Terms & Conditions

GOLDEN SHEARS (“we” “us”) website(s) (our “Site” or “Sites”) and related services are made available to you in accordance with the following Terms of Use & Service and any other rules posted on our Sites (collectively, the “TOS”). Please read the TOS carefully before registering with www.thegoldenshears.com. We recommend you should keep a copy of the TOS for future reference.

 

GOLDEN SHEARS is a registered trademark, registration number UK000031600550. If you have any comments about GOLDEN SHEARS, you can email us at contact@thegoldenshears.com.

 

In particular, we wish to draw your attention to our policies relating to the terms of registration within the TOS and our Privacy Policy. If you are under 16 you must let your parent or guardian know about GOLDEN SHEARS’s Privacy Policy before you register to use this Site or any of this Site’s services. We reserve the right to only accept registration from those over 18 however.

 

We may modify the TOS from time to time. Please read the TOS and check back often. If you do not agree to any change to the TOS then you must immediately stop using the Site and our services. Any changes made after you have registered will not affect your registration unless we are required to make the change by law.

 

REGISTRATION

 

To use some of the services or features made available to you on this Site you will need to register. When you register you are required to provide information about yourself that is true, accurate, current, and complete in all respects. Should any of your registration information change, please notify us immediately at the following e-mail address contact@thegoldenshears.com. We may also change registration requirements from time to time.


The account password you provide should be unique and kept secure, and you must notify GOLDEN SHEARS immediately of any breach of security or unauthorised use of your account.


Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information about how we use your data.


ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER


In order to register on the Site you will be required to provide your personal details. In particular, you must provide your real name, phone number, e-mail address and other requested information as indicated. 


The Site is available only to individuals and others who meet the GOLDEN SHEARS terms of eligibility and whose registration and applications are acceptable to GOLDEN SHEARS.


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


Your use of the Sites and its contents grants no rights to you in relation to any copyright, designs, trademarks and all other intellectual property and material rights relating to the Content (as described in the Content section below), including GOLDEN SHEARS Software and all HTML and other code contained in this Site. All such Content including third party trademarks, designs, and related intellectual property rights mentioned or displayed on this Site are protected by national intellectual property and other laws and international treaty provisions. You are permitted to use the Content only as expressly authorised by GOLDEN SHEARS and/or its third party licensors. Any reproduction or redistribution of the above listed Content is prohibited and may result in civil and criminal penalties. Without limiting the foregoing, copying and use of the above listed materials to any other server, location or support for publication, reproduction or distribution is expressly prohibited. However, you are permitted to make one copy for the purposes of viewing Content for your own personal use.


CONTENT


In addition to the Intellectual property rights mentioned above, “Content” is defined as any graphics, photographs, including all image rights, sounds, music, video, audio or text on this Site. GOLDEN SHEARS tries to ensure that the information on this site is accurate and complete. GOLDEN SHEARS does not promise that GOLDEN SHEARS’s Content is accurate or error-free. GOLDEN SHEARS does not promise that the functional aspects of the Site or GOLDEN SHEARS’s Content will be error free or that this Site, GOLDEN SHEARS Content or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. We always recommend that all users of the Internet ensure they have up to date virus checking software installed.


The personal opinions of anyone featured on the site, or any third parties with whom we are associated are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of GOLDEN SHEARS and we accept no responsibility for any such views expressed in any media.


NO COMMERCIAL USE


This Site is for your personal non-commercial use only. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, commercially exploit, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any Content, software, products, or services contained within this Site. You may not use this Site, or any of its Content, to further any commercial purpose, including any advertising or advertising revenue generation activity on your own Site.


YOUR ACTIVITY


You agree that you will be personally responsible for your use of this Site and for all of your communication and activity on and pursuant to this Site. If we determine that you are or have been engaged in prohibited activities, were not respectful of other users, or otherwise violated the TOS, we may deny you access to this Site on a temporary or permanent basis.


THIRD PARTY


We may include hyperlinks on this Site to other websites or resources operated by parties other than GOLDEN SHEARS, including supporters. GOLDEN SHEARS has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Web Site and is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any off-site pages nor are we responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for the privacy practices or the 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 websites or resources.


YOUR RIGHTS


You have certain rights under English law and nothing in the TOS is intended to affect these rights. For more information about your rights contact your local Citizens Advice Bureau or Trading Standards Bureau.


LIMITS ON OUR LIABILITY


We accept liability for death and personal injury arising from our negligence or that of our employees and agents. We do not seek to exclude our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation by us or our employees or agents.


Nothing in the TOS is intended to affect your rights under the law (see “Your Rights” above).


If GOLDEN SHEARS breaches the TOS we shall only be liable for any losses which are direct losses and a reasonably foreseeable consequence of such a breach.

We are not responsible for losses not caused by our breach or negligence, indirect losses which are a side effect of the main loss or damage and which are not reasonably foreseeable by you and us (for example, loss of profits or loss of opportunity).


We are also not responsible for failure to meet any of our obligations under the TOS where such failure is due to events beyond our reasonable control.


COMPENSATION


At our request, you agree to compensate us fully, defend us, and hold us GOLDEN SHEARS harmless immediately on demand, its officers, directors, agents, affiliates, licensors, and suppliers, from and against all liabilities, claims, expenses, damages and losses, including legal fees, arising from any breach of the TOS by you, including the use by any other persons accessing this Site using your Internet account caused by your action or inaction.


OUR RELATIONSHIP


You acknowledge and agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and GOLDEN SHEARS as a result of the TOS or your use of this Site. You agree that you may not and will not hold yourself out as a representative, agent, or employee of GOLDEN SHEARS, and we shall not be liable for any representation, act, or omission on your part.


NO WAIVER


If you breach the TOS and we take no action against you, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where you breach the TOS.


COMPETITIONS


From time to time GOLDEN SHEARS will run competitions. These may be subject to additional terms that will be made available at the time.

  • Prizes are non-transferable and non-negotiable.

  • By entering a competition, the entrant agrees to be bound by the rules and by any other requirements set out in the material accompanying the promotion.

  • By entering a competition, the entrant agrees to the terms of the privacy policy.
  • By entering a competition, the winner(s) consent to any publicity generated as a result of the competition, and use on websites, magazines or mobile services at any time.
  • GOLDEN SHEARS decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. 
  • GOLDEN SHEARS will not accept responsibility for loss through technical fault, incomplete, illegible or other damaged entries. Proof of entry is not automatically proof of receipt.
  • The competitions are held by GOLDEN SHEARS or as stated.
  • These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

GOVERNING LAW


The TOS together with all our policies and procedures will be governed by and construed in accordance to the relevant United Kingdom law and the relevant courts of the United Kingdom will have exclusive jurisdiction.