Terms of Use
1 ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS1.1 Your access to and use of Shepton Life and any Services referred to in Clause 2, is subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions. You will not use Shepton Life for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By using Shepton Life 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 Shepton Life .
1.2 We reserve the right to update or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time and your continued use of Shepton Life 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
Shepton Life 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 Shepton Life 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.
4 PRIVACY POLICY
4.1 Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life are the only owners of information collected on this site. We will never share, sell, or rent your personal information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
4.1.1 We may disclose or report personal information in limited circumstances where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required under the law. For example, we may be required to disclose personal information to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities, to comply with a legal process such as a court order, subpoena, search warrant, or legitimate law enforcement request.
4.2 If you register for any of the Services you will be asked to provide basic personal information. The information provided by you is not available for sale or use by third parties. The information is used solely for notifying you of changes or updates to Shepton Life.
4.3 We use a technology called 'cookies' as part of our normal business procedure to track patterns of behaviour of visitors to Shepton Life. A cookie is an element of data that Shepton Life sends to your browser that 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.
4.4 Some of our sites provide links to third-party websites, such as those of various charities, our businesses and online advertisers. While on these sites, information may be collected about you. Because Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life do not control the information policies or practices of these third parties, you should review their privacy policies to learn more about how they collect and use personally identifiable information.
4.5 We take every precaution to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal information by using industry-recognized security safeguards, such as firewalls, coupled with carefully developed security procedures to protect your information from loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration. When we ask for sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, we either protect it ourselves through the use of encryption during transmission as needed, or use an external provider with the same or greater degree of protection.
4.6 Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life take care to reinforce the importance of our website visitors' security and privacy among our employees, agents and associates and we restrict access to personal information within our organisation except where it is specifically necessary for the provision of our services.
4.7 Shepton Life provides users with the opportunity to opt-in, opt-out or change preferences via a link in the footer of most email messages. These options are made available when you sign-up for any of our email lists and in email messages delivered from Shepton Life.
4.8 Some communications (e.g. important account notifications and billing information) are necessary for all Shepton Life customers. You must cancel your account to unsubscribe from these communications. To cancel your account, please contact us by email.
5 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 that Service. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password and also for all activities which 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 Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life be liable for any indirect or consequential 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.
6 ACCEPTABLE USE
6.1 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 the Content 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. Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life 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.
6.2 In using Shepton Life you agree not to:
6.2.1 use the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other unsolicited messages, commercial or otherwise;
6.2.2 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that is defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;
6.2.3 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;
6.2.4 threaten, abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
6.2.5 use any information or material in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary right of any party;
6.2.6 make available or upload files that contain a virus, worm, trojan or corrupt data that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another;
6.2.7 collect or store personal information about others, including email addresses;
6.2.8 advertise or offer to buy or sell goods or services for any commercial purpose, unless such communication facility specifically allows such messages;
6.2.9 impersonate any person or entity for the purpose of misleading others;
6.2.10 violate any applicable laws or regulations;
6.2.11 use Shepton Life in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair Shepton Life or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of Shepton Life ;
6.2.12 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);
6.2.13 attempt to gain unauthorised access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to Shepton Life through hacking, password mining or any other means.
6.3 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.
7 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 Shepton Life 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 Shepton Life .
8 LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Shepton Life 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 Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life is/are not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites.
9 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.
10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
10.1 Shepton Life and its content (including without limitation Shepton Life design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with Shepton Life and/or Goldenhart Ltd and the Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property rights and laws. 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 Shepton Life for personal, non-commercial home use only.
10.2 Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life 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 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.
11 INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life harmless from and against any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and any claim or demand brought against Goldenhart Ltd by any third party arising out of your use of 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 Goldenhart Ltd in consequence of your breach of these Terms and Conditions.
12 DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
12.1 Use of Shepton Life is at your own risk. Shepton Life 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.
12.2 To the extent permitted by law, Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of Shepton Life .
12.3 Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life make no warranty that Shepton Life will meet your requirements, that Content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality of Shepton Life will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that Shepton Life or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.
12.4 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life for death or personal injury as a result of the negligence of Goldenhart Ltd and/or Shepton Life Ltd.
12.5 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
13 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.
14 GOVERNING LAW
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
