Created: 06 September 2018 Updated: 05 September 2023

Defra Data Services Platform

This page explains the terms and conditions for using this site, our linking policy and the disclaimers attached to the information. This page and any pages it links to explain terms of use. You must agree to them to use the services made available through these web pages.

Who We Are

The Data Services Platform is owned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and is managed by the Environment Agency, which will be referred to as ‘we’ from now on. The web pages and the services they operate will be referred to as ‘the site’.

Using The Site

You agree to use the site only for lawful purposes. You must also use it in a way that doesn’t infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, the site by anyone else.

We update the site all the time. We can change or remove content at any time without notice

The site is maintained for your personal use.

Content and data on the site is published under the Open Government Licence (OGL), unless we indicate otherwise. Some content is exempt from the OGL - check the list of exemptions.

Logos and trademarks are exempt from the OGL, except when it forms an integral part of a document or dataset and are not licensed.

Contact us at enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk if you want to reproduce a piece of content but aren’t sure if it’s covered by the OGL.

We make most of the content on our pages available through feeds for other websites and applications to use. The websites and applications that use our feeds aren’t our products, and they might use versions of our content that have been edited and stored for later use (‘cached’).

Services and transactions

You can use the site to access certain online services and transactions,.

Some services have their own terms and conditions which also apply - read these before you use the service. Please see further details in the Annex

Some services require you to register with us.  This might be to access and download certain data or to be able to make your own input.

Your Registration Account

If you register with us as a “Registered user” we will use the information you provide us when you register to:

• provide you with log-in details;

• contact you regarding the site or service you have registered to use;

• populate your user profile (your “Profile”); and

• any other uses required by law.

Registered Users will be provided with log in details which includes a password when they register. You must treat your log in details as confidential information. You must not disclose them to any third party.  If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification and password, you must promptly notify us at enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk.

We have the right to disable any user name or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.

If you disclose your user name and password to any third party and they breach any terms of these Terms of Use (including the Contribution and Acceptable Use Policy and Cookie Policy) whilst using your login user name and password, you will be liable for the breach as if you had committed it yourself

Linking to the Site

We welcome and encourage other websites to link to the Site.

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 the site

• say your website is associated with or endorsed by the Data Services Platform or another government department or agency

Disclaimer

While we make every effort to keep 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 GOV.UK. You should get professional or specialist advice before doing anything on the basis of the content.

We’re not liable for any loss or damage that may come from using 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

Requests to remove content

You can ask for content to be removed from GOV.UK. We’ll remove content:

• in order 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.

Information about you and your visits to our pages

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

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test our pages for viruses at every stage of production. You must make sure that the way you use our pages doesn’t expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which can damage your computer system.

We’re not responsible for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer system that might happen when you use our content or data.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

When using our content or data, 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 our content or data, the server on which it’s stored or any server, computer or database connected to it.

You must not attack the site in any way. This includes denial-of-service attacks. We’ll report any attacks or attempts to gain unauthorised access to our servers to the relevant law enforcement authorities and share information about you with them.

Governing law

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 the site (whether it be contractual or non-contractual), will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

General

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 won’t 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.

Annex – Specific Provisions

Using Spatial And Partner Data Catalogues

When you download a dataset we will always indicate whether it is Open Data or subject to different terms and conditions and specific metadata and you should check this.

Using Reuse Of Flooding From Surface Water

Terms of Use

This page (taken with the documents and pages it refers to) tells you the terms of use which you agree to when you use Risk of Flooding from Surface Water. Risk of Flooding from Surface Water is managed by the Environment Agency and its contractor Landmark (and referred to as ‘we’ from now on).

Using Risk of Flooding from Surface Water

Risk of Flooding from Surface Water is maintained for your personal use.

You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this site by any third party.

We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time.

By using this site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using our site.

Linking to and from Risk of Flooding from Surface Water

We welcome and encourage other websites to link to the information that is hosted on these pages, and you don’t have to ask permission to link to Risk of Flooding from Surface Water.

However, we don’t give you permission to suggest that your website is associated with, or endorsed by, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water.

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Using Risk of Flooding from Surface Water content

Risk of Flooding from Surface Water operates as a data portal for accessing specific data and will identify the relevant licence applicable when you select the data to download.

When you download data please check to see if there is any abstract or metadata available on http://DATA.GOV.UK which provide information about the data and will also advise you of any needs to attribute ownership or whether there are any conditions of use.

The material featured on this website is subject to copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. Where the relevant data is marked as Crown Copyright you can read the Crown Copyright page for more information.

In addition, we make much of our information available through feeds to third parties for use on websites or other applications. Please be aware, however, that these are not our products. These applications may use versions of our information and guidance that has been edited or cached. The most up-to-date version of our information will always be that available on the Risk of Flooding from Surface Water website. We don’t provide any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to the accuracy of any such third-party products and do not accept liability for loss or damage incurred by users of such third-party products under any circumstances.

Disclaimer

While we make every effort to keep Risk of Flooding from Surface Water up to date, we don’t provide any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to the accuracy of the information on the site.

We don’t accept liability for loss or damage incurred by users of the website, whether direct, indirect or consequential, whether caused by tort, breach of contract or otherwise, in connection with our site, its use, the inability to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it. This includes loss of:

• income or revenue

• business

• profits or contracts

• anticipated savings

• data

• goodwill

• tangible property

• wasted management or office time

This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Requests to remove content

In special cases, you can ask for content to be removed from Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, eg if it breaches copyright laws, contains sensitive personal data or includes material that may be considered obscene or defamatory.

Use the Contact Us details provided giving the web address (URL) of the content you’d like removed and why. We’ll acknowledge your request and let you know what’s going to happen.

Content removal is at our discretion in discussion with the department or agency responsible for the content. This policy doesn’t affect your statutory rights to request information, including the Freedom of Information Act and the Data Protection Act.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. However, you must take your own precautions to ensure that the process that you employ for accessing this website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system.

We can’t accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system that may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that 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.

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 co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

General

We accept no liability for any failure to comply with these terms and conditions where such failure is due to circumstance beyond our reasonable control.

If we waive any rights available to us under these terms and conditions on one occasion, this does not means that those rights will automatically be waived 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 shall nevertheless continue in full force.

Revisions to these terms

We may at any time revise these terms and conditions without notice. Please check these terms and conditions regularly, as continued use of the Risk of Flooding from Surface Water website after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change.