Terms of Use

Please read these terms of use carefully before using this site

Terms of website use

This website is an official website of Bank of Scotland plc ("we" or "us") and is managed by Export Entreprises SA doing business as eexpand, based in 1, rue de Stockholm 75008 Paris, France ("EE").

You should read these terms of use ("terms") carefully before using this website. Using the website indicates that you accept these terms and that you agree to comply with them. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site.

Changes to these terms

We may revise these terms at any time and you should periodically check the website to review them, as they are binding on you.

Other applicable terms

We recommend you read the following terms, which also apply to your use of our site:

  • Our Privacy Policy describes how we process any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us. By using our site, you agree to such processing and you confirm that all data provided by you is accurate. You understand that the information we gather from your use of our site will be used to manage your relationship with us.
  • Our Cookie Policy sets out information about the cookies on our site.

Changes to our site

We may update our site and may change the content at any time.

Accessing our site

We will try to ensure that our site is available 24 hours a day, though we do not guarantee that it, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time.

If your use of our site has been granted on a time limited basis, access will be disabled upon expiry.

When registering to use our site and setting your preferences, if any information provided by you is found to be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, access to the site may be denied or suspended.

Any identification data provided by us, or chosen by you, such as user name, password or any other information used as part of our security procedures to allow access to our site must be treated as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification data, you should notify us using the details provided in the Contact Us section.

We have the right to disable your use of our site if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms.

We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice.

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 and does not take into account your individual requirements. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.

The diverse range of sources of information could mean that 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.

Intellectual property rights

Unless otherwise stated, we (or our licensors) own or are licenced to use the copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in the site.

You may use the information from our site, and print off copies, or download extracts, of any page(s) exclusively for your own internal purposes. You are not permitted to share prints, extracts or information from our site with third parties.

Limitation of our liability

We shall not be liable for any direct or indirect liability for any claims, losses, demands or damages that you or a third party may incur in connection with using or not being able to use site. However, nothing in these terms shall impact our liability for:

  • (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; or
  • (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
  • (c) any liability the extent of which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage in connection with use of, or inability to use, our site; or use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.

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.

Viruses

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing material, code or programs which are malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to, or attack, our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site.

Linking to our site

You may link to our site, as long as you do not replicate the home page of our site. Also, you must not:

  • (a) remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of any images or logos;
  • (b) create a frame or any other browser or border environment around the site;
  • (c) in any way imply that the we are endorsing any products or services other than our own;
  • (d) misrepresent your relationship with us or present any other false information about us;
  • (e) use any trade marks displayed on the site without our express written permission;
  • (f) link from a website that is not owned by you;
  • (g) have any content on your website that is distasteful, offensive or controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws.

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. The presence of such links should not be taken as our recommendation to visit the linked web pages.

We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and we will not be held liable in any way for the availability, content, regulations, truth, accuracy and adequacy of the materials and/or information presented on these third-party pages.

Applicable law

These terms shall be ruled by and interpreted under English law. Both we and you will resolve any disputes in connection with these terms in the English courts.

Contact us

To contact us, please use the details provided in the Contact Us section.

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