Terms & Conditions of Release Peace
Please
find below our terms and conditions (hereafter “Terms”).
If
you do not accept these Terms, please do not use or order from our websites or
provide donations to us. If you visit or use any of our websites and/or place
any orders with us or provide donations you will be bound by these Terms, and
they will form a contract between you and us.
These
Terms apply to the entire contents of our websites and to any correspondence by
email between us and you. Our privacy
statement also forms part of these Terms and should be read in addition.
General
provisions – these apply when you visit or use one of our websites including
when you purchase products from one of our websites or provide donations to us
via our website:
1. Changes – we may change these Terms at any time, in
which case the amended Terms will be posted on our websites and will apply from
the date we post them, with the exception that any orders that we have already accepted
from you before the new Terms are posted will continue to be subject to the
Terms in force when your order was accepted. Please check these Terms on each
occasion you use our websites. If you continue to use our sites you will be
bound by the latest Terms.
2. Using
our sites – you agree to only use our sites in a manner that
complies with all applicable laws and regulations and is consistent with these
Terms and does not infringe the rights of anyone else, nor restrict or inhibit
their use and enjoyment of our sites (including, without limitation, by
hacking). We reserve the right in our sole discretion to deny any user access
to any of our websites without prior notice.
3. Privacy
statement – we use, store and process information about
you in accordance with our Privacy
statement. By using our websites, you consent to such use, storage and
processing.
4. Website
content and user-added content
a. If
you have a complaint about any content on any of our websites please notify us
immediately by emailing us at secretariat@releasepeace.org
setting out:
i. Details of the exact content complained of and
details of why you are complaining about that content; and
ii. Confirmation from you that the information you have
provided is accurate, complete and not misleading. Please note that no action can be taken without this information.
5. Intellectual
Property Rights
a. You
are permitted to print and download extracts from our websites for your
personal non-commercial use and for private study or teaching purposes,
provided in each case that:
i. Copyright and source indications are also printed
and copied;
ii. No modifications are made to the materials and they
are not used as part of any other publication;
iii. Any document is not used in a derogatory or
misleading context; and
iv. The material is not used in a manner which may
damage our reputation or otherwise be harmful to us or impair our ability to
achieve our charitable objects.
b. No
other use of material in our websites may be made without first obtaining our
written permission. In particular, you must not do the following unless you
have first obtained our written permission:
i. Incorporate any material from our sites in any
other work or publication, whether in hard copy or electronic form; or
ii. Make any commercial use or publication of any
material on our sites (other than as necessary for the purpose of viewing the
sites in the course of business).
c. If
you wish to use any material from any of our sites other than in accordance
with term 6.2 above please email your request to secretariate@releasepeace.org.
d. Whilst
we encourage our supporters to campaign on the issues referred to on our
websites, please do not imply that you are taking action on behalf of Release
Peace and in particular do not state that Release Peace is taking, or proposes
or is considering taking, action against individuals or organisations, for
example, a boycott of a company’s products.
e. Any
rights not expressly granted in these terms are reserved.
6. Disclaimers
a. The
information provided in our websites is intended to provide general information
only and, as such, should not be considered as a substitute for advice covering
any specific situation. While we endeavour to ensure that the information
on our websites is correct, we do not warrant the accuracy and completeness of
that information. The material on our websites may be out of date, and we make
no commitment to update such material. We may make changes to the material on
our websites, or to the products and prices described in them, at any time
without notice.
b. We
take every reasonable care to ensure that all orders, donations and subsequent
transactions are conducted via a secure link. However, the security of
information and payments transmitted via the Internet cannot be guaranteed and
as we are not responsible for the operation of the secure link we will not be
liable for any loss you may suffer if a third party obtains unauthorised access
to any information you provide.
c. We
do not warrant that the functions contained in our sites will be uninterrupted
or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that our sites or the servers
that make them available are free of viruses or bugs or represent full
functionality, accuracy or reliability of the materials. We will not be liable
for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system or any
other damages (including amongst other losses, loss of profit or loss of use)
arising out of your use or delay or inability to use our sites, their content
or any link to another website arising in contract, tort (including negligence)
or otherwise except in the case of death or personal injury caused by our
negligence.
7. Liability
a. Nothing
in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for fraud, or for death or
personal injury arising from our negligence or that of our employees, or for any
other liability that cannot be lawfully excluded. Except for as set out in
these Terms, in no event will we be responsible for indirect losses which
happen as a side effect of the main loss or damage, and which are not
foreseeable by you and us (such as loss of profits or loss of opportunity).We
will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by us or our employees or agents
in circumstances where:
i. Loss or damage was not reasonably foreseeable to
both you and us when you commenced using our site or when a contract for the
supply of products by us to you was formed;
ii. Loss or damage was not caused by any breach by us,
our employees or agents; or
iii. Loss or damage relates to business and/or
non-consumers (including loss of profits, revenue, contracts, anticipated
savings, data, goodwill or wasted expenditure).
8. Links
a. Our
sites may contain links to third party websites. Such links are provided for
your convenience only. We do not necessarily control such websites and are not
responsible for their contents. The mere inclusion of such links does not imply
any endorsement of the material on those websites or any association with their
operators. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to or
from our websites, you do so entirely at your own risk. We cannot guarantee
that these links will work all the time and we have no control over the
availability of the linked pages.
b. If
you wish to link from your website to any pages of our sites you may do so only
on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, the website page, and
subject to the following conditions:
i. The linking text must simply consist of the website
address;
ii. You do not remove, distort or otherwise alter the
size or appearance of any logos on our sites;
iii. You do not in any way imply that we are endorsing your
website or any products, services, causes, or actions, or make any other
endorsements not explicitly mentioned on our website or in written agreement
with you;
iv. You do not misrepresent your relationship with us
nor present any other false information about us;
v. You do not link from a website that is not owned by
you; and
c. At
any time and at our complete discretion we reserve the right to withdraw the
permission to make website links to our sites.
9. Payments & Donations
a. Your
credit or debit card details may be held within our system to help in the event
of a problem with your donation or order or if you request a refund.
b. Release
Peace reserves the right to use donations as part of its general budget in
fulfilment of its objects.
c. We
may accept methods as mentioned on our website. In particular, we cannot accept
payment by cheque for orders made via the internet.
d. Donations
may, depending on your jurisdiction, not be tax deductible.
10. If
any provisions of these Terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or
otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any country which apply to
these Terms, then so far as these Terms apply within that country in which
those provisions are illegal, invalid or unenforceable those provisions shall
be severed and deleted from these Terms and the remaining provisions of these
Terms shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding
and enforceable.
11. If
you breach these Terms and we take no action, we will still be entitled to use
our rights and remedies at a later date or in any other situation where you
breach these Terms.
12. Events
beyond our control – we will not be liable
to you for any delay in delivering any services or order or for breach of our
obligations, if the delay or breach is due to acts of God, civil commotion,
riots, malicious damage, floods, drought, fire, legislation, failure of ISP or
telecommunications provider or any other cause beyond our reasonable control.
This does not affect your statutory rights. We do not warrant or guarantee
continuous uninterrupted or secure access to our services and operation of the
website and associated services may be interfered with by numerous factors
outside of our control. On that basis, except as expressly set out in these
Terms and except for the rights, guarantees and remedies which cannot be
excluded, Release Peace does not provide other conditions, guarantees,
warranties or terms in relation to the website or its associated services, to
the extent permissible by law.
13. Law,
courts and language – these Terms, use of our sites and the
supply of products, services and processing and use of donations by us are
governed by and to be interpreted in accordance with English law. In the event
of any dispute arising in relation to these Terms, use of our sites or in
relation to the supply of any products or services by us the English courts
will have jurisdiction over the dispute. These Terms and our websites are
provided in the English language only.
14. All
orders for products are subject to availability and we reserve the right to
refuse to supply to any individual or company
15. Your
submission of an order represents an offer to purchase the products indicated
by you and is not binding on us until we have accepted your order. This means
that if a product is shown on our sites but is not available or is incorrectly
priced or otherwise incorrectly described or if we are unable to arrange
delivery to your address, we will not be obliged to sell you that product.
16. Shortly
after we receive your order, we may acknowledge it by email, detailing the
products you have ordered. This email is issued automatically and does not mean
that your order is accepted.
17. Acceptance
of your order for a product and completion of the contract between you and us
will take place when we dispatch the product to you. Any products on the same
order which we have not dispatched to you do not form part of that contract.
18. The
price you pay is the price displayed on our site at the time we receive your
order apart from where an error has occurred in displaying the price. While we
try and ensure that all prices on our sites are accurate, errors may occur. If
we discover an error in the price of products you have ordered, we will inform
you as soon as possible and give you the option of reconfirming your order at
the correct price or cancelling it. If we are unable to contact you we will
treat the order as cancelled. If you cancel and you have already paid for the
products, you will receive a full refund.
19. We
do not file details of your order for you to subsequently access direct on this
website.
These Terms do not affect your statutory rights as
a consumer.