Terms & conditions

Terms & conditions

Summary of key points

Users of Scribehound must agree to these terms and conditions

Scribehound reserves the right to check any information posted on the site but does not accept any responsibility to do so

Scribehound reserves the right to remove information

Scribehound accepts no responsibility for content placed on the site by others or for their identity

Users should not take information from the site for any other purposes

Scribehound has the right to use information, photos and media supplied onto the site for other purposes

General conditions of use

You must read, agree with and accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this user agreement, before you may become a user of the Site.

Our privacy policy forms part of this user agreement and explains how we handle personal data. By using the site you agree to our privacy policy.

We may amend this user agreement at any time by giving you notice by either e-mail or by posting the amended user agreement on the site. Any amended user agreement will govern new user registrations from the date that it is posted on the Site.

Existing users will be bound by the amended user agreement after the expiry of 30 days following the date of a notice.

Users agree to provide a current and working email

Scribehound may withdraw all or part of a user's site content or membership at any time.

Our services are not available to, and may not be used by, persons under the age of 18.

You must supply an email and password to complete registration. You are responsible for all actions taken under that user ID and password and shall only use or utilise the site using your own user ID and password. You must use every effort to keep your password safe and should not disclose it to any other person. You shall not transfer or sell your Uuser ID to any other person. You shall also not permit, either directly or indirectly, any other person to utilise your User ID or password.

The site acts as a platform to allow individuals to share content and stories of interest. We do not guarantee to review content uploaded by authors, and it is the responsibility of authors to meet our content guidelines.

We have no control over the truth or accuracy of the articles.

Because user verification on the Internet is not always possible, we cannot and do not confirm the purported identity of users or the validity of the information which users post to the Site.

Community standards

Scribehound is at its heart, a friendly platform. We want to keep debate on Scribehound respectful. Comments and articles which are abusive, disrespectful or accusations without justification are in breach of our community standards. We reserve the right to refuse to publish or delete such content.

We reserve the right to remove or limit your use of the site for any reason in particular but not limited to in the event of comments that bring the site into disrepute.

In the event that you have any right, claim or action against any other user arising from that user's use of the site, you agree to pursue such right, claim or action independently of and without recourse to us, and you release Scribehound (and our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees) from all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including legal fees, known and unknown, arising from or in any way connected with such right, claim or action.

We do not control the information provided by other users that is made available through the site. You may find other user's information to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive. Please use caution, common sense, and practice safe trading when using the site. Please note that there are also risks of dealing with underage persons or people acting under false pretences. By using this site, you agree to accept such risks and agree that Scribehound is not responsible for the acts or omissions of users on the site.

You will inform Scribehound immediately by email if you believe any information provided is offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive.

Fees

We charge fees for subscribing to services for sale through our site.

Unless otherwise stated, all fees are payable in GB pounds sterling. Whether you are a business or not, value added tax and other taxes may apply to your transaction. You agree that we may issue you with invoices in electronic format by email.

You acknowledge that failure to pay the agreed fees may result in your subscription being suspended until these fees are paid with cleared funds.

Your information

"Your information" is defined as any information you provide to us or other users in relation to the service including but not limited to the registration, listing or comment process (including, without limitation, any description of items listed), your postings on the comment boards and any other content that you post within the Site. You are solely responsible for your information, and we act as a mere conduit for your online distribution and publication of your information.

Restrictions: your information and your activities on our site must not:

• be false, inaccurate or misleading

• be offensive or menacing, abusive, defamatory, or in breach of copyright, confidence, privacy or any other rights

• infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trade mark, trade secret or other intellectual proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy

• be fraudulent

• be in breach of any applicable laws or regulations

• be obscene, indecent or pornographic

• create liability for us or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other suppliers

• contain any computer viruses, macro viruses, trojan horses, worms or anything else designed to interfere with, interrupt or disrupt the normal operating procedures of a computer or to surreptitiously intercept, access without authority or expropriate any system, data or personal information

• cause the site to be interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or such that the effectiveness or functionality of the site is in any way impaired.

Access and interference

You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Site for any purpose without our express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not:

• take any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure

• copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute or publicly display any content (except for your information) from the site without the prior expressed written permission of Scribehound and the appropriate third party, as applicable

• interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the site or any activities conducted on the site

We do not authorise you to extract or re-utilise substantial parts of our site, or to make systematic and repeated extractions or re-utilisations of insubstantial parts of our site.

Breach

Without limiting our other remedies, we may limit your activity on the Site, immediately issue a warning, suspend or terminate your user registration or any of your item or service listings and refuse to provide our services to you without notice to you:

• if you breach this User Agreement or the documents incorporated by reference

• if, despite our reasonable endeavours, we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us

• or if we believe that your actions may cause us financial loss or legal liability.

Transfer of data

We reserve the right to store your data on our servers wherever they may be situated. If you object to your information being transferred or used in this way please do not register.

No warranty

We (and our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees) do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our services, and operation of the site may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control.

Our website and our services are provided "as is" and as and when available, and to the extent permissible by law we exclude all implied warranties, conditions or other terms, whether implied by statute or otherwise, including without limitation any terms as to skill and care or timeliness of performance. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you.

Limitation of liability

Nothing in this user agreement shall limit or exclude our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, or for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or the negligence of our agents or employees. Subject to the foregoing, we (including our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees) will not be liable for any economic losses (including, without limitation, loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings), any loss of goodwill or reputation, or any special, indirect or consequential damages (however arising, including negligence) arising out of or in connection with this user agreement. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.

We (including our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees) also have no liability of any sort (including liability for negligence) for the acts or omissions of other providers of telecommunications services or for faults in or failures of their networks and equipment.

Our liability to you or any third party, and the liability of our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees, in any circumstance is limited to the total fees you have paid to us in relation to the subscription offered for that period giving rise to liability

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this user agreement (including the documents incorporated by reference), or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

Notices

Unless otherwise explicitly stated, notices to Scribehound must be sent by registered mail to our office which is currently situated at Fieldsports Channel Ltd, The Old Coach House, Wellisford, Wellington TA21 0SB and notices to you will be sent to the email address that you provide to Scribehound (receipt is deemed 24 hours after an email is sent, unless we receive notice that the email address is invalid), or by registered mail.

This user greement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Please note, that your country (and/or that of any user you deal with) may have laws which apply to your transactions with other users regardless of what you agree with us (now) or with that user (later).

The laws of your country may be different from English law, including laws governing what can be legally offered, sold or bought. There may be additional legal requirements, relating to (for example) the requirement to hold a licence to buy or sell certain items or services, or to register a transfer in a central registry. You shall comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of our service and your bidding on, listing, purchase and solicitation of offers to purchase and sale of items or services. There is no practical way for us to continually monitor the laws of every country, or each user transaction. Please do not assume that you are allowed to do what other users do, or that we are approving or validating any transaction, even if you have successfully made similar sales or purchases in the past.

Third party rights

A person who is not a party to this user agreement has no right under the 1999 Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act to enforce any term of this user agreement but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party specified in this user agreement or which exists or is available apart from that act.

General

If any provision of this user agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck out and the remaining provisions shall be enforceable. You agree that this user agreement and all incorporated agreements may be automatically assigned by Scribehound, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition or any other event. You and Scribehound are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this user agreement. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. This user agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to its subject matter. No oral explanation or oral information given by any party shall alter the interpretation of this user agreement.

All sections intended to survive termination of this agreement including but not limited to Sections: Fees, Your Information, Licence, No Warranty, Limitation of Liability, Indemnity, Governing Law, Third Party Rights and General, shall survive any termination of this User Agreement.