Terms and Conditions

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

This is a Website of Guides Geek. Use by you of this Website and any other websites operated by Guides Geek and its affiliates (the “Guides Geek Sites”), together with all associated servers (“Servers”) and all of the functions on or in or available from this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or the Servers (including, without limitation, all chat forums, bulletin boards or other forms of communication) is subject to the following terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) and any other terms and conditions contained on, in, or available through a Guides Geek Site.

CONTENT

The copyright in the material contained on, in, or available through this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server, excluding the Content (as defined in paragraph 3) but including all other information, data, text, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video messages or other materials and the selection and arrangement thereof, and all source code, software compilations, and other material (“Material”) is owned by or licensed to Guides Geek or its affiliates. All rights are reserved. You do not have any right, interest, or title in or to the Material unless otherwise expressly indicated.

The trademarks, service marks, and logos (“Trade Marks”) contained on or in this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server are registered and owned by or licensed to Guides Geek or its affiliates. Save as expressly stated, you do not have any right to use, copy, edit, vary, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, store, transmit, commercially exploit, or disseminate the Trade Marks without the prior written consent of Guides Geek or the relevant affiliate. You are permitted to print or download extracts of the Material for your personal use only provided that each copy contains a notice that the Material is owned by or licensed to Guides Geek or its affiliates. None of the Material may be used for any commercial or public use. Save as expressly stated or as necessary to view, print, or download extracts of the Material for personal use, none of the Material may be copied, edited, varied, reproduced, published, displayed, distributed, stored, transmitted, commercially exploited, or disseminated in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of Guides Geek or the relevant affiliate.

THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND DOWNLOADS

This Website and other Guides Geek Sites or Servers may feature products and services of third parties (“Products and Services”) or contain links to websites operated by third parties (“Third Party Websites”). Guides Geek does not have any influence or control over any such Products or Services or any Third Party Website. Unless otherwise stated, Guides Geek is not responsible for and does not endorse any Products or Services or any Third Party Website, or its availability or contents. Guides Geek is not responsible for any agreement or understanding you enter into with a third party through a Third Party Website and/or in relation to any Products or Services. While Guides Geek aims to provide unbiased editorials, we wish to disclose that (i) we occasionally receive free products from marketers that we sometimes review or discuss in our editorials, and (ii) we may run advertisements on our sites concerning some of those products or companies that sell them (and other products sold by such companies) for which we sometimes receive compensation, and (iii) we may sell these products within our stores, and (iv) we may use affiliate links to products and/or services for which we sometimes receive compensation. Guides Geek is a participant in a number of affiliate advertising programs. For instance, we participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

DOWNLOADS

You acknowledge and agree in relation to any downloads which are accessed on or via a Guides Geek Site (“Download”) that (i) you have a right of license to such Download, you do not own any intellectual property rights in such Download and your use of such Download may be subject to an applicable end-user license agreement; (ii) you are not permitted to modify, copy, commercially exploit, re-sell or otherwise use a Download in any way which is contrary to applicable laws or regulations. Your attention is drawn to section 7 of these Terms and Conditions, which you should read carefully before commencing any Downloads.

MEMBER CONDUCT

You agree that when using the Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server you will not: (a) Upload, post or otherwise transmit Content which violates the rights (including, without limitation, the intellectual property rights) of a third party or which is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, argumentative, flaming, hateful, offensive (whether in relation to sex, race, religion or otherwise) harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, indecent, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy or contains any illegal content; (b) Harvest Content or IP addresses or upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content which contains software viruses or any other files or programs that may interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server or any networks connected to this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server or another’s computer, or that contains any chain letters, pyramid-selling schemes, bulk mail, junk mail or similar; or (c) Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content for any commercial or business purpose including (without limitation) any Content which contains any advertising or promotional materials; or (d) Restrict or in any way inhibit any person from using this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server; (e) Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content which is unnecessary and/or repetitive including any Content which repeats that previously uploaded, posted or transmitted by you or another visitor, unless absolutely necessary; or (f) Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content to a part of this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server which is irrelevant to the subject matter or the Content; or (g) Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content to this Website or any Guides Geek Site or Server using an e-mail address provided by a free account service such as Hotmail; or (h) Register yourself as a member of this Website or the forum provided through this Website or any Guides Geek Site, or to receive any newsletter or other service under more than one user name and/or user account number without the consent of the Website editor or the forum moderator; or (i) Use this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server in a manner that is inconsistent with these Terms and Conditions and/or any relevant laws and regulations in force from time to time; or (j) Breach the terms of any suspension or ban or seek alternative access.

You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for maintaining a secure password for the purpose of gaining access to the member sections of this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server. You agree to indemnify Guides Geek and its affiliates in full and on demand from and against any loss, damage, costs or expenses which they suffer or incur directly or indirectly as a result of your use of this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server other than in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

GUIDES GEEK PRIVACY POLICY

If you provide information to Guides Geek on or through this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server, Guides Geek will use it in accordance with the terms of its privacy policy. That privacy policy forms part of these Terms and Conditions and by using this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server you acknowledge and agree that you have read and accept the terms of that privacy policy.

DISCLAIMER / LIABILITY

This Website, any other Guides Geek Site or Server and their facilities, Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, and any Material and Content are provided on an ‘as-is’ and ‘as-available’ basis and use is at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by law: (a) Guides Geek disclaims all liability whatsoever, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise in relation to this Website, any other Guides Geek Site or Server, Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, Material and Content; and (b) all implied warranties, terms and conditions relating to this Website, any other Guides Geek Site or Server, Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, Material and Content (whether implied by statute, common law or otherwise), including (without limitation) any warranty, term or condition as to accuracy, completeness, satisfactory quality, performance, merchantability, fitness for purpose or any special purpose, non-infringement and title are, as between Guides Geek and you, hereby excluded.

Guides Geek makes no representation or warranty that this Website, any other Guides Geek Site or Server, and/or any Third Party Websites will be continuous, uninterrupted, secure or error-free. Guides Geek will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), under statute or otherwise, as a result of or in connection with this Website, any other Guides Geek Site or Server, any Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, the Material, Content, Downloads or any products or services offered on or through this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server or Third Party Website, whether by Guides Geek or on its behalf, for any: (a) economic loss (including, without limitation, loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or (b) loss of goodwill or reputation; or (c) special or indirect or consequential loss.

If Guides Geek is liable to you directly or indirectly in relation to this Website, any other Guides Geek Site or Server, any Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, the Material, Content, Downloads or any products or services offered on or through this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server or Third Party Website, that liability (howsoever arising) shall be limited to the sums paid by you in consideration for Guides Geek granting you membership to this Website or any other Guides Geek Site.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as excluding or limiting the liability of Guides Geek or its affiliates for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other liability which cannot be excluded by law.

This Website is controlled and operated by Guides Geek from its offices in the United States. Guides Geek makes no representation that material contained on this Website is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this Website or any Guides Geek Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation on applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so the exclusions and limitations in this section may not apply to you in whole or part.

NO RECOMMENDATION OR INVITATION TO INVEST

No information on this Website constitutes or shall be deemed to constitute an invitation or recommendation to invest or otherwise deal in shares or other securities in Guides Geek and the information contained herein does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any such securities. If you are considering an investment you should make your own, independent assessment and take appropriate independent professional advice.

ACCESS RESTRICTION

Guides Geek reserves the right in its sole discretion to deny you access to this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server, or any portion thereof, without notice and for any reason including, without limitation, if you fail to comply with any clause (Member Conduct) or any other provision of these Terms and Conditions. In particular, Guides Geek may deny you access to this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server if Guides Geek exercises its right to lock any discussion topic to prevent further discussion, following submission of Content relating to that topic by you.

ONLINE COMPETITIONS

If you take part in any competition which is run on or through this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server (“Competition”), you agree to be bound by the Online Competition Rules and any other rules specified by Guides Geek from time to time (“Competition Rules”) and by the decisions of Guides Geek, which are final in all matters relating to the Competition. Guides Geek reserves the right to disqualify any entrant and/or winner in its absolute discretion without notice in accordance with the Competition Rules.

GENERAL

These Terms and Conditions (as amended from time to time) constitute the entire agreement between you and Guides Geek concerning your use of this Website or any other Guides Geek Site or Server and supersede any previous arrangement, agreement, undertaking or proposal, written or oral between you and Guides Geek in relation to such matters. Guides Geek reserves the right to update these Terms and Conditions from time to time. If it does so, the updated version will be effective as soon as it is uploaded on to this Website. No other variation to these Terms and Conditions shall be effective unless in writing and signed by an authorized representative on behalf of Guides Geek.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law and you agree, for the benefit of Guides Geek, to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts. If any provision(s) of these Terms and Conditions is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Guides Geek’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Guides Geek in writing. Unless otherwise expressly stated, nothing in the Terms and Conditions shall create any rights or any other benefits whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act or otherwise in favor of any person other than you, Guides Geek, and its affiliates.