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1. By using groupsave.co.uk you agree to be bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of groupsave.co.uk. If you do not agree to be bound by all of the following terms please do not access, use and/or contribute to groupsave.co.uk.
2. The Association of Train Operating Companies may change these terms from time to time and so you should check these terms regularly. Your continued use of groupsave.co.uk will be deemed acceptance of the updated or amended terms. If you do not agree to the changes, you should cease using this website. If there is any conflict between these terms and specific local terms appearing elsewhere on groupsave.co.uk then the latter shall prevail.
3. You agree to use groupsave.co.uk only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of groupsave.co.uk. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content within groupsave.co.uk.
4. All copyright, trade marks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on groupsave.co.uk and all content (including all applications) located on the site shall remain vested to the Association of Train Operating Companies or its licensors (which includes other users). You may not copy, reproduce, republish, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use groupsave.co.uk content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. You also agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any groupsave.co.uk content except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Any other use groupsave.co.uk content requires the prior written permission of the Association of Train Operating Companies.
5. The names, images and logos identifying the Association of Train Operating Companies, or third parties and their products and services are subject to copyright, design rights and trade marks of the Association of Train Operating Companies and/or third parties. Nothing contained in these terms shall be construed as conferring any licence or right to use any trade mark, design right or copyright of the Association of Train Operating Companies or any other third party.
6. By sharing any contribution (including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio) with the Association of Train Operating Companies you agree to grant to the Association of Train Operating Companies, free of charge, permission to use the material in any way it wants (including modifying and adapting it for operational and editorial reasons) for Association of Train Operating Companies services in any media worldwide (including on the Group Save site accessed by international users). In certain circumstance the Association of Train Operating Companies may also share your contribution with trusted third parties*.
7. Copyright in your contribution will remain with you and this permission is not exclusive, so you can continue to use the material in any way including allowing others to use it.
8. In order that the Association of Train Operating Companies can use your contribution, you confirm that your contribution is your own original work, is not defamatory and does not infringe any UK laws, that you have the right to give the Association of Train Operating Companies permission to use it for the purposes specified above, and that you have the consent of anyone who is identifiable in your contribution or the consent of their parent / guardian if they are under 16.
9. We may show your name with your contribution, unless you request otherwise, but for operational reasons this is not always possible. The Association of Train Operating Companies may need to contact you for administrative or verification purposes in relation to your contribution, or in relation to particular projects.
10. Please do not endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or break any laws when creating content you may share with the Association of Train Operating Companies.
11. If you do not want to grant the Association of Train Operating Companies the permission set out above on these terms, please do not submit or share your contribution to or with groupsave.co.uk.
12. In order to participate in and contribute to selected groupsave.co.uk you may be required to register with groupsave.co.uk. Any personal information supplied to groupsave.co.uk as part of this registration process and/or any other interaction with groupsave.co.uk will be collected, stored and used in accordance with the Association of Train Operating Companies Privacy Policy.
(i) About your posts:
Contributions must be civil and tasteful.
No disruptive, offensive or abusive behaviour: contributions must be constructive and polite, not mean-spirited or contributed with the intention of causing trouble.
No unlawful or objectionable content: unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable material is not acceptable.
Be patient: users of all ages and abilities may be taking part in the relevant groupsave.co.uk community.
No advertising or promoting.
Contributions containing languages other than English may be removed
No impersonation.
No inappropriate (e.g. vulgar, offensive etc) user names.
URLs (web site addresses) can only be posted if relevant
(ii) Your groupsave.co.uk Account:
If you use multiple logins for the purpose of disrupting or annoying other users you may have action taken against all of your accounts.
All accounts must be registered with a valid personal email address that you access regularly so that moderation emails can be sent to you. Accounts registered with someone else's email address, or with temporary email addresses may be closed without notice. We may require users to re-validate their account if we believe they have been using an invalid email address.
The Association of Train Operating Companies reserves the right to close accounts if any user is seen to be using proxy IPs (Internet Protocol addresses) in order to attempt to hide the use of multiple Association of Train Operating Companies accounts, or if an non UK user pretends to be a UK user, or disrupts any of our services in any way.
(iii) Safety:
We advise that you never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example: telephone number, postal address, home address or email address or any other details that would allow you to be personally identified) in any groupsave.co.uk posts.
(iv) Legal requirements:
You may not submit or share any defamatory or illegal material of any nature in groupsave.co.uk posts. This includes text, graphics, video, programs or audio.
Contributing material to groupsave.co.uk with the intention of committing or promoting an illegal act is strictly prohibited.
You agree to submit to or share with groupsave.co.uk communities only contributions which are your own original work. You must not violate, plagiarise, or infringe the rights of the Association of Train Operating Companies or third parties including copyright, trade mark, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, personal or proprietary rights.
(v) If you're under 16:
Please get a parent's or guardian's permission before taking part in any groupsave.co.uk.
Never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example, school, telephone number, your full name, home address or email address).
(vi) If you breach these Community Rules:
If you fail to abide by these Rules (and/or any variations in rules) when contributing to groupsave.co.uk, you will be sent an email which informs you why your contribution has been refused or edited. This email will also include a warning that continuing to break the rules may result in action being taken against your account or accounts.
This action may include any content posted by you being checked before allowed to go on the site or a temporary or permanent suspension of your ability to participate in any or all of groupsave.co.uk areas.
If you submit or share offensive or inappropriate content to or with any groupsave.co.uk communities or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on groupsave.co.uk, and the Association of Train Operating Companies considers such behaviour to be serious and/or repeated, the Association of Train Operating Companies may use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop any further such infringements. This may include informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school or email provider about the infringement(s).
The Association of Train Operating Companies reserves the right to delete any contribution, or take action against any Association of Train Operating Companies account, at any time, for any reason.
15. The majority of content posted on groupsave.co.uk is created by members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the Association of Train Operating Companies. Neither the Association of Train Operating Companies are responsible for any content posted by members of the public on groupsave.co.uk or for the availability or content of any third party sites that are accessible through groupsave.co.uk. Any links to third party websites from groupsave.co.uk do not amount to any endorsement of that site by the Association of Train Operating Companies and any use of that site by you is at your own risk.
16. groupsave.co.uk content, including the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to the Association of Train Operating Companies, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and on an "AS AVAILABLE" basis. To the extent permitted by law, the Association of Train Operating Companies excludes all representations and warranties (whether express or implied by law), including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. The Association of Train Operating Companies does not guarantee the timeliness, completeness or performance of the website or any of the content. While we try to ensure that all content provided by the Association of Train Operating Companies is correct at the time of publication no responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of the Association of Train Operating Companies for any errors, omissions or inaccurate content on the website.
17. Nothing in these terms limits or excludes the Association of Train Operating Companies liability for death or personal injury caused by its proven negligence. Subject to the previous sentence, the Association of Train Operating Companies shall not be liable for any of the following losses or damage (whether such damage or losses were foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise): (a) loss of data; (b) loss of revenue or anticipated profits; (c) loss of business; (d) loss of opportunity; (e) loss of goodwill or injury to reputation; (f) losses suffered by third parties; or (g) any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of groupsave.co.uk regardless of the form of action.
18. The Association of Train Operating Companies do not warrant that functions available on groupsave.co.uk will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that groupsave.co.uk or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to implement sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the accuracy of data input and output.
19. If any of these terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these terms are intended to be effective, 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 and continue to be binding and enforceable.
20. The failure or delay of the Association of Train Operating Companies to exercise or enforce any right in these terms does not waive the Association of Train Operating Companies right to enforce that right.
21. These terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales which shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes.
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