Welcome to the Proud2beLocal website terms and conditions which apply to your use of the Proud2beLocal website. By accessing this website, you agree to be bound by them.

This website is provided for the benefit of residents of the United
Kingdom. If you are not a UK resident or do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not use or access this website and we have the right to restrict or prevent your access to the website. If there is anything you do not understand please feel free to e-mail any enquiry to us here.

DEFINITIONS
"Conditions" means these terms and conditions: "Personal Information" means any personal details provided by you via the website; "User(s)" means (a) user(s) of the website either collectively or individually, as the context requires; "We/us/our" means Proud2beLocal, "website" means the website located at www.proud2belocal.co.uk or any subsequent URL which may replace it; and "You/your"means you as a user of the website.

1. ACCESS
We will provide you with access to the website in accordance with these Conditions.

2. YOUR OBLIGATIONS

2.1 You:

2.1.1 agree not to use the website (or any part of) for any illegal purpose and agree to use it in accordance with all relevant laws;

2.1.2 agree not to upload or transmit through the website any computer viruses, macro viruses, trojan horses, worms or anything else designed to interfere with, interrupt or disrupt the normal operating procedures of a computer;

2.1.3 will not upload or transmit through the website any material which is defamatory, offensive, or of an obscene or menacing character, or that may cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;

2.1.4 will not use the website in a way that may cause the website to be interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or such that the effectiveness or functionality of the website is in any way impaired;

2.1.5 will not use the website in any manner which violates or infringes the rights of any person, firm or company (including, but not limited to, rights of intellectual property, rights of confidentiality or rights of privacy);

2.1.6 will not create and publish a hypertext link to any part of the
website or attempt any unauthorised access to any part or component of the website; and

2.1.7 agree that in the event that you have any right, claim or action against any Users arising out of that User's use of the website, then you will pursue such right, claim or action independently of and without recourse to us.

3. INDEMNITY
You agree to be fully responsible for (and fully indemnify us against) all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including legal fees, suffered by us and arising out of any breach of the Conditions by you or any other liabilities arising out of your use of the website, or the use by any other person accessing the website using your PC or internet access account.

4. OUR RIGHTS

4.1 We reserve the right to:

4.1.1 modify or withdraw, temporarily or permanently, the website (or any part of) with or without notice to you and you confirm that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification to or withdrawal of the website; and/or

4.1.2 change these Conditions from time to time, and your continued use of the website (or any part of) following such change shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine whether the Conditions have been changed. If you do not agree to any change to the Conditions then you must immediately stop using the website.

4.2 We will use our reasonable endeavours to maintain the website. The website is subject to change from time to time. You will not be eligible for any compensation because you cannot use any part of the website or because of a failure, suspension or withdrawal of all or part of the website due to circumstances beyond our control.

5. THIRD PARTY LINKS
In an attempt to provide increased value to our Users, we may provide links to other websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for the privacy practices or the content (including misrepresentative or defamatory content) of such websites, including (without limitation) any advertising, products or other materials or services on or available from such websites or resources, nor for any damage, loss or offence caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with, the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on such external sites or resources.

6. MONITORING We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor any activity and content associated with the website. We may investigate any reported violation of these Conditions or complaints and take any action that we deem appropriate (which may include, but is not limited to, issuing warnings, suspending, terminating or attaching conditions to your access and/or removing any materials from the website).

7. YOUR DATA

7.1 We respect your personal information and undertake to comply with applicable UK Data Protection legislation from time to time in place.

7.2 You should be aware that:

7.2.1 if we are requested by the police or any regulatory or government authority investigating suspected illegal activities, or upon receipt of a court order, to provide your Personal Information and/or information concerning your activities whilst using the website we shall do so; and

7.2.2 if you agree by ticking the appropriate boxes on your registration form, we may pass your Personal Information or details of your use of the website to other companies in our corporate group and selected third parties for analysis and/or to enable them to contact you about products or services which may be of interest to you.

7.3 We reserve the right in our reasonable discretion to disclose details of your use of the website in relation to any, or any threatened, Court Proceedings in connection with your use, or the use of anyone under your control, of the website whether in connection with the matters set out in these Conditions or otherwise.

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO USE

8.1 You acknowledge and agree that all copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content supplied as part of the website shall remain at all times vested in us or our licensors. You are permitted to use this material only as expressly authorised by us.

8.2 You acknowledge and agree that the material and content contained within the website is made available for your personal non-commercial use only and that you may download such material and content onto only one computer hard drive for such purpose. Any other use of the material and content of the website is strictly prohibited. You agree not to (and agree not to assist or facilitate any third party to) copy, reproduce, transmit, publish, display, distribute, commercially exploit or create derivative works of such material and content.

8.3 The website is Copyright, Proud2beLocal, 2002. All rights reserved.

9. NOTICES

9.1 You may send us notices under or in connection with these Conditions:

9.1.1 by post to 16 Lawton Road, Heaton Chapel, Stockport,
SK4 2RG

9.1.2 by fax to 0161 431 5297;

9.1.3 by telephone to to 0161 431 5297; or

9.1.4 by email to info@proud2belocal.co.uk

9.2 As proof of sending does not guarantee our receipt of your notice, you must ensure that you have received an acknowledgement from us, which will be sent within 3 working days of our receipt and should be retained by you.

10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

10.1 WHILE WE WILL USE REASONABLE ENDEAVOURS TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION WE PLACE ON THE website, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED IN RELATION TO ITS ACCURACY.

10.2 The website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any representation or endorsement. Unless specified in separate terms and conditions related to a particular product or service, we make no warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, in relation to the website, or products or services offered on the website whether by us or on our behalf (including free software downloads) including but not limited to, implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security, accuracy, condition or completeness, or any implied warranty arising from course of dealing or usage or trade.

10.3 Unless specified in separate terms and conditions related to a particular product or service, we make no warranty that the website or products or services offered on the website whether by us or on our behalf (including free software downloads) will meet your requirements or will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the website or the server that makes it available or products or services offered on the website whether by us or on our behalf (including free software downloads) are free of viruses or bugs or are fully functional, accurate, or reliable. We will not be
responsible or liable to you for any loss of content or material as a result of uploading to or downloading from the website.

10.4 Notwithstanding any other provision in the Conditions, nothing in shall limit your rights as a consumer under English law.

10.5 You acknowledge that we cannot guarantee and therefore shall not be in any way responsible for the security or privacy of the website and any information provided to or taken from the website by you.

10.6 We will not be liable in contract, tort or otherwise is if you incur loss or damage connecting to the website through a third party's hyper-text link.

10.7 We will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without
limitation, negligence), pre-contract or other representations (other than fraudulent misrepresentations) or otherwise out of or in connection with the website or products or services offered on the website whether by us or on our behalf (including free software downloads) for:

10.7.1 any economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or

10.7.2 any loss of goodwill or reputation; or

10.7.3 any special or indirect or consequential losses; in any case whether or not such losses were within the contemplation of either of us at the date on which the event giving rise to the loss occurred.

11. SEVERANCE
If any part of the Conditions shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed to be severable from these Conditions and shall not effect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions of the Conditions.

12. WAIVER
Nothing shall be construed as a waiver by us of any preceding or succeeding breach of any provision.

13. SURVIVAL
Each provision of these Conditions shall be construed as separately applying and surviving even if for any reason one or other of those provisions is held to be inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances.

14. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Conditions (as amended from time to time) contain the entire agreement between you and us relating to the subject matter covered and supersede any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or oral, between you and us in relation to such matters. No oral explanation or oral information given by either of us shall alter the interpretation of these Conditions. You confirm that, in agreeing to accept these Conditions, you have not relied on any representation save insofar as the same has expressly been made a representation in these Conditions and you agree that you shall have no remedy in respect of any misrepresentation which has not become a term of these Conditions save that your agreement contained in this Clause shall not apply in respect of any fraudulent misrepresentation whether or not such has become a term of these Conditions.

15. LAW
The Conditions will be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales whose Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction in any dispute, save that we have the right, at our sole discretion, to commence and pursue proceedings in alternative jurisdictions.

The personal information you provide by submitting this form will be collected by Proud2beLocal who may (i) pass your details to certain third parties to assist them in analysing use of the website and enabling them to contact you about products or services which may be of interest to you and (ii) use it in accordance with our privacy policy.

PRIVACY POLICY
We will collect information about your personal details, tastes and
preferences both when you tell us what these are and by analysis of traffic on the website, including by using cookies (see below).
We use information collected about you to help us (a) develop the design and layout of the website to ensure that it is as useful and enjoyable as possible and (b) provide the products and services which interest you.

Sometimes this information may also be used by us and our associated companies to inform you about changes to the website, new services and products or offers that you might find interesting. If you do not wish to receive this information, please send an e-mail to.info@proud2belocal.co.uk
We may at our discretion choose to sell, trade, rent or otherwise disclose your personal information to trustworthy third parties situated within the European Economic Area or in countries approved by the Data Protection Commissioner.

You may instruct us not to do by sending an e-mail to info@proud2belocal.co.uk. In addition, we may provide aggregate statistics about our services, competitions, clients, traffic patterns and other site information to third parties, but these statistics will not include any information that could personally identify you. In the event that your personal details become untrue, inaccurate or incomplete, or in any event, you have the right to access your personal details and may rectify the same.

You agree that you do not object to us, our associated companies or such third parties contacting you for any of the above purposes whether by telephone, email, fax or in writing, and you confirm that you do not and will not consider any of the above as being a breach of any of your rights under the Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 1999.

We reserve the right to access and disclose individually identifiable information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests or requests by the police investigating suspected illegal activities, to operate our systems properly or to protect ourselves or other Users. We also reserve the right to disclose individually identifiable information to third parties where a complaint arises concerning your use of the website, and that use is deemed by us inconsistent with the Conditions.

When you input information or request services from us, we offer the use of a firewall. This lets you input information safely whilst effectively preventing that information from being accessed by unauthorised persons. In addition, we have strict security procedures covering the storage and disclosure of your information in order to prevent unauthorised access to comply with the UK Data Protection Act 1998. This means that sometimes we may ask for proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.

A cookie is a piece of information that is stored on your computer's hard drive by your web browser. On revisiting the website our computer server may recognise the cookie, giving us information about your last visit. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but usually you can alter the settings of your browser to prevent automatic acceptance. If you choose not to receive cookies, you may still use most of the features of the website.

We welcome your questions and comments about privacy issues and the design of the website. Should you have such comments or have a complaint about how we are using your personal data, please send an e-mail to info@proud2belocal.co.uk.