Terms and Conditions of Use of BreastFeedingMums.com
1 ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
1.1 Your access to and use of www.breastfeedingmums.com
("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 communication tools such as email, bulletin boards,
chat areas, news groups, forums and/or other message or communication facilities
("the Services") 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
4.1 We are committed to responsible data management and subscribe to the principals
of the data protection legislation in the United Kingdom. We are committed
to maintaining the privacy of our users and maintaining the security of any
personal information received from you. If you register for any of the Services
you will be asked to provide basic personal information. The information provided
by you is not available for sale or use by third parties. The information
is used solely for notifying you of changes or updates to the Website/Services.
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 www.breastfeedingmums.com 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. www.breastfeedingmums.com
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 www.breastfeedingmums.com
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 www.breastfeedingmums.com 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 www.breastfeedingmums.com harmless from and
against any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and any claim or demand
brought against www.breastfeedingmums.com 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 www.breastfeedingmums.com
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, www.breastfeedingmums.com 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 www.breastfeedingmums.com 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 www.breastfeedingmums.com for death or personal
injury as a result of the negligence of www.breastfeedingmums.com.
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 England and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the English courts.