Standard Terms of Website Use This website is brought to you by the British Wireless for the Blind Fund ("BWBF"). If you have any comments or queries, please contact us online or by writing to us at: British Wireless for the Blind Fund, 10 Albion Place You are invited to use the www.blind.org.uk website (“the Website”) on the basis of the terms and conditions of use set out below. Terms of Use By entering and using the Website you are deemed to have read and accepted these Terms of Use. If you do not accept these Terms of Use or any part of them, you should not use the Website. We reserve the right to make changes to any part of the Website. Due to our policy of updating and improving the Website, it may therefore be necessary to change these Terms of Use. In the event that we change the Terms of Use, we will notify you by providing a clear link within the relevant Website to the detailed changes. If you use the Website after we have published or notified you of the changes, you will be agreeing to be bound by those changes. If you do not agree to be bound by them, you should not use the website. 1. Accuracy of Content BWBF makes every effort to ensure that the content of the Website is accurate and up-to-date, but BWBF does not offer any warranties (whether express implied or otherwise) as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of the information appearing on the Website. BWBF may remove material from the Website at its own discretion and without giving any notice. 2. Intellectual Property You acknowledge and agree that all copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in the Website content, software and all HTML and other code contained in this Website, shall remain at all times vested in BWBF and is protected by copyright and other laws and international treaty provisions. Any other trademark remains the property of its respective owner(s). Users may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, redistribute, reproduce, publish, license, commercially exploit, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any material which may be displayed on the Website from time to time without first obtaining permission to do so from BWBF in writing. The Website and its contents are copyright material and the copyright is owned by BWBF unless stated otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, copying the above listed materials to any other server or location for publication, reproduction or distribution is expressly prohibited. Generally speaking, trademarks appearing on the Website are either owned by BWBF or BWBF has obtained limited use permission from the trademark owner to use the trademark on the Website. Any other third party trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. If you wish to obtain permission to make use of any of the trademarks or other material that may be displayed on the Website from time to time please contact us. BWBF shall not be responsible for seeking any additional authorization required for third party use of any trademark not owned by or licensed to BWBF for such use. 3. Prohibition on Commercial Use of Website Content You are permitted to use the material that is displayed on the Website from time to time only as expressly authorised by BWBF or its licensors. This Website is intended to provide information relating to BWBF concerns and the Website is designed for personal, non-commercial use only. Users may not use this Website, or any of the material appearing on the Website from time to time to further any commercial purpose, including (but not limited to) advertising or to promote or generate activity on any other website. 4. Linking BWBF may from time to time include links on this Website to other websites or resources operated by parties other than BWBF. These links are provided for the convenience of users and BWBF is not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, does not endorse or accept responsibility for the content of such external websites or resources and has no responsibility for or control over the privacy policy (if any) of the operators of the external websites. You are advised to check the terms and conditions of use and the privacy policies of these external websites before entering or making use of them. If you wish to create a hyperlink to this Website or to any other website operated or maintained by BWBF please contact us. BWBF generally welcomes links to its websites. However by so linking, you agree that BWBF may require the link to be removed if, in BWBF’s sole opinion, any aspect of the linking website, its content or any other matter relating to the link is objectionable to BWBF. 5. Limitation of Liability The Internet is by its nature an unreliable medium. Consequently, you accept that this Website is offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis. BWBF takes all reasonable steps to ensure that the Website is properly functioning at all times but BWBF does not warrant that this Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this Website or the server that makes it available are free of software viruses or bugs or other defects. By accepting these Terms of Use, you accept that BWBF cannot be liable to you for any loss or damage you suffer as a result of visiting this Website or making use of the information available on the Website. You must take your own precautions (including but not limited to installing adequate protective measures to guard against software viruses and ensuring that you retain up-to-date copies of all data) to protect yourself against loss or damage. We are not responsible for any technical or other issues that may arise if you download software from external third party website (eg Acrobat Reader) or upgrade your browser software to enhance your usage of the Website. 6. Privacy Policy BWBF knows that you care how information about you is used and shared and it is careful to ensure that any such information that comes into its possession is properly looked after. This Privacy Policy sets out the steps that we take to ensure that any information provided to us is kept secure and confidential and is used only for the purposes for which it is provided. Personal Information The only personal information that we will collect is the personal information that you provide to us when you communicate with us through our website. We will at any time, at your request, provide you with a copy of any personal information that we are holding about you. This Website does not use 'cookies' to collect information of any kind. It is possible that by fraud or deception we may receive information pertaining to children under 13. If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify the notification, we will immediately obtain parental consent or otherwise delete the information from our servers. If you want to notify us of our receipt of information by children under 13, please contact us. 7. Purposes for which Personal Information may be used Any personal information that you provide to us will be used only for the following purposes:
8. Disclosure We will not pass any of your personal information to any third party, other than members of BWBF, without your consent. Your personal contact information will never be given, sold, or otherwise shared by BWBF with third parties for advertising or marketing purposes. 9. Protection of Information We have implemented technology safeguards, security policies and other measures to protect data under our control from unauthorized access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction or accidental loss. We also protect your information by requiring that all our employees and others who have access to or are associated with the processing of your data to respect your confidentiality. 10.Changes to our Privacy Policy If we decide to change our Privacy Policy we will post the changes here. However, if we make material changes to the way we use your personal information we will ask for your consent before we do so. 11. Choice of law and Jurisdiction These Terms of Use shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and you irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall (subject to the paragraph below) have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these terms. For our exclusive benefit, we shall retain the right to bring proceedings as to the substance of the matter in the courts of your country of residence or, where these Terms of Use are entered into in the course of your trade or profession, the country of your principal place of business. 12. General You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights under these Terms. If any part of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction the validity of the remaining terms will be unaffected. If either party does not exercise any right or remedy under these terms, this will not be taken to mean that they have been waived. 13. Contact If you have any queries concerning any part of these Terms of Use and the privacy and e-mail policies contained in them, please contact us at info@blind.org.uk |
