PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
- What’s in these terms?
These terms tell you the rules for using our website: https://ukweddingassociation.co.uk (our site).
- Who we are and how to contact us
Our site, https://www.ukweddingassociation.co.uk is a site operated by the UK Wedding Association Ltd (We). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 16443052 and have our registered office at Larkhill Farm, Wantage OX12 8PJ, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Our main trading address is Larkhill Farm, Wantage OX12 8PJ, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
To contact us, please email [email protected].
- By using our site, you accept these terms
By using our site and/or by becoming a member of the UK Wedding Association, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site. We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.
- There are other terms that may apply to you
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site. All of the following documents are linked at the bottom of our homepage and are easily accessible from there:
- our Privacy Policy – see further under “How we may use your personal information”
- our Acceptable Use Policy which sets out the permitted uses and prohibited uses of our site. When using our site, you must comply with this Acceptable Use Policy
- our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site
- our Code of Conduct – if you are a member
Certain areas of our site or specific services may be available only to registered members of the Association. Membership is governed separately by our Membership Terms and Conditions, which apply in addition to these Website Terms of Use. If you become a member, you agree to comply with both sets of terms.
- We may make changes to these terms
We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
- We may make changes to our site
We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our services, our users’ needs and our business priorities. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes.
- We may suspend or withdraw our site
We provide our site on an “as available” and “as is” basis.
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
- We may transfer this agreement to someone else
We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.
- Our site is for users in the United Kingdom
Our site is intended for residents of the United Kingdom. While we welcome visitors from around the world, we do not guarantee that the content available on or through our site is suitable or accessible in other locations.
- You must keep your account details safe
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
We have the right to disable any user name or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user name or password, you must promptly notify us at [email protected].
- How you may use material on our site
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You agree not to otherwise modify, edit, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, reverse engineer, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, sell or re-sell any information, software, products or services obtained from or through the site. Additionally, you agree not to:
- use the content on our site for any commercial purpose, outside the scope of those commercial purposes explicitly permitted under these terms and conditions, or
- access, monitor, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, copy or otherwise exploit any content provided on this site for any purpose not in accordance with these terms and conditions or without our express written permission, or
- distribute materials on our site to non-members, or
- create any derivative work or offer any competing products or services based upon our materials.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged (except where the content is user-generated).
You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
- Disclaimers
We have made every reasonable effort to ensure that the information on this site is accurate, up to date and useful, and we hope you find it helpful and informative. However, the content provided is for general information purposes only and should not be relied upon as advice. Before taking, or refraining from, any action based on the content of our site, we encourage you to seek professional or specialist advice.
While we make reasonable efforts to keep the information on our site up to date, we make no representations, warranties, or guarantees, whether express or implied, that our site, the membership platform or information provided by any affiliates or any other third party, is accurate, complete, or current.
Content on business profiles may include user-generated information. While we make reasonable efforts to moderate or verify such content, we do not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. We do not endorse any information provided by users and accept no liability for any loss or damage arising from reliance on such information. We recommend verifying details directly with the business concerned.
- We are not responsible for websites we link to
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by any affiliates or third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.
We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
- User-generated content is not approved by us
This website may include information and materials uploaded / displayed by other users of the site, including to forums and chat rooms. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values.
- How to complain about content uploaded by other users
If you wish to complain about content uploaded / displayed by other users, please contact us at [email protected].
- Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you
Whether you are a consumer or a business user:
- We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
If you are a business user:
- We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations, or other terms that may apply to our site or any content on it.
- We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
- use of, or inability to use, our site; or
- use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
- In particular, we will not be liable for:
- loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
- business interruption;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation;
- any indirect or consequential loss or damage; or
- loss caused by force majeure events that are outside of our control.
- How we may use your personal information
We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.
- Displaying content to our site
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to display content to our site, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.
Any content you display to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us and other users of our site a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties.
We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or displayed by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
We have the right to remove any posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.
- We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.
- Rules about linking to our site
You may link to our site, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.
Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact Alison Hargreaves at [email protected].
- Which country’s laws apply to any disputes?
These terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.
- Our logos and badges are subject to copyright protection
The UK Wedding Association logo and badges are protected by copyright. You are not permitted to use them other than as set out in our terms, unless you have our prior written approval.
The UK Wedding Association is committed to promoting quality, confidence, trust, safety, and other positive values across the wedding industry. For this reason, we take great care in how our logos and badges are used. Any unauthorised use may mislead, create false impressions, or cause confusion for those seeking trusted information about the wedding industry.
We take any complaints about the misuse of our logos and badges seriously, and we may take appropriate action if we consider that such misuse risks damaging our reputation or that of our members.