Use of and access to this web site is provided by Global Cool Productions Limited subject to the Terms and Conditions set out below.
All intellectual property rights associated with this web site are owned and controlled by Global Cool Productions Limited save for designs, artistic works, literary works, dramatic works, musical or other works, photographs, inventions, confidential information or other intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Global Cool Productions Limited which is acquired from individuals or organisations by way of gift for it to exploit for the benefit of Global Cool Foundation UK which are owned by GCF Rights Limited, whose registered offices are at Bates Wells & Braithwaite, 2-6 Cannon Street, London EC4M 6YH.
Please read all of these Terms and Conditions as well as the Privacy Policy very carefully prior to commencing use of this web site and on each and every occasion that you use this web site in the future to check for updates.
1.The provision of this web site to you is subject to your acceptance of all of these Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any of the terms as set out in these Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy then you should cease using this web site immediately.
2.Global Cool Productions Limited reserves the rights to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting an updated version on the web site. The date that the web site was last updated is shown at the bottom of this web page. Your continued use of this site after an updated version is posted constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions as modified.
3.You agree to abide by all applicable laws, regulations and codes of conduct and to use this web site only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights or restrict the use and enjoyment of this web site by any third party.
4.Subject to paragraphs 6 below, all content included in the web site, including without limitation all text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, audio-visual clips, video clips, downloads, streaming media, data compilations and software is the property of Global Cool Productions Limited or their respective owners and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright, database and other applicable laws (save for designs, artistic works, literary works, dramatic works, musical or other works, photographs, inventions, confidential information or other intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Global Cool Productions Limited which is acquired from individuals or organisations by way of gift for it to exploit for the benefit of Global Cool Foundation UK which are owned by GCF Rights Limited). The compilation of the content on the web site is the property of Global Cool Productions Limited and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright, database and other applicable laws. Subject to paragraph 8 below, all software used on this web site is the property of Global Cool Productions Limited or its software suppliers and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright laws.
5.You acknowledge that Global Cool Productions Limited owns all registered trade marks relating to .Global Cool. represented within the web site and that you may not use or exploit any of them whatsoever without the express prior written consent of Global Cool Productions Limited. All other trade marks not owned by Global Cool Productions Limited that appear on this web site are the property of their respective owners who may or may not be affiliated with or connected to GCF Rights Limited, Global Cool Foundation UK or Global Cool Productions Limited.
6.Users of this web site are able to post written .pledges. which may be viewed by all other users of the site. By posting a pledge, you hereby grant an unlimited free licence to allow Global Cool Productions Limited and any person who accesses this web site to republish, redistribute and otherwise make available your pledge in any format, via all media throughout the world to all others on the terms of this Creative Commons Licence. Please ensure that you read and understand the terms of this licence very carefully before making a pledge.
7.You may reproduce, redistribute, publish or create a database in electronic or manual form by downloading and storing, any of the content displayed on the web site that is marked with the .CC Some Rights Reserved. logo (and is not marked as being protected by copyright ©) in accordance with the terms of this Creative Commons Licence. This includes without limitation all editorials, images and artwork that are marked with the .CC Some Rights Reserved. logo. You may not commercially exploit any of the content displayed on the web site. Any content that is not in the public domain or is not subject to the Creative Commons Licence as referred to herein is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright, database and other applicable laws.
8.The web site provides a .carbon calculator. which consists of software and code which is the property of Global Cool Productions Limited. You are hereby granted a licence to exploit the software and code that the carbon calculator consists of on the terms set out in this GNU General Public Licence. Please ensure that you read and understand the terms of this licence very carefully before copying or otherwise exploiting the carbon calculator software.
9.Subject to these Terms and Conditions, Global Cool Productions Limited (and where applicable GCF Rights Limited) grants you a royalty free non-exclusive licence to display on your web site the news feeds, active links or other source identifiers and other information or materials that you specifically select to receive from Global Cool Productions Limited via the RSS feeds on this web site. All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to these feeds shall remain the property of the Global Cool Productions Limited save for designs, artistic works, literary works, dramatic works, musical or other works, photographs, inventions, confidential information or other intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Global Cool Productions Limited which is acquired from individuals or organisations by way of gift for it to exploit for the benefit of Global Cool Foundation UK which are owned by GCF Rights Limited . You may not directly or indirectly charge users specifically for accessing content from this web site or otherwise commercially exploit such content, nor attempt to re-sell the content in any way. You may not directly or indirectly suggest any endorsement or approval by Global Cool Productions Limited, Global Cool Foundation UK or GCF Rights Limited of your web site, product or content or any views expressed within your site or service.
10. Global Cool Productions Limited may terminate any subscription to the Global Cool service with no notice, at any time, but we will inform you of the cancellation at that time. We will refund any unused portion of your subscription if we withdraw any subscription service. We reserve the right to vary our subscription charges upon first giving you 30 days advance notice of any new or increased charges. You can of course stop using the subscription services at any time. Any variation to our charges shall be final and binding.
11. We may vary any content or the technical specification of any subscription service at any time. We may suspend or restrict access to the whole or part of any subscription services at any time for operational reasons such as maintenance, repairs or updating. Subscription services may not be free of faults and services may be impaired by geographic, atmospheric or other conditions or circumstances beyond our control including, without limitation, congestion, network coverage, dropped connections, and the performance of your mobile telephone. We will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure the uninterrupted and timely supply of any subscription services and we will endeavour to correct all reported faults as soon as we reasonably can.
12. You may make donations to Global Cool Foundation UK via a text message, in which case you may be charged your standard network rate for that text message in addition to the amount of the donation or the network rate for that text message may be deducted from the amount of the donation.
13. If you are aged 16 or under, you must get your parent/guardian.s permission before you access or use any of the subscription services and before you use the donation facility and, in particular, before you provide any personal information to us.
14. To access and use the subscription services or to make a donation, you may also need to pay for the fixed line and mobile phone services necessary for connection to and use of the subscription services and/or donation facility.
15. In accessing the web site you agree not to:-
- obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorised access to the web site or damage, interfere with or disrupt access to or attempt to damage, interfere with or disrupt access to the web site;
- make available via the web site files or data not owned or licensed to you or collect information about others without Global Cool Production's express prior written consent;
- impersonate another person or use a false name or a name you are unauthorised to use or create a false identity or e-mail address or try to mislead others as to the identity or origin of any communications.
16.This web site and all of its content including without limitation all text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, video clips, audio-visual clips, downloads, streaming media, data compilations and software are provided .as is. without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. Global Cool Productions Limited will only be responsible for losses suffered by you as a result of Global Cool Productions Limited breaching these Terms and Conditions if such losses were reasonably foreseeable to both you and Global Cool Productions Limited when you commenced using the web site. Global Cool Productions Limited will not be responsible for any losses that are not reasonably foreseeable to both you and Global Cool Productions Limited when you commenced using this web site. Global Cool Productions Limited does not limit its liability by law or death or personal injury caused as a result of its negligence or breach of duty.
17.Global Cool Productions Limited does not warrant that the function and operation of this web site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this web site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials and shall not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with its obligations under these Terms and Conditions if the delay or failure arises from any cause which is beyond its reasonable control. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.
18.This web site contains links to web sites owned and/or operated by third parties that Global Cool Productions Limited has no control over. Global Cool Productions Limited takes no responsibility for the content of or any information, products or services that are published on or are accessible via any such third party web sites. These third party web sites may have their own Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies of which you should be aware of and read carefully prior to accessing and using such web sites.
19.Any communication or material that you upload, transmit or post on any public area of the site will be treated as nonconfidential and nonproprietary information.
20.If you voluntarily provide Global Cool Productions Limited with any personal information through the web site or via correspondence with Global Cool Productions Limited then please read the Privacy Policy to see how we deal with that information. The Privacy Policy also explains how the web site uses cookies, and how such use may be prevented by you. For the avoidance of doubt, Global Cool Productions Limited is processing personal information as agent to Global Cool Foundation UK. Global Cool Foundation UK is the Data Controller for the purposes of this website.
21.You agree to comply with all applicable local rules, guidelines and laws that apply in the jurisdiction in which the computer you are using to access this web site resides regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom.
22.Global Cool Productions Limited retain the right to prevent you from accessing the web site, to remove and/or edit any web site content or to terminate your account at Global Cool Productions Limited.s absolute discretion without prejudice to any of Global Cool Productions Limited.s accrued rights, where Global Cool Productions Limited in its sole discretion considers that you are in breach of these Terms and Conditions.
23.Global Cool Productions Limited retain the right to terminate the provision of the web site as a whole or in part and/or restrict your access to it without any prior notice to you whether by operation of law or any event beyond Global Cool Productions Limited.s reasonable control including without limitation technical or capacity problems.
24. We may from time to time run competitions, free prize draws and/or other promotions on the web site. Any such competitions, prize draws and/or other promotions will be subject to additional terms and conditions that will be made available to you at the relevant time. If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on this site relating to specific material or any such competitions, prize draws or promotions then the latter shall prevail.
25.You will indemnify and at all times keep Global Cool Productions Limited and/or its successors in title, licensees, assigns, representatives and agents fully and effectually indemnified from and against any and all liabilities, actions, proceedings, loss, damage, costs (including without limitation reasonable legal costs and expenses), claims and damages whatsoever made against or incurred by Global Cool Productions Limited and/or its successors in title, licensees, assigns, representatives and/or agents in consequence of any breach by you of any of these Terms and Conditions.
26.In the event that any provision of these Terms and Conditions or the application thereof to any person shall be held to be unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction such provision shall be severed herefrom and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and effect. These Terms and Conditions contains the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes in all respects any previous or other existing arrangements, agreements or understandings between the parties whether written or oral in relation to the subject matter hereof.
27.Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions is intended to confer any benefit or convey or grant to any third party any right to enforce any term of these Terms and Conditions against Global Cool Productions Limited and accordingly you and Global Cool Productions Limited hereby exclude to the extent permissible by law any such rights which a third party may otherwise have pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or any other applicable laws of relevant jurisdictions.
28.These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
29.If you have any queries about these Terms and Conditions please contact Global Cool Productions Limited at the above address or via http://www.globalcool.org.
30. We cannot refund/modify donations once they are charged to your card however a refund may be available at the discretion of the company management where a manifest error has occurred i.e. if your statement shows the wrong donation amount. In the event of such circumstances you should contact Global Cool on 44 (0) 20 7785 7030.
31.These Terms and Conditions were last updated on 4th December 2006.
