GENERAL
TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR USE OF MEDIAMAPGLOBAL.COM WEBSITE
MediaMap
Limited Terms and Conditions for Use of the MediaMapGlobal.com Website.
Welcome
to the MediaMapGlobal.com Website (hereinafter referred to as the "Site"). Please
take a moment to read our Terms and Conditions. By using this Site, you accept
these Terms and Conditions of Use.
Access to, and use of, this Site is
provided by MediaMap Ltd and the content of the Site is provided by MediaMap Ltd
and our distributor and publisher contributors.
All material, editorial,
text, prices, countries, art work, advertising, covers and logos etc (the "content")
on this Site is for information and/or reference purposes only.
The content
should not be considered to be exhaustive. It can be only as accurate as the information
we are provided with.
Despite our efforts to provide useful and accurate
information, errors may appear from time to time. In these cases, we would encourage
you to contact our customer services (customerservices@mediamapglobal.com) or
the webmaster (webmaster@mediamapglobal.com) to report erroneous information,
and we will do our best to rectify it in a timely manner. Some of the content
on our site was not created, edited, or posted by us (for example advertising
information and some title listings). Although we speak with and discuss these
issues with our contributors, advertisers and users, we cannot guarantee the information,
or services they offer.
1. Use of this Site constitutes your acceptance
of these terms & conditions. This takes effect immediately on your first use of
the Site. MediaMap Ltd reserves the right to change these terms and conditions
at any time by posting changes online. By continuing to use the Site after a change
has been made, you are accepting any changes to the Terms and Conditions
2.
You are responsible for reviewing regularly information posted online to be certain
of such changes. As stated, your continued use of this Site after modification
indicates your acceptance of the modified Termas and Conditions.
3. You
agree to use this Site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not
infringe the rights of, or restrict the use and enjoyment of this Site by any
third party. Such restriction includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful,
or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the transmission
of obscene or offensive content or disruption of the normal flow of dialogue within
this Site.
4. You confirm that you are over the age of 18 and that the
viewing of content that may be contained on this site is legal in the geographical
area in which you currently are. By continuing to use this site, you confirm that
you are over the age of 18 and that it is legal and appropriate for you to view
our content.
5. This site and its content, information, names, images,
pictures, logos, icons and advertisements is provided on an as 'seen' basis. Under
no circumstances will MediaMap Ltd or MediaMapGlobal.com be liable for any damages,
losses, costs or expenses of any kind, including direct, indirect or consequential
damages, or any damages arising from use or loss of use, data, or loss of profits
or income, goodwill, business, legal costs, loss of or damage to property, or
claims of 3rd parties concerning contract, negligence or any other action arising
out of the Site, or in connection with use of the Site.
6. MediaMapGlobal.com
will not guarantee that the site will be error free, nor that service will be
uninterrupted. Whilst we endeavour to ensure all bugs, and defects, are corrected,
we will not guarantee that this is so. We will not warrant that the site or the
server that hosts it are free of viruses or bugs, although every effort will be
made to do so.
7. All names, images and logos pertaining to MediaMap,
MediaMapGlobal.com or third parties and their products or services are registered
marks of MediaMap or third parties. No part of this website may be reproduced
without express permission of MediaMap or MediaMapGlobal.com. In case of query,
please contact customerservices@mediamapglobal.com
8. No contract shall
be undertaken between you (the user) and MediaMapGlobal.com (the Site) without
prior notification or confirmation to you via e-mail. Likewise no advertisement
shall be accepted or make 'live' on the Site without express prior e-mail confirmation
of order acceptance from us (The Site) to you (the Client). However, order acceptance
will be considered complete at the point that MediaMapGlobal.com sends the confirmation
to you (whether or not you receive it).
9. Where you are invited to submit
any information to this Site for reference purposes, or for those of advertising,
(including without limitation any text, graphics, logos, audio, advertisements
or flash files) you are required by such submission to grant MediaMapGlobal.com
a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to
use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from,
distribute, perform, play, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with
respect to any such work world-wide and/or to incorporate it in other works in
any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may
exist in such content, consistent with privacy restrictions set forth in MediaMap's
Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to grant such rights to us, it is suggested
that you do not submit your contribution to this Site. By submitting your contribution
to this Site, you also:
a. Warrant that you have the right to make such
a contribution available to MediaMap for all the purposes specified above;
b.
Indemnify MediaMap against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may
be incurred by MediaMap as a result of your breach of the above warranty; and
c. Agree to waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes
of its submission to and publication on the MediaMap Site and the other purposes
specified above.
d. If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions
and/or specific terms appearing elsewhere on this Site relating to specific material
then the latter shall prevail. e. You also agree not to use the Site or send or
submit material that is:
1. false, inaccurate or misleading 2. fraudulent
or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items 3. defamatory, libellous,
threatening or harassing 4. obscene 5. in violation of any law, statute
or regulation (including those governing export control, consumer protection,
unfair competition or false advertising).
However, we have a lot of information
submitted by our subscribers. We cannot and do not review every submission a user
makes. We neither endorse nor guarantee the accuracy or proprietary of any submission.
We do, however reserve the right but do not assume the obligation to restrict
or prohibit your use of our Site if we believe you are violating these Terms and
Conditions.
10. If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined
to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any
state or country in which these Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective,
then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which that Term or Condition is
illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from this clause
and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force and
effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
11. Access to this
Site may not be legal in certain countries. If you access this Site outside the
United Kingdom, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance
with the laws of your jurisdiction. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Disputes arising
here from shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England
and Wales.
12. If these Terms and Conditions are not accepted in full,
you do not have permission to access the contents of this Site and therefore should
cease using this Site immediately.
Copyright All
rights, including copyright and database rights, in the Site and its contents,
are owned by MEDIAMAP LIMITED, or otherwise used by MEDIAMAP LIMITED as permitted
by the applicable law.
By using the MEDIAMAPGLOBAL.COM Site, you agree
that you will access the contents solely for the purposes the site is designed
for. The site is designed as a reference source and marketing tool, and may be
used to source information that will benefit your distribution / publishing activities.
Except as permitted above, you undertake not to copy, store in any medium
(including in any other Site), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, broadcast, modify,
or show in public any part of the MEDIAMAPGLOBAL.COM Site without the prior written
permission of MEDIAMAP LTD.
Domain Name & Trademarks
MediaMapGlobal.com is a registered domain name of MediaMap Limited. Other product
and company names mentioned on this Site may be the trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective owners.
Links MediaMapGlobal.com
contains links to other websites. MediaMap Ltd is not responsible for the privacy
… or content of such other sites. By clicking on a banner advertisement or link,
you will be redirected to the site of another company. Any action occurring between
this other company and the User is between the User and the other company, and
is not the responsibility of MediaMap Ltd. As MediaMap is not responsible for
these other sites, any concerns regarding these sites should be directed to their
administrator or WebMaster.
Privacy MediaMap Ltd
has a strong commitment to privacy. We have outlined above the information gathering
purposes we have. If you have any questions or concerns about the privacy of the
information collected on the Site, please don't hesitate to contact us - webmaster@mediamapglobal.com
The following outlines our information gathering and dissemination practices
for this Site.
MediaMapGlobal.com has requested your contact details on
our subscription forms so that they can be kept on our database to give us information
about the demographic of our user base. We will also use your e-mail address in
order to send you information, bulletins and updates regarding the Site and companies
using the site.
Site users / subscribers have the option to opt out of
future mailings and / or promotions if they so wish by sending an e-mail to unsubscribe@mediamapglobal.com
Our privacy policy applies only to our Site, and not to other websites
to which we provide links. If concerned, we would advise you read the privacy
policy of these other websites.
Acceptance of Privacy Policy
By using our site, you are accepting the terms of our Privacy Policy. If you are
not happy with, or disagree, with any part of this privacy policy, please do not
use the Site.
MediaMap Ltd reserves the right to update this privacy policy
at any time by modifying this part of the Site. By continuing to use the Site
after these changes are made, you are accepting these revised terms.
Gathering
of Information When you supply information to the MediaMapGlobal.com
Site, we have obligations in the way we deal with that information. You will be
made aware of how the information you have provided will be used, and we will
tell you if we wish to pass the information on to anyone else. We will hold your
information on our database, and will use it to gain demographic information about
the userbase of our Site. What information will we ask for?
· if you wish
to subscribe, we will ask for your name, job title, company details and contact
details, but all on a professional basis. We will need your company address, e-mail
address, website, telephone and fax numbers, as well as the type of business you
are. You will have the option to add extra comments in at this stage…
·
If you wish to advertise, we will ask for the above information, along with more
company information - for example the names and a more in-depth summary of the
titles that you wish to highlight, or perhaps further information on the kinds
of services you provide to the industry, along with logos, front cover scans,
art work, press releases or whatever is relevant for the kind of promotion you
are undertaking.
· Your contact details will be visible only to our Site
subscribers - if you have not logged in, you will not be able to view information
such as contact details.
· In the future, we will be accepting credit
card payments over our site - via a SSL enabled secure server. In this situation,
we will ask you for your contact details again (corresponding to the card), along
with your credit or debit card number, the card's expiry date, and the 3 digit
security code from the back of the card. This enables us to process and fulfil
your order, and we will notify you if there are any problems with your transaction.
In this case, you may be asked to provide a contact telephone number so that we
can contact you directly.
MediaMap Ltd may collect information about
you automatically when you visit the Site. This allows us to monitor traffic and
hits on our site, and to collate information about the demographic of our site,
and may be used in future developments. This allows our advertisers to target
their adverts directly to our user-base. MediaMap Ltd may do this by placing a
'cookie' in the browser file of the user's computer. A cookie stores a tiny amount
of information on your computer, and will make it easier for you to log in and
access our site in the future. A cookie does not contain any personally identifying
information, but it will allow us to link use of the Site to information that
our users have specifically provided us with during the subscription / registration
process. Our Site is funded by the advertising contained on it. Therefore there
will be advertisements from 3rd party companies. These advertisements MAY contain
cookies. MediaMap Ltd does not have access to information garnered from cookies
in 3rd party advertising. Please see above for further information about this
and how it relates to our privacy policy.
Use of information
By subscribing to our site, you consent to MediaMap obtaining, holding and using
your information for the purposes of providing you with our services, and for
contacting you with information updates and promotions, and for internal business
purposes.
By this we mean: · Contacting you about our other products
and services unless you have notified us that you do not wish to receive this
information. · Contacting you about changes in the conditions of use of our
site. · Fulfilling orders for advertisements or subscriptions · Monthly update
bulletins · Carrying out user surveys and reviews ** · Sending password reminders
when necessary · Our accounting purposes
** User Surveys
From time to time, MediaMapGlobal.com will send out surveys in which participation
is optional. In many cases, these surveys will be sponsored by a 3rd party, and
may involve some questions pertaining to that 3rd party. Survey recipients are
asked ot supply contact information, and demographic information that pertains
to their professional life. They will also be asked questions about how & when
they use the Site, and given the opportunity to submit any additional comments
they feel would be beneficial. In certain cases, the submitter of the survey may
be contacted to be asked if their words can be used as a testimonial on the Site.
Information Dissemination The information you provide
us with may be accessed by or passed on to staff or third parties working outside
of the UK who act for us (the Site) under the parameters set out in this policy,
or for other purposes approved or requested by you. These parties may process
information and credit cards, or provide support on our behalf. We may also provide
third party companies with statistical and demographic information regarding usage
of the Site, but this will not in any way include information which could be used
to personally identify you.
We do not anticipate it, however in the event
that the processing of your information involves the transfer of information outside
of the EU, you consent to such a transfer. Countries outside the EU may not have
such strong data protection laws, however the Site will take reasonable steps
to ensure your information is used in accordance with this policy.
We
may use your information for purposes of passing on product and service information
and product launches and closures from third parties. However this information
will be passed to you via us, so we retain control of your contact details.
We
reserve the right to disclose any information necessary to comply with any applicable
laws or regulations.
If the site were to be sold, or enter a joint venture
with another business, we reserve the right to transfer, sell or assign your information
to our new owners or business partners.
Security
Transfer and dissemination of information over the internet cannot be guaranteed
to be secure. However the Site employs reasonable security measures to protect
your information from unauthorised access and illegal processing, accidental loss,
destruction or damage. Please be aware though that we cannot guarantee the security
of your information.
We strongly recommend that you ensure your computer
is protected against viruses, codes and bugs. It is up to you to ensure this protection
is up to date as the site is not responsible for this.
Changes
to your login / personal information If you need to make changes
to the information we hold about you or your company, please send an e-mail to
webmaster@mediamapglobal.com so that we can update your information quickly and
easily.
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