All
access to and use of these web pages (the Website)
is subject to the following Terms.
Entry to and any use of the Website constitutes your agreement to abide by these
Terms as amended from time to time. If you do not agree to all of the Terms,
please leave the Website immediately.
The
following terms apply to all access to and use of the Website. Please read them
carefully. You may print a copy for your records by clicking on the printer
icon on your browser.
1.
Parties
These
Terms, and your acceptance of them, form a contract between you (You) and the Scottish Rugby Union plc,
a company incorporated in Scotland (number SC132061), having its registered
office at BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh EH12 5PJ (Scottish
Rugby).
2.
Copyright
©
Scottish Rugby Union plc 2000-2015. The copyright in any material on the
Website is owned by Scottish Rugby or used by Scottish Rugby under licence and
is protected by the copyright laws of the United Kingdom, international
copyright treaties and all other applicable copyright and intellectual property
laws. You are entitled to copy any information for your own personal use but
may not remove any product identification, copyright notices or legends or
other notices or proprietary restrictions from any of the material or
information contained on the Website, except with the prior written consent of Scottish
Rugby.
Any
unauthorised use, downloading, retransmission, or other copying or modification
of any of the content of the Website may be in breach of statutory or common
law rights which could be the subject of legal action. All rights not expressly
granted herein are reserved by Scottish Rugby and Scottish Rugby’s licensors.
3.
Trade marks
The
Scottish Rugby logo is a trade mark of Scottish Rugby which may or may not be
registered in the jurisdiction from which you are accessing the Website. In
addition, certain names, words, titles, phrases, logos, icons, graphics or
designs to the pages of the Website may constitute trade names or unregistered trade
marks of Scottish Rugby.
The
display of any of the above trade names or trade marks on the Website does not
imply that any licence or right has been granted to any third party in respect
of the same.
All
other product or company names and devices, logos, icons, graphics or designs
referred to on the Website are or may be trademarks of their respective owners
and are exhibited only in such a manner as is intended to be for the benefit of
such trade mark owners and Scottish Rugby intends no infringement of such trade
marks.
The
appearance or absence of products, services, companies, or organisations, or
advertising of third parties on the Website does not imply any endorsement or
non-endorsement thereof by Scottish Rugby. All rights not expressly granted herein
are reserved by Scottish Rugby and Scottish Rugby’s licensors.
4.
Content (No Warranty)
The
information, materials and functions contained in the Website including text,
graphics, links or other items are provided on an "as is" basis.
To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Scottish Rugby disclaims all
warranties, representations and undertakings whatsoever, express or implied,
specifically including but not limited to warranties of satisfactory quality,
fitness for a particular purpose, freedom from computer viruses and
non-infringement of third parties' rights.
Scottish
Rugby reserves the right at any time and without notice to change, amend or
otherwise vary these Terms and the Website or any part thereof.
5.
Your Information, Data Protection & Privacy
Scottish
Rugby is committed to protecting and respecting Your privacy when using the
Website.
This
clause sets out the basis upon which Your personal data or sensitive personal
data collected through the Website will be processed by Scottish Rugby. For the
purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), Scottish Rugby is the data controller.
Scottish
Rugby may collect and process the following information about You through the
Website
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information you submit or provide
through your use of the Website, this includes information provided during any
registration process such as Your name, address, telephone number, date of
birth, email address, race, religion and sexual orientation.
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information collected when You report
a problem with the Website.
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information collected when You contact
Scottish Rugby.
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details of your visits to the Website
including traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data.
Scottish
Rugby may transfer and store the information it collects about You outside the
European Economic Area (EEA). It may
also be processed by staff working for Scottish Rugby suppliers outside the
EEA, but they will be subject to obligations to process Your information in
compliance with the same safeguards that Scottish Rugby deploys.
Your
information will be stored on secure servers. Unfortunately, the transmission
of information via the internet is not completely secure and although Scottish
Rugby will do its best to protect your personal data and sensitive personal data,
it cannot guarantee the security of such data provided through the Website; the
provision of such information through the Website is at Your own risk. Once
Scottish Rugby receives Your information, it will use procedures and security
features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Scottish
Rugby may use Your information:
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for record keeping purposes;
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to improve the content, efficiency
and quality of the Website;
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to measure and improve activity on
the Website;
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to provide You with information and
services that You request from Scottish Rugby;
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t
o carry out Scottish Rugby’s
obligations arsing form any contracts entered into between You and Scottish Rugby;
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to allow You to participate in interactive
features of the Website, when You chose to do so; and
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to notify You of changes to the Website
or related services.
Scottish
Rugby may pass Your information:
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to third parties for the purposes set
out above or where it is necessary to comply with legal obligations, court
orders, law enforcement, to enforce the terms under which You contracted with Scottish
Rugby, or to protect the rights, property or safety of Scottish Rugby, users of
the Website or others;
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to any other Scottish Rugby group company;
and
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to other organisations whose services
Scottish Rugby needs to use to host or maintain Scottish Rugby systems and the
Website.
Scottish
Rugby will only share Your information with third parties for the above purposes
where such third parties are subject to obligations to process Your information
in compliance with the same safeguards that Scottish Rugby deploys.
The
Act gives You the right to access certain personal information held by Scottish
Rugby about You. This right can be exercised in accordance with the Act but may
be subject to a fee to meet Scottish Rugby’s reasonable costs in providing You
with such information. You can obtain information on what data is held about
You by contacting Scottish Rugby at the address below.
By
submitting information through the Website, You are consenting to the above use.
For certain purposes You may be asked to provide additional consent before
Scottish Rugby can process Your personal data or sensitive personal data.
6. IP
Addresses & Cookies
Scottish
Rugby may use Your IP address or other information about Your computer for the purposes
of system administration, to help diagnose server problems, to administer the
Website or to help identify You and gather broad demographic information about
You. This information may also be used to assist in the detection and
prevention of crime and Scottish Rugby shall be entitled to pass this
information to the police if necessary.
Cookies
are small files containing data, which are stored on your computer when you
browse some websites. At Scottish Rugby, we use cookies to help us to
understand how we can improve our website and make it easier to use. They also
allow us to provide extra features, such as remembering your login details.
The
Website may place a "cookie" in Your browser file. The cookie allows Scottish
Rugby to provide certain information to You and to store information while You
are using the Website.
When
you visit the Website, Scottish Rugby sends you a cookie. Cookies may be used:
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to help Scottish Rugby recognise you
as a unique visitor (just a number) when you return to the Website and to allow
Scottish Rugby to tailor content to You; AND
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to compile anonymous, aggregated
statistics that allow us to understand how users use the Website and to help Scottish
Rugby improve the structure of the Website. Scottish Rugby cannot identify you
personally in this way.
Two
types of cookies may be used on the Website:
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session cookies, which are temporary
cookies that remain in the cookie file of Your browser until you leave the Website;
and
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persistent cookies, which remain in
the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on
the lifetime of the specific cookie).
You
can prevent the use of cookies by configuring your web browser, but please note
that this may hinder some of the Website’s functionality. You can easily delete
any cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser. For example,
if you are using Microsoft Windows Explorer:
1.
Open 'Windows Explorer'
2.
Click on the 'Search' button on the tool bar
3.
Type "cookie" into the search box for 'Folders and files'
4.
Select 'My Computer' in the 'Look in' box
5.
Click 'Search now'
6.
Double click on the folders that are found
7.
'Select' any cookie file
8.
Hit the 'delete' button on your keyboard
If
You are not using Microsoft Windows Explorer, then you should select
"cookies" in the "Help" function for information on where
to find your cookie folder.
7.
Liability
Scottish
Rugby shall not be liable for any direct or indirect, special, incidental or
consequential loss or damage whatsoever or for loss of profits, contracts,
data, goodwill, work stoppage or computer failure resulting from the use of or
inability to use, interruption or availability of the Website, its operation or
transmission, computer viruses or otherwise in respect of the use of the
Website and howsoever caused even if Scottish Rugby has been advised of the
possibility of such damages.
Scottish
Rugby excludes any liability for any errors or omissions from information,
materials and functions included in the Website except to the extent that such
liability may not be lawfully excluded under the applicable law. To the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law Scottish Rugby disclaims all such liability
arising from its or its employees', agents or subcontractors' negligence.
Scottish
Rugby operates the Website from Edinburgh, Scotland and makes no representation
that the information contained on the Website is appropriate or available for
use in other locations outside the United Kingdom.
8.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These
Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
Scotland. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish
Courts. You are responsible for compliance with any applicable laws of the
country from which you are accessing the Website.
Scottish Rugby Union plc
BT Murrayfield
Edinburgh
EH12 5PJ
Email:
feedback@sru.org.uk
©
Scottish Rugby Union plc 2000-2015