Terms of Use

This is www.graziadaily.co.uk - the website of Grazia magazine - a website operated by Bauer Consumer Media Limited (the "Website"). Your use of this Website is subject to the following terms and conditions of use (the "Terms"), which you are deemed to accept by using the Website. (Bauer Consumer Media Limited and its group companies are referred to together in these Terms as "Bauer Consumer Media".)

These Terms were last updated on 28 August 2008.

Copyright

The copyright and all other rights in the material on this Website are owned by us or are included with the permission of the owner of the rights. As a visitor to this Website, you may download a single copy of the material on this Website on a single computer for your own private viewing purposes only. No copying or distribution of material on this Website for any commercial or business use is permitted without our prior written consent. No photography, filming or broadcast of the pages of this Website is permitted without our prior written consent. Subject to this paragraph, all rights in material on this Website are reserved to Bauer Consumer Media.

User-submitted content

If you send or otherwise submit any text, images, audio or other materials, information or content ("Content") to this Website, by doing so you grant Bauer Consumer Media the right to permanently store all such Content and present them for public access and/or viewing in its magazine Grazia, on the Website and in all its licensed editions throughout the world, without payment. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have obtained all necessary permissions, licences and consents in order to enable Bauer Consumer Media to use the Content as provided for in these Terms.  If you fail to do so, you may be infringing the rights of the person who owns the Content. The copyright of every image or other material remains with the respective photographer or creator. All Content must comply with the Commenting rules, set out below.

Information and availability

Whilst we take every care to ensure that the information on this Website is accurate and complete, some of it may be supplied to us by third parties and we are unable to check its accuracy or completeness. You are advised to verify the accuracy of any information before relying on it. Further, due to the inherent nature of the Internet, errors, interruptions and delays may occur in the service at any time. Accordingly, this Website and any information made available on it is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any warranties of any kind and we do not accept any liability arising from any inaccuracy or omission in the information or interruption in availability.

No reliance

The information on this Website does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Bauer Consumer Media or any  person connected with the Website or Grazia. Neither should any suggestions or advice contained on this Website be relied upon in place of professional advice. You are responsible for checking the accuracy of relevant facts and opinions given on this Website before entering into any commitment based upon them.

Other promotions & competitions

From time to time, we (or selected third parties) may include competitions, promotions or other offers on this Website. Each such offer shall be subject to its own express terms and may not be available in all jurisdictions.

Linking to this Website

We welcome 'hot links' to the Home Page of this Website, but do not display the contents of this Website (or any page from it) or allow it to be displayed surrounded or framed or otherwise surrounded by material not originating from us without our consent. If you would like to licence our material, please contact us.

Links to other websites

On this Website you may be offered automatic links to other websites. Whilst we hope you will be interested in those websites, you acknowledge that their owners may be independent from us and we do not endorse or accept any responsibility for their content.

Computer viruses

We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Website does not contain or promulgate any viruses or other malicious code. However, it is recommended that you should virus check all materials downloaded from the Website and regularly check for the presence of viruses and other malicious code. We exclude to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws all liability (other than liability for death or personal injury) in connection with any damage or loss caused by computer viruses or other malicious code originating or contracted from the Website.

Trademarks

The following are trademarks of Bauer Consumer Media and which may be registered in certain jurisdictions:

1.       Bauer Consumer Media

2.       Graziadaily.co.uk

3.       Grazia

No use of these trademarks is to be made by you except for the purpose of referring to Bauer Consumer Media, the Website and/or Grazia in good faith only.

Severability

In the event that any term of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms shall remain valid and enforceable.

Variation of these Terms

Bauer Consumer Media reserves the right to vary these Terms from time to time. Such variations become effective immediately upon the posting of the varied Terms & Conditions of Use on the Website. By continuing to use the Website you will be deemed to accept such variations.

General

Nothing in these Terms shall restrict or exclude any liability that we have to any party which cannot be excluded by law. These Terms shall be governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Commenting - Rules of Acceptable Use

Comments, message boards, personal profiles and any discussion forums or pages of the Website where you are capable of posting material are provided for your private and non-commercial use and for the exchange of lawful, relevant, fair and appropriate information, opinions and comment. Use of the Website that is inconsistent with those stated purposes is strictly prohibited. Your use of these forums and the Website generally is subject to the following terms which, by your use of the forums and the Website, you are deemed to accept (and which amount to a non-exhaustive list of prohibited acts):

• Do not use obscene or offensive language or post obscene or offensive material, and do not place on the Website any material which is defamatory, abusive, discriminatory or hateful or which applauds, encourages or entices abuse, discrimination or hate. By doing so you may offend the person who the material relates to (or another user) and you may be committing an offence in doing so.
• Do not post any material on the Website which has been disclosed to you in confidence or which, by its nature, is confidential. By doing so you run the risk of breaching an obligation of confidentiality, which is unlawful.
• Do not post any material on the Website (including contact details, last names, telephone numbers, street addresses or other identifying information of private individuals or public figures) which compromises your privacy or security (or the privacy or security of anyone other than you). This is for your own personal protection and security (and that of others), and by disclosing that information about others you may be in breach of data protection laws.
• Do not place on the Website any material which may encourage criminal conduct or which may give rise to civil liability, or which is otherwise unlawful. If you encourage others to break the law you could be committing an offence yourself.
• Do not place on the Website any material belonging to any person (or any material where the rights belong to any person) other than yourself without the prior written consent of the owner of it. By doing so you could be opening yourself and/or Bauer Consumer Media (and any third party licensed or permitted to use that material by Bauer Consumer Media in accordance with these Terms) up to any claim of infringement of the owner's rights.
• Do not place any links on the Website where those links take users to unlawful material or material that contravenes these Rules of Acceptable Use. By doing so you could be committing an offence.
• Do not place on the Website any advertisements nor make commercial solicitations nor use the Website for any commercial purposes (which would include using the Website to promote or encourage the sale of your goods/services). Others are required to pay for advertising space on the Website to fund the Website, and by using the Website for commercial purposes you will be affecting our ability to continue to offer this Website to you and other users.
• Do not use the Website to solicit information from anyone under the age of 18. By doing so you will be acting irresponsibly and could be engaging in an unlawful activity.
• Do not place on the Website any material that authorises, enables or encourages the dissemination of junk mail or chain letters. By doing so you may affect the enjoyment of the Wesbite by other users and you may be acting unlawfully.
You must become a registered user in order to post comments on this Website. You will be required to register the first time you decide to submit a comment and all subsequent comments will be subject to you providing your valid user ID and password.

If you do not comply with these Rules of Acceptable Use, we reserve the right to prevent you from making any future submissions to this Website (or any other website operated by Bauer Consumer Media).

You grant to Bauer Consumer Media the right to permanently store all such Content and present them for public access and/or viewing in its magazine Grazia, on the Website and in all its licensed editions throughout the world, without payment. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have obtained all necessary permissions, licences and consents in order to enable Bauer Consumer Media to use the Content as provided for in these Terms.  If you fail to do so, you may be infringing the rights of the person who owns the Content. The copyright of every image or other material remains with the respective photographer or creator.

Bauer Consumer Media accepts no responsibility for any Content or other submissions placed on the Website by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage resulting from your breach of these Rules of Acceptable Use.

You agree to indemnify Bauer Consumer Media, and its representatives and employees from any and all claims and liabilities (including legal fees) which arise from your statements, contributions or other submissions to this Website, from any unauthorised use of material obtained from the Website or otherwise from your breach of our Rules of Acceptable Use.

Removal of Content

We will not view or edit or pre-screen any contribution that you or anyone else make to the forums or to the Website generally and therefore, unless we are specifically notified of the nature of any item of content, you cannot assume that we are responsible for having made it available on the Website. We, and others that we designate, shall have the right (but not the obligation) at our sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content that is posted to, or available on, the comments, message boards, personal profiles and any discussion forums or pages of the Website without the need to give any reasons for doing so.

Content objections

If you object to the publication of any material placed on this Website please let us know by sending an appropriately worded email to abuse@graziadaily.co.uk and we will take whatever action we deem appropriate.

Magazine competition terms and conditions

These rules apply to competitions that appear within Grazia magazine, and that refer specifically to these terms and conditions.

The closing date for competition/giveaway/promotion entries is displayed alongside the competition/giveaway/promotion.

The promoter's address, and that to which postal entries should be sent, is Grazia Magazine, Bauer Consumer Media, Endeavour House, 189 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JG.

Employees of Bauer Consumer Media, and those professionally connected with the competition/giveaway/promotion, are not eligible to enter.

Unless otherwise stated, competitions/giveaways/promotions are open to UK residents only.

Every care is taken with entries but neither Bauer Consumer Media, nor any other company professionally connected with the competition/giveaway/promotion will accept liability for any loss or damage, however caused, nor accept responsibility for delayed or incomplete entries.

Unless otherwise stated, prizes are as described and alternatives will not be offered.

Winners will be notified by letter within 14 days of the closing date.

A list of winners and results can be obtained by writing to the promoter.

The editor's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Bauer Consumer Media may wish to contact you in the future, or pass your details to selected third parties, to introduce new products and services to you. If you are sending your entry by text and do not wish to be contacted, please add the word ‘No' to the end of your text message. If you are sending your entry by post and do not wish to be contacted, please write the word ‘No' on your entry postcard.

Online competition terms and conditions

These rules apply to all prize promotions including free draws, prize competitions and instant win offers. Depending on the nature of the competition there may be additional rules.

Promotions are open to UK residents aged 18 and over.

Prizes are non-transferable, non-negotiable and no cash alternatives will be offered.

Bauer Consumer Media and the promoter reserve the right to substitute the prize for another prize of equal value.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to enter the competitions unless otherwise stated on the promotional activity with a specific competition.

By entering the prize draw, the entrant agrees to be bound by the rules and by any other requirements set out in the promotional material accompanying the promotion.

By entering the promotion, the entrant agrees to the terms of the Privacy Policy. In addition, with your consent Bauer Consumer Media may pass your personal information to the promoters and their data processors. However, we always demand that those parties adhere to the same security procedures that we follow ourselves.

It is assumed that by entering competitions which, if won, could result in time off work, your employer is in agreement to time off. When dates are notified they cannot be altered.

Depending on the nature of the prize, its use or enjoyment may be subject to further conditions or restrictions.

Winners will be notified by email on the day of the draw. Winners have twenty eight (28) business working days to respond in full to the email or another winner will be drawn.

By entering the promotion, the winner(s) consent(s) to any publicity generated as a result of the promotion, and use on Graziadaily.co.uk at any time.

Prize draws are open to all residents of the UK, except employees of Bauer Consumer Media, the promoter and their immediate families, the promoters advertising agency and sales promotion consultancy, and anyone else connected with the creation and administration of the promotion. And anyone employed or contracted as a supplier or agent in the production of Graziadaily.co.uk.

The Editor's decision on the competition / promotion winner/s is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Only one entry per person. Spammers will be disqualified.

Graziadaily.co.uk 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 promotional draw is held by Bauer Consumer Media Limited, 21 Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2DY.

Bauer Consumer Media cannot be held liable for the failure of the competition sponsor to provide a prize in the event of their liquidation/bankruptcy, insolvency, or change of ownership.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.