Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society – Website Terms and Conditions

This web-site belongs to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society of Brookfield House, 38 St Paul Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1LJ (Registered Charity Number 1014705) (hereinafter called “WDCS”).
Your use of this Web site and your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions then you are not authorised to use this website and you should immediately leave.

You affirm your assent to the terms of this Agreement every time you access any part of the WDCS website or make use of any of the content.

The following clauses cover a number of situations that WDCS has encountered over the years and are therefore here to protect WDCS and your donated monies from those who are a little less scrupulous than we would all like them to be. Please bear with the writing style, but we need to ensure we are clear but accurate in what we have laid out here.
This website is for non-commercial, personal use only.

Overview
This is a legal document ("Agreement") which sets out your rights and obligations, and those of WDCS ("WDCS", "we" or "us"), in relation to this website (the "Site"), and the material of all types that you gain access to, on and through the Site ("Content"). We have a separate privacy policy which governs our use of your personal information.

About WDCS
WDCS is the global voice for the protection of whales, dolphins and their environment.

Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
All Intellectual Property Rights in any information, contents, materials, data or processes in or to this website are the property of WDCS and are protected by the UK and international copyright laws. These contents include but are not limited to the following: web site design, graphics, text, visual clips, audio clips, logos and button icons, including the selection and arrangement thereof. All rights of WDCS in such Intellectual Property Rights are hereby reserved.
Permission is granted to electronically copy and to print in hard copy for personal information but no material may be used for commercial gain. Any other use of this website, without the prior permission of WDCS, is strictly prohibited. The following are therefore expressly forbidden unless written consent has been given: reproduction for any other purpose than those referred to above, modification, distribution, transmission, broadcast republication, downloading or uploading of any part of this website.
It should also be noted that all images included within this web-site are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or appropriated in any manner without the written permission of their respective owner(s).

Disclaimers
WDCS provides this website on an "as is" basis and makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to this website or the information, content, materials or products contained within it.
WDCS does not represent or warrant that the information contained within this website is accurate, complete or current.

Links to Other Websites
In order to add value for you we may provide hypertext links to other websites or resources for you to access at your sole discretion.  You acknowledge and agree that when you activate these links you do so entirely at your own risk and you will leave the WDCS web-site. 
WDCS is not responsible for the availability, content or opinion of such external sites or resources, and do not review or endorse and are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for (i) the content of opinion of such websites, (ii) the privacy practices and policies of such websites or (iii) the use to which others make of these websites or resources, nor for any damage, loss or offence caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with, the use of or reliance on any such external website or resource.
By allowing links with third party websites WDCS does not intend to solicit business or offer any security to any person in any country, directly or indirectly.

Miscellaneous
These Terms and Conditions and all contracts formed under them shall be governed and construed in accordance with English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in connection with the determination of all disputes arising under these Terms and Conditions.
You hereby agree that the provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1998 are expressly excluded from these Terms and Conditions so that no rights are conferred on any third parties by these Terms and Conditions.
With the exception of certain uses set out in the section entitled Data Protection and Privacy Policy, we will not disclose any information we keep about you or information concerning your use of this website to any third parties outside of WDCS, or its agents, unless required to do so by the police or any regulatory or government authority.  Furthermore we will disclose your information and / or details of your use of this website if it is required to do so by law or requested to do so by a third party during the course of an action for the infringement of their rights which we reasonably believe to arise from your use of this website.
We recommend that you print out a copy of these Terms and Condition for your records.

Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the site including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and nonproprietary information.  Use of these areas are covered by the WDCS Acceptable Use Policy.

How to contact us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these terms and conditions, please contact us:
WDCS UK and International
WDCS, Brookfield House, 38 St. Paul Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, SN15 1LJ.
+44 (0)1249 449500 or send us an email at info@wdcs.org.

WDCS Australasia
PO Box 720, Port Adelaide Business Centre, South Australia, Australia 5015
Tel: 1300 369 442
Fax: +61 8 8447 4211
Email: info@wdcs.org.au