Website terms of use

www.equalityhumanrights.com is a site operated by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). 

Find out how to contact us. 

These terms explain the rules for using our website. By using our website, you confirm that you accept these terms and agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our website.

We are Great Britain’s national equality body, so our website is for people living in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

Content available on, or through, our website may not be available or appropriate for use in other locations. You should check local laws and make sure you use our website appropriately in other locations.

Our website is available free of charge but we:

• do not guarantee that our website, or content, will always be available or be uninterrupted
• may update, change or remove content at any time without letting you know first
• may have to suspend, withdraw or restrict availability – we will always try to give reasonable notice where we can
• may change these terms

You agree to:

• use our website for lawful purposes
• use our website in a way that does not breach the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this website by anyone else
• use our website in a way that it does not interfere with the operation or security of the website
• make sure that anyone accessing the website using your internet connection is aware of and complies with these rules too

Read our privacy policy and our cookie policy for further information

We own most of the content on our website. Our website content is available under the Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0, except where otherwise stated.  If any content is owned by others, we will usually credit the author or copyright holder.

We encourage the reuse of our information but you must not change the content and you must include the attribution ‘Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), [name and date of publication], licensed under the Open Government Licence’.

If you would like to reuse our materials but the proposed reuse would contravene any of the conditions of the OGL, you should contact us, unless an exemption applies.

If you want to use our content for your own personal use, you do not need to let us know how you are reusing it.

Personal use means you may access, download and print content from our website for your own personal, non-commercial use. You cannot modify the content.

You can also reuse our content in its original and unmodified form as part of a training course or in lesson plans. Any use of our website or our content other than for personal use is subject to the terms of any applicable license, including the OGL.

This includes any:

• publications
• reproductions
• distribution
• commercial use

If no license applies then our prior written permission is required.

Images are not available for reuse under the OGL because in most cases a third party holds copyright. Use of any EHRC logos or branding without our consent is also not allowed. We do not grant anyone any rights to reuse images or logos. Third-party content is also not available under the OGL.

Websites and applications that use our content in their feeds are not ours and they might use versions of our content that have been edited and stored for later use (‘cached’). Go to our website directly for the most up to date content.

The EHRC’s intellectual property rights, including copyright in its materials, are unaffected by our voluntary application of the OGL. These rights still belong to the EHRC.

If you want to use our information in any other way, contact us by completing the application form, which is available to download on this page, and return it to us by emailing our correspondence team.

Applications can also be made in writing to:

Correspondence Unit
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Arndale House
The Arndale Centre
Manchester
M4 3AQ

We will try to respond to your request within 20 working days. If you have a complaint about how your application was handled or want a review of our decision, please write to the above address or send an email to our correspondence team.

Where our website contains links to other websites and resources, these links are provided for your information only.

Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information on them.

We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources and we are not responsible for:

• the protection of any information you give to these websites
• any loss or damage that may come from your use of these websites, or any other websites they link to

We welcome and encourage other websites linking to our site.

However, we would ask that you don’t:

• say or imply that we have endorsed or are associated with you (unless we’ve told you that you can)
• charge users to access the content or click on the link
• frame our site on your site
• link our website to a site that is contrary to our values and aims

We may remove content and links so it is important that you always check to ensure that they are still up to date and working. 

If you wish to make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please complete the general enquiries form.

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production, however, we do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will always be available.

When using our website, you:  

• are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access it
• should use your own virus protection software
• must not introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful
• must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website
• must not attack our website (including via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack)

If you attack our website or attempt to gain unauthorised access, we will report you to the relevant law enforcement authorities and share your identity with them.

Our website is intended to give you general information about our work and guidance about equality and human rights issues.

Before acting on the information, you should get professional legal or specialist advice, tailored to your individual circumstances.

While we make every effort to keep our website up to date, we do not guarantee, warrant or condition that the website or the information on it will always be:

• up-to-date or uninterrupted
• secure or free from bugs or viruses
• free from errors or omissions

We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage that may come from using, or not being able to use, our website or reliance on the content. This includes:

• any direct, indirect or consequential losses
• any loss or damage caused by civil wrongs, breach of contract or otherwise
• the use of our website and any websites that are linked to or from it
• the inability to use our website and any websites that are linked to or from it

This includes, but is not limited to, the loss of your:

• income or revenue
• salary, benefits or other payments
• business
• profits or contracts
• opportunity
• anticipated savings
• data
• goodwill or reputation
• tangible property
• intangible property, including loss, corruption or damage to data or any computer system
• wasted management or office time
• any indirect or consequential loss or damage

We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our website or any content on it.

We may still be liable for:

• death or personal injury arising from our negligence
• fraudulent misrepresentation
• any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England, Scotland and Wales.

Any dispute you have which relates to these terms and conditions, or your use of our website (whether it be contractual or non-contractual), will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of  England, Scotland and Wales.