Wolf Group – inSYNC
Terms & Conditions
1. INTRODUCTION: Welcome to inSYNC’s website (the ‘Website’), a community website where you can read reviews and news, compare product prices of different suppliers, take part in community based discussions, leaving comments, and through social networking sites and more (the ‘Website Service’). This Website and the Website Service is operated and maintained by or on behalf of the Wolf Group and inSYNC (‘Wolf’ or ‘We’ or ‘Us’).
By accessing the Website and/or using the Website Service, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (‘Terms’) and our privacy policy. If you have any queries about the Website or these Terms, you can contact Us by any of the means set out in paragraph 16 of these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, you should leave the Website and stop using the Website Service immediately.
2. ELIGIBILITY AND REGISTRATION: In order to make use of certain parts of the Website Service, you will need to provide us with your email address. In order to do so, you must (a) provide Us with complete and accurate registration information; (b) ensure you use our Services in accordance with these Terms and any Applicable Laws (as defined in paragraph 3, below). By registering for Us to send you email updates you warrant that: (a), you have given complete and accurate registration information, and will keep that information updated; and (b) your use of the Website Service does not violate these Terms or breach any Applicable Laws. We may terminate your subscriptions with Us for any or no reason, at any time, with or without notice and without liability.
In order to use the Website Service, you will require access to the worldwide web. You are responsible for any connection, service and other fees associated with such access and for providing all equipment necessary to enable you to connect to the worldwide web (including a computer and modem or other access device).
3. GENERAL RULES RELATING TO WEBSITE CONDUCT: The Website Service is made available for your own, personal use. The Website Service must not be used for any commercial purpose whatsoever or for any illegal or unauthorised purpose. When you use the Website Service you must comply with all applicable UK laws relating to online conduct (including, without limitation, content which can be posted online) and with any applicable international laws, including the local laws in your country of residence (together referred to as ‘Applicable Laws’).
4. CONTENT SUBMITTED TO THE WEBSITE: You are responsible for any information, data, text, music, software, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other content (‘Content’), which you post or upload and/or display (in public or privately) to the Website’s appropriate comments areas. Wolf Group and inSYNC may (but shall not be obliged to) delete, edit, lock, move or remove any Content without notice and for any reason and/or to record the IP address from which any Content is posted, uploaded and/or displayed without notice and for any reason, including, without limitation, Content which, in our sole discretion, violates these Terms or is or may be irrelevant, out of date, inappropriate or objectionable in any way whatsoever, or in respect of which Wolf Group or inSYNC receives any complaint (whether justified or not). By posting, uploading and/or displaying any Content to the Website you warrant that: (a) you own all intellectual property and proprietary rights in such Content or that you have a licence from the owner of such rights to post, upload and/or display such Content on the Website; and (b) the posting, uploading and/or displaying of such Content on the Website and the grant of the licence to Wolf Group and/or inSYNC (on the terms set out below) will not infringe the intellectual property or proprietary rights of any third party.
If you upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content to the Website, you automatically: (a) grant other users of the Website and the Website Service the right to access the same and use it in accordance with these Terms, and (b) grant Wolf Group and/or inSYNC a non-exclusive, royalty free, sub-licensable, perpetual, worldwide licence to use, modify, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such Content: (i) on and through the Website and the Website Service and in all promotional materials relating thereto; and (ii) in any other form or medium (including but not limited to other Wolf Group and/or inSYNC publications) provided that We have obtained your prior permission to do so. You continue to own the Content after it is posted to the Website.
You acknowledge that Wolf Group and/or inSYNC will not screen or otherwise check any Content which is submitted by you or any other user of the Website Service before it is posted, not monitor yours or any person’s use of the Website Service. As such, you as the user of the Website Service are responsible for any Content you submit to the Website and the manner in which the Website Service is used under your email address. You may take down any Content you have submitted to the Website at any time. If you become aware of any misuse of the Website Service by any person including (without limitation) any posting of Content which violates these Terms, please contact us by following the instructions set out in paragraph 16 of these Terms.
5. SPECIFIC RULES RELATING TO SUBSCRIPTION CONDUCT: You agree that when using the Website Service you will comply with all Applicable Laws (as defined in paragraph 3), these Terms and you acknowledge that you are responsible for all acts and omissions which occur under your email address. In particular, but without limitation, you agree not to:
. Upload, post or otherwise display Content which is or promotes behaviour which violates the rights (including, without limitation, the intellectual property rights) of a third party or which is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, flaming, hateful, offensive (whether in relation to sex, race, religion or otherwise) harassing, hateful, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, invasive of another’s privacy, solicits personal information from anyone under the age of 18 years, or contains any illegal content; or
. Upload, post or otherwise display any Content which contains software viruses or any other files or programs that may interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of the Website or the Website Service or any server or networks connected to the Website or another’s computer, or that contains any chain letters, pyramid-selling schemes, bulk mail, junk mail or similar; or
. Upload, post or otherwise display any Content containing a photograph of another person unless you have obtained that person’s consent;
. Harvest or collect any IP addresses or email addresses or other contact information of any members of the Website, by electronic means or otherwise; or
. Upload, post or otherwise display any Content for any commercial or business purpose including (without limitation) any Content which contains any advertising or promotional materials; or
. Restrict or in any way inhibit any other person’s use of the Website or the Website Service; or
. Upload, post or otherwise display any Content which is false, misleading, un-necessary and/or repetitive including any Content which is inaccurate, out of date or repeats that previously uploaded, posted or displayed by you or another visitor, unless absolutely necessary; or
. Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content to a part of the Website which is irrelevant to the subject matter of the Content; or
. Register an account with us under more than one user name and/or user account number; or
. Use the Website or the Website Service in a manner that is inconsistent with these Terms and/or any Applicable Laws in force from time to time or in a manner which promotes or encourages illegal activity; or
. Breach the terms of any suspension or ban or seek alternative access; or
. In the interests of free speech, bring any action for defamation against Wolf Group and/or inSYNC; or
. Use or solicit any other subscriber’s personal data for any purpose other than establishing non-commercial, lawful contact that such account holder would reasonably expect to welcome; or
. Submit Content owned by a third party without consent from that third party or submit Content in a manner which expressly or impliedly infers that such Content is sponsored or endorsed by the Website; or
. Use the Website in any unlawful manner or in a manner which promotes or encourages illegal activity or in a manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website or the Website Service; or
. Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website or any networks, servers or computer systems connected to the Website; or
. Modify, adapt, translate or reverse engineer any part of the Website or use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other device to retrieve or index any part of the Website or re-format or frame any portion of the web pages comprising the Website, unless permitted by law; or
. Remove or obstruct from view any advertisements and/or any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices contained on or in the Website; or
. Contact any other user of the Website if they have expressly asked you not to; or
. Attempt to impersonate any other user or account holder of the Website or the Website Service; or
. Use the email address of any other account holder of the Website or disclose your personal data to any other person; or
. Upload, post or otherwise display any Content comprising an advertisement or accept payment or anything of value from any person in exchange for you uploading, posting or displaying any Content or otherwise performing any commercial activity on or through the Website or the Website Service on behalf of such person (including, without limitation, posting on the forum or in general comments for a commercial purpose and/or sending messages to other users of the Website with a commercial purpose).
You agree to indemnify Wolf Group and/or inSYNC in full and on demand from and against any loss, damage, costs or expenses which they suffer or incur directly or indirectly as a result of your use of the Website and/or the Website Service, and any use of the same under your email address other than in accordance with these Terms or Applicable Law.
6. CONTENT: The copyright in all material contained on, in, or available through the Website including all information, data, text, music, sound, photographs, graphics and video messages, the selection and arrangement thereof, and all source code, software compilations and other material (‘Material’) is owned by or licensed to Wolf Group and/or inSYNC. All rights are reserved. You can view, print or download extracts of the Material for your own personal use but you cannot otherwise copy, edit, vary, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, store, transmit, commercially exploit, disseminate in any form whatsoever or use the Material (other than Content posted by you) without Wolf Group’s and/or inSYNC’s express permission. You must not frame or link to the Website or any part of it without our permission.
The trademarks, service marks, and logos (‘Trade Marks’) contained on or in the Website are owned by Wolf Group and/or inSYNC or third party partners of Wolf Group and/or inSYNC. You cannot use, copy, edit, vary, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, store, transmit, commercially exploit or disseminate the Trade Marks without the prior written consent of Wolf Group and/or inSYNC or the relevant group company or the relevant third party partner of Wolf Group and/or inSYNC.
7. LINK TO THIRD PARTIES: The Website may contain links to websites operated by third parties (‘Third Party Websites’). Wolf Group and/or inSYNC may monetise some of these links through the use of third party affiliate programmes. Notwithstanding such affiliate programmes, Wolf Group and/or inSYNC does not have any influence or control over any such Third Party Websites and, unless otherwise stated, is not responsible for and does not endorse any Third Party Websites or their availability or contents.
8. inSYNC PRIVACY POLICY: We take your privacy very seriously. Wolf Group’s company inSYNC will only use your personal information in accordance with the terms of our privacy policy. By using the Website you acknowledge and agree that you have read and accept the terms of our privacy policy and these Terms.
9. DISCLAIMER / LIABILITY: USE OF THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN ‘AS IS’ BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: (A) WOLF GROUP AND/OR inSYNC DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE IN RELATION TO THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE; AND (B) ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE (WHETHER IMPLIED BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW OR OTHERWISE), INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) ANY WARRANTY, TERM OR CONDITION AS TO ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE OR ANY SPECIAL PURPOSE, AVAILABILITY, NON INFRINGEMENT, INFORMATION ACCURACY, INTEROPERABILITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND TITLE ARE, AS BETWEEN WOLF GROUP AND/OR inSYNC AND YOU, HEREBY EXCLUDED. IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, WE ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONDUCT OF ANY USER AND/OR ACCOUNT HOLDER OF THE WEBSITE AND/OR WEBSITE SERVICE; ANY ERROR, DELAY OR FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USERS AND/OR SUBSCRIBERS; ANY TECHNICAL FAILURE OF THE INTERNET, THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE; OR ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY TO USERS OR THEIR EQUIPMENT AS A RESULT OF OR RELATING TO THEIR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE. YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS ARE NOT AFFECTED.
Future will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), under statute or otherwise, as a result of or in connection with the Website and/or the Website Service, for any: (i) economic loss (including, without limitation, loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or (ii) loss of goodwill or reputation; or (iii) special or indirect or consequential loss.
IF WOLF GROUP AND/OR inSYNC IS LIABLE TO YOU DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN RELATION TO THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE, THAT LIABILITY (HOWSOEVER ARISING) SHALL BE LIMITED TO: (A) FIFTY POUNDS STERLING (£50.00); OR (B) THE SUMS PAID BY YOU UPON REGISTERING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION BY EMAIL ADDRESS WITH US; OR (C) THE SUMS PAID BY YOU UPON RECEIVING A WEBSITE SERVICE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
Nothing in these Terms shall be construed as excluding or limiting the liability of Wolf Group and/or inSYNC for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other liability which cannot be excluded by English law.
10. ACCESS RESTRICTION AND SERVICE SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION: Wolf Group and/or inSYNC reserves the right in its sole discretion to deny you access to the Website and/or the Website Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice and for any reason including, without limitation, if you fail to comply with any clause 5 (Subscription Conduct) or any other provision of these Terms. In particular, Wolf Group and/or inSYNC may deny you access to the Website and/or the Website Services if Future exercises its right to delete, edit, lock or remove any Content posted, uploaded or displayed by you. Wolf Group and/or inSYNC reserves the right to suspend or cease providing all or any of the Website Service, without notice, and shall have no liability or responsibility to you in any manner whatsoever if it chooses to do so.
11. ADVERTISERS ON THE WEBSITE AND/OR IN THE MAGAZINE (DIGITAL AND/OR PRINTED): We accept no responsibility for adverts posted on the Website. If you agree to purchase goods and/or services from any third party who advertises on the Website, you do so at your own risk. The advertiser, not Wolf Group and/or inSYNC, is responsible for such goods and/or services and if you have any queries or complaints in relation to them, your only recourse is against the advertiser.
12. ONLINE COMPETITIONS: If you take part in any competition which is run on or through the Website (‘Competition’), you agree to be bound by the rules of that competition and any other rules specified by inSYNC from time to time (‘Competition Rules’) and by the decisions of inSYNC, which are final in all matters relating to the Competition. inSYNC reserves the right to disqualify any entrant and/or winner in its absolute discretion without notice in accordance with the Competition Rules.
13. COPYRIGHT POLICY: It is our policy to terminate any person’s subscription with us if they repeatedly infringe the intellectual property or proprietary rights of others. If you believe any of your work has been copied and posted on the Website in a way which infringes your intellectual property or proprietary rights, please contact us by any of the means set out in paragraph 16 or click on the ‘Legal’ link at the bottom of the Website page in the Business column. You will need to provide us with the following information: (i) a description of the work that you claim has been infringed and a description of the alleged infringing copy of it; (ii) a description of where the alleged infringing copy has been posted on the Website; (iii) your contact details; (iv) a written statement, signed by you, to confirm that you are the owner of the work or you are authorised to act on the owner’s behalf and the information you have provided to us is accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief.
14. ACCOUNT HOLDER INTERACTION: You are responsible for how you interact with other account holders and users of the Website and the Website Service. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor how you interact with those persons.
15. GENERAL: These Terms (as amended from time to time) constitute the entire agreement between you and Wolf Group and inSYNC concerning your use of the Website and the Website Service and supersede any previous arrangement, agreement, undertaking or proposal, written or oral between you and inSYNC in relation to such matters.
Wolf Group and/or inSYNC reserves the right to update these Terms from time to time. If it does so, the updated version will be effective as soon as it is uploaded on to this the Website and your continued use of the Website Service following any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms so that you are aware of any changes to them. No other variation to these Terms shall be effective unless in writing and signed by an authorised representative on behalf of Wolf Group and/or inSYNC.
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English and UK law and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts in relation to any dispute arising out of, or relating to, these Terms and/or your use of the Website and/or the Website Service.
If any provision(s) of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties (as reflected in the provision(s)) and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
Wolf Group’s and/or inSYNC’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Wolf Group and/or inSYNC in writing.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, nothing in the Terms shall create any rights or any other benefits whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise in favour of any person other than you, Wolf Group and/or inSYNC.
16. CONTACT US: You can contact the Wolf Group team at the Wolf Group, 155 Manners Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO4 0BD. Tel: 07414 715157. Email: togstidolph@gmail.com. Or you can contact the inSYNC team at inSYNC, 95 Castle Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 3AY. Tel: 07414 715157. Email: insynctm@gmail.com.
inSYNC;
Editor –
George Hall: Tweet @geogeohall, Email at geohall1995@hotmail.co.uk
Press Manager –
Tobi Stidolph: Tweet @tstidolph, Email at togstidolph@gmail.com