Terms and Conditions of Use
Welcome to the MySkillsMyLife website hosted by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (charity registration numbers 211014 (England and Wales) and SC038698 (Scotland)) (“IET”, “we” or “us”).
The services offered on this website are provided to you subject to the following terms and conditions, and your right to use the services is expressly conditioned upon your agreement to these Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”).
We make no claims or representations in relation to the commercial or personal benefits of using our website and/or the services made available via the website. The information provided on the website is no substitute for professional advice where applicable. This website is not to be relied on as a careers service. In particular:
- Our Personality Quiz, Role Model profiles and Company profiles are provided for information and entertainment purposes only and not career guidance. The information available should be used for your own personal use and for no other purpose.
- Our website should not be regarded as or relied upon as being a comprehensive or accurate opinion or assessment concerning your career choices and personality.
- Any decisions that you make once you have used or read the content of our services are for you alone and we will not be liable for the consequences of any such decisions.
The website uses cookies. By using the website and agreeing to these Terms, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy.
Personal data you provide to us will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Please note that these Terms may be amended from time to time to update them to reflect changes in the law or our commercial and business practices. Notification of any changes will be made by posting new terms onto the website. In continuing to use the website you confirm that you accept the then current terms and conditions in full at the time you use the website.
In addition, when you use any service or purchase anything through this site, you also will be subject to the additional rules, guidelines, policies, terms and conditions applicable to that service or purchase.
User Content
This website enables you to submit profiles and other content to be posted on the site. A profile form is available on the website, and can be completed and sent to WISE@theiet.org for potential submission. Any submission will be checked and vetted by us prior to them being uploaded to the website.
All content posted will be moderated and content posted or facilitated by the site may be checked solely to ensure that the site is not used for commercial exploitation. However, this does not preclude that there may be commercial promotion on the site.
The IET undertakes no responsibility to otherwise screen the content and does not endorse the content in any way.
If you rely upon any advice provided by persons posting information on this site, you do so at your own risk.
If you post content on the site, you grant IET a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.
You also grant IET and its sub-licensees the right to use the name that you submit with any content, if any, in connection with such content.
Third-party links - IET generated
The MySkillsMyLife website may contain links that the IET may provide to other websites operated by third parties.
Despite the presence of a link or any reference to the IET on a linked website, the IET makes no warranty or representation regarding, does not endorse, is not affiliated with and is not in any way responsible for the linked website or any content that appears on it.
If you decide to visit any linked website, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to review the terms of use, privacy policy and any other relevant legal notices of the relevant linked website.
Third-party links - user generated
Some areas of the MySkillsMyLife website may include links to content recommended by our website users.
Despite the presence of a link or any reference to the IET on a linked website, IET makes no warranty or representation regarding, does not endorse, is not affiliated with and is not in any way responsible for the linked website or any content that appears on it.
If you decide to visit any linked website, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to review the terms of use, privacy policy and any other relevant legal notices of the relevant linked website.
While the IET does not review such content and does not exercise any control over either the links themselves or the content to which a user provides a link, the IET nevertheless reserves the right to remove any link or content for any reason including, without limitation, where the IET considers (in its absolute discretion) the link or the content to which a link is provided is inappropriate (which may include but is not limited to any link or content that is illegal and/or does not reflect the values of the IET).
If you become aware of any links or content on linked websites that you believe may be inappropriate, please notify us immediately (using the 'Contact us' function) so that we can review the link and/or the content of the linked website.
Personality Quiz
You will be able to use our website to take a free Personality Quiz. The results of this quiz can be received in two ways. If the test has been conducted offline, the result will be self-generated by using the score sheets provided. If the test has been conducted online, your information will be automatically analysed and a result generated. In either case, the result which will identify a personality type. This personality type will link to numerous potential roles and role model profiles for you to read. Where the test has been conducted online, we may also record and use your answers and results for research purposes in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
The results of the Personality Quiz are intended to be for informational and entertainment purposes only. They are not to be relied upon as a basis for choosing a career path or course of action.
IET copyright
All content included on the MySkillsMyLife website, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, and software, is the property of the IET or its content suppliers and is protected by UK and international copyright laws.
The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content, on the MySkillsMyLife website is the exclusive property of the IET and is protected by UK and international copyright laws.
All software used on the MySkillsMyLife website is the property of WISE or its software suppliers and is protected by UK and international copyright laws.
Third-party copyright
If you believe that your copyright has been infringed by the content of the MySkillsMyLife website or any website linked to which a link is provided on the MySkillsMyLife website, then please notify us immediately (using the 'Contact us' function).
Trademarks
The graphics, logos, service names and trademarks used on the site are the property of the IET, its content suppliers and the suppliers of third-party goods and services offered on the site.
The trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not the trademark owners', in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits the trademark owner.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Use of site
This site, its content or any portion of this site or its content may not be reproduced, retransmitted, duplicated, copied, distributed, disseminated, sold, resold, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose that is not expressly permitted by the IET.
The IET and suppliers reserve the right to refuse service in their discretion, including, without limitation, if we believe that a user's conduct violates applicable law or is harmful to the interests of the IET, its affiliates, suppliers or users.
No person may post on, transmit through, or otherwise make available on the website:
- any material that violates or infringes the rights of others, that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, abusive, profane, vulgar, sexually explicit, racist, threatening, hateful or otherwise objectionable or that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law,
- any copyrighted material, without the express written consent of the owner thereof,
- any advertising or other solicitation with respect to products or services without the express prior written consent of the IET, or
- any information or software that contains a virus, worm, or other harmful or disruptive component.
The IET is under no obligation to permit any material that you post or transmit to remain on the site, and we, in our sole discretion, may refuse to display or may remove any material posted on or transmitted to or through its website.
Copyright complaints
The IET respects the intellectual property rights of others.
If you believe that your work has been copied by this website or is posted in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us at the address below.
Our address
The IET,
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