Terms and conditions
In the terms and conditions ("this Agreement") laid out on this page "we", "our", "us" or "grannynet," refers to grannynet.co.uk ltd and "you" refers to each and any user and/or member (as the context may require) of www.grannynet.co.uk.
Acceptance of terms
www.grannynet.co.uk ("the Website") is designed to be used in the UK, and although may be useful for those residing in other countries, users from outside of the UK are strongly advised that before acting they should seek further advice in their country of residence. The information on the Website may not be applicable to you or your country of residence.
By accessing the Website, including the forum, and its contents you agree to be bound by this Agreement and you accept our privacy policy which is set out on the Website (the "Privacy Policy") and for the avoidance of doubt, references herein to "this Agreement" shall be deemed to include the terms contained in the Privacy Policy. If you object to any of the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement you should not use the Website and should therefore exit immediately.
You agree that you shall not use the Website for illegal purposes, and will respect all applicable laws and regulations. You agree not to use the Website in a way that may impair the performance, corrupt the content or otherwise reduce the overall functionality of the Website. You also agree not to compromise the security of the Website or attempt to gain access to secured areas or sensitive information.
You agree that you are fully responsible for any claim, expense, liability, loss, cost, including legal fees, incurred by us arising from any breach of this Agreement by you.
We reserve the right to change any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement from time to time without notice to you by updating this Agreement, therefore please ensure that you check this Agreement regularly. Your use of the Website following the posting of a new version of this Agreement constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
Intellectual property
The Website and its contents are copyright grannynet. All rights reserved.
All copyright, trade marks (registered or unregistered) and other intellectual property rights of any nature arising from all materials, content and information on the Website, including the Website's design, layout and organisation, are owned or licensed by grannynet.
Reproduction of all or any substantial part of the contents in any form is prohibited.
No part of the Website may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, or transmitted for any commercial purpose without express prior approval in writing from us.
Contributions to grannynet: We have the right to publish, republish in any format, edit, reject or remove anything that you send us either via email, via the Website or in writing via post for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without payment to you - unless we have specifically agreed otherwise in writing prior to submission.
By sending materials or information (each a "Work") to us you automatically grant to grannynet a worldwide, exclusive, perpetual, fully-paid, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, and irrevocable license to use such Work and guarantee that you are the owner of any copyright of the Work.
Once you have submitted Work such as a letter, article, experience etc to grannynet either by way of the Website, direct email, by post or fax we also have the right to store it. Ownership transfers from you to grannynet and you may not submit the same Work to any other website or printed publication without prior agreement in writing from us.
We rely on the author of each contributed article to present us with accurate and factual Work. We assume no responsibility for the accuracy of information provided on the Website.
To the maximum extent permissible at law, you hereby wave any moral rights that you may have in any material that you send to us.
Limitation of liability
Grannynet accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the material on the Website or the applicability of such material to your circumstances and to the maximum extent permissible by law, grannynet disclaims any liability for the information on this Website. Grannynet will under no circumstances be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages including any loss of business, revenue, profits, or data in relation to your use of the Website.
Nothing within this Agreement will operate to exclude any liability for death or personal injury arising as a result of the negligence of grannynet, its directors, employees or agents.
Membership
When you register with us to become a member of the Website you are stating that you are over 18 years of age or are a minor aged over 13, with parental consent to use the service you are registering for. You agree that the information you provide to us about yourself upon registration or at any other time will be true, accurate and complete.
Grannynet newsletters
By registering as a member of the Website you will agree to receive a grannynet newsletter by email from time to time. If you do not wish to receive these newsletters you may unsubscribe from the mailing list once you have registered using the link sent with the newsletters.
Grandchild of the month
All photographs entered into the gotm competition will be destroyed once the competition winner has been chosen and will never be available online unless explicit permission has been granted by the user who sent the photograph to us.
Use of the forum
If you use the forum you alone are responsible for the content of your messages and any consequence arising. By using the Website you agree to comply with the following:
(i)The aim of grannynet is to provide a friendly and useful forum for active users of the Website.
(ii)The community is designed for commenting on, or raising issues and questions on being a grandparent and also suggested changes to the Website.
(iii)The Website is to be used for your personal use only. No explicitly commercial postings promoting products or services are allowed. Requests for services and quotations from other list members can be made but should be answered by email off-line.
(iv)If you arrange to meet someone through the Website, you do so at your own risk, and grannynet accepts no responsibility for any consequence. We will however ensure that members are barred for any inappropriate behaviour.
(v)No threats, general rudeness or slander of people, products or companies should be posted.
(vi)You must not post or transmit any content that is abusive, vulgar, obscene, hateful, fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, harassing, offensive, racially intolerant or defamatory.
(vii)You must not post or transmit any material that you do not have the right to transmit under such law (such as copyright or trade marks) or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (as in nondisclosure agreements).
(viii)You must not post or transmit or link to sexually explicit material.
(ix) You must not post or transmit statements that are intentionally false or misleading, or use such statements to manipulate markets of goods and services that would be of interest to other users of the Website.
(x)You must not post or transmit any advertising, promotional materials or other forms of solicitations including chain letters or pyramid schemes.
(xi)You must provide true information about yourself in your registration. You must not impersonate any other person or entity whether actual or fictitious.
(xii)Please do not post a question multiple times. It is unnecessary and makes it more confusing for people searching the forum. Duplicate questions may be removed by the moderators.
(xiii)Grannynet reserves the right in its absolute discretion at any time to edit, alter, delete, or move any material posted to, appearing on or distributed by the Website and you. Grannynet will not enter into any discussions about its decision to edit, alter, delete or move such material. This includes closing threads.
(xiv)Grannynet reserves the right to withdraw membership of the Website from any members at any time. Attempts to rejoin may result in legal action. Grannynet's decision on this is final.
Third parties
The Website contains hyperlinks to websites operated by other parties. We do not control such websites and we therefore take no responsibility for, and will not incur any liability in respect of, their content. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsements of views, statements or information contained in such websites.
Disclaimers
All information contained in the Website is provided on an "as is" basis with no warranties expressed or otherwise implied relating to the accuracy, completeness, fitness for purpose, compatibility or security of any components of the Website. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the Website and cannot provide any representation that using the Website will be error free.
Promotions
All promotions are limited to one per household. Any free gifts are at the discretion of grannynet and grannynet's decision is final.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless grannynet and its affiliates, directors, officers, employees from and against any claim, liability, cost, damage or loss we may incur (including without limitation, solicitor's fees) as a result of any material you post on the Website or any violation by you of your obligations under this Agreement.
Breach of Terms
Grannynet will be entitled to restrict, suspend or terminate your membership or deny you access to the Website or take such other action as grannynet deems appropriate if we determine in our sole discretion, that you are in breach any part of this Agreement or that your use of the Website is inappropriate or otherwise unacceptable. The restriction, suspension or termination of our service pursuant to this section will be without prejudice to any rights with grannynet may have against you in respect of your breach of this Agreement.
Grannynet will be entitled to disclose your user identity and details if required or requested by the courts or other law enforcement authorities and/or agencies or in such other circumstances as grannynet in its sole discretion considers reasonably necessary or appropriate.
Governing Law and jurisdiction
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of England and any user of the Website hereby agrees to be bound exclusively by the jurisdiction of English courts without reference to rules governing choice of laws.
Complaints procedure