Please read these Membership Terms and Conditions carefully before
registering on the Site as a Member. If You do not agree to these Membership
Terms and Conditions, then You SHOULD NOT register as a Member.
1. Acceptance of Membership Terms and Conditions
1.1 By
clicking "Accept" to register You will be deemed to have consented to these
Membership Terms and Conditions.
1.2 We
reserve the right to change or update these Membership Terms and Conditions from
time to time (subject to Your termination right pursuant to paragraph 8). Any
revisions to these Membership Terms and Conditions will be notified by email.
2. Description of Membership and Subscription
2.1 As a
Member, You can take advantage of many services on the Site for free. However
other areas of the site require payment of a Member subscription.
2.2 Member
subscription payments can be made in UK Sterling.
3. Age of Consent
3.1 You
must be 18 years or over to register as a Member. If We discover or have
any reason to suspect that You are not over 18 years of age, then We reserve Our
right to suspend or terminate Your Membership to this Site immediately and
without notice.
4. Password Member Name and Security
4.1 Upon
registration as a Member, You will select a Password and Member Name that You
can use to access Your Member Account and Profile and to log on to the Members'
area of the Site.
4.2 You
are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your Password and Member
Name and are responsible for all activities that occur under them. We do not
have the means to check the identity of people using the Members' area of the
Site and will not be liable where Your Password or Member Name are used by
someone else.
4.3 You
agree to notify Us immediately of any unauthorised use of Your Password or
Member Name or any other breach of security of which You become aware.
5. Your warranties
5.1 You
warrant that:
5.1.1 You
are over 18 years of age;
5.1.2 all
information and details provided by You to Us (including on registration as a
Member) are true, accurate and up to date in all respects and at all times (see
Our Privacy
Policy for details on how to update Your personal data); and
5.1.3 You
will comply with these Membership Terms and Conditions including, without
limitation, the restrictions relating to acceptable use set out at section 6
below.
5.2 You
agree to indemnify and hold Us harmless from any claim or damages (including any
legal fees in relation to same) made by a third party in respect of any matter
in relation to or arising from Your use and Membership arising from any breach
or suspected breach of these Membership Terms and Conditions by You or Your
violation of any law or the rights of any third party.
6. Acceptable Use
6.1 We
support the free flow of information and ideas over the Internet and do not
actively monitor use of the Site, including the Members' area under normal
circumstances. We seek to balance this aim with Our obligations to other Members
and at law however. We do therefore review all profiles entered onto the Site by
Members, check instant messages where certain keywords are triggered and log
chatroom exchanges in order to ensure compliance with these terms, and to comply
with or investigate any enforcement agency or police request or complaints. We
also therefore require that You do not:
6.1.1 say
or do anything that would cause annoyance, inconvenience, harassment or needless
anxiety to others;
6.1.2
advertise or promote third party or Your own products or services including by
way of the distribution of 'spam' mail;
6.1.3 use
foul, threatening or offensive language including, without limitation, racist,
sexist, ageist, homophobic or sexually explicit language where inappropriate;
6.1.4 make
insulting remarks to or about other Members ("flaming");
6.1.5 jump
in and out of Site forum rooms ("frogging");
6.1.6
distribute illegal, copyright infringing, indecent or offensive material or any
messages or content that may incite disorder or encourage illegal activities or
that causes or may cause harm to minors;
6.1.7
impersonate another person or Member;
6.1.8
transfer files that contain viruses, trojans or other harmful programs;
6.1.9 use
the Site to conduct any fraudulent activity including any "pyramid scheme";
"ponzi scheme" or "chain letter";
6.1.10
access or attempt to access the accounts of other Members or to penetrate or
attempt to penetrate the Site security measures;
6.1.11
have more than one Member Account at any time.
6.2 We may
take any or all of the following action at Our discretion:
6.2.1
remove any Member profile (including photographs) or other material that, in Our
sole discretion may be inappropriate or We suspect to be illegal, subject Us to
liability or which may violate these Membership Terms and Conditions or where
required to do so by law;
6.2.2
issue Members with verbal or written warnings and may take such further action
as We deem appropriate under this paragraph 6.2 if such warnings are not heeded;
6.2.3
suspend or terminate a Member's access to the Members' area of the Site or a
Member's Account without notice at any time;
6.2.4
inform the appropriate authorities and provide them with information regarding
any suspected illegal activity; or
6.2.5
bring legal action against a Member or other user of the Site in relation to any
breach of these Membership Terms and Conditions or any illegal or suspected
illegal activity.
We will
determine what action is appropriate to be taken against a Member on a case by
case basis.
6.3 You
acknowledge that We may be required by law or regulation to access, monitor,
store or copy material sent by or to Members without further notice to You.
7. Cancellation
7.1 Your
Membership services commence immediately when You submit Your registration, or
subscription. This means that, subject always to Your right to terminate as set
out below, You will not be able to cancel the services after this point.
8.Termination of Membership
8.1
Subject to paragraph 8.2 below, You can terminate Your Membership at any time by
notifying Us at
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8.2 Please
note that any Member subscription paid by You is subject to the minimum
contractual period of one year. This means that, where You choose to terminate
Your Member subscription before the expiry of this period, You will not receive
any refund in respect of this minimum contractual period.
8.3 No
refunds will be paid by Us where Your Membership is terminated by Us as a
consequence of Your breach of these Membership Terms and Conditions.
9. Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Rights
9.1 Your
use of the Site grants no rights to You in relation to copyright, trade marks or
other of Our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of
third parties.
9.2 You
may not, without limitation, copy, reproduce, republish, download, post,
broadcast, record, transmit, commercially exploit, communicate to the public, or
otherwise use the content included in or provided via the Site except for Your
own personal, non-commercial use. Subject to the above, You may download
insubstantial excerpts of this content to Your hard disk for the purpose of
viewing it provided that no more than one copy of any information is made.
10. Limitation of Liability
10.1
Whilst We will use all reasonable endeavours to correct any errors or omissions
as soon as practicable once they have been brought to Our attention, We do not
warrant that the Site will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating
condition nor that the information on and provided via the Site will be free
from errors or omissions.
10.2
Access to this Site and its contents may be suspended temporarily and without
notice in the case of system failure, necessary maintenance or repair or for
reasons beyond Our control.
10.3 Save
that nothing in this paragraph 10 shall restrict Your statutory rights
(including Your right to receive a reasonable standard of service), all content
and services on this Site are provided on an 'as is' and 'as available' basis.
We do not make any representation or give any warranty in respect of the Site or
its content, including, without limitation information provided by or regarding
other Members. We can not vet all Member profiles and entries to ensure that
they are appropriate or correct. Any decision made or action taken by You on
the basis of information provided on or via the Site is at Your sole discretion
and risk.
10.4 Due
to the fact that many technical aspects of the Site and the content provided
herein is supplied by or otherwise dependent on third parties, We do not give
any warranty as to the accuracy, suitability, reliability, completeness,
performance, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, or freedom
from viruses, or other harmful programs of the content contained in or accessed
through this Site.
10.5 We
will not be liable for any damages, including indirect or consequential losses
and whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, arising in
connection with any use by You or other Members of the Site that is in
contravention of these Membership Terms and Conditions or is not directly
attributable to Our negligence. Where We are liable for direct loss this will be
limited to a maximum of the total price of the Member Subscription paid to Us by
You in the 6 months prior to the claim.
10.6
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit Our liability for
death or personal injury caused by Our negligence.
11. Security and Privacy
11.1 Your
security and those of all Our Members is very important to Us. Please read Our Privacy
Policy for important information regarding the use of Your
personal data and Your rights in relation to this.
12. General
12.1 We
shall not be liable for any failure for any suspension, or termination of access
to the Site or any content arising out of a force majeure event. A force majeure
event shall include, without limitation, failure of infrastructure, government
intervention, wars, civil commotion, hijacking, fire, flood, accident, storm,
strikes, lockouts, terrorist attacks, or industrial action affecting Us or Our
suppliers.
12.2 If
any of these Membership Terms and Conditions are determined to be illegal,
invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of law then to the extent and
within the jurisdiction in which that term is illegal, invalid or unenforceable,
it shall be severed and deleted from these terms and the remaining terms shall
survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and
enforceable.
12.3 These
Membership Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of England. Disputes arising in connection with these
terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England
and Wales.
13. Complaints and Feedback
13.1 If
You have any complaints about another Member or any aspect of the Site or if You
have any questions or would otherwise like to provide any other feedback, then
You can contact Us by emailing
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Terms and Conditions
