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Terms and Conditions
By accessing or using this website currently located at http://www.smethwickps.co.uk (the Site) and owned by Smethwick Photographic Society (the Society) any user of this Site and any individual or entity on whose behalf a user accesses or uses the Site (collectively You or Yours as appropriate) agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions and to the Sites Privacy Policy. Please read both carefully and often as they may be subject to change. Your continued use of the Site after the posting of any changes to the Terms and Conditions constitutes acceptance of those changes. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, please do not use the Site.
Data Protection
Any personal data that you supply will be treated in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will be used only for the purpose for which it is given. It will not be disclosed to anyone without your prior approval. If you wish to view, update or rectify data you have voluntarily given for inclusion on this site, please Contact Us. Under the Data Protection Act You have the right to ask, at any time, that any information specifically identifying You be modified or corrected. You may also request that such information be deleted in its entirety from this site and/or any other electronic storage medium. You may at any time request that any material for which You hold the copyright be removed from this Site. You may also request that such material be deleted in its entirety from this Site and/or any other electronic storage medium.
General Disclaimer
The material that appears on the Site is for informational purposes only. Despite our efforts to provide useful and accurate information, errors may appear from time to time. Before You act on information You have found on our Site, You should confirm any facts that are important to Your decision. The Society is not responsible for and cannot guarantee the performance of, goods and services provided by any advertisers, by others to whose sites we link, or users who post any advertisement.
Copyright
This Site, and the information presented on it, remains the copyright of the Society. Any other material used that is not the copyright of the Society remains the copyright of the owner of such information, material or presentation. You may copy and/or print any information that is the copyright of the Society, solely for your own use, provided always that the ownership of copyright is acknowledged. You may not copy and/or print, nor display, distribute, sell or otherwise communicate any information that is the copyright of the Society without specific permission. You are not permitted to copy, print, display, distribute, sell or otherwise communicate any information that is the copyright of any other person or organization without their specific permission.
Intellectual Property Rights
You will not use the Site to violate anyone’s copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights. By submitting material to the Site You are representing that You are the owner of the material, or are making Your submission with the express consent of the owner. Submitting material that is the property of another without the consent of its owner is not only a violation of this agreement, but may also subject You to legal liability for infringement of copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights.
Public Posting Areas
The Society wants to encourage an open exchange of information and ideas, and endeavours to review every posting made in the public posting areas. You can expect these areas to include information and opinions from a variety of individuals or organisations. The Society does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of any posting, regardless of where the posting comes from. There is no substitute for healthy scepticism and Your own good judgement. Responsibility for what is posted in the public posting areas on the Site lies with each contributor. You alone are responsible for material You submit for posting to the Site. You agree not to attempt to submit for posting or in any other way transmit any defamatory, abusive, obscene, threatening or illegal material, or any other material that infringes on the ability of others to enjoy the Site or that infringes on the rights of others. Postings to the public areas of the Site will be vetted by the Society before being posted, however, the Society will not necessarily review in detail any or all information submitted for posting to the Site for any purpose. The Society retains the right to deny any posting that violates these terms or any other term of this agreement. Although the Society cannot always monitor all the postings in the public areas, the Society reserves the right (but assumes no obligation) to delete, move or edit any postings that come to our attention and that the Society considers unacceptable or inappropriate, whether for legal or other reasons.
Ownership of Submitted Material
All material, except images, You submit for inclusion in any part of our site may be reproduced, modified and/or distributed as we see fit in any medium and for any purpose unless otherwise specifically requested by You not to do so. The Society claims no ownership rights in any image that may be submitted by You for possible inclusion in the Site. However, with regard to any such images posted by You for possible inclusion in the Site, you grant non-exclusive, world-wide royalty free license to modify, publish and reproduce said material solely for the purposes of displaying, distributing and promoting.
Soliciting
You agree not to use the Site to advertise products or services or to solicit anyone to buy or sell products or services or to make donations of any kind, without prior written permission of the Society. If you wish to obtain such permission, please Contact Us.
Spamming
From time to time visitors or contributors may post their e-mail addresses in the public posting areas. You agree not to gather these e-mail addresses for purposes of spamming or any non-personal or commercial purposes.
Links to Third Party Sites
The Site contains links to third party web sites (Third Party Sites) which the Society has no control over, does not endorse, has not reviewed and is not responsible for the availability of. You acknowledge that use of Third Party Sites is at Your own risk and that the Society is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss You incur with products or services on such Third Party Sites. Moreover, you acknowledge that the Society is not responsible directly or indirectly for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency or any other aspects of Third Party Sites.
Hyper linking
We welcome links to our Site. You are free to establish a hypertext link to this Site so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of Your site by the Society.
Framing or Copying
Without the prior written permission of the Society You may not frame or copy any of the content of the Site, or incorporate into another Web site or other service any intellectual property of the Society. Requests for permission to frame or copy any content may be sent to us using one of the methods listed on the Contact Us page.
Site Security Rules
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including without limitation,
1. accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorised to access.
2. attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the system or network to which this site is connected or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorisation.
3. attempting to interfere with service to any user host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, ‘flooding’ ‘spamming’ ‘mail bombing’ or ‘crashing’.
4. sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or
5. forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or public posting.
Violations of system or network security
May result in civil or criminal liability The Society will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve and co-operate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.
Advertisers
The Society does not accept any liability whatsoever for the content of sites advertised on this Site. The Society is not responsible for the products, services, words or actions of any organisation to whom the Site may provide a direct link.
Disclaimer of warranties and limitations of liability
This Site is provided by the Society on an “as is” and “as available” basis. The Society makes no representations or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the operation of this Site or the information, content, materials or products included on this Site. You expressly agree that Your use of this Site is at Your sole risk. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, the Society disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties for satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose. The Society does not warrant that this Site, its servers or e-mail sent from the Society are free of viruses or warrant its uninterrupted availability. The Society will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this Site, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental and consequential damages and loss of business or profits. Loss or damage for personal injury or death arising out of our negligence are not excluded.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold the Society harmless from any and all claims, demands or other liabilities, including legal fees and costs, that are made by any third party due to or arising from Your use of the Site or Your breach of these Terms and Conditions.
Severability
If any provision of these Site Terms and Conditions shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Applicable Law
These terms and conditions are governed by English law. Any grievance or dispute is subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.