Sponsorship Microsite Terms and Conditions

Kidney Research UK Charity, whose registered office is at Nene Hall, Lynch Wood Park, Peterborough, PE2 6FZ (Registered Charity No. in England & Wales 252892, in Scotland No. SCO39245), issues these Terms and Conditions for its Fundraising Profile / Microsite. By using the fundraising profile / Microsite, you are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions.

Target Audience

The Fundraising Profile / Microsite is intended for use only in relation to Kidney Research UK Charity sponsorship and event activities.

Currency for Transactions

All transactions must in Sterling.

Gift Aid

When you are making a donation to Kidney Research UK Charity on this Fundraising Profile / Microsite you will be asked to confirm that you are a UK taxpayer meeting the criteria of the Gift Aid scheme.

Kidney Research UK Charity will reclaim the tax back on every eligible sponsorship donation made through this Microsite in accordance with the rules of the Gift Aid Scheme as they apply at the time.

Kidney Research UK Charity is not an accounting, taxation or financial advisor, and you should not rely on information given on the Fundraising Profile / Microsite to determine the accounting, tax or financial consequences of making a donation to Kidney Research UK Charity.

User Responsibilities and Warranty

You are classified as a "User" of this site by becoming a fundraiser, donor, contributor to the picture, video library or to the blog.

As the User you must use the pages in solely for the purposes intended. You also warrant to Kidney Research UK Charity that you will use the Fundraising Profile / Microsite and its associated services in a responsible and legal manner.

You must not upload or write material in contravention of any law or regulation or infringe the copyright, trademarks, service marks or other intellectual property rights of third parties or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others or in any defamatory, racist, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful manner.

When using the Microsite you must not misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any other person or organisation.

You must not use the Fundraising Profile / Microsite to send "spam", chain letters or mail at a frequency likely to cause offence or annoyance to recipients. And you must not conduct, display or send surveys, raffles, lotteries, contests, pyramid schemes or other items or contents reasonably judged as equivalent in these circumstances.

You must not interfere with, or disrupt, the service or services or networks connected to the Fundraising Profile / Microsite or introduce any computer virus including any variant or similar malicious code or instructions to Kidney Research UK Charity.

You will indemnify Kidney Research UK Charity, its employees and agents, harmless against all claims, liability, losses, damages and expenses including, without limitation, legal fees and costs arising out of or incurred as a result of any claims made, or litigation brought, against Kidney Research UK Charity, its employees and agents, as a result of your use of the Fundraising Profile / Microsite, the material or any part thereof for whatever purpose, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

In the event that you commit a breach of these Terms and Conditions Kidney Research UK Charity reserves the right at its sole discretion to immediately and without notice suspend or permanently deny your access to all or part of the Fundraising Profile / Microsite and services.

Copyright

Trademark

All material housed on these Fundraising Profile / Microsite and associated Web server(s) operated by Kidney Research UK Charity and its agents, unless otherwise acknowledged, is the property of Kidney Research UK Charity. This material, whether text, images, sound or other media forms, cannot be republished without permission. Permission is hereby granted for such material to be viewed, stored, or output as ''hard copy'', for individual, non-commercial use only. Where individual authors are credited, each asserts his or her moral right to be identified as the author of that material. If you wish to link to any of the material on this Fundraising Profile / Microsite or server(s), incorporate any of our images in your own material, or use any of our images as links, then before doing so you must contact the named author (if given) or contact Kidney Research UK Charity.

All content on the Fundraising Profile / Microsite is owned by Kidney Research UK Charity, or other original providers, and is protected by the applicable intellectual property and proprietary rights and laws. No other use of the Fundraising Profile / Microsite''s content is permitted without the express prior permission of Kidney Research UK Charity, and, where applicable, the copyright holder.

Kidney Research UK Charity reserves the right to remove any pictures, photographs or copy from personal fundraising pages, at its sole discretion and without notice if copyright status is in any doubt.

The Kidney Research UK logo and words Kidney Research UK are registered trademarks and cannot be used without the permission of Kidney Research UK.

Availability of Microsite and Changes to the Service

Kidney Research UK will make every effort to ensure that the Fundraising Profile / Microsite and other services are available continuously but it does not guarantee continuous uninterrupted or secure access to the Fundraising Profile / Microsite.

Kidney Research UK reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue all or any part at any time with or without notice.

Kidney Research UK will also undertake general maintenance and upkeep of the Fundraising Profile / Microsite from time to time. During this period, the Fundraising Profile / Microsite may not be available for use.

This Fundraising Profile / Microsite has been optimised for versions of Internet Explorer 6 and above and other popular search engines. To render pages to their full extent users must have Java Script enabled.

You should refresh your browser each time you visit the Microsite to ensure that you download its most up to date version.

Unless specifically exempted, any new features, services or software applications introduced shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions.

Kidney Research UK Charity Rights

Kidney Research UK may remove or edit any content posted on the Fundraising Profile / Microsite or remove your entire fundraising page at its sole discretion without notice and at any time.

By allowing you to construct a personal fundraising page on the Fundraising Profile / Microsite of the Kidney Research UK in aid of Kidney Research UK does not in any way imply endorsement of your fundraising activity.

Encryption and Security

The Microsite 128bit encryption security software throughout however the security of information and payments transmitted via the internet cannot be guaranteed. Any loss incurred or sustained by any user who transmits information via this Fundraising Profile / Microsite by e-mail or other internet links shall be borne solely and exclusively by the user and in no event shall any loss in whole or part be borne by Kidney Research UK or any organisation connected with this Fundraising Profile / Microsite.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information in these pages, Kidney Research UK wishes to emphasise that the contents contained in the site and held on associated server(s) are regularly reviewed and are naturally subject to change from time to time as required.

Use of the information and data contained on this Fundraising Profile / Microsite and server(s) is at your sole risk. It is the responsibility of the user / reader to check the accuracy of relevant facts and information with the appropriate department before entering any commitment based upon them. Kidney Research UK cannot be held responsible for any action taken as a result of viewing or downloading any material on this site.

If you use automatic language translation services in connection with this Web site and associated server(s) you do so at your own risk.

Kidney Research UK does not, and nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall act to, exclude or limit Kidney Research UK's liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence, fraud or any other liability which may not by applicable law be excluded or limited.

Subject to the paragraph above, Kidney Research UK shall not be liable in any event for any loss or damage which you may suffer or have claimed to suffered by accessing and using the Microsite including but not limited to damages or loss of: opportunity; sales; profits; goodwill; software or data; computer equipment or use thereof; time; or for any other indirect, consequential or special loss.

Termination

You may stop using the Fundraising Profile / Microsite and its services at any time but these Terms and Conditions remain in force.

Data Protection

Kidney Research UK endeavours to comply with the letter and the spirit of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Governing law

These Terms and Conditions are governed by English law and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Third party rights

A person who is not a party to these Terms and Conditions has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these Terms and Conditions.