Terms & Conditions

All Users must read the Terms and Conditions before accessing and using the Community Channel Website. By accessing and using this website you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions set out below. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms and Conditions you should not access or use the Website.

House Rules

You agree to use the Community Channel's forums and website in accordance with the following rules.

Posts to the Forums and other areas of the website:

• Must not contain libellous or otherwise illegal content. The moderators can ask you to remove the offending content, or refuse to publish the entry
• Must be civil and tasteful.
• Must not be disruptive, offensive or be considered abusive behaviour: contributions must be constructive and polite, not mean-spirited or contributed with the intention of causing trouble.
• Must not be unlawful or contain objectionable content: unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable material is not acceptable.
• If you use multiple logins for the purpose of disrupting the community or annoying other users you may have action taken against your accounts.
• Be patient: users of all ages and abilities may be taking part.
• No spamming or off-topic material: we don’t allow the submission of the same or very similar contributions many times. Please don't re-submit your contribution to more than one discussion, or contribute off-topic material in subject-specific areas.
• Deliberate misuse of the complaints facility is not permitted. If you persist in doing this action may be taken against your account.
• No posts describing violent intentions towards other people and organisations.
• No personal attacks on other users of the site.
• No personal details are to be submitted to the site, including email addresses, postal addresses, phone numbers or other personal information.

Other Terms and Conditions

1. Definitions

"Agreement" means these terms and conditions under which you agree to be bound in the event you access or use this Web Site. "Disclosed Information" means any and all material disclosed by the User. "Information" means any and all material contained in this Website which is delivered by or on behalf of the Community Channel or any associates thereof. "User" means you, the Website User. "Website" means this web site.

2. Rights

The Information contained on this Website is owned by, licensed or authorised to Community Channel its associates, assignees, licensees or sub-licensees thereof ("Community Channel"). The copyright in the text, artwork, graphics and images on the Web Site is owned by Community Channel except where attributed to an alternative source.

3. Warranties

The User undertakes:
(a) that it will only view the Information for its own private purpose and it will not publish, reproduce, store or retransmit any of the Information contained in the Website;
(b) acknowledges and understands the exclusion of liability and disclaimer provisions contained in Clause 4;
(c) not to use the Information or the Disclosed Information for any unlawful or unauthorised purpose;
(d) that it shall not use or interfere with the Website, the Information or the Disclosed Information other than in accordance with this Agreement and without limitation in such a way so that all or part of the Website, the Information or the Disclosed Information is or could be interrupted, reproduced, stored, retransmitted, published, damaged, rendered less efficient, corrupted or in anyway impaired;
(e) not to use the Website, the Information or the Disclosed Information in any manner which constitutes an infringement of any third party rights (including but not limited to rights of copyright trade mark or confidentiality);
(f) that it shall not use the Web Site to transmit any material for the purposes of publicity, promotion and/or advertising without the prior written consent of the Community Channel;
(g) that in the event it has any right, claim, or action against any other User or other third party arising out of the use of the Website it shall pursue such right, claim or action independently of and without recourse to the Community Channel;
(h) that all intellectual property rights (including without limitation copyright, trade marks and all other rights) whatsoever in the Information and the Web Site shall remain vested in the Community Channel at all times;
(i) and acknowledges that the Community Channel has no obligation to provide the Website or any Information or to ensure the User is able to use provide and/or access the Information, the Disclosed Information and the Website;
(j) to indemnify and keep indemnified the Community Channel against all claims, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses including legal fees (on a solicitor and own client basis) arising out of any breach or misuse of the Information, the Disclosed Information, the Website or of the User's obligations under this Agreement.

4. Exclusion of Liability/Disclaimer

4.1 Community Channel provides the Website and the Information on an "as is" basis and makes no warranty or representation about the availability, completeness, accuracy, satisfactory quality, merchantability and/or fitness of the same for a particular purpose.

4.2 Further, Community Channel makes no warranty or representation about;
(a) the reliability or technical efficiency of the Website;
(b) the security measures (if any) contained in the Website and in particular the protection afforded to any Information, Disclosed Information or other information and data.

4.3 Community Channel excludes all liability (so far as is permitted by law) in respect of;
(a) any other web sites which can be accessed via the Website;
(b) any opinions and expressions made by third parties which can be accessed via the Website or which are contained in the Information and the Disclosed Information;
(c) any damage to the User, the Users' computer hardware, software or other material or equipment resulting from the User accessing or using the Website, the Information or the Disclosed Information.

5. Termination

Community channel shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and/or suspend or terminate the Information, the Disclosed Information and the Website immediately and without notice to the User. In the event of termination or suspension the warranties and obligations of the User shall continue to apply beyond the lifetime of this Agreement.

6. Data

The User expressly agrees that by accessing the Website he/she agrees that any Disclosed Information, Information or other data including without limitation the User's name, address, location and other relevant information relating to the User can be used by Community Channel for those purposes expressly set out in the Website. Please note that Community Channel may use the Disclosed Information for other specific purposes in the event that the User opts-in, via the registration pages, to such use.

7. Amendments to Terms and Conditions

Community Channel reserves the right to change and amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time. The Users continued use or access of the Website after such change or amendment shall be deemed to confirm the User's acceptance of any such change or amendment. It is the User's responsibility to check these Terms and Conditions regularly to determine whether any such amendment has been made. If the User does not wish to be bound by any revised Terms and Conditions it should stop using and accessing the Website.

8. Confidentiality

The User undertakes with Community Channel that it will treat as confidential the terms of this Agreement together with all information (including without limitation the Disclosed Information and the Information) whether of a technical or commercial nature or otherwise relating in any manner to the business or affairs of Community Channel as may be communicated to it hereunder or otherwise in connection with this Agreement (including without limitation in connection with accessing the Website, the Information and the Disclosed Information) and will not disclose such information to any person firm or company (other than to its auditors and other professional advisers and as part of its normal reporting or review procedure to its parent company or the shareholders in its parent company as the case may be) or to the media and will not use such information other than for purposes of this Agreement subject always to any prior specific authorisation in writing by Community Channel of such disclosure or use. This obligation shall endure beyond the termination of this Agreement without limit in point in time except and until any confidential information enters the public domain otherwise than through default of the party receiving the same.

9. Severability

If any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or adjudged by a Court to be unlawful void or unenforceable such provision shall to the extent required be severed from this Agreement and rendered ineffective as far as possible without modifying the remaining provisions of this Agreement and shall not in any way affect any other circumstances or the validity or enforcement of this Agreement.

10. No waiver

No failure or delay on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement relating to the exercise of any right power privilege or remedy provided under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right power privilege or remedy or as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach by the other party to this Agreement.

11. Assignment

Community Channel may freely charge licence transfer assign or otherwise dispose of any of its rights or obligations hereunder. The User shall not be entitled to charge license transfer assign or otherwise dispose of any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent from Community Channel.

12. Entire Agreement

This Agreement contains the full and complete understanding between the parties and supersedes all prior arrangements and understandings whether written or oral appertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement and may not be varied except by an instrument in writing signed by all of the parties to this Agreement.

13. Jurisdiction

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales the courts of which shall alone be the courts of competent jurisdiction.