Terms & Conditions

We allow you to use this website on the condition you accept the following Terms and Conditions (as amended from time to time). These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. Use of www.proteindb.com (the ‘Site’) implies acceptance of all of these Terms and Conditions. If you are not satisfied with any aspect of these Terms and Conditons please do not continue to use the website and services. These Terms and Conditions may change from time to time and you are deemed to have accepted the current version each time you use this site. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, do not use this website.

Limited warranties

Use of the Site and any material or information obtained from this Site is at your own risk, and we hereby expressly disclaim, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all warranties, expressed or implied, of any kind whatsoever including, but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and infringement. In no event will we be liable to any party for any direct, indirect, special or other consequential damages for any use of or inability to access, this Site, or on any other linked website, including, without limitation any lost profits, business interruption even if we are advised of the possibility of such damages. You agree to indemnify the owners of the Site in respect of any liability or any costs, loss of profits, loss of data, or consequential losses arising from a breach by you of any of the terms of this agreement, or arising out of your use of any portion of the Site.

Specifically, we do not warrant or represent:

• the completeness or accuracy of the information published on the Site;
• that the material on the Site is up to date;
• that the Site will operate without fault; or
• that the Site or any service on the Site will remain available.

We reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our website services, and to stop publishing our website, at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation; and save to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these Terms and Conditions, you will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of any website services, or if we stop publishing the website.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations and warranties relating to the subject matter of these Terms and Conditions, our website and the use of our website.

Copyright

You may print or download extracts from the content of the Site only for your personal use. Any other use of the material and content of the website is strictly prohibited.

Site Content & Moderation

You acknowledge that we do not moderate all content as submitted by site visitors, but that we shall have the right in our sole discretion to refuse, modify or remove any content that violates our terms or we find that is in any other way inaccurate, inappropriate or objectionable. You agree that you bear all risks associated with the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content. You may not submit third party proprietary information to the Site without first obtaining permission from the owner. Any content provided by you is subject to a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, world-wide licence allowing the Site to use, distribute, copy, sub-license, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display any such content. You agree to unconditionally and irrevocably waive your rights in perpetuity in respect of such content the benefit of any provision of law known as moral rights of authors or any similar law in any country. You understand that you are entirely responsible for all information that you send to, post on or otherwise transmit to or via this Site. We do not control or moderate all the content posted on the Site and do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. You understand that by using the Site, you may be exposed to content that is offensive or objectionable, and that because the Site is not completely moderated this cannot be prevented. We shall not be responsible for any such content posted by users in reviews, responses to review or the blog or other community areas. All such content whether expressed as opinions, statements or recommendations, are those of users expressing such views and are not those of the owners of the Site.

Guidelines for Product Reviews

We may provide you areas on the Site to leave reviews or ratings. When posting a review, you must comply with the following criteria:

• you should have firsthand experience with the product being reviewed;
• your reviews should not contain offensive profanity, or abusive, racist, offensive, or hate language;
• your reviews should not contain discriminatory references based on religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability;
• your reviews should not contain references to illegal activity;
• you should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews;
• you should not make any conclusions as to the legality of conduct;
• you may not post any false or misleading statements;
• you may not organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive or negative.

We may accept, reject, or remove reviews in our sole discretion. We have absolutely no obligation to screen reviews or to delete reviews, even if anyone considers reviews objectionable or inaccurate. Reviews are not endorsed by us, and do not necessarily represent our opinions.

We do not assume liability for any review or for any claims, liabilities, or losses resulting from any review. By posting a review, you hereby grant to us a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, assignable, and sublicensable right and license to reproduce, modify, translate, transmit by any means, display, perform, and/or distribute all content relating to reviews.

Use of the Site

You agree to only use the Site in a way that is proper and related to the website, and not to use the website in a manner that is inconsistent with these Terms and Conditions and/or not in accordance with all relevant laws and regulations or for any illegal purpose. You will also not restrict or in any way inhibit any other user from using the website.

You agree that when using the website you will not upload, post or otherwise transmit any information that is:

• unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or invasive of another's privacy.
• any content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or any content (or use the website in any manner) which violates or infringes the rights of any person, firm or company (including, but not limited to, rights of intellectual property, rights of confidentiality or rights of privacy).
• any content that contains any patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights of any party, unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary permissions.
• any material including, but not limited to - software viruses or any other files or programs that may interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of the Site or another's computer, spam or mails bombs or other such programs.
• any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, or any other form of solicitation.

We reserve the right to deny in our sole discretion any user access to this website, or any portion thereof, without notice.

Links to external websites

This Site may contain links to websites operated by parties other than us. Our inclusion of links to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators. We assume no liability, obligation or responsibility for any part of any potential transaction, dealing, correspondence or participation with external websites.