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Terms and Conditions of Use for MSTA© Methodology, Documentation And Software

MSTA must be acknowledged in any quotation taken from this website or out of any MSTA documentation or software.
Throughout this website the initials BC mean 'business continuity'.
Downloading of files described as 'free' is limited to site visitors who have read and agreed to these terms and conditions.
The laws of England shall apply in all matters relating to contact between MBA and visitors to this website.
For information about commercial use or distribution of MSTA© methodology or software, email: associates@msta.co.uk

Ownership of the BC planning process and any resulting BC plan

Ownership of an implemented business continuity plan must reside with the team or organisation for which that BC plan has been written. Ownership should be encouraged and even impelled from the outset of the BC planning process.

A BC co-ordinator, manager or external consultant can only provide advice and guidance to the ultimate owner during the development and implementation of the BC plan. Therefore, an individual or business entity which employs or solicits information from Michael Bews Associates or MSTA, does so on the understanding that all services, documentation, methodology and software are provided on an advisory basis. The definitions, MSTA rules and other information contained in MSTA documentation are presented as 'subjective opinion' of MBA only and do not necessarily align with the opinions of other business continuity/disaster recovery professionals and experts in the field. The website visitor and others who read information relating to the MSTA methodology must decide for themselves whether to use or discard such information, including any information contained in the MSTA methodology, MSTA web pages and other documentation.

MBA accepts no liability for omissions or errors in any business continuity plan that is produced or implemented as a result of guidance or advice obtained from MBA or the MSTA methodology.

Polite warning:
THE MSTA METHODOLOGY, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION, FEATURES AND SOFTWARE FILES, IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICHAEL BEWS, THE SOLE OWNER OF THE MSTA COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THE MSTA METHODOLOGY OR ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION, FEATURES AND SOFTWARE FILES EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, we should prefer that you disregard all advice and guidance provided by MBA and the MSTA methodology, whether in printed form, software files or on the MSTA website.