Terms of Service

Terms of Service These Terms of Service, together with the British Paranormal Association Privacy Policy and any applicable British Paranormal Association Member Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and British Paranormal Association and governs your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements.

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This statement discloses the terms of service for all British Paranormal Association sites and answers the following questions:

1.What is the British Paranormal Association 'Terms of Service'?
2.What is the British Paranormal Association Privacy Philosophy?
3.What information does British Paranormal Association gather/track and how is it used?
4.With whom does British Paranormal Association share the information it gathers/tracks?
5.Rule of Use and Improper Behaviour
6.Termination of service
7.What is the British Paranormal Association copyright statement?
8.Whom can I ask if I have additional questions? Any questions regarding this statement should be directed to the contacts set out at the end of this page.

1.What are the British Paranormal Association 'Terms of Service’?

Website Terms and Conditions All British Paranormal Association websites are operated by British Paranormal Association and partners and any reference to British Paranormal Association, Partners, our or we is a reference to British Paranormal Association.
By using British Paranormal Association websites and its associated services (Website), you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (Terms). The Terms may be updated from time to time without notice, so please check back on a regular basis. Your continued use of our websites after British Paranormal Association has updated the Terms constitutes acceptance of the Terms from time to time.

The Website British Paranormal Association reserves the right to refuse service and /or access to its servers to anyone. All content and services provided on the Websites are provided in good faith on an as-is basis.

Whilst British Paranormal Association has taken considerable time and effort compiling the content and making available the services on the Websites, British Paranormal Association: Makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the content or the suitability or reliability of the services Is not responsible for the timeliness or otherwise of the content or any services being made available to you; and Is not responsible for the timeliness, deletion or failure to store any user communications or personalisation and website customisation settings. Is not responsible for any actions taken upon any information, your use of a particular British Paranormal Association service may also be subject to terms and conditions specific to that service in addition to these Terms. British Paranormal Association will post these service-specific terms and conditions on the webpage associated with that service.

All service-specific terms and conditions are incorporated into these Terms. If there is any inconsistency between service-specific terms and conditions and these Terms, the Terms prevail. Your use of the Website your use of our Websites does not confer on you any access to the Internet. In order to use the Website, you must obtain your own access to the Internet, including paying any fees associated with such access.

You may only use our Websites for personal, non-commercial purposes and agree not to use the Website for business or commercial purposes. You acknowledge that your use of our Websites and any content or services available on or accessible through it is entirely at your own risk. By providing you with access to content or services on or through our Websites, British Paranormal Association is not advising you in any way in connection with such content or services.

You should always obtain professional advice before making any decision that may have legal, medical and financial or other personal implications. Any health advice referred to in our Websites is presented for information purposes only. This material is in no way intended to replace professional medical care or attention by a qualified practitioner. British Paranormal Association does not recommend or endorse any specific test, product, or procedure that may be mentioned.

Where our Websites provides you with access to any discussion forum or email service, you acknowledge that any material posted or sent using our Websites are the responsibility of the person from whom that material originated. This means you are solely responsible for any content you post or send using our Websites. British Paranormal Association does not exercise any editorial control over any content posted or sent using our Websites, nor does it monitor that content. Notwithstanding this, British Paranormal Association may, in its sole discretion, remove any content that you post or send using our Websites.

You release British Paranormal Association from any liability arising in connection with material posted or sent using our Websites. You grant British Paranormal Association a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive perpetual licence to copy, modify, adapt and make available any material that you post or send using our Websites. Use of our Websites by Children British Paranormal Association is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly children. For this reason, parents who wish to allow their children access to our Websites should assist them in setting up any relevant accounts and supervise their access to our Websites. Please remember that our Websites are designed to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, as the legal guardian, it is your responsibility, not British Paranormal Association', to determine whether any of our Websites, or site linked from our Websites, is appropriate for your child. Registering on the Website In order to receive certain services or participate in promotions on our Websites, British Paranormal Association may require you to register for those services or promotions. You agree to provide British Paranormal Association with current, accurate and complete information about yourself when registering for services or promotions on our Websites. You also agree to notify British Paranormal Association of any changes to that information, to ensure that it is current and accurate at all times. This is known as your Personal Data. British Paranormal Association may also issue you with a password and account designation to enable you to access parts of the Website. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account designation and password and for all activities that occur using your account designation and password. You must also ensure that you exit your account at the end of each session. You agree to notify British Paranormal Association immediately if there is any unauthorised use of your account or password. You release British Paranormal Association from any liability that may arise in connection with any use of your account designation and password whether by you or any third party. Privacy Policy We understand the power that the Internet holds for changing your life and making things easier for you.

These benefits are at risk if people are concerned about their personal privacy. We are committed to providing you with an Internet experience that respects and protects your personal privacy choices and concerns. :You can manage and control the information that you have voluntarily provided to us. We will not release personally identifiable information about you. We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information on users under the age of 13 without parental consent. Parents have the ability to control what personal information about their child may be disclosed to third parties, and we believe that this is just the way things should be.

Third Party Links - Our Websites may provide links to websites operated by third parties. British Paranormal Association does not control these websites and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the activities or operations of these websites or the accuracy, copyright, compliance, legality or decency of any content or services available on these websites. You acknowledge that our Websites may contain links to websites and content, which contain offensive or objectionable material. British Paranormal Association has no responsibility or control over third party Websites, if they reveal such objectionable or offensive content and you release British Paranormal Association from all liability in respect of the same.

You should read carefully the terms and conditions of use of any third party site before using that site or proceeding with any online or offline transaction with the third party. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in the promotions of, third parties found on or through our Websites, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings (including any implied term of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose and any term as to the provision of services to a standard of reasonable care and skill or as to non-infringement of any intellectual property right) are solely between you and such third parties.

Warranties And Liability Disclaimer To the maximum extent permitted by law, British Paranormal Association disclaims all warranties, express or implied, relating to the content or services available on or accessible through our Websites, including any implied term of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose and any term as to the provision of services to a standard of reasonable care and skill or as to non-infringement of any intellectual property right. To the maximum extent permitted by law British Paranormal Association will not be liable for any death, personal injury, loss, damage, cost or expense of any kind incurred by you arising in connection with your use of, or inability to use, our Websites and you release British Paranormal Association from all such liability. Indemnity you indemnify British Paranormal Association from and against all loss, damage, cost or expense (including legal costs) incurred in connection with your use of our Websites or any breach by you of these Terms or any applicable local laws.

Intellectual Property - You acknowledge that intellectual property rights subsist in our Websites (including its content and services) and any software used in connection with our Websites. British Paranormal Association or third parties own these intellectual property rights, as the case may be. You may print or download one copy of the content on our Websites for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not otherwise use our Websites or its content or services in any way without our express permission, or the permission of the relevant third party. Except as permitted by law in any applicable jurisdiction, you must not: Decompile, reverse-engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce to human-readable form any software used in connection with our Websites, nor permit any third party to do so; or Copy, modify, adapt or create a derivative work based on any of the software used in connection with the Website. Jurisdiction English law governs these Terms and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

2. What is the British Paranormal Association Privacy Philosophy?

British Paranormal Association believes that online privacy is crucial for the ongoing success of the Internet as a service, commercial and entertainment medium. We collect personal information from you primarily to make using the British Paranormal Association services easier and more satisfying. In registering for certain services offered by British Paranormal Association you may be asked to provide your name, e-mail address, gender and other related information. We request this information from you so that we can provide you with the personalised service necessary to meet British Paranormal Association' goals & Targets. However, the personally identifiable information you provide will be known only to you and to British Paranormal Association.

We will never share or sell this information to any third parties unless UK Law applies. From time to time British Paranormal Association may send information regarding special promotions & offers from partner sites and companies but this will only be included in newsletters, as stated above your information is never shared or sold onto any third party. From time to time, British Paranormal Association may introduce new products and services to its users. To the extent these new products and services affect this policy, this policy will be updated and you will be informed of these updates and any privacy conditions related to these services. Discretion over content use storage and operation of the service We may edit, move, or delete any content on the Service (including content or communications that you have provided) for any reason, and may preserve and disclose content or user information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that doing so is necessary to: (a) Comply with legal process (b) Enforce these terms(c) Respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties (d) Protect the rights, property, or personal safety of British Paranormal Association, its users, or the public, or (e) Administer the Service.

3.What information does British Paranormal Association gather/track and how is it used?

Information gathered online can generally be categorised as either anonymous or personally identifiable. Anonymous information is information that cannot be traced back to a specific individual. For example, British Paranormal Association knows how many visitors come to each of its websites but does not know the names, e-mail addresses or gender of the people visiting. Gathering and Use of Anonymous Information. Each time a visitor comes to a British Paranormal Association website, we collect some information to improve the overall quality of the online experience, including product monitoring, product improvement, and targeted advertising. At all British Paranormal Association websites, we collect the visitor's domain name (e.g. whether the user is logged on from compaq.com or whitehouse.gov), referral data (e.g., we record the address of the last URL a user visited prior to clicking through to a British Paranormal Association website), and browser and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform).In addition to collecting these types of information, British Paranormal Association collects aggregate queries for internal reporting and targeted advertising. We also count, track, and aggregate the visitor's activity into our analysis of general traffic flows at our sites (e.g. tracking where traffic comes from, how traffic flows within the British Paranormal Association properties, etc.).

Gathering and Use of Personally Identifiable Information. All Personal information gathered is for British Paranormal Association use only, and maybe used to send newsletters, competitions, invites to group discussions, special offers, etc. Use Of British Paranormal Association Cookies. British Paranormal Association' websites use cookies to track traffic flow and patterns of travel within and through our sites. Cookies are a standard Internet technology that allows us to both store and retrieve login information on a user's system. Our Web server automatically asks a new user whether his or her browser will agree to accept a British Paranormal Association cookie file. If a visitor accepts, our Web server will identify the user's cookie for British Paranormal Association' use in internal reporting. If a user accepts a British Paranormal Association cookie, but would later like to remove it from his or her computer, he or she can just remove it from the browser.

The use of Cookies is essential for registering and logging in. Our Web sites use our own banner system to serve the advertisements that you see on pages of our Web sites. We use Cookies to track how many visitors have viewed the ad and how many have clicked through the ad, to the advertisers web site.

4. With whom does British Paranormal Association share the information it gathers/tracks?

We do not share any personal information with any third parties, from time to time British Paranormal Association may send newsletters including special offers, promotions or services, linked into British Paranormal Association, sisters or partners

5.Rules of Use and Improper Behaviour

You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually orientated or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. Creating multiple accounts for a single user is not allowed. You agree that the administrators, Developers, Founders moderators Webmaster, etc, of this site have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered in registration and while using any of our services, being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent the administrators, Developers, Founders moderators webmaster, etc, cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.

You must not use our Websites to transmit or display any content that: Is unlawful, misleading, defamatory, obscene, threatening, offensive, abusive, hateful, objectionable or pornographic Harasses or is harmful to another person; Invades another person's privacy or amounts to a breach of confidence; or Infringes a third party's rights (including any intellectual property rights).

You must not use our Websites to: Send junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid selling schemes or other forms of solicitation (except where we expressly permit you to do so); Transmit or post any material containing a software virus, or Interfere with or negatively affect any other user's use of our Websites. Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a British Paranormal Association member or volunteer, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; Upload, post or otherwise transmit any content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);Upload, post or otherwise transmit any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party; You must not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service; British Paranormal Association expressly forbids language of an explicit, violent or sexual nature. Homophobic, racist, or abusive language/text of an overtly and aggressively political nature or relating to any organisation likely to instigate or cause undue offence is forbidden.

User names/login/nicknames/tags/ of a likewise and/or similar offensive nature and or representing any of the above terms are forbidden and will be removed. You agree to comply with all local rules that may apply to your use of our Websites. In particular, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of data from the USA, the UK and the country in which you reside.

You must not re-purpose or distribute, in whole or in part, any part of our Websites or any of the services or content available on our Websites. Moderation rights are given as privileges and should be treated as such at all times, these however can and will be terminated by British Paranormal Association including all subsidiaries forthwith without word, warning or prejudice should any abuse of these rights seem to be deemed as provocation or direct personal attacks whether written or verbally spoken to including live chat rooms and personal message's at British Paranormal Association web sites Discussion Forums and Chat Rooms If you participate in a British Paranormal Association discussion forum or chat room, you should be aware that the information you provide there will be made broadly available to others, who have access to that discussion forum or chat room. Each participant's opinion on a forum or chat room is his or her own and should not be considered as reflecting the opinion of British Paranormal Association.

6. Termination of service

British Paranormal Association may at any time change, delete, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the content or services offered on our Websites and restrict or terminate your access to our Websites, without notice or liability. British Paranormal Association reserves the right to cancel the service at any time. In this event Associate Membership customers will be entitled to a pro rata refund based upon the remaining period of service. If a customer contravenes the British Paranormal Association terms of service a refund will not be issued in the event of a cancellation.

7. What is the British Paranormal Association copyright statement?

Unauthorised copying is not permitted at any time unless the Administrator of the Website gives written or verbal permission.

8.Whom can I ask if I have additional questions?

You can direct any questions relating to British Paranormal Association websites, the service, our terms.