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Terms & Conditions
These Membership Terms and Conditions apply where You choose to register as
a Member of this website (the "Site"). This Site and any future Out
Community Publishing sites are offered to you ("Your"/"You")
by Out Community Publishing, (Glenageary, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
and its subsidiary businesses.
Please read these Membership Terms and Conditions carefully before registering
on the Site as a Member. If You do not agree to these Membership Terms and Conditions,
then You SHOULD NOT register as a Member.
1. Acceptance of Membership Terms and Conditions
1.1 By clicking "Accept" to register You will be deemed to have
consented to these Membership Terms and Conditions.
1.2 We reserve the right to change or update these Membership Terms and Conditions
from time to time (subject to Your termination right pursuant to paragraph
8). Any revisions to these Membership Terms and Conditions will be notified
to You the next time that You log on to the Site as a Member.
2. Description of Membership and Subscription
2.1 As a Member, You can take advantage of many services on the Site for
free. Please follow and consult the Benefits of Membership page.
3. Age of Consent
3.1 You must be 18 years or over to register as a Member. If We discover
or have any reason to suspect that You are not at least 18 years of age, then
We reserve Our right to suspend or terminate Your Membership to this Site
immediately and without notice.
4. Password Member Name and Security
4.1 Upon registration as a Member, You will select a Password and Member
Name that You can use to access Your Member Account and Profile and to log
on to the Members' area of the Site.
4.2 You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your Password
and Member Name and are responsible for all activities that occur under them.
We do not have the means to check the identity of people using the Members'
area of the Site and will not be liable where Your Password or Member Name
are used by someone else.
4.3 You agree to notify Us immediately of any unauthorised use of Your Password
or Member Name or any other breach of security of which You become aware.
5. Your warranties
5.1 You warrant that:
5.1.1 You are 18 years of age or over;
5.1.2 all information and details provided by You to Us (including on registration
as a Member) are true, accurate and up to date in all respects and at all
times (see Our Privacy Policy for details on how to update Your
personal data); and
5.1.3 You will comply with these Membership Terms and Conditions including,
without limitation, the restrictions relating to acceptable use set out
at section 6 below.
5.2 You agree to indemnify and hold Us harmless from any claim or damages
(including any legal fees in relation to same) made by a third party in respect
of any matter in relation to or arising from Your use and Membership arising
from any breach or suspected breach of these Membership Terms and Conditions
by You or Your violation of any law or the rights of any third party.
6. Acceptable Use
6.1 We support the free flow of information and ideas over the Internet and
do not actively monitor use of the Site, including the Members' area under
normal circumstances. We seek to balance this aim with Our obligations to
other Members and at law however. We do therefore review all profiles entered
onto the Site by Members, check instant messages where certain keywords are
triggered and may log forum exchanges in order to ensure compliance with these
terms, and to comply with or investigate any enforcement agency or police
request or complaints. We also therefore require that You do not:
6.1.1 say or do anything that would cause annoyance, inconvenience, harassment
or needless anxiety to others;
6.1.2 advertise or promote third party or Your own products or services
including by way of the distribution of 'spam' mail unless you have purchased
a commercial membership (Should you wish to bring usersattention to up-coming
commercial events or to announce certain products via the forums you should
e-mail the webmaster@outlifestyles.com);
6.1.3 use foul, threatening or offensive language including, without limitation,
racist, sexist, ageist, homophobic or sexually explicit language where inappropriate;
6.1.4 make insulting remarks to or about other Members ("flaming");
6.1.5 distribute illegal, copyright infringing, indecent or offensive material
or any messages or content that may incite disorder or encourage illegal
activities or that causes or may cause harm to minors;
6.1.6 impersonate another person or Member;
6.1.7 transfer files that contain viruses, trojans or other harmful programs;
6.1.8 use the Site to conduct any fraudulent activity including any "pyramid
scheme"; "ponzi scheme" or "chain letter";
6.1.9 access or attempt to access the accounts of other Members or to penetrate
or attempt to penetrate the Site security measures;
6.1.10 have more than one Member Account at any time except in the case
of signing up to the V.I.P. Lifestyles Club and / or any other sub group
on the site or related sites.
6.2 We may take any or all of the following action at Our discretion:
6.2.1 remove any Member profile (including photographs) or other material
that, in Our sole discretion may be inappropriate or We suspect to be illegal,
subject Us to liability or which may violate these Membership Terms and
Conditions or where required to do so by law;
6.2.2 issue Members with verbal or written warnings and may take such further
action as We deem appropriate under this paragraph 6.2 if such warnings
are not heeded;
6.2.3 suspend or terminate a Member's access to the Members' area of the
Site or a Member's Account without notice at any time;
6.2.4 inform the appropriate authorities and provide them with information
regarding any suspected illegal activity; or
6.2.5 bring legal action against a Member or other user of the Site in
relation to any breach of these Membership Terms and Conditions or any illegal
or suspected illegal activity.
We will determine what action is appropriate to be taken against a Member
on a case by case basis.
6.3 You acknowledge that We may be required by law or regulation to access,
monitor, store or copy material sent by or to Members without further notice
to You.
7. Cancellation
7.1 Your Membership services commence immediately when You submit Your registration.
This means that, subject always to Your right to terminate as set out below,
You will not be able to cancel the services after this point.
8.Termination of Membership
8.1 Subject to paragraph 8.2 below, You can terminate Your Membership at
any time by notifying Us at support@outlifestyles.com
9. Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Rights
9.1 Your use of the Site grants no rights to You in relation to copyright,
trade marks or other of Our intellectual property rights or the intellectual
property rights of third parties.
9.2 You may not, without limitation, copy, reproduce, republish, download,
post, broadcast, record, transmit, commercially exploit, communicate to the
public, or otherwise use the content included in or provided via the Site
except for Your own personal, non-commercial use. Subject to the above, You
may download insubstantial excerpts of this content to Your hard disk for
the purpose of viewing it provided that no more than one copy of any information
is made.
10. Limitation of Liability
10.1 Whilst We will use all reasonable endeavours to correct any errors or
omissions as soon as practicable once they have been brought to Our attention,
We do not warrant that the Site will be available uninterrupted and in a fully
operating condition nor that the information on and provided via the Site
will be free from errors or omissions.
10.2 Access to this Site and its contents may be suspended temporarily and
without notice in the case of system failure, necessary maintenance or repair
or for reasons beyond Our control.
10.3 Save that nothing in this paragraph 10 shall restrict Your statutory
rights (including Your right to receive a reasonable standard of service),
all content and services on this Site are provided on an 'as is' and 'as available'
basis. We do not make any representation or give any warranty in respect of
the Site or its content, including, without limitation information provided
by or regarding other Members. We can not vet all Member profiles and entries
to ensure that they are appropriate or correct. Any decision made or action
taken by You on the basis of information provided on or via the Site is at
Your sole discretion and risk.
10.4 Due to the fact that many technical aspects of the Site and the content
provided herein is supplied by or otherwise dependent on third parties, We
do not give any warranty as to the accuracy, suitability, reliability, completeness,
performance, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, or freedom
from viruses, or other harmful programs of the content contained in or accessed
through this Site.
10.5 We will not be liable for any damages, including indirect or consequential
losses and whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise,
arising in connection with any use by You or other Members of the Site that
is in contravention of these Membership Terms and Conditions or is not directly
attributable to Our negligence. 10.6 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions
shall exclude or limit Our liability for death or personal injury caused by
Our negligence.
11. Security and Privacy
11.1 Your security and those of all Our Members is very important to Us.
Please read Our Privacy Policy for important information regarding the use
of Your personal data and Your rights in relation to this.
12. General
12.1 We shall not be liable for any failure for any suspension, or termination
of access to the Site or any content arising out of a force majeure event.
A force majeure event shall include, without limitation, failure of infrastructure,
government intervention, wars, civil commotion, hijacking, fire, flood, accident,
storm, strikes, lockouts, terrorist attacks, or industrial action affecting
Us or Our suppliers.
12.2 If any of these Membership Terms and Conditions are determined to be
illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of law then to the extent
and within the jurisdiction in which that term is illegal, invalid or unenforceable,
it shall be severed and deleted from these terms and the remaining terms shall
survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
12.3 These Membership Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and interpreted
in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Ireland. Disputes arising in
connection with these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of the Republic of Ireland.
13. Complaints and Feedback
13.1 If You have any complaints about another Member or any aspect of the
Site or if You have any questions or would otherwise like to provide any other
feedback, then You can contact Us by emailing: support@outlifestyles.com.
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