Terms and Conditions of Use

Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Rights

All copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights in and to this website and all content included on this website, such as text, graphics, logos, icons, images, image rights and software, is the property of Giant Olive Tree Book House and/or its content suppliers. All such rights are expressly reserved. You may print off one copy of any page from our website for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on it. Our status (or that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on this website should always be acknowledged. For promotional purposes, you must contact and seek permission from us first.

Use Limitation

You may not use, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, communicate to the public, display, perform, reproduce, publish, licence, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any images, graphics, files, software, products, information, content or services obtained from this website without our prior written permission. You may not frame any content from this website with advertising, promotional material, information or other content without our prior written consent.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

You warrant to Giant Olive Tree Book House that you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this Agreement. It is a condition of using this website that you will not violate or attempt to violate the security or integrity of the website, including, without limit, accessing data not intended for users of the website; attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the website for security breaches; attempting to interfere with service to users of the website (including, without limit, submitting a virus or corrupted data to the website, overloading the website or carrying out any form of denial of service attack, or continuously posting repetitive material on the website); attempting to decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the content or software comprising or making up any part of the website; and sending unsolicited advertising or other communications to users of the website.

Use of Website Services/Posting Content

Description “Services” means where we provide areas of the website to post and exchange views, information, ideas and opinions (“Postings”).

The Postings do not represent the views of Giant Olive Tree Book House. We are not responsible for the content or opinions posted or sent by users in any Services. We may randomly pre-screen Postings and therefore not all Postings submitted will necessarily be posted via our Services. We will make every effort to ensure that our website best serves your interests and those of all users. We therefore reserve the right to vet, monitor, remove, suspend, destroy and change any Postings and/or content that is available on our Services.

If you find objectionable or offensive material in the Postings, please let us know as soon as possible by e-mailing gotbookhouse@hotmail.com

If you participate in any Services within our website you agree to follow our terms of use set out below.

You are solely responsible for evaluating the fitness for a particular purpose of any downloads, programs and text available through this site. Redistribution or republication of any part of this site or its content is prohibited, including such by framing or other similar or any other means, without the express written consent of Giant Olive Tree Book House. Giant Olive Tree Book House does not warrant that the service from this site will be uninterrupted, timely or error free, although it is provided to the best ability. By using this service you thereby indemnify Giant Olive Tree Book House, its employees, agents and affiliates against any loss or damage, in whatever manner, howsoever caused.

Your Conduct: You are solely responsible for the contents of your transmissions through the Services. You take responsibility for Postings under your name and use the information provided in the Services at your own risk. You recognise and accept that the Services provided by us are not intended to be anonymous. Submissions sent include the IP (Internet Protocol) address from which the login session originated with this header information, the source of a message can be narrowed dramatically (often directly to your computer). This is done for the protection of all users of our website. To report a misuse of these Conduct rules and regulations, please e-mail us at gotbookhouse@hotmail.com

By using the Services you agree not to:

use the Services provided for chain letters, junk mail, spamming or any use of distribution lists to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a process.
transmit through the Services any unlawful, harassing, libellous, abusive, hate, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature.
use the Services for illegal purposes.
use the Services to advertise or otherwise solicit funds or in such a way as is a solicitation for goods or services.
post any personal contact details (such as names, email addresses, telephone number, etc).

Safety

You should 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.
Never assume that people are who they say they are, know what they say they know, or are affiliated with whom they say they are affiliated with in any user-generated content area. Information obtained in this way may not be reliable.
Use of Postings: By posting any material as part of any Postings, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid up and sub-licensable right (and grant us all necessary consents and licences) to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, annotate, abridge, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such material throughout the world in any format now known or later developed and via media for any purpose. In doing so you promise that you own or otherwise are able to grant to us all rights in and to the material submitted, that you have obtained all necessary rights, licences and consents in respect of such material to enable us to use the same in accordance with these terms and that use of such material by us will not infringe upon or violate the rights of any third party. Additionally you grant us the right to use your first name and age (if supplied) (but no other personally identifying information) in connection with such material. You waive and agree not to assert any moral or other similar rights you may have in and to such material.

If you do not want to grant us these rights please do not submit any Postings to us.

If you are under the age of 13, please DO NOT submit any Postings. Please ask your parent or guardian to submit any postings on your behalf.

Liability Disclaimer

Nothing in this Agreement shall exclude our liability for:

death or personal injury arising through negligence;
fraudulent misrepresentation; or
anything else that cannot be excluded under English law.

We do not warrant or represent that material downloaded and/or accessed via or from our web site will be free or viruses or other similar contaminants and you should operate the most up-to-date virus protection software at all times.

Other than as stated in this Agreement, we:

do not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage which may arise from reliance on any information contained in this website;
do not accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from any reliance placed on third party content on the website by you or anyone who may be informed of any of its contents;
disclaim all warranties, express or implied, as to any goods on the website and/or the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials on our website and will accept no liability for any loss or damage arising out of problems with access to the website and any commentary and other materials posted on our website are provided for general information purposes only and are not intended to be relied upon by you; and
do not accept responsibility for any loss, damage or costs suffered or incurred by you arising from viruses or contaminants contracted by you or your machine via accessing or using our website.
We do not endorse and assume no responsibility for the accuracy or content of the website (including any comments, recommendations, Postings or suggestions from readers, Giant Olive Tree Book House or others).

While Giant Olive Tree Book House uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on this website, Giant Olive Tree Book House cannot guarantee its accuracy or that it is free of errors or omissions.

Force Majeure

Neither party shall be liable to the other for any failure to perform any obligation under any Agreement which is due to an event beyond the control of such party including but not limited to any ‘Act of God’, terrorism, war, Political insurgence, insurrection, riot, civil unrest, act of civil or military authority, uprising, earthquake, flood, pandemic or any other natural or man made eventuality outside of our control, which causes the termination of an agreement or contract entered into, nor which could have been reasonably foreseen. Any Party affected by such event shall forthwith inform the other Party of the same and shall use all reasonable endeavours to comply with the terms and conditions of any Agreement contained herein.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

This website may contain links to third party websites. Giant Olive Tree Book House does not endorse such website(s) or their contents and is not responsible for such contents and makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents, accuracy or functionality of such website(s).

NO UNAUTHORISED LINKING

You may not link to or from this website to another website without our prior written consent.

ACCESS RESTRICTION

Giant Olive Tree Book House, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to deny any user access to this website either in part or as a whole without notice.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Giant Olive Tree Book House reserves the right to add, delete, make changes to this website and the terms of this Agreement at any time without notice. You are bound by such revisions once you continue to use the website. If you do not accept any such changes, you should stop using the website. You should periodically visit this page to review the current terms of the Agreement.

APPLICABLE LAW

The English Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from or related to this website. English law will apply to this Agreement. By accessing this website you consent to these terms and conditions and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in all disputes arising out of such access.