This website (the “Website”) is the website of Whitespace Global. For the purposes of this agreement, “Whitespace”, “us” or “we” shall mean a company registered in England and Wales under company number NI642645 and with its registered address at 79 Chichester Street, Centre House, Stepspace, Floor 7, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 4JE, and its affiliates and their officers, directors, and employees.
Please read these terms of use of the Website carefully as by using the Website you agree to be bound by them. We reserve the right to vary these terms of use at any time and will post any variations here. You are advised to review these terms of use on a regular basis as you will be deemed to have accepted variations if you continue to use the Website after they have been posted. If you do not agree to abide by these terms of use you should not use the Website in any way.
We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. These terms were most recently updated on 20th May 2018.
We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our products, our users’ needs, and our business priorities.
Our site is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted.
We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons.
We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions and that they comply with them.
Whitespace does not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the Website without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that any persons with access to the Website through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and that they comply with them.
Any personal information provided will be held in accordance with the Whitespace Privacy Policy available on the Website.
Information on the Website is supplied by Whitespace and, where indicated, by certain third parties. Whitespace takes every care and precaution to ensure that information published on the Website is accurate when posted and regularly updated, but Whitespace does not guarantee or cannot be held liable for its accuracy or timeliness and Whitespace may change the information at any time without notice. You must not rely on the information on the Website and you acknowledge that you must take appropriate steps to verify this information before acting on it.
THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE, THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES REFERRED TO ON THE WEBSITE (IN SO FAR AS SUCH WARRANTIES MAY BE EXCLUDED UNDER ANY RELEVANT LAW) AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WHITESPACE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGE WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSS OF PROFITS), CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR OTHERWISE INCIDENTAL THAT MAY RESULT FROM USE OF THE WEBSITE HOWSOEVER ARISING.
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law.
Whitespace makes no representation that (i) materials on the Website are appropriate or available for use in the location you reside or (ii) that any products, instruments or services discussed on the Website are appropriate or available for use or sale in all jurisdictions. You are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws.
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
Whitespace owns the copyright in the content published on the Website except where otherwise indicated by a third party’s proprietary notice. Images, trade marks and brands are also protected by other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced or appropriated in any manner without written permission of their respective owners. Unless specifically prohibited by a notice published on any page, you may make a print copy of such parts of the Website as you may reasonably require for your own personal use provided that any copy has attached to it any relevant proprietary notices and/or disclaimers. All other use is prohibited.
We do not guarantee that the Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes, and platform in order to access the Website. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website. You must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Website will cease immediately.
You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site
You also agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our terms of website use, not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
Whether you are a consumer or a business user:
If you are a business user:
In particular, we will not be liable for:
If you are a consumer user:
You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
If you wish to link to or make any use of the content on our site other than that set out above, please contact support@white.space.
These terms of use are governed by the laws of England and Wales and you agree that the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in any dispute.
To the extent that any part of these terms of use is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction such part shall to that extent be severed from the remaining terms all of which shall remain in full force and effect as permitted by law. This agreement, together with all Whitespace policies referred to herein, constitutes the entire agreement between you and Whitespace relating to the subject matter herein and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements.
This statement has been published in accordance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
It sets out the steps taken by Whitespace Global to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking in its business and supply chains.
Whitespace provides Customers with IT services, consulting services and digital software solutions across multiple industry sectors.
Whitespace incorporates the following trading subsidiary companies:
Whitespace Ventures
Whitespace does not tolerate slavery or human trafficking within its business operations and takes a risk-based approach regarding its supply chains. Whitespace supports the enactment and enforcement of human trafficking laws that recognise and protect victims while holding traffickers accountable.
Whitespace operates a whistleblowing policy which encourages staff to report any wrongdoing, this extends to human rights violations, like Modern Slavery.
Whitespace has business relationships with software vendors and distributors based predominately within Europe and the USA. The software business sector is not considered the one most ‘at risk’ and does not have intricate supply chains (or with businesses based in regions of the world where labour laws are non-existent or are not enforced).
Whitespace conducts supplier due diligence audits on our existing suppliers to ensure that they have robust Modern Slavery policies in place.
Whitespace carries out employment checks to ensure that employees have the necessary documentation to legally work in the UK (or the country in which they are employed) and no one under the legal minimum age for admission to work is ever employed by Whitespace.
Our modern slavery process is reviewed annually to evaluate its effectiveness in ensuring that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in our business or supply chains.
The KPIs deployed in the review process are:
- Risk Assessments. Risk assessments are carried out to review any additional risk that
may have been introduced by changes to: (i) our business and group activities; (ii)
our staff and locations; (iii) our supply chains with a view to identifying vulnerable
populations and areas prone to modern slavery and to inform and enable targeted
prevention efforts.
- Supply Chain Transparency. Updated sampling and due diligence on suppliers to
ensure that they have modern slavery policies and processes in place.
- Number of Reported Cases. Reviewing the number of reported cases of modern
slavery as any increases may indicate improved awareness and reporting
mechanisms. At this annual review point any identified gaps are considered and
mitigating measures are proposed. Where this necessitates changes to the
statement, these are discussed and approved at board level.
Whitespace does not support or deal with any business knowingly involved in slavery or human trafficking. We understand that Modern Slavery risk is not static, we actively monitor our supply chains and undertake selective due diligence, we will immediately implement risk mitigation and remedial measures should the situation Change.
This statement was approved by the Senior Leadership Team at Whitespace.
