General

The Down Hockey Club website (the "Service") is owned and operated by Down Hockey Club and contains material that is protected by national and international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Unless otherwise specified, the Service is intended for your personal, noncommercial use only. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material, including code and software, from the Service. You may download material from the Service and may use the Service for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.

As part of our Service, Down Hockey Club agrees to provide you with information and other computer services subject to these Terms of Service. You agree to use the Service in accordance with these Terms of Service, and any additional terms and conditions that may apply to specific sections of the Service or to products and services available through the Service. Accessing the Service, in any manner, for the purpose of obtaining information, technical or otherwise, about the Service, constitutes use of the Service and your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Service. Because the Web is an evolving medium, we may need to change these Terms of Service or impose new conditions on use of the Service, from time to time, in which case we will post the revised Terms of Service on this website. By continuing to use the Service after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms of Service, as modified.

You may establish a hypertext link to this Service so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by Down Hockey Club.  However, you may not, without the prior written permission of Down Hockey Club, frame any of the content of the Service, or incorporate into another website or other service any material, content or intellectual property belonging to Down Hockey Club.

By posting messages, uploading files, or otherwise providing any material to us for display on the Service, you are representing that you are the owner of the material, or are making your submission with the express consent of the owner of the material. In addition, when you post a message, upload a file, or otherwise provide us with material for display on the Service, you are granting Down Hockey Club a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to:

  1. Use, copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display any such communication. 
  2. Sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of the foregoing rights granted with respect to the communication.

 

The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such communication, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction.

Disclaimers

Through the Service, Down Hockey Club has provided links and pointers to Internet sites maintained by third parties. Down Hockey Club's linking to such third-party sites does not imply an endorsement or sponsorship of such sites, or the information, products or services offered on or through the sites. In addition, Down Hockey Club does not operate or control in any respect any information, products or services that third parties may provide on or through the Service or on websites linked to by Down Hockey Club. The information, products and services offered on or through the Service and any third-party sites are provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, Down Hockey Club disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Down Hockey Club does not warrant that the Service or any of its functions will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that any part of this Service, including bulletin boards, or the servers that make it available, are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Down Hockey Club does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the Service or materials in this Service or in third-party sites in terms of their correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or otherwise.

You must provide and are solely responsible for all hardware and/or software necessary to access the Service. You assume the entire cost of and responsibility for any damage to, and all necessary maintenance, repair or correction of, that hardware and/or software.

Interactive Features

This Service may include a variety of features, such as bulletin boards, web logs, chat rooms, and email services, which allow feedback to Down Hockey Club and real-time interaction between users, and other features, such as personalised homes pages and email services, which allow users to communicate with others. Responsibility for what is posted on bulletin boards, web logs, chat rooms and other public posting areas on the Service lies with each user - you alone are responsible for the material you post. Down Hockey Club does not control the messages, information or files that you or others may provide through the Service. It is a condition of your use of the Service that you do not:

  • Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Service.
  • Use the Service to post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any national or international law.
  • Use the Service to post or transmit any information, software or other material that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material that is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or rights holder.
  • Use the Service to post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.
  • Use the Service to advertise or solicit to anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make donations of any kind, without the express written approval of Down Hockey Club.
  • Gather for marketing purposes any email addresses or other personal information that has been posted by other users of the Service.

 

You understand that Down Hockey Club has no obligation to monitor any bulletin boards, discussion forums, chat rooms, web logs, or other areas of the Service through which users can supply information or material. However, Down Hockey Club reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in Down Hockey Club's sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these Terms of Service.

Registration

To access certain features of the Service, Down Hockey Club may ask you to provide certain demographic. In addition, if you elect to sign-up for a particular feature of the Service, such as chat rooms, discussion forums, web logs, or bulletin boards, you may also be asked to register with Down Hockey Club and such registration may require you to provide personally identifiable information such as your name and email address. You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form. If Down Hockey Club has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).

Passwords

To use certain features of the Service, you will need a username and password, which you will receive through the Service's registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are responsible for all activities (whether by you or by others) that occur under your password or account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Down Hockey Club cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your password or account information.

Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall Down Hockey Club be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, Down Hockey Club materials, products, or services, or third-party materials, products, or services made available through the Service, or any part of the Service, even if Down Hockey Club is advised beforehand of the possibility of such damages. You specifically acknowledge and agree that Down Hockey Club is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user. If you are dissatisfied with any Down Hockey Club materials, products, or services, or with any of Down Hockey Club's terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Service.

Termination

Down Hockey Club may cancel or terminate your right to use the Service or any part of the Service at any time without notice. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorised to access the part of the Service affected by such cancellation or termination. The restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from the Service, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms of Service, shall survive.

Other

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Down Hockey Club and you with respect to the subject matter contained in this agreement and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements, proposals and communications, written oral. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use the products or services of a third party that are provided through the Service. 

In the event of any conflict between any such third-party terms and conditions and these Terms of Service, these Terms of Service shall govern. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom without giving effect to any principles or conflicts of law. If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.