Terms and conditions

This website has been produced with the assistance of the European Union as part of the three year Fairtrade Towns in Europe project. The contents of this website can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.

Use of this site is provided by the Fairtrade Foundation, subject to the following Terms and Conditions:
Your use constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions as at the date of your first use of the site.

The Fairtrade Foundation reserves the rights to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified.

You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the rights, or restrict, or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the site by any third party.

This site and the information, names, images, pictures, logos regarding or relating to the Fairtrade Foundation are provided “as is” without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. In no event will the Fairtrade Foundation be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from the use or in connection with such use or loss of use of the site, whether in contract or in negligence.

The Fairtrade Foundation does not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials.

Copyright restrictions:
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Documents may be copied for personal use only on the condition that copyright and source indications are also copied, no modifications are made and the document is copied entirely. However, some documents and photos have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not the Fairtrade Foundation). All rights are reserved on these documents and permission to copy them must be requested from the copyright owners (the sources are indicated within these documents/photographs).

The Fairtrade Foundation takes no responsibility for the content of external Internet sites. Other websites that we link to are owned and operated by third parties and the Fairtrade Foundation has no control over them. The fact that we include links to other websites does not mean that the Fairtrade Foundation approves of or endorses any other third party website or the content of that website. We accept no liability for any statements, information, products or services that are published on or are accessible through any websites owned or operated by third parties.

The Fairtrade Foundation takes no responsibility for comments or material posted on the interactive social network sections of the site (Take Part) and the views expressed can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the Fairtrade Foundation. Any view or opinion represented in the discussion forums hosted by Ning are personal and accredited to the respective commentor / visitor to this blog. The Fairtrade Foundation reserves the right to moderate comment suitability in support of respecting racial, religious and political sensitivities, and in order to protect the rights of each commentor where available. Everything the commentor says in explicity or expressed in defamatory statements is bound to sedition laws from the commentor’s country of origin, and may be used against the said commentor. Individuals or involved parties should contact the Fairtrade Foundation directly mail@fairtrade.org.uk to consolidate the removal of information deemed in any way sensitive or harmful to them.

Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the site including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and nonproprietary information.

If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.

These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.

If these Terms and Conditions are not accepted in full, the use of this site must be terminated immediately.