TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF USE
OF
NUM.org.uk
1 ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
1.1 Your access to and use of
NUM.org.uk ("the Website") and any
Services referred to in Clause 2, is subject exclusively to these Terms and
Conditions. You will not use the
Website/Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms
and Conditions. By using the
Website/Services you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers
contained in this notice. If you do not
accept these Terms and Conditions you must immediately stop using the
Website/Services.
1.2 We reserve the right to
update or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time and your continued use
of the Website/Services following any changes shall be deemed to be your
acceptance of such change. It is
therefore your responsibility to check the Terms and Conditions regularly for
any changes.
2 THE
SERVICES
The Website may
provide news, information and other communication tools designed to enable you
to communicate with others. Unless stated otherwise the Services are for your
personal and non-commercial use only.
3 CHILD SUPERVISION
We are concerned
about the safety and privacy of our users, particularly children. Parents who wish to allow their children
access to and use of the Website/Services should supervise such access and
use. By allowing your child access to
the Services you are allowing your child access to all of the Services,
including email, bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums and/or other
message or communication facilities. It
is therefore your responsibility to determine which Services are appropriate
for your child. Always use caution when
revealing personally identifiable information about yourself or your children
via any of the Services.
4 PRIVACY POLICY
We are committed to
responsible data management and subscribe to the principals of the data
protection legislation in the
4.2 We use a technology
called "cookies" as part of our normal business procedure to track
patterns of behaviour of visitors to the Website. A cookie is an element of data that the
Website sends to your browser that is then stored on your system. You can set your browser to prevent this
happening. Any information collected in
this way can be used to identify you unless you change your browser settings.
5 USER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY
If a particular
Service requires you to open an account you will be required to complete the
registration process by providing certain information and registering a
username and password for use with that Service. You are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of the username and password and also for all activities which
take place under your account. You agree
to immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of your password or account or
any other breach of security. In no
event will NUM.org.uk be liable for any indirect
or consequential loss or damage whatsoever resulting from the disclosure of
your username and/or password. You may
not use another person’s account at any time, without the express permission of
the account holder.
6 ACCEPTABLE
USE
6.1 You acknowledge that all
information, text, graphics, logos, photographs, images, moving images, sound,
illustrations and other materials ("the Content"), whether posted
publicly or transmitted privately, are the sole responsibility of the person
from whom such Content originated. We do
not control or endorse the Content and cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity
or quality of such Content and you acknowledge that by using the Services you
may be exposed to Content that is offensive and/or indecent. NUM.org.uk will
not be liable in any way for any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind
resulting from the use of any Content transmitted via the Services and you
agree to bear all risks associated with the use of any Content, including any
reliance on the accuracy or completeness of such Content.
6.2 In using the Website/Services you agree not to:
6.2.1 use
the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any
other unsolicited messages, commercial or otherwise;
6.2.2 post,
publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that is defamatory,
infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;
6.2.3 post, publish, distribute
or disseminate material or information that incites discrimination, hate or
violence towards any person or group on account of their race, religion,
disability, nationality or otherwise;
6.2.4 threaten,
abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights
of privacy and publicity) of others;
6.2.5 use
any information or material in any manner that infringes any copyright,
trademark, patent or other proprietary right of any party;
6.2.6 make available or upload
files that contain a virus, worm, trojan or corrupt
data that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another;
6.2.7 collect
or store personal information about others, including email addresses;
6.2.8 advertise
or offer to buy or sell goods or services for any commercial purpose, unless
such communication facility specifically allows such messages;
6.2.9 impersonate
any person or entity for the purpose of misleading others;
6.2.10 violate
any applicable laws or regulations;
6.2.11 use the Website/Services in
any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website/Services
or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website/Services;
6.2.12 post, publish, distribute or
disseminate material or information that you do not have a right to transmit
under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside
information or confidential information disclosed in the course of employment
or under a confidentiality agreement);
6.2.13 attempt to gain unauthorised
access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks
connected to the Website/Services through hacking, password mining or any other
means.
6.3 We have no obligation to
monitor the Services but shall be entitled to review materials posted to a
communications facility and, at our sole discretion, to remove any material
that breaches these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable.
7 TERMINATION
We have the right to terminate your access to any or
all of the Services at any time, without notice, for any reason, including
without limitation, breach of these Terms and Conditions. We may also at any time, at our sole
discretion, discontinue the Website/Services or any part thereof without prior
notice and you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for
any termination of your access to the Website/Services.
8 LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Website/Services
may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by
others. Any link to other websites is
not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and agree that NUM.org.uk is not responsible for the content or
availability of any such sites.
9 INTERNATIONAL
USE
You agree to comply
with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported
from the United Kingdom or the country in which you reside (if different) and
with all local laws and rules regarding acceptable use of and conduct on the
Internet.
10 INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
10.1 The Website and its content
(including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all
software and source codes connected with the Website and the Services) are
protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property
rights and laws. In accessing the
Website you agree that you will access the contents solely for your personal,
non-commercial use. None of the content
may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed
without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or
printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home use only.
10.2 NUM.org.uk
does not claim ownership of any materials you post, upload or submit to any
publicly accessible area of the Services. However, by doing so you are granting
us a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive licence to copy, distribute,
transmit, reproduce, publicly display, edit, translate or publish such Content
for as long as you elect to display such Content via the Services. The licence shall be terminated when such
Content is deleted from the Services.
11 INDEMNITY
You agree to
indemnify and hold NUM.org.uk harmless from and
against any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and any claim or demand
brought against NUM.org.uk by any third party
arising out of your use of the Services and/or any Content submitted, posted or
transmitted through the Services, including without limitation, all claims,
actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including
reasonable legal costs and expenses) howsoever suffered or incurred by NUM.org.uk in consequence of your breach of these
Terms and Conditions.
12 DISCLAIMERS
AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
12.1 Use of the Website/Services
is at your own risk. The
Website/Services are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE"
basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of
any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied
warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose,
non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
12.2 To the extent permitted by
law, NUM.org.uk will not
be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever
(including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits)
arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website/Services.
12.3 NUM.org.uk
makes no warranty that the Website/Services will meet your requirements,
that Content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality of the
Website/Services will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be
corrected or that the Website/Services or the server that makes them available
are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.
12.4 Nothing in these Terms and
Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of NUM.org.uk for death or personal injury as a result of
the negligence of NUM.org.uk.
12.5 Nothing in these Terms and
Conditions shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
13 SEVERANCE
If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction
then such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and
Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be
binding and enforceable.
14 GOVERNING LAW
These Terms and Conditions
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of