The 'small print' - our Terms of Use
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE.
1. General. This site is owned and operated by SkyWarn UK and hereafter refered to as SkyWarn UK. SkyWarn UK has the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the site, including, without limitation, the content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use of the site.
2. Equipment. You shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of the site and all charges related thereto.
3. Restrictions on Use:
1. You shall use the site for lawful purposes
only. You shall not post or transmit through the
site any material which violates or infringes
in any way upon the rights of others, which is
unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive
of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene,
profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense,
gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violate
any law. Without SkyWarn UK's express prior approval,
you shall not post or transmit through the site
any material which contains advertising or any
solicitation with respect to products or services.
You shall not use the site to advertise or perform
any commercial solicitation, including, without
limitation, the solicitation of users to become
subscribers of other on-line information services
competitive with the site. Any conduct by you
that in SkyWarn UK's discretion restricts or inhibits
any other user from using or enjoying the site
will not be permitted.
2. The site contains copyrighted material, trademarks
and other proprietary information, including,
without limitation, text, software, photos, video,
graphics, music and sound, and the contents of
the site are copyrighted under the United Kingdom
copyright laws. You may not modify, publish, transmit,
display, participate in the transfer or sale,
create derivative works, or in any way exploit,
any of the content, in whole or in part. You may
download one copy of any copyrighted material
for your personal, non-commercial home use only.
Except as otherwise expressly permitted under
copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission,
publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded
material will be permitted without the express
written permission of SkyWarn UK and the copyright
owner. In the event of any permitted copying,
redistribution or publication of copyrighted material,
no changes in or deletion of author attribution,
trademark legend or copyright notice shall be
made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire
any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted
material.
3. You shall not upload, post or otherwise make
available on the site any material protected by
copyright, trademark or other proprietary right
without the express permission of the owner of
the copyright, trademark or other proprietary
right and the burden of determining that any material
is not protected by copyright rests with you.
You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting
from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary
rights, or any other harm resulting from such
a submission. By submitting material to any public
area of the site, you automatically grant, or
warrant that the owner of such material has expressly
granted SkyWarn UK the royalty-free, worldwide,
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and
license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
display, translate and distribute such material
(in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate it
in other works in any form, media or technology
now known or hereafter developed. You also permit
any other user of the site to access, view, store
or reproduce the material for that user's personal
use. You grant SkyWarn UK the right to edit, copy,
display, publish and distribute any material made
available on the site by you.
4. The foregoing provisions of Section 3 are for
the benefit of SkyWarn UK, its subsidiaries, affiliates
and its third party content providers and licensors
and each shall have the right to assert and enforce
such provisions directly or on its own behalf.
4. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability.
1. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SITE IS
AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER SkyWarn UK, ITS AFFILIATES
NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT
THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE;
NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS
THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SITE, OR
AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION,
SERVICE OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITE.
2. THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS"
BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES
OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN
THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE
OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES
AS TO THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE
SITE.
3. THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY
DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE,
ERROR, OMISSION, INACCURACY, INTERRUPTION, DELETION,
DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER
VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION
OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE
OF THIS SITE, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT,
TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR (INCLUDING STRICT LIABILITY),
NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW. THIS
DOES NOT AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS WHICH MAY
NOT BE DISCLAIMED. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT SkyWarn UK IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY,
OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR
THIRD-PARTIES OVER WHICH IT HAS NO CONTROL.
4. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, IN
NO EVENT SHALL SkyWarn UK TOTAL LIABILITY TO
YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING ITS OWN NEGLIGENCE)
OR UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY (INCLUDING STRICT
LIABILITY) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY,
FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT
ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS WHICH MAY NOT BE DISCLAIMED.
5. Monitoring. SkyWarn UK shall have the right in its sole discretion to refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on the site. Without limiting the foregoing, SkyWarn UK shall have the right to remove any material that SkyWarn UK, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.
6. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless SkyWarn UK and its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, actions, demands, damages, costs, liabilities, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your use of the site.
7. Trademarks. SkyWarn UK, SkyWarn UK.org.uk and the SkyWarn UK logo are trademarks of SkyWarn UK. All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing on the site are the property of their respective owners.
8. Third Party Content. SkyWarn UK is not a publisher of content supplied by third parties and users of the site. Accordingly, SkyWarn UK has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers and users, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of SkyWarn UK. In many instances, the content available through the site represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information provider or user. SkyWarn UK neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on the site by anyone other than authorized SkyWarn UK employee spokespersons while acting in their official capacities.
9. Viruses. SkyWarn UK also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.
10. Business Associates. The business associates of SkyWarn UK identified on this Site are independent contractors of SkyWarn UK. The business associates are not joint venturers or partners of SkyWarn UK. No employee or representative of the business associates is under the control of SkyWarn UK.
11. Changed Terms. SkyWarn UK has the right at any time to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to use of the site, or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including, without limitation, adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by any means including, without limitation, posting on the site, or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means. Any use of the site by you after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of such changes, modifications, additions or deletions.
12. Miscellaneous. These terms of use constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. These terms of use shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. You hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, agree that any action related to these terms of use must be brought in a court in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and waive any objection that may exist, now or in the future, with respect to any of the foregoing. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.
13. The SkyWarn UK website incorporates links to
other websites. SkyWarn UK does not in any way
endorse, nor is it responsible for, the content
on those other websites.
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