1. Acceptance
These Terms of Use refer to the British Fashion Council (BFC) web platform located at www.britishfashioncouncil.com, any subdomains of www.britishfashioncouncil.com,
and any related microsites or websites operated by the British Fashion
Council, including the London Fashion Week (LFW) website, at www.londonfashionweek.co.uk, and the British Fashion Awards microsite, at www.britishfashionawards.com (all referred to under term "the Site").
By using the Site you agree
to be bound by these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to amend these
Terms of Use from time to time without notice to you and you agree to be
bound by any such changes in your subsequent use of the Site.
The agreement between you
and BFC formed on the basis of these Terms of Use (the "Agreement")
shall terminate immediately if you breach these Terms of Use. BFC
reserves the right to terminate this Agreement at any time. The
termination of this Agreement or your right to use the Site is without
prejudice to any rights which the BFC may have against you in respect of
such breach.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
All materials available on
the Site (the "Materials") - including but not limited to text, video,
data, clips, audio clips, designs, logos, illustrations and still images
- are protected by copyright, trademark, database and other
intellectual property and proprietary rights and must not be used for
any purpose other than educational, informational and non-commercial
viewing purposes.
You may download and print information from the Site for your own personal use only.
The Materials contained in
the Site are either owned by British Fashion Council or have been
licensed by the partners or sponsors of the BFC for inclusion within the
Site.
BFC would like to hear from
any intellectual property rights owners who are not properly identified
on the Site so that we may make the necessary corrections and display
the appropriate notices.
3. Disclaimers
This Site contains material
which may be unsuitable for people under the age of 18. The British
Fashion Council (BFC) bears no responsibility for people under the age
of 18 viewing unsuitable material on this Site.
This Site may contain
material which some people may find offensive. BFC would like to stress
that it has no intention of causing any offence and suggests that people
who find material contained on the Site offensive should either not
view the material in question or should not visit the Site. BFC bear no
responsibility for any offence that may be caused by people viewing the
Site.
BFC makes no promise that the Site will meet your requirements or that the Site will be uninterrupted or error free.
BFC may discontinue and
will modify and update the Site from time to time with or without notice
to you and without liability to you or any third party
Due to the nature of the
internet and the fact that your access to the Site involves features
outside the BFC's control, the BFC is not responsible for technical
problems you may experience with the Site. The Site is provided by BFC
without any warranties or guarantees. You must bear the risks associated
with the use of the Internet.
You understand and agree
that BFC does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any
information in or provided in connection with the Site. BFC is not
responsible for the results obtained from the use of such information
from the Site.
To the full extent allowed
by applicable law, you agree that BFC will not be liable to you/or any
third party for any consequential or incidental damages (including but
not limited to loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of anticipated
savings, wasted expenditure, loss of privacy and loss of data) or any
other indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever that arise out of
or are related to your use of the Site.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude BFC's liability for personal injury or death caused by its negligence.
As a convenience to users
of the Site, the Site includes links to other web sites or material
which are beyond its control. BFC is not responsible for content on the
Internet or World Wide Web pages outside the Site.
4. Trading from our website
Where online transactions
take place on our site, terms and conditions for individual services are
available and clearly linked from the transaction pages.
5. General
English law shall apply to
these terms, notwithstanding the jurisdiction where you are based. You
irrevocably agree that the courts of England shall have exclusive
jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in
connection with these terms and for those purposes irrevocably submit
all disputes to the jurisdiction of the English courts. The place of
performance shall be England.
BFC makes no warranty or
guarantee that the Site or information available over it complies with
laws other than those of England.
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