Community terms of use


Introduction and Background
Our web site, community.cotswoldoutdoor.com is a social networking tool published by Cotswold Outdoor. By joining our site you are accepting our Terms and Conditions. We may decide to change them at any time and if we do so those changes will be written into these terms and conditions. It is the responsibility of users to be aware of these terms and conditions in case there are any changes. Writing the changes in here is our obligation, keeping an eye on them is yours. Continuing to use the site after a change has been made is your acceptance of the changes.

Use of the Site
You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site. If you become aware of any inappropriate content by any member of this site, please contact community.cotswoldoutdoor.com by clicking on the "Report this page" link at the footer of every community.cotswoldoutdoor.com page. This site and the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to Cotswold Outdoor, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "as is" and on an "is available" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. Use of and Membership in the community.cotswoldoutdoor.com service is void where prohibited. By using the community.cotswoldoutdoor.com Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 15 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the community.cotswoldoutdoor.com services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe you to be in breach of any of the above terms. In no event will Cotswold Outdoor be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use, data, or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence or other tortuous action, arising out of or in connection with the use of the site. Cotswold Outdoor does not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials. The names, images and logos identifying Cotswold Outdoor or third parties and their products and services are proprietary marks of the Cotswold Outdoor and/or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication or otherwise any licence or right under any trademark or patent of Cotswold Outdoor or any other third party.

Registered User
A fully registered member of community.cotswoldoutdoor.com requires the user to have filled out the following information: Screen Name, First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Country of Origin, Birthday, How you found out about us and Upload a profile photo

Competitions
On entering a competition (the person, persons or organisation entering the competition) agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and Cotswold Outdoor shall only accept submissions (defined below) on that basis. Cotswold Outdoor reserve the right to substitute an alternative prize of equal value. There is no cash alternative. Entries should only be made via the Internet. Entries must be received by 5pm GMT on the closing day of the competition as stated on the competition entry form. No responsibility can be accepted for non-receipt of submitted entries. Employees of Cotswold Outdoor, their families and agents are not eligible to take part in the competition.

Responses via the website are deemed to be signed by virtue of having been submitted. Cotswold Outdoor reserves the right to terminate the competition before a judgement is made and it will endeavour to notify entrants of the termination and where possible provide an explanation of such a termination. Cotswold Outdoor reserves the right to change the submission deadline and timetable for whatever reason. Cotswold Outdoor will endeavour to inform all entrants of these changes.

Cotswold Outdoor shall at its sole discretion select the winner from the prize draw. By entering a competition you accept that you will be subscribed to the community.cotswoldoutdoor.com e-newsletter.

All entrants must be 18 or over and resident in the United Kingdom. Information gathered in the running of competitions or promotions is not shared with any 3rd party except where the competition or promotion is run in conjunction with a 3rd party and sharing information is necessary to support the promotion.

Disclaimer
All outdoor activities are potentially hazardous. The information provided on this website offers guidelines only, and is no substitute for personal instruction from a qualified person. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information, no responsibility can be accepted for any errors or omissions. By choosing to follow any of the advice, the viewer accepts personal responsibility for a) learning any techniques required, b) any risks involved, and c) any loss, damage, or injury sustained of any kind - including death - howsoever caused.

Privacy Statement
community.cotswoldoutdoor.com (which means company name plc and their associated companies) is committed to protecting your privacy when you use our on-line service ("Service"). In this policy we explain how and why we collect your information, what we do with it and what controls you have over our use of it. From time to time, we add or change functions, features or products to our Web Sites or add or change Services. This, and our commitment to protecting the privacy of your personal information, may result in periodic changes to this Privacy Policy. As a result, please remember to refer back to this Privacy Policy regularly to review any amendments. By using this site ("Web Site") or our Services, you unconditionally agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

What data do we collect and how do we use it?
community.cotswoldoutdoor.com collects and processes information about you in order to:
  1. identify you each time you visit a Web Site or wish to have a Service provided;
  2. process orders or applications submitted by you;
  3. improve our Services and Web Site
  4. Customise your experience, for example, provide advertisements that we think are relevant to you and which support any specific requests for information you may make through keyword searches;
  5. carry out research on the demographics, interests and behaviour of all of our members; and
  6. send you information we think you may find useful, including information about new community.cotswoldoutdoor.com products and services.

You may be asked, either when you register with us, or at other times, for information about yourself, such as your name, e-mail address, postal address and telephone number. You may also be asked to share with us your interests, hobbies and preferences You are under no obligation to provide this information, but if you don't then we may not be able to provide you with certain services or personalise your experience and tailor our Services for you (for example, tell you about special offers on things you're interested in).

Log files/IP addresses
When you visit our Web Sites, we automatically log your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet) which is automatically recognised by our web server. We use IP addresses to help us administer our Web Site and to collect broad demographic information for aggregate use. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information.

Non personal information
We may automatically collect non-personal information about you such as the type of internet browsers you use or the site from which you linked to our Web Site. You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on our Web Site. We may from time to time supply the owners or operators of third party sites from which it is possible to link to our Web Sites with information relating to the number of users linking to our Web Site from their sites. You cannot be identified from this information.

Use of Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web Site transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes track information about you. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of a Web Site if you do so. Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means they cannot be used to track your movements around the web. Although they do identify a user's computer, cookies do not personally identify customers or passwords. We use cookies for the following reasons:
  1. To identify who you are and to access your account information;
  2. To estimate our audience size and patterns;
  3. To ensure that you are not asked to register twice;
  4. To control how often visitors see similar ads;
  5. To track preferences and to improve and update our Web Site; and
  6. To track the progress and number of entries in some of our promotions and contests.


With whom is the information shared?
community.cotswoldoutdoor.com will not share, sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may disclose your personal information to third party suppliers who provide services on our behalf. community.cotswoldoutdoor.com may disclose aggregate statistics about our sales, our Web Site visitors and members of our services in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will not include personally identifying information. community.cotswoldoutdoor.com may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or if it believes that such action is necessary to protect and defend the rights, property or personal safety of community.cotswoldoutdoor.com and its Web Site, visitors to the Web Site and members of our Services. Our Web Site contains links to the sites of third parties. When you visit these sites, we suggest that you read their privacy policies. community.cotswoldoutdoor.com is not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of such sites. We will only sell or rent your personal information to a third party either as part of a sale of the assets of community.cotswoldoutdoor.com having ensured that steps have been taken to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected.

Information about products and services
It is very important to us that we provide you with the highest level of service. In order to help us do this, from time to time community.cotswoldoutdoor.com may send you details of our products and services which we think may be of interest to you. If at any time you do not wish to receive these details, please e-mail us at customer.services@cotswoldoutdoor.com

Security
community.cotswoldoutdoor.com places a great importance on the security of all information associated with our members. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of member data under our control. For example, our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorised personnel have access to user information. While we cannot ensure or guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of data will not occur, we use our best efforts to prevent this.

Where is the information stored?
Information which you submit via our Web Site service is stored on a computer located in the European Economic Area. This is necessary in order to process the information and to send you any information you have requested. Information submitted by you may be transferred by us to our other offices and to reputable third party suppliers, which may be situated outside the European Economic Area. Not all countries outside the EEA have data protection or privacy laws. In addition, if you use our Service while you are outside the EEA, your information may be transferred outside the EEA in order to provide you with those Services.

Comments
Please e-mail any questions, concerns or comments you have about our Privacy Policy to customer.services@cotswoldoutdoor..com