Terms & Conditions
Welcome to Water News Portal. Please read our T&C underneath:
Data Protection and Privacy Policy
In accordance with the UK Data Protection Act, Water News Portal guarantees that your personal information will not be disclosed, sold, rented or licensed to any external organisation, unless we have informed you and fully been authorized by you. Water News Portal may use your personal information to customise the services it offers to you and to send information concerning products and services, which you may find of interest.
For more details on our privacy policy, please visit this page.
Content
Water News Portal reserves the right to edit or remove any material on this site at any time and for any reason, especially if materials are in breach of the laws or of these terms and conditions. Water News Portal also reserves the right to publish, edit or not publish any press release or other material received in any format.
The material contained in this site has been prepared for the purpose of providing information about the Water conservation, waste water recycling, rainwater, hydroelectric and tidal power market. Whilst Water News Portal has used reasonable care and skill in compiling the content of the site, it makes no warranty (express or implied) as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on the site or published by third parties referred to by a link from the site. By accessing this site, you agree that, to the extent permitted by law, Water News Portal shall in no event be liable for any damages whatsoever (including special, indirect or consequential damages), whether in an action of contract or tort, arising out of or in connection with the information on the site or published by third parties referred to by a link from the site, and the performance or non-performance of the site itself. Water News Portal does not warrant that this site or the server on which this site is hosted are free from viruses or any other harmful elements.
Submission of content
By submitting any content to Water News Portal, the Author represents that the content is based on true facts and diligent research to the best of the Authors knowledge. The Author represents that the Author is the sole author and owner of the content and have the full power and authority to send us such content. The Author represents that sending us such content for publication will not violate or infringe the rights of any third person or party, including but not limited to, rights in copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights. The Author also represents and understands that Author will not receive any form of compensation from Water News Portal for the content the Author is submitting. The Author grants to Water News Portal the worldwide and perpetual right to electronically publish and distribute the content in Water News Portal and other sites under license or contract with Water News Portal.
Copyright
This site is protected by copyright, and all content included in the site belongs to Water News Portal. You may re-use some of Water News Portal content, provided that a) you acknowledge the source of this copy and provide a hyperlink back to http://www.WaterNewsPortal.com, and b) you do not charge for this content, and c) you do not modify or edit this content.
Password
Certain services on Water News Portal may require the use of a username and password. You are fully responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password that are assigned on registration. Please, keep in mind that you are fully liable for all activities conducted under your username and password. Water News Portal cannot be responsible for any misuse of your password.
Restriction of access and termination
Water News Portal reserves the right to suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to Water News Portal for any reason. Registered users who have not been online with Water News Portal for a period exceeding 3 months may be deactivated and their account removed. In that case, all their personal data will be deleted.
Amendments
Water News Portal's Terms and Conditions may be amended from time to time. In such a case, Water News Portal will post changes on line, so you are invited to check these Terms and Conditions on a regular basis.
Water News Portal may as well extend these user terms and conditions in order to include other conditions specific to new services or products that it may offer. Water News Portal reserves the right to send you information on these additional services by email.
Co-operation with Regulatory authorities
In order to respect its integrity rules or when requested by laws, Water News Portal reserves the right to co-operate with the Police or any other Regulatory authorities and therefore to disclose part or whole of your data.
Jurisdiction
Any dispute arising in connection with theses terms will be governed by and construed under the laws of England in the English courts.
RSS Feed Terms & Conditions
By downloading a Water News Portal RSS you agree to be bound by the terms set out below (the "Standard Licence Terms"). These Standard Licence Terms may be updated by Water News Portal from time to time. Please review these Standard Licence Terms each time you download a Water News Portal Feed. Your download and/or use of a Water News Portal Feed indicates your agreement to these Standard Licence Terms.
1. Licence
1.1 Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Water News Portal grants you a non-transferrable, non-sublicensable, royalty free non-exclusive licence to display on your website the headlines, links and copy that you specifically select to receive from Water News Portal via Water News Portal Feed.
1.2 All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to Water News Portal Feed shall remain the property of Water News Portal.
1.3 Nothing in these Standard Licence Terms grants you any right to use Water News Portal trade mark on your Site or elsewhere.
2. Use of Water News Portal Content
2.1 You may not directly or indirectly charge users specifically for accessing Water News Portal content or otherwise commercialise such content, nor attempt to resell such content in any way.
2.2 You must create a functional link back to Water News Portal News story(ies) summarised by Water News Portal Content. If you are displaying Water News Portal Feed where a functional link back to Water News Portal is not possible, you must display on-screen the URL from which Water News Portal Content can be obtained.
2.3 You may not directly or indirectly change, edit, add to or produce summaries of Water News Portal Content or any content on Water News Portal website nor place any full-story Water News Portal content in an HTML frame-set.
2.4 You may not directly or indirectly suggest any endorsement or approval by Water News Portal of your Site or any non-Water News Portal entity, product or content or any views expressed within your site or service.
2.5 You acknowledge that Water News Portal has absolute editorial control over all Water News Portal Content and you accept that Water News Portal is editorially independent and that the editorial integrity of Water News Portal Content is the sole responsibility of Water News Portal.
2.6 Should you receive any enquiries which relate to Water News Portal or Water News Portal Content you should promptly refer such enquiries to www.WaterNewsPortal.com.
3. Warranties & Liability
3.1 You warrant to Water News Portal that:
(i) you have fully complied with, and shall continue to comply fully with, all applicable laws and regulations;
(ii) the Site shall contain no material which is libellous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or which brings Water News Portal into disrepute, or which is in breach of any third party intellectual property rights.
3.2 Water News Portal Feed is made available by Water News Portal on an "as is" and "as available" basis and Water News Portal gives no warranty of any kind in relation to Water News Portal Feed, Water News Portal Content, or any content on Water News Portal website. Water News Portal disclaims all implied warranties, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, and accuracy regarding Water News Portal Content, Water News Portal Feed and Water News Portal website and any content thereon.
3.3 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW Water News Portal EXCLUDES ALL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE HOWSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY LIABILITY ARISING IN RELATION TO Water News Portal FEED, Water News Portal CONTENT OR ANY CONTENT ON Water News Portal WEBSITE, ANY VIRUS OR OTHER CONTAMINATION OR ANY UNAVAILABILITY OF Water News Portal CONTENT.
3.4 Each provision of this Clause 3 operates separately in itself and survives independently of the others.
4. Indemnity
4.1 You hereby agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Water News Portal in respect of all damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and litigation expenses, arising out of or as a result of any breach of the Standard Licence Terms or otherwise in connection with your use of Water News Portal Feed (including Water News Portal Content).
5. Termination
5.1 You may terminate this Agreement and the licence granted herein at any time by destroying or removing all copies of Water News Portal Feed (including Water News Portal Content) from your Site, all hard drives, networks and other storage media.
5.2 Water News Portal may restrict, suspend or terminate Water News Portal Feed, this Agreement, the licence granted herein or your access to Water News Portal Feed at any time without liability. You agree to destroy all copies of Water News Portal Feed (including Water News Portal Content) upon receiving notice of termination from Water News Portal.
5.3 Clauses 3, 4 and 6 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
6. General
6.1 Neither party may assign, charge, sublicense or otherwise deal with its rights or obligations in this Agreement in whole or in part to any third party.
6.2 This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties concerning its subject matter. Each of the parties acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement made by the other in the course of entering into this Agreement.
6.3 Any failure or delay by either party in exercising its rights under any provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of those rights at any time now or in the future.
6.4 This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and take effect in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any claim or dispute which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement.