Terms and conditions

This page and any pages it links to explains projectdelivery.gov.uk’s terms of use.

You must agree to these to use projectdelivery.gov.uk.

Projectdelivery.gov.uk is managed by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) on behalf of the Government Project Delivery. IPA is part of the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury and will be referred to as ‘we’ from now on.

You agree to use projectdelivery.gov.uk only for lawful purposes. You must also use it in a way that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this site by anyone else.

Access to most of the content on projectdelivery.gov.uk is limited to those who work in the civil service and wider public sector, and you will only be allowed to register for an account with the website if you work for such an organisation and have an approved ‘gov.uk’ email address. You can view the list of approved organisations and email domains.

You must not try to access a registered account on projectdelivery.gov.uk if you do not work for one of the approved organisations and domains or use another person’s account to access the website.

You must not put any content or information on the site which is classed as being higher than ‘official’ through any means (such as comments, blogs or news articles) without first contacting us and getting our agreement. We will remove any such content or information without notice.

More information on government security classifications can be found on GOV.UK.

We update projectdelivery.gov.uk all the time. We can change or remove content at any time without notice.

We welcome and encourage other websites to link to projectdelivery.gov.uk.

You must contact us for permission if you want to either:

• charge your website’s users to click on a link to any page on projectdelivery.gov.uk
• say your website is associated with or endorsed by projectdelivery.gov.uk, Government Project Delivery or another government department or agency

Please see our copyright policy for more information on how you can use our information.

Projectdelivery.gov.uk links to websites that are managed by other government departments and agencies, service providers or other organisations. We do not have any control over the content on these websites.

We’re 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

You agree to release us from any claims or disputes that may come from using these websites.

You should read all terms and conditions, privacy policies and end user licences that relate to these websites before you use them.

Please refer to our Crown copyright page for more information on using content on projectdelivery.gov.uk.

While we make every effort to keep projectdelivery.gov.uk up to date, we do not provide any guarantees, conditions or warranties that the information will be:

• current
• secure
• accurate
• complete
• free from bugs or viruses

We do not publish advice on projectdelivery.gov.uk. You should get professional or specialist advice before doing anything based on the content.

We’re not liable for any loss or damage that may come from using projectdelivery.gov.uk. This includes:

• any direct, indirect or consequential losses
• any loss or damage caused by civil wrongs (‘tort’, including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise
• the use of GOV.UK and any websites that are linked to or from it
• the inability to use GOV.UK and any websites that are linked to or from it

This applies if the loss or damage was foreseeable, arose in the normal course of things or you advised us that it might happen.

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

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

You can ask for content to be removed from projectdelivery.gov.uk. We’ll remove content:

• to comply with data protection legislation covering the rights and freedoms of individuals
• if it breaches copyright laws, contains sensitive personal data or material that may be considered obscene or defamatory

Contact us to ask for content to be removed. You’ll need to send us the web address (URL) of the content and explain why you think it should be removed. We’ll reply to let you know whether we’ll remove it.

We remove content at our discretion in discussion with the department or agency responsible for it. You can still request information under the Freedom of Information Act and the Data Protection Act.

We collect information about you in accordance with our privacy policy and our cookie policy. By using projectdelivery.gov.uk, you agree to us collecting this information and confirm that any data you provide is accurate.

When using projectdelivery.gov.uk, you must not introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material that’s malicious or technologically harmful.

You must not try to gain unauthorised access to projectdelivery.gov.uk, the server on which it’s stored or any server, computer or database connected to it.

You must not attack projectdelivery.gov.uk in any way. This includes denial-of-service attacks.

We’ll report any attacks or attempts to gain unauthorised access to projectdelivery.gov.uk to the relevant law enforcement authorities and share information about you with them.

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

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

There may be legal notices elsewhere on projectdelivery.gov.uk that relate to how you use the site.

We’re not liable if we fail to comply with these terms and conditions because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

We might decide not to exercise or enforce any right available to us under these terms and conditions. We can always decide to exercise or enforce that right at a later date.

Doing this once will not mean we automatically waive the right on any other occasion.

If any of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions will still apply.

Please check these terms and conditions regularly. We can update them at any time without notice.

You’ll agree to any changes if you continue to use projectdelivery.gov.uk after the terms and conditions have been updated.