Semiconductor buyers guide, directory and reference site.

Access to and use of 'Semi-Directory.com' is provided by Semi-Directory on the following terms:

 

1. By using Semi-Directory.com you agree to be bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of Semi-Directory.com. If you do not agree to be bound by all of the following terms please do not access, use and/or contribute to Semi-Directory.com.

2. Semi-Directory may change these terms from time to time and so you should check these terms regularly. Your continued use of Semi-Directory.com will be deemed acceptance of the updated or amended terms. If you do not agree to the changes, you should cease using this website. If there is any conflict between these terms and specific local terms appearing elsewhere on Semi-Directory.com (including house rules) then the latter shall prevail.

 

Use of Semi-Directory.com

3. You agree to use Semi-Directory.com only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of Semi-Directory.com. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within Semi-Directory.com.

 

Intellectual Property

4. All copyright, trade marks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on Semi-Directory.com, excluding third party advertisers and suppliers, and all content (excluding all information supplied by third party advertisers or suppliers) located on the site shall remain property of Semi-Directory. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use Semi-Directory.com content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. You also agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any Semi-Directory.com content except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of Semi-Directory.com content requires the prior written permission of Semi-Directory.

5. The names, images and logos identifying Semi-Directory or third parties and their products and services are subject to copyright, design rights and trade marks of Semi-Directory and/or third parties. Nothing contained in these terms shall be construed as conferring any licence or right to use any trade mark, design right or copyright of Semi-Directory or any other third party.

 

Contributions to Semi-Directory

6. By sharing any contribution (including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio) with Semi-Directory you agree to grant to Semi-Directory, free of charge, permission to use the material in any way it wants (including modifying and adapting it for operational and editorial reasons) for Semi-Directory in any media worldwide. In certain circumstance Semi-Directory may also share your contribution with trusted third parties.

7. Copyright in your contribution will remain with you and this permission is not exclusive, so you can continue to use the material in any way including allowing others to use it.

8. In order that Semi-Directory can use your contribution, you confirm that your contribution is your own original work, is not defamatory and does not infringe any UK laws, that you have the right to give Semi-Directory permission to use it for the purposes specified above, and that you have the consent of anyone who is identifiable in your contribution.

9. Please do not endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or break any laws when creating content you may share with Semi-Directory.

10. If you do not want to grant Semi-Directory the permission set out above on these terms, please do not submit or share your contribution to or with Semi-Directory.com.

11. If you have any questions about contributing content to Semi-Directory, please contact us.

 

Your Semi-Directory Account

All accounts must be registered with a valid personal email address that you access regularly so that moderation emails can be sent to you. Accounts registered with someone else's email address, or with temporary email addresses may be closed without notice. We may require users to re-validate their account if we believe they have been using an invalid email address.

Semi-Directory reserves the right to close accounts if any user is seen to be using proxy IPs (Internet Protocol addresses) in order to attempt to hide the use of multiple Semi-Directory.com accounts, or if an non UK user pretends to be a UK user, or disrupts any of our services in any way.

(i) Legal requirements:

- You may not submit or share any defamatory, sexual or illegal material of any nature on Semi-Directory.com. This includes text, graphics, video, programs or audio.

- Contributing material to Semi-Directory.com with the intention of committing or promoting an illegal act is strictly prohibited.

- You agree to submit to or share with Semi-Directory.com only contributions which are your own original work. You must not violate, plagiarise, or infringe the rights of Semi-Directory or third parties including copyright, trade mark, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, personal or proprietary rights.

(iii) If you breach these Rules:

If you fail to abide by these Community Rules (and/or any variations in relevant local house rules) when taking part on Semi-Directory.com, you will be sent an email which informs you why your membership has been revoked.

This action may include any content posted by you being checked before allowed to go on the site or a temporary or permanent suspension of your ability to participate in any or all of Semi-Directory.com.

If you submit or share offensive or inappropriate content to or with Semi-Directory.com or anywhere else on Semi-Directory.com or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on Semi-Directory.com, and Semi-Directory considers such behaviour to be serious and/or repeated, Semi-Directory may use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop any further such infringements. This may include informing relevant third parties such as your employer, or email provider about the infringement(s).

Semi-Directory reserves the right to delete any contribution, or take action against any Semi-Directory.com account, at any time, for any reason.

 

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

15. The majority of content posted on Semi-Directory.com is created by third party members. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of Semi-Directory. Semi-Directory is not responsible for any content posted by members on Semi-Directory.com or for the availability or content of any third party sites that are accessible through Semi-Directory.com. Any links to third party websites from Semi-Directory.com do not amount to any endorsement of that site by Semi-Directory and any use of that site by you is at your own risk.

16. Semi-Directory.com content, including the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to Semi-Directory, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and on an "AS AVAILABLE" basis. To the extent permitted by law, Semi-Directory excludes all representations and warranties (whether express or implied by law), including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. Semi-Directory does not guarantee the timeliness, completeness or performance of the website or any of the content. While we try to ensure that all content provided by Semi-Directory is correct at the time of publication no responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of Semi-Directory for any errors, omissions or inaccurate content on the website.

17. Nothing in these terms limits or excludes Semi-Directory's liability for death or personal injury caused by its proven negligence. Subject to the previous sentence, Semi-Directory shall not be liable for any of the following losses or damage (whether such damage or losses were foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise): (a) loss of data; (b) loss of revenue or anticipated profits; (c) loss of business; (d) loss of opportunity; (e) loss of goodwill or injury to reputation; (f) losses suffered by third parties; or (g) any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of Semi-Directory.com regardless of the form of action.

18. Semi-Directory does not warrant that functions available on Semi-Directory.com will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that Semi-Directory.com or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to implement sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the accuracy of data input and output.

 

General

19. If any of these terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that term is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these terms and the remaining terms shall survive and continue to be binding and enforceable.

20. The failure or delay of Semi-Directory to exercise or enforce any right in these terms does not waive Semi-Directory's right to enforce that right.

21. These terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Scotland which shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes.

22. Semi-Directory is a division of Mintopia Limited.

 

Registered Offices

Semi-Directory,
Mintopia Limited,
109 Douglas Street,
Glasgow,
G2 4HD