www.britishdesigninnovation web site is owned, maintained and operated by British Design Innovation — a not-for-profit trade association. As such its members are all stakeholders who, amongst others provide content for ‘the purpose of their communication to and their commercial engagement by site users’. Accessing this web site and viewing and utilizing any material contained therein is permissible under the express condition that any usage of BDI or its members materials, be that in whole or in part, is authorized by them; that material is utilized for the purpose for which it was made available; that any usage must contain a source credit and no materials may be copied and re-packaged and or presented for non commercial or commercial use as your own work or materials.
Therefore access and use of this website is granted to you by British Design Innovation on the condition that these terms of usage are accepted. If you do not agree with these terms of usage, please do not use this site.
The design, structure, narrative, user journey’s, templates, documents, case studies, press releases; knowledge; know-how and so forth contained and expressed within this web site are all clearly denoted as ownership and copyright of BDI or that of its member firms, affiliates and partners. No materials of any nature within this web site are ‘public domain’. Every item is clearly denoted to the ownership of the party providing the material and other content.
Therefore, there is no excuse for not seeking permission to utilize a piece of content for commercial or non commercial use outside of the ‘purpose’ for which it was intended.
A BDI Right to Publish License can be requested from info@britishdesigninnovation.org and utilized to seek BDIs’ or our members’; partners or affiliates authorization to utilize our or their content in non commercial or commercial activities that fall outside of the purpose for which they were intended.
We thereby, British Design Innovation and www.britishdesigninnovation.com & all 12 corresponding regional web sites owned by BDI and its members, grant you permission to use the website as set out in these Terms of Use, provided that:
| (i) | Your use of the website as permitted is solely for your personal, noncommercial use; |
| (ii) | You will not copy or distribute any part of the website or its content in any format without British Design Innovation or as appropriate its members’; partners’ or affiliates prior written authorization; |
| (iii) | You will not alter or modify any material accessed through this web site; |
| (iv) | You accept that content of this web site is not public domain; |
| (v) | You will not re-use, re-package any material without authorization, source credit or right to publish or license agreement in place; |
| (vi) | You use this web site only for its intended purpose; |
| (vii) | You do not use the broadcast facility on this web site or the contact information provided by members, partners and affiliates to directly send unsolicited commercial sales or marketing messages in any format. The broadcast system is provided for the purpose of PR and commercial engagement of members or communication of such opportunities to BDI. Broadcasts are seen by BDI before being approved; |
| (viii) | You do not use the broadcast system to solicit for jobs or work placements. A free recruitment facility is provided for that purpose; |
| (ix) | And you by accessing and using this web site accept compliance with these terms and conditions of use. |
British Design Innovation may revise and update these Terms of Use at anytime and without notice. You are cautioned to review the Terms of Use posted on the Web site periodically. Your continued access or use of this website after any such changes are posted will constitute your acceptance of these changes.
In order to utilize some features of this web site members, partners and affiliates create their own account. As a member you are not permitted to allow access to another user’s account; where that person is not an employee of your firm or an authorized sub-contractor (e.g. PR firm)
All information presented within your account, whether live on site or offline must be accurate and owned by you/your firm. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your password secure. If you wish to change your password click here CHANGE PASSWORD.
If you believe your account has been accessed and any unauthorized changes made to your content you must notify us immediately. As the membership account holder it is your responsibility to keep content up to date and to ensure its accuracy and ownership and ensure security is maintained by keeping your password safe and or periodically requesting a change of password. As such you indemnify BDI against any misuse of your membership account or claims arising in whatsoever manner regard accuracy or ownership of published materials.
By becoming a member, partner or affiliate member of British Design Innovation you agree to provide true, accurate and current information about yourself; your employees and your company. If any of your information changes, you agree to update your membership information as soon as possible. If BDI believes that your information is not accurate, it reserves the right to challenge, verify or edit information. If any breach of membership terms and conditions or usage of this web site is detected BDI reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account and your membership.
Any copyright templates and other copyright materials and documents, such as Professional Practice materials provided to you as a member, are for your use during the term of your membership. Non-renewal of membership withdraws the right of use. During the term of your membership and beyond it, you are not permitted to amend, modify or alter any BDI materials in any way and may not pass such materials to third party non member companies without written authorization to do so. No reasonable request will be denied.
For the duration of your membership you/your Company is authorized to use the BDI logo and term Member of British Design Innovation on your own marketing collateral and internal and external communication materials including in personal and company credentials such as biogs, CV’s and press releases. Non renewal of membership withdraws that right forthwith. Continued or non-authorized claims to membership by non-member individuals or firms will attract an invoice for payment not less than that of an annual membership fee should the breach, once notified, not be remedied within 7 working days and all materials withdrawn from public use immediately until the removal of logo’s and other written claims are removed.
Membership of British Design Innovation is for a full 12 months from date of joining. Renewal notices are issued four weeks prior to expiry date. Renewals are automatic in the absence of a cancellation notice prior to expiry date. Cancellations must be received in writing. If paying membership fees by standing order, cancellation of a standing order is not considered to be written cancellation of membership. Late cancellations received between 7 and 59 days after renewal/expiry date attract a cancellation fee of 25% of invoice value. Cancellations received after 60 days are subject to full payment of the annual membership fee. Until a cancellation notice is received in writing (formal letter or receipted email) service provision including continued access to members by site users remains uninterrupted and is therefore deemed to be notification that membership is renewed, on-going and authorized by the member company.
All graphics, structure, user-journey’s, special features, templates, documents, press releases, case studies and so forth, as well as content submitted by members, partners and affiliates are either property of BDI or its members; and in most instances are protected by intellectual property laws including laws relating to copyrights, trade-marks, and other similar rights. BDI recognizes but does not accept public domain.
Press material and case studies may only be used and copied for your own, non-commercial, personal or educational purpose; so long as appropriate source credits are applied. You may not edit, alter or create derivative works from, or otherwise exploit, BDI or members content in any way.
The content on the website, including without limitation, the text, graphics, and photos created by and for British Design Innovation, interactive features and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein are owned by or licensed to British Design Innovation, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United Kingdom and foreign laws and international conventions. Content on www.britishdesigninnovation.org and that of its 12 corresponding regional web portals may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, exhibited, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any purpose whatsoever without the prior written consent of British Design Innovation. No reasonable requests refused.
You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Content other than expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of BDI documents or members, partners or affiliates content for any commercial purposes. If you download or print a copy of the Content for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained thereon. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with BDI or its member’s copyright notices. ©British Design Innovation. All Rights Reserved.
British Design Innovation and www.britishdesigninnovation.com does not assume responsibility for any of the materials posted by its member’s, partners or affiliates. We make no guarantee regarding the reliability, accuracy, or quality of any content, other than that of our own, published in any part of the website. Web site users acknowledge that they bear any risks related to evaluation, verification and accuracy of members, partners and affiliates content published on www.britishdesigninnovation.org.
All member, partner or affiliate contents published to the website are the sole responsibility of the person or Company who originally posted the content and as such BDI is indemnified against any actions arising. Any recourse for any damage you may believe you have suffered as a result of any member, partner or affiliate content published on this site should be pursued directly with the party who posted the information. Material supplied to BDI directors and employees for posting to the web site is deemed to be authorized by the member, partner or affiliate and treated in context of this indemnity in the same manner as it being posted by the member, partner or affiliate company. BDI reserve the right to edit information provided.
Members, partners and affiliates are solely responsible for their own publishing of content or authorizing BDI to do so and thereby are solely responsible for the consequences of posting or publishing material or submitting material for publication. Members, partners and affiliates retain all ownership rights in their content posted and published on www.britishdesigninnovation.org
However, by submitting content to BDI its members, partners and affiliates grant to BDI automatic authorization to provide press, biography, case study and non-sensitive company data to third party industry and PR organizations, in the course of its non-exclusive representation of your company through its membership of BDI. You hereby grant British Design Innovation a worldwide, non-exclusive, license, and transferable right and license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative publishing works or exhibit your works (with full credit applied) and including without limitation for promoting and redistributing your content (and derivative works thereof) in any media now known or hereafter developed.
We require that members, partners and affiliates who receive media and industry enquiries as a result of their content posted on the BDI web site adhere to generally accepted rules of etiquette and standards of behavior, and that you respect the legal rights of use of material published including that of your clients; BDI and other members, partners and affiliates.
British Design Innovation is committed to respecting the privacy of the personal information of the individuals and businesses with whom we interact. BDI observes, respects, is governed by and implements the Data Protection Act.
We require that all site users and members abide by the Data Protection Act.
Site users may not utilize contact details provided by members, partners or affiliates to import, without written authorization, those details into any database or retrieval system, or publish in print or any digital or any other format or media now known or hereafter developed.
BDI does not provide, sell or license data to third party organizations for the purpose of commercial solicitation. It does from time to time, under strict license, provide non-commercially sensitive data to partner or affiliate organizations in the course of engaging its member’s in publically or commercially beneficial activity.
British Design Innovation may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your membership account and access to all or parts of the website without refund of all or any part of your membership fee. Outstanding/overdue membership fees at the time of termination and beyond will remain payable.
Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to:
| (i) | Breaches of the Terms of Use other incorporated agreements or guidelines;
| | (ii) | Requests by law enforcement including breach of copyright claims;
| | (iii) | Nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with membership services, other consultancy services or engagement in other paid activities;
| | (iv) | Self-initiated membership cancellations;
| | (v) | Discontinuance or amendment of a membership service;
| | (vi) | Unexpected technical or security issues or problems;
| | (vii) | Engagement by you/your Company in fraudulent or illegal activities;
| | (viii) | Evidence of libelous, slanderous or any other inappropriate behavior towards BDI, its staff or its members, partners or affiliates. |
Britishdesigninnovation.org provides links to third party websites. The inclusion of these links does not imply that British Design Innovation monitors or endorses these websites or any of the content or products or services sold from them. As such, British Design Innovation does not accept any responsibility for such websites. British Design Innovation shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss, caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or the reliance upon any information, content, goods or services available on or through any third party websites or linked resources.
These Terms of Use apply to all users of the website, including users who contribute information, ideas, and other materials including wine reviews and wine scores or services on the website. The website may contain links to third- party websites that are not owned nor controlled by British Design Innovation
British Design Innovation has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. By using the website, you specifically release British Design Innovation from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website.
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| (i) | Your use of and access to the website; |
| (ii) | Your breach of any term of these Terms of Use; |
| (iii) | Your breach of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or |
| (iv) | Any claim that your or their content published on site caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your use of the website. |
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