PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of this Web site (“Site”), which is owned and operated by My-local-community.co.uk (“My-local-community”, “MLC”, “we”, “us”, “our”). Please return to this Site and review these Terms from time to time, as they may be amended without notice. Any changes to these Terms will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Terms on this Site. Some products and services accessible through this Site are subject to additional terms and conditions. To the extent that any provision of those additional terms and conditions conflicts with these Terms, those additional terms and conditions shall prevail. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE. YOUR USE OF THIS SITE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS.

 

GENERAL. MLC does not warrant that the contents of this Site are error-free. Information on this Site may contain technical inaccuracies and/or typographical or other types of errors and may be changed or updated at any time without notice. MLC may also make improvements and/or changes in the information and/or programs described on this Site at any time without notice. MLC will use reasonable efforts to place accurate and up-to-date information on this Site but makes no warranty of its accuracy, completeness and/or timeliness. You acknowledge that your use of any information available through this Site is at your own risk.

 

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. THIS SITE AND ALL CONTENT AND MATERIALS ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO THE APPLICABLE LAW, MLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR OTHER VIOLATION OF RIGHTS. MLC DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, VALIDITY, ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING, THIS SITE OR THE CONTENT OR MATERIALS ON THIS SITE OR ANY WEB SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THAT (I) USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY CONTENT OR MATERIALS ON OR FROM THIS SITE (INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE, PRODUCT OR SERVICE) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, (II) THIS SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, (III) ANY ERRORS ON THIS SITE WILL BE CORRECTED, OR (IV) THE SERVERS ON WHICH THIS SITE, CONTENT AND MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. Some jurisdictions do not allow a disclaimer of some or any implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, the foregoing disclaimers may not apply to you insofar as they relate to implied warranties, to the extent prohibited.

 

CODE OF CONDUCT. You agree that you will only use this Site (including features thereof and information or services offered thereon) for their intended purpose. You agree to limit such uses to your personal or commercial use. You further agree not to: (i) use this Site, any content or other materials on this Site, or any products or services included on or available through this Site for any unlawful purpose; (ii) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying this Site, including by means of disrupting the normal flow of dialogue, causing a screen to “scroll” faster than other users of this Site are able to type, hacking or defacing any portion of this Site, introducing any virus, worm, Trojan Horse, Easter Egg, time bomb, spyware, or any other computer code, file or program that may or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of any hardware, software or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise acting in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real time exchanges; (iii) impersonate any other person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity; or (iv) use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, “data mine,” or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of this Site or any content or other materials on this Site.

   MLC has the right to terminate your use of this Site, or any portion of this Site, with or without notice, in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason at all, including, but not limited to, if MLC determines (in its sole discretion) that your use of or conduct on or related to this Site (i) violates these Terms or any additional terms and conditions, (ii) is harmful to MLC, its customers or vendors, another user or any other party, or (iii) violates applicable law.

 

ADVERTISING  DISCLAIMER. MLC displays advertisements as an informational service only; it is not an endorsement or recommendation - implied or otherwise - of any of the listed companies. Each company listed is independent from MLC and is not under the control of MLC. MLC accepts no responsibility for and disclaims any liability from the actions of the listed companies. You should make your own independent evaluation before conducting business with any such company. To update any advertising information on this Site, please contact webmaster@my-local-community.co.uk.

 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL MLC, OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, PARTNERS, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, OR LICENSORS, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, FOR ANY USE OF THIS SITE, OR ON ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION.

 

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK. All materials on this Site, including, without limitation, all copyrights, trademarks, artwork, images and other elements (collectively, the “Content”), are protected by copyrights and other intellectual property rights owned and controlled by us or by other parties that have licensed or otherwise provided their material to us. Except as stated in these Terms, none of the Content on this Site may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, framed or transmitted in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of MLC or the copyright owner. You also may not, without MLC's permission, "mirror" any Content contained on this Site on any other server. Any unauthorized use of any material contained on this Site may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

 

DOWNLOADING. You may only download those materials from this Site that are expressly designated to be downloaded by users. Where a fee is required to download any materials, you may not download such materials without paying such fee. You agree not to use technical or other means to circumvent these Terms or any content protection technology used on this Site. Any unauthorized use, transmission, distribution, reproduction, reverse engineering, modification of any downloaded materials, or use thereof for an illegal purpose, is expressly prohibited. There are inherent dangers in the use of any software available for downloading on the Internet, and MLC cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the potential risks before downloading any of the software (including the potential infection of your system by computer viruses). You are solely responsible for adequate protection and backup of the data and equipment used in connection with any of the software and assume all risks associated with any downloaded software.

 

SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION OR MATERIALS. You may be required to provide us with information about yourself in order to enjoy certain features of this Site, such as setting up a user account. If you choose to provide us with such information, you agree: (i) to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself (and your company if you are opening an account on behalf of your company) as prompted by this Site, and (ii) to maintain and update this information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If any information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of this Site. Any information you provide to us is subject to our Privacy Policy.

 

PASSWORD AND USER NAME. Access to some Content and other materials offered on this Site is password controlled and is accessible to registered users only. You certify that all information provided in the registration process is accurate and correct. If you are registering or making a purchase or conducting other transactions on behalf of your company, you represent and certify that you are an authorised representative of your company with the right to bind your company to these Terms (and any additional terms necessary for access to password-controlled content). You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information, including, without limitation, your user name and password. You are solely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your user name and password. You agree to notify MLC immediately of any unauthorised use of your user name, password or account or any other breach of security. MLC will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your user name, password or account, either with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by MLC as a result of the misuse of your user name, password or account.

 

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES. There are links on this Site that will permit you to travel to other, third-party sites over which MLC has no control. These links are provided for your convenience only and your use of them is at your own risk. MLC makes no representations whatsoever about the content of any of these other web sites, or about any of the links contained in the web sites that you may access through this Site. MLC does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content, or use, of any such linked web sites.

 

JURISDICTION AND GOVERNING LAW. This Site is maintained, controlled, operated and administered by MLC from within the European Union (“ E.U.”). MLC makes no representation that the Content or any other materials on this Site are appropriate for use at locations outside of the E.U. and access to this Site from countries where such Content or materials are illegal is prohibited. If you access this Site from a location outside of the E.U., you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. The use of this Site, the Content or any other materials on this Site, and these Terms are governed by the laws of the European Union, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. Any legal proceeding arising out of the use of this Site, the Content or any other materials on this Site, or these Terms must be brought in the United Kingdom and must be brought within one year after the claim or cause of action arises or it is barred. By using this Site, you irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts located in the United Kingdom. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms to be unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of these Terms, and the remainder of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.

 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. You may be given access to MLC confidential information through this site or links from this site. You may not disclose MLC confidential information to any third party without the written consent of MLC. You must protect MLC confidential information with at least the same degree of care that is accorded to your confidential information, but in no event less than reasonable care. MLC confidential information includes, but is not limited to - all non-public information regarding MLC, its intellectual property or its products or services, quantity and prices of products or services purchased, design and development data, engineering details, CAD drawings, sales and marketing plans, unannounced products or services, any information marked as "confidential" or "proprietary" or similarly marked, or any information that, if disclosed, might be competitively detrimental to MLC. You may enter into separate non-disclosure agreements with MLC governing specific disclosures. To the extent the terms governing a specific disclosure are more restrictive than the terms in this paragraph, the more restrictive terms will control for the specific disclosure.

 

EMAIL FROM MLC. MLC may from time to time send you email. You acknowledge that such emails are sent with your consent and permission. If you do not wish to receive any promotional email from us, you can follow the opt-out direction set forth in such email.

 

ENTIRE AGREEMENT. These Terms represent the entire agreement relating to the use of the Site. MLC’s failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.

 

INDEMNITY. By using this Site you agree to indemnify MLC, and its subsidiaries, partners, affiliates, agents, consultants, sponsors, advertisers and licensors, and their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”), and hold the Released Parties harmless from any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising from your use of this Site or the Content or other materials on this Site, your breach of any term or condition contained in these Terms or any other agreement applicable to any specific functions or areas of this Site, or your submission of information or materials to MLC by any means or from any person’s use of any account or password you maintain with MLC or this Site, regardless of whether such use is authorised by you. By using this Site, or submitting any ideas and/or related materials to MLC, you are hereby agreeing to release the Released Parties from any and all claims, demands, debts, obligations, damages (actual or consequential), costs, and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, that you may have against them arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and/or to any products and services obtained or used through this Site or to any disputes regarding use of ideas and/or related materials submitted to MLC.  YOU HEREBY AGREE TO WAIVE ALL LAWS THAT MAY LIMIT THE EFFICACY OF SUCH RELEASES.

 

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. If you have any questions or comments about these Terms, please contact us at webmaster@my-local-community.co.uk