any other website. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. If you wish to make any use of content on our website other than that set out above, please contact us.
Third party links and resources in our website
Where our website contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources. We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our website. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Data Protection
In this section “Data Protection Law” means; (i) the GDPR and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, as amended or updated from time to time, in the UK, unless and until such time as the GDPR is no longer directly applicable in the UK; and then (ii) any successor legislation to the GDPR or the Data Protection Act 1998; “GDPR” means the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679); and the terms “Personal Data; Process; Processing; Data
Controller; Data Processor and Data Subject; Subprocessor” have the meanings ascribed to those definitions in Data Protection Law.
All information that we hold about you will be held and processed by us strictly in accordance with Data Protection Law. If any breach of data protection occurs, we will act in accordance with Data Protection Law.
If you are a company or other organisation (such as an academic institution or limited liability partnership) where we are processing Personal Data belonging to you (“Your Personal Data”), we will be a Data Processor of Your Personal Data. If you are an individual or you are instructing us in your personal capacity (such as a sole trader or partnership), where we are processing Personal Data belonging to you (“Your Personal Data”), we will be a Data Controller of Your Personal Data.
You understand that we will use Your Personal Data to provide you with use of our website and will process Your Personal Data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Please ensure that before you transfer any Personal Data to us, you have the necessary authority and consent to enable such Personal Data to be lawfully transferred to us.
When processing Your Personal Data in order to provide services to you, we shall:
- only process Your Personal Data in accordance with Data Protection Law and our Privacy Policy;
- ensure that we have in place appropriate technical and organisational measures, to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of Your Personal Data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, Your Personal Data, appropriate to the harm that might result from the unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss, destruction or damage and the nature of the data to be protected, having regard to the state of technological development and the cost of implementing any measures;
- ensure that all personnel who have access to and/or process Your Personal Data are obliged to keep Your Personal Data confidential; and
- not transfer any of Your Personal Data outside of the European Economic Area unless it is necessary in order to provide the services to you, in which case we will ensure that any third party to whom Your Personal Data is transferred outside the EEA can provide data protection measures as required by Data Protection Law.
You consent to us appointing third party suppliers as processors of Your Personal Data (sub-processors). Sub-processors include consultants who we may engage to provide services to us or to you on our behalf. We will enter into with any sub-processors, a written agreement incorporating terms which are substantially similar to those set out in this data protection terms. We are liable to you for all acts or omissions of any sub-processors appointed by us pursuant to these data protection terms. We will advise you of any security breach or loss which affects Your Personal Data as soon as possible after becoming aware of the breach or loss, and shall provide you with reasonable assistance and co-operation to minimise and manage the impact of such security breach or loss on you.
We will provide you with reasonable assistance to deal with any Data Subject access requests relating to Your Personal Data. Individuals, under the Data Protection Law, have the right to obtain information from us, including a description of the Personal Data that we hold about them. To make a Data Protection Act request or to ask any questions about data protection and privacy, please read the Privacy Policy on our website.
Applicable law
Please note that these terms of use, its subject matter and its formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree to that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.