ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Introduction
- Together with our website terms and conditions of use, this Policy governs how you may use this website (the Site), which is provided by us free of charge.
- References in this Policy to the Site includes the following websites and all associated subdomains and web pages:
- You should read this Policy carefully before using the Site.
- By accessing or using the Site or otherwise indicating your consent, you agree to use the Site in accordance with this policy and the documents referred to within.
- If you do not agree with or accept any of these policies, you should stop using the Site immediately.
- If you have any questions about the Site, please contact us by using the following e-mail address: LW2Team@LocalWhere2.com. Alternatively, you may contact us by telephone using the following number: +44 (0) 28 82 24 9494.
- Calls will be answered at the following times:
- Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
- We may record calls for quality and training purposes.
- Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
- Definitions:
- “Policy” means this acceptable use policy and any other policies or documents supplemental to or herein contained;
- “Submission” means any text, images, video, audio or other multimedia content, software or other information or material submitted by you or other users to the Site;
- “Site” means the following websites and all associated subdomains and web pages: https://localwhere2.com/;
- “Content” means any text, images, video, audio or other multimedia content, software or other information or material submitted to or on the Site;
- “We”, “us” or “our” means LOCAL WHERE 2 (company registration number NI662990) the registered office of which is at:
- Great Northern Road,
Omagh, Co. Tyrone
N.Ireland BT78 5LU ;
- Great Northern Road,
- “You or your” means the person accessing or using the Site or its Content.
- We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Policy, at any time. It is your responsibility to check this Policy periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes.
Scope of Policy
- You and all users of the Site (including any staff, employees, and any other persons connected to LOCAL WHERE 2) are bound by the provisions of this Policy and any other applicable policies alongside the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Site.
- We seek to promote, encourage and facilitate the safe, constructive, and robust use of the services and Content of the Site in the interest of you and all other users of the Site. This shall require and be dependent upon the appropriate and legal use of the technologies, facilities, services, and Content made available to you and all others of the Site.
Acceptable Use of the Site
- The Site is for your personal/business use and non-exclusive use only. As long as you comply with this Policy and the Terms of Use LOCAL WHERE 2 grants you a personal/business, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Site.
- The Site is primarily to be used for the following:
- A platform that showcases your business along with its events, promotions, discounts, jobs, and business opportunities directly to your target market.
- Use of the Site in any other way, including in contravention of any restriction on use set out in this Policy, is not permitted. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, you may not use the Site.
- Restrictions:
- As a condition of your use of the Site, you agree:
- not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful under any applicable law or prohibited by this Policy or our website terms and conditions of use;
- not access the Site in any manner that is prohibited by this Policy or our website terms and conditions of use;
- not to use the Site to commit any act of fraud;
- not to use the Site to distribute viruses or malware or other similar harmful software code;
- not to use the Site for purposes of promoting unsolicited advertising or sending spam;
- not to use the Site to simulate communications from us or another service or entity in order to collect identity information, authentication credentials, or other information (‘phishing’);
- not to use the Site in any manner that disrupts the operation of our Site or business or the website or business of any other entity;
- not to use the Site in any manner that harms minors;
- not to promote any unlawful activity;
- not to represent or suggest that we endorse any other business, product, or service unless we have separately agreed to do so in writing;
- not to use the Site to gain unauthorized access to or use of computers, data, systems, accounts, or networks;
- not to attempt to circumvent password or user authentication methods; and
- to comply with the provisions relating to our intellectual property rights and software contained in our website terms and conditions of use.
Interactive services
- We may make bulletin boards, chat rooms, comments boards, reviews, or other communication services which invite Submissions (‘Interactive Services’) available on the Site.
- We are not obliged to monitor or moderate Submissions to Interactive Services.
- We may remove or edit any Submissions to any of Interactive Services whether they are moderated or not.
- Any Submission you make must comply with our Submission standards set out below.
Submission standards
Any Submission or communication to users of our Site must conform to standards of accuracy, decency, and lawfulness, which shall be applied at our discretion, acting reasonably. In particular, you warrant that any Submission or communication is:
- your own original work and lawfully submitted;
- factually accurate or your own genuinely held belief;
- provided with the necessary consent of any third party;
- not defamatory or likely to give rise to an allegation of defamation;
- not offensive, obscene, sexually explicit, discriminatory or deceptive; and
- unlikely to cause offense, embarrassment, or annoyance to others.
Linking and framing
- You may create a link to our Site from another website without our prior written consent provided no such link:
- creates a frame or any other browser or border environment around the content of our Site;
- implies that we endorse your products or services or any of the products or services of, or available through, the website on which you place a link to our Site;
- displays any of the trademarks or logos used on our Site without our permission or that of the owner of such trademarks or logos; or
- is placed on a website that itself does not meet the acceptable use requirements of this Policy.
- We reserve the right to require you to immediately remove any link to the Site at any time, and you shall immediately comply with any request by us to remove any such link.
Using our trademarks, logos, or trade names
- You may only use our trademarks, logos, or trade names with our prior written permission. Any other use is prohibited.
- In the event that you are given such permission, you may only use our trademarks, logos, or trade names in accordance with the strict limits of such permission and any guidelines imposed by us.
Breach
We shall apply the terms of this Policy at our absolute discretion. In the event of your breach of this Policy, we may terminate or suspend your use of the Site, remove or edit Submissions, disclose Submissions to law enforcement authorities or take any action we consider necessary to remedy the breach.
Disputes
- We will try to resolve any disputes with you quickly and efficiently.
- If you are unhappy with us please contact us as soon as possible.
- To formally make a complaint to us please use our complaints handling procedure (https://localwhere2.com/contact-us/).
- If you and we cannot resolve a dispute using our complaint handling procedure, we will:
- let you know that we cannot settle the dispute with you; and
- consider the need for Alternative Dispute Resolution and, if considered necessary, provide you with information about any alternative dispute resolution provider we deem appropriate to deal with your complaint.
- If you want to take court proceedings, the relevant courts of the United Kingdom will have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to these Terms.
- Relevant United Kingdom law will apply to these Terms.