Using our website
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) website is available for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you of this site constitutes acceptance by you of these Terms and Conditions that take effect from the date of first use. You agree to use this website 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 other third party.
Additionally, you must not misuse the website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful, or otherwise harmfully interact with our site or any part of it. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website, the server on which it's 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. Any breach of this provision may be reported to the relevant law enforcement authorities and where necessary we'll cooperate with those authorities by lawfully disclosing your identity to them.
See our Privacy Policy for detail of how we handle any information that you provide to us and see our Cookie and Similar Technologies Policy for detail of how we use cookies and similar technologies to enable the website to function correctly and understand more about visitors’ use of our website.
Browsing the SIS website
If you have accessed the site to view the information it contains you will remain anonymous. If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website (reading pages or downloading information for example) we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally.
The following are representative of the types of information automatically collected and stored about your visit:
- The Internet domain and Internet Protocol (IP) address from which you access our website
- The type of Internet browser and the operating system of the computer you use to access our site
- The date and time you visit our site
- The pages you visit on our site
- If you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website
- The site address of the search engine through which you arrived, and the words used to define your search
The information gathered automatically by the site is used for statistical purposes only, with a view to making improvements for the benefit of visitors, as well as improving the system's technical performance.
Contact us
If you choose to submit information using our online form and provide us with your name and email or postal address, we will not give this information to any private organisation, commercial or otherwise.
If you choose to offer information or assistance to SIS by using our online form, we will make appropriate inquiries to determine the accuracy of your information. In addition, we may share the information you provide with other appropriate authorities to enable SIS to carry out its legally authorised responsibilities.
By providing information or assistance to SIS through our online form, you expressly consent to our use of whatever information you provide via our website.
Intellectual property
The Secret Intelligence Service is the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. SIS reserves all such rights. In particular, the names, images and logos identifying the Secret Intelligence Service are proprietary marks of the Secret Intelligence Service. Copying our images and logos and/or any third-party logos accessed via this website isn't permitted.
Text, data mining, or web scraping
You are not permitted to conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our site for any purpose, including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of AI systems or models.
Copyright
© Crown copyright 2018
The material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. The Crown copyright protected material (other than the Secret Intelligence Service crest and website design) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided, if it is reproduced accurately, and not used in any misleading context. Where any of the Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.
The permission to reproduce Crown protected material does not extend to any material on this site that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.
Linking to the Secret Intelligence Service website
You do not have to ask permission to link directly to the pages on this website provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. We do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. The Secret Intelligence Service pages should load into the user's entire window.
Links on the Secret Intelligence Service website
We are not responsible for the content or reliability of any websites we link to on the Secret Intelligence Service website. Linking should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and we have no control over the availability of linked pages.
Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test material published on this website at all stages of its creation. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption, or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur while using material derived from this website.
Disclaimer
The Secret Intelligence Service website and material relating to Government information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services) is provided "as is" without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether expressed or implied.
We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials. In no event will SIS be liable for any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of the Secret Intelligence Service website.
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.
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 this SIS website after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change.
