TERMS & CONDITIONS
IMPORTANT: by accepting these terms and conditions and entering into a legally binding contract. It is therefore important that you read these terms and conditions carefully.
If you do not agree to any part of these terms, or if any content of the Iris Prize site is illegal in the territory where you currently reside, then please do not proceed.
Interpretation
Headings do not form part of these terms and conditions and will not affect their interpretation.
In these terms and conditions, "you" refers to the reader or user of the Iris Prize site and "we", "us" refers to The Festivals Company Limited, a private limited company registered in England and Wales. The Iris Prize site is the collection of web pages, streamed films and associated content wholly under our control with a uniform resource locator ("url") beginning with www.irisprize.org
Adult content warning
Some content of the site may be of an explicit gay nature and contain sexual imagery and text. You agree that this type of content does not cause you offence. We are not liable to remove content that causes you offence though we will do so if it is in breach of our own content policy.
Privacy policy
Our Privacy Policy applies to all personal data you submit to us.
Refund Policy
Nothing in this Refund Policy will affect your statutory rights under the laws of England and Wales.
Fees paid for Iris Prize submissions are non-refundable. The fee is paid to cover our costs associated with processing your submission. Tickets to events purchased through our site are sold on a non-refundable basis. If you believe a payment has been made in error please contact berwyn@irisprize.org refunds will be made at the managers discretion.
If you have paid for goods then you have the right to return them within seven days of receipt for a full refund without penalty. Where the goods are faulty we will meet the cost of return; but you will need to cover the cost of return if your return goods as a result of a 'change of heart'. In all cases please contact berwyn@irisprize.org before making a return.
Delivery Policy
Iris Prize submission fees cover the costs associated with the processing of submissions to the prize. We will acknowledge receipt of your submission and payment as soon as practicable within usual UK working hours.
If you pay at our site for tickets to events or other goods then we will either despatch them as soon as practicable via first class post or make them available for your collection as advised during the ordering process.
Should you fail to receive any acknowledgement, tickets or goods within 14 days of placing your order please contact us.
Personal use only
Any material on the sites is strictly for personal use and must not under any circumstance be used by any user for commercial purposes or used in a defamatory or derogatory manner. Material must not be duplicated in any way for use outside of the sites as this is in breach of international copyright and intellectual property laws.
Your Indemnity
You agree to indemnify (reimbursing all liabilities, costs and expenses actually incurred) us against any costs, claims, liabilities or expenses arising out of breach of these terms and condition and to keep us so indemnified at all times.
Use of material you submit
We reserve the right to use any material submitted to us during or after the submission and competiton process for online and offline promotional purposes without limit on time or usage. We try to contact originators of such material prior to its use but we do not have to do so.
Ownership of trademarks etc. on this website
The trademarks, logos, names and images displayed on this website are the registered or unregistered trademarks of the company and others. Except where expressly stated to the contrary, nothing in this website confers any licence or right to use any trademark displayed on this website without our prior written approval or the owner of the relevant trademark. We reserve the right to notify you via email of promotional offers, news and other information - we will only do so if you have opted-in to receive such communications.
Downtime
We may occasionally have to perform necessary network maintenance and/or network upgrades.
In the event of plans to bring down the service during a Scheduled Maintenance Window, we try to provide 48 hours notice in advance.
You must be aware that, at any time, we may perform emergency maintenance as needed to preserve the overall integrity of the services with no notice and with without compensation for such activities.
Right to alter or suspend any site, service or feature
We reserve the right to alter or suspend any site, service or feature at any time without prior notification or explanation.
Rights in website content
All rights, including copyright and database rights, in the sites and the content thereof are owned or controlled by us. We retain all copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights in material contained on or in relation to the site and you may not copy, reproduce, download, republish, extract, broadcast, transmit, display, modify or re-use any of the materials on the sites for any other purpose.
Linking to the site
Users and others shall be entitled to set up hypertext links from their own websites to the home page only of the site.
Exclusion of liability for linked websites
Whilst we exercise reasonable care in the selection of websites to which we link, we do not control their content, format or availability. Therefore:
- we give no warranties, endorsements or recommendations in relation to any products or services mentioned or any statements contained in third party sites;
- we disclaim all responsibility for any content you encounter, or events which may occur once you have transferred out of the site and are not be liable to you or anyone for any damages or other losses of any type whatsoever incurred by visiting a linked site.
Exclusion of liability for site content
You agree that whilst we take all reasonable measures to ensure the truth and accuracy of information on the site, we are not responsible for any wrong, inaccurate information and you are advised to independently verify such information before relying on it.
Exclusion of liability for viruses, etc
Whilst we take all reasonable precautions to protect the sites and its users against worms, viruses and other harmful material, before downloading or using any potentially harmful material on the site, you are advised to ensure that your systems have up-to-date virus detecting software and have that software check the safety of any materials. Therefore, we do not accept responsibility for any defects, viruses or other harmful components that may be contained within any of the sites.
Exclusion of liability for loss
To the extent permitted by applicable laws, no liability is accepted for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage or loss of use, data, business opportunity or profits, whether in an action in contract, negligence or other tortious action, however resulting from the access to and use of this website and the information and materials contained on it (but for the avoidance of doubt this clause does not exclude liability for death or personal injury).
Termination of website use rights
A user's authorisation to use this website automatically terminates without notice if the user fails to comply with any of these terms. On termination, the user must cease all use of the sites.
Right to amend these terms
We may at any time revise these terms by posting changes on the site. The continued use of this website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the modified terms.
Applicable laws
These terms are governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. If any of the terms is held to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms. You agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
Registered Company Address
The Festivals Company Limited is registered in Wales, UK at: 25 Turberville Place, Cardiff, CF11 9NX. The company registration number 5642818.
