General Terms of Use
These General Terms of Use (referred to herein as “Terms of Use”) set out important
information regarding your rights, obligations and the restrictions that apply
when you use our online services which we make available (which includes,
amongst other things, audio visual content, text, photographs, forums, blogs,
chatrooms advertising and other services) (“Services”) at the website http://www.animecentral.com/ (the “Website”).
These Terms of Use govern the relationship between you and CSC
Media Group Ltd when you access and use our Website and Services. We reserve
the right to update these Terms of Use via the Website at any time and at our
sole discretion.
Any reference to “you”
or “your”, means you as user of the
Website and Services.
Any reference to “we”,
“us”, “our” or “CSC” is to CSC
Media Group Ltd. For our contact details please see the end of these Terms of
Use.
By accessing and continuing to use the Website, you agree to
be legally bound by these Terms of Use – so you should read them carefully. If
you do not agree with any part of our Terms of Use then you should immediately
cease to use our Website and/or any Services.
You may be asked to agree to further terms and conditions when
using specific Services for example entering competitions promoted by us or our
partners on the Website, submitting materials, subscriptions, or purchasing
content or other goods via the Website. If there is any inconsistency between
these Terms of Use and any such terms and conditions, the latter terms and
conditions shall prevail.
Child Supervision: You must be at least 18
years old to use our Website. If you're under 18 years old, please get a
parent's or guardian's permission before using our Website. In the event that any
user of our Website and Services is under 18 (and so a minor), then we would
advise that a parent, or guardian of the minor, supervises his/her use of the
Website at all times. It is the parent’s or guardian’s responsibility to determine
which of the Services is appropriate for their child. Extra care and caution
should be given when revealing personal information in respect of a child.
Content Guidance: Some of the content on
our Website may be content which has
been shown on our TV channels after the watershed time or which may not be
suitable to children, contain strong language, nudity, scenes of a sexual
nature or which required an announcement to be given to viewers of our TV
channels before its transmission. We will endeavour to indicate on our Website
whether the content of our Services is of an adult nature and to give you as
much guidance as possible for you to make an informed choice as to whether you
wish to view such content. By accessing and continuing to use the Website, you
accept responsibility for reviewing such guidance and information and, where
you allow anyone under the age of 18 to access the Services, for ensuring that
the Services are suitable for them.
Fair Use Policy – Restrictions on Use of the
Website/Services: In accessing http://www.animecentral.com/
and the material or content made available by CSC via the Website and Services,
you shall only do so for your own personal, non-commercial use.
You agree to comply with these Terms of Use at all times
when using our Services and all applicable laws and regulations, together with
any specific usage rules that may be posted on the Website in relation to any
material and content that you access via the Services.
You may not copy, reproduce, communicate and / or make
available to the public, republish, download, post, broadcast, transmit, or
post or use in any other way the contents of the Website including the
Services, webpages, computer codes of elements comprising the Website and the
Services and any software provided to you except for your own personal, private
and non-commercial use, or unless otherwise expressly permitted by us.
You may not use the Website or Services in any way that may
lead to the encouragement, procurement or carrying out of any criminal or
unlawful activity, or cause distress, harm or inconvenience to any other
person.
You will not do anything (such as release a computer
‘virus’) that may cause damage to the Services or our servers, systems or
equipment or those of third parties, nor access or attempt to access any users'
data or to penetrate or attempt to penetrate the Website’s security measures.
We reserve the right to suspend, restrict or terminate your
access to any part, or all, of the Website at any time at our sole discretion
and without notice to you.
Notice and Take Down: We reserve the right to
remove any material which is submitted by users which we believe is infringing
a third party’s intellectual property rights. In the event that you believe
your intellectual property rights are infringed by any material contained on
the Website, then please inform us with the appropriate information to identify
the material and the reasons you allege your rights are being infringed to webmaster@animecentral.com.
Digital Rights Management and Protection: We use certain security
technology to protect the material and content made available on our Website and
you may not attempt to, or assist, any other person to remove or otherwise
alter or interfere with any security technology used in connection with the
Website or Services, nor may you permit or assist in any way any third party to
use the material or content made available by CSC or its licensors via the Website
or Services in an unlawful manner or in a manner which could infringe the
rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Website or
Services by, any third party.
Intellectual Property: All intellectual
property rights in this Website and all material or content made available by CSC
via the Website (excluding any Submissions by users (in respect of which see
below)) shall remain at all times the property of CSC or CSC's licensors. We
reserve all our rights in respect of our own material and content on the
Website.
The names, images and logos identifying us, companies in the
CSC group, our partners or third parties and our/their products and services
contained in the Website and the Services are proprietary marks and may not be
reproduced or otherwise used without express permission.
Nothing contained in these Terms of Use shall be construed
as conferring by implication any licence or right to use any trade mark,
patent, design right or copyright of CSC or of any third party.
Registration: You may be required to register
your details for certain Services and open a user account that you can then use
to access and log on to use those Services. You promise to follow any specific
terms and conditions that may apply to any such Service..
Safety: We advise that you never reveal via
the Services any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for
example: telephone number, home address or email address). You are entirely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your details when using our
Services.
Links To Other Websites and Services: This Website contains
links to other third party websites and services through advertising or
otherwise and we have no control over those third party websites or services
and are not responsible for their contents. We do not endorse the material
contained in their websites or services, and have no association with their
operators It is your sole responsibility to view and agree to the terms of use
of those third party websites and advertisers, and you agree that we are not
liable in any way for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of your
using any such third party websites or advertisers.
Limitation On Liability: We provide the Website
and Services to You on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis, and we do not
guarantee the availability of the Website or Services. We make no
representations or promises that the Website or the Services will be free from errors or omissions nor that they
will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition. It is
solely your responsibility to maintain adequate anti-virus software on your
personal computer at all times whilst accessing the Website and the Services. We
reserve the right to temporarily suspend (and without notice) the Website and
any part of the Services. We will not be
liable to you or to any other person in the event that all or any part of the Website
or Services is discontinued, modified or changed in any way.
We do not accept any
liability for:
-any damage or loss caused to you
where you are not entering into these Terms of Use as a consumer;
-any damage to your computer, any
software or for any loss of data that results from your use of the Website and
/ or Services;
-any failure, any suspension and/or any termination of
access to the Services or any content in connection with or
arising out of any event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control, or
compliance with any applicable laws or regulations; and/or
-any claims brought against you by a
third party except as stated in these Terms of Use.
Any views expressed in any content, material, blog or
chatroom which is uploaded by you or other users of the Services on the Website
whether as a Submission or otherwise do not reflect CSC's views and are not in
any way guaranteed or endorsed by us.
Nothing in these Terms of Use will:
-restrict your statutory rights as a
consumer (including your rights to receive a reasonable standard of service,
more details about which can be obtained from your local Trading Standards
Office or Citizen's Advice Bureau);
-limit our liability for death or
personal injury resulting from our negligence or for fraud.
These Terms of Use shall not make us responsible for any
damage or loss caused to you where such damage or loss is not reasonably
foreseeable to you and us when you use the Services, including where the damage
or loss results from our breach of these Terms of Use.
You agree to compensate us in respect of any damages
suffered by us or any of our losses resulting from any claim made by a third
party in each case in respect of any matter arising from your use of the Website
and/or the Services in breach of these Terms of Use or from your violation of
any applicable law or regulation.
You agree not to give any indication that you have any
commercial relationship with us, or that you are our agent or that we have
endorsed any submission you may make.
Privacy: Our Privacy Policy posted on
our Website contains important information about the use of your personal data
and other information regarding your privacy, and is incorporated in full into
these Terms of Use by reference hereto.
Assignment: These
Terms of Use along with any rights and/or licenses granted, may be assigned by
Us without restriction, but may not be transferred in any way or assigned by
you to any third party.
Severance: If any provision of these Terms of
Use shall be found by any court or administrative body of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability
shall not affect the other provisions of these Terms of Use which shall remain
in full force and effect.
Law and Jurisdiction: These Terms of Use are
available in English only and shall be exclusively governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of England
(or the laws of Scotland
if you are domiciled there). Disputes arising in connection with these Terms of
Use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts unless you choose the jurisdiction of your
domicile in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
General: These Terms of Use were last
updated on 13 September 2007. Please note that we may update and amend these
Terms of Use from time to time and any changes will be posted on the Website
and it is your responsibility to check for updates. We recommend that you print
and store or save a copy of these Terms of Use for future reference.
Contact Details: You can email us with any
questions, queries or complaints at webmaster@animecentral.com
CSC Media Group Ltd, a company registered in England & Wales with registered office at 37 Harwood Road, London
SW6 4QP
Privacy Policy
for animecentral.com
This Privacy Policy ("Policy") supplements the Terms of Use, any
specific “member” Terms of Use and any other terms and conditions which we may
require you to adhere to (collectively referred to as the “Terms”), and forms part of those Terms and should be read in
conjunction with them. You can view them here [insert link]. Expressions used
in the Terms have the same meaning in this Policy.
Any reference to
"we", "us" and "our" in this Policy is to CSC
Media Group Ltd of 37 Harwood Road,
London, SW6 4QP
.
Any reference to
“you” or “your” in this Policy, means you as a user
of the http://www.animecentral.com/
website (the "Website").
We are committed
to protecting your privacy.
This Policy
explains how your personal information (meaning any information about you which
is personally identifiable like your name, address, telephone number or email
address, generally referred to throughout this Policy as "personal information") will be
used.
For the purposes
of the Data Protection Act 1998, we are acting as a data controller, and you
shall be the data subject.
Please note that
this Policy only applies to the collection of your personal information by us directly
on this Website and the use of that personal information by us and by those
whom we authorise.
This Policy does
not cover the use of any of your personal information which you may divulge on third
party websites which are linked from this Website, and you should carefully
read any other privacy policy on those third party websites.
By accessing and
continuing to use the website, you accept the terms of this Policy. If you do
not agree with any part of our Policy then you should not use the Website.
We may update
and amend this Policy from time to time and any changes will be posted on the
Website and it is your responsibility to revisit this Policy from time to time
to view any amendments / updates.
This Policy was last updated on 13 September 2007.
The
information we collect from you.
We may require
you from time to time to register to
use various Services on the Website and / or update your current registration -
and in such instances we collect your personal information which you provide us
with during the registration process. You may also be asked to provide other personal
information from time to time when entering competitions or uploading pictures
via the Website.
We also collect
information (as is common with most websites) from “cookies” or other such
similar devices which store and sometimes track information about your use of
the Website (see section entitled "Do we use Cookies" below).
We may also
collect personal information when you disclose any such personal information to
us or otherwise, through your general use of the Website (for example when you
make a complaint or enquiry or provide feedback to us; or when you submit an
entry to a competition or prize draw; or when you request to be sent
communications by us, such as updates or newsletters; in monitoring your
communications sent via and use of the website to ensure and check compliance
with our Terms)
How do
we use the information which we collect from you?
We use
information we collect from you, to help us improve your experience of using
the Website.
We may use your
personal information to:
1. monitor, develop and improve the Website
and so improve your experience; and / or
2. assist us in administering the Services to you; and / or
3. process and deal with any complaints or
enquiries which we receive which are made by, or about, you and your issue of
the Website; and / or
4. investigate any suspected breach of any
of the Terms; and / or
5. to monitor your compliance with the Terms,
and thereby allow us to check postings or submissions on the Website, forum messages
; and/or
6. to administer any competition prizes
which you may be entitled to, including the right to publish or otherwise make
available a list of prize winners,.
We shall only send
you updates regarding the Services on the Website (by email, telephone and SMS)
and information concerning third party products when expressly requested to do
so by you. After requesting such information, we shall provide you with
opportunities to cancel such requests, and for the avoidance of doubt, you can
cancel such information requests any at time by emailing us to webmaster@animecentral.com and stating that you do
not wish to receive any such further communications from us.
How you
can amend your personal information
When you
register your personal details on the Website to register an account or for
certain other Services (e.g. such as our weekly newsletter) you may change or
update your personal details (including you user name and password) at any time
via your account log-in. You should ensure that you update your details as soon
as possible with any relevant changes.
Use of “Cookies”
A cookie is a
small amount of data sent from our server and stored on your computer's hard
drive.
Cookies and
other such similar devices allow us to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics
of the usage of the Website by users (i.e. you), so that we can understand how
users (i.e. you) use our Website. This includes allowing us to understand such
things as how popular certain web pages or advertisements are.
Cookies allow us
to improve the structure of our Website, and please note that we cannot
identify you personally by using
Cookies, as all data collected by the Cookies is anonymous.
Cookies and
other such similar devices can also assist and facilitate your use of the
Website by:
-allowing you to carry information across pages of our Website
and thereby avoiding having to re-enter information;
-allowing you to access stored information within your
registration area;
-allowing us to tailor content and / or advertisements to
match your preferred interests or to hopefully assist in avoiding us showing
you the same adverts repeatedly.
How can I remove Cookies?
It is common for
most internet browsers (e.g. Firefox or Windows Explorer) to be automatically
set up to accept Cookies, but you can set your browser to refuse a cookie or
ask your browser to show you where a cookie has been set up.
However please
note that certain Services on the Website are only activated by the presence of
a Cookie and therefore if you choose to refuse cookies, particular features of
this Website may not be available to you.
If you wish to
remove Cookies by disabling them, please click on the “Manage Cookies” section
of the Interactive Advertising Bureau website http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Do we
share your information with third parties?
We may pass your
information to other parties for the following reasons:
-solely where relevant, your user name and information you
voluntarily provide in your profile (e.g. profile or user name) and which you
have which you have registered with us, will be published on areas of the Website
such as the forums, chat rooms or pages where user submissions are displayed and this will be the identity by which you are
known on those areas. Other users of the Website will therefore be able to
identify you and contact you by your user name or profile)
-we will pass your personal information on to our employees,
contractors, suppliers and/or agents so that we are able to administer the Services
provided to you by us now or in the future;
-we may pass on some general statistical information about
the website user base, sales patterns, traffic volumes and any such related
matters to reputable third parties who will handle such information in
accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, but please note that these
details will not include information personally identifying you; and
-we may disclose your personal information to the police,
regulatory bodies or legal advisers in connection with any alleged criminal
offence or suspected breach of any of the Terms
as we may other otherwise be required by
law and we will co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order
requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of or locate anyone
breaching the Terms or
otherwise for the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or
prosecution of offenders.
We shall not pass on or sell your personal
information to any third persons for any other purpose than those set out
above.
Security
and how do we protect your information?
We abide by the
principles of the Data Protection Act 1998, and we will endeavour to take all
reasonable steps to protect your personal information.
Contact
details
You can email us
with any questions, queries or complaints to webmaster@animecentral.com
CSC Media Group
Limited, is a company registered in England
& Wales
with registered office at 37
Harwood Road, London, SW6 4QP.
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Copyright CSC Media Group Limited 2007