Terms & Conditions

In these Terms and Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

"Content" means any and all text, images, audio, video, scripts, code, software, databases, and any other form of information capable of being stored on a computer that appears on, or forms part of, Our Site; and "VDC.cloud/We/Us/Our" means VDC.cloud Professional Services Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (No. 07083154), VDC.cloud Managed Services Ghana Ltd, a company registered in Ghana (No. CS287762018), a legal entity independent from the others, and VDC.cloud Professional Services Asia Pte. Ltd, a company registered in Singapore (UEN: 202106665H), legal entities independent from each other, herein mutually referred to as using the trading name "VDC.cloud" or "We" or "Us" or "Our" in their respective business regions.

Our Site is operated by VDC.cloud.

We trade under the respective Limited companies for the sake of serving respective regions properly (UK, EMEA and APAC). We are VAT registered in the United Kingdom, in Ghana and voluntarily not registered yet for GST in Singapore.

Access to Our Site only is free of charge.

It is your responsibility to make the arrangements necessary in order to access Our Site.

Access to Our Site is provided on an "as is" and on an "as available" basis.

We may suspend or discontinue Our Site (or any part of it) at any time. We do not guarantee that Our Site will always be available or that access to it will be uninterrupted. If We suspend or discontinue Our Site (or any part of it), We will try to give you reasonable notice of the suspension or discontinuation.

We may alter these Terms and Conditions at any time.

As explained above, your use of Our Site constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Consequently, any changes made to these Terms and Conditions will apply to your use of Our Site the first time you use it after the changes have been implemented. You are therefore advised to check this page every time you use Our Site.

If any part of the current version of these Terms and Conditions conflicts with any previous version(s), the current version shall prevail unless We explicitly state otherwise.

All Content included on Our Site and the copyright and other intellectual property rights in that Content belongs to or has been licensed by Us, unless specifically labelled otherwise.

All Content is protected by applicable United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws and treaties.

You may access, view, and use Our Site in a web browser (including any web browsing capability built into other types of software or app) and you may download Our Site (or any part of it) for caching (this usually occurs automatically).

You may print one copy and download extracts of any page(s) from Our Site for personal use only.

You may not modify the printed copies or downloaded extracts in any way. Images, video, audio, or any other Content downloaded from Our Site must not be used separately from accompanying text.

Our status as the owner and author of the Content on Our Site (or that of identified licensors, as applicable) must always be acknowledged.

You may not use any Content from Our Site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a licence from Us (or our licensors, as applicable).

This does not prevent the normal access, viewing, and use of Our Site for general information purposes by business users or consumers.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes the provisions of Chapter III of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, 'Acts Permitted in Relation to Copyright Works', which provides exceptions allowing certain uses of copyright material including (but not limited to) non-commercial research and private study; text and data mining for non-commercial research; criticism, review, and reporting current events; teaching; accessibility; time-shifting; and parody, caricature, and pastiche.

Further information is available from the UK Intellectual Property Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.

You may only link to the homepage of Our Site, vdc.cloud. Linking to other pages on Our Site requires our express written permission.

Links to Our Site must be fair and lawful. You must not take unfair advantage of Our reputation or attempt to damage Our reputation.

You must not link to Our Site in a manner that suggests any association with Us (where there is none) or any endorsement or approval from Us (where there is none).

Your link should not use any logos or trademarks displayed on Our Site without Our express written permission.

You must not frame or embed Our Site on another website without Our express written permission.

You may not link to Our Site from another website the main content of which is unlawful; obscene; offensive; inappropriate; dishonest; defamatory; threatening; racist, sexist, or otherwise discriminatory; that promotes violence, racial hatred, or terrorism; that infringes intellectual property rights; or that We deem to be otherwise objectionable.

Links to other websites may be included on Our Site.

Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under Our control. We accept no responsibility or liability for the content of third-party websites.

The inclusion of a link to another website on Our Site is for information purposes only and does not imply any endorsement of that website or of its owners, operators, or any other parties involved with it.

Our Site is operated by VDC.cloud.

We trade under the respective Limited companies for the sake of serving respective regions properly (UK, EMEA and APAC). We are VAT registered in the United Kingdom, in Ghana and voluntarily not registered yet for GST in Singapore.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or restricts Our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, or for any other forms of liability which cannot be lawfully excluded or restricted.

If you are a business user (i.e. you are using Our Site in the course of business or for commercial purposes), to the fullest extent permissible by law, We accept no liability for any loss or damage, whether foreseeable or otherwise, in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use of (or inability to use) Our Site or the use of or reliance upon any Content included on Our Site.

If you are a business user, We accept no liability for loss of profit, sales, business, or revenue; loss of business opportunity, goodwill, or reputation; loss of anticipated savings; business interruption; or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

If you are a consumer, you agree that you will not use Our Site for any commercial or business purposes and that We shall have no liability to you for any business losses as set out above.

We exercise reasonable skill and care to ensure that Our Site is secure and free from viruses and malware; however, We do not guarantee that this is the case.

You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data, and other material from viruses, malware, and other internet security risks.

You must not deliberately introduce viruses or other malware, or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful either to or via Our Site.

You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of Our Site, the server on which Our Site is stored, or any other server, computer, or database connected to Our Site.

You must not attack Our Site by means of a denial of service attack, a distributed denial of service attack, or by any other means.

By breaching the provisions of Parts 13.3 to 13.5, you may be committing a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in English Law and the Computer Misuse Act 2021 in Singapore Law.

Any and all such breaches will be reported to the relevant law enforcement authorities and We will cooperate fully with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. Your right to use Our Site will cease immediately in the event of such a breach.

You may only use Our Site in a lawful manner:

You must ensure that you comply fully with any and all local, national, or international laws and regulations that apply;

You must not use Our site in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent; and

You must not use Our Site to knowingly send, upload, or in any other way transmit data that contains any form of virus or other malware or any other code designed to adversely affect computer hardware, software, or data of any kind.

If you fail to comply with the provisions of this Part 14, you will be in breach of these Terms and Conditions.

We may take one or more of the following actions in response:

• Suspend or terminate your right to use Our Site;
• Issue you with a written warning;
• Take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of any and all relevant costs on an indemnity basis resulting from your breach;
• Take further legal action against you, as appropriate;
• Disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as required or as We deem reasonably necessary; and/or
• Any other actions which We deem reasonably appropriate (and lawful).

We hereby exclude any and all liability arising out of any actions that We may take (including, but not limited to those set out above in Part 14.2) in response to your breach.

If We have your contact details, We may send you important notices by email from time to time.

Such notices may relate to matters including, but not limited to, changes to Our Site or to these Terms and Conditions.

We will not send you marketing emails without your express consent.

If you do consent to marketing, you may opt out at any time. All marketing emails from Us include an unsubscribe link. If you opt out of emails from Us, it may take up to 30 days for your request to take effect and you may continue to receive emails during that time.

For questions or complaints about communications from Us, please contact Us using the details above in Part 3.