Terms and Conditions

The United Kingdom Programme Action Committee welcomes you to our website. These are our terms and conditions for use of the website.

These terms and conditions apply whenever you access the UKPAC website, on whatever device. By using the UKPAC website, you are deemed to have accepted these conditions.

Any changes we make to the terms and conditions will be reflected on this page.

Copyright Notice

The UKPAC is a sub-committee of Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland. All files on this website are copyright United Kingdom Programme Action Committee (UKPAC) or other individuals or entities. All rights reserved.

Use of Material on the UKPAC Website

For the purposes of this agreement, "material" means material including, without limitation, text, video, graphics and sound material, published on the UKPAC website, whether copyright of UKPAC or a third party.

These files are provided for the non-profit use of Soroptimists worldwide. You may download and print quotations or excerpts from these files, or use them in their entirety, for the advancement of Soroptimist aims, or for personal non-commercial use, but the meaning of the information should not be changed or modified in any way. No fee may be charged for any material in these files, or for access to these files.

Any reproduction of all or part of these files for commercial use is strictly prohibited, unless UKPAC or the copyright owner has granted their prior written consent.

You must not reproduce any part of the UKPAC website or the material or transmit it to or store it in any other website or disseminate any part of the material in any other form, unless we have indicated that you may do so.

Submitting Material to the Website

Submitting photographs or other graphical material

When you send photographs or other graphical material to us you agree that you have taken the photograph you have sent to us, or you have permission from or are authorised by the owner of the photograph to send it to us. You are granting us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to publish or otherwise use the photograph in any way and at any time we want on the UKPAC website.

Selected material will be published at our discretion and you will not be paid, even if your material is published.

We may cut, edit, crop or arrange your photograph or graphics as we think fit to appear on the UKPAC website, and we may remove your photograph or graphics at any time. We reserve the right to edit or delete any comments you send with the image.

On request, your name will be published alongside your photograph or graphics.

IMPORTANT: You or the owner of the photograph still own the copyright and are free to republish the photograph wherever you or the owner wish and in whatever medium you or the owner want.

Submitting written material

Members of Soroptimist International or of certain related organisations may submit material for publication in various areas of the site, including the news pages. We accept no liability in respect of any material submitted by users and published by us and we are not responsible for its content and accuracy.

If you want to submit material to us for publication on the UKPAC website, you may do so on the following terms and conditions:

1. publication of any material you submit to us will be at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to make additions or deletions to the text or graphics prior to publication, or to refuse publication
2. you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide licence to republish any material you submit to us in any format, including without limitation print and electronic format
3. you warrant to us that any material you submit to us is your own original work and that you own the copyright and any other relevant rights
4. you warrant that the material you submit is not obscene, offensive, defamatory of any person or otherwise illegal
5. you agree not to post material which is deliberately intended to upset other users
6. you acknowledge that any breach of these warranties may cause us damage or loss and you agree to indemnify us in full and permanently against any third party liabilities, claims, costs, loss or damage we incur as a result of publishing material you submit to us, including consequential losses.

Disclaimer of Liability

We give no warranties of any kind concerning the UKPAC website or the material. In particular, we do not warrant that the UKPAC website or any of its contents is virus free. You must take your own precautions in this respect as we accept no responsibility for any infection by virus or other contamination or by anything which has destructive properties.

Although we will do our best to provide constant, uninterrupted access to the UKPAC website, we do not guarantee this. We accept no responsibility or liability for any interruption or delay.

Material uploaded by our website team

To the extent permitted at law, we do not accept any responsibility for any statement in the material on this website. You must not rely on any statement we have published on the UKPAC website without first taking specialist professional advice. Nothing in the material is provided for any specific purpose or at the request of any particular person.

We will not be liable for any loss caused as a result of your doing, or not doing, anything as a result of viewing, reading or listening to the material or any part of it (except for death or personal injury attributable to our negligence and to the extent permitted at law).

Material on other websites

You can access other sites via links from the UKPAC website. These sites are not under our control and we are not responsible in any way for any of their content, including that of Soroptimist websites that link to this website. Inclusion of links to other websites on this website does not imply endorsement or approval of the information offered.

Governing Law & Jurisdiction

This agreement is governed by English law and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Variations

These terms may be varied from time to time, including but not limited to changes in annual fees to cover rises in costs or to pay for additional functionality. Please ensure that you review these terms and conditions regularly as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use the site after it has been posted. Details of variations will be posted here.

Details of Variations

None.