Terms of Website Use

 

General

 

This website (our “Site”) is owned and operated by The Muchness Academy® (“we” or “us”). Please read these terms carefully before you start to use this site. These Terms of Service set out the terms under which we, The Muchness Academy® allow you to use our Site www.themuchnessacademy.com (“Site”) whether you are a visitor or a registered user. By using our Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and to use our Site in accordance with these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy and any additional terms and conditions that may apply to specific sections of our Site or to products and services available through our Site or from us. Accessing our Site, in any manner, whether automated or otherwise, constitutes use of our Site and your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Service. We reserve the right to change these Terms of Service or to impose new conditions on use of our Site, from time to time, in which case we will post the revised Terms of Service on this website. By continuing to use our Site after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms of Service, as modified. All enquiries should be directed to hello@themuchnessacademy.com.

 

Our Site

 

We allow access to our Site on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to withdraw, restrict or change our Site at any time and without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our Site is unavailable at any time or if the content is changed or out of date. You must treat as confidential any user identification code, password or other security feature in relation to our site. If, in our opinion, you aren’t complying with these terms of use, we have the right to disable any such code, password or feature at any time. It is your responsibility that anyone who accesses our Site through your internet connection is aware of these terms and complies with them.

 

Your Use of This Site

 

We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By using our Site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

 

Acceptable Use of the Site

 

Whether you are a visitor or registered user, you must comply with our Terms of Service and use our Site for lawful purposes only. It is a condition of your use of our Site that you do not:

-Interfere with or disrupt any servers or networks used to provide our Site or its features, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of the networks we use to provide our Site;

-Gain unauthorised access to our Site, or any account, computer system, or network connected to this Site, by means such as hacking, password mining or other illicit means;

-Obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through this Site

-Use our Site to introduce, post, transmit or attempt to transmit any information, software or other material that contains any virus, trojan, worm or other malicious or technologically harmful component;

-Use our Site for any fraudulent activity;

-Use our Site to conduct or encourage any activity which may cause or result in harm to a child under 18 years of age;

-Use our Site for any activity which breaches any applicable law or regulation, whether national or international;

-Use our Site to post, transmit or in any way exploit any information, software or other material for commercial purposes, or that contains advertising;

-Use our Site to advertise or solicit to anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make donations of any kind;

-Gather for marketing purposes any email addresses or other personal information that has been posted by other users of our Site;

-Attack our Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.

 

Contributing and Interacting

 

This Site may include a variety of features, such as comment areas and email services, which allow feedback to us and real-time interaction between users, and other features which allow users to communicate with others, or to upload content to our Site. Responsibility for what is posted in comment areas and other public posting areas on our Site, or sent via any email services on our Site, lies with each user – you alone are responsible for the material you post or send. It is your responsibility to ensure that any contribution or interaction is, as far as you are aware, factually correct, represents your honest opinion and does not breach any applicable law or regulation. We do not control the messages, information or files that you or others may provide through our Site. It is a condition of your use of our Site that you do not include any material which (without limitation):

-Restricts or inhibits any other user from using and enjoying the Site;

-Advocates, promotes or encourages others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property damage to any person;

-Promotes or encourages violence or discrimination of any kind;

-Is threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, offensive, 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 local, national or international law;

-Is, or refers to material which is, sexually explicit;

-Is hateful or inflammatory;

-Threatens, harasses, embarrasses, upsets, alarms or annoys any other person, or is likely to do so;

-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;

-Invades another’s privacy or causes inconvenience or anxiety to any person;

-Is likely to deceive any person, or is made in breach of a legal duty owed to a third party;

-Is used to impersonate any person, to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any other person;

-Gives the impression that material emanates from us, is this is not the case.

 

Any user failing to comply with the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service may be expelled from and refused continued access to chats or other public forums in the future, or from uploading or sharing material on our Site. We have no obligation whatsoever to monitor any of the content or postings on the message boards, chat rooms or other public forums on our Site. However, you acknowledge and agree that we have the absolute right to monitor the same at our sole discretion. In addition, we reserve the right to alter, edit, refuse to post or remove any postings or content, in whole or in part, for any reason and to disclose such materials and the circumstances surrounding their transmission to any third party in order to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request and to protect ourselves, our clients, and our users and visitors. We expressly disclaim all responsibility and endorsement and make no representation as to the validity of any opinion, advice, information or statement made or displayed in these forums by third parties, nor are we responsible for any errors or omissions in such postings, or for hyperlinks embedded in any messages. Under no circumstances will we, or our affiliates be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through these forums or interactions. The opinions expressed in these forums are solely the opinions of the participants, and do not reflect our opinions, or those of our affiliates.

 

Intellectual Property Rights

 

We are the owner or the licensee of all of the materials available on our Site. All materials on our Site are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Our Site is provided solely for your personal noncommercial use. You may not use our Site or the materials available on our Site in a manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights or that has not been authorised by us. More specifically, unless explicitly authorised in these Terms of Service or by the owner of the materials, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any material from our Site. You may not reproduce in any format (including on another website) any part of our site (including content, images, designs, general ‘look and feel’).

 

Uploading Material to Our Site

 

By posting or submitting any material (including, without limitation, comments, blog entries, photos and videos) to us via our Site, you are representing: (i) that you are the owner of the material, or are making your posting or submission with the express consent of the owner of the material; and (ii) that you are thirteen years of age or older.

Any material you upload to our Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. When you submit or post any material, you are granting us, and anyone authorised by us, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, distribute, and/or publicly perform or display such material, in whole or in part, in any manner or medium, now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose.

Also, in connection with the exercise of such rights, you grant us, and anyone authorised by us, the right to identify you as the author of any of your postings or submissions by name, email address or screen name, as we deem appropriate.

We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other use of our Site.

If any third party claims that any material posted or uploaded by you to our Site violates their intellectual property rights, or their right to privacy, we have the right to disclose your identity to them.

We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on our Site if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with the content standards set out in these Terms of Service.

You acknowledge that we have the right but not the obligation to use and display any postings or contributions of any kind and that we may elect to cease the use and display of any such materials (or any portion thereof), at any time for any reason whatsoever.

 

Linking to Our Site

 

You may establish a hypertext link to the home page our Site so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship, association, approval or endorsement of your site by us or by our Site, and so long as you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage or take advantage of our reputation. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with our Terms of Service and must be owned by you.

Our Site must not be framed by any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our Site other than the home page.

 

Disclaimers

 

Throughout our Site, we may provide links and pointers to Internet sites maintained by third parties. Our 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, neither we nor affiliates operate or control in any respect any information, products or services that third parties may provide on or through our Site or on websites linked to by us on our Site. If applicable, any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, are those of the respective authors or distributors, and not us.

The contents of our site (including links to other sites and resources provided by third parties) are for information only, and we shall not be liable for any use of, or reliance on, such materials. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.

 

Online Commerce

 

When you purchase products or services on our Site, you may be subject to additional terms and conditions that specifically apply to your purchase or use of such products or services.

You agree to be financially responsible for all purchases made by you or someone acting on your behalf through our Site. You agree to use our Site and to purchase services or products through our Site for legitimate, non-commercial purposes only. You also agree not to make any purchases for speculative, false or fraudulent purposes or for the purpose of anticipating demand for a particular product or service. You agree to only purchase goods or services for yourself or for another person for whom you are legally permitted to do so. When making a purchase for a third party that requires you to submit the third party’s personal information to us or a merchant, you represent that you have obtained the express consent of such third party to provide such third party’s personal information.

 

Registration and Passwords

 

If you elect to sign-up for a particular feature of our Site, such as chat rooms and comment areas, you may also be asked to register with us on the form provided 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 our Site’s registration form. If we have 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 our Site (or any portion thereof). Our use of any personally identifiable information you provide to us as part of the registration process is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy.

To use certain features of our Site, you will need a username and password, which you will receive through our Site’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. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your password or account information.

 

Our Liability

 

THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON OR THROUGH OUR SITE AND BY ANY THIRD-PARTY SITES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,

-We do not warrant that our site or any of its functions will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that any part of this site, including bulletin boards, or the servers that make it available, are free of viruses or other harmful components.

-We do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the site or materials on this site or on third-party sites in terms of their correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or otherwise.

-We do not warrant any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our Site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it (whether by us or a third party), including, without limitation any liability for:

-loss of income or revenue;

-loss of business;

-loss of profits or contracts;

-loss of anticipated savings;

-loss of data;

-loss of goodwill;

-wasted management or office time; and for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

You agree at all times to defend, indemnify and hold us, and our affiliates, harmless from and against any and all claims, causes of action, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to your breach of any obligation, warranty, representation or covenant set forth herein.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, OUR SITE, INCLUDING ITS MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES, OR THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY USER. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, ANY MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES ON THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THE SITE’S TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE AND THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND/OR MATERIALS.

This site is continually under development and company makes no warranty of any kind, implied or express, as to its accuracy, completeness or appropriateness for any purpose.

 

Termination

 

We may cancel or terminate your right to use our Site or any part of our Site at any time without notice. In the event of cancellation or termination, you are no longer authorised to access the part of our Site affected by such cancellation or termination. The restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from our Site, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms of Service, shall survive. We reserve the right to take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate, including taking legal action against you. We are not liable for any loss or damage caused by any breach of these terms of service.

 

Refund Policy

 

Your purchase of a product or service or ticket to an event may or may not provide for any refund. Each specific product, service, event or course will specify its own refund policy.

 

Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

 

The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site. These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

 

Amendments

 

Please check this page regularly, as we may revise our Terms of Service at any time. We may also change or update our Terms of Service at any time by means of notices published anywhere on our site.