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1.1 Please read these terms and conditions carefully as they apply to your access and use of our website and the sale and supply of services by us to you through our website. You are responsible for bringing these terms to the attention of anyone who may access the services or information on our website as a result of you. They include important information relating to our services and form the basis of any agreement between us should you wish to proceed with the use of our website. We request that you pay particular attention to the Privacy Policy [link] which sets out the principles that we follow in relation to the treatment of information about visitors to our website.
1.2 To protect your own interests, please read these terms and conditions carefully before agreeing to them and before using this website. When first registering for a Great Activity Passport account or when visiting this website for the first time you will be asked to confirm that you have read these terms and conditions and wish to proceed. Once you have read them and if you wish to proceed with registration, click the [?I Agree?] button and you will be able to proceed. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you are not authorised to use this website.
1.3 You may print or save these terms and conditions for your future reference by clicking on print.
1.4 When you visit our website or send e-mails to us, you are communicating electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this website. You agree that all notices, agreements, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any requirement that such communications be in writing.
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2.1 All content of this website (such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations and software) is, unless specifically stated otherwise, protected by copyright or similar ownership rights. It may not be reproduced other than by downloading and viewing on a single computer and/or printing a single hard copy, for private purposes only. It is not to be otherwise reproduced, transmitted, made available on a network or used to create derivative works without our prior written consent. All rights are reserved.
2.2 The trade marks, logos and service marks shown on our website are, unless otherwise specified, our trade marks or licensed to us. No rights are granted to use any of them without our prior written consent.
2.3 Any infringement of our rights or those of any group company will result in appropriate legal action.
2.4 This notice is made by Nova International Limited, registered in England with number 03300783 with registered office at Newcastle House Albany Court, Monarch Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE4 7YB.
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Any information you give to us will be stored and used in accordance with our Privacy Policy
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4.1 Access to your Great Activity Passport account and our services will be gained by using the username and the password selected by you during the registration procedure or allocated to you during your registration for a Great Event [Link]. You are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality and proper use of your username, password and account and for restricting access to your computer and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account, username or password.
4.2 You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself and to maintain and promptly update such information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the website (or any portion thereof).
4.3 You must tell us immediately if you believe that an unauthorised person knows your username or password or has access to your account.
4.4 We reserve the right to refuse service or terminate accounts if we suspect an unauthorised person is attempting to access it.
4.5 You agree that we shall not be liable for any losses you suffer as a result of unauthorised access to your account until such time as you have informed us of any unauthorised or possible unauthorised use of your username and password or of a breach of security.
4.6 You acknowledge that we reserve the right to delete any user accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time.
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5.1 This website may include links to other websites operated by other parties. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating them and their inclusion does not imply our endorsement of their material. We cannot accept any responsibility or liability for access to or the material on any website which is linked from or to this website and you agree that we will not incur any liability in respect of the content of any website accessed through a link contained on this website.
5.2 Any framing of this website is prohibited. All links to this website must go to www.greatactivity.org. Please do not link directly to any other pages on this website.
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6.1 You understand that in order to be able to use the Great Trainer mobile service (?Great Trainer?), your device has to be equipped with a GPS module for workout tracking.
6.2 Great Trainer and its contents may be used solely for private, non-commercial purposes, subject to these terms and any applicable laws.
6.3 For the time being Great Trainer is provided for free. You may incur fees from the use of the mobile and/or internet services of your network or other telecommunications operator or other service provider, including without limitation SMS, MMS and WAP browsing and other services that require the use of airtime and mobile data services. We assume no responsibility for the payment of such fees. Your operator is in every respect solely responsible for the service it provides to you.
6.4 We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Great Trainer service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of Great Trainer.
6.5 We make no warranty or representation that:
6.5.1 Great Trainer will meet your requirements;
6.5.2 our services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free;
6.5.3 the results that may be obtained from the use of Great Trainer will be accurate or reliable;
6.5.4 the quality of any services, information or other material obtained by you through Great Trainer will meet your expectations; and
6.5.5 any errors in the software will be corrected.
6.6 You acknowledge and agree that Great Trainer is provided "as is" and that we assume no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any of your communications, data or personalisation settings.
6.7 You acknowledge and agree that the Training Plans are standard plans, which cannot be suitable for every individual, and may not be suitable for your particular circumstances. You should seek medical advice before engaging in any new strenuous or physical activity, especially where you are not used to any such activity. You must also listen carefully to your body before, during and after exercise and in the event of any serious pain or side effects, you are advised to cease exercising immediately and obtain appropriate medical advice.
6.8 No person under the age of 16 or who is a minor under his/her local legislation is eligible to use Great Trainer.
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7.1 By submitting any information, messages, text, materials, graphics or other content ("Content") in the Forum, in your Training Diary or otherwise on our website, you agree that:
7.1.1 you will not upload, post, submit or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another?s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or is otherwise objectionable or calculated to bring our website into disrepute;
7.1.2 you will use reasonable efforts to scan and remove any viruses or other contaminating or destructive features before submitting any Content and you will not upload or otherwise transmit any Content that would be technically harmful to the site or other users (which includes, but is not limited to, computer viruses, trojans, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data);
7.1.3 you own the Content or have the unlimited right to provide it to us and you will grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free and assignable licence to use, reproduce and have reproduced, modify and have modified, publicly perform and publicly display such Content and distribute reproduced and modified copies thereof;
7.1.4 you will not submit or post any Content that you do not have a right to use or disclose under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information); and
7.1.5 you will not submit or post any Content that infringes any patent, trade mark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary or intellectual property rights of any other person.
7.2 We do not and cannot review the Content submitted or posted by users on our website and we are not responsible for such Content. We may at any time at our sole discretion remove any Content submitted or posted by you or other users. You agree not to take any action against us in relation to the Content that you submit or post and you agree to indemnify us if any third party takes action against us in relation to that Content. That means that if we are ordered to pay damages or we incur costs as a result of a claim that any such Content infringes the rights of or causes any damage to any third party, then we can recover those damages and costs from you.
7.3 In the event that we deem, at our sole discretion, that you are in breach of these terms of use, we shall be entitled to take such action that we may deem appropriate to address your breach, including without limitation, removal of any Content, prevention of access and any legal action in any competent authority or court.
7.4 Specifically, we also have the right to terminate your right to use some or all of the services through our website without notice at any time for any reason at our sole discretion and in particular, if you breach these terms of use or use the services unlawfully or in a way that we deem as inappropriate, for example for commercial or group purposes.
7.5 Without limiting the foregoing, we shall have the right to suspend or remove any Content that violates these terms or is otherwise objectionable. Please report any suspected violations of these terms to us in respect of any Content to website@greatrun.org.
7.6 You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content on our website, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. You acknowledge that we are not responsible for you relying on any Content created or submitted by any third party including without limitation information in the Forum, your Training Diary, What the Runners Say or the Great Search and in all other parts of the website where Content may be provided by third parties.
7.7 You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any personal data or information that you choose to disclose or make publicly accessible via our website, and that under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for the disclosure and public accessibility of such personal data or information. You acknowledge that any personal data or information (or any other Content) posted to publicly accessible areas may remain publicly accessible indefinitely.
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8.1 You acknowledge that all information and content available through the Great Search is the sole responsibility of the third party from which such content originated. We do not control the content available via the Great Search and, as such, do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any content, the quality of the relevant event, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content available via the Great Search service on our website.
8.2 Where you are submitting any content to be accessed via the Great Search you will be entirely responsible for all content that you submit. You agree to indemnify us if any third party takes action against us in relation to that content. That means that if we are ordered to pay damages or we incur costs as a result of a claim that any such content infringes the rights of or causes any damage to any third party, then we can recover those damages and costs from you.
8.3 We may at any time at our sole discretion remove any content submitted or posted by you or other users.
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9.1 This website or any part of it may not be compatible with your browser or computer configuration and we make no warranty that it is. We make no warranty that your access to our website will be uninterrupted, timely or error free and we will not be responsible if we are unable to provide the website for whatever reason.
9.2 We will accept all liability if something we do causes death or personal injury. We will also accept all liability for damage to your property if the cause is our fault.
9.3 Other than the liability we have accepted as described above, we will not be liable for any losses that you suffer as a result of any breach by us of these terms or otherwise in respect of our supply of services to you though this website except those losses which are a foreseeable consequence of the breach. In particular, we do not accept responsibility for any losses related to any business of yours such as lost data, lost profits, loss of reputation, loss of goodwill or other business loss that you may incur as a result of any breach by us of these terms and conditions.
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10.1 As a consumer you have certain statutory rights regarding statements made in public by us or our representatives and the performance of services, as well as claims in respect of losses caused by our negligence or our failure to carry out our obligations. For further information about your statutory rights, please contact your local authority Trading Standards Department or Citizens? Advice Bureau.
10.2 Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations in these terms and conditions may not apply to you.
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11.1 We are committed to meeting the highest quality standards in the delivery of the service we provide to our customers. We aim to provide efficient and effective service and will take any problems that do arise very seriously indeed. We will try to solve any disagreements or complaints quickly and efficiently.
11.2 In the event that you have any cause for complaint with regard to any of our services please email us at website@greatrun.org or write to us at Nova International Limited, Newcastle House Albany Court, Monarch Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, NE4 7YB, United Kingdom.
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12.1 This Website is operated and controlled from the United Kingdom and these terms and conditions and your use of this website are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. We make no representation or warranty that any content, service or information referred to or contained in this Website is appropriate for use in other locations or jurisdictions. Those who choose to access this website from other locations or jurisdictions are responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable local laws.
12.2 You are not permitted to transfer your rights and obligations under these terms and conditions without our written authority. This authority will not be refused without good reason.
12.3 If any provision of these terms and conditions shall be deemed unenforceable or invalid then that provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining terms and those remaining terms shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
12.4 You acknowledge that we may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the services available through our website, including without limitation the maximum number of days that any Content uploaded, submitted or posted by you will be retained on the website, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on our servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access our website or certain services provided through our website in a given period of time. You agree that we have no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any information or content maintained or transmitted by the services available on this website. You further acknowledge that we reserve the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in our sole discretion, with or without notice.
12.5 These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between us with respect to our website and the services we provide through it.
12.6 By ticking the relevant box on the account registration form, you agree that you:-
12.6.1 have read and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out above;
12.6.2 consent to our use of your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy; and
12.6.3 consent to the use of tracking technology as disclosed to you in our Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please leave this website now.
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