Agreement and operator
The website is operated by Mastline Reference Publishing Ltd, of 27 Bracken Gauge Street, Holbeck, Leeds LS11 8QJ, United Kingdom. By accessing or using the site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, you should stop using the site. These terms apply to the editorial pages, contact facilities and other features made available through the domain.
Editorial purpose
The site provides general historical and technical information about lighthouses, lighthouse authorities, navigation signals and related engineering. It is not an official navigational publication. Content must not be used as a substitute for current charts, sailing directions, Notices to Mariners, light lists, coastguard instructions or advice from a competent maritime professional.
Operational characteristics, access arrangements and site conditions may change. Anyone navigating, travelling to a lighthouse or planning marine work is responsible for obtaining current information from the relevant authority and making an appropriate risk assessment.
Your obligations
You may use the site only for lawful purposes. You must not interfere with its operation, attempt unauthorised access, introduce malicious code, overload infrastructure, scrape the service in a manner that impairs availability, or use contact facilities to send unlawful, abusive or deceptive material. You must not misrepresent your identity or imply that content from this independent site is issued by Trinity House, the Northern Lighthouse Board, the Commissioners of Irish Lights or another authority.
If you submit a correction or suggestion, you confirm that you have the right to provide it and that it does not unlawfully disclose confidential information or infringe another person’s rights.
Intellectual property
Unless stated otherwise, the site’s original writing, page design, code structure and commissioned illustrations are owned by or licensed to Mastline Reference Publishing Ltd and are protected by intellectual property law. You may view pages, print a reasonable number of copies for personal reference and quote short extracts with fair attribution where permitted by law.
You may not reproduce substantial parts of the site, republish complete articles, remove rights notices, sell copies, or use site content to create a competing publication without prior written permission. Names of lighthouse authorities, locations and historical subjects remain the property of their respective owners where applicable. Their appearance does not imply endorsement or affiliation.
Links and third-party material
The site may link to external sources for context or official information. External services are controlled by their operators. We are not responsible for their availability, security, content or privacy practices. A link is not an endorsement. You should review the terms and policies of any external service you use.
Availability and changes
We may correct, update, reorganise, suspend or withdraw any part of the site. We do not promise uninterrupted availability or that every page will be free from errors. We may restrict access where reasonably necessary for security, maintenance, legal compliance or protection of users and infrastructure.
Liability
Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. Subject to that rule, the site is provided for general information. We are not liable for losses arising from reliance on the site as operational navigational guidance, from unauthorised or unlawful use, or from events outside our reasonable control.
For consumers, statutory rights remain unaffected. Where the law allows, we exclude implied terms to the extent appropriate for a free editorial service. We are not responsible for indirect or consequential business losses, loss of profit, revenue, opportunity, data or goodwill.
Termination
We may block or terminate access where a user materially breaches these terms, threatens security, infringes rights or misuses site features. Provisions concerning intellectual property, liability, governing law and disputes continue where their nature requires them to survive termination.
Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction, except that a consumer resident elsewhere may retain rights to bring proceedings in the courts available under mandatory local law. Before starting formal proceedings, contact [email protected] with a description of the issue so that both sides can attempt to resolve it.