terms of use agreement
The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:
- The term 'us' or 'we' refers to the owner(s) of queersaunas.co.uk. The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our website.
- The term 'sauna' refers to gay saunas.
- We reserve the right to change, amend or alter these terms & conditions at any time.
- queersaunas.co.uk is a guide to the gay sauna scene only, you must always check with the sauna first before planning your day or night. We will not be held responsible for any mistakes.
- Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.
- Up North Down South is not associated in any way with the venues, events, reviews or entertainers listed on this website. We will not be held responsible for any misuse or grievances you may have with any of the venues, events, reviews or entertainers listed on this website.
- The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
- Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
- This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the Copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
- We reserve the right to remove any text or images from the Website that we deem to be offensive or are unlawful.
- From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
- Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
- We will not be held responsible for any computers viruses, trojans or malware transmitted to your computer via queersaunas.co.uk.
- The information that you supply to queersaunas.co.uk (when submitting sauna information, images or by any other means and at any other time) must be accurate and conform to reality.
- Other than personally identifiable information which relates to a living individual whom can be identified from that information, which will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy, any material that you transmit or post to this Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. We will have no obligations with respect to such material. We and our designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.
- Your name, email, telephone or any other personal information gathered by us will only be used to contact you in regards to your sauna submission and will not be passed on or used in any other way as set out in our Privacy Policy;
- Where you are invited to submit or make any voluntary contribution to this website (including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio) you agree that by submitting such contribution, you grant to us a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to: use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to your contribution on a world wide basis to incorporate your contribution in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in your contribution.
- If you do not want to grant to us the rights set out above, please do not submit your contribution to this website.
- queersaunas.co.uk may review and delete any content, messages, photos or profiles (collectively, "Content") that in the reasonable judgement of queersaunas.co.uk violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of members.
- You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish, submit, post or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Service, or transmit to other members via the Service. You represent and warrant that at any time of posting the Content is (a) accurate, (b) not in breach of this Agreement, and (c) not harmful to any person in any way.
- By posting Content to any public area of queersaunas.co.uk, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to queersaunas.co.uk an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide licence to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorise sub-licences of the foregoing.
- The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Website. queersaunas.co.uk reserves the right to amend this list at any times and to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and terminating the membership and/or advertising contract of such violators. It includes Content that:
- is patently offensive to the online community, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
- constitutes a profile or photographs of any third person used without their permission;
- harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
- involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming";
- promotes information that you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or promotes conduct, or that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
- promotes an illegal or unauthorised copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
- contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
- provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
- provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
- solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; and
- engages in commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes.
- You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other intellectual property or proprietary information on this Website without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: an electronic or physical signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website; your address, telephone number, and email address; a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a signed statement by you, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the copyright owner's behalf. queersaunas.co.uk's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: info@queersaunas.co.uk.
- The queersaunas.co.uk website, logo, title, header design and images, footer design and images, slogan design and images, banners, posters, flyers and any other material made specifically for queersaunas.co.uk or for the owner(s) of queersaunas.co.uk were created by Shaun Goeppinger and remain his intellectual property rights. You may NOT copy, use, distribute or alter in any way shape or form any of the images or materials mentioned above without the express written consent of Shaun Goeppinger.
- Male model photography by Terry George.
- This statement is made by us in light of the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, and our responsibilities to you as a "data controller". Please read this section carefully. If you do not agree with the contents of this statement, do not submit any personal data to us.
- Your use of this website and your submission of any personal data to us, shall constitute your consent to allow us to process your personal data in accordance with the terms of this policy. For the purposes of this policy, "personal data" means any personal information (including sensitive personal data) that is capable of identifying you. This information may include your name, address, telephone number, fax number or e-mail address.
- If you have submitted your personal data, and later decide that you would like us to discontinue storing your personal data, you can choose to withdraw your information. To withdraw, please send an electronic mail headed "withdraw" to us at info@queersaunas.co.uk specifying your name and or email address so that we can locate your records and destroy them. Withdrawing your information cancels any pending or reserved advertising with queersaunas.co.uk as we will be unable to contact you further, you will be asked to confirm this.
- The personal data collected by us from you, may be utilised by us to:
- process your advertisement.
- contact you by mail, telephone, email, text message, or any other reasonable method.
- We will NEVER give out your information to any third party except to comply with any legal processes.