Terms of Use
This policy governs all pages hosted at www.galha.org.uk/www.galha.org, and any additional terms and conditions applicable to its microsites. The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association ('GALHA') is not liable for pages hosted by other organisations to which we may link and whose policies may differ. We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes to our work and on the website.
Use of this site is made available by GALHA subject to the following terms and conditions. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following terms please do not access and/or use this website.
1. ABOUT US
1.1 We are GALHA, a gay rights and humanist organisation, whose registered office is at 1 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6HD.
2. APPLICATION OF THESE TERMS
These Terms govern your use of the Sites. You can print off these Terms, or store them in your computer, for future reference. Please read them carefully. If you do not wish to accept these Terms, then please do not use the Sites.
3. DEFINITIONS
In these Terms, certain defined expressions are used, which will appear in bold. See clause 19 below for an explanation of these.
4. DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICE
4.1 The Service is designed:
4.1.1 to provide information on and encourage participation in GALHA's various campaigns to stand up for gay rights and humanism
4.2 Certain sections of the Service are available only to Users.
5. ELIGIBILITY
5.1 The Sites are aimed at people who are aged 14 years old and over. If you are aged 14 to 18, we advise you to inform your parent or legal guardian that you are registering on and/or using the Sites. If you are under the age of 14, you may not register on and/or use the Sites.
5.2 We also strongly recommend that if you are between the ages of 14 and 18, you should read one or all of the safety guides listed below before you Post Your Content to any of the Sites:
5.2.1 www.thinkuknow.co.uk; and/or
5.2.2 www.internetsafetyzone.co.uk.
6. GENERAL RULES FOR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE
6.1 You must not:
6.1.1 reproduce in any way any information and/or material appearing on the Sites which infringes the Intellectual Property ofanyone else;
6.1.2 copy, in whole or in part, any of the information on the Sites (including any information contained in other Users' Profiles) except as permitted by these Terms;
6.1.3 permit or create unauthorised framing of, or deep linking to, the Sites from another website under your management or control;
6.1.4 copy, adapt, modify, reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile any of the software underlying the Sites; or
6.1.5 create or maintain any unauthorised connection to any of the Sites.
6.2 We strongly recommend that when using the Sites you do not:
6.2.1 disclose your personal contact details such as phone numbers, postal or email addresses;
6.3 The Content provided on the Sites is protected by Intellectual Property owned by us or others.
6.4 Except as expressly permitted by these Terms, you may not copy, download or distribute any Content from any of the Sites, other than Your Content.
7. LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES' SITES
7.1 The Sites may provide links to other websites. Selecting any of these links will direct you to a website that may not related in any way to us. We take no responsibility for the Content contained on any such website. Any link to such other websites does not imply an endorsement or recommendation of the website, its products or services.
7.2 Before supplying any personal information to any other website, we recommend that you check the website's Privacy Policy. We do not accept responsibility for the protection of any data supplied to other websites.
8. LIABILITY
8.1 We will not have any liability arising out of your use of or inability to use the Service or any of the Sites for:
8.1.1 any business losses (including loss of profit, business, contracts or goodwill); or
8.1.2 any unforeseeable losses or damages.
8.2 We are not responsible for and do not endorse the Content or any views Posted by any User on any of the Sites or the accuracy or reliability of such Content. We do not accept any responsibility for the publication of any Defamatory material/content or any loss which you may sustain as a result of any Defamatory or otherwise harmful material/content being Posted by any person on the Sites. We reserve the right to remove from the Sites any such Content of which we may become aware. We set out below at clause 18 how to draw material to our attention if you have any complaint.
8.3 We do not seek to exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability which may not be excluded by law.
8.4 Nothing in these Terms will exclude or limit any of your rights as a consumer.
8.5 We shall not have any liability to you for any delay in performance of the Service or any other matters to the extent that such events or matters are due to any events outside our reasonable control.
8.6 We will have no liability arising from any link being placed on the Sites to another website which we are not responsible for.
8.7 The Sites are accessed via the World Wide Web, which is independent of us. Your use of the World Wide Web is solely at your own risk and subject to all applicable national and international laws and regulations. We do not represent that the Sites are appropriate or available for use in any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom. We shall have no responsibility for any information or service obtained by you on the World Wide Web.
8.8 If you breach any of these Terms, you will be responsible for our losses and costs resulting from your breach.
9. AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICE
9.1 The Service is provided as it is in its current form. While we use reasonable skill and care in providing the Service, we do not guarantee that the Sites or the Service or any part of it will meet your requirements or expectations.
9.2 We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the information and material provided on the Sites is accurate and up-to-date, however errors or conflicts in the data may occur, and may not be correctable.
9.3 We reserve the right to interrupt the Service on a regularly scheduled basis or otherwise, with or without giving prior notice, in order to perform maintenance. However, we will use reasonable efforts to schedule maintenance during low-usage times of day.
9.4 You acknowledge that the Service may be interrupted for reasons beyond our control, and we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access the Service or your Account whenever you may wish to do so. We will not be liable for any interruptions to the Service, or any inability to access any of the Sites, resulting from any causes beyond our reasonable control, such as the quality of your Internet connection or the operation of payment systems on the Sites.
9.5 You are responsible for obtaining Internet access to the Sites from where you are in order to use Service. We cannot be held responsible for your failure to access the Sites or use the Service from any location or browser. Any access fees incurred in reaching the Sites (e.g. dial up charges) and any equipment necessary to access the Service are your responsibility.
10. GENERAL
10.1 These Terms are governed by English law, and you and we agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. If you live in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales, the laws and courts of that country will apply, if you so wish.
10.2 We will be entitled to process your personal data in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy, which may involve transfer of your personal data outside of the EEA.
10.3 We may make changes to these Terms from time to time, and place the new version on the Sites before the change takes effect. We will also mention any intended change to this on the Sites' home page. Your continued use of any of the Sites after a new version of these Terms has been placed on the Sites will constitute your acceptance of such changes. If you do not agree to any changes to these Terms, your only remedy is to terminate your registration and cease using the Sites.
11. COMPLAINTS AND CUSTOMER CARE
11.1 If you have a complaint about the Content Posted by any User on any of the Sites please contact us using the contact form provided on the 'Contact Us' page of the relevant Site.
11.2 If you are unhappy with any aspect of the Service, you may write to us using the contact details given on the 'Contact Us' page of the relevant Site.
12. DEFINITIONS
12.1 In these terms and Conditions, the following definitions are used:
12.1.1 'Abuse/Abusive': conduct the GALHA Committee in its sole judgement determines to be abusive.
12.1.2 'Content': any content or material (including text, logos, graphics, sound recordings, films, images, links to other websites);
12.1.3 'Defamatory material/content': any Content which negatively affects a person's or organisation's reputation;.
12.1.4 'Donation': any donation of money which you wish to make to us in respect of any particular campaign or otherwise;
12.1.5 'Intellectual Property': any patent, copyright (including so-called 'moral rights'), trade mark, design right, database or similar right anywhere in the world;
12.1.6 'User': a person who has registered for the Service on any of the Sites;
12.1.7 'Post': upload, display, exhibit, publish, submit, distribute, transmit and/or disclose information, details and/or other material on the Sites;
12.1.8 'Profile': the section of the Sites in which you Post information about yourself;
12.1.9 'Service': the service provided to you on the Sites;
12.1.10 'Sites': the websites owned and controlled by us
12.1.11 'Membership': your membership of GALHA;
12.1.12 'these Terms': these terms and conditions governing your use of the Sites;
12.1.13 'we, us, our/GALHA': a gay rights and humanist organisation, whose registered office is at 1 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6HD.
12.1.14 'you': the person who wishes to use the Sites and/or register on the Sites and 'your' has a similar meaning; and
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© GALHA 2009. All rights reserved.
Version 1, 01 February 2009.
