Terms of use

Last updated on 10th February 2020

The principal of respect is integral to Hexocene’s core values. We want to ensure that the use of our website and services is fair to both you and us. In this policy, we describe in detail our house rules regarding the use of our website and services. Please read them carefully as they will apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use our website or services.

1. What is a terms of use?

Every business has a terms of use agreement on their website. It is a legally binding agreement that users must agree to and abide by in order to use our website or services. It tells you:

The rules for using our website and services
What you can do with our content
What we can do with things you post or upload
Your rights and responsibilities

2. When do Terms of Use apply?

Our terms of use apply whenever you visit our website or use our services. If you infringe or do not agree with our terms, you must not use our website or services, and we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your use.

By using our website or services, you confirm that you accept and agree to comply with these terms. Please note that separate terms of use will apply to you when you use other websites or services, such as the websites of third parties.

3. What do “website”, “services”, and “content” mean?

“Website” includes www.hexocene.com

“Services” include anything offered by Hexocene, such as:

Activities on our websites
Products (such as our Crisis Management products, Cyber products, Innovation products, Executive Coaching, etc)
Podcasts
Newsletter
Content available through feed, such as RSS
Anything you find on our website

“Content” includes anything that is available on our website and through our services. These include:

The newsletter
Text
Images
Logo
Audio
Video
Games
Software
Business models
Guidance we provide
Recommendations we provide
Case studies
Technical things, such as metadata and open-source code
Anything posted by people using our services (user-generated content).

4. Is the use of Hexocene’s websites or services restricted to certain age groups?

No, our website and services are not restricted to certain age groups.

5. Will you change these Terms?

Hexocene is committed to providing users with the most innovative and up-to-date service, which also means that we may change these terms to reflect that. We therefore recommend that you check in for updates from time to time as we may change these terms without prior notices to you. For avoidance of doubt, the latest version always applies.

6. What are your rules regarding Copyright?

The protection of our content is integral to Hexocene’s core values. We are therefore committed to protecting our creations by UK and international copyright laws. The following things are our exclusive property, which is therefore protected by law:

All content and functionality on our website (including text, graphics, logos, icons, images, videos and the arrangement of them, concepts, know-how, tools, frameworks, software, applications or other technology, algorithms, models, processes, and industry perspectives)
Enhancement to or derivative works (i.e. content that is based on another previous work).

These things cannot be copied, reproduced, modified, reverse engineered, altered (which includes removing or disabling any security or technological safeguards, disclaimers, or legends), uploaded, published, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way without our written permission. You are only allowed to do things specified in section 8. We also reserve all rights regarding our creations that are not expressly granted in this agreement.

7. What are your rules regarding trademarks?

Hexocene takes the protection of its trademarks seriously. The following things are registered and unregistered trademarks of Hexocene and its licensors:

Logos
Business name
Designs
Service marks

You cannot do the following actions with our trademarks:

Use for advertising, promotion, or for informing or influencing any third party
Reproduce for advertising, promotion, or for informing or influencing any third party
Refer to or imply an endorsement by or relationship with our trademarks
Attribute any information to them, us or our licensors in any public medium (e.g. press release, websites, or social media) for advertising, promotion, or for informing or influencing any third party

You can only do these things where we expressly allowed it in writing.

8. What are Hexocene’s rules regarding the use of the website?

We are committed to providing you with as much information as fair and possible to help you learn about digital innovation, cyber security and crisis management. You can therefore access, download, display and print one copy of our public website content on any single computer only for your internal or business use, provided that you:

Do not change the content in any way (this includes creating derivative works, which is creating your own content based on ours)
Retain all copyright and other intellectual property notices displayed on our content, and
Comply with these terms.

You cannot do the following things with our website content without our prior written consent:

Reproduce
Change
Reverse engineer
Distribute
Transmit or transfer to someone
Post online
Disclose to someone
“Mirror” any part of our content.

Please note that nothing on our website, services or these terms implies or gives users any license or right to use our intellectual property in ways that we have not expressly allowed. Your rights given in this section are terminated automatically and immediately if you do not comply with these terms.

Please note that we also have separate Terms and Conditions and Digital Content User Agreements for when you purchase our subscribe to our services.

9. Can we post or publish content on your website?

Hexocene is committed to building a community with accessible and user-friendly information in order to help you use the internet securely. You are therefore more than welcome to post or publish content on our website and be part of this community! We only ask that you do not post or publish on our website any material that:

Is threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, bullying, discriminatory
Is contrary to building an inclusive and supportive society
Would constitute or encourage conduct that is a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or that violates the law
Infringes our intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of any third parties
Contains malicious software or other destructive element
Contains advertising or promotional material
Constitutes or contains false or misleading statements
Violates these terms

Please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy and reliability of information that users post on our website. Hexocene does not and cannot review all the information posted and is not responsible for such information. However, Hexocene can refuse content from being published and can remove any information for any reason.

10. Can Hexocene remove content posted by me?

Hexocene is committed to building a fair and just community. To ensure this, we will remove any post that:

Infringes our intellectual property rights or of any other person; or
Constitutes one of the violating materials explained in section 9 above
or
Violates any of these terms.

If you repeatedly post infringing or unlawful material, we will prohibit you from posting further. If you disagree with this decision regarding your content, please contact us at freewill@hexocene.com

11. How will Hexocene use our content that we post on your website?

By posting and publishing on our website, you give us unrestricted rights to use, publish or exploit any information that is posted or published on our website. We want to remind you that we will never sell, intentionally disclose nor intentionally transfer your information to others. We can do the following things with your content that you post on our website:

Use
Reproduce
Publish
Distribute within the Hexocene family
Modify
Exploit such submissions for any purposes and in any form or media

These rights are worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, sublicensable, fully paid-up, royalty free, perpetual, and irrevocable.

By posting, you also waive any claims against Hexocene for any infringements of any rights of privacy or publicity, intellectual property rights, moral rights, or rights of attribution in connection with our use of your content that you published on our website.

12. Will third-party websites use our content?

Hexocene is committed to providing effective service to consumers. To ensure this, we may collaborate with third parties, and some of the content on our website is supplied, supported or provided by them (e.g. the sales and payment systems). We may combine your content with the services provided by third parties.

As mentioned previously, privacy is integral to us. We will never sell, intentionally disclose nor intentionally transfer your information to third parties, unless required to do so by law or in order to provide you with the services that you require of us. When we do share it, we will do so in the manner agreed in our client services agreements. Hexocene has no responsibility for these third party websites, which are governed by the terms of use and privacy policies, if any, of the applicable third parties.

If you want to find out more about how your information is used, please visit our Privacy Policy.

13. What are your rules regarding liability?

By using our website or services, you agree to indemnify and hold Hexocene and all of its predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, investors, employees, agents, representatives, and solicitors and their respective heirs, successors, and assigns (“Hexocene Indemnified Parties”) harmless from any class, damages, costs and expenses (including legal fees) that result from your use of our website or services.

14. Do you have any other house rules?

Yes, Hexocene has additional terms, which also apply to your use of our website or services. They are:

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.
Our Cookies Policy, which sets out information about the cookies we use on our website.

Please note that we also have a separate Terms and Conditions/Digital Content User agreement for when you purchase our services. It intends to refine this policy in more detail in order to ensure a fair and legal use of our services.

15. Governing law and jurisdictions

These Terms are governed by and written in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom.

16. How can I contact Hexocene about terms of use?

We want to ensure that you fully understand our policies. If you would like further clarification, or you have a question about something we have not covered, please do not hesitate to contact us at freewill@hexocene.com. We will aim to respond as soon as possible.