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The No Ordinary Ant website is provided by Alpha Colony, a trading name of Fantom Factory. Fantom Factory Ltd is a registered company in England and Wales, United Kingdom with company number 1118 3348 with registered offices situated at 53 Empire Avenue, Cwmgwrach, Neath, SA11 5SU, Wales and referred to below as "Fantom Factory", "us," "we," or "our".

These Terms of Use ("these Terms") govern your use of the services made available by our website ("Services"). By using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms, including the policies referenced in these Terms.

These Terms of Use ("these Terms") govern your use of the services made available by our website ("Services"). By using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms, including the policies referenced in these Terms.

1 - Using our Website

  1. By using our Services you agree to be legally bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to use the Services in accordance with these Terms, please do not use them.
  2. We take data security and protection of your personal data seriously. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy at no-ordinary-ant.uk/privacyPolicy.
  3. You may not use the site to access the services if under 18 years of age, unless under consent and supervision of a parent or guardian.

Our License to You

  1. Subject to these Terms and our Policies, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use the Services.
  2. You agree not to use the Services for any commercial or business purpose other than where expressly permitted in writing by us.

2 - Security of the Services

  1. By using the Services, you agree that you:
    1. will use the Services in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations which may apply to you in the United Kingdom and the country from which you access them;
    2. are responsible for the security and proper use of your login information used in connection with the Services and will take all necessary steps to ensure they are kept confidential, secure, used properly and not disclosed to any other person;
    3. are reasonably responsible for all activities that occur under your account;
    4. will inform us immediately if there is any reason to believe that your account has been used in an unauthorised way: at support@alphacolony.io.
    5. will adhere to any security policies we publish and provide any details reasonably requested to maintain the security of the Services; and
    6. must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Services or any server, computer, database used by the Services and/or interfere with the proper operation of the Services and related services, such as email communications.
  2. You may not use the Services:
    1. to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam);
    2. to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

3 - Services

  1. Alpha Colony also supplies eLearning courses and content as part of the Services.
  2. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use the eLearning content in any way except for specified use.
  3. We reserve the right to:
    1. update and change the Services at any time for any reason;
    2. change these Terms from time to time as we see fit and your continued use of the Services constitutes your acceptance of any change to these Terms; and
    3. cease publishing any or take offline any or all parts of the Services at any time without notice to you.
  4. We may need to suspend the Services to:
    1. perform routine or non-routine maintenance;
    2. deal with technical problems or make minor technical changes;
    3. update the Services to reflect changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements; or
    4. correct errors and/or any other purpose whatsoever.
  5. You should not expect the Services to be continuous, uninterrupted or error-free.

4 - Third Party Content

  1. The contents of websites to which we link are not approved or endorsed by us. The references are intended to be useful to you, however we do not control the content on those websites.
  2. You are solely responsible for evaluating the suitability of any information for your circumstances at the other website. We will not be party to or in any way responsible for any transactions between you and third parties. You should verify the suitability of such content for your purposes with a suitably skilled and experienced person.
  3. The links to other websites may result in cookies being sent to your computer or solicit personal information. Please check the privacy policy of the external site.

5 - Interactive Services

  1. We may from time to time provide interactive services as part of the Services, including, without limitation:
    1. video-streaming facilities;
    2. in-course feedback and messaging options
  2. You also agree not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
    1. any part of the Services;
    2. any equipment or network on which the Services rely to function and/or operate;
    3. any software used in the provision of the Services; or
    4. any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

6 - Intellectual Property Rights

  1. Intellectual Property rights are distributed as follows:
    1. Alpha Colony and its third party licensors retain all intellectual property rights in the Services and illustrative content.
    2. Spiral Horizons CIC retains all intellectual property rights in digital content outside of licensed use of materials from Alpha Colony, to provide the Services.
  2. You will not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, perform, reproduce, publish, licence, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any Services without our consent given in writing.
  3. You will not remove, alter, cover or obfuscate any copyright notices, trade mark notices, watermarks, disclaimers, warnings or other notices placed on or embedded on materials published on the Services.
  4. You are not permitted to use our trademarks and trade names without our written permission, which include, but are not limited to: “Alpha Colony”, "Clonewolf", and "STEM Futures".

7 - Breach of these Terms

  1. When we consider that a breach of these Terms has occurred, we may take such action as we consider appropriate, which may include:
    1. immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use the Services;
    2. issue of a warning to you;
    3. legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach;
    4. disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.
  2. We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of these Terms. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably consider appropriate.

8 - Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Alpha Colony from any and all claims, liabilities, expenses, and damages (to the extent attributable to you under the applicable law), including reasonable legal fees and costs, made by any third party related to: (a) your use or attempted use of the Services in breach of these Terms; or (b) your breach of any law or rights of any third party, including without limitation any claim of infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property or other proprietary rights.

9 - Limitation of Liability

  1. This clause sets out the entire financial liability of each party (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its personnel) to the other party in respect of:
    1. any breach of these Terms however arising;
    2. any use made by you of the Services or any part of them; and
    3. any misrepresentation, statement or tortious act or omission (including negligence) arising under or in connection with this Agreement.
  2. Save as expressly set out in these Terms:
    1. all warranties, representations, conditions and all other terms of any kind whatsoever implied by statute are to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, excluded from these Terms;
    2. the Services are supplied on an “as is” basis, and you assume responsibility for the results of use of any Services and for the conclusions drawn from such use.
  3. Nothing in this Agreement limits or excludes the liability of either party:
    1. for death or personal injury resulting from its own negligence;
    2. where you contract with us as a consumer within the meaning of the Consumer Rights Act and/or The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations; and
    3. for any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by the other party.
  4. Neither party shall not be liable whether in tort (including for negligence), breach of statutory duty, misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise for any loss of profits, business, wasted expenditure, reputation, goodwill (in each case, whether direct or indirect) and/or consequential, indirect, special losses, suffered by any person relating to these Terms.
  5. The liability of a party under or in connection with this Agreement will be reduced to the extent the liability arises from the act, omission or negligence of the other party and/or its Personnel.
  6. If a party suffers loss or damage in connection with this Agreement for which the other party is liable (including under an indemnity), it must use its best efforts to mitigate its loss and damage.
  7. Subject to clauses 9.1 to 9.6, and to the extent permitted by any applicable law, each party's maximum aggregate liability in connection with these Terms, whether in contract, tort, equity, or under any statute, is limited to the greater of: (a) the amount paid or payable by you in connection with this Agreement; and (b) £5,000.

10 - General

  1. We can transfer these Terms, so that a different organisation is responsible for supplying the Services. We'll tell you in writing if this happens and we'll ensure that the transfer won't affect your rights under these Terms.
  2. No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under this Agreement or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
  3. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the rights and remedies provided under these Terms are in addition to and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
  4. This Agreement does not confer any rights upon any person which is not a party to it.

11 - Governing Law and Venue

  1. These Terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the parties agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of English and Welsh Courts to resolve any disputes arising from or connected with these Terms, including non-contractual claims in each case.

Version 1.0 Published 30 April 2025