Terms of website use
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this site.
These terms tell you the rules for using our website www.opia.com (our site). By using our site you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these terms and conditions. These terms of use apply to all users of and visitors to our site.
Who we are
www.opia.com is a site operated by Opia Limited (“We”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 06021170 and have our registered office at Suite 3, Second Floor, Friary Court, 13-21 High Street, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3DG, United Kingdom.
Who may use our site
Our site is offered and available to users who are above the age of majority in their place of residence. We are not responsible for any damages or claims that may result from unauthorised use of our site by minors.
By using our site you accept these terms of use
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and the privacy notices contained on this site, and that you agree to comply with them. As such, they constitute the entire agreement between you and Opia regarding use of our site and supersede any prior or contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding our site.
If you do not wish to agree to these terms of use or the privacy notices, you must not access or use our site.
We may make changes to our site
We amend or update these terms of use from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms and conditions to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
All changes are effective immediately when published and apply to all access and use of our site. Your continued use of our site following the posting of any changes means you accept and agree to the revised terms and conditions.
We expressly disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, in connection with our site and any updates to the content.
We may suspend or withdraw 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. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons.
How you may use material on our site
You may only use our site for lawful and legitimate purposes. You warrant that you will not use our site for any activity or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, objectionable, fraudulent or harmful.
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 and trademark laws, database regulations and treaties with global application. All such rights are reserved.
Absent explicit prior written consent from Opia, you may not use crawlers, scrapers or similar tools to capture or mine from our site for commercial purposes, including for the training or operation of any language model, foundation model, deep machine learning, generative AI or similar process of a nature commonly referred to as artificial intelligence.
You must not use any part of our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
You may not remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from any reproductions, copies or extracts of our site or modify them in any way. You may not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
If you reproduce, print off, copy, download or distribute 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 such reproductions, or printed or electronic copies of the materials you have made. You may also be held liable for loss or damage.
Rules about 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.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
Do not rely on information on this site
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 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.
We are not responsible for websites we link to
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
You agree not to attempt to interfere with, damage or disrupt our site.
You may not hack into, page jack, reverse engineer or decompile any portion of our site or software used in it. You warrant not to knowingly or recklessly introduce any malware, virus, bot or automated script designed to attack or impose excessive traffic demands on our site.
You warrant that you will not attempt to circumvent user authentication or security features on our site. Users who violate systems or network security may incur criminal or civil liability and we will fully co-operate with investigations of suspected criminal violations, including breaches of systems or network security protocols under the leadership of law enforcement and relevant authorities.
Disclaimer of liability
We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our site or any content on it.
We will not be liable to you 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 site; or
- use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
In particular, we will not be liable for any of the following, howsoever arising, in connection with our site:
- loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
- business interruption;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of business opportunity, goodwill or damage to reputation; or
- any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
Which country’s laws apply to any disputes?
These terms of use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English laws. Any disputes (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or related to these terms, their subject matter or formation, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.