Terms and Conditions
Please read this carefully. This terms and conditions of use
agreement ("Agreement") applies to the Website (defined below). By
accessing this Website you are agreeing to the terms and conditions
that appear below. If you have any comments or questions please
contact us at info@woodcarvingworkshops.tv
1. Introduction and
definitions. The services offered by the Provider through
the Website (www.woodcarvingworkshops.tv)
include any features, content, or applications offered or made
available from time to time by the Provider (collectively, the
"Services"). " Website Member" means a
private individual who has subscribed to or registered with the
Website.
"Provider" means Woodcarving
Workshops.
2.
Acceptance. This Agreement sets forth the
legally binding terms for your use of the Services. Only
private individuals are permitted to register for use of the
Website and to use the Services. By using the Services, and in
consideration of Provider providing the Services to you, you agree
to be bound by this Agreement, whether you are a Visitor or a
Website Member. Only Website Members are entitled to access areas
of the Website restricted to Website Member only access. You are
only authorized to use the Services (regardless of whether your
access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable
laws and to this Agreement. Please read this Agreement
carefully and save it. If you do not agree with it, you should
leave the Website and discontinue use of the Services immediately.
If you wish to register to become a Website Member, and make use of
the Services available only to Website Members, you must read this
Agreement and thus indicate your acceptance during the registration
process. Availability of the Website will commence on a date
determined by Provider.
3. Use of Services and
additional terms. This Agreement includes Provider's
policy for acceptable use of the Services and content posted on the
Website and your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding
your use of the Services.
4. Modification. Provider
may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification
shall be effective upon posting by Provider on the Website. We will
provide a clear link within the Website to the then current
Agreement. You agree to be bound by any changes to this Agreement
when you access the Website or use the Services after any such
modification is posted. If you do not agree to be bound by them,
you should not use the Website or the Services.
5. Unacceptable Content.
5.1 Please choose carefully the information you post
on the Website and that you provide to other Users. Your Website
profile and other Content (as defined in clause 12.1) submitted by
you to the Website may not include the following items: telephone
numbers, street addresses or other contact details or identifying
information of private individuals, contact details of public
figures and any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd,
violent, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject
matter. Despite this prohibition, it is possible that content
provided by other Users (for instance, in a Website Member's
profile) may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive or
sexually explicit material, products or services, and Provider
assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you
become aware of misuse of the Website or the Services by any
person, please contact info@woodcarvingworkshops.tv.
5.2 Provider reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to reject or refuse to from the Website, whether
or not the Content is expressly prohibited by this Agreement, or to
restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of
the Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without
prior notice, and without liability.
6. Eligibility. By using
the Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration
and if applicable, payment information you submit is truthful and
accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information
(including your email address); (c) you are a private
individual and (d) your use of the Services does not violate any
applicable law or regulation.
7. Term. This Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services or
are a Website Member. You may terminate your Website Membership at
any time, for any reason, via the "Contact Us" section of the
Website. Your profile may be deleted and your Website Membership
may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are in
breach of any of the other warranties in clause 6 above or as
otherwise specified in clause 14 of this Agreement headed
"Termination".
8. Fees. 8.1
You acknowledge that Provider reserves the right to charge for the
Services and to change any applicable fees from time to time in its
discretion. If we terminate your Website Membership or use of any
of the Services because you have breached the Agreement or other
applicable terms and conditions you shall not be entitled to a
refund of any unused portion of subscription or registration fees.
8.2 You agree to pay the subscription or registration
fees and any other charges that we have notified you of and you
have agreed, incurred in connection with your screen name and
password for a Website and/or a Service (including any applicable
taxes) at the rates in effect when the charges were incurred. If
your subscription or registration includes access to areas
containing premium content or services, your access to such areas
may be subject to additional fees, terms and conditions, which will
be separately disclosed in such areas. Subscription or
registration fees will be charged at the beginning of your
subscription or registration. Thereafter, your subscription will
renew automatically on a monthly basis and your account will be
automatically charged for the renewed monthly period. We will bill
all charges automatically to your credit card, debit card or your
nominated account. Unless we state in writing otherwise, all
fees and charges are non-refundable. We may change the fees and
charges then in effect, or add new fees or charges, by giving you
notice in advance. 8.3 If at any time during your
subscription or registration we decide to increase the price we
charge you we will give you at least four weeks notice by email.
8.4 Payment can be made by the methods stated on the
Website as being available to you from time to time. You warrant
and represent that you are the account holder of the bank account
details you submit or that the credit card or debit card that is
being used is yours. All credit card & debit card holders are
subject to validation checks and authorisation by the card issuer.
8.5 We take all reasonable care to make our Website
secure. All credit card and debit card transactions on this site
are processed using a secure online payment gateway that encrypts
your card or bank account details in a secure host environment. If
you have either a) subscribed to the Website using one of the
available payment methods; or b) registered with the Website for 24
hour access and opted-in to have your credit card or debit card
remembered, we will securely store your payment details on our
systems. These details will be fully encrypted and only used to
process your automatic monthly payments or other transactions,
which you have initiated.
8.6 We will take all
reasonable care, in so far as it is in our power to do so, to keep
the details of your order and payment secure, but in the absence of
negligence on our part we cannot be held liable for any loss you
may suffer if a third party procures unauthorised access to any
data you provide when accessing or ordering from the Website.
9. Non-commercial Use. The
Services are for the personal use of Website Members only, and may
not be used in connection with any commercial endeavours. Illegal
and/or unauthorized use of the Services, including (i) collecting
screen names and/or email addresses of Website Members and/or any
other data or content from the Website by electronic or other means
(including automated web crawlers and spiders) and whether for the
purpose of sending unsolicited email, data aggregation,
transmission to or storage in another website, or otherwise; and
(ii) unauthorised framing of or linking to the Website is
prohibited. Using webcrawler, spidering or other automated means to
access, copy, process and/or store any content or data made
available on the Website or through the Services other than as may
be permitted under the Robot Exclusion Protocol or Automated
Content Access Protocol adopted by the Website is prohibited except
to the extent expressly agreed by Provider in writing. In the event
of conflict between the terms of the Robot Exclusion Protocol or
Automated Content Access Protocol adopted by the Website, the terms
of the Automated Content Access Protocol shall prevail. Commercial
advertisements and other forms of solicitation are prohibited.
Links may be removed at our discretion for any reason. Legal action
may be taken for any illegal or unauthorised use of the Services or
the Website.
10. Content Posted.
10.1 Provider may delete, or in pre-moderated areas of
the Website refrain from posting any content that in the opinion of
Provider violates this Agreement breaches any relevant House Rules
or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights of any
person or which may harm, or threaten the safety of any person.
Except to the extent which cannot be excluded or limited by law or
regulation in respect of content on the Website which we moderate
before posting, Provider assumes no responsibility for monitoring
the Website or the Services for inappropriate content or conduct.
If at any time Provider chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor
the Website or the Services, except as required by law or
regulation, Provider nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the
content (other than Provider Content), no obligation to modify or
remove any inappropriate content, and no responsibility for the
conduct of the User submitting any such content.
10.2
You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on or
through the Website or any of the Services, and any material or
information that you transmit to other Users and for your
interactions with other Users. Provider does not endorse and has no
control over content posted by Users. Content is not necessarily
reviewed by Provider prior to posting and does not necessarily
reflect the opinions or policies of Provider. Provider makes no
warranties, express or implied, as to the Content or to the
accuracy and reliability of the Content or any material or
information that you transmit.
11. Content/Activity
Prohibited. 11.1 The following is a partial list of the kind
of content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the
Website or the Services. Provider reserves the right to investigate
and take action against any User who, in the opinion of Provider,
violates this provision. This may include, without limitation,
removing the offending communication from the Website or the
Services, preventing access to the Website and the Services and/or
terminating without any refund of subscription or registration
fees, the Website Membership of such violators and/or reporting to
law enforcement authorities or regulatory bodies. Prohibited
content or activity includes, but is not limited to content or
activity that, in the opinion of Provider:
11.1.1 is
offensive;
11.1.2 promotes racism, terrorism, hatred
or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual or
links to websites that promote the same;
11.1.3
harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
11.1.4 exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
11.1.5 contains pornography, violence, or offensive
subject matter or contains a link to an adult website;
11.1.6 solicits personal information from anyone
under 18;
11.1.7 provides any telephone numbers,
street addresses, last names, email addresses or other contact or
identifying details of any private individual;
11.1.8
provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, email addresses
or other contact details of any public figure;
12 Copyright Policy. You
may not post, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way any
copyright material, trademarks, or other proprietary information
belonging to others without obtaining the prior written consent of
the owner of such proprietary rights. Provider prohibits use of the
Website and/or the Services of any User who infringes the copyright
of others. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your
work has been copied and posted on the Website and the Services by
another User in a way that constitutes copyright infringement,
please notify us via the "Report inappropriate content" link
accompanying the content in question. We will take such action (if
any) that we in our absolute discretion deem appropriate.
13 Indemnity. You agree to
indemnify and hold Provider, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and
their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless
from any loss, liability, demand, claim or legal proceedings
brought or threatened, including expenses of any character suffered
or incurred arising out of your use of the Website or the Services
in violation of this Agreement, and/or arising from your use of or
conduct on the Website or in use of the Services and/or a breach of
this Agreement.
14 Termination.
14.1 We may terminate the provision of the Website or
the Services or restrict your access to them and/or terminate your
Website Membership without any prior notice to you where (by way of
example and without limitation): (1) there is a
regulatory or statutory change limiting our ability to provide the
Website and/or the Services; (2) any event beyond our
reasonable control prevents us from continuing to provide the
Website or the Services (for example, without limitation, technical
difficulties, capacity problems and communications failures);
(3) we consider in our sole discretion that you are
abusing the Services provided by the Website or are otherwise
acting in breach of the Agreement; (4) you do not pay
the subscription fees within 14 days of them becoming due;
14.2 If we give you notice that we will increase the
price of your subscription and you do not wish to continue with
your subscription you should let us know within four weeks and we
will cancel your subscription.
14.3 Under English law
you have the right to cancel your subscription or registration
within seven working days of the commencement of your subscription.
If this right is exercised any subscription fee paid will be
refunded within 30 days. You should note that this right of
cancellation is lost in the event of you accessing any of the
content accessible by Website Members only contained on a Website
and you agree that you shall not have the benefit of that
cancellation right.
14.4 To cancel your subscription
you must email us at info@woodcarvingworkshops.tv. You may cancel
your subscription or registration at any time however except as
specified in clause 14.3 above:
a) no refunds will be
made in respect of your subscription or registration payments;
and
b) payment of your next monthly subscription or
registration payment shall be taken and not refunded where we
receive your notice of cancellation less than six Business Days
prior to the due date of payment of that monthly subscription or
registration payment.
14.5 Your subscription or
registration will commence at the time and date on which your
registration or subscription is concluded and will continue unless
we terminate it or you cancel it in accordance with this clause.
Your subscription will renew automatically on a monthly basis and
your account will be automatically charged for the renewed monthly
period 14.6 We may change, suspend or discontinue any
aspect of the Website and/or Services at any time including the
availability of any feature of or other content in the Website.
15. House Rules. In
addition to the terms and conditions set out above, you agree to
use the Services in accordance with any applicable house rules
("House Rules") that we specify in relation to a Service. All such
House Rules shall form part of the Agreement. In the event of a
conflict between the terms and conditions set out above and any
applicable House Rules the relevant House Rules shall prevail.
Please contact us at: info@woodcarvingworkshops.tv with any
questions regarding this Agreement
HOUSE RULES The Provider
respects its Users and would ask that they respect each other. In
areas of our site where you can express yourself or interact with
others, we ask that you stick to what is legal, tasteful and civil.
Our Services are about our readers. We want to engage them and
hear their views and we ask for their participation and vigilance.
If you see something on the Website that has been
posted by another reader and that you think is inappropriate,
please let us know right away via the "Report inappropriate
content" link. Our dedicated team of moderators works 24 hours a
day to read your complaints and act if necessary. For more details
about our moderation, see the relevant section below.
We ask that
you do not post any content (including for example, in your
Profile) that breaches the Provider's terms of use agreement for
the Website (the "Agreement"), including by way of example content
that:
- Is racist, homophobic, sexist, or demeaning to either sex,
abusive, sexually explicit, pornographic, of a disturbing
nature or that preaches, encourages or incites religious or ethnic
hatred, or links to websites that promote the same;
- Breaks the
law, or encourages other to break it;
- Makes defamatory comments
about others;
- Infringes copyright or other intellectual property
rights;
- Reveals another User's personal details, such as their
surname, address, contact numbers, email address or other
identifying information;
- Uses swear words in order to offend
others, or may be deemed rude or mean spirited or attempts to
circumvent profanity filters in order to use swear words.
-
Promotes commercial products or enterprises or repeatedly posts
links to promote other sites and/or services; or
- Is an image of
a child under 18(for further detail please see below);
In
addition, we ask that you do not use the Website to carry out any
activity prohibited by the Agreement including by way of example
to:
a. harass, threaten or attack anyone or otherwise
behave in any way that would cause annoyance or distress to other
Users;
b. transmit or knowingly receive content
and/or language that is in any way unlawful, threatening,
offensive, or in breach of any obligations of confidence. This
includes the use of swear words and the use of offensive nicknames;
c. flood or "spam" the Website or any User who posts
content on the Website;
d. provide instructions for
illegal or otherwise harmful activities;
e. transmit
or knowingly receive information relating to (or include links to)
pornography, pirated software and/or computer games or other
counterfeit goods;
f. collect and/or distribute
personal data concerning other Users;
g. attempt to
commercially gain from use of the Website. This includes the
transmission of advertisements and any other attempts to generate
business from other Users of the Website;
h. post
chain letters or pyramid schemes;
In addition the following
is prohibited: 1. use of multiple logins for
the purpose of disrupting the community or annoying other Users;
2. Use of offensive or inappropriate screen names;
3. Deliberate misuse or spamming of the complaints
facility;
4. Use of swear words or other language
likely to offend;
5. Posting of content which breaks
the law, condones or encourages unlawful activity.
We reserve the right to remove from the Website, without notice
and at our sole discretion, any content that we consider
inappropriate for the Website. We may also ban, block or delete any
user accounts if, according to our sole judgement, their owners or
Users have infringed the Agreement, any relevant House Rules or are
using our service in a manner that we consider inappropriate.
