Last Updated 01 Feb 2009 Version 1.0 Terms of Service
Welcome to www.thewheellife.com a community for wheelchair users, their friends, family, and related groups and associations. By registering to become a member of thewheellife.com community (‘the Community’) and accessing thewheellife.com website (‘the Site’) and using the facilities, applications and programs therein (‘the Services’) you agree to be bound by the Terms of Service herein (this ‘Agreement’).
The Service and Site is operated by The Wheel Life LLP. (‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’)). You are strongly advised to read this Agreement as it forms legally binding terms between you and us for your use of and registration to the Site, your use of the Services and membership of the Community.
We may amend and/or alter the terms of this Agreement from time to time, and will place the new version on the Site. When we do so, we will place a notice advising that the terms have been changed on the Site’s homepage at www.thewheellife.com. Your use of the Site from the date that the amended terms are placed on the Site onwards will be governed by those new terms. Your use of the whole/any part of the Site and/or Services following such change shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine whether the terms of this Agreement have been changed. If you do not agree to any such change then you must immediately stop using the Site and/or Services.
Your use of particular functionalities and features that are
part of the Service may be subject to additional guidelines, terms, or rules
(‘Additional Terms’) which may be posted from time to time on the Site. All
Additional Terms are incorporated into this Agreement. If there is any
inconsistency between an Additional Term(s) and the terms of this Agreement then
the terms of this Agreement shall take precedence but only to the extent of any
such inconsistency.
Certain features, functionality and content may be provided by third parties such as but not limited to media players, online content and feeds. There may be additional terms governing their use which will not be part of this agreement. In being a member of this Community, you agree to be bound by such terms are as applicable to any third party features, functionality and content.
1. Access. The service is intended solely for use and access by persons that are 18 years of age or older. By accessing the Site and/or using these Services you are warranting that you are at least 18 years old and that you are able to enter into this Agreement. This Site and/or Services may include content that is unsuitable for anyone under the age of 18; if you are under the age of 18 you may only use or register with the Site and use the Services with the consent of a parent, guardian or adult acting in loco parentis. If you are a parent or guardian or adult acting in loco parentis of someone under the age of 18 who is using the Site and/or Services, you agree to all the terms of this Agreement and our privacy policy and that you shall be responsible for the conduct and acts and/or omissions of your children in using the Site and/or Services as if these were your own.
2. Username and password
(a) In order to become a member of the Community (“Member”), you will also be asked to register. Upon registering you will be required to provide us with your name and a valid email address and asked to choose a username and a password for your Member profile. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and username. You agree not to use the member profile, username, or password of another member at any time. If you suspect any unauthorised use of your Member profile or access to your password you must notify us immediately using the contact form on the Site.
(b) When you register as a Member, you will create an account that is unique to you (“Your Profile”). “Your Profile” is where you can update, correct or delete your personal information as appropriate. If you want to delete Your Profile, please do so using the 'Delete Account' page in the Settings section of Your Profile.
(c) We do not accept any liability whatsoever, howsoever arising, for your inability to receive, access, register for, or otherwise use Site and/or Services or any content contained on or available through the Site and/or the Services, or for any damage caused to your computer and/or associated systems, that results from the incompatibility of your computer and/or its associated systems with the technical specifications that may be posted on Site and/or Services.
(d) Any personal data you transmit to us by electronic mail or otherwise will be used by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy and you accept our Privacy Policy which is available for viewing further down this page.
3. Term. This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Site and/or Services and/or are a Member. You may terminate your membership at any time, for any reason by following the instructions on the ‘Help’ page, or upon receipt by us of your email notice of termination, which should be sent to [insert address for notification]. We may terminate your membership for any reason effective upon sending notice to you at the email address you provide in your application for membership or such other email address as you may later provide to us.
4. Personal use. The Site and/or Services are for the personal use only, and may not be used in connection with or for any commercial purpose except with our express written permission (which we may in our absolute discretion decline). This includes providing links to other websites, whether deemed competitive to us, the Community and/or the Site or otherwise. Certain organisations, companies, and/or businesses may become members of the Community at our sole discretion. You must use the Site and/or Services in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. You may not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other members to buy or sell any products or services through the Services, except as to the extent expressly allowed by us and/or the Community in specific sections of the Services, such as classified adverts or similar section of the Services. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other members or other parties. Although we may (but are not obliged to monitor the conduct of its members off the Services, it is nonetheless also a violation of this Agreement to use any information obtained from the Services and/or the Site in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any member without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect our members from such advertising or solicitation, we reserve the right to restrict the number of emails and other communications (including sharing of content) which a Member may send to other members in any twenty-four (24) hour period to a number which we deem appropriate in our sole discretion.
5. Prohibited activity. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, you shall not:
(a) impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity for any purpose (including, without limitation, for the purpose of misleading others as to the identity of the sender or the origin of a message or to harvest or otherwise collect information about others);
(b) modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Site,
(c) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content Posted (as defined below) to the Site;
(d) upload, post, email or otherwise transmit or post links or otherwise make available, introduce into or direct to the Site any material that to any material that contains software viruses, worms, Trojan horses, time bombs, trap doors or any other computer code, files or programs or repetitive requests for information designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or to diminish the quality of, interfere with the performance of, or impair the functionality of the Site and/or the Services;
(e) use any device, software or routine to interfere with or disrupt the proper working of the Site, or servers or networks connected to the Site, or any transaction being conducted on the Site, or with any other person’s use of the Site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Site;
(f) violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, rules or regulations;
(g) "deep link" to any portion of the Site;
(h) use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or use a site search/retrieval application or other device to retrieve or index any portion of the Site or use any other manual process to monitor or copy the Site’s pages or the content contained thereon or for any other unauthorised purpose without our prior express written permission;
(i) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
(j) display any of the Site in a frame (or any of our content via in-line links);
(k) engage in any activity that interferes with any third party's ability to use or enjoy the Site; and/or
(l) assist any third party in engaging in any activity prohibited by this Agreement.
You accept that it is your responsibility to install appropriate anti-virus and security software on your computer hardware to protect against a computer security threat which may be transferred to your computer hardware through the use of the Site and/or Services including but not limited to viruses, Trojan horses, time bombs or any other form of programming routine designed to damage or otherwise impair a computer’s functionality or operation.
6. Intellectual property rights. Other than in respect of Content Posted by you this Site and the underlying computer code used by us to design, operate and maintain the Site and all underlying proprietary intellectual property rights in the Site and the Services (including but not limited to copyrights, database rights, trademarks, service marks, patents, database rights, domain name rights,) are either vested in and owned by us absolutely throughout the world for the full duration of such rights and all possible renewals, reversions, revivals and extensions thereof and thereafter (insofar as may be or become possible) in perpetuity, or are properly licensed to us to allow us to use the same for the purposes of providing the Site and or the Services. In addition all content and material (other than material supplied or uploaded to the Site by you) contained within or available on the Site or via the Services is protected by rights of copyright, trademarks, service marks, patents, database rights, domain name rights, trade secrets and/or other proprietary intellectual property rights and laws throughout the world. Unless expressly authorised by us, you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works from materials or content available on the Site or via the Services. Except for intellectual property which is in the public domain or for which you have been given written permission, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any intellectual property and the provision of any intellectual property to you through the Site and/or Services does not transfer to you or any third party any rights, title or interest in or to such intellectual property, including, without limitation, any intellectual property rights in any content and material included therein.
7. Content. You understand and agree that we may (but are not obliged to) review any classified ads, content, communication, information, text, material, messages, photos, videos, URLs, profiles and all other similar matter (and any intellectual property rights related to such material (collectively, ‘Content’) that is provided, sent, uploaded or otherwise submitted by you for publication and/or display (hereinafter, ‘Posted’) on the Site or in connection with the Services. We may delete or refuse to accept any such Content, including, without limitation, any Content that in our sole judgment violates this Agreement or which might be offensive, inappropriate, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of other members or third parties. You are solely responsible for the Content that you Post, or transmit to other Members or third parties. By Posting Content to any area of the Site and/or Services, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free and fully paid, worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display and perform and otherwise use such Content for any and all purposes and on any and all media (whether known now or in the future developed) and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Content, and to grant and authorise sublicenses of the foregoing. In addition, you represent and warrant that you have the right to Post the Content and you will not Post any Prohibited Content. For the purposes of this Agreement and the Site and Services, “Prohibited Content” includes, but is not limited to, content that:
(a) is illegal and/or infringes, misappropriates, violates or contravenes any third party rights (including, without limitation, any intellectual property rights:
(b) is obviously offensive to the online community in general, such as content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, discrimination against or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
(c) harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
(d) involves the transmission of ‘junk mail’, ‘chain letters’, or unsolicited mass mailing or ‘spamming’;
(e) promotes information that you know is false, misleading or that promotes illegal activities or conduct that is illegal, abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libellous;
(f) promotes an illegal and/or unauthorised (‘pirated’) copy of another person's copyrighted work (whether marked as such, or not), such as, but not limited to, providing pirated computer programs or links to them (nulled software or warez), providing information to circumvent copy-protection mechanisms, or providing pirated music, video or other pirated content, or links to such pirated music, video files, or files that contain such other pirated content;
(g) contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
(h) displays pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind and in any form, or contains nudity, violence, sexually explicit, or other offensive subject matter. You may not post a photograph of another person without that person's permission;
(i) provides material that exploits people in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone;
(j) provides instructional information about illegal activities such as, but not limited to, making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
(k) solicits passwords or personal identifying information of any kind for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; and engages in commercial activities and/or commercial sales without our prior written consent, including, without limitation, contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes;
(l) constitutes, promotes, or is used primarily for the purpose of dealing in: counterfeit goods, illegal drugs and paraphernalia, stolen products and items used for theft, unlicensed trade or dealing in stocks or securities.
(m) otherwise violates the terms of this Agreement or creates liability for us.
You are solely responsible for any activity you engage in and/or the Content that you post on or through the Site. We do not endorse and have no control over the Content or your use of the Site and/or Services. We make no warranties, express or implied, as to such Content or activity and/or to its accuracy or reliability and accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever (howsoever arising) for inappropriate Content or activity that is in breach of this Agreement.
We reserve the right (but we are not obliged) to investigate and to take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending content from the service and terminating the membership of such violators.
8. Copyright policy. If you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Site or used in connection with the Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us using the contact form on the Site with the following information:
(a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
(b) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
(c) your address, telephone number, and email address; and
(d) a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
9. Member disputes. Your interactions with other Members in connection with the Site and/or Services or with advertisers, including, without limitation, payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the other Members or the advertiser. You agree that we will not be responsible or otherwise liable for any losses, costs or damages or other liability (howsoever arising) incurred as the result of any such dealings or with respect to any other Member’s use or disclosure of your personally identifiable information. If there is a dispute between you and any third party, we are under no obligation to become involved; however, we reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.
10. Third party content. Content from other members, advertisers, and other third parties (“Third Party Content”) may be made available to you through the Site and/or the Services. To the fullest extent possible under applicable national and international laws, we accept no liability whatsoever for any liability howsoever arising in connection with such Third Party Content including but not limited to its accuracy, currency, suitability, or quality of the information in such content, nor for any unintended, objectionable, inaccurate, misleading, or unlawful Third Party Content.
11. Indemnity. To the extent permitted under applicable laws, you hereby fully indemnify and hold harmless us from all claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, charges and expenses (including, without limitation, legal expenses) liability related to:
(a) a claim or alleged by a third party that the provision by you of, or our authorised use of, Content or your use of the Site and/or Services infringes any rights (including, but not limited to, the copyright and/or other intellectual property rights) of any third party;
(b) any breach or alleged breach by you of this Agreement;
(c) any incorrect or inaccurate Content Posted on the Site and/or in connection with the Services whether caused by any user of the Services or Member, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in the Services;
(d) any loss or damage caused by Content Posted by you on the Site and/or Services or transmitted by and to members, or any interactions between users of the Site and/or Members, whether online or offline;
(e) any views or opinions expressed by you or from third parties which you quote in your Content.
12. WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
(a) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CLAUSE 12 APPLY TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES, WHETHER AS A BROWSER AND/OR MEMBER. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE AND DO NOT PROMISE (A) ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES; (B) THAT THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (B) THAT THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS; OR (C) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. WE DO NOT ASSUME ANY OBLIGATION TO MONITOR ACTIVITIES ON THE SITE AND/OR SERVICE.
(b) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT AND/OR INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFIT, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES HOWSOEVER SUCH DAMAGES AND/OR LOSSES ARISE BUT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) (1) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES (SAVE AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THESE TERMS); (2) UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (3) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES; OR (4) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES.
(c) We are not responsible for the availability of any external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for the privacy practices or the content (including misrepresentative or defamatory content) of any third party websites, including (without limitation) any advertising, products or other materials or services on or available from such websites or resources, nor for any damage, loss or offence caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with, the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on such external sites or resources.
13. Applicable laws. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales whose Courts shall be the Courts of exclusive jurisdiction.
14. Electronic communications. The communications between you and us use electronic means, whether you visit the Site or send us emails, or whether we post notices on the Site or communicate with you via email. You consent to receive communications from us in an electronic form and agree that all terms and conditions, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if it were be in writing. The foregoing does not affect your non-waivable rights.
15. General. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between you and us regarding the use of the Site and/or Services and shall supersede any and all other conditions, understandings, commitments, agreements or representations (except fraudulent misrepresentations) relating to your use of the Site and/or Services, whether oral or in writing. We advise that you print off and keep safe a copy of this Agreement once you have accepted the same upon registering with the Site. You are further advised to read (and are responsible for reading) all information on this Site fully. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, no party will be deemed as a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement and a third party (including another Member) who is not a party to this Agreement has no right to enforce any term of this agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives to the greatest extent possible under any applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Please contact us with any questions regarding this Agreement.
16. Termination and suspension. We reserve the right, without prejudice to any other rights and remedies available to us under this Agreement or generally at law, to suspend or terminate your registration and/or use of the Site and/or Services and/or Your Account immediately upon being made aware of any breach or potential breach by you of any term of this Agreement. We further reserve the right at any time to suspend, modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, any portion of the Site and/or Services and/or Your Account with or without prior notice. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any such suspension, modification or discontinuance.
17. Force majeure. We will make reasonable efforts to keep the Site and/or Services operational. However, we shall not be in breach of this Agreement where the Site and/or Services is/are unavailable for any kind of reasons including but not limited to:
(a) fire, flood, lightning, war, revolution, terrorism, riot, strike, lock-out or other industrial action, failure of supplies of power, fuel, transport , equipment, raw materials or other goods or services, failure or defects in any third party software or services, or failure in provision of telecommunication or internet services by third parties acting on our behalf;
(b) service loss due to viruses or hackers or any third party interference with the Site, Services and/or the internet;
(c) your inability to connect your computer to the internet, or any failure to access the Site and/or Services as a result of any act or omission of your internet service provider, or any defects, incompatibilities or outages in your hardware, network, software or telecommunications provider;
(d) any breach by you of any term of this Agreement;
(e) routine maintenance/upgrades and/or emergency maintenance (either performed by us or a third party service provider acting on our behalf). We shall use our reasonable endeavours to provide you via the homepage of the Site and/or Services with as much advance notification of such maintenance as is reasonably possible;
(f) any other reason.
We also reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, functions of the Site and/or Services with or without notice. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any of the direct or indirect consequences of any modification, suspension, discontinuance of or interruption to the Site and/or Services.
18. Copyright/trademark information. Copyright ©, The Wheel Life LLP. All rights reserved. The trademarks, logos and service marks (‘marks’) displayed on the Services are our property or the property of other third parties. You are not permitted to use these marks without our prior written consent or the consent of such third party which may own the mark.
Site Privacy Policy
1. WELCOME
1.1 Welcome to www.thewheellife.com (“the Site”), owned and operated by The Wheel Life LLP. The following information relates to the processing by us of your personal data. Please note that in this privacy policy, “we” “our” or “us” refers to The Wheel Life LLP.
1.2 We are committed to complying with the
provisions of all applicable data protection and personal data legislation and
ensuring that the personal data we hold is processed fairly and lawfully. This
Privacy Policy has therefore been prepared to tell you about the way we collect
information from you and what we do with that information. By providing any
personal information and/or data to us on the Site, you fully understand and
unambiguously consent to collection, use, and transfer of such personal
information and/or data on the terms and conditions outlined in this Privacy
Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, do not provide such personal
information and/or data to us via the Site. Moreover, we reserve the right to
change or modify the Privacy Policy at any time as posted, following (for
example) changes in applicable legislation. If any part of this statement
changes, we will tell you at the bottom of this page. Therefore please return to
this page from time to time to review any changes that may have been made.
1.3 If you have any questions about this
statement or your personal information that we may collect from you, please
contact us using the contact form available on the Site
1.4 This Privacy Policy explains how we
collect information from you when you visit or register to use the Site and how
this information is then used. This Privacy Policy applies to you whether you
use the Site as a casual browser or if you have registered as a Member.
2. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT,
AND HOW IS THAT INFORMATION THEN USED?
Non-personal information collected when you
browse the Site
2.1 Your internet protocol (“IP”) address:
like most websites, each time you visit the Site we automatically collect your
IP address and the web page from which you came. We use this information to
administer and optimise the Site for you and to diagnose problems with our Site.
We use your IP address to help identify you and to gather broad demographic
information about you.
2.2 We will not collect any personal
information about you from your browsing of the Site unless you agree to
collection and use of your personal data.
Information collected when you register to
the Site
2.3 When you register to the Site, you will be
asked to submit personal information about yourself in order to register and/or
upload Content and/or engage in the Services. The precise information collected
will depend upon whether you wish to register as a Member but may include, for
example, your name, postal address and email address. We will only collect
information that is necessary for us to allow you to use the Site and/or
Services, upload Content and for us to provide you with any services or
assistance connected with these activities.
How will we use any personal information
that we collect?
2.4 Where we collect personal information, we
will use it for administration and to tailor the Site to match your needs. We
may also use personal information to contact you in respect of the Site, the
Services, your Content, any activities (including but not limited to promotional
activities, competitions and so forth) run or administered via the Site and/or
which you engage in. We may also use personal information to contact you in
connection with other competitions we may organise and for direct marketing
purposes relating to the business, products and services of The Wheel Life LLP
and/or its direct or indirect affiliates, subsidiaries or other group companies.
2.5 At all times we are legally obliged to
collect, retain and process any personal information that you provide in
accordance with all applicable data protection and personal data legislation.
Each time you provide us with personal information we aim to let you know how we
intend to use it and ask you to give your consent to such use. This will include
(i) where we would like to use that information to send you details of other
products and services we offer which are similar to the product/service for
which you have subscribed; and (ii) where we would like to share that
information with certain selected third parties to allow them to provide you
with details of their services and/or products which might be of interest to
you.
2.6 We may employ the services of a third
party to help us in certain areas, such as Site hosting, marketing and market
researching and related to the Competition. In some cases that third party may
receive your information. However, at all times we will control and be
responsible for the use of your information.
2.7 Your personal information may be shared
with a third party in the event of a transfer of ownership, assets or a
bankruptcy of www.thewheellife.com. We may also disclose your personal
information as required or permitted by law, to protect the interests or safety
of www.thewheellife.com or a third party, or to prevent an emergency. Any third
party with whom we share your personal information is authorised to use your
personal information in accordance with our contractual arrangements with such
third parties and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we
have no control. Those who contact you will need to be instructed directly by
you regarding your preferences for the use of your personal information by them.
2.8 We will not sell, trade or lease the personal information you provide to us to third parties without your consent.
2.9 When you register with the Site you
consent to allow us to use your profile image in any advertising or promotional
material that we may create from time to time. You have the right to opt out of
this clause by sending us an email using the contact form available on the site.
If you choose to opt out we will not include your profile image in any future
advertising or promotional material.
How can I remove, update, prevent use of or
correct my personal information?
2.10 Should the personal information held by
us no longer be required by us for any of the purposes set out herein, we
undertake to take reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify the personal
information after a reasonable period of time has elapsed. If you provide us
with personal information, you shall have the right, on reasonable prior written
notice, to request inspection, change, amendment, or deletion of such personal
information. However, we reserve the right to, subject to applicable law, charge
a reasonable fee for inspection of your personal information held by us. Please
contact us using the Contact us form on the Site.
2.11 In addition, please refer to the your personal profile page section of the Site where you can update, correct or delete your personal information as appropriate.
3. HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION?
3.1 We will hold your personal information
securely and will only keep it for as long as is reasonably necessary in the
circumstances, or whilst you are registered to use the Site, unless you have
provided us with your consent to use the data for any additional purposes. We
take the security of the Site and the information you provide very seriously and
we will take all appropriate technical measures using recognised security
procedures and tools in accordance with good industry practice to protect your
personal information.
3.2 Whilst we use all reasonable endeavours to
protect your security in the manner described above, we consider that it is only
appropriate to advise users that data transmission over the Internet and the
World Wide Web cannot always be guaranteed as 100% secure, and therefore that
you use the Site at your own risk. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any
disclosure of data due to errors in transmission, unauthorised third party
access or other acts of third parties, or acts or omissions beyond our
reasonable control.
4. USE OF COOKIES
4.1 Your Internet browser has a feature called
"cookies" which store small amounts of data on your computer about
your visit to the Site. You do not need to have cookies turned on to visit most
of the Site. A cookie will not provide us with any personal information.
Therefore, if you have not supplied us with any personal information, you can
still browse our Site anonymously.
4.2 We do not automatically capture or store
personal data from browsers to the Site, other than to log your IP address and
session information such as the duration of the visit to our Site and the nature
of the browser used. This information is used only for administration of the
Site system and in the compilation of statistics used by us alone.
4.3 Cookies may be required to allow you to
access and participate in certain areas of the Site, particularly to register
and upload Content. We also use cookies, if you choose, to save your personal
“log-in” information (for example, the email address you submitted on
registration) so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit the Site.
Third parties advertisers on the Site may also place cookies on your browser. We
will notify you of this when you attempt to access such an area.
4.4 The majority of browsers will allow you to
alter the settings used for cookies and to disable and enable them as you
require. If you do not want cookies then please refer to the “Help” menu on
your browser for instructions on disabling them. For further general information
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to www.allaboutcookies.org or www.cookiecentral.com.
5. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
If we make any changes to this Privacy Policy
these changes will be detailed on this page in order to ensure that you are
fully aware of what information is collected, how it is used and under what
circumstances it will be disclosed.
6. LINKS
This Privacy Policy applies only to
information collected by this Site. The Site may contain links to other
websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy policies
of such other sites and we would advise you to read the privacy statement of any
Site that collects personal information from you.
7. FORUMS, CHATROOMS AND BLOGGING
You are reminded that forums, chat rooms and
blogging on the Site is public discussion. Any personal information supplied by
you during these discussions is widely accessible. We are not responsible for
any content whatsoever posted by you and/or other users as part of these
services.
8. CHILDREN/MINORS
Everyone is welcome to visit the Site.
However, if you wish to register for the Site and/or use the Services you must
be 18 or older. This Site and/or Services may include content that is unsuitable
for anyone under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18 you may only use
or register with the Site and use the Services with the consent of a parent,
guardian or adult acting in loco parentis as set out in the Site terms and
conditions which may be found here: [insert link]. If you are a parent or
guardian or adult acting in loco parentis of someone under the age of 18 who is
using the Site and/or Services, you agree to all the terms of this Agreement and
our privacy policy and that you shall be responsible for the conduct and acts
and/or omissions of your children in using the Site and/or Services as if these
were your own.
9. DEFINITIONS
Terms and expression in capitalized letters
refer to definitions used in the Site Terms which may be found at the top of
this page.
Updates:
V1.0 Rev 1: 01 Feb 2009: Production release of site and terms Privacy policy integrated into same page as terms.