3J's Terms and Conditions

WEB SITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF
D. C. THOMSON & CO LTD ("D C THOMSON")

relative to dcthomson.co.uk/new_fdap

General Terms and Conditions

1 ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

Your access to and use of dcthomson.co.uk/new_fdap ("the Website") is subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions. You will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By using the Website you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in this notice. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions you must immediately stop using the Website.

2 ADVICE

The contents of the Website do not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making, or refraining from making, any decision.

3 CHANGES TO WEBSITE

D C Thomson reserves the right to:

3.1 change or remove (temporarily or permanently) the Website or any part of it without notice and you confirm that D C Thomson shall not be liable to you for any such change or removal; and

3.2 change these Terms and Conditions at any time, and your continued use of the Website following any changes shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change.

4 LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

The Website may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites.

5 COPYRIGHT

5.1 All copyright, trade marks, database rights, and all other intellectual property rights in the Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website) are owned by or licensed to D C Thomson or otherwise used by D C Thomson as permitted by law. You may not exploit, use, link to, frame or reproduce any copyright material, trade marks or other intellectual property rights without the prior written consent of DC Thomson or its licensors.

5.2 In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the content solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home use only.

6 DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

6.1 The Website is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. Though D C Thomson takes all reasonable steps to ensure that the Website is free from so-called computer viruses, this cannot be guaranteed and you check before downloading.

6.2 To the extent permitted by law, D C Thomson will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website. Subject to Clause 6.4 below, under no circumstances shall D C Thomson's liability for any claims hereunder exceed the prices paid by you for any goods and services supplied via the Website.

6.3 D C Thomson makes no warranty that the functionality of the Website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.

6.4 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of D C Thomson for death or personal injury as a result of the negligence of D C Thomson or that of its employees or agents.

7 INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold D C Thomson and its employees and agents harmless from and against all liabilities, legal fees, damages, losses, costs and other expenses in relation to any claims or actions brought against D C Thomson arising out of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or other liabilities arising out of your use of this Website. D C Thomson shall be entitled to terminate your access to the Website or any part of it in its sole discretion including, without limiting its rights in any way, for over use or abuse.

8 SEVERANCE

If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

9 USE OF YOUR INFORMATION

You agree to use of your information in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Statement.

10 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE

The E-Commerce Terms and Conditions govern purchases made via the Website.

11 GOVERNING LAW

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Scotland and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.

DC Thomson & Co Ltd. 80, Kingsway East, Dundee DD4 8SL

Noticeboard Terms And Conditions Of Use

1 ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

1.1 Your access to and use of www.dcthomson.co.uk/new_fdap ("the Website") and the services outlined in Clause 2, are subject to these Terms and Conditions. You will not use the Website/Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By using the Website/Services you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in this notice. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions you must immediately stop using the Website/Services.

1.2 We reserve the right to update or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time and your continued use of the Website/Services following any changes shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is therefore your responsibility to check the Terms and Conditions regularly for any changes.

2 THE SERVICES

The Website may provide communication tools such as email, bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums and/or other message or communication facilities ("the Services") designed to enable you to communicate with others. Unless stated otherwise the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use only.

3 CHILD SUPERVISION

We are concerned about the safety and privacy of our users, particularly children. Parents who wish to allow their children access to and use of the Website/Services should supervise such access and use. By allowing your child access to the Services you are allowing your child access to all of the Services, including email, bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums and/or other message or communication facilities. It is therefore your responsibility to determine which Services are appropriate for your child. Always use caution when revealing personally identifiable information about yourself or your children via any of the Services. We would refer you to our Privacy Statement in relation to our use of any personal data provided by you.

4 USER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY

If a particular Service requires you to open an account you will be required to complete the registration process by providing certain information and registering a username and password for use with the Services. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password and also for all activities that take place under your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever resulting from the disclosure of your username and/or password. You may not use another person's account at any time, without the express permission of the account holder.

5 ACCEPTABLE USE

5.1 You acknowledge that all information, text, graphics, logos, photographs, images, moving images, sound, illustrations and other materials ("the Content"), whether posted publicly or transmitted privately, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. We do not control or endorse any Content originating from any third party and cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content and you acknowledge that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that is offensive and/or indecent. We will not be liable in any way for any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind resulting from the use of any Content transmitted via the Services and you agree to bear all risks associated with the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy or
completeness of such Content.

5.2 In using the Website/Services you agree not to:

5.2.1 use the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other unsolicited messages, commercial or otherwise (the fact that a third party participates in certain of the Services should not be taken as implying that they request information to be emailed to them);

5.2.2 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that is defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;

5.2.3 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that incites discrimination, hate or violence towards any person or group on account of their race, religion, disability, nationality or otherwise;

5.2.4 threaten, abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others;

5.2.5 use any information or material in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary right of any party;

5.2.6 make available or upload files that contain a virus, worm, trojan horse or corrupt data that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another;

5.2.7 collect or store, for any purpose, personal information about others, including email addresses;

5.2.8 advertise or offer to buy or sell goods or services for any commercial purpose, unless such communication facility specifically allows such messages;

5.2.9 impersonate any person or entity for the purpose of misleading others (including the forging of headers or email addresses);

5.2.10 violate any applicable laws or regulations;

5.2.11 use the Website/Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website/Services or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Website/Services;

5.2.12 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information or confidential information disclosed in the course of employment or under a confidentiality agreement);

5.2.13 attempt to gain unauthorised access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Website/Services through hacking, password mining or any other means.

5.3 We have no obligation to monitor the Services but shall be entitled to review materials posted to a communications facility and, at our sole discretion, to remove any material that breaches these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable.

5.4 We reserve the right to report to the relevant authorities, including the police, any use of the Website and/or the Services which may constitute a criminal offence or other breach of law.

6 TERMINATION

We have the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Services at any time, without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, breach of these Terms and Conditions. We may also at any time, at our sole discretion, discontinue the Website/Services or any part thereof without prior notice and you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Website/Services.

7 LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

The Website/Services may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites.

8 INTERNATIONAL USE

You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom or the country in which you reside (if different) and with all local laws and rules regarding acceptable use of and conduct on the Internet.

9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

9.1 The Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website and the Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property rights and laws. In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the contents solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home use only.

9.2 We do not claim ownership of any materials you post, upload or submit to any publicly accessible area of the Services. However, by doing so you are granting to us a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive licence to copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, publicly display, edit, translate or publish such Content for as long as you elect to display such Content via the Services. The licence shall be terminated when such Content is deleted from the Services.

10 INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold us and our employees and agents harmless from and against any liability arising from any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and any claim or demand brought against us by any third party arising out of your use of the Website, the Services and/or any Content submitted, posted or transmitted through the Services, including without limitation, all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) howsoever suffered or incurred by us in consequence of your breach of these Terms and
Conditions.

11 DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

11.1 Use of the Website/Services is at your own risk. The Website/Services are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

11.2 To the extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website/Services.

11.3 We make no warranty that the Website/Services will meet your requirements, that the Content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality of the Website/Services will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website/Services or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or anything else that may be harmful or
destructive.

11.4 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of dcthomson.co.uk/new_fdap for death or personal injury as a result of our negligence of or that of our employees or agents.

11.5 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

12 SEVERANCE

13 GOVERNING LAW

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Scotland and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.

Privacy Statement

1 dcthomson.co.uk/new_fdap is owned and operated by D C Thomson & Co Ltd, 80 Kingsway East, Dundee, DD4 8SL, United Kingdom. D C Thomson is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the security of any personal information received from you. We strictly adhere to the requirements of the data protection legislation in the UK.

The purpose of this statement is to explain to you what personal information we collect and how we may use it.

2 When you order, we need to know your name, address, and email address. This allows us to process and fulfil your order. You have the option to withhold personal information that is not required for the order process.

3 We use your personal information to update you about new products/services. Where indicated, we will only contact you with your consent.

4 We may from time to time [sell, rent or] exchange your personal information with any third party for commercial reasons, including outwith the European Economic Area. This is in addition to any transfer of data that is an essential requirement for credit/debit card validation during purchase and for processing your payments. For this your credit card details will be passed to our internet payment gateway service provider, but will not be stored by DC Thomson.

5 We follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access in accordance with the UK data protection legislation.

6 We do not collect sensitive information about you except when you specifically knowingly provide it.

7 We use a technology called "cookies" as part of a normal business procedure to track patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. A cookie is an element of data that our Website sends to your browser which is then stored on your system. You can set your browser to prevent this happening. Any information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you change your browser settings.

8 In order to process credit/debit card transactions, the internet payment gateway service provider may require to verify your personal details for authorisation outside the European Economic Area.

9 In order to maintain the accuracy of our database, you can check, update or remove your personal details by sending us an email and are entitled to receive a copy of the information we hold in exchange for payment of the required fee.

10 If you have any questions about privacy, or wish to update your details or have them removed from our mailing list at any time, please contact us at webmaster@dcthomson.co.uk

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