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By using busygirlsguide.co.uk, or the services offered by it, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms of service. Note that they may be modified by us from time to time.Please read these Terms of Service carefully. We have created them to protect you and to ensure that Busygirlsguide.co.uk is safe and fun for everyone. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, please do not enter Busygirlsguide.co.uk or register as a member, or subscribe to our newsletters or other subscription based services.

1. Acceptance of Terms of Service

1.1 Busygirlsguide.co.uk is provided free of charge to you by Busy Girls Guide Limited ("Busygirlsguide") under these terms of service (Terms of Service). These Terms of Service govern your use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk (whether you are a member, a subscriber or a visitor) and govern all services provided to you by Busygirlsguide in connection with Busygirlsguide.co.uk, including but not limited to, use of any email accounts, and other features and services such as personal home pages, provided from time to time. The contact details for Busygirlsguide can be found in our Privacy Policy.

1.2 Busygirlsguide.co.uk is intended for use by you in the United Kingdom only. Accessing Busygirlsguide.co.uk from territories where your access to it is prohibited or where such service (or any part thereof) is considered illegal or unlawful is not permitted under these Terms of Service. If you choose to access Busygirlsguide.co.uk from locations outside the United Kingdom, you do so on your own initiative and you are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws.

2. Amendments

2.1 We reserve the right to amend these Terms of Service from time to time without notice to you. Please check the Terms of Service periodically to see whether a change has been made to them. We may (at our discretion) provide you notice of such changes to any email address you have provided to Busygirlsguide. If you do not agree with any change in these Terms of Service, please discontinue further use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk. Your continued use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk will signify your acceptance of any change in the Terms of Service set out here.

2.2 From time to time Busygirlsguide may supplement these Terms of Service with additional terms applying to specific content or events, such as competitions ("Additional Terms"). Any Additional Terms will be clearly placed on Busygirlsguide.co.uk to be viewed in connection with the specific content or events. All Additional Terms will form part of these Terms of Service.

2.3 Busygirlsguide may modify or discontinue Busygirlsguide.co.uk with or without notice to you and without liability to you or any third party.

3. Registration

3.1 Although portions of Busygirlsguide.co.uk may be viewed by anyone who visits Busygirlsguide.co.uk you will need to register as a member in order to access some Busygirlsguide.co.uk including my diary.

3.2 When you register with us you are stating that you are over 18 years of age or are a minor over 13 years of age with parental consent to use the service you are registering for. PLEASE NOTE that all minors are recommended to discuss these terms and conditions with their parents or legal guardian before they complete any registration process or provide us with any information about themselves. We do not allow persons who we know to be 13 years of age or younger to register with Busygirlsguide.co.uk.

3.3 You agree that any information you provide to us about yourself upon registration or at any other time will be true, accurate and complete and that you will ensure that this information is kept accurate and up to date at all times. Busygirlsguide reserves the right to terminate your membership and access to any specific content if Busygirlsguide learns that you have provided Busygirlsguide with false or misleading registration information.

4. Password and Security

4.1 When you register to use Busygirlsguide.co.uk you will be asked to create a password. You must keep this password confidential and must not disclose it to or share it with anyone. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE for all activities that occur under your password. If you know or suspect that someone else knows your password you agree to notify us immediately at customerservice(@)busygirlsguide.co.uk

4.2 If you forget your password please click here or contact us at customerservice(@)Busygirlsguide.co.uk and we will be able to remind you of your password if you satisfy our security check.

5. Privacy Policy

We treat your privacy very seriously and we understand that you will wish to know how we will use the information we collect from you or that you provide to us. Please see our privacy policy, which forms part of these Terms of Service. All use of your personal information will be in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation.

6. Your use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk

6.1 You alone are responsible for your use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk and the consequences. By using Busygirlsguide.co.uk you agree to comply with the following guidelines:

(a) Busygirlsguide.co.uk is to be used by you for your personal use only and use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk for commercial purposes or to obtain financial gain are strictly prohibited without Busygirlsguide's prior written consent.
(b) Busygirlsguide.co.uk may not be used to send chain letters, junk mail, 'spam', solicitations (commercial or non-commercial) or bulk communications of any kind unless the recipient has given specific permission to be included in such a list. Busygirlsguide.co.uk may not be used to advertise a company, product or service or to recruit staff.
(c) You are not permitted to post links to alternative community groups unless it is with the express permission of Busygirlsguide.
(d) You may not post to Busygirlsguide.co.uk or use Busygirlsguide.co.uk to publish, send or distribute any message or material (in any media or form) that is unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, profane, threatening, racially or sexually or otherwise discriminatory, offensive, inaccurate, is in breach of confidence or a third party's intellectual property rights or which otherwise includes objectionable material of any kind or nature, that encourages or engages in conduct that could constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, national or international law or regulation or which has a disruptive influence on the normal flow of a message board.
(e) You (whether acting in your capacity as a journalist in any media or otherwise) may not post appeals for case histories on any Busygirlsguide.co.uk message boards. Unauthorised appeals will be removed.
(f) You must not impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious.
(g) You must not create any member names which mimic or impersonate an Busygirlsguide member of staff or other Busygirlsguide member.
(h) You must not use Busygirlsguide.co.uk or any part of Busygirlsguide.co.uk in a way that might reasonably be expected to cause the same to be interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or which could in any way damage the operation of another's computer.
(i) You will not harass or intimidate any Busygirlsguide.co.uk member via email communication.
(j) You must not post or use any part of Busygirlsguide.co.uk to distribute or send any illegal material of any kind, including but not limited to, illegal material in the form of text, graphics, video, programs or audio. Posting content or participating in any form of discussion with the intention to commit any illegal activity is strictly prohibited.

6.2 Busygirlsguide reserves the right in its absolute discretion at any time to edit, alter, delete or move any material whatsoever posted to, appearing on or distributed by Busygirlsguide.co.uk and you. Busygirlsguide will not enter into any discussions about its decision to edit, alter, delete or move such material.

6.3 Busygirlsguide may at any time, and without prior or post warning, close discussions as it feels appropriate. No discussion will be entered into.

6.4 In the event of uploading photographs you agree: (i) you are over the age of 13; (ii) you have reviewed and agree to comply with these Terms of Service (unless you are aged 14-17 years old, in which case, your parent or guardian has reviewed and agrees to these Terms of Service on your behalf); (iii) you have the rights necessary to authorise Busygirlsguide and its designees to copy, distribute, adapt, display, perform and otherwise use the photograph, and you hereby grant such authorisation; (iv) the individual depicted in the photograph is over the age of 13, or you have obtained the consent of the individual's parent or guardian, and such individual has consented to the photograph being made publicly available in connection with the Busygirlsguide.co.uk website; (v) the photograph has not been modified or altered in any manner so as to distort or misrepresent any individual or thing depicted in the photograph; (vi) the photograph does not contain any personal information such as a name, phone number or email address; and photographs of groups or offensive materials may not be posted. Busygirlsguide reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove or not post any photograph, for any reason. Also, you acknowledge that Busygirlsguide requires that any submitted photograph should not contain potentially offensive materials. If you would like to have your photo removed. Materials submitted to Busygirlsguide.co.uk will not be returned to the submitting party and Busygirlsguide has no obligation to inform you of any decision to remove or not post such materials.

7. Intellectual Property

7.1 Busygirlsguide.co.uk, its contents and all Rights therein are owned by Busygirlsguide (and/or its licensors). "Rights" means copyright, database rights, trade marks, design rights and other intellectual and proprietary rights of whatever nature, anywhere in the world. You acknowledge that (i) Busygirlsguide.co.uk is protected by Rights; (ii) these Rights are valid and protected in all media and technologies existing now or later developed; and (iii) except as explicitly provided otherwise, these Terms of Service and applicable copyright, trademark and other laws govern your use of such Rights.

7.2 You may view, print, download or temporarily store extracts from Busygirlsguide.co.uk for your personal, non-commercial reference without alteration, addition or deletion. You may not otherwise copy, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, publish, commercially exploit or otherwise transfer any Busygirlsguide.co.uk material or content. You acknowledge that you will not acquire any Rights by downloading or otherwise using any Busygirlsguide.co.uk content or materials.

7.3 By submitting content, which shall include your member name, to any "public area" of Busygirlsguide.co.uk, including message boards or forums, you grant Busygirlsguide and its affiliates a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any Rights that may exist in such content. You also permit any member to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content for personal use.

7.4 By submitting content, you also warrant that you are entitled and have all necessary rights to grant the licenses stated above. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of such content placed on Busygirlsguide.co.uk retains any and all Rights that may exist in such content.

7.5. Busygirlsguide.co.uk does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the comments, opinions or statements posted by users in Discussion Areas or elsewhere in the Service. Any information or material placed online by users, including advice and opinions, is the view and responsibility of those users and does not necessarily represent the view of Busygirlsguide.co.uk.

7.6 From time to time Busygirlsguide.co.uk will run competitions, free prize draws and promotions on this website. These are subject to additional terms as outlined below:

7.6.1 Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.
7.6.2 The competition is open to UK and Eire residents only.
7.6.3 All qualifying entrants who answer the question correctly will be placed in a free prize draw.
7.6.4 Winners will be notified within 28 days of the draw taking place. There is no cash alternative to the prize.
7.6.5 The competition is not open to anyone associated with Busygirlsguide.co.uk.
7.6.6 The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
7.6.7 Details of winners will be available upon written request.
7.6.8 No responsibility can be accepted for entries which are not properly received due to communications beyond our control.

8. Third Party Web Sites, Goods and Services

8.1 Busygirlsguide.co.uk provides links to third party web sites that are not affiliated with Busygirlsguide (although Busygirlsguide branding may appear on these sites). We make no representations as to the quality, suitability, functionality or legality of any sites to which we may provide links or any goods or services available from such sites.

8.2 All matters concerning any goods and services that you purchase from a third party site, including without limitation all contract terms are solely between you and the owner of that site and Busygirlsguide will not be liable for any costs or damages to you or any third party arising directly or indirectly out of any third party website. You hereby waive any claim you might have against Busygirlsguide with respect to any such sites.

8.3 Subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy, third parties may, from time to time, send email messages to you containing advertisements, promotions, etc. Busygirlsguide makes no representation or warranty with respect to the content of any email messages sent by third parties or any goods or services which may be obtained from such third parties as a consequence of these emails, and you agree that Busygirlsguide shall have no liability with respect thereto.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

9.1 Busygirlsguide.co.uk is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Busygirlsguide expressly disclaims all warranties or representations of any kind, express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.2 You understand and agree that Busygirlsguide does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information in or provided in connection with Busygirlsguide.co.uk. Busygirlsguideis not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information. Whilst Busygirlsguide.co.uk is provided for the general information of the general public, all information is provided on the basis that neither Busygirlsguide, its employees or consultants or its members, while such members are participating in Busygirlsguide.co.uk, are engaged in rendering legal, medical, counselling or other professional services or advice. Busygirlsguide.co.uk advises you to seek appropriate professional advice or care for any situation or problem which you may have.

9.3 Busygirlsguide shall not be responsible for any loss or damage caused directly or indirectly, by the information or ideas contained, suggested or referenced on Busygirlsguide.co.uk. Your participation in Busygirlsguide.co.uk is solely at your own risk. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Busygirlsguide or through Busygirlsguide.co.uk shall create any warranty not expressly made in these terms of service or imposed by law.

9.4 Busygirlsguide makes no warranty that the Busygirlsguide.co.uk will meet your requirements, or that the Busygirlsguide.co.uk network will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free; nor does Busygirlsguide make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk.

9.5 You understand and agree that any material and/or data downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk is at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of such material and/or data.

10. Limitation of Liability

10.1 Except as required by law, Busygirlsguide shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses or damages or loss of profits, data, goodwill, revenue in each case regardless of whether such losses or damages arise in the normal course of events or whether Busygirlsguide has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

10.2 Busygirlsguide will not be liable for any such losses or damages whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise arising out of or in connection with this website including without limitation the use or the inability to use Busygirlsguide.co.uk, or messages received, or transactions entered into through Busygirlsguide.co.uk, or resulting from unauthorised access to or alteration of your transmissions or data.

10.3 Nothing in these Terms of Service shall operate to exclude or restrict Busygirlsguide's liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

11. Emails and Personal Home Pages

Busygirlsguide assumes no responsibility for the deletion of or failure to store e-mail messages or for any problems with its personal home page service. Whilst the security of your personal information is a priority to us, you should be aware that e-mails you send to us are not necessarily secure when they are transmitted to us. If your communication to us or any third party is sensitive or includes highly confidential information such as credit card number, you may want to provide it by post or via the telephone instead.

12. Termination & Remedies for Breach of these Terms by You

12.1 Busygirlsguide will be entitled to restrict, suspend or terminate your membership or deny you access to Busygirlsguide.co.uk or take such other action as Busygirlsguide deems appropriate if Busygirlsguide determines, in its sole discretion, that you are in breach any of the Terms of Service or Busygirlsguide considers in its sole discretion that your use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk is inappropriate or otherwise unacceptable.

12.2 The restriction, suspension or termination of our service pursuant to this section will be without prejudice to any rights which Busygirlsguide may have against you in respect of your breach of these Terms of Service.

12.3 Busygirlsguide shall be entitled to disclose your user identity and details if required or requested by the courts or other law enforcement authorities and/or agencies or in such other circumstances as specified in our Privacy Policy.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold each of Busygirlsguide, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk, the violation of these Terms of Service by you, or the infringement by you, or any other user of your account, or of any intellectual property or other right of any other person or entity.

14. Applicable Law

These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and any dispute shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

15. Advertisers

15.1 All contents of advertisements are subject to Busygirlsguide approval. Busygirlsguide reserves the right to reject or cancel any advertisement, insertion order, space reservation or position commitment at any time. In addition, Busygirlsguide.co.uk shall have the right to reject any URL link embodied within any advertisement.

15.2 For a full refund, cancellations or changes in orders must be made in writing (email) within seven working days of the purchase date.

16. Miscellaneous

16.1 In the event that any provision of the Terms of Service conflicts with the law under which the Terms of Service are to be construed or if any such provisions are held invalid by a court with jurisdiction over the parties to the Terms of Service, such provision will be deleted and the remainder of the terms of these Terms of Service will remain in full force and effect.

16.2 Any failure or delay by us to enforce strict performance by you of any of the Terms of Service or to exercise any right under the Terms of Service will not be construed as a waiver to any extent of our rights.

16.3 Busygirlsguide may assign its rights and obligations under these Terms of Service and upon such assignment Busygirlsguide shall be relieved of any further obligation under these Terms of Service.

15.4 These Terms of Service, any Additional Terms (as defined in section 2 above) and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire understanding between you and us as to your use of Busygirlsguide.co.uk and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between us and you. Nothing in these Terms of Service shall operate to exclude or restrict your or our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation.

16. busygirlsguide and the accompanying icon are trademarks of Busy Girls Guide Ltd. Other products & company names mentioned on this website may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.