General Terms and Conditions
If you use Everycasestudy.com (the “website” or “everycasestudy”) and/or participate in any case studies or other activities, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
By ticking the “I agree” box in the registration form you confirm your agreement to these terms and conditions.
| 1 | Definitions | |
| 1.1 | In these terms and conditions, “we” and “us” means Everycasestudy.com, which is a part of South West News Service whose office is at The Media Centre, Abbeywood Business Park, Emma-Chris Way, Filton, Bristol BS34 7JU. | |
| 2 | Registering with Everycasestudy.com | |
| 2.1 | To become a registered member of Everycasestudy and to participate in the website’s case studies or other research activities (each a “case study”), you must create an Everycasestudy user account (an “account”) by completing the online registration form on the website. Accounts are non-transferable, and only one account may be held per person. | |
| 2.2 | The registration form requires you to enter personal details, including without limitation your name, address, email address and mobile telephone number. By entering your personal details, you warrant that the information you provide to us is accurate, current and complete at the time of registering and you agree that you will update your information if any changes occur and you confirm that you agree to our privacy policy which can be found below. In addition, any photograph or image supplied to Everycasestudy.com which is purporting to be personal to you must be a true likeness of you and must be your copyright. No responsibility is taken by Everycasestudy.com for reproduction of photographs or images purporting to be of a person, which are, or appear to be, of someone else. | |
| 2.3 | The email address you provide must be personal to you and must not be shared with third parties. | |
| 2.4 | Everycasestudy.com may require proof of identity in the event of a dispute. If you are aged 16 or under, Everycasestudy may email you to request written confirmation from your parent or legal guardian of their consent to your use of the website. If such confirmation is not provided in a form satisfactory to Everycasestudy your account may be terminated. Members under the age of 18 may not eligible for entry into some case studies. | |
| 2.5 | Everycasestudy reserves the right to alter the questions and subject boxes submitted on the form and will endeavour to alert subscribers to any changes as soon as possible. | |
| 3 | Security | |
| 3.1 | Upon registering with Everycasestudy.com, you will select a password which must be used in order to access your account. You may not disclose your password to any third party nor permit any other individual to access your account without the express permission of Everycasestudy. You agree that you shall immediately inform Everycasestudy of any actual or suspected unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of security of which you become aware. | |
| 3.2 | You are responsible for any information posted on the website or provided to Everycasestudy by anyone using your password. In the event that any other individual accesses your account, Everycasestudy shall be entitled to retain or reclaim any credit, money or prize earned as a result of such access by the unauthorised user. In the event of any legal action being taken against Everycasestudy as a result of any misinformation allowed by the subscriber, Everycasestudy shall be entitled to claim full compensation and costs from the subscriber. | |
| 3.3 | You may not adapt or circumvent the systems in place in connection with the website, nor access the website other than through normal operations. | |
| 4 | Member Payments and Incentives | |
| 4.1 | When you complete the registration form of Everycasestudy.com in full, you will be entitled to receive such financial incentive (if any) as is stated on the relevant text message, email or on the website in connection with the relevant case study. There is no obligation on Everycasestudy to provide any incentive in relation to any case study. | |
| 4.2 | Within a reasonable time of the case study being completed, Everycasestudy or SWNS will issue a cheque for the appropriate amount of credit, addressed and posted to the current contact name and address provided by you. Everycasestudy will not be liable for the inability of any member to redeem a cheque that results from inaccuracies in personal data provided by that member upon registering and by subsequent updates or lack of them. | |
| 4.3 | No credit or other incentive will be awarded until you have fulfilled the full participation requirements of the relevant case study, as notified to you upon entering the relevant case study. Should non-monetary incentives be offered, no cash alternative will be available. | |
| 5 | Website Access and Content | |
| 5.1 | We will endeavour to allow uninterrupted access to the website, but access to the website may be suspended, restricted or terminated at any time. | |
| 5.2 | The information provided by us on the website or contained in our case studies is not in any way an invitation or recommendation to buy any products or services featured and you should seek appropriate independent advice. | |
| 5.3 | We reserve the right to change, modify, substitute or remove without notice any information on the website from time to time. | |
| 5.4 | We assume no responsibility for the contents of any other websites to which the website has links or websites of advertisers advertising on the website or which are the subject of our case studies. | |
| 6 | Intellectual Property | |
| 6.1 | The copyright in the material contained in the website, together with the website design, text and graphics, and their selection and arrangement, and all software compilations, underlying source code and software (including applets) belongs to Everycasestudy.com, its subsidiaries or the providers of such information. All rights are reserved. None of this material may be reproduced or redistributed without Everycasestudy’s written permission. You may, however, download or print a single copy for your own non-commercial off-line viewing. | |
| 6.2 | Everycasestudy is a trademark of South West News Service. Other product and company names mentioned on this website may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. | |
| 6.3 | You shall retain ownership of all copyright in data you submit to the Website. Subject to the terms of our privacy policy, you grant us a world-wide exclusive, royalty-free, non-terminable licence to use, copy, distribute, publish and transmit such data in any manner, on any platform, current or yet to be invented. | |
| 7 | Exclusions of liability | |
| 7.1 | We use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the data on the website is accurate and to correct any errors or omissions as soon as practicable after being notified of them, but we do not guarantee that the website will be fault-free and do not accept liability for any errors or omissions. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties and representations (whether express or implied) as to the accuracy of any information contained on the website. | |
| 7.2 | Due to the nature of electronic transmission of data, and the number of users to whom data is posted, any liability we may have for any losses or claims arising from an inability to access the website, or emails or SMS or text messages sent by Everycasestudy, or from any use of the website or reliance on the data transmitted using the website, is excluded to the fullest extent permissible by law. In no event shall we be liable for any indirect loss, consequential loss, loss of profit, data, revenue, business opportunity, anticipated savings, goodwill or reputation whether in contract, tort or otherwise arising out of or in connection with this agreement or use of the website save where such liability cannot be excluded by law. | |
| 7.3 | We do not give any warranty that the website is free from viruses or anything else which may have a harmful effect on any technology. | |
| 8 | Data submitted by users | |
| 8.1 | We accept no liability for data supplied by any user for display on the website and the limitations in condition 7 above (Exclusions of liability) apply. If you submit any comments on any case study or on the website or our services, we are entitled to publish those comments on the website and to identify you by name and location in relation to those comments. | |
| 8.2 | If you submit data for display on the website you are responsible for ensuring that the data is accurate, complete and up to date and for updating that data where necessary. You are also responsible for ensuring that no data is uploaded or submitted which is untrue, defamatory, obscene or abusive or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable laws or rights of third parties. | |
| 8.3 | You warrant that you have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that any data you upload or otherwise submit to the website is free from viruses and anything else which may have a contaminating or destructive effect on any part of the website or any other technology. | |
| 8.4 | You will indemnify us for any claim or loss (including, without limitation, economic loss) suffered by us arising out of your failure to observe any of the terms of this condition 8. | |
| 9 | Termination | |
| 9.1 | Everycasestudy.com reserves the right to terminate your account in the event that you do not participate in any Everycasestudy activity for a period of 6 months or more or you in anyway fail to comply with these terms and conditions or misuse the website or if there is any unauthorised use of your account. Everycasestudy will contact you using the current contact details provided in the event that your account is at risk of termination pursuant to this clause. In the event of termination for whatsoever reason, Everycasestudy shall not be liable to pay any monies left outstanding to you. | |
| 9.2 | If you wish to terminate your account with Everycasestudy please send an email to casestudies@swns.com. You may continue to receive emails from Everycasestudy for a short period of time following termination although Everycasestudy will take reasonable steps to ensure these are discontinued. Everycasestudy shall bear no liability to you in respect of any loss or damage that you may suffer as a result of the termination of your account. | |
| 9.3 | All disclaimers, indemnities and exclusions in these terms and conditions shall survive termination of the agreement between us for any reason. | |
| 10 | General | |
| 10.1 | If any provision of these terms and conditions is held to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severed and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions shall not be affected. | |
| 10.2 | We may modify these terms and conditions at any time by publishing the modified terms and conditions on the website. Any modifications shall take effect 3 days after posting on the website and your continued use of the website or participation in case studies after such date constitutes your agreement to be bound by such modifications. | |
| 11 | Governing law | |
| 11.1 | These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts, to which both parties submit. |
Terms and Conditions for financial reward through participation in case studies
| 1 | Any case study is open to individuals who are registered with Everycasestudy, subject to any restrictions in relation to any particular case study as notified to you on the website and you agree to comply with any such restrictions. Employees of SWNS, 72 Point Limited or any affiliate, parent or subsidiary companies are not permitted to enter. |
| 2 | Everycasestudy reserves the right to reject as invalid any entry which it reasonably believes not to be bona fide or in compliance with these terms and conditions. In relation to case studies notwithstanding that the winner, or participant, has been declared, if Everycasestudy discovers that for any reason the winner should have been ineligible to enter, Everycasestudy reserves the right to determine that the winner is disqualified. |
| 3 | Mode of entry and closing date |
| The closing date and/or time for entry is as notified to you by email, SMS or text message or on the website and entries received after this date and/or will not be considered. Everycasestudy reserves the right to extend the entry period by putting notification of any revised date and/or time on the Everycasestudy website or by sending further emails and/or SMS or text messages. | |
| 4 | No purchase necessary. |
| 5 | Registrations are restricted to one per person, and registrations on behalf of a third party are not acceptable (save in the event of assistance to you in relation to a disability). |
| 6 | Any monetary credits will always be paid in pounds sterling. |
| 7 | The financial reward for participation in any case study is as stated on the website and is non-transferable. Everycasestudy will not be responsible for any costs incidental to the winner using or collecting the monies nor in exchanging the cheque into cash or currencies other than pounds sterling. If the participant does not wish to accept the cheque, he/she should notify Everycasestudy and Everycasestudy may at its discretion offer the monies to another person to be contacted in accordance with these terms. |
| 8 | Everycasestudy cannot be held responsible for any loss or delay or other damage suffered by the winner or any third party as a result of participating in a case study, except where such loss is a direct result of the negligence of Everycasestudy. |
| 9 | The participant will be contacted by telephone or email to the current contact details to check he/she is relevant to the commissioner of the case study’s requirements. If the participant cannot be contacted using the current contact details within 30 minutes, Everycasestudy may at its discretion contact another person to become the most relevant participant. The participant may be required to provide Everycasestudy with proof that he/she is the registered Everycasestudy account holder. |
| 10 | The monies in the form of a cheque will be posted to a participant typically within 28 working days of the winner receiving notification of their win. Everycasestudy has no liability in respect of loss of or damage to any monies or failure of delivery arising of out matters outside its control including any failure in the postal system. |
| 11 | Details of the participant (name, location and value of cheque) will be published on the website. The participant agrees to participate in publicity if required. |
| 12 | The decision of Everycasestudy is final and binding in all matters and no correspondence will be entered into. |
Privacy Policy
| 1 | Use of personal data |
| 1.1 | We are committed to protecting your privacy. By registering with us, you are deemed to have consented to use of personal information for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. You may edit your personal information at any time. |
| 1.2 | We may use your personal details to contact you in relation to case studies or products that might be of interest to you. We may also use your personal details to contact you in relation to Everycasestudy's activities including for the purpose of checking your experiences in relation to any case study and to ensure your experiences are genuine and relevant. Any participation in case studies is at your discretion. You can tell us not to deal with your personal information in these ways in the future by simply sending an email to casestudies@swns.com. Please specify when sending an unsubscribe email whether or not you wish to continue to be notified in the event you are a relevant participant. |
| 1.3 | Information you provide us with when participating in case studies may be analysed, rephrased, while not changing the apparent intention of the meaning, or edited and the results of such interviews may be passed to our clients. We do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise pass your personal information to clients or other third parties, or transfer your information outside the European Economic Area without your consent. |
| 1.4 | Under the Data Protection Act 1998 we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information, which you have given us to prevent unauthorised access. |
| 2 | Cookies |
| 2.1 | A cookie is a small text file written to your hard drive that contains information about you. Cookies do not contain any personal information about users. Once you close your browser, the cookie simply terminates. We use cookies so that we can personalise your experience of the website. If you set up your browser to reject the cookie, you may still use the website. Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). We have no access to or control over these cookies. |