Our Terms & Conditions
Welcome to murderhunt.co.uk terms and conditions that apply to your use of this web site, and the game Murder Hunt. By accessing this web site, you agree to be bound by them. This Web site is provided for the benefit of people who have parental consent. If you are not over the age of 18 or do not have parental consent or do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not use or access this web site and we have the right to restrict or prevent your access to the web site. If there is anything you do not understand please feel free to email any enquiry to us at info@murderhunt.co.uk
DEFINITIONS
"Conditions" means these terms and conditions: "Personal Information" means any personal details provided by you via the Web site; "User(s)" means (a) user(s) of the Web site either collectively or individually, as the context requires; "We/us/our" means Red League Media trading as Murder Hunt, "Web site" means the web site located at www.murderhunt.co.uk or any subsequent URL which may replace it; and "You/your" means you as a user of the web site.
1 ACCESS
We will provide you with access to the web site in accordance with these Conditions.
2 YOUR OBLIGATIONS
2.1 You:
2.1.1 Agree not to use the web site (or any part of) for any illegal purpose and agree to use it in accordance with all relevant laws;
2.1.2 agree not to upload or transmit through the web site any computer viruses, macro viruses, Trojan horses, worms or anything else designed to interfere with, interrupt or disrupt the normal operating procedures of a computer;
2.1.3 Will not upload or transmit through the web site any material, which is defamatory, offensive, or of an obscene or menacing character or that may cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;
2.1.4 Will not use the web site in a way that may cause the web site to be interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or such that the effectiveness or functionality of the web site is in any way impaired;
2.1.5 Will not use the web site in any manner that violates or infringes the rights of any person, firm or company (including, but not limited to, rights of intellectual property, rights of confidentiality or rights of privacy);
2.1.6 Will not create and publish a hypertext link to any part of the web site or attempt any unauthorized access to any part or component of the web site; and
2.1.7 Agree that in the event that you have any right, claim or action against any Users arising out of that User's use of the Web site, then you will pursue such right, claim or action independently of and without recourse to us.
3 INDEMNITIES
3.1 You agree to be fully responsible for (and fully indemnify us against) all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including legal fees, suffered by us and arising out of any breach of the Conditions by you or any other liabilities arising out of your use of the Web site
4 OUR RIGHTS
4.1 We reserve the right to:
4.1.1 Modify or withdraw, temporarily or permanently, the web site (or any part of) with or without notice to you and you confirm that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification to or withdrawal of the Web site; and/or
4.1.2 Change these Conditions from time to time and your continued use of the Web site (or any part of) following such change shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine whether the Conditions have been changed. If you do not agree to any change to the Conditions then you must immediately stop using the Web site
4.2 We will use our reasonable endeavors to maintain the Web site The Web site is subject to change from time to time. You will not be eligible for any compensation because you cannot use any part of the Web site or because of a failure, suspension or withdrawal of all or part of the Web site due to circumstances beyond our control.
5 THIRD PARTY LINKS
5.1 In an attempt to provide increased value to our Users, we may provide links to other web sites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for the privacy practices or the content (including misrepresentative or defamatory content) of such web sites, including (without limitation) any advertising, products or other materials or services on or available from such web sites 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 content, goods or services available on such external sites or resources.
6 MONITORING
6.1 We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor any activity and content associated with the Web site We may investigate any reported violation of these Conditions or complaints and take any action that we deem appropriate (which may include, but is not limited to, issuing warnings, suspending, terminating or attaching conditions to your access and/or removing any materials from the Web site). Anyone found advertising or selling our data, such as clues, or any other information created by Murder Hunt, without our approval, will be asked to remove such listings, and if not adhered to by the deadline given, will then be banned from any participation in Murder Hunt.
7 YOUR DATA
7.1 We respect your personal information and undertake to comply with applicable UK Data Protection legislation from time to time in place.
7.2 You should be aware that:
7.2.1 If we are requested by the police or any regulatory or government authority investigating suspected illegal activities, or upon receipt of a court order, to provide your Personal Information and/or information concerning your activities whilst using the Web site we shall do so; and
7.2.2 If you agree by ticking the appropriate boxes on your registration form, we may pass your Personal Information or details of your use of the Web site to select third parties for analysis and/or to enable them to contact you about products or services which may be of interest to you.
7.3 We reserve the right in our reasonable discretion to disclose details of your use of the Web site in relation to any, or any threatened, Court Proceedings in connection with your use, or the use of anyone under your control, of the Web site whether in connection with the matters set out in these Conditions or otherwise.
7.4 Pleaseview our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Conditions.
7.5 COMPETITIONS
7.5.1 If you register for any treasure hunt competitions offered via this Web site, the competition rules set out in this Clause 7.5, together with any other specific entry instructions or rules posted on this Web site by Murder Hunt, and these User Terms (together the "Competition Rules"), shall apply.
7.5.2 All treasure hunt competitions, promotions, prizes or other give-aways offered by Murder Hunt from this Web site ("Competitions") are only open to individuals who are aged over 18 or have parental consent.
7.5.3 All Entrants must register for the relevant treasure hunt competitions by giving their correct name and address together with their email address. By registering for the relevant treasure hunt competitions, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the provisions contained within these Terms and Conditions.
7.5.4 For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, you acknowledge that in the course of entering a Competition on this Web site, where you have given consent by ticking the appropriate boxes upon registration, certain personal information or data about you will be captured electronically or otherwise and transmitted to Murder Hunt. By entering into any Competition, you expressly agree to transfer such personal information or data to Murder Hunt to use, store and process the personal information for the purposes of such Competition on this Web site Please check our privacy policy and refer to the registration page for your right to opt out of receiving information from Murder Hunt.
7.5.5 By registering for any treasure hunt competitions, you agree to the use of your name for publicity material for any Murder Hunt publications in any media, including allowing your name to be published on the Web site if you claim a prize.
7.5.6 Prizes are as stated in the Competitions' details on the Web site
7.5.7 An Entrant may only claim one prize per treasure hunt competition. Entries to any competitions are limited to one per household.
7.5.8 All entries become the absolute property of Murder Hunt and will not be returned to Entrants unless otherwise stated by Murder Hunt on the Web site
7.5.9 Fraudulent, illegible, multiple or incorrectly completed entries will be disqualified and no responsibility can be accepted by Murder Hunt for any delayed, lost or misplaced entries.
7.5.12 Monthly Murder Hunt prizes are allocated on a per month basis. The Judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
7.5.13 Murder Hunt reserves the right without notice to you, to remove any Competitions from the Web site or to suspend or alter any Competitions on the Web site, at its sole discretion for legal or technical reasons. Murder Hunt will give Entrants as much notice as possible prior to taking any of the actions described in this clause by posting such notice to the Web site, but prior notice may not always be feasible.
7.5.14 Treasure hunt competitions are run subject to English law. Murder Hunt makes no representation that the Competitions comply with the law of any other country other than the United Kingdom or that any prizes offered in Competitions are appropriate for use, or are legally able to be offered, in any other country. Those who choose to enter any Competitions on the Web site are solely responsible for compliance with local laws and regulations if and to the extent they are applicable.
7.5.15 Any time of delivery is an estimate only in respect of the delivery to an Entrant of any prize in any Competitions and Murder Hunt shall not be liable for any late delivery of the prizes or any loss or damage caused as a result.
7.5.16 Claimants will be notified by email if they have successfully won treasure hunt competitions on the Web site, and Murder Hunt will give you details of how and when to claim your prize.
7.5.17 Every effort will be made to supply the awards stated.
7.5.18 Treasure hunt competitions are open to all, excluding employees, friends and family of employees, agents, or any persons professionally connected with Murder Hunt.
7.6.1.5 Entry instructions are deemed to form part of the rules as are these terms and conditions. Entry into the monthly search is deemed to signify acceptance of the rules. The monthly search(es) commence on the first day of the month. The game will remain open until four days before the end of the month..
7.6.1.6 The judges' decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
7.6.1.7 Initial registration is required for the monthly treasure hunt game.
7.6.1.8 The promoter reserves the right to refuse entries which are incomplete, delayed, altered, illegible, damaged or do not meet the rules.
7.6.1.10 To obtain details of successful entries, please send a SAE to Murder Hunt 4a Acomb Road York YO24 4EW.
7.6.1.11 No other alternative in part or full will be offered in lieu of the specified prizes. Prizes are not transferable.
7.6.1.12 Claimants may be asked to participate in publicity.
7.6.1.13 Copyright of any entries will be owned by the promoter. Entries cannot be returned.
7.6.1.14 These rules are governed by English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
7.6.1.15 The promoter, where you have given consent by ticking the appropriate boxes at registration, may use the entrants' information to inform them of future promotions and products of the promoter or its associated companies that may be of interest.
7.6.1.16 Promoter is Red League Media.
8. Every attempt will be made to provide the prizes that are stated, however if for any reason an advertised prize is not available, we reserve the right to offer an alternative prize or withdraw the competition without notice.
9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO USE
9.1 You acknowledge and agree that all copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content supplied as part of the Web site shall remain at all times vested in us. You are permitted to use this material only as expressly authorized by us.
9.2 You acknowledge and agree that the material and content contained within the Web site is made available for your personal non-commercial use only and that you may download such material and content onto only one computer hard drive for such purpose. Any other use of the material and content of the Web site is strictly prohibited. You agree not to (and agree not to assist or facilitate any third party to) copy, reproduce, transmit, publish, display, distribute, commercially exploit or create derivative works of such material and content.
9.3 The Web site is Copyright, Murder Hunt. All rights reserved.
10 NOTICES
10.1 You may send us notices under or in connection with these Conditions:
10.1.1 by post to Murder Hunt 4a Acomb Road York YO24 4EW
10.1.3 By telephone to 01924 256786
10.1.4 by email to info@murderhunt.co.uk
10.2 As proof of sending does not guarantee our receipt of your notice, you must ensure that you have received an acknowledgement from us, which will be sent within 3 working days of our receipt and should be retained by you.
11 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
11.1 WHILE WE WILL USE REASONABLE ENDEAVOURS TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION WE PLACE ON THE WEBSITE, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED IN RELATION TO ITS ACCURACY.
11.2 The Web site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any representation or endorsement. Unless specified in separate terms and conditions related to a particular product or service, we make no warranties of any kind, whether express or implied (as far as permissible by law), in relation to the Web site, or products or services offered on the Web site whether by us or on our behalf including but not limited to implied warranties of non-infringement, compatibility, security, accuracy or completeness, or any implied warranty arising from course of dealing or usage or trade.
11.3 Unless specified in separate terms and conditions related to a particular product or service, we make no warranty that the Web site or products or services offered on the Web site whether by us or on our behalf will meet your requirements or will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Web site or the server that makes it available or products or services offered on the Web site whether by us or on our behalf are free of viruses or bugs or are fully functional, accurate, or reliable. We will not be responsible or liable to you for any loss of content or material as a result of uploading to or downloading from the Web site
11.4 Notwithstanding any other provision in the Conditions, nothing shall limit your rights as a consumer under English law.
11.5 You acknowledge that we cannot guarantee and therefore shall not be in any way responsible for the security or privacy of the Web site and any information provided to or taken from the Web site by you.
11.6 We will not be liable in contract, tort or otherwise if you incur loss or damage connecting to the Web site through a third party's hyper-text link.
11.7 We will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), pre-contract or other representations (other than fraudulent misrepresentations) or otherwise out of or in connection with the Web site or products or services offered on the Web site whether by us or on our behalf (including free software downloads) for:
11.7.1 Any economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or
11.7.2 Any loss of goodwill or reputation; or
11.7.3 Any special or indirect or consequential losses; in any case whether or not such losses were within the contemplation of either of us at the date on which the event giving rise to the loss occurred.
12 SEVERANCES
12.1 If any part of the Conditions shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed to be severable from these Conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions of the Conditions.
13 WAIVER
13.1 Nothing shall be construed as a waiver by us of any preceding or succeeding breach of any provision.
14 SURVIVAL
14.1 Each provision of these Conditions shall be construed as separately applying and surviving even if for any reason one or other of those provisions is held to be inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances.
15 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
15.1 These Conditions (as amended from time to time) contain the entire agreement between you and us relating to the subject matter covered and supersede any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or oral, between you and us in relation to such matters. No oral explanation or oral information given by either of us shall alter the interpretation of these Conditions. You confirm that, in agreeing to accept these Conditions, you have not relied on any representation save insofar as the same has expressly been made a representation in these Conditions and you agree that you shall have no remedy in respect of any misrepresentation which has not become a term of these Conditions save that your agreement contained in this Clause shall not apply in respect of any fraudulent misrepresentation whether or not such has become a term of these Conditions.
16 LAW
16.1 The Conditions will be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales whose Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction in any dispute, save that we have the right, at our sole discretion, to commence and pursue proceedings in alternative jurisdictions.01009401
16.2 The personal information you provide on this Web site will be collected by Murder Hunt who may, where you have consented by ticking the relevant boxes upon registration (i) pass your details to certain third parties to assist them in analyzing use of the Web site and enabling them to contact you about products or services which may be of interest to you and (ii) use it in accordance with our privacy policy.
Murder Hunt monthly murder mystery game.
1. This promotion is open to persons aged 18 years or over or with parental consent except employees of Red League Media, their families and agencies and anyone else professionally connected with the promotion who are all precluded from entry.
2. The Murder Hunt monthly game will be available from 1st September 2009 until further notice.
3. The promoter can refuse to accept any entry at its discretion if it appears to be copied, forged, reconstructed or does not comply with the rules. The promoter's decision is final.
4. The Prize is variable. The prize must be accepted as offered and is not transferable. No other alternative will be offered in whole or part.
5. For the name of the successful claimant, please send a postcard with your name and address to: Red League Media, 4 Acomb Road York YO24 4EW
6. Entries must not be sent through agents or third parties or in bulk. Any such entries will be invalid.
7. The promoter reserves the right to amend, alter or withdraw the promotion as necessary due to exceptional circumstances outside of its control.
8. Claimants may be asked to participate in publicity.
9. If the claimant of the prize cannot be traced after reasonable efforts have been made by the promoter, then the promoter may dispose of the prize as it thinks fit without any liability to the claimant for having done so.
10. The promoter reserves the absolute right to disqualify any entrant to any game which it considers has used improper technical means to enter.
11. Entry instructions are deemed to form part of these terms and conditions and entry into this promotion is deemed to signify acceptance of the rules.
12. These rules are governed by English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
13. Promoter: Red League Media, 4 Acomb Road York YO24 4EW.