BURCHILLGC - OUR ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Effective date: 01/May/2024
By Using Our Website You Accept The Terms of this Policy
Please read this Acceptable Usage Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it before using our website. Our Acceptable Usage Policy sets out standards which apply to your use of this website, when communicating via our website, uploading User Content, or otherwise interacting with it. It is recommended that you print a copy of this Policy for your future reference.
Your agreement to comply with this Policy is indicated by your use of our website. If you do not agree to this Policy, you must stop using our website immediately.
Acceptable Usage of Our Site
1.1 You may only use our website in a lawful manner:
a) You must ensure that you comply fully with any and all local, national, or international laws and regulations that apply;
b) You must not use our website in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent;
c) You must not use our website to knowingly send, upload, or in any other way transmit data that contains any form of virus or other malware or any other code designed to adversely affect computer hardware, software, or data of any kind;
d) You must not use our website to knowingly send, upload, or in any other way transmit unauthorised or unsolicited marketing or similar material (commonly referred to as “spam”);
e) You must not use our website to bully, threaten, harass, intimidate, insult, annoy, alarm, inconvenience, upset, or embarrass another person;
f) You must not use Our Site to harm or attempt to harm minors in any manner; and
g) You must not use our website, submit user content, or communicate in any way using our website that does not comply with the content standards set out below.
2. Interactive Services
2.1 If we provide any kind of interactive service, clear information will be provided about that service. In particular, we will inform you of any moderation and whether that moderation is automated or carried out by people.
2.2 We use reasonable efforts to carry out risk assessments for any interactive services that We may offer in order to determine the risks posed to Users from third parties and, on the basis of those risk assessments, decide whether to implement moderation and, if so, what kind.
2.3 We are under no obligation to monitor, moderate, or in any other manner oversee any interactive services provided on our website. We hereby exclude any and all liability for any loss or damage arising out of the use of such interactive services by a user who breaches the content standards set out below, whether we monitor the interactive service or not.
2.4 Minors may not use the interactive service(s) provided on our website.
3. Content Standards
3.1 When communicating via our website, uploading user content, or otherwise interacting with our website, you must not submit, communicate, or otherwise do anything that:
a) is sexually explicit;
b) in any way sexualises minors (including, but not limited to, child sexual abuse material);
c) is obscene, deliberately offensive, hateful, or otherwise inflammatory;
d) promotes violence;
e) promotes, encourages, incites, or supports acts of terrorism;
f) promotes or assists in any form of unlawful activity;
g) is defamatory of another person;
h) bullies, insults, intimidates, or humiliates another person;
i) discriminates against, or is in any way defamatory of, any person, group, or class of persons; race; nationality; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious or philosophical beliefs; disability; or age;
j) is intended or otherwise likely to threaten, harass, annoy, alarm, inconvenience, upset, or embarrass another person;
k) is calculated or otherwise likely to deceive;
l) is intended or otherwise likely to infringe (or threaten to infringe) another person’s right to privacy or otherwise uses their personal information in a way that you do not have a right to;
m) misleadingly impersonates any person or otherwise misrepresents your identity or affiliation in a way that is calculated to deceive;
n) implies any form of affiliation with Us or any other party where there is none;
o) infringes, or assists in the infringement of, the intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyright, designs, patents, trademarks, and database rights) belonging to Us or any other party;
p) is in breach of any legal duty owed to another party including, but not limited to, contractual duties and duties of confidence.
3.2 When communicating via our website, uploading user content, or otherwise interacting with our website, you must ensure that your communication or submission:
a) is truthful and accurate (where you are stating facts);
b) states only genuinely held opinions; and
c) complies fully with, any and all local, national, or international laws and regulations that apply.
4. Breaches of this Policy
4.1 If you fail to comply with the provisions of this Policy, we may take action. A breach of this Policy also constitutes a material breach of the Terms of Use of our website. We may take one or more of the following actions in response to your breach:
a) Suspend or terminate your right to use our website;
b) Remove, either temporarily or permanently, your communication, user content, or other submission from our website;
c) Issue you with a written warning;
d) Take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of any and all relevant costs on an indemnity basis resulting from your breach;
e) Take further legal action against you, as appropriate;
f) Disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as required or as we deem reasonably necessary; and/or
g) Any other actions which We deem reasonably appropriate (and lawful).
4.2 We hereby exclude any and all liability arising out of any actions that we may take in response to your breach.
5. Law and Jurisdiction
5.1 This Policy, and the relationship between you and us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.
5.2 If you are a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law in your country of residence. Nothing takes away from or reduces your legal rights as a consumer.
5.3 If you are a consumer, any dispute, controversy, proceedings, or claim between you and us relating to this Policy or to the relationship between you and us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, as determined by your residency.
5.4 If you are a business user, any dispute, controversy, proceedings, or claim between you and os relating to this Policy or to the relationship between you and us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.