4C Offshore is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

4C Offshore may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 21 April 2013.

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to 4C Offshore, 32 London Bridge, Wilde Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK or email sales4c@tgs.com.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

INTRODUCTION

• Terms of website use
  This terms of use (together with the documents referred to in it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.4coffshore.com (our site), whether as a guest or a registered user.
  
  Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site.
  
  Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use our site, as these will apply to your use of our site. We recommend that you print a copy of this for future reference.
  By using our site, 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 site.
  
  Other applicable terms
  These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:
  
  • Our Privacy Policy www.4coffshore.com/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 site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
  • Our Acceptable Use Policy www.4coffshore.com/acceptableuse, which sets out the permitted uses and prohibited uses of our site. When using our site, you must comply with this Acceptable Use Policy.
  • Our Cookie Policy www.4coffshore.com/cookie, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.

ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

• This acceptable use policy sets out the terms between you and us under which you may access our website www.4coffshore.com (our site). This acceptable use policy applies to all users of, and visitors to, our site.
  Your use of our site means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies in this acceptable use policy, which supplement our terms of website use www.4coffshore.com/terms-conditions.
  
  Prohibited uses
  You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site:
  
  • In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
  • In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
  • For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
  • To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.
  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
  • To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
  You also agree:
  
  • Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our terms of website use www.4coffshore.com/terms-conditions. Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
  • any part of our site;
  • any equipment or network on which our site is stored;
  • any software used in the provision of our site; or
  • any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
  
  
  Interactive services
  We may from time to time provide interactive services on our site.
  Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is human or technical).
  
  We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not.
  
  Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.
  
  Content standards
  These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (contributions), and to any interactive services associated with it.
  You must comply with the spirit and the letter of the following standards. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole.
  
  Contributions must:
  
  • Be accurate (where they state facts).
  • Be genuinely held (where they state opinions).
  • Comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.
  Contributions must not:
  
  • contain material which is defamatory of any person.
  • contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
  • promote sexually explicit material.
  • promote violence.
  • promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
  • Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
  • Be likely to deceive any person.
  • Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
  • Promote any illegal activity.
  • Be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
  • Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
  • Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
  • Give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case.
  • Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
  
  
  Suspension and termination
  We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of our site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.
  
  Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the terms of use (www.4coffshore/terms-conditions) upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
  
  • Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
  • Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our site.
  • Issue of a warning to you.
  • Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
  • Further legal action against you.
  • Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.
  
  
  We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
  
  Changes to the acceptable use policy
  We may revise this acceptable use policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.

ACCESSING OUR SITE

• Our site is made available free of charge.
  
  We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
  
  You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site.
  
  You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
  
  We do not represent that content available on or through our site is appropriate or available in all locations. We may limit the availability of our site or any service or product described on our site to any person or geographic area at any time. If you choose to access our site from outside the United Kingdom, you do so at your own risk.

APPLICABLE LAW

• If you are a business, these terms of use, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

CHANGES TO OUR SITE

• We may update our site from time to time, and may change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it.
  
  We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

CHANGES TO OUR SITE

• 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.

LINKING TO OUR SITE

• You may link to our home page, 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.
  
  You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.
  
  Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page unless we have given you explicit permission in writing.
  
  We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
  
  The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy (www.4coffhsore.com/terms-conditions).
  
  If you wish to make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact us via email at, sales4c@tgs.com

NO RELIANCE ON INFORMATION

• The content on our site 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 site.
  
  Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

• We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
  
  You must not modify or make digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
  
  Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
  
  You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
  
  If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

LIMITATION OF OUR LIABILITY

• You agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
  
  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 site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.
  
  We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. 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.
  
  Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any goods or services by use to you, which will be set out in our Terms and Conditions of supply.

THIRD PARTY LINKS AND RESOURCES IN OUR SITE

• Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only.
  We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

YOUR ACCOUNT AND PASSWORD

• 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. 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 reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
  If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at sales4c@tgs.com.