Ethica Consulting - Terms of Website Use

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Ethica Consulting Ltd: Terms of Website Use

Last updated: October 2026

1. Introduction and Acceptance of Terms

These terms of use (together with the documents referred to within them) set out the terms on which you may access and make use of our website, located at www.ethica-consulting.co.uk (referred to as "our site"). Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, downloading resources, or contacting us through any interactive forms or communication channels.

Please read these terms of use carefully before using our site. By accessing or using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site.

2. Other Applicable Terms

These terms of use refer to the following additional policies and notices, which also apply to your use of our site:

• Our Privacy Notice: Sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, in accordance with UK data protection laws.
• Our Cookie Policy: Sets out comprehensive information about the cookies and storage technologies deployed on our site, including how to manage your consent preferences.
• Our Acceptable Use Policy: Sets out the permitted uses and prohibited activities when interacting with our site, contact forms, or communication channels (accessible via our site policies section).
• Our Professional Service Agreements: If you engage Ethica Consulting Ltd for adult social care consultancy, independent mock inspections, interim leadership, or governance audits, our formal, bespoke client terms of business and service contracts will apply to those professional instructions.

3. Information About Us

Our site is operated by Ethica Consulting Ltd ("we", "us", or "our").

Corporate and regulatory details:

• Company Name: Ethica Consulting Ltd
• Company Type: Private Limited Company incorporated in England and Wales
• Company Registration Number: 16996972
• Registered Office Address: 124-128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX
• Nature of Business: Adult social care management consultancy and independent quality assurance
• Primary Switchboard: 0203 576 7712
• Data Protection & Governance Email: dpo@ethica-consulting.co.uk
• General Business Enquiries: hello@ethica-consulting.co.uk

4. Changes to These Terms and Our Site

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please review this page periodically to take notice of any changes made, as they are legally binding on you.

We may update our site and amend its content at any time. While we take reasonable steps to ensure our content is accurate and reflects current adult social care standards, please note that any content on our site may become out of date at any given time, and we are under no legal obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

5. Accessing Our Site

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. Access is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue, or alter all or any part of our site without notice and without liability to you.

You are responsible for making all technical arrangements necessary to access our site. 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 that they comply with them.

Our site is directed to individuals and business entities operating within the United Kingdom. We do not represent that content available on or through our site is appropriate or applicable in other jurisdictions.

6. No Reliance on Information and Disclaimer of Professional Advice

The content, guidance articles, blog posts, checklists, and visual frameworks displayed on our site are provided for general informational purposes only. They do not constitute formal regulatory, clinical, legal, or financial advice upon which you should rely.

Care providers, registered managers, nominated individuals, and business owners must obtain bespoke, professional advice tailored to their specific operational circumstances, registration categories, and regulatory notices before taking, or refraining from taking, any operational or compliance action.

Although we make reasonable efforts to provide accurate and up-to-date information regarding regulatory frameworks (such as the Care Quality Commission Single Assessment Framework), we make no representations, warranties, or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete, or reflective of real-time regulatory enforcement.

7. Intellectual Property Rights

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. These works are protected by copyright laws, trademark registrations, and international treaties. All such rights are reserved.

Our intellectual property includes, but is not limited to:

• The trading names, logos, branding, and typography for "Ethica Consulting" and "Compliance with Heart"
• All proprietary methodologies, including the Evidence Triangulation Gap analysis model, the Figure-of-8 Closed Audit Loop, and the Ethica Compliance and Care Matrix
• All articles, infographics, text copy, graphic designs, report templates, downloadable materials, and digital layout formats

Permitted use of materials:

• You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page from our site for your personal reference or internal business assessment, and you may draw the attention of colleagues within your organisation to content posted on our site.
• You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way.
• You must not separate any illustrations, infographics, photographs, video sequences, or graphics from any accompanying explanatory text or proprietary branding.
• Our status (and that of any identified contributors or associates) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
• You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial gain, external distribution, or re-sale without obtaining a prior written licence from Ethica Consulting Ltd. 
• If you print off, copy, or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. 

8. Limitation of Our Liability

Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations, or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied.

Liability exclusions for business users:

We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

• The use of, or inability to use, our site
• The use of, or reliance on, any content or guidance displayed on our site
• Any loss of profits, sales, contracts, business, or commercial revenue
• Business interruption or operational downtime
• Loss of anticipated savings
• Loss of business opportunity, goodwill, commercial reputation, or CQC rating outcome
• Any indirect or consequential loss or damage

Liability exclusions regarding technological damage:

• We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

9. User Submissions, Interactive Forms, and Security

Whenever you use our site to submit an enquiry, book a consultation calendar slot via Cal.eu, or upload documents for review, you must comply with the content standards set out in our forthcoming Acceptable Use Policy.

Rules of user conduct:

• You warrant that any submission or information you provide is accurate, does not infringe third-party privacy or intellectual property rights, and is free from malicious code.
• You must not misuse our site 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 our site, the server on which our site is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to our site.
• You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
• Any breach of these provisions constitutes a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities, and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

If you are provided with any user identification codes, passwords, or secure file access permissions as part of our client portal or document review systems, you must treat such information as strictly confidential and not disclose it to any third party. We maintain the right to disable any access credential at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you have failed to comply with these terms.

10. Linking to Our Site

You may link to our home page or published blog resources, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal, does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, and does not suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists.

Specific linking restrictions:

• You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.
• Our site must not be framed on any other website, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page or permanent blog article URLs.
• We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
• The website in which you link must comply in all respects with the standards set out in our professional guidelines and applicable laws.

11. Third-Party Links and External Resources

Where our site contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties (including regulatory bodies like the Care Quality Commission, local authority safeguarding boards, and software providers), these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those external sites or resources, and we accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

12. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

These terms of use, their subject matter, and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law.

Both you and Ethica Consulting Ltd agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms or your use of our site.

13. Contact and Formal Enquiries

To contact us regarding these terms of use, or to resolve an enquiry relating to our site, please contact:

• Entity: Ethica Consulting Ltd
• Managing Director: Adam Tighe
• Registered Address: 124-128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX
• Email: hello@ethica-consulting.co.uk
• Governance & Data Protection: dpo@ethica-consulting.co.uk
• Switchboard: 0203 576 7712