Acceptable Use Policy

This policy sets out how you may use devonprofessionals.co.uk and our regional and international websites. It applies to all users and visitors, and it forms part of our Terms of Use. By using our websites, you agree to it.

About us

Devon Professionals (part of Professionals UK) is a trading name of Net Trading Solutions Limited, registered in England and Wales under company number 06391258, with its principal office at 7-8 Stratford Place, London, W1C 1AY.

Who can use our websites

Our websites are for business use by people aged 18 or over. You must use your real name and accurate business details, and you must not create fake or duplicate accounts. We may refuse membership, or remove profiles, that we consider are not relevant to the business purpose of our websites, without giving a reason.

Prohibited uses

You must not use our websites:

• in any way that breaks any local, national or international law or regulation;
• in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or for any unlawful or fraudulent purpose;
• to send, upload or use any material that does not meet our content standards below;
• to send unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material (spam) to other members;
• to copy, collect or scrape members' details or content, or to use them for marketing outside our websites without the member's agreement;
• to promote a service that we consider competes with ours, such as business networking, lead generation, referral or advertising services;
• to post content or send messages that we consider negative, derogatory or inappropriate, including about other members, other businesses, our platform or our team;
• to send or upload viruses or any other harmful code.

You also agree not to copy, resell or reproduce any part of our websites in breach of our Terms of Use, or to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt our websites, the systems they run on, or any equipment, network or software used by us, our members or third parties.

Interactive features

Our websites include features that let members post articles and events, share opportunities, send messages and enquiries, and interact with each other. These features are for business communication between professionals.

We are not obliged to monitor or moderate these features, but we may review content and messages, including when they are reported to us or we suspect a breach of this policy. We are not liable for any loss or damage caused by another user's use of these features. If you have a concern about anything on our websites, please contact us.

Content standards

These standards apply to everything you post or send on our websites, including profiles, posts and messages, and to each part of it as well as the whole. You must follow their spirit as well as their wording.

Content on our websites is there to help members make business connections and gain clients and referrals, by promoting their services and sharing topics relevant to professional services. Our websites are not designed for private or personal messages, sensitive personal information, or controversial content unrelated to business. Posts and messages should be about your own business services. Our websites are not a forum for general discussion or for topics unrelated to members' business services, such as discussions about our platform, politics or current affairs. If you have a question or complaint about our service, please contact us directly rather than posting about it. We may remove any content that we consider falls outside this purpose or is otherwise inappropriate.

Content must:

1. be accurate, where it states facts;
2. be genuinely held, where it states opinions;
3. comply with the law of the UK and of any country it is posted from.

Content must not:

• be defamatory of any person;
• be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory;
• promote sexually explicit material or violence;
• promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
• infringe anyone's copyright, database right or trade mark;
• be misleading or likely to deceive any person, or be harmful to other members;
• breach a legal duty owed to anyone else, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;
• promote or assist any illegal activity;
• be threatening, abusive or invade another person's privacy;
• be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
• impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation;
• give the impression that it comes from us when it does not.

Breaches of this policy

We decide, at our discretion, whether this policy has been breached. A breach is also a material breach of our Terms of Use, and we may take any action we consider appropriate, including:

• removing any content you have posted;
• issuing a warning, and restricting features on your account, such as posting or messaging, temporarily or permanently, including for repeated misuse;
• suspending or permanently disabling your account, or refusing membership, without giving a reason;
• ending a paid membership without a refund, as set out in our Terms of Use;
• taking legal action against you, including to recover our costs;
• disclosing information to law enforcement authorities where we consider it necessary.

We are not liable for any action we take in response to a breach of this policy.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time by changing this page. The latest version is always shown here. Your continued use of our websites after a change means you accept the updated policy.