Acceptable Use Policy

What's in these terms?

Our Acceptable Use Policy sets out the content standards that apply when you upload content to our site, contact other users on our site, link to our site, or interact with our site in any other way. 

By using our site, you confirm that you accept the terms of this policy and that you agree to comply with them.

We may amend this policy from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand them. 

General Terms of Use

• You must create an account to use the content service.
• You must be at least 16 years old to use the service.
• You must use this website and the content service in accordance with our Acceptable Use Policy. 
• You are responsible for keeping your password secret and secure.
• You agree that you will not solicit, collect, or use the login credentials of other users.
• You represent that all information you provide on this website upon registration and at all other times will be true, accurate, current, and complete and you agree to update your information as necessary to maintain its accuracy.
• You are responsible for any activity that occurs through your account and you agree you will not sell, transfer, license or assign your account, followers, username, or any account rights. With the exception of people or businesses that are expressly authorized to create accounts on behalf of their employers or clients, Rose Appellations Limited prohibits the creation of, and you agree that you will not create an account for, anyone other than yourself.
• Rose Appellations Limited does not claim ownership of any content you post on or through the Service. Instead, you hereby grant to Rose Appellations Limited a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use the Content that you post on or through the service, subject to our Privacy Policy.
• You acknowledge that we may not always identify paid services, sponsored content, or commercial communications as such.
• You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the content posted by you on or through the service or otherwise have the right to grant the rights and licences set forth in these terms; (ii) the posting and use of your content on or through the service does not violate, misappropriate or infringe on the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark and/or other intellectual property rights; (iii) you agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owed by reason of content you post on or through the service; and (iv) you have the legal right and capacity to enter into these terms in your jurisdiction.

Prohibited uses

You may use our site only for lawful purposes.  You may not use our site:

• In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
• In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
• For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
• To bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.
• To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

• Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site.
• Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
• any part of our site;
• any equipment or network on which our site is stored; 
• any software used in the provision of our site; or 
• any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Interactive services

We may from time to time provide interactive services on our site.

Where we provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used.

We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not. 

The use of any of our interactive services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not fool proof. Minors who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them. 

Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.

Content Standards

These content standards apply to all material which you contribute to our site (Contribution), and to any interactive services associated with it. Our content standards must be complied with.

The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.

Rose Appellations Limited will determine, in its discretion, whether a Contribution breaches the content standards.

 

A Contribution must:

• Be accurate (where it states facts).
• Be genuinely held (where it states opinions).
• Comply with the law applicable in England and Wales and in any country from which it is posted.

A Contribution must not:

• Be defamatory of any person, be obscene, offensive, hateful, or inflammatory.
• Bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate, promote violence.
• Promote sexually explicit material or include child sexual abuse material.
• Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
• Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
• Be likely to deceive any person.
• Breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
• Promote any illegal content or activity.
• Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
• Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
• Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
• Give the impression that the Contribution emanates from Rose Appellations Limited if this is not the case.
• You must not change, modify, adapt or alter the Service or change, modify or alter another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with the Service or Rose Appellations Limited. 
• Advocate, promote, incite any party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
• Contain a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
• Contain any advertising or promote any services or web links to other sites.
• You must not create or submit unwanted email, comments, likes or other forms of commercial or harassing communications (a/k/a “spam”) to any of the website users.
• Any links shared on this website are your responsibility and we take no responsibility for any third party links shared on the website. If we find that any third-party links you have posted do not comply with our terms, you will be removed from the service.

Breach of this policy

When we consider a breach of our Acceptable Use Policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.  

Failure to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy constitutes a material breach of the terms of use upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

• Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
• Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
• Further legal action against you.
• Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

How this contract can be transferred

We can transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to any third party, provided this does not adversely affect your rights under these terms.

Which country's laws apply to any disputes?

If you are a consumer, please note that the terms of this policy, its subject matter and its formation are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.