TERMS OF USE
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.
This page (together with the documents referred to on it)
tells you the terms on which you may make use of our website (our
Site), whether as a guest or as a registered
user. Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to
use the Site. By using our Site, you indicate that you accept these
terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not
agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using our Site.
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Information about us
1.1
Firm Foundation Trust
(“we”) is a registered charity
dedicated to spreading the Good News of the Kingdom of God in
Turkey.
1.2
These terms of use govern the following sites (our
“Site”):
1.2.1
Sites operated by Firm Foundation
Trust, Registered Charity No. 277298 in England and Wales (United Kingdom); address:
PO Box 330, Sevenoaks, Kent
TN13 1GF, United Kingdom; Email address: fft@firmfoundationtrust.org, are as follows.
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Accessing our Site
2.1
Access to our Site is permitted on a temporary basis, and
we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our
Site without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our Site is
unavailable at any time or for any period.
2.2
From time to time, we may restrict access to some or all
parts of our Site, to users who have registered with us.
2.3
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user
identification code, password or any other piece of information as part
of our security procedures, you must treat such information as
confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have
the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether
chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have
failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
2.4
When using our Site, you must comply with the provisions
of our Acceptable Use Policy set out below.
2.5
Questions, comments and requests regarding this policy are
welcomed and should be addressed to fft@firmfoundationtrust.org. Our full
office address is set out at the end of these terms.
2.6
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary
for you to have access to our Site. You are also responsible for ensuring
that all persons who access our Site through your internet connection are
aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.
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Accuracy of Information and
Disclaimer
3.1
We do our best to ensure all information on our Site is
accurate. If you discover any inaccurate information on our Site let us
know and we will correct it, where we agree, as soon as
practicable.
3.2
We provide the information on our Site free of any access
charge. Accordingly, such information is made available on the basis of
no liability for the information given.
3.3
You should ensure information you send to us is accurate
and does not breach anyone else’s rights such as copyright or is
libelous, obscene, menacing, threatening, offensive, abusive, fraudulent,
criminal or infringes the rights of other people or in is in any way
illegal.
3.4
You should independently verify any information before
relying upon it.
3.5
We make no representations that information on our Site or
accessible from it is accurate and up to date or complete and accept no
liability for any loss or damage caused by inaccurate information.
3.6
Clause deleted.
3.7
PLEASE NOTE: The information, commentary
and other materials posted on our Site are NOT intended to amount to
advice on which reliance should be placed by you in making (or refraining
from making) any decisions regarding your organisation or other organisations
you decide to contact whose details are accessible from our
Site. We therefore disclaim all liability and
responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any
visitor to our Site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its
contents.
3.8
Although we hope our Site will be of interest to you, we
accept no liability and offer no warranties in relation to it and its
content. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we
provide our Site on the basis that we exclude all representations,
warranties, conditions and other terms (including, without limitation,
the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for
purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill) which but for this
legal notice might have effect in relation to our Site.
3.9
In no event shall we or any other party (whether or not
involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering our Site), be
liable to you for any kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a
third party (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive
or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits,
goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from
or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort,
negligence, contract or otherwise) in connection with our Site in any way
or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of
our Site, any sites linked to our Site or the material on such sites,
including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may
infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on
account of your access to, use of, or browsing our Site or downloading of
any material from our Site or websites linked to our Site.
3.10
We accept liability for death or personal injury caused by
our negligence and for fraudulent misrepresentation which cannot, under
English law, be excluded.
3.11
We are a distributor as well as a publisher of content
supplied by third parties and users of our Site. Any opinions, advice,
statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed
or made available by third parties, including information providers, or
other users of our Site, are those of the authors, distributors or users
and not of us. We do not necessarily endorse nor are we responsible for
the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on
our Site.
3.12
We and our information providers have expended significant
time, effort, skill and expertise in compiling and verifying the
information on our Site. While we endeavour to ensure that the
information on our Site is correct, we do not know the context,
circumstances or purposes to which you may wish to apply and/or use this
information.
3.13
If you make an arrangement with anyone named or connected
with our Site you do so at your own risk.
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Links to other sites
4.1
You are not permitted to create links to our Site from any
other website without first obtaining our written permission.
4.2
We may provide hypertext links to other sites that are
operated by other people. These links are provided solely for your
convenience. Using such a link means you are leaving our Site and we
take no responsibility for, and give no warranties, guarantees or
representations in respect of other linked sites. This is because we
do not control and are not responsible for these sites or their content
or availability. If you decide to access any of the third party websites
linked to our Site, you do so entirely at your own risk.
4.3
Complaints relating to information appearing on other
websites should be addressed to the operator of that website.
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Copyright
5.1
Our Site contains copyright material, trade names and
other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text,
software, photos, graphics and may in future include video, graphics,
music and sound. The entire contents of our Site is protected by
copyright law. We, or our licensors, own copyright and/or database right
in the selection, co-ordination, arrangement and enhancement of such
content, as well as in the content original to it. We ask that you do not
modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create
derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or
in part except as provided in these terms. See the Copyright Notice
on our Site.
5.2
Information may only be downloaded from our Site for your
own personal use. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright
law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or
commercial exploitation of downloaded material or works derived or
developed from such material will be permitted without our express
permission and that of the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted
copying, redistribution or publication of copyright material, no changes
in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright
notice shall be made. You acknowledge you do not acquire any ownership
rights by downloading copyright material.
5.3
The logos names and devices used on our site are
trademarks and or trade names of ourselves our associates and partners.
You may not use these devices, names or logos without the consent of the
owner.
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Service access
6.1
While we endeavour to ensure that our Site is normally
available 24 hours a day, we shall not be liable if for any reason our
Site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
6.2
Access to our Site may be suspended temporarily and
without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or
for reasons beyond our control.
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Registration
7.1
If you wish to register on our Site you must be aged 18 or
over. We ask you to ensure that all the information provided to us
is true and accurate, current and complete. If there are any
changes to the details supplied to us it is your responsibility to inform
us straight away.
7.2
We reserve the right to refuse to accept any application
to register on our Site for any reason. Registrants to our site must
keep their passwords confidential.
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Bulletin Boards
8.1
We encourage our registered users to contribute to our
bulletin boards. Terms of use for posting messages to the bulletin
boards can be accessed through the Acceptable Use Policy set out
below.
8.2
All postings received will be assumed to be for
publication and any further use, at our discretion, on an exclusive,
royalty free, perpetual basis.
8.3
We expect those contributing to our message boards to have
information or views about the matters discussed, but our Site is subject
to the laws of libel and you could be sued if you are not careful in what
you say. If contributing to a bulletin board you should not make libelous
postings or any postings which are illegal or breach copyright, database
or other related rights. It is your responsibility to check this out and
we do not accept any liability in this respect.
8.4
If you see any information on a bulletin board which
breaches your’s or anyone else’s rights or may be illegal,
defamatory or otherwise should be removed, let us know immediately and,
where we agree, we shall do our best to remove it as soon as
possible.
8.5
If you breach the provisions or the Acceptable Use Policy
below you must indemnify (pay) us for any losses we suffer.
8.6
Although we listen to everyone’s suggestions for new
message boards, we cannot guarantee to include every topic everyone
requests.
8.7
We reserve the right to remove postings to message boards
or edit them at our discretion, but have no obligation to do so.
8.8
Registered users must ensure only they use those message
boards and they do not allow non-registrants to use them using a
registered user’s own password.
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Viruses hacking and other offences
9.1
You must not misuse our Site by knowingly introducing
viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious
or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised
access to our Site, the server on which our Site is stored or any server,
computer or database connected to our Site. You must not attack our Site
via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service
attack.
9.2
By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal
offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (as amended). We will report
any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will
co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In
the event of such a breach, your right to use our Site will cease
immediately.
9.3
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a
distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically
harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer
programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our Site
or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website
linked to it.
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Acceptable Use Policy
Prohibited uses
10.1
You may use our Site only for lawful purposes. You may not
use our Site:
10.1.1
In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or
international law or regulation.
10.1.2
In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any
unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
10.1.3
For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm anyone in
any way.
10.1.4
To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or
re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards set
out below.
10.1.5
To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or
unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of
similar solicitation (spam), either to us or to anyone whose details are
posted on our Site.
10.1.6
To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any
material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs,
keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or
similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any
computer software or hardware.
10.2
You also agree:
10.2.1
Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of
our Site in contravention of the provisions of these terms of website
use.
10.2.2
Not to send automated queries of any sort via our
Site without express permission in advance from us. Automatic queries
include attempts to harvest company email or website addresses by means
of spamming bots or spiders.
10.2.3
Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or
disrupt:
10.2.4.1 any part
of our Site;
10.2.4.2 any
equipment or network on which our Site is stored;
10.2.4.3 any
software used in the provision of our Site; or
10.2.4.4 any
equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
Interactive services
10.3
We may from time to time provide interactive services on
our Site, including, without limitation:
10.3.1
Chat rooms.
10.3.2
Bulletin boards.
10.4
Where we do provide any interactive service, we will
provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it
is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is
human or technical).
10.5
We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users
(and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any
interactive service provided on our Site, and we will decide in each case
whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service
(including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks.
However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any
interactive service we provide on our Site, and we expressly exclude our
liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive
service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the
service is moderated or not.
10.6
The use of any of our interactive services by a minor is
subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who
permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important
that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as
moderation is not foolproof. Minors who are using any interactive service
should be made aware of the potential risks to them.
10.7
Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will
normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a
concern or difficulty arise.
Content standards
These content standards apply to any and all material
which you contribute to our Site (contributions), such
as through updates to your business profile and through bulletin boards
and to any interactive services associated with our Site.
10.8
You must comply with the spirit of the following standards
as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any
contribution as well as to its whole.
10.9
Contributions must:
10.9.1
Be accurate (where they state facts).
10.9.2
Be genuinely held (where they state opinions).
10.9.3
Comply with applicable law in the United Kingdom and in any country
from which they are posted.
10.10
Contributions must not:
10.10.1 Contain any material which is defamatory of any
person.
10.10.2 Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful
or inflammatory.
10.10.3 Promote sexually explicit material.
10.10.4 Promote violence.
10.10.5 Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
10.10.6 Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of
any other person.
10.10.7 Be likely to deceive any person.
10.10.8 Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third
party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
10.10.9 Promote any illegal activity.
10.10.10 Be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause
annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
10.10.11 Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other
person.
10.10.12 Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity
or affiliation with any person.
10.10.13 Give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the
case.
10.10.14 Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of
example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
Suspension and termination
10.11
We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has
been a breach of this Acceptable Use Policy through your use of our Site.
When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we
deem appropriate.
10.12
Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy
constitutes a material breach of these terms of use upon which you are
permitted to use our Site, and may result in our taking all or any of the
following actions:
10.12.1 Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our
Site.
10.12.2 Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material
uploaded by you to our Site.
10.12.3 Issue of a warning to you.
10.12.4 Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an
indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative
and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
10.12.5 Further legal action against you.
10.12.6 Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we
reasonably feel is necessary.
10.13
We exclude liability for actions taken in response to
breaches of this Acceptable Use Policy. The responses described in this
policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably
deem appropriate.
Serviced Countries
10.14
Countries from which we permit resident users to make
purchases using this Site
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Country
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Restrictions on
transactions available (in addition to those stated in our terms
and conditions)
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United Kingdom
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None
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United States and Canada
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Some local state rerstrictions may apply
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Outside of the United Kingdom and North America
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Local law restrictions may apply.
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Changes to the acceptable use
policy
10.15
We may revise our Acceptable Use Policy at any time by
amending these terms of use. You are expected to check this page from
time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally
binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in our Acceptable Use
Policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published
elsewhere on our Site.
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Barring from the Site
11.1
We reserve the right to bar anyone from our Site, on a
permanent or temporary basis at our discretion. Any such person shall be
notified and must not then attempt to use our Site under any other name
or through any other user.
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Legal Jurisdiction and Dispute
Resolution
12.1
English law shall apply to these terms, notwithstanding
the jurisdiction where you are based. You irrevocably agree that the
courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these terms and for
those purposes irrevocably submit all disputes to the jurisdiction of the
English courts. The place of performance shall be England.
12.2
We make no warranty or guarantee that our Site or
information available over it complies with laws other than those of
England.
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Data Protection
13.1
We process information about you in accordance with
our Privacy
Policy. By using our Site, you consent to such
processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is
accurate.
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Transactions concluded through our
Site
14.1
Contracts for the supply of our Products formed through
our Site or as a result of visits made by you are governed by our
Terms and Conditions of
Supply.
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General
15.1
Users may print and keep a copy of these terms for
reference. They are a legal agreement between us and can only be
modified with our consent.
15.2
We may revise this legal notice at any time by updating
these terms. You should check our Site from time to time to review the
then current legal notice, because it is binding on you. Certain
provisions of this legal notice may be superseded by expressly designated
legal notices or terms located on particular pages on our
Site.
15.3
Any formal legal notices should be sent to us at the
address below by email or by post.
15.4
Failure by us to enforce a right does not result in waiver
of such right. You may not assign or transfer their rights under these
terms.
15.5
Nothing in these terms is intended to, nor shall it,
confer any benefit on a third party whether under the United Kingdom contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.
15.6
We may amend these terms at any time by posting a
variation on our Site.
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Further Information
16.1
Further information on these terms or any queries on them
can be obtained from:
Name:
Data Controller
Address:
Firm Foundation Trust, PO Box 330, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1GF, United Kingdom