Terms & Conditions
By Using Our Site You Accept These Terms and Conditions
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully and ensure that you understand them before using Our Site. These Terms and Conditions, together with any other documents referred to herein (unless otherwise stated), set out the terms of use governing your use of this website, https://www.commonwealthportal.org (“Our Site”). It is recommended that you save or print a copy of these Terms and Conditions for your future reference.
These Terms and Conditions were last updated on 05 June 2025.
Your agreement to comply with these Terms and Conditions is indicated by your use of Our Site. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
The following document also applies to your use of Our Site:
Our Privacy Policy, available at https://www.commonwealthportal.org/privacy-policy.
1. Definitions and Interpretation
1.1 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 or other device that appears on, or forms part of, Our Site;
“We/Us/Our” means Terrestres Servo Coronas or Commonwealth Positivity.
2. Information About Us
2.1 Our Site is operated by Commonwealth Positivity which is a trading name of Terrestres Servo Coronas.
2.2 Our address is Queensgate House, 48 Queen Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3SR.
3. How to Contact Us
3.1 To contact Us by email, please email Us at info@commonwealthportal.org.
3.2 When contacting Us by any means, the following rules apply, and you must not communicate, submit, or otherwise do anything that:
(a) is sexually explicit;
(b) in any way sexualises minors (including, but not limited to, child sexual abuse material);
(c) is obscene, deliberately offensive, hateful, or otherwise inflammatory;
(d) promotes violence;
(e) promotes, encourages, incites, or supports acts of terrorism;
(f) promotes or assists in any form of unlawful activity;
(g) is defamatory of another person;
(h) bullies, insults, intimidates, or humiliates another person;
(i) discriminates against, or is in any way defamatory of, any person, group, or class of persons; race; nationality; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious or philosophical beliefs; disability; or age;
(j) is intended or otherwise likely to threaten, harass, annoy, alarm, inconvenience, upset, or embarrass another person;
(k) is calculated or otherwise likely to deceive;
(l) is intended or otherwise likely to infringe (or threaten to infringe) another person’s right to privacy or otherwise uses their personal information in a way that you do not have a right to;
(m) misleadingly impersonates any person or otherwise misrepresents your identity or affiliation in a way that is calculated to deceive [(obvious parodies are not included in this definition provided that they do not breach any of the other content standards in this Part 3)];
(n) implies any form of affiliation with Us or any other party where there is none;
(o) infringes, or assists in the infringement of, the intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyright, designs, patents, trade marks, and database rights) belonging to Us or any other party;
(p) is in breach of any legal duty owed to another party including, but not limited to, contractual duties and duties of confidence.
3.3 Any personal information sent to Us (including, but not limited to, your name and contact details) will be collected, used, and held in accordance with your rights and Our obligations under data protection law, as set out in Our Privacy Policy, available from <<insert link>>.
4. Access to Our Site
4.1 Access to Our Site and Content is free of charge.
4.2 It is your responsibility to make the arrangements necessary in order to access Our Site.
4.3 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.
5. Changes to Our Site
5.1 We may alter and update Our Site (or any part of it) at any time.
6. Changes to these Terms and Conditions
6.1 We may alter these Terms and Conditions at any time. If We do so, details of the changes will be highlighted at the top of this page. As explained above, your use of Our Site constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
6.2 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.
6.3 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.
7. International Users
7.1 Our Site is intended for users in the Commonwealth of Nations only.
7.2 We do not warrant or represent that Our Site or its Content are available in other locations or are suitable for use in other locations.
8. How You May Use Our Site and Content (Intellectual Property Rights)
8.1 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.
8.2 All Content is protected by applicable United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws and treaties.
8.3 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).
8.4 You may print and download extracts of any page(s) from Our Site for personal use only.
8.5 You may not modify 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.
8.6 You may not use any Content from Our Site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a licence from Us (or Our licensors, as applicable).
8.7 You may not systematically copy, save, or download Content from Our Site with a view to creating or compiling any form of comprehensive collection, compilation, directory, or database without Our express written permission.
8.8 Unless expressly stated in these Terms and Conditions or on Our Site, you may not otherwise reproduce, copy, distribute, sell, rent, sub-licence, store, or in any other manner re-use Content from Our Site without Our express written permission.
8.9 Our status as the owner and author of the Content on Our Site (or that of identified licensors, as applicable) must always be acknowledged.
8.10 If you wish to use any Content from Our Site in any way that is not permitted under these Terms and Conditions, please contact Us using the details provided above in Part 3.
9. No Scraping, Text or Data Mining
9.1 You may not in any way undertake, enable, permit, authorise, or facilitate any form of web scraping or text or data mining on or with respect to any part of Our Site.
9.2 You may not use any part of Our Site or any data, Content, or information included on Our Site, for the purposes of developing or training AI models or systems.
9.3 This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, the use of:
(a) Any bot, robot, scraper, spider, or other automated system, software, algorithm, code, process, tool, or methodology used to access, obtain, copy, or republish any data, Content, or information included on Our Site;
(b) Any automated techniques designed to analyse digital text or data in order to generate information or to develop or train AI models or systems.
9.4 Parts 9.1 to 9.3 shall apply to the fullest extent permissible by law.
10. Links to Our Site
10.1 You may link to any page on Our Site.
10.2 Links to Our Site must be fair and lawful. You must not take unfair advantage of Our reputation or attempt to damage Our reputation.
10.3 Your link should not use any logos or trade marks displayed on Our Site without Our express written permission.
10.4 This does not prohibit the content displayed in link previews that may be automatically generated by certain websites and apps including, but not limited to, social media.
11. Links to Other Sites
11.1 Links to other websites may be included on Our Site. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under Our control.
11.2 We accept no responsibility or liability for the content of third-party websites.
11.3 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.
12. Advertising
12.1 We may feature advertising on Our Site.
12.2 We are not responsible for the content of any advertising on Our Site including, but not limited to any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions in such advertising.
13. Disclaimers
13.1 Nothing on Our Site constitutes professional advice on which you should rely. It is provided for general information purposes only.
13.2 The opinions, views, and values expressed on Content on Our Site are those of the authors of that Content and do not represent Our opinions, views, or values.
13.3 To the extent permitted by law, We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Content on Our Site is complete, accurate, and up to date, but We make no warranties, representations, or guarantees (express or implied) that this will always be the case.
13.4 If you are a business user, We exclude all implied representations, warranties, conditions, and other terms that may apply to Our Site and Content.
14. Our Liability
14.1 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.
14.2 If you are a business user, 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.
14.3 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.
14.4 If you are a consumer, you agree that you will not use Our Site for any commercial or business purposes unless expressly agreed in writing with Us. We shall have no liability to you for any business losses as set out above.
15. Viruses, Malware, and Security
15.1 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.
15.2 You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data, and other material from viruses, malware, and other internet security risks.
15.3 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.
15.4 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.
15.5 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.
15.6 By breaching the provisions of Parts 15.3 to 15.5, you may be committing a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. 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.
16. Acceptable Usage of Our Site
16.1 You may only use Our Site in a lawful manner:
(a) You must ensure that you comply fully with any and all local, national, or international laws and regulations that apply;
(b) You must not use Our site in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent; and
(c) 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.
16.2 If you fail to comply with the provisions of this Part 16, you will be in breach of these Terms and Conditions. We may take one or more of the following actions in response:
(a) Suspend or terminate your right to use Our Site;
(b) Issue you with a written warning;
(c) Take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of any and all relevant costs on an indemnity basis resulting from your breach;
(d) Take further legal action against you, as appropriate;
(e) Disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as required or as We deem reasonably necessary; and/or
(f) Any other actions which We deem reasonably appropriate (and lawful).
16.3 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 16.2) in response to your breach.
17. How We Use Your Personal Information
17.1 We will only use your personal information as set out in Our Privacy Policy, available from <<insert link>>.
18. Communications from Us
18.1 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.
18.2 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.
18.3 If you opt out of emails from Us, it may take up to one month for your request to take effect and you may continue to receive emails during that time.
18.4 For questions or complaints about communications from Us, please contact Us using the details above in Part 3.
19. Law and Jurisdiction
19.1 These Terms and Conditions, and the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.
19.2 If you are a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law in your country of residence. Nothing in Part 19.1 takes away from or reduces your legal rights as a consumer.
19.3 If you are a consumer or a business user, any dispute, controversy, proceedings, or claim between you and Us relating to these Terms and Conditions or to the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.