Acceptable Use Policy

Last Updated: October 2025

This Acceptable Use Policy, together with our Terms of Website Use (“Terms of Use”), sets out the terms under which Make & Market (“we”, “us”, “our”) allow you to use our website www.makeandmarket.co.uk (“site”), whether you are a visitor or a registered user.

All enquiries should be directed to: carly@makeandmarket.co.uk

Please read this policy carefully. By using our site, you confirm that you accept this policy and agree to comply with it.

Prohibited Uses of Our Site

You must use our site for lawful purposes only and in accordance with this Acceptable Use Policy and our Terms of Use. In particular, you must not use our site for any of the following purposes (without limitation):

  • Any fraudulent activity.

  • Any activity which breaches applicable laws or regulations, whether national or international.

  • Any activity which may cause or result in harm to a child under 18 years of age.

  • Sending unsolicited advertising or promotional material (“spam”), or arranging for such material to be sent.

  • Reproducing, selling, reselling, or otherwise exploiting our site or its contents in breach of our Terms of Use.

  • Knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, or other malicious or technologically harmful material to our site, or attempting to transmit such material to any other site, computer, or network.

  • Attempting to gain unauthorised access to our site, our software, our server, or any server, computer, or database connected to our site.

  • Attacking our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.

Contributing and Interacting

Our site may offer facilities that allow users to upload or contribute content, or to interact with other users. When making use of these facilities, you must ensure that any contribution or interaction:

  • Is, to the best of your knowledge, factually accurate and represents your honest opinion.

  • Complies with all applicable laws and regulations.

In addition, your contribution or interaction must not contain or include any material which (without limitation):

  • Is defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful, or inflammatory.

  • Is, or refers to material that is, sexually explicit.

  • Promotes violence, illegal activity, or any form of discrimination.

  • Infringes any other person’s copyright, database right, or trade mark.

  • Threatens, harasses, upsets, embarrasses, alarms, or annoys any other person, or is likely to do so.

  • Advocates, promotes, or assists any unlawful activity.

  • Is likely to deceive any person, or is made in breach of a legal duty owed to a third party (such as a duty of confidence).

  • Invades another person’s privacy or causes inconvenience or anxiety.

  • Is used to impersonate any person or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation.

  • Gives the impression that the material originates from us, if this is not the case.

Moderation

If at any time we provide interactive services on our site, the following moderation terms will apply:

  • We will notify users if moderation is in place, and, if so, whether it is carried out by a person or automated.

  • If moderation is in place, we will provide a way for you to contact the moderator.

  • Although we will assess potential risks associated with interactive services, we are under no obligation to moderate them and expressly exclude liability for any loss or damage arising from their use.

  • Children must be supervised at all times when using any interactive services on our site, whether moderated or not.

Breaches of This Policy

Failure to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy constitutes a breach of our Terms of Use. We reserve the right to take any action we reasonably deem appropriate, which may include (without limitation):

  • Immediate, temporary, or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.

  • Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of costs and damages.

  • Further legal action where necessary.

  • Disclosure of information to law enforcement authorities as required by law.

We are not liable for any loss or damage caused by your breach of this policy.

Amendments

We may revise this Acceptable Use Policy at any time by amending this page. We may also notify you of changes through notices published anywhere on our site. Please check this page regularly to stay informed of any updates.